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Alexandr Radayev
Faith · Books · Pop Culture
First volume of “Death to the World” collects 1990s American Orthodox samizdat
New in the "Object of Desire" column is the book "Death to the World. Volume One: Genesis", which gathers all the material from the original Orthodox American samizdat "Death to the World" of the 1990s, published by the monks of the Monastery of St
Faith · Monarchies · Observations · Society · Humour
Queen of England Henrietta Maria in satirical pamphlets and the reasons for her unpopularity
She who lives to eat and is mad for sweetmeats, whose only pleasure is her belly and her throat, who stuffs her cheeks and her paunch, a gluttonous queen, grows fat herself and makes her husband's purse lean. The main thing is not to become like the Queen
Art
The Division of Day and Night
Guido Reni, 1599
Archive · Observations · Mores · Education · Ethnography
Shrovetide celebrations at a kindergarten in Malakhovka
Children with plastic bags on their heads play at being snowballs. This put me in mind of Shrovetide at my own kindergarten, and the chief impression it left: a strange bewilderment that nobody could properly explain what sort of holiday it was, or why someone had to be burned. I
Faith · Observations · Heritage · Society
Bulgarian euro coins depict Saints Paisius of Hilendar and John of Rila
Bulgaria Puts Images of Orthodox Saints on the Obverses of Its National Euro Coins. The 2-euro coin depicts Saint Paisius of Hilendar, who lived in the 18th century, a key figure of the Bulgarian National Revival and the author of the Slavonic-Bulgarian History of the Bulgarian peoples and
NB! · Archive · Art · People
Ilya Kabakov in Hamburg in April 1996
Moscow · Observations · Society
Moscow metro changes the wording of its announcement on giving up seats
In the Moscow metro, the announcement "Dear passengers, please give up your seats to the disabled, the elderly, passengers with children and pregnant women" has been replaced with "Be courteous, give up your seats to those for whom standing is harder". I am not sure whether
Society · Saint Petersburg
CDU proposes twinning Hamburg with Kyiv instead of partnership with Saint Petersburg
Head of the Hamburg CDU Group Proposes Ending the City's Twinning with Saint Petersburg, in Force Since 1957. According to the politician, Russia is not a partner of Germany, and Saint Petersburg is not a partner city of Hamburg. Instead, the CDU proposes establishing a full twinning of
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Henri Matisse, Nasturtiums with "Dance"
Listings · Moscow · Coming Up · Art · Museums
A new selection of Moscow exhibitions
📌 Closing soon: the exhibition "From Beijing to Moscow: A Dialogue of Cultures" at the Tretyakov Gallery, until 23 February 📌 The exhibition "Will It Last Forever?" at the Shift gallery, until 28 March 📌 Andrey Kuzkin's exhibition "Not Here" at the pop/off/art
Faith · Art · Books · Museums · Rome
Raphael’s last painting, “Transfiguration”, as described by Vasari
Let us begin the week before Great Lent with Raphael's Transfiguration of Christ. This is the last picture the artist worked on before his death in 1520. It is kept in the Vatican Pinacoteca. A reminder that the beauty of Christ's sacrifice will save the world.