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« Reply #450 on: May 26, 2011, 01:08:11 AM »




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« Reply #451 on: May 26, 2011, 02:45:54 AM »

Gebre Menfes Kidus,

 ↑  ↑ Although I'm sure that was not the intention, that could possibly be construed as racism. ↑  ↑





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« Reply #452 on: May 26, 2011, 03:01:25 AM »

Why?


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« Reply #453 on: May 26, 2011, 04:15:31 AM »

Why?


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Perhaps I should have said 'misconstrued'?

It appears to be Black men on the left (except maybe the middle one?) and White men on the right...

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« Reply #454 on: May 26, 2011, 04:26:24 AM »

I would trust St. Athanasius and the two desert fathers? on the left much more than Martin Luther and the other two Protestant ministers on the right.
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« Reply #455 on: May 26, 2011, 04:31:38 AM »

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« Reply #456 on: May 26, 2011, 04:32:45 AM »


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Yes, you have misconstrued my intentions. I initially intended to put T.D. Jakes on the right, but I thought that would be a bit too "straw man." John McArthur and R.C. Sproul are considered to be theological intellectuals by their followers. And yes, of course, St. Athanasius was African but not "Black."

And, BTW, I have been wrong twice before, so don't feel bad.  Wink


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« Reply #457 on: May 26, 2011, 04:58:25 AM »


Yes, you have misconstrued my intentions. I initially intended to put T.D. Jakes on the right, but I thought that would be a bit too "straw man." John McArthur and R.C. Sproul are considered to be theological intellectuals by their followers. And yes, of course, St. Athanasius was African but not "Black."

And, BTW, I have been wrong twice before, so don't feel bad.  Wink


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Right on...

Thanks man. You've been a kind voice I needed right now.

So St. Athanasius wasn't a Black man? I honestly thought he was - was he Arab then or Berber or?




Another Nice One.....

Hey, thanks Stashko...

But I thought I was going to post them and you were going to tell us the Church's name & where it was located!

This one's pretty easy though... but SO beautiful. I can't wait to see it in person someday.



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« Reply #458 on: May 26, 2011, 06:35:39 AM »


Yes, you have misconstrued my intentions. I initially intended to put T.D. Jakes on the right, but I thought that would be a bit too "straw man." John McArthur and R.C. Sproul are considered to be theological intellectuals by their followers. And yes, of course, St. Athanasius was African but not "Black."

And, BTW, I have been wrong twice before, so don't feel bad.  Wink


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Right on...

Thanks man. You've been a kind voice I needed right now.

So St. Athanasius wasn't a Black man? I honestly thought he was - was he Arab then or Berber or?


FWIW, Wikipedia states that Athanasius was an Egyptian born Greek.


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« Reply #459 on: May 26, 2011, 07:06:32 AM »


Yes, you have misconstrued my intentions. I initially intended to put T.D. Jakes on the right, but I thought that would be a bit too "straw man." John McArthur and R.C. Sproul are considered to be theological intellectuals by their followers. And yes, of course, St. Athanasius was African but not "Black."

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Right on...

Thanks man. You've been a kind voice I needed right now.

So St. Athanasius wasn't a Black man? I honestly thought he was - was he Arab then or Berber or?




Another Nice One.....

Hey, thanks Stashko...

But I thought I was going to post them and you were going to tell us the Church's name & where it was located!

This one's pretty easy though... but SO beautiful. I can't wait to see it in person someday.



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Wrong Picture...Beautiful Church Though.....
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« Reply #460 on: May 26, 2011, 07:11:16 AM »

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Another Nice One.....

There a Whole story onThe Holy Father St.Sava and the Church on My desktop Computer ill post it later I'm on My Laptop at the moment ...The Church was Build supposedly On the same Spot Were the Albanian Pasha burned the Body Of St.Sava...... police
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« Reply #461 on: May 26, 2011, 09:18:01 PM »

How Accurate this article is not sure..... police


Nationalism in Construction: The Memorial Church of St. Sava on Vračar Hill in Belgrade

Bojan Aleksov

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The role of St. Sava, whom the late Serbian Patriarch German praised as the “Sun of Serbian heaven” in Serbian oral tradition during medieval and Ottoman period was to al-ways watch over Serbian people. In the age of nationalism however, the Serbian cult of St. Sava acquired different tasks representing and reproducing, depending on circumstances, powerful images of national golden age, national reconciliation and unification and/or martyrdom for the Church and the nation. For more than a century now, a church dedicated to this saint is being built in Belgrade, aimed to epitomize and monumentalize these images. After years of oblivion the Serbian Church in mid-1990s drew attention back to the St. Sava Church and began holding services on the plateau in front of the construction site or recently even inside the unfinished church. In the atmosphere of the complete breakdown of the Serbian society, where basic economic and political security could not be provided, not to mention spiritual or cultural revival, “Serbian National Cathedral” was again hailed as a celebration of “victory over the enemy” and the segment of its role as the act of societal repentance for the communist era was lost. In the year 2000, after the overthrow of Milošević and almost a ten-years break, the work has begun again. More than a century after its construction was initiated, the Church on Vračar Hill is still awaiting completion and to assume the monumental and memorial role it was assigned.
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« Reply #462 on: May 30, 2011, 07:05:14 AM »

