March – April 1997

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Our World
Stories and events from around the world of CNEWA.

The Tomb of Our Father Abraham
The evolution of the Tomb of the Patriarchs, site of the tomb of Abraham.
text and photographs by George Martin

Despair in the Russian Village
A visit to the village of Vazhini and encounters with some of its despondent residents.
text and photographs by Sean Sprague

A Church Transformed
The events surrounding the unveiling of the newly restored dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
text by Father Denis J. Madden; photographs by Joel Fishman

Consecrating Holy Myron
A renewal of the consecration of the myron according to the ancient Armenian Apostolic Church.
text and photographs by Armineh Johannes

They Do Windows
Eastern Catholic seminarians in Lebanon are busy with their religious life, their studies – and living in a post-war nation.
by Marilyn Raschka

On Friendship
The fable of the elephant and the mouse could be an illustration for how disparate groups of today could approach each other.
by Msgr. Robert L. Stern