Schick was involved in the forming of a Russian presence in Jerusalem from about 1850. The Russian Orthodox Church, the biggest orthodox church, increased its presence in Jerusalem 1847 under the name of the Russian Orthodox Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem under the leadership of Archimandrite Porphyrius Uspensky. They were not recognized by the Ottoman Turkish […]
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Russian Church — Friends of Conrad Schick
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From Havilah to Shur
January 4, 2017Ishmael settled from Havilah on the west to Shur in the East. His descendants may have settled in Paran which is modern day Mecca. In pre-Islam days the Sky Goddess Allat and the Sky God Allah were worshipped. The location overlaps some of the Land of Canaan. The Wadi El Arish region is the western border of the Promised Land.
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