Authorities Report Years of Abuse Endured by 13-Year-Old Roma Boy in Thessaloniki

File photo. A 13-year-old Roma boy from the Dendropotamos area of Thessaloniki in northern Greece has been enduring years of domestic abuse due to his sexual orientation, according to authorities and reports from thestival.gr. It was reported to the Juvenile Protection Division that his mother had been physically and verbally assaulting him. The victim told…

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New Martyr Olga (Evdokimova) and Igumen Damaskin (Orlovsky)

Martyr Olga (Olga Vasilyevna Evdokimova) was born on July 11, 1896, in the village of Novo-Rozhdestvenskoye, Ramenskaya Volost, Bronnitsky Uyezd, Moscow Province. Her father worked as a forester on the estate of landowner Ilyin. Olga completed her education at the village school and married a peasant, Pyotr Matveyevich Evdokimov. During the Russo-Japanese War of 1905,…

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Fayemi: Political Rivals Are Merely Sources of Entertainment

Former Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has described conflicts among politicians as largely performative. He said the disagreements serve more as entertainment for Nigerians than actual hostility. Speaking at his 60th birthday thanksgiving service held at St. Martin’s Catholic Church, Isan Ekiti, on Sunday, Fayemi dismissed the perception of deep-seated political animosities, particularly those…

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