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School No. 36 in the Zachatievsky Convent on Ostozhenka: built in 1936, demolished after closing in 2002

A Grave Beside the School Walls? It was an interesting spot in Moscow, and surely some of my subscribers remember the building of School No. 36, which operated until 2002 inside the Conception Convent on Ostozhenka. The school building went up in 1936 on the site of a demolished church,

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Key provisions of the Vatican document on the use of artificial intelligence on its territory

The Governorate of Vatican City, the executive body of the city-state, has established certain rules governing the use of AI on Vatican territory and set up a special Commission on Artificial Intelligence. The main provisions of the document speak of the need to respect human dignity, to ensure the

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Mosaic of the Baptism of Christ in the Arian Baptistery in Ravenna, 6th century

To the right of Christ is depicted the personification of the River Jordan

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Mid-19th-century French wooden cross with the instruments of the Passion and their meanings

Cross with the instruments of the Passion, wood, French work of the mid-19th century. Among the instruments of the Passion are tools resembling those of torture, for instance pincers. They refer, however, to the drawing of the nails from Christ's hands. The sword is the one with

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If a morning workout, then with the Egyptian goddess Nut, who swallows the Moon and stars every day and gives birth to them again

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Completion of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is expected in 2026

It is reported that the construction of the La Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona is expected to be completed in 2026. Just in time for the centenary of the death of its legendary architect, Antoni Gaudí. That is to say, in 2026 the longest-running building project in the world

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China on Course to Become the "Most Christian Country in the World" Within 15 Years

The number of Christians in Communist China is growing so steadily that by 2030 it may have more churchgoers than America. What can one say but: thank God!

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Another Circus in the Vatican

Another circus in the Vatican. Nothing new.

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Christmas in Moscow

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Merry Christmas!

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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in a nineteenth-century painting and in a twenty-first-century photograph

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