I had a chance to meet Fr. Michael Nicolai when I was giving a talk at St. Herman's Seminary. He's absolutely awesome. What I really hope the documentary gets into is the work of the seminary library, where they have preserved the Native Language grammar books that were banned by the US government. Daria, the Russian librarian, has been working with the local Aluutiq community, who have forgotten Cyrillic, in translating the works they are finding in the seminary collection. Native Aluutiqs were 90% literate at the time of US acquisition of Alaska... in their local language, Russian, and Slavonic! All done with local schools using books printed for them in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
This is sadly part of a very common occurrence in Kosovo. Vandals enter churches, set them on fire, then they urinate and defecate in them. ...
"The World is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality. The experiment will fail; but we must be very patient in awaiting its collapse; meanwhile redeeming the time: so that the Faith may be preserved alive through the dark ages before us; to renew and rebuild civilization, and save the World from suicide."
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ReplyDeleteI had a chance to meet Fr. Michael Nicolai when I was giving a talk at St. Herman's Seminary. He's absolutely awesome.
ReplyDeleteWhat I really hope the documentary gets into is the work of the seminary library, where they have preserved the Native Language grammar books that were banned by the US government. Daria, the Russian librarian, has been working with the local Aluutiq community, who have forgotten Cyrillic, in translating the works they are finding in the seminary collection. Native Aluutiqs were 90% literate at the time of US acquisition of Alaska... in their local language, Russian, and Slavonic! All done with local schools using books printed for them in Moscow and St. Petersburg.