Battle of Karansebes, where the Austrian army defeated itself after a drunken brawl

The Battle of Caransebeș will go down in history as one of the most absurd engagements ever fought: the Austrian army managed to defeat itself. My thanks to Twitter's algorithmic feed for this staggering story. One is deeply sorry for the men who perished in this tragedy, yet the episode simply defies belief. An army of 100,000 was routed by a drunken brawl; hundreds of soldiers were killed and more than a thousand wounded. Emperor Joseph II very nearly drowned, while the Turkish force of 125,000 men never even got as far as the field of battle. No comment needed, really

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Mass adult baptism at an Orthodox mission in Hendersonville, North Carolina

A server holds the phelonion of Father Photius Parks during the mass baptism of adults at the mission of Saint Anthony the Great of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese in Hendersonville, North Carolina. At present, about 24% of all Orthodox Christians in the United States are adults who have

A literacy circle for housewives in a 1931 photograph from the photo-essay "24 Hours in the Life of the Filippov Family"

Something tells me, on this day of splendid quotations from presidents, that in response to the call not to allow society to be divided into a thinking intellectual elite and people who will find themselves in the second or third rank in their level of intellectual development zealous executors, should

Screenshot of a news item: at a rally in Nebraska Trump suggested Iran could destroy Los Angeles and San Diego.

The Voronezh meme recurs in Trump's remarks on Iran and Los Angeles

The Voronezh meme finds a new incarnation, this time in a country of the First World

Pope Leo XIV on the courage to do good, to forgive and to enter into dialogue

Our time needs men and women who have the courage to do good, even when it involves sacrifice. Draw near to those who are lonely, support the weary and seek out those who have lost their way. Have the courage to forgive, to begin anew and to enter into dialogue.

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Mass adult baptism at an Orthodox mission in Hendersonville, North Carolina

A literacy circle for housewives in a 1931 photograph from the photo-essay "24 Hours in the Life of the Filippov Family"

The Voronezh meme recurs in Trump's remarks on Iran and Los Angeles

Pope Leo XIV on the courage to do good, to forgive and to enter into dialogue