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Saints Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Cathedral in Prague, Czechia.
It is often forgotten that it was to the present-day Czechoslovak lands, which were then part of Great Moravia, which later fell due to the invasion of the Hungarians, that the Equal-to-the-Apostles enlighteners of the Slavs were sent.
It is often forgotten that it was to the present-day Czechoslovak lands, which were then part of Great Moravia, which later fell due to the invasion of the Hungarians, that the Equal-to-the-Apostles enlighteners of the Slavs were sent.
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"Donation of Constantine" - wiki
>The Donation of Constantine (Latin: Donatio Constantini) is a forged Roman imperial decree by which the 4th-century emperor Constantine the Great supposedly transferred authority over Rome and the western part of the Roman Empire to the Pope. Composed probably in the 8th century, it was used, especially in the 13th century, in support of claims of political authority by the papacy.
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>The Donation of Constantine (Latin: Donatio Constantini) is a forged Roman imperial decree by which the 4th-century emperor Constantine the Great supposedly transferred authority over Rome and the western part of the Roman Empire to the Pope. Composed probably in the 8th century, it was used, especially in the 13th century, in support of claims of political authority by the papacy.
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A muscular kangaroo performs in front of females. According to observations by kangaroo experts from Murdoch University and Curtin University, this is normal - males often demonstrate their biceps to the fair sex, the size of the shoulder is one of the signs by which female kangaroos choose a partner. What a powerful supporting tail he has ))
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Recently, the number of parishioners of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad in some US states has been growing rapidly, mainly due to the conversion of believers from other faiths.
Mostly men. Pew Research data shows that 64% of Orthodox Christians in the United States are men, although in the early 2000s this figure was 46%.
Founded by priests who fled Russia's 1917 revolution (it reunited with the Russian Orthodox Church in 2007, becoming a self-governing church within the Moscow Patriarchate), the ROCOR is considered by many to be the most conservative Orthodox jurisdiction in the United States. Yet the small religious community is highly active — "and what's unfolding within it reflects the larger political shifts underway in the United States, especially since Donald Trump's sharp turn toward Moscow."
It is noted that the growth of its parishioners began after the coronavirus pandemic, when the churches of the ROCOR, unlike all other denominations, remained open.
American professor Scott Kenworthy, who studies Eastern Christianity, says his parish in Cincinnati is "bursting at the seams" with people wanting to join.
"This is not just a phenomenon in my parish or a few other churches in Texas. It's definitely something larger," the professor says.
One of the reasons cited in the article is Russia's policy of supporting Christianity.
"Images and photographs of Putin quoting the Bible, holding candles during services at Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral, and stripping to his underwear to plunge into icy water on Epiphany seem to have struck a chord with Americans. Some of them - in America and elsewhere - see Russia as the last bastion of true Christianity," the BBC writes.
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"How could an enormously successful, mathematically-gifted, philosophically-educated tech entrepreneur seriously entertain Bible-thumping myths from the Apocalypse of John?"
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/peter-thiels-visions-apocalypse-ai-antichrist
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Ukraine’s SBU Says Long-Planned Operation Damaged 41 Russian Strategic Aircraft
Ukraine’s security service (SBU) carried out a covert operation that struck 41 Russian strategic aircraft after more than a year and a half of planning, SBU sources told local media on Saturday.
According to the sources, the operation, codenamed “Web”, was personally overseen by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and directed by SBU chief Vasyl Malyuk.
The operation involved smuggling FPV drones into Russia, initially hidden inside trucks disguised as mobile wooden houses. The drones were concealed under the roofs of the structures, which could be remotely opened to enable launch.
At a pre-determined moment, the drones were deployed to target Russian bombers stationed deep inside Russian territory.
SBU sources said all operatives involved in the mission have returned to Ukraine, and any reported arrests by Russian authorities would be staged for internal propaganda purposes.
Ukraine’s security service (SBU) carried out a covert operation that struck 41 Russian strategic aircraft after more than a year and a half of planning, SBU sources told local media on Saturday.
According to the sources, the operation, codenamed “Web”, was personally overseen by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and directed by SBU chief Vasyl Malyuk.
The operation involved smuggling FPV drones into Russia, initially hidden inside trucks disguised as mobile wooden houses. The drones were concealed under the roofs of the structures, which could be remotely opened to enable launch.
At a pre-determined moment, the drones were deployed to target Russian bombers stationed deep inside Russian territory.
SBU sources said all operatives involved in the mission have returned to Ukraine, and any reported arrests by Russian authorities would be staged for internal propaganda purposes.
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Zelenskyy: Brilliant Result of SBU Operation Will Go Down in History
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised the Security Service of Ukraine’s (SBU) special operation “Web” as a historic success and a fully independent achievement of Ukraine.
“A year, six months and nine days from the start of planning to effective implementation. Our operation is the most far-reaching,” Zelenskyy noted.
He confirmed that all personnel involved in the mission were successfully withdrawn from Russian territory and personally thanked SBU Head Vasyl Malyuk for the result.
“I instructed the SBU to inform the public about the operation’s details and outcomes that may be made public. Of course, we cannot tell everything now, but these are Ukrainian actions that will definitely be in history textbooks,” Zelenskyy said.
“Ukraine is defending itself, and quite rightly — we are doing everything to make Russia feel the need to end this war. Russia started this war, Russia must end it. Glory to Ukraine!” the President concluded.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised the Security Service of Ukraine’s (SBU) special operation “Web” as a historic success and a fully independent achievement of Ukraine.
“A year, six months and nine days from the start of planning to effective implementation. Our operation is the most far-reaching,” Zelenskyy noted.
