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Abraham, the Lord and Two Angels
Gustave Doré, 1852
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A child before a hanukkiah made of oranges, with Hanukkah greetings
A child and a hanukkiah made of oranges. Happy Hanukkah 🌸🌹💐🌺🌷🌼🌻
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Can you imagine the party they threw yesterday in the Vatican, at the Casa Santa Marta, the residence of the Argentine Pope Francis?
Faith · Ethnography · Humour
The Norwegian Yule goat Julebukk and its Christmastide house visits
No, this is not the principal shareholder of Balenciaga, but the Yule Goat of Norway, the Julebukk, which goes back to pre-Christian rituals and is linked to the image of the hoofed beasts harnessed to the chariot of the god Thor. At Christmastide the Julebukk goes from house to
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Pope Francis Turns 86 Today
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I know three days have already passed, but I cannot help sharing this little gem from the christening of Georgy Mikhailovich Romanov's heir, Prince Alexander, in the Transfiguration Church of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
I know three days have already passed, but I cannot help sharing this little gem from the christening of Georgy Mikhailovich Romanov's heir, Prince Alexander, in the Transfiguration Church of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The boy was born on 21 October and named after his great-
Architecture · Faith · Art · Rome
Andrea Pozzo's Baroque Frescoes in the Church of Sant'Ignazio in Rome, Late 17th Century
It is not the Sistine Chapel, but there are no queues here either. The Baroque frescoes in the Jesuit church of Sant'Ignazio in Rome, painted by Andrea Pozzo at the end of the 17th century, are devoted to the divine light which, through the teaching of the Church,
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Wooden Nativity Scene from Sutrio Installed in Saint Peter's Square
This year's Christmas crib for Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican was made in the northern Italian village of Sutrio, in the province of Udine. All the figures are made entirely of wood, and the hemisphere above them symbolises the grotto in which the Holy Family
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Leo Tolstoy in “The Power of Darkness” on city lavatories and a forgotten God
"Well, I daresay the time's at hand, eh. Saw the privies, too, eh, in the town. When we got there, that is. All smoothed, smoothed out, eh, smart as can be. Made like a tavern. And for no purpose. All for no purpose. Oh, we've
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Madonna delle Milizie in Scicli and the legend of the rescue of Sicily from the Saracens in 1091
The Madonna delle Milizie from the church in the comune of Scicli is a unique representation of the Mother of God as a horsewoman on a white steed. According to legend, it was the Madonna herself, appearing in a radiant cloud on horseback, who saved Sicily from capture by the
Faith · Observations · Mores
Francis of Assisi's pact with the wolf and the Russian tradition of pacts with evil
Francis of Assisi has a tale of how he struck a bargain with a ferocious wolf. Francis was displeased that the wolf preyed not only on animals but also made attempts on people, who bear the image of God. And so the medieval saint proposed a pact to the wolf:
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