NB! · Faith · Humour
Section
· 1674 stories
Faith
Faith · London · Monarchies · Heritage
Pope Francis gives Charles III splinters of the True Cross for the 6 May coronation
Pope Francis has made the grandest of gifts to the British Crown in honour of the forthcoming coronation of Charles III. Francis I has presented the monarch with two fragments of wood from the True Cross of the Lord. The fragments, or rather tiny splinters, 5 and 10 mm in
Faith · Art · Mores · Rome
Criticism of Michelangelo’s “Last Judgement” and the clothing added by Daniele da Volterra
Attacks on Michelangelo's fresco "The Last Judgement" on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel began while it was still being painted. The grievances were various: some disliked the treatment of the subject, others were displeased by the realistic manner of depiction. The masterpiece was called
Archive · Faith · Science · Mores · People
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov Makes a Most Unexpected Connection Between the Easter Festivities and a Rise in Mortality
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov makes a most unexpected connection between the Easter festivities and a rise in mortality. In one of his letters to Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in 1761, speaking of Easter, Lomonosov describes the dangers to life and the multitude of deaths that overtake the Orthodox people every year.
Archive · Faith · Books · Mores · Ethnography
Mikhail Lomonosov in 1761 on worldly thoughts on the eve of Easter
"The bright Resurrection of Christ draws near, the universal joy of Christendom. Then, though the Passion of the Lord is read almost without cease and many times repeated, our thoughts are already upon Holy Week: one pictures to himself pleasant and rich dishes; another wonders whether his clothes will
Faith · Art · Moscow · Museums · People
Bringing Ivanov’s “The Appearance of Christ” to Russia and to the Tretyakov Gallery
Alexander Ivanov worked on “The Appearance of Christ Before the People” for twenty years, although he had expected to finish it within the span of his Italian placement. His close friend Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol, incidentally portrayed in the painting as the figure nearest to Christ, wrote that “Ivanov has long
Faith · Art · Observations
The author recalls the Easter phone wallpapers from the year before last
Remembered the Easter wallpapers for phones from the year before last. Enjoy
Architecture · Faith · Ethnography
The Easter ritual Scoppio del Carro in Florence, with a rocket dove and fireworks
A Dove, Rockets, Santa Maria del Fiore, a Tower of Fireworks and Easter. You will never forget this Easter tradition once you have seen it: a priest takes a spark of the holy fire and lights a special fuse, which feeds a rocket in the shape of a dove, flying
Faith · Art · Observations
Christ's Entry into Jerusalem in Giotto's Fresco in the Scrovegni Chapel, Padua
Happy Palm Sunday! The faithful break off branches of olive trees and palms to cast beneath the feet of Christ as he enters Jerusalem. This fresco belongs to the most famous series of works by Giotto di Bondone and is part of the 900-metre painted decoration of the Scrovegni
Architecture · Faith
This angular, ungainly concrete building, propped up by a single massive pier, is the Chapel of Saint Hildegard in Düsseldorf, built in 1962-1970 to a design by Gottfried Böhm
No decoration, no refinements, just bare concrete. Only a barely protruding bell tower slightly disturbs the Brutalist gloom of the concrete pile. The design echoes a number of other works by the famous architect, whose arsenal includes many churches that would serve perfectly well in the universe of "Mad
Faith
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh on the Annunciation and the free consent of the Mother of God
"The Annunciation is the day of the good news that there was found, in the whole world of men, a Virgin who believed in God so deeply, and was so profoundly capable of obedience and trust, that the Son of God could be born of Her. The Incarnation of
NB! · Archive · Architecture · Faith · New York
Illuminated crosses on New York skyscrapers at Easter in the 1950s and 1960s
Easter illumination on New York's skyscrapers in the 1950s and 1960s. For many years in a row the city was decked out for Easter with luminous crosses on a great number of landmark buildings, but at some point it all came to an end...