Faith · Art · Books

When the Day of Pentecost Had Come, They Were All Together in One Place

When the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as

Archive · Faith · The East · Society

Orthodox Christians in Palestine in 1900

During the ethnic cleansing of the Nakba, a consequence of the creation of the State of Israel, Jewish militias expelled more than 750,000 people from Palestine in 1948, including 90,000 Palestinian Christians, and destroyed or forced the closure of around thirty Christian churches

Books · Observations · Mores

Chatwin on buying an object as a Grail quest and a collector's calm view of things

The English journalist Bruce Chatwin on collecting:. The acquisition of an object is in itself a quest for the Grail: the hunt for the prey, the moment of recognition, the decision to buy, the loss, the fear of financial catastrophe, the dark cloud of uncertainty ("Is it a fake?

Moscow · Society · Nature

Sobyanin: Moscow to Have More Beach Places Than Sochi

Our river will grow cleaner and cleaner with every year. I hope that soon it will be possible to swim in the Moskva River along its entire length

Cover of Life magazine with a headline about the Hermitage and a photo of a clergyman and several men in suits with a wreath of pink and white flowers.

Archive · Faith · Society · People

The Hermitage Announced on the Cover of Life Magazine, 26 March 1965

Martin Luther King and Archbishop Iakovos, the only clergyman not of African descent to take part in the march against racial discrimination. Cover pull-quote: Russia'a Fabulous Art Museum The Hermitage

Books · People · Pop Culture

Brunello Cucinelli has dedicated his new campaign to books and written a very touching letter about the place of books in his life:

I am in love with books. I love them for the knowledge they give, for the fragrance they exude, for the rustle of turning pages, which seems to caress the soul. Like Voltaire, I have a weakness for old volumes and I treasure the words of their authors, whose wisdom

NB! · Books · Nature · Humour

A goose differs from a gander in that if you seize her by the head she does not cry out, especially a young one

Books · Rome

Yes, some day the young shall hear of a sword stained with a brother's blood, appointed to shine in victory over the foe, and of a generation already dwindled in number by its fathers' depravity

“To Caesar Augustus. Ode 2”, Horace, translated by Afanasy Fet

Books · Museums · Heritage · People

Russian translation of Michael Finkel’s “The Museum Thief” on Stefan Breitwieser published

A Russian translation of journalist Michael Finkel's book "The Art Thief" has been published. Two years ago it became a bestseller in the United States. Its hero is Stéphane Breitwieser, a young Frenchman with neither education nor profession, who between 1995 and 2001 stole more than

Archive · Moscow · Society

The 1996 Address of the President of Russia Was Called "The Russia for Which We Are Responsible"

It contained the following words: "Tsarist Russia, burdened with the weight of its own historical problems, was unable...", while "the communist project failed the test".

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Cinema · Observations · Science · Education

Melde's experiment with a violin bow and a vessel of water shows how waves propagate under the influence of sound vibration

Did you cover this at school? Or at the very least, do you remember Sandra Bullock's talent-show number in the film "Miss Congeniality"?

Alexandr Radayev