Anthony

Bulgarians Honour St Anthony

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church honours Friday the memory of the Venerable Anthony the Great, on the holiday called Antonovden.

Anthony was born in about 250 AD in Egypt. During his life he spent 20 years in complete solitude in the desert. Sick and suffering people came to him for help.

Bulgarians Honor St Anthony

The Bulgarian Orthodox Churchy honors Friday the memory of the Venerable Anthony the Great, on the holiday called Antonovden.

Anthony was born in about 250 AD in Egypt. During his life he spent 20 years in complete solitude in the desert. Sick and suffering people came to him for help.

Trapped by limited economic horizons

There was a famous advert for British Telecom in the UK in the late 1980s featuring comedian Maureen Lipman as a grandmother speaking to her grandson, Anthony, about his exam results. After calling to pass on her congratulations, the depressed teenager informs her that he failed his exams. "You didn't pass anything?" she asks forlornly. "Pottery," he responds. "Pottery?

Hundreds gather in fresh New York protests over police impunity for Eric Garner's death

More than 1,500 people gathered in New York on Dec. 4 for a second night of protests against the chokehold death of an unarmed black father-of-six by a white police officer.

The crowd massed in Foley Square, near City Hall and New York police headquarters, shouting "Shut it down" and carrying placards saying "Black Lives Matter" and "Racism Kills."       

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