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Why was a leper colony located on the Hawaiian island of Molokai?
At the time of the founding of the leper colony on Molokai, leprosy was epidemic in Hawaii. Molokai was the least heavily used island at the time, and there was space available for the leper colony. The founders believed that it was important to keep the lepers away from healthy people, and the remoteness of the colony allowed this separation.
Was once a leper colony administered by father Damien?
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What is Hawaii's forbidden island?
Possibly Molokai which used to house a Leper Colony.
In what town did Simon the Pharisee live?
Simon the Pharisee lived in the town of Nain, as mentioned in the Gospel of Luke in the Bible.
Was there ever leprosy in Ireland?
Yes, St Stephens Green in Dublin was once a leper colony.
Which one of Hawaii's islands was once a leper colony?
The Kalaupapa Leper Colony was founded in 1873 by Father Damien on a peninsula of Molokai. It is a the base of a sea cliff (the highest in the world) that is over 3300 feet above the colony. There are about 24 people still living there out of the over 8000 that were exiled there until the law was changed in 1969.
What Hawaiian County has no elected officials?
Kalawao County is administered by the Hawaii Department of Health as a Leper Colony.
How have leprosy patients been mistreated?
Its victims were often shunned by the community, kept at arm's length, or sent to a leper colony.
What is a sentence for the word missionary?
The missionary was sent to Hawaii to take care of the leper colony.
Where was Che Guevara in July of 1953?
Che graduated from medical school as a doctor in March 1953 and decided to work in a leper colony in Venezuela.
What is a leper?
A leper is a person who carries the disease of leprosy.
How many times is Bethany mentioned in the Bible?
In the King James versionthe word - Bethany - appears 11 timesMat 21:17 And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.Mat 26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,Mar 11:1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,Mar 11:11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.Mar 11:12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:Mar 14:3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.Luk 19:29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,Luk 24:50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.Joh 11:1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.Joh 11:18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:Joh 12:1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
