Whole lot of history, including our present:
Russia:
Pre-Soviet (maybe):
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A detail from one of my favorite paintings! Terrific! I have had a print in my office for the
last 35 years. The original, in the Prado, is in
excellent condition – probably as brilliant as when it was painted.
It goes well with Goya’s “Saturn eating up his days”, in the same gallery.
It is not only in Russia where president can be seen celebrating Easter of Christmas. In Poland or in Ukraine it would go very badly for the head of state if he/she is not seen at the Christmas or Easter mass. The same situation is in Russia. Putin knows it very well, that’s why he is seen (and is being photographed) at the mass.
The paintings are ugly.
What Ella said. Putin must appear at Mass, not actually believe in it.
Putin probably “believes” as much as any other politician, but still manages to break at least half the Ten Commandments on any given day.
If any of these guys are TRULY Christian, let’s see them start acting like they care about their fellow man instead of looking out only for themselves and their Party.
John Lewis>
I like abstract art but the “meaning” behind this escapes me. Can you elaborate?
We noticed on two two trips to Moscow and St. Petersburg in the last two years that the cathedrals have a lot of local people coming and going at all times of the day. They are mostly women of all ages, but the number of young women is noticeable.
Hundreds of cathedrals that the communists destroyed have been rebuilt and look the same as they were prior to the 1920s.
A pic of Putin in front of The Garden of Earthly Delights would be an unjuxtaposition.
As Lenard Cohen once said…
Yeah I missed you since the place got wrecked
By the winds of change and the weeds of sex
looks like freedom but it feels like death
it’s something in between, I guess
it’s CLOSING TIME
Bart F.>
Tnx!
Hieronymus Bosch and Leonard Cohen! Awesome.
(He’s pooping birds whilst being eaten by a giant bird! That’s poetic irony is what that is.)
Yep.
After seeing The Garden of Earthly Delights I realized that Dali wasn’t as original as I’d thought.
Always nice to see politicians embracing silly superstitions. The best policies usually come from the voices in your head.
I saw “The Garden” at the Prado in 1966 when 18. I have never had much, er, appreciation for art but the painting just mesmerized me. I must have looked at it for an hour. What struck me then, and still does, is how modern (i.e. mechanistic for one thing) Bosch’s mind was some 500 years ago.
To my mind the painting could in many ways just as well have been done at the time I was seeing it. And its images and thoughts are certainly dead (that’s intentional) relevant today.
Mark
Ottawa
Addendum: I was a serious sci-fi fan at the time and could easily imagine parts of the painting illustrating the cover of a current book.
Mark
Ottawa
Oh great it’s that wonderful Christian, Putin. A former KGB terrorist ultracommunist and likley a man with significant blood and guts on his hands. Just the poster boy Christianity needs.
I remember way back in 1984 at our Pentecostal Bible Camp at Moose Lake, Alberta a preacher had said he felt in a decade or so Russia will become more Christian and the US will become more Communistic in nature.
We chucked at what we thought was his attempt to bring sensationalism to a sermon.
Lo and behold, we had a prophesy hit us between the eyes and never clued in to it.
Sad, on both counts, that we missed it and here were are.
INP, whether it is politico or not, just having this scene is a big change from what it used to be. I have a close x-bad biker friend that would smuggle Bibles into Russia and hold ‘underground’ church meetings in homes and such.
But some of his close friends that went with him never came back.
So, either way, there is always hope.
That’s because the former officially atheistic Soviet Union learned an important historical anecdote about Christianity: “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church”.
The more the Soviets persecuted religion, the stronger it got and there were thousands of secret conversions — even into the upper echelons of the KGB! The Church simply went “underground” (clandestine) and learned methods for survival that would make any intelligence operative jealous.
One example: Church meetings would be disguised as local weddings — some of the same couples in a small village would be “married” dozens of times! It was hilarious — entire villages would conspire under the noses of the Secret Police…
Interesting appearance by Putin….but his wife is nowhere to be seen!
Putin is no more a Christian than bin Laden is.
His appearance is all for show.
He is an autocrat.
ricardo
Good tips. I fear we Christians may need to learn them soon. Is there a book you can refer us to for more?
A detail from one of my favorite paintings! Terrific! I have had a print in my office for the
last 35 years. The original, in the Prado, is in
excellent condition – probably as brilliant as when it was painted.
