Concern is being raised for a Christian head teacher who's been arrested in Syria after being accused of apostasy. Religious freedom group Christian Solidarity Worldwide says Radwan Muhammad, who converted from Islam, was taken by an Islamist group linked to the Muslim Brotherhood last month. |
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As we prepare for PCOR-1 and the changes that will bring to our routines, ABC7 and the Sorensen Media Group are stepping in to keep your Sunday Mass traditions going! Tune in at 11 a.m. as we bring you Sunday Mass with St. Anthony Church LIVE on ABC7! Stay safe Guam and remember to stay updated with.... |
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Brian Keary. The Bay, Woodford. Private reposal at his residence this evening. Removal tomorrow Sunday at 12:30 for private cremation service for Brian Keary in Shannon Crematorium. Donations, if desired to Cope Galway. Thomas Ruane. Ballybane, Monivea, Athenry. Mass will take place privately tomorrow Sunday at 5 in St. |
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On the 75th anniversary of VJ Day, Michael Alexander looks at how the end of the Second World War in the Far East was marked with celebrations – yet often “overshadowed” by the end of the war in Europe three months earlier. It was the day that Japan surrendered to the Allies after almost six years of the Second World War. |
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15 August 2020 (MIA) 636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins. 717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year. 718 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople. |
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The government have relaxed its coronavirus guidance for places of worship meaning from this weekend, worship groups and choirs can now sing in churches. Up until now, only a professional singer had been allowed to perform behind a perspex screen. While the changes will we welcomed by many, congregations are still advised not to sing. |
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Sun-soaked pitches at the weekend produced some notable and noteworthy results in the county hurling championships but nothing, I’d suggest, of the shock variety. This weekend the sorting and sifting in the various groups will be completed ahead of the knock-outs in this shortened and sharply-focused championship season. |
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"Most of us have been saying for years the church isn’t the building; the church is the people," Cook said. "Now, we’re forced to really live that out." Calvary Baptist has had to rethink its approach in light of the coronavirus pandemic. With many members of the church falling into high-risk.... |
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Exactly how Auckland property deals will be affected during the next few weeks won't be known until REINZ releases its August sales spreadsheets around mid-September. The latest Real Estate Institute data shows Auckland’s median house price increased by 11.5 percent over the past year to $920,000. |
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1969: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in Bethel, N.Y. Also on this day: 1483: The Sistine Chapel is consecrated by Pope Sixtus IV. 1945: In a pre-recorded radio address, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announces that his country has accepted terms of surrender for ending World War II. |
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On August 15, 1947, India became independent after some 200 years of British rule. On this date: In 1483, the Sistine Chapel was consecrated by Pope Sixtus IV. In 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica. In 1935, humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post were killed when their.... |
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