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A reminder to those planning to spend money or sell their eyes!
A reminder to those planning to spend money or sell their eyes! Today sees the opening of the Katalog contemporary art fair at the Sytin printing house on Pyatnitskaya, and of the Non/fiction fair of intellectual literature at the Gostiny Dvor. The main thing is not to rush, not
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The Republic is secular, but France is Christian
Charles de Gaulle A pity that the Christian rulers of Europe parted with this idea so readily
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Mikhail Nesterov’s painting “Horsemen (Legend)” of 1932 in the Theological Academy collection, Trinity Sergius Posad
Mikhail Nesterov. Horsemen (Legend). 1932. Church Archaeology Cabinet of the Theological Academy, Trinity Lavra of St Sergius, Sergiev Posad, Russia
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Man and woman smoking in a dim corridor
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The Names Socrates and Plato in the Orthodox Church Calendar
An interesting observation: Socrates, like Plato, is a baptismal Orthodox name found in the calendar of saints. Socrates appears in the church calendar three times: the Hieromartyr Presbyter Socrates of Ancyra, the Martyr Socrates of Perga in Pamphylia, and the Venerable Martyr Socrates of Tiberiopolis. Plato features in the Orthodox
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Statue of the goddess Hathor in the temple complex of Thutmose III, discovered during Henri Édouard Naville's excavations in 1907
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Advice on beauty and virtue citing Socrates in an old Russian book
I name no names, but all the same:. ...a woman of plain features, seated before the mirror, ought to say to herself: “How shall I look if I am ill-natured besides?” while a beautiful one should say: “What is beauty beside virtue?”
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Manvantara, or My Schedule for Today
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Magnificent Vases from the Château de Fontainebleau
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Off to Paris, Urgently!
Off to Paris, urgently! A creative meeting with Yury Butusov is an excellent continuation of the touring production. He is one of the finest theatre directors in the country. There is so much one could ask him
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