We don’t call him Vladolf Putler for nothing Alan C <[email protected]> schrieb am So. 24. Apr. 2022 um 11:18:
> Very interesting, Dan. You have mentioned some of that before. I see a > lot of parallels between Putin & Hitler. > > Alan C > > On 24-Apr-22 12:08 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Христос Воскрес! > > Tomorrow, April 34, 2022, is Easter, or Пасха, on the Eastern Orthodox > > calendar. > > Unfortunately, the two countries with the largest Orthodox populations > are > > now at war with each other, and Russia has refused Ukraine's offer of an > > Easter Truce. This is a terrible situation indeed. > > > > My heritage is Eastern European, but not Russian or Ukrainian. I was not > > raised in the Orthocox faith, but attended many church services and > > cultural celebrations with my father's family when I was younger, > including > > midnight masses on Orthodox Christmas and Orthodox Easter. They are > still > > a part of my identity. > > > > Tragically, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Rus' has declared Putin's > > war on Ukraine a holy war, despite the religious affinity and the fact > that > > there are 1200 Russian Orthodox parishes in Ukraine in addition to the > many > > Ukrainian Orthodox churches and cathedrals. Mariupol', which has been > > leveled by Russian artillery, was inhabited mostly by ethnic Russians, > the > > people Putin claims his invasion is to protect. > > > > For the occasion, I resurrected the below old image of my grandparents' > > church, > > the Holy Ghost Orthodox Church in Manville, NJ. It is typical of the > type > > of church one might find in any smaller Russian or Ukrainian community. > > > > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2022/4/23/holy-ghost > > > > Ironically, Zelenskyy's first name, Volodymyr, is the Ukrainian version > of > > Vladimir, Putin's first name. Since in both languages "mir/myr" can > either > > mean "peace" or "the world," the name can translate as either peaceful > > lord, or lord of the world. I suspect Putin focuses on the latter. > > > > *PRAY FOR PEACE!* > > > > Dan Matyola > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
