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Czechia refuses to extend the residence permit of Archpriest Nikolai Lishenyuk, aged 51, who served in Karlovy Vary from 2006 to 2022
Although the Czech security services have presented no evidence of any political activity on the part of Fr Nikolai, they accuse him of creating some kind of structure of influence with the support of Russian state bodies, and of posing a potential threat to the security of the state. Archpriest
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Varlam Shalamov on his poems, which were born on Sundays and survived
With cave dust, with blue mould My poems are smeared. They were born on Sundays, Sparing of words and quiet. They grew up fast, like beasts, Baptised with Epiphany snow In frosty darkness, in marsh damp. And yet they survived. They do not boast of ancestors, They care nothing for
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Soviet People, Photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson
Archaeology · Faith · The East · Monarchies
Mount Nemrut in south-eastern Turkey is famous for the tomb of Antiochus I, who lived from 69 to 34 BC and ruled Commagene, an ancient Armenian kingdom of the Hellenistic period in Asia Minor
Mount Nemrut in south-eastern Turkey is famous for the tomb of Antiochus I, who lived from 69 to 34 BC and ruled Commagene, an ancient Armenian kingdom of the Hellenistic period in Asia Minor. The history of the Commagenian kingdom unfolded at the meeting point of Persian and Greek
NB! · Observations · Society
The French Colonies, for Which, in Essence, the French Are Now Paying with the De-Christianisation of France and the Replacement of Its Native Population
Architecture · Faith · Heritage · Society
Silver items stolen from an English abbey, damage estimated at one hundred thousand pounds
A few days ago in the English county of Dorset, the 1,300-year-old doors of Sherborne Abbey were broken open and church silver stolen. The damage done to one of the most significant and beautiful churches in England is estimated at a hundred thousand pounds. Among the stolen
The East · Geography · Maps · Nature
Topographic map of Asia shows why Tibet is called the Roof of the World
A topographical map of Asia. A graphic answer to the question of why Tibet is called the Roof of the World: the average height of its territory is 4,000 m above sea level, and it is the largest mountain system by area. A mountain system on the continent. The
Art · Observations
“Theseus and the Minotaur”, a 2021 painting by Scottish artist Paul Reid
A monster indeed. Quite a dreadful picture. Theseus and the Minotaur by the contemporary Scottish artist Paul Reid, 2021
NB! · Art · Museums · New York
King Arthur, tapestry of 1385, collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Art · Books
Gavriil Derzhavin wrote “Anacreon by the Stove” in 1795 about Maria, her harp and Cupid
Should Anacreon chance To visit Maria, Between them Cupid Would flit like a butterfly. The winged godling flew Around the beauty, And fitted his feathered arrows To his bow. He shot from her heavenly And blue eyes, And from the roses on her charming lips, And from the lilies on
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