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BARTHOLOMEW --Patriarch of Constantinople --Headquarters in Istanbul --Position: In February, Bartholomew decreed that the Orthodox Church in Estonia was autonomous rather than under the authority of the Russian church, as it had been historically. It would therefore fall under Constantinople's jurisdiction. --Allies: The Estonian government and the church in Finland. While most of the other national churches will do their best to remain neutral, Constantinople may be able to count on Romania, Albania and affiliated congregations for moral support...
Peeter Rebane '95 says his borther in Estonia pays about $70 U.S. dollars or $700 Estonian kronas each month for access through an institute of cybernetics...
Nyman spends half the year developing his attitude in the solitude of an 18th century farmhouse in the French Pyrenees, where he lives with his Estonian wife Aet. A couple of months a year at his other home in north London enables him to indulge his passion for the Queen's Park Rangers soccer team; the rest of the time he's on the road with the band...
Neeme Kaik, an Estonian passenger, reached a lifeboat station as the list increased. "There was no activity among the crew, and I did not hear any messages," he said. "I grabbed a life jacket, and then the boat fell on its left side completely. I managed to jump into a rubber boat with three other people." Moments later, the 15,566-ton Estonia turned nearly upside down and sank, stern first, in 260 ft. of chilly water. Survivors estimated that it had gone down in little more than 15 minutes...
...inside the ship, as passengers fled their cabins and jammed into corridors and stairways. "A woman had broken her legs and begged others to give her a life jacket," said Kent Harstedt, a Swedish passenger, "but it was the law of the jungle." Andrus Maidre, a 19- year-old Estonian passenger, said the old and the very young had little chance. "Some old people had already given up hope and were just sitting there crying," he said. "I stepped over children who were wailing and holding onto the railing." Very few of the survivors were women, children or - the elderly...