The Lenten and Non-Lenten Aesthetics of Orthodox Christians by Ariadna Nefedkina

     Great LentGreat Lent “>Lent is the season given to Orthodox Christians for sincere Spiritual FastingLet the mind fast, not permitting empty and bad thoughts; let the heart fast, refraining from sinful feelings; let our will fast, directing all our desires and intentions to the one thing needful…”>prayer, repentance, temporary abstinence from food and worldly…

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South African Man Receives Four Life Sentences for the Murders of His 17-Year-Old Girlfriend and Her Bedridden Grandmother

The High Court of South Africa, Eastern Cape Division, Mthatha, on Tuesday sentenced one Sihle Manciya (26) to two life terms for the m8rder of his 17-year-old girlfriend and her 70-year-old grandmother.      The court sentenced him to two more life imprisonment terms for the attempted m8rder of his girlfriend’s mother and her sister….

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