Serbian judoka Nemanja Majdov, who crossed himself before a bout at the Paris Olympics, has been suspended for five months by the Judo Federation

Such is the effect of the Life-Giving Cross upon the unclean!

It is officially declared that he violated the religious code of the Olympic Games, the offence being construed precisely "in the context of observing the rules and norms of the competition". Even before this, Majdov had stated that he would not renounce the Orthodox faith for the sake of an Olympic medal.

An Olympiad that has covered itself in disgrace from beginning to end merely confirms itself as an antichristian spectacle

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