NEWS FLASH: Antiochia and its Redemption Cathedral Listed in SL’s Destination Guide

News and Events

The Antiochia Team is honored and excited to announce that, less than once month after its initial opening festivities, our sim and its Redemption Cathedral, designed and built by The Time Machine’s Alexia Carnell, has been listed in Second Life’s Destination Guide here: http://secondlife.com/destination/redemption-cathedral-antiochia . We were indexed in both the “Education / Non-profits” and Role-play / Historical” sections of the Guide. Please “LIKE” us on SL’s page and come visit our community, the Agora Polis Antiochia, and our beautiful home.

This Sunday, from 10:30 am to 2 pm slt, Antiochia is offering a great line-up of artists to entertain you: first, Cabaret and Jazz Performer Mihaere Shamen will rock our Forum Valentis, followed by virtuoso pianist Tip Corbett, whose performance will begin at 11:30 am slt, and finally by Joaquin Gustav, whose Latin Guitar will provide a romantic and mellow finale to the day’s activities. These events and the location SLURL are listed in the SL Events Guide.

Educational Activities

On the educational front, Antochia is happy to have brought in-world a first batch of students from the Middle East, from locations such as Beirut (Lebanon), as well as Duhok and Erbil (Iraq). Our AST Student Coordinator, Georges Kabalan, is currently develop the procedures and processes designed to assist our students to prepare for their university studies in Canada, whilst our partners from the language learning community of Virtlantis, led by Kip Yellowjacket, are preparing to provide them with customized assistance in improving their English language skills.

To publicize our sim and activities in both real life and the metaverse, we are currently producing a promotional five-minute clip of Antiochia and its key architectural and natural highlights, produced by machinima director Robert Little, with a musical score by Joaquin Gustav. The clip should be ready and available before the end of February.  Robert has already produced a clip on one of the events in Antiochia’s Forum Valentis, organized by Kemen College’s Phanessa Svenska:

http://youtu.be/2UPQnVcTXM0 .

We look forward to hosting you at our events this Sunday, February 1st from 10:30 am slt to 2 pm slt. For any questions, please consult our website at http://apa.antiochiatrust.org, contact AlexOlteanu Unplugged in-world, or email contact@antiochiatrust.org.