#Christian Hess

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OTMAA family tree.

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this is my Herr Demian und Frau Eva

they do not look 1910s at all but they wanted to be like this, they live in the future they're an icon they're a legend and they're the moment

i have a young sinclair and demian but i'm not sure about them

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The Death of King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden at the Battle of Lützen

by Carl Wahlbom

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Prayer is having a relationship with God. I cannot have this relationship with God when I talk nonstop. […] I can retreat into silence, into my soul. This is one of the most important parts of prayer.

Stefan Heße, Archbishop of Hamburg (Für mich ist der Zölibat eine Befreiung)

Original German: Beten heißt Beziehung zu Gott haben. Beziehung zu Gott habe ich ja nicht dann, wenn ich pausenlos rede. [...] Ich kann mich in die Stille zurückziehen, in mein Inneres. Das ist einer der wichtigsten Schritte beim Beten[.]

Praying Hermit, by Quirjin van Brekelenkam, 1656.

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Марфо-Мариинская обитель милосердия в Москве и памятник великой княгине Елизавете Федоровне 🤍

Я в тг🙌🏻

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Royal Engagement photo of Princess Alexandra of Denmark and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.

(Left -> Right)

Top: Prince Frederick of Denmark, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Princess Alexandra of Denmark, and Princess Dagmar of Denmark.

Bottom: Prince Philippe of Belgium, Crown Princess Louise of Denmark, and Crown Prince Christian of Denmark.

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King Christian X (Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm; 1870 – 1947); King of Denmark from 1912 to his death in 1947

I want to place this remarkable individual within the context of the many royal families we discuss in this blog. He had quite an eventful and successful reign, including transitioning his country into a constitutional monarchy, but this post is just about (some) of his relatives.

He was a grandson of Christian IX and the son of the future Frederick VIII. His brother was the future Hakoon VII of Norway. His paternal aunts were Dagmar (Empress Maria Feodorovna) and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom. King George V, Queen Maud, and Tsar Nicholas II were his first cousins. Christian X's mother was Lovisa of Sweden.

He was raised strictly in a palace part of the Amelienborg Palace complex. He received a military education and studied at the Officers Academy.

Christian initially loved Princess Marguerite of Orleans, but his feelings were not returned, so he married Princess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg Schwerin. Alexandrine's maternal line was Romanov...her mother, Anastasia, was the daughter of Nicholas I's younger son, Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaievich. They had two sons: Prince Frederick (1899–1972), later King Frederick IX of Denmark and Prince Knud (1900–1976)

In case you are wondering, he was 6 feet 7 inches tall.

What a dynasty Christian IX and Queen Louise gave to the world!

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Queen Victoria's grandchildren 1868

Princess Victoria of Hesse, Princess Elizabeth of Hesse, Prince Albert Victor of Wales, Prince George of Wales, Princess Irene of Hesse, Princess Louise of Wales, Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein.

Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2023

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Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia, Princess Thyra, and their father King Christian IX of Denmark playing cards.

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Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India from 22 January 1901 to 6 May 1910 as the wife of King-Emperor Edward VII.

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Maria Feodorovna (26 November 1847 – 13 October 1928), known before her marriage as Princess Dagmar of Denmark, was Empress of Russia from 1881 to 1894 as the wife of Emperor Alexander III.

She was the second daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel.

Maria's eldest son became the last Russian monarch, Emperor Nicholas II.

Maria lived for 10 years after Bolshevik functionaries murdered Nicholas and his immediate family in 1918.

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Princess Thyra of Denmark (Thyra Amalie Caroline Charlotte Anna; 29 September 1853 – 26 February 1933) was the youngest daughter and fifth child of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel.

In 1878, she married Ernest Augustus, the exiled heir to the Kingdom of Hanover.

As the Kingdom of Hanover had been annexed by Prussia in 1866, she spent most of her life in exile with her husband in Austria.

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Christian IX (8 April 1818 – 29 January 1906) was King of Denmark from 15 November 1863 until his death in 1906.

From 1863 to 1864, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg.

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Today in Christian History

Today is Tuesday, May 30th, the 150th day of 2023. There are 215 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

727: Death of Hubert, the “Apostle to the Ardennes” (a region now comprised of Northern France, Belgium, and Luxembourg).

1416: Jerome of Prague is