It goes well with Goya’s “Saturn eating up his days”, in the same gallery.
It is not only in Russia where president can be seen celebrating Easter of Christmas. In Poland or in Ukraine it would go very badly for the head of state if he/she is not seen at the Christmas or Easter mass. The same situation is in Russia. Putin knows it very well, that’s why he is seen (and is being photographed) at the mass.
ups.
Pls read “celebrating Easter or Christmas”
Little off topic… but check this out (he does mention Putin)
http://www.breitbart.tv/george-w-bush-charms-zuckerberg-facebook-audience/
A warm, smart man.
Watch the whole thing. Notice the absence of a teleprompter.
The paintings are ugly.
What Ella said. Putin must appear at Mass, not actually believe in it.
Putin probably “believes” as much as any other politician, but still manages to break at least half the Ten Commandments on any given day.
If any of these guys are TRULY Christian, let’s see them start acting like they care about their fellow man instead of looking out only for themselves and their Party.
John Lewis>
I like abstract art but the “meaning” behind this escapes me. Can you elaborate?
We noticed on two two trips to Moscow and St. Petersburg in the last two years that the cathedrals have a lot of local people coming and going at all times of the day. They are mostly women of all ages, but the number of young women is noticeable.
Hundreds of cathedrals that the communists destroyed have been rebuilt and look the same as they were prior to the 1920s.
Knight 99,
Here you go:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights
A pic of Putin in front of The Garden of Earthly Delights would be an unjuxtaposition.
As Lenard Cohen once said…
Yeah I missed you since the place got wrecked
By the winds of change and the weeds of sex
looks like freedom but it feels like death
it’s something in between, I guess
it’s CLOSING TIME
Bart F.>
Tnx!
Hieronymus Bosch and Leonard Cohen! Awesome.
(He’s pooping birds whilst being eaten by a giant bird! That’s poetic irony is what that is.)
Yep.
After seeing The Garden of Earthly Delights I realized that Dali wasn’t as original as I’d thought.
Always nice to see politicians embracing silly superstitions. The best policies usually come from the voices in your head.
I saw “The Garden” at the Prado in 1966 when 18. I have never had much, er, appreciation for art but the painting just mesmerized me. I must have looked at it for an hour. What struck me then, and still does, is how modern (i.e. mechanistic for one thing) Bosch’s mind was some 500 years ago.
To my mind the painting could in many ways just as well have been done at the time I was seeing it. And its images and thoughts are certainly dead (that’s intentional) relevant today.
Mark
Ottawa
Addendum: I was a serious sci-fi fan at the time and could easily imagine parts of the painting illustrating the cover of a current book.
Mark
Ottawa
Oh great it’s that wonderful Christian, Putin. A former KGB terrorist ultracommunist and likley a man with significant blood and guts on his hands. Just the poster boy Christianity needs.
I remember way back in 1984 at our Pentecostal Bible Camp at Moose Lake, Alberta a preacher had said he felt in a decade or so Russia will become more Christian and the US will become more Communistic in nature.
We chucked at what we thought was his attempt to bring sensationalism to a sermon.
Lo and behold, we had a prophesy hit us between the eyes and never clued in to it.
Sad, on both counts, that we missed it and here were are.
INP, whether it is politico or not, just having this scene is a big change from what it used to be. I have a close x-bad biker friend that would smuggle Bibles into Russia and hold ‘underground’ church meetings in homes and such.
But some of his close friends that went with him never came back.
So, either way, there is always hope.
That’s because the former officially atheistic Soviet Union learned an important historical anecdote about Christianity: “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church”.
The more the Soviets persecuted religion, the stronger it got and there were thousands of secret conversions — even into the upper echelons of the KGB! The Church simply went “underground” (clandestine) and learned methods for survival that would make any intelligence operative jealous.
One example: Church meetings would be disguised as local weddings — some of the same couples in a small village would be “married” dozens of times! It was hilarious — entire villages would conspire under the noses of the Secret Police…
Interesting appearance by Putin….but his wife is nowhere to be seen!
Putin is no more a Christian than bin Laden is.
His appearance is all for show.
He is an autocrat.
ricardo
Good tips. I fear we Christians may need to learn them soon. Is there a book you can refer us to for more?