Khmer Khronicle May 2015

KK May 2015

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Phnom Penh

Cambodian Fact – the name Phnom Penh means Penh’s Hill and is named for Wat Phnom. The legend has it that in 1372, a wealthy widow, Lady Penh, found a Koki (Candlenut) tree floating down the Tonle Sap River. Inside the tree, Lady Penh found four bronze statues of Buddha and a stone statue of Vishnu, an important Hindu God. Lady Penh used her position and ordered the villagers to raise the height of the hill northeast of her house and used the wood from the Koki tree to build a temple to house the four Buddhas and a shelter for Vishnu slightly lower on the hill. She then named the temple Wat Phnom Daun Penh (The Temple Estate on the Hill of Grandmother Penh), which later shortened to Wat Phnom.

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Michigan Minute News LCMS

From the MI area we had a nice surprise this week as we were included in their newsletter (and it was on the top line too). Thank you so much to the MI District office. It read as the following:
Prayers:    WE LIFT UP IN PRAYER

George and Shary Frahm (Global Outreach Missionaries) for continued growth of the church in Cambodia as they share the Gospel message in rural villages …

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Faith Into The Community

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April 2015 Khmer Khronicle

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Angkor Wat

Cambodian Fact – Angkor Wat, a world heritage site, is the largest religious site in the world. It started out as a Hindu Temple built by Suryavarman II, an Indian ruler, in the first half of the 12th century. It later became and remains today a Buddhist temple. The name, Angkor Wat, is a modern derivative of the Cambodian “Nokor Wat” which translates as “City of Temple Grounds.”  The site itself is huge and requires a good set of legs and walking shoes to explore. (plus a walking stick in many areas over the rough terrain.)

Many other smaller temples dot the landscape all over this area and actually for a few hundred years many of these temples were lost to the ‘jungle.’

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Christian Trivia worthy of note

Cambodian Fact – Christian missionaries established the first Christian mission in Battambang in 1921.

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March 2015 Khmer Khronicle

KK March 2015

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News Flash

News Flash – On January 15, 2015, the government of Cambodia granted official recognition to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cambodia. This recognition allows the 32 churches, 9 lay pastors, and 8 ordained pastors to form a constitution and conduct a founding convention.

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The Flag

Cambodian Fact – The Cambodian flag is the only national flag to have the picture of a building on it. The building shown is the main temple from Angkor Wat, a World Heritage site.

Angkor Wat is the world’s largest religious site. It initially started out as a Hindu temple, but is now a part of the Buddhist religion.

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