When is a Church not a Church?

“Antique” circus in the Syrian city of Bosra When it is a 13/14th century temple/circus.   “Antique” temple of Bel in Palmyra (Syria)   “Antique” temple of Bel in Palmyra (Syria) – different view   P.S. Temples came before Basilicas.  

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Who’s Who?

The first one is easy peasy. Mark. Clock Tower, St Mark’s Square, Venice   I’m guessing/taking a punt with John as the human face. Only because of the name and the phrase – “Woman, Behold Your Son” (John 19:26-27)     Bull/calf and eagle have me stumped for the mo’. But I’ll get there :o)

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Recipe of the Day

Творожная Пасха с белым шоколадом or Paskha. Russian Cheesecake. Peter’s Food Adventure –  Paskha Yummy :o)  

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Tetramorph

Wiki : Tetramorph   “The elements of the Christian tetramorph first appear in the vision of Ezekiel, who describes the four creatures as they appear to him in a vision: As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: […]

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Ivan Kirilov

A task for y’all. Try and find… Imperii Russici tabula generalis quo ad fieri potuit accuratiessime descripta opera e studio Inoannis Kyrillow. Supremi Senatus Imperii Russici Primi Secretarii Petropoli. Anno MDCCXXXIV. St. Petersburg, 1734. Or…undoctored/unedited information about — Ivan Kirilov, Compiler of the First Russian Atlas, 1689–1737 And his REAL map! P.S. Why does the map above have LATIN names? […]

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Google. Busted.

Jiggy Dance. It’s taken me ALL day to get there but Google FINALLY gave me the answer.     Rewind. The Serbian Janissary. NC : From here we see that the old name for the SERBs is the RACES or, simply, RUS, Russians. The old name of the Serbian kingdom is RATSKY or simply RUSSIAN.   […]

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Confused Dot Com

I must be having discombobulated day today. Zoe or Natalya. A Christian Janissary. Big Party. “The low aggress the high.” Shrug. And now a civilised Civil War. ComConfusedDot :o(  

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The Serbian Janissary

An interesting, well-researched article below. Two things to note (?!) The sources and… The original book  – Notes of the Janissary by Konstantin Mikhailovich – was written in Russian Cyrillic!   The Serbian Janissary Konstantin Mihailovic By George Ljepojevic   Konstantin Mihailovic was born in 1430, at a time of great turmoil in Europe. The […]

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Tomb Raiders & Grave Robbers

Tombs of the 15th/16th cc Russian Tsarinas under Archangel Cathedral, Moscow.   From NC : At our disposal, from the editorial office of a well-known Moscow newspaper, unexpectedly there were rare photographs of the tombs of Russian tsars and a plan for their location in the basement of the Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. This […]

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Cause and Effect or…

…What Goes Around Comes Around Or Divine Law Take your pick, folks.  

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The Weird Sisters

How to MANIPULATE in one easy lesson… Read Macbeth. Here Endeth the Lesson. Bloody Women! And – puhlease – don’t get me started on Succubus. Plain Sight?   First Witch When shall we three meet again?  In thunder, lightning, or in rain?  Second Witch When the hurly-burly’s done,  When the battle’s lost and won.  Third […]

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