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“The Orthodox intellectuals of the commonwealth, long without a king of their own, embraced the opportunity to enter an idealized Orthodox world inspired by the Byzantine vision of symphony between an autocratic ruler and the one true church.”
― The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
― The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
“the remains of Yaroslav the Wise disappeared from Kyiv in 1944, during the German occupation of the city. By some accounts, they ended up in the hands of Ukrainian Orthodox hierarchs in the United States and were spotted in Manhattan after the war. Some suspect that they may now be in the Church of the Holy Trinity in Brooklyn.”
― The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
― The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
“Thank God!’ said Wimsey. ‘Where there is a church, there is civilisation.”
― Nine Tailors
― Nine Tailors
“Lemberg, Lwów, L’viv, 1914–1947: Violence and Ethnicity in a Contested City”
― Lemberg, Lwów, L'viv, 1914 - 1947: Violence and Ethnicity in a Contested City
― Lemberg, Lwów, L'viv, 1914 - 1947: Violence and Ethnicity in a Contested City
“Poor little Hilary Thorpe wasn’t in church,’ she observed. ‘Such a nice child. I should have liked you to see her. But she’s quite prostrated, poor child, so Mrs Gates tells me. And you know, the village people do stare so at anybody who’s in trouble and they will want to talk and condole. They mean well, but it’s a terrible ordeal.”
― Nine Tailors
― Nine Tailors
Great War (1914-1918): The Society and Culture of the First World War
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A place to discuss the cultural milieu of the Great War (also referred to as the First World War, World War I, WWI, World War One). The intent of this ...more
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