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The Mormon Church - LDS - Rich and Powerful - Worldwide Presence - a strong Missionary Volunteer Force - Impressive and Captivating - I was just drawn to it


I took everything too serious and at face value for far too long - but life is not a nice fairytale and I paid a heavy price for it ...
When life is gray and you are promised a more meaningful higher life (it costs you 10 Percent of your total monthly income) be a part of a higher purpose - marriages and sealings for all eternity ...
The General Authorities are living a comfortable life ! - the Missionaries have to save for their mission ...


Always a special time when meeting Pres.Hunter
at HDQ in Salt Lake City or BYU Jerusalem





I saw myself as "Watchman in Zion" beholding the signs of the times, the winds of war, something big in the making ....
Jerusalem - Salt Lake City - LDS Headquarters - VIP - a deep connection to President Hunter and the Holy Land .... it was overwhelming while it lastet but I was never a devout Mormon and chore teachings never made really sense to me ! My biggest mistake was to take everything too serious and at face value for far too long - and I payed a heavy price for it ! .....
From my personal notes - while still in "Mormon Mode from 1975"
  • Conflict and domestic difficulties mark the coming years due to my church involvement

  • Aug 1984 - turning point - a visit to Germany and death of my father make me kneel again and pray - I remain a loner, LDS life in Israel just goes on without me, except for the ..... - wonderful friends, that also includes the ......
  • 1985-1988 - BYU Center construction - supervised by my good friend Fred A. Schwendiman
  • May 1989 - Pres Howard W Hunter dedicates the new BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies
  • Oct 1989 - Finally - the long dreamed of trip to UTAH takes place. we have a wonderful time with our friends
  • Apr 1991 - General Conference - Salt Lake City
  • Feb 1992 - Another special and important visit to Salt Lake City - celebrating my 44th birthday, visiting my good friends, meet with Pres Hunter and Spencer J. Palmer the author of Mormons & Muslims, he presents me with his book "Religions of the World" and writes : Happy Birthday - May the Lord be with you in your commendable work - Spencer Palmer - Feb 1992.

       



  • 1993-1995 - further visits follow, the saddest being April 1995, my good friends had passed away, LeRoy on 18.Feb and Eva on 22 Mar. , also Pres Howard W. Hunter had died just weeks before on 3 March 1995. It was a sad, although spiritually uplifting conference, still in the Tabernacle Building.

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    Tuesday, February 2, 2021

    IMPERIAL ORTHODOX PALESTINE SOCIETY - IOPS - MOSCOW - JERUSALEM


    Founded in 1882 by Decree of Emperor Alexander III - " I will not be silent for the sake of Zion, and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not rest" (prophet Isaiah)



    Chairman of the Committee of Honorary Members: His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
    IOPS Chairman Sergey Stepashin




    Russian Compound - Jerusalem
    Сергиевское подворье в Иерусалиме



    November 2020 marks the fifth anniversary of the day the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society in Israel received official notification of registration in Israel.
    In July 2017, after the restoration, the Sergievskoe courtyard in Jerusalem, returned by the Israeli authorities to the ownership of the Russian Federation , was officially opened . The chairman of the IOPS Council in Israel, Igor Ashurbeyli, made a great personal contribution to the revival of the activities of this historical object, which served as the headquarters of the IOPS in the Holy Land before the revolution.

    IOPS in the State of Israel:
    For all questions related to the activities of the International Public Organization "Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society" in Israel, you should contact the Chairman of the IOPS Council in the State of Israel Igor Ashurbeyli at the addresses:
    in the Russian Federation: 101000, Moscow, st. Zabelina, house 3, building 2. Tel. +7 495 797 55 95, fax +7 495 628 48 40
    in Israel: 9 Ahad Haam St., Tel-Aviv, 6525101. tel: + 972-3-5108730, fax: + 972-3-5108733


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