Pilgrims at the copy of the Holy Child in Santa Maria in Aracoeli, original stolen in 1984

Paid a visit to the Holy Infant in Santa Maria in Aracoeli. Touching pilgrims go on bringing their notes, petitions for wishes granted and for healing, to the copy of the original stolen in 1984, while the genuine Infant, carved from Gethsemane wood, is kept in a secret room in the basement of some wealthy sorcerer, who is attempting to use the priceless relic to raise dead millionaires. But I am certain that this Infant, too, is capable of working miracles

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the

Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least

Pilgrims at the copy of the Holy Child in Santa Maria in Aracoeli, original stolen in 1984

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s