A Russian replica of Medieval the Holy Land was Created Near Moscow’s New Jerusalem Monastery. Russian Palestine was conceived as a means to capture the Holy Land, otherwise inaccessible to an ordinary Russian person of the seventeenth century.
Some may remember a time when most light entertainment featured content that was basically family-friendly. Shows like Andy Griffith, Lassie, I Love Lucy, Father Knows Best, Wagon Train, and others were mainstays on evening TV.
There was a priest, the dirty beast: Before taking his own life over sex abuse allegations, a British priest reportedly organized a lockdown-defying sex and debauchery orgy. The Catholic Church is allegedly investigating allegations of a sex party that took place at the sacred St. Mary’s Cathedral in Newcastle while the rest of the UK was under strict lockdown rules, the Sunday Times reported. The probe is part of a wider Vatican inquiry into the diocese, involving multiple cases of sexual abuse.
Some ‘madmen’ believe Russia could be defeated, but this could trigger the end of the world, Patriarch Kirill has said.
Any attempts to destroy Russia could spell disaster for the entire world, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, warned on Thursday.
Apart from traditional festive church services, Russians also have a tradition of Epiphany dips, when people cut cross-shaped holes in the ice of water bodies, the churchmen bless the water, and on the eve of the Epiphany, after going to a church, people dip thrice into the freezing water, crossing themselves before each dip.
Would anyone be inspired to write books, compose music, or paint pictures if there was no one to enjoy them? Yes, I think they would. It is my belief that each of us is given a gift although many go through life without discovering their unknown ability; a great pity.
As Britain and indeed Europe turn their back on Christianity Russia is building new churches at an extraordinary rate. In Moscow alone, it is expected that 200 new churches will soon bring Christians and God closer together.
You asked for someone who had lived in Hitler’s Germany to tell you what it was like. Permit me, someone, who lived under the Swastika flag from 1935, when the Saar was reunited with Germany, to 1945, to give a short answer.
Recently, a high-profile Russian public figure, Boris Korchevnikov, posted his theory about how Russia can increase its ethnic population and encourage the creation and growth of traditional families. Boris is the General Director and General Producer of Russia’s first public Orthodox TV channel, Spas TV, and a member of the Public Chamber of Russia.
Children of my Gaza refugee camp were rarely afraid of monsters but fearful of nightmarish US-backed Israeli soldiers. This is all that we talked about before going to bed. Unlike imaginary monsters in the closet or under the bed, Israeli soldiers are real, and they could show up any minute – at the door, on the roof or, as was often the case, right in the middle of the house.
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