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The Reconciliation of the Churches in 1965 Was Preceded by a Curious Incident in Early 1962
Pope Paul VI sent the Patriarchate of Constantinople an invitation for representatives of the Orthodox Church to take part in the Second Vatican Council as observers. A special commission was created for the occasion, to which various Orthodox churches were invited. And, following the considered decision of this commission, Patriarch
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The Declaration on the Lifting of the Mutual Anathemas Was Worked Out by Special Commissions Over Several Months
The Declaration on the lifting of the mutual anathemas was worked out by special commissions over several months. It was resolved to adopt it after the first meeting of the primates of the Eastern and Western churches since 1439, held in January 1964
Archive · Observations · Society
Peskov says the new information security doctrine poses no threat to historians
A WORD PUT IN FOR THE 28 PANFILOV MEN. Peskov reports that the new information security doctrine poses no threat to historians with an alternative opinion: "On the contrary, historical research and work in the archives are work to which great importance is attached. At the same time, it
Monarchies · Society · Pop Culture · Humour
Supposition that Nicholas I was born of Babkin and Nadezhda Babkina's claim to the throne
If Nicholas I was sired by a Babkin, then Nadezhda Babkina is heir to the Russian throne. Checkmate, conspiracy theorists!
Architecture · Moscow · Heritage · Society
The road that ran across the cemetery of the Alexeyevsky Monastery is the Third Transport Ring
The road that ran across the cemetery of the Alexeyevsky Monastery is the Third Transport Ring. And on another part of the cemetery Khrushchev had already built a park for the children of the Zheleznodorozhny District
NB! · Society · Nature · Ethnography
The Pilgrim Fathers slaughtered buffalo by the thousand to deprive the Indians of their traditional means of livelihood
NB! · Faith · Science · Society
15 October 1582 followed directly upon 4 October by decree of Pope Gregory XIII
15 October 1582 followed directly upon 4 October by decree of Pope Gregory XIII. Today is the birthday of the Gregorian calendar
NB! · Archive · Museums · Society
A photograph from the Black Sea Fleet Museum
A photograph from the Black Sea Fleet Museum. Especially for those who tell us that the St George ribbon was invented by perfidious propagandists in 2009
NB! · Faith · The East · Art · Heritage · Society
The world community, which protested loudly against the destruction of cultural heritage sites, could do nothing to stop the Taliban from blowing up a unique complex of Greco-Buddhist art
NB! · Faith · The East · Society
The Japanese Mark the Anniversary of a Surrender in the Russo-Japanese War
The Japanese mark the anniversary of a surrender in the Russo-Japanese War. For Shintoists, all countrymen who have fallen in Japan's wars are objects of veneration
NB! · Society · Palaeontology · Nature