This article first appeared in the Onion Dome on January 17, 2003
SAN FRANCISCO – In a move that has yet to be analyzed by anybody, the Archangel Gabriel announced today that tolls at the post-death tollbooths on the way to heaven will be increased soon.
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Parishioners here at the multi-ethnic Church of All Saints of North America Originally from Somewhere Else were exhausted on Pascha afternoon after a 9-hour Agape Vespers service. In keeping with an ancient and widely-observed Orthodox tradition, All Saints of Somewhere Else celebrates Agape Vespers by having the gospel passage, John 20:19-25, read in as many languages as possible. At Somewhere Else, many, many languages were possible.
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ANAXIOS TV – This is a transcript of the first installment of Anaxios TV’s blockbuster new show, A Chat with an Orthodox Librarian.
AR: Hello viewers, and welcome to Anaxios TV’s blockbuster new show, A Chat with an Orthodox Librarian. I am your host, Reader Alexis Riggle, and today we have on our show the infamous Father Vasiliy Vasileivich, official spokesman for COROC, the Church Overseas of Orthodox Christians, and pastor of Saints Boris and Gleb and Vladimir and Olga Russian Orthodox Church in Sydney, Australia. Welcome, Father Vasiliy.
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This installment was first broadcast on April 1, 2006.
After a lengthy hiatus, Father Vasiliy’s warm and personal touch once again graces our pages with another question-and-answer sesssion. Father Vasiliy is parish priest at Saints Boris and Gleb and Vladimir and Olga Russian Orthodox Church in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, as well as official spokesman for the Church Overseas of Russian Orthodox Christians (COROC).
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Originally posted on May 9, 2003.
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia – In a move presumably predicated primarily upon lack of movement, retailers the world over report that Orthodox Christians bought unusually high amounts of laxative medications in the first week after Pascha.
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