Lent, in most Christian denominations, is the forty-day liturgical season of fasting and prayer before Easter. The forty days represent the time Jesus spent in the desert, where, according to the Bible, he endured temptation by Satan. Different churches calculate the forty days differently. The purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer—through prayer, […]
TASS: Moscow court sentences Norwegian citizen to 14 years in jail for spying against Russia MOSCOW, April 16. /TASS/. The Moscow City Court found Norwegian citizen Frode Berg guilty of spying against Russia, sentencing him to 14 years in a maximum-security prison, a TASS correspondent reported from the courtroom on Tuesday.”The court finds defendant Frode […]
Today and tomorrow, since the sun is actually shining part of the time, I will remove our Volga’s clutch master calendar and replace it. I will take my time and not get too cold. It is still bitter cold outside…. -1 this morning… I have to get to the Tiny Russian Village. It is time […]
‘Mr Pompeo, you can stop’: China hits back at criticism over Latin America | South China Morning Post China’s foreign ministry has hit back at criticism from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the country’s activities in Latin America, urging the top US diplomat to watch his words. Ministry spokesman Lu Kang on Monday […]
Easter here in the East is at a different time and is much different in the way it is taught and presented to people. I grew up think that while Easter was about “the resurrection of Jesus,” somehow the Easter Bunny was the king of Easter in the world that I knew in the west… […]
A 20-year-old amateur painter has won Russia’s national beauty pageant and will now represent the country in international competitions. Alina Sanko was just crowned Russia’s most beautiful woman. Sanko was adorned with a gemstone-encrusted white-gold tiara in Moscow after impressing the jury of the Miss Russia 2019 pageant. She and 49 other contestants from all […]
I hear and see a whole lot of blame going on… What generation produced the millennial’s? What generation produced the generation that produced the millennial’s? What generation produced the generation and the generation and the generation? On and on and on… All generations failed and the result is now irrationality on steroids… No one is […]
Pray it is forever and lets – Party… WtR Source: Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were down for two hours – The Verge
I feel so old and out of date… I just make my own coffee and try to never buy any coffee anywhere, due to cost. But our world is telling me that I am not able to make a decent cup of coffee and need to buy it made by someone a robot… China’s younger […]
The stuffed animal picture was taken for two reasons….interesting and a chickadee….sitting on the head of the brown stuffed animal… He was singing to me and he really liked his perch… The blue stairs are an example of getting away with something that is illegal. This is common here in Moscow and that is fine […]
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