Last summer, during a mission trip to Romania, I was invited to join a group of five men from our sister church in Jibou to go into Oltania. ... While the official state church of Romania (Orthodox Church) has some presence in the region, many of the villages are absent any type church. ... In March of this year, plans were being made to once again minister in Romania. ... Specifically, we were to pray for the southern area of Romania in which Oltania is located. ... In June, we once again participated in a joint Romanian and American mission team to this region (see article). ...

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These make the city the recognized spiritual capital of Romania. ... It also served as capital of Moldova for about 400 years and capital of Romania in the Second World War. ... Some of the places specializing in Romanian cuisine sometimes put on good traditional folk groups and singers. ... Bars and terraces are popular in Romania and are the favorite places for social meetings from early morning to late at night. ... In the end who wants to discover the city will enter it as a humongous gate of the Romanian history. ...

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The big birthdays in Romania are the 18th.Then,you can follow your own way in life and you're not longer forced by your parents to do some things you don't like.People who are between 20-50 years old celebrate their birthdays with a few friends and they invite them at home,where they can eat,drink,listen to music and talk about their lives. ...

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It is because of these certain situations that the United States cannot make abortion entirely illegal (though according to my mother Romania at one point did, but agreed to perform this procedure when completely necessary). ...

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There were many indirect causes for the World War 1, such as the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, unification of Germany, the formation of Alliances, nationalism, militarism, and imperialism. In 1871, 25 separate states unified to become one powerful German nation. This upset the balance...

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Richard Wurmbrand Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, who founded Voice of the Martyrs in 1967, was born on March 24, 1909 in Bucharest, Romania. ... Because Richard and Sabina were in charge of a Protestant church in Romania they were arrested several times by the Nazis. ... Because he was in danger of being imprisoned a third time, two Christian missions organizations paid $10,000 in order for him and his family to leave Romania and go to America. ... In 1990 Richard Wurmbrand and his family returned to Romania after 25 years of exile. ...

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In eastern Europe, Rumania, Hungary, and Bulgaria (which had been allies of Germany) were placed under Soviet control. ... The Paris Peace Conference, 1946 Draft treaties were presented to the Paris Conference with regard to Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland in July 1946. ... The Peace Treaties, 1947 In February 1947, separate peace treaties were signed in Paris with Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland. ...

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Dracula The story "Dracula" is fictional but there are some circumstances if some person believes in vampires or not. But this book was made out to be fictional by Francis Ford Capolla. This is the first story that I read that is very fictional as it deals with the supernatural and religion....

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Russia was not the only source of persecution for the Jews, they were also fleeing Romania. Many Jews left Rumania because of an Anti-Semitic League founded in Bucharest in 1895. ... It is estimated that 700,000 Jews left Russia, 200,000 left Austria, and 100,000 left Rumania. ...

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In the years between 1850 and 1870, nationalism was evolving from the ideals of earlier decades to realities of power politics. No political force was stronger than nationalism after 1850. Threatening to destroy the Habsburg and Ottoman empires. Also pushing people toward national unity in Italy and...

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Mathematical Olympiad The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) was first held in Romania in 1959. This World Championship Mathematics Competition held for high school students began with only seven countries and has now presently grown to over eighty countries from five continents. Th...

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Renaissance people looked back to Greece and Rome as role models. Is this good or bad idea? Should Bulgaria use another time or place as a role model? Just after the fall of the Roman Empire all the knowledge of the Roman civilization was lost. People in the middle ages were not develop...

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Baptists are Protestant Christians who accepted the beliefs of the16-century Reformation, but have also added many other beliefs and practices, such as baptism. The Baptists are very important because they stress this belief and other beliefs. In the 1990's there was 162,000 churches and about 43 ...

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Museum of Tolerance As I walked through the elevator doors into the lobby, it already seemed so strange and foreign. I walked through the metal detector and grab my wallet out of the bowl. People walk by and stare at me as if I were in a place that I shouldn't be. For a moment I felt li...

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What was Bram Stoker trying to portray when he wrote Dracula? As a gothic novel, Dracula reveals a fixation not just on horror but also with folk legend. The reality of the book f the book is of great magnitude since Stoker told the story through a method consisting primarily of journal entries. ...

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"Great literature, if we read it well, opens us up to the world. It makes us more sensitive to the world, as if we acquired eyes that could see through things and ears that could hear smaller sounds." This quote written by an unknown author is very true. If you read literature and really soa...

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Alexey Brodovitch was Russian born, to a wealthy and aristocratic family.   When he was just seven years old his father's work as a physician took the family to Japan where Alexey was given a camera and began his visual education.   In 1914, he joined the Czar's White Army and was stationed in Rum...

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Harry Potter arrives at the Dursleys under very peculiar circumstances. Although his aunt and uncle aren't at all happy at having Harry live with them, people all over the country are rejoicing at the "boy who lived." Ten difficult years later, Harry begins to get mysterious letters. Despite Uncle...

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"The Sniper," by Liam O'Flaherty and "The Interlopers," by Saki are similar in theme, plot, and figurative language. The Sniper is set during the Irish Civil War and The Interlopers is set during a feud between two families over a forest in the Carpathian Mountains in what is now the Czech Republic ...

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Hank Greenberg was one of the most influential Jews in sports. Henry Benjamin Greenberg was born on Sunday January first, 1911 in New York City. He was born to an orthodox, middle class Jewish family who emigrated to the US from Romania. During his childhood, he was always discriminated against for ...

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They had been holding a illegal Bible study in their house, defiant of the Communist law against it. It was dangerous, and they knew it, but they risked it. They never forgot what happened that day. Men burst the door open. They all had guns. The leading officer shouted for the pastor to give him...

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The Cold War could be referred to as the "battle of ideas" because they never had an actual declared winner. The Soviet union and the United states had very different views about Communism, Capitalism, and Socialism. The Soviet union's plan was to spread communism worldwide. On the other hand, the U...

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I always think about weather I am blessed or if I am just lucky. I was adopted from a different country when I was only two. I do not know much about where I came from. I find myself occasionally wondering who my real parents were. My dad could have been a police officer or maybe my mom was a teach...

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Would you like it if you were forced to think and act in a certain way? Leaders in countries such as Germany during WWII, used manipulation and brute force to control and lead the citizen's to follow them - no matter what. The United States and other countries didn't feel that they could just stand ...

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In twentieth century Europe a lot of peace treaties were signed, such as treaty of Sten Stefanov, treaty of Versailes, and Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. However, the treaty of Brest-Litovsk had huge consequences upon Russia and very important results since Vienna Connvention treaty. Duri...

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