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    Konstantinova, along with his six brothers and sister. In 1968 Ivan finished school at a young age of sixteen and went on to join the Evangelical Christian Baptist Church (Neerskov, H.K.). In 1970, after about a year-and-a-half of joining the church, Moiseyev gave his life to the Lord, and obtained a newfound love to preach the Gospel not only in church, but to the young people of Volontirovka, his hometown. For quite some time, Ivan Moiseyev had the job of a delivery driver. That is, until November 1970

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    Council of Europe, legalized homosexuality in 1993. But under Putin, homosexuals have been under fire due to a series of anti-gay propaganda laws and an increasingly homophobic Russia society. This is due to the increase of influence of the Russian Orthodox Church, the effect the media has on the populace as controlled by the hegemony, and the use of homosexuality as a scapegoat of Russia’s problems. Although the use of religion as a weapon against LGBTQ people is not uncommon, it is one of the primary

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    Exporting Ideology A series of events have been set in motion globally to thwart the progress of one of the most consequential cultural shifts in human history. The gay rights movement, particularly in the Western World, has made progress at an exponential rate and has remained a contentious source of argument in the contemporary social and political landscape. Although significant strides have been made, right-wing religious groups have taken ideologically charged action both legislatively and

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    three years the Mongols destroyed almost all of the major cities. For the next century or so it was pretty quiet. Around the 14th century, the city of Moscow started growing in influence. To show the city 's importance the patriarchate of Russian Orthodox Church moved to the city. In 1598, Boris Godunov was made Tsar. Following this, invading armies from Poland led by people claiming to be Dmitre failed to take Moscow. In June of 1812, Napoleon began his Russian invasion. An army of half a million started

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    themselves, peasants also could read church liturgy and practices, which created questions and enabled peasants to see how insufficient their parish priest was. Peasants began sending petitions and grievances to local and national church offices; they wanted increased authority over their own parishes, something the Orthodox Church did not want to give. The Russian Orthodox Church viewed this increased interest among the peasantry very negatively. The Church “often interpreted peasant activism as

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    6th ,2016, I visited the Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral church in San Francisco. The site is located in a convenient neighborhood one block south Union St at 1530 Green St. This Orthodox Church is the oldest Orthodox parish in town, and it is one of the few parishes in northern California with such a unique shape. The church was designed to show the Russian unique architect, and its outstanding shape connected to Moscow patriarch. Even though it is a small church, but it looks stunning where it’s placed

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    CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF RUSSIAN POPULATION 2 Cross cultural issues arise from differences in values, behavior and thinking between Americans and people from other countries. Misunderstandings frequently result from cultural differences which lead to ineffective communication and implications for the healthcare system (Kaakinen, Gedaly-Duff, Coehlo, & Harmon Hansen, 2010). In order

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    SITE REPORT: HOLY TRINITY CHURCH BY BOWEN CHAN MAY 18 2016 PROFESSOR ANTONY ANTOKIN I went to the Holy Trinity Eastern Orthodox Church in San Francisco. They established in December 1857 in San Francisco then later incorporated into Greek Russian Slavonian belief. During the late 1880s, the population of the church exponentially increased, when Greek Immigration exploded and the church was firmly confirmed as the place for dedicated worship to the Greek Orthodox faith. After developing in

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    to look out in the crowd and feel as though you have shared a piece of yourself with complete strangers. Dancing and cooking for my community is always a fun way to support my culture, but there is also a lot of knowledge to teach within the church. To keep the tradition and faith alive, every Sunday I teach bible study. I enjoy sharing my faith and knowledge with the younger kids; I realize how grateful I am to have had this knowledge bestowed on me at a young age. I was inspired to

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    Thrownness and Freedom go hand-in-hand. Thrownness is something that people have little control over at first. It is simply a state in which someone finds themselves in. For example, people are thrown into a particular family with a certain family heritage and/or religion and begin to follow these ideas because they were born into it. Freedom allows for the individual to break away from the particular situation they were thrown into if they are unhappy with it. For example, even though in the

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