Faith · People
Better to keep silent with God than to speak with the devil
Schema-Archimandrite Elijah (1932-2025)
Alexandr Radayev
London · Monarchies · Museums · Society
During his recent state visit to Britain, Donald Trump intended to present King Charles with a gift symbolising American-British military cooperation
The Trump administration approached the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas, on the matter. Among other things, the institution's collection holds a sword presented to Eisenhower in 1947 by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. The library, however, declined to hand over this or any other original
Archive · Art · Museums · Heritage
Manet's “Winter Garden”, bought for Berlin in 1896 and later stored in a salt mine
American soldiers with Édouard Manet's "In the Conservatory", removed from Berlin and kept with other masterpieces in a salt mine at Merkers-Kieselbach in Germany. In the end the painting stayed in Germany, and it is now in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. The portrait of Manet&
Archaeology · Rome
Archaeologists find traces of two waves of resettlement in southern Pompeii after Vesuvius
Archaeologists exploring the southern part of Pompeii have found traces of two waves of resettlement, in the late 1st to early 3rd century and in the 4th and 5th centuries. Among the finds are food remains, coins, the skeleton of a horse and the remains of a newborn child, buried
Art · Museums · Heritage · Society
WJRO report says up to 100,000 works from Jewish families may be held in US museums
Up to 100,000 Works of Art Confiscated by the Nazis May Be in US Museums. A great many works of art seized and stolen by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945 have still not been returned to their rightful owners and their heirs. According to a new report by
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Sarah Mullally appointed first woman Archbishop of Canterbury
The Church of England Headed by a Woman for the First Time in Its History. A historic event took place in Great Britain today: for the first time in the 1,400-year history of the Anglican Church, a woman has been appointed Archbishop of Canterbury: Sarah Mullally. Her candidacy
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If You Can't Beat the Potholes, at Least Decorate Them
Faith · Observations · Education
Martin Luther's 1520 quotation and the modern Western university
I fear that the universities will prove to be the great gates of hell, unless they diligently labour in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them upon the hearts of youth. Martin Luther, 1520. Looking at what goes on in the Western university, one sees that a quotation five hundred
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The Fall of Icarus
The Fall of Icarus. Rodin
NB! · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour
Lugging his bag of money to the land of forgotten idols
Lugging his bag of money to the land of forgotten idols. Soon the Labubu will be there too
NB! · Faith · Art · Books
Image of a Guardian Angel from a Book of Hours of the early sixteenth century, from the workshop of Simon Bening
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