He confirmed that all personnel involved in the mission were successfully withdrawn from Russian territory and personally thanked SBU Head Vasyl Malyuk for the result.
“I instructed the SBU to inform the public about the operation’s details and outcomes that may be made public. Of course, we cannot tell everything now, but these are Ukrainian actions that will definitely be in history textbooks,” Zelenskyy said.
“Ukraine is defending itself, and quite rightly — we are doing everything to make Russia feel the need to end this war. Russia started this war, Russia must end it. Glory to Ukraine!” the President concluded.
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There's no doubt that this was a well-planned and well-executed operation by the Ukrainians. It's a black day for Russia's strategic aviation. At least four strat bombers will likely not return to service until the end of the SMO; they take forever to be repaired, if they even can be repaired (though I assume so, the Tu-95 is a hardy beast). That sucks. Is it a catastrophe that will cripple the Russian air campaign? It is not.
Two of the attacks failed, one air base was successfully protected by EW and AD, another truck full of drones blew up before reaching its target. The enemy is not omnipotent, we are not helpless against his attacks, we just have to git gud.
The enemy also made a mistake, by doing this not as a pure military operation, but a military-political one -- the day before the next round of negotiations. Someone told them that this would improve their position and soften up the Russian government. The opposite will be the case, of course.
In any case, bombs will continue flying, missiles and drones will keep hitting targets, and, oh well, the Emperor has countless war-machines at his disposal, nobody's running out of anything.
The war will continue to be fought and won by infantry. If strategic aviation could win modern wars, we would have won three years ago and the US wouldn't have run from the Red Sea.
It is what it is.
Two of the attacks failed, one air base was successfully protected by EW and AD, another truck full of drones blew up before reaching its target. The enemy is not omnipotent, we are not helpless against his attacks, we just have to git gud.
The enemy also made a mistake, by doing this not as a pure military operation, but a military-political one -- the day before the next round of negotiations. Someone told them that this would improve their position and soften up the Russian government. The opposite will be the case, of course.
In any case, bombs will continue flying, missiles and drones will keep hitting targets, and, oh well, the Emperor has countless war-machines at his disposal, nobody's running out of anything.
The war will continue to be fought and won by infantry. If strategic aviation could win modern wars, we would have won three years ago and the US wouldn't have run from the Red Sea.
It is what it is.
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Strategic Drone Attacks
The Western media is convinced that a few trucks full of drones have decimated Russia’s fleet of strategic bombers: Ukraine has launched one of its most audacious attacks of the war using a ‘swarm’ of kamikaze drones unleashed from the backs of trucks to devastate two of Russia’s most major airfields. Dubbed ‘Operation Spiderweb’, the […]
https://voxday.net/2025/06/01/strategic-drone-attacks/
The Western media is convinced that a few trucks full of drones have decimated Russia’s fleet of strategic bombers: Ukraine has launched one of its most audacious attacks of the war using a ‘swarm’ of kamikaze drones unleashed from the backs of trucks to devastate two of Russia’s most major airfields. Dubbed ‘Operation Spiderweb’, the […]
https://voxday.net/2025/06/01/strategic-drone-attacks/
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When the USSR's church gave the confessions to the KGB
"You must make compromises, concessions, and sacrifices for the sake of the main cause (Thus the Church holds that it must make concessions for the sake of self-preservation, yet there is no end to these concessions, so that priests are now nominated by the KGB, and Soviet power is celebrated from the pulpit)... In point of fact, only the so-called true Orthodox believers—the sect that has cut itself off from the Russian Church and does not recognize the Soviet State, considering it the work of the devil—are not supporting this tyrannical system. But there are very few of them, and they are all in jail because they refuse to work for the State. They don’t read newspapers, don’t listen to the radio, don’t touch official documents, and in the presence of all functionaries, including investigators, they make the sign of the cross—out of my sight, Beelzebub!"
Bukovsky, V. (1978). To Build a Castle: My Life as a Dissenter.
"You must make compromises, concessions, and sacrifices for the sake of the main cause (Thus the Church holds that it must make concessions for the sake of self-preservation, yet there is no end to these concessions, so that priests are now nominated by the KGB, and Soviet power is celebrated from the pulpit)... In point of fact, only the so-called true Orthodox believers—the sect that has cut itself off from the Russian Church and does not recognize the Soviet State, considering it the work of the devil—are not supporting this tyrannical system. But there are very few of them, and they are all in jail because they refuse to work for the State. They don’t read newspapers, don’t listen to the radio, don’t touch official documents, and in the presence of all functionaries, including investigators, they make the sign of the cross—out of my sight, Beelzebub!"
Bukovsky, V. (1978). To Build a Castle: My Life as a Dissenter.
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⚡️Today, the Kiev regime carried out a terrorist attack using FPV drones against airfields in Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur regions.
▫️ All terrorist attacks were repelled at military airfields in Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur regions.
▫️ In Murmansk and Irkutsk Regions, as a result of FPV drones launched from an area in close proximity to airfields, several aircraft caught fire.
▫️ The fire was got under. There were no casualties among military and civilian personnel.
▫️ Some participants of the terrorist attacks were detained.
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“COVID-19 vaccination remains the best protection against COVID-19-related hospitalization and death for you and your baby. CDC recommendations align with those from professional medical organizations including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, and American Society for Reproductive Medicine.” - CDC, May 30, 2025
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BOMBSHELL: NEW CDC Guidance for COVID-19 Shots Goes Against RFK Jr.'s Announcement
The new CDC guidance for the COVID-19 shots looks like a nightmare and feels a lot like a MAHA betrayal.
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TIL that the Basilica, a cannon used to besiege Constantinople, was so powerful that its recoil killed its own operators
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