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Iconography of Saint Stephen the protomartyr and his Orthodox and Catholic feast days
Saint Stephen, the Christian protomartyr executed by decision of the Sanhedrin around AD 33-36, is customarily depicted as a beardless youth at the moment of his execution, being stoned. In his hands Stephen often holds the Gospel and a palm branch, or a censer. Stephen was one of the
Almaty · Observations · People
Choreographer Bulat Ayukhanov, founder of a dance theatre, died in Almaty on 13 December
It is with sorrow that I learnt that on 13 December the outstanding ballet master and dancer Bulat Ayukhanov died in Almaty. He would have turned 85 this year. Bulat Gazizovich and I had been acquainted since 2011; I often spoke about this remarkable artist and wrote about him. I
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The former King of England, the Duke of Windsor, and Wallis Simpson, the cause of his abdication, in the star photographer Philippe Halsman's "Jump" series, 1958
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The murder of Pompey in Egypt and Caesar's tears on learning of his rival's death
Caesar holds the head of the murdered Pompey in his hands and dissolves into tears. Pompey was treacherously murdered in Egypt: he was lured by a ruse into leaving his warship and going ashore, and since the invitation of Ptolemy Dionysus was relayed by centurions who had served under Pompey
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The First and Last Photographs of Elizabeth II
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Only Napoleon Can Understand Mbappé's Feelings
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Pope Francis Turns 86 Today
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"How could the younger generation have lacked the clear-sightedness, the tact, the heart to grasp all the grandeur, all the power of these brilliant young men, emerging from the ranks of the Guards, these darlings of rank and wealth, leaving their drawing
To be angry that these people appeared in the one estate that had any education, any leisure and any security is senseless. Had these "princes, boyars, voivodes", these statssekretari and colonels not been the first to awake from moral hunger, and had they waited for physical hunger to
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Marshal Ney was among the last French commanders to leave Russia
Marshal Ney was among the last French commanders to leave Russia. The final day of the French campaign of 1812 is conventionally held to be 14 December, when Ney, at the head of the pitiful remnants of the Grande Armée, some 1,600 hungry, feral, emaciated soldiers, crossed the River
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The Three Princesses of the Underground Kingdom
The Three Princesses of the Underground Kingdom. Viktor Vasnetsov, 1884. The painting was composed on a motif from the Russian folk tale of Ivan Tsarevich, who descends into the underground kingdom and meets there the Golden, Silver and Copper Princesses. Vasnetsov took up the subject while fulfilling a commission from
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