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A prayer of the Holy Family

The road we take leads toward the promise of security and stability for we flee not solely in fear, nor do we make this pilgrimage for the pursuit of untold riches. We do not seek to spread terror, for how dearly do we cling on to hope in knowing that goodness abounds wherever we shall land as a unit, but much more than a statistic or a painfully vetted file, rather, a family, peculiar and unusual like any other: united, courageous, holy.

A prayer by Josh Utter, JRS/USA Outreach and Advocacy Coordinator, Inspired by Matthew 2: 13-23

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“Nature is a sublime storyteller in every setting.”

~Angie Weiland-Crosby

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The given 17th-century religious masterwork was painted by an anonymous icon painter from the Kremlin Armory Workshops. But what does an armory have to do with holy relics? According to Leonid Turassuk, the earliest direct reference to the workshop dates back to 1547, when it was mentioned in Russian chronicles. In the beginning, it was responsible for producing and storing military weapons and armor. With time, however, its masters started creating ceremonial items, including different pieces of parade uniform, portraits of nobility, and icons, which were some of the cornerstones of Orthodox Christianity.

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Map of Armenian Genocide, 1915.

Alfreds studentutspring (på/i Vasakyrkan)

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To celebrate the amazing milestone of 10 000 followers here is another book giveaway!

This time I have for you the wonderful Nicholas and Alexandra: The Family Albums by Prince Michael of Greece. First of all you should know the book you would receive is second hand, but aside from an inscribed dedication and slight yellow tinge to the cover it is in perfect state - completely clean and like new. It is a photoalbum with 240 pages filled with high quality informal pictures of the last Imperial family and captions by Prince Michael. Definitely one of the “must have” books for any Romanov enthusiast.

The rules are simple:

1) You need to be following me.

2) Reblog this post. The deadline to do so is 30th June 2016!

3) You must be OK with sharing your postal information with me (privately of course). I am from Europe but I am willing to ship the book to any place in the world, so there is no limitation (previous winners were from the US, Poland, France and Mexico).

That´s it! Good luck and God bless!