Orthodoxy gets foothold in Cuba

Cuba has opened its first Orthodox church, a decade and a half after the communist island lifted a ban on religion. Hundreds of people, including the countrys leader Raul Castro turned out to watch the consecration. Russian Metropolitan Kirill blessed the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral, which took two and a half years to build.

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[rares19bv]

@stagml

you cannot be a communist and orthodox in the same time. communism represented the suppresion of all religons, enspecially orthodoxy.please read more about this, enspecially about what happend in eastern orthodox europe like in romania or moldavia or russia.In russia alone 60 millions of christians died under the communist regime.May God bless you and enlighten your mind

[RussianRuffRyder84]

people by themselves hold them back and not the religion, ok Islam is a religion which holds everything back, even freedom of mind.

[JCistGottMitUns]

@rares19bv YES YOU CAN BE COMMUNIST AND CHRISTIAN AT THE SAME TIME, its called Christian National Bolshevism, and most of those "sixty millions" you cite were not Christian, but it was false socialist Jews who did the killing, not the nationalists! Stalin became good leader and tried to help Russia.

88 (Limonov is a traitor!)

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Cuba has a 99.8% literacy rate, an infant death rate lower than some developed countries, and an average life expectancy of 77.64. In 2006, Cuba was the only nation in the world which met the WWF's definition of sustainable development; having an ecological footprint of less than 1.8 hectares per capita and a Human Development Index of over 0.8 for 2007.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Cuba is home to over 11 million people and is the most populous island nation in the Caribbean, as well as the largest by area. Its people, culture, and customs draw from diverse sources, such as the aboriginal Taíno and Ciboney peoples, the period of Spanish colonialism, the introduction of African slaves and its proximity to the United States.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

In 1492, Christopher Columbus found and claimed the island now occupied by Cuba, for the Kingdom of Spain. Cuba remained territory of Spain until the Spanish–American War ended in 1898, and gained formal independence from the U.S. in 1902. Between 1953 and 1959 the Cuban Revolution occurred, removing the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

The Republic of Cuba (Spanish: República de Cuba) is a socialist state in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city. To the north of Cuba lies the United States and the Bahamas, Mexico is to the west, the Cayman Islands and Jamaica are to the south, and Haiti and the Dominican Republic are to the southeast.

[TTFLS]

@jerallovesyou looooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooool :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D Why silly religious people always need lies to spread the one and only truth? lmao :D:D Go back to school guy, its where a wondering mind like yours belongs :D

[jerallovesyou]

@TTFLS wow u got 2 much time on ur hands..ur sorta right about one thing tho..as CHRISTIANS we were the world's first socialists/communists--we shared our wealth with the widowed & poor....your brand of communism-of today and the future-is highly flawed & is an error. i leave you w this: "--My peace I leave to you, my peace I give you" this is the end of discussion w u & me. CHRIST IS RISEN INDEED. he is the beginning,end, first & last, our past present & future. love always, --jerry.

[TTFLS]

@jerallovesyou Uhm, actually that is not at all true! You are just saying that because you a, don't want to recognize your wrongs here or b, just do not see it! And its of course likely that its some sort of a mixture of both!

Listen guy, we just shouldn't slander communism! Its the way of the future! Its like saying that capitalism is shit because its the financial system in a country with a crude dictator.. We once all where communists and so shall we become again, don't fight it!

[jerallovesyou]

@TTFLS um, i was responding to and agreeing with someone else's comment on here a while back....stop reading into it too much and trying to pick a youtube argument with me k bye...

[TTFLS]

@jerallovesyou That's like saying, well the Germans did kill Jewish people in the past, Germans and life do not go together.. Its like saying, well muslims and christians have fought on many occasions, the two religion defo do not match.. Again, wtf r u talking about?