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Tag Archives: Christianity
Chaos theory applied to abbeys.
Sometimes you don’t make it, sometimes you break it. Ian Malcom explained it in Jurassic Park, circa 1993. A butterfly can flap its wings in Peking and in Central Park you get rain instead of sunshine. A single valley, two abbeys, … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Italy, Toscana
Tagged 1348 Plague, Abbey, Black Death, Chaos Theory, Christianity, Cistercian, Faith, Galgano, Italia, Italy, Jurassic Park, Knights, Middle Ages, Monks, Nunnery, San Galgano, Sant'Antimo, Sword in stone, Toscana, Tuscany, Val d'Orcia
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Weren’t all they supposed to be madmen?
Lunatics. Zealots. Religious fanatics. These were a few of the attributes that friends and acquaintances slapped on the people of Iran whenever the topic came up. Unrequested opinions were offered, together with garbled memories of articles penned down by the … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Iran
Tagged Asia, Christianity, Farsi, Fox news, Hezbollah, Iran, Isfahan, Islam, Middle East, People, Street, Street photography, Terrorism, Travel
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An afternoon south of the river: finding Armenians in Iran and how civilization begun.
“…a wicked regime where anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial is official ideology, and with […] killing of women just because they’re women” – Sarah Palin The south bank of the dried Zāyanderūd river is Armenian at heart. This piece of Iran, long … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Iran
Tagged Armenia, Assyrian, Christianity, Church, Clay, Cob, Farsi, Iran, Isfahan, Islam, Mesopotamia, Middle East, Mosques, Mud, Mud wall, Sumeric, Sun baked bricks, Ur, Vank
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People of the Book.
Cynics would say that, were copyright infringement laws to exist back then, the Apostles and Prophet Muhammad would’ve landed in court, for the similarities and reciprocal borrowings between Judaism, Christianity and Islam are staggering. This holds true for the theory but also … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Israel
Tagged Christianity, Coptic, Islam, Israel, Judaism, People of the Book
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(Not finding) my religion in the Holy Land: confession of a sceptical in Jerusalem.
For some people, the moment of detachment from a religious view they used to hold is a momentous one, the culmination of days – perhaps months – of introspection, self-assessment and doubt. In my case, instead, I cannot point out … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Asia, Faith
Tagged Abraham, Al Aqsa, Allah, Christianity, Conflict, Dome of the Rock, God, Hebrew, Holy Land, Holy Sepulchre, Isaac, Islam, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jordan, Judaism, King of Jordan, Moshe Dayan, Muhammad, Muslim, Temple Mount, Wailing wall, Wall, War, Western wall
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Nuns
The group of nuns emerged from Zagreb’s Cathedral and immediately stopped in the piazza, gesticulating feverishly as they spoke with each other in a deluge of fast-paced Croatian. Initially they didn’t seem to notice the man approaching them. A backpacker, … Continue reading
Sacred and Profane – The art of the Neapolitan Nativity scene
When, in a remote Italian village, Saint Francis of Assisi put a baby in a crib well padded with hay, under the watchful eye of an ox and a donkey, he couldn’t have possibly foreseen what his idea to re-enact … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Faith, Italy, Napoli, Overlooked locations
Tagged Christianity, Christmas, Crib, Italia, Italy, Naples, Napoli, Nativity scene, Pazzariello, Presepe, Pulcinella, Tradition
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Naples: unearthing the treasure trove (Part II)
It’d be wrong to portray this city only as an idyllic cradle of craftmanship, fine food and mild weather: it is all that, but it’s still a place scarred by neglect, crippled by unemployment and still heavily affected by crime … Continue reading
Posted in Campania, Europe, Faith, Italy, Napoli, Overlooked locations
Tagged caffé sospeso, Christianity, Coffee, Crime, Espresso, Italy, Mezzogiorno, Naples, Napoli, Purgatory, Religion, Superstition, Taboos
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Faithful London – Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Chiswick
A few weeks ago I happened to be watching Simon Sebag Montefiore’s series of documentaries about Istanbul. What fascinated me, besides the undeniable beauty of that city, was how power – and religion – seemed to form the very fabric … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Faith, London, Russia, UK
Tagged Christianity, Church, Dormition, Faith, Holy Mother of God, Is faith alive in London?, London, Orthodox Church, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church Abroad London
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