↑ ↑ Thanks Stashko, ↑ ↑



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« Reply #463 on: May 30, 2011, 07:53:46 PM »


Hagia Sophia in Polotsk

taken from that clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDvx3E2_kOc

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Belarusian http://budzma.org/uncategorized/budzma-byelarusami-tekst.html
Russian http://budzma.org/uncategorized/budzma-byelorusami.html
English http://budzma.org/uncategorized/budzma-belarusans.html
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From the 'Holy Rus' exhibit in Moscow

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« Reply #466 on: June 04, 2011, 03:40:36 PM »

What Bulgarians do on St.St. Constantine and Helen Day:

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« Reply #468 on: June 08, 2011, 04:54:59 AM »

This is just weird.

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« Reply #469 on: June 13, 2011, 05:40:11 AM »


M&M's mitre on a cake for our Pastor's 25th ordination anniversary.
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« Reply #470 on: June 13, 2011, 06:05:55 AM »


Yes, you have misconstrued my intentions. I initially intended to put T.D. Jakes on the right, but I thought that would be a bit too "straw man." John McArthur and R.C. Sproul are considered to be theological intellectuals by their followers. And yes, of course, St. Athanasius was African but not "Black."

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So St. Athanasius wasn't a Black man? I honestly thought he was - was he Arab then or Berber or?


FWIW, Wikipedia states that Athanasius was an Egyptian born Greek.


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Then Wikipedia is wrong: he was a Greek speaking Egyptian, i.e. Copt.
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M&M's mitre on a cake for our Pastor's 25th ordination anniversary.
Fantastic!
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« Reply #474 on: June 22, 2011, 04:43:39 AM »

Steve the Great once more:


http://pithlessthoughts.blogspot.com/2011/06/what-theyre-really-thinking.html
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« Reply #475 on: June 22, 2011, 08:10:57 AM »

LOL!
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I have this as my desktop image its fierce!!!
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I have this as my desktop image its fierce!!!
That looks like Dionysiou Monastery. I've stayed there.
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« Reply #478 on: June 27, 2011, 12:40:20 PM »

simonos petras in greece somewhere
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« Reply #479 on: June 28, 2011, 03:41:29 PM »



A frame from the Switez film.

http://www.switez.com/trailer.html
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That looks like a really interesting movie. 
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That looks like a really interesting movie. 


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« Reply #482 on: June 28, 2011, 07:07:38 PM »

I tried to open the link, and the browser stalled...  Huh   Undecided
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A frame from the Switez film.

http://www.switez.com/trailer.html

Is Switez a different name for Kitezh?
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« Reply #484 on: June 29, 2011, 03:18:02 AM »

Is Switez a different name for Kitezh?

No. These are separate tales.
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Is Switez a different name for Kitezh?

No. These are separate tales.

Could you give a brief summary of the legend? Thanks.
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« Reply #486 on: June 29, 2011, 10:33:40 AM »

According to legend in the place of the lake there had been the Switez city, a very beautiful one. Once invaders came to Navahrudak land. Old and young men went to fight and in the city only helpless wives and daughters left. When the invaders found themselves in front of the gate to the city and the Stitez women were already ready to die in the flames, but not to surrender to the enemies, a miracle occurred. The earth parted and swallowed up the town. In its place an extremely beautiful lake spilled.
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« Reply #487 on: June 29, 2011, 01:55:55 PM »

According to legend in the place of the lake there had been the Switez city, a very beautiful one. Once invaders came to Navahrudak land. Old and young men went to fight and in the city only helpless wives and daughters left. When the invaders found themselves in front of the gate to the city and the Stitez women were already ready to die in the flames, but not to surrender to the enemies, a miracle occurred. The earth parted and swallowed up the town. In its place an extremely beautiful lake spilled.

Thanks Michal for the explanation. Were the invaders Mongols? Did the city, like Kitezh, continue to exist, albeit invisibly? I am fascinated by these legends...
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« Reply #488 on: June 29, 2011, 05:32:59 PM »

Thanks Michal for the explanation. Were the invaders Mongols?

I have no idea.

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It's just a legend.
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« Reply #489 on: June 29, 2011, 07:10:35 PM »

Thanks Michal for the explanation. Were the invaders Mongols?

I have no idea.

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It's just a legend.

I am asking whether, according to the legend, the city continues to exist, but invisibly. That is what the legend of Kitezh says.
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« Reply #490 on: June 29, 2011, 07:37:08 PM »

OK, the city is told to had been under Mendog, and Moscovians were the invaders.

According to the legend only sometimes prayers of the women or clatter of the weapons is heard.
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« Reply #491 on: June 29, 2011, 10:45:43 PM »

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For the 3rd consecutive year, all jurisdictions hold a pan-Orthodox celebration in Rio de Janeiro, each year in a parish belonging to a different jurisdiction.

In this picture we can see a Russian priest (MP), a Greek priest (CP), a reader from Congo (AlP), and convert priests belonging to the Patriarchate of Constantiniople and the Polish Orthodox Church.
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