On 31 December 1862 the Battle of Stones River of the American Civil War was fought, ending in a draw, with total casualties of 24,000 men out of 76,000 participants
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Hieromonk Sofontiy of the Kerzhenets, an Old Believer father: his grave, his following and his portrayal by Melnikov-Pechersky
In the Trans-Volga forests on the river Kerzhenets, not far from Semyonov in the Nizhny Novgorod region, stands a cross over the grave of Hieromonk Sophonty, one of the most revered fathers of the Old Believers. Tradition names Sophonty as one of seven Solovetsky monks who fled the monastery
Elder Fyodor Kuzmich and Emperor Alexander I: the Identity Theory, Historians’ Views and the Church’s Position
A mural in Tomsk showing Saint Theodore of Tomsk, also known as the elder Fyodor Kuzmich, and Emperor Alexander I, whom many consider to be one and the same person. I am inclined to think so too. The man who called himself Fyodor Kuzmich appeared in 1836 in Perm Governorate,
Zurbarán exhibition at the Louvre opens with the 1627 “Crucifixion” from the Art Institute of Chicago
The Surbarán exhibition at the Louvre opens with the "Crucifixion" that launched the painter's fame in Seville in 1627. The Dominicans of the monastery of San Pablo el Real commissioned 21 paintings from the young Surbarán, and this vast canvas, almost three metres high, became the
Congressman Raskin proposes Smithsonian exhibition on Trump's propaganda
Jamie Raskin, the Democratic congressman for Maryland, has introduced in the US House of Representatives a bill that would oblige the Smithsonian Institution to create a permanent exhibition on the propaganda of Donald Trump. The bill is entitled the "Preserving and Remembering the History of Trump and Other Tyrants