#Orthodox

Nagorno-Karabakh is a small territory in southwestern Azerbaijan that is controlled by an unrecognized separatist state, the Republic of Artsakh, and is majority ethnic Armenian. Remember the Georgia-Russia war in
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THREAD: the Nagorno-Karabakh War between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which I referenced in my thread about Georgian literature the other day, and why you should care, because this scrap of mountain
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Cancelling Karl Marx for ‘On the Jewish Question’, but not for any antisemitism, or historically dated notions of religion, but by using Moses Hess’ definition of Judaism & emancipation, That
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1/ Deep breath. I have a SOLEMN thread ahead. Dems have been saying "solemn" re their ridiculous Impeachment hoax, but what I want to share now IS TRULY solemn in
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Thread: The Second Intifada saw a bloody wave of suicide bombings within a span of 5 years which was extremely traumatic for Israelis. This list details the attempted bombings that
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So... this isn’t really an Alphaville thing so I thought I would tweet thread it (rather than write about it formally) as it’s both a fascinating story and an important
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Strunk & White's "The Elements of Style" is the best-known instruction book on writing in English. I organized and distilled chapter five, "An Approach to Style (With a List of
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Little thread about Moldova/Transnistria given recent events happening. For those who haven't caught up with recent news, there were some explosions at government buildings in Transnistria..https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2022/0
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1) Forgotten Hindu tirthas of Western Punjab. A silent chapter of our history, religion and civilization that we erased from our memory in 1947. Part I - Forgotten "Golden Temple"
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quarantine thread day 1: started out as a regular Sunday, celebrated my brother's birthday with some friends, ended up watching the press conference together - kinda lost my job
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1/ This is the sort of dumb, Muslim-tier "exegesis" that you get from a lot of these easy-believist, no repentance types that I was talking about earlier. Obviously this is
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People who ought to be canonized—a thread. Don Christopher da Gama (son of Vasco da Gama) led an expeditionary force of 400 Portuguese musketeers into Ethiopia, saving her from conquest
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i’ve been thinking about this all day, so here we go: AU where lan wangji is the one who dies. wei wuxian mourns, searches, and finds nothing. 13 years later,
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The custom of Sati is among the widely cited and the most reviled of Hindu practices, despite being more or less extinct for nearly 190 yearsLong after its ban in
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Militia leader connected to Proud Boys threatens counter-protesters with #Kenosha like violence on eve of 2nd annual "Straight Pride" event in #Modesto. Militia is part of larger group which also
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I realize the Irish media avoids me despite my working in it for many years, but if anyone wants a perspective from someone who not only understands Ireland and Sweden,
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