http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/taxonomy/term/7295/all en http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2013/06/19/restoring-syria <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> by Dr Vacy Vlazna</p> <p>Forty years ago, Mother Agnes Mariam de la Croix, was a hippie traipsing around India, when she had a profound ‘road to Damascus‘ experience. </p> <p>She returned to Lebanon and joined the enclosed Carmelite order which restored icons. She was astonished to find an icon with five layers dating back to the 11th century Church of Antioch from which she draws her religious roots and identity.</p> <p>For 18 years she has been the abbess of a 6th Century Syrian Monastry of St James the Mutilated which was in ruins when she arrived and which she also restored. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/syria">Syria</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/us-intervention-in-syria">US intervention in Syria</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/al-qaeda">Al Qaeda</a></div></div></div> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:47:11 +0000 Anonymous 11258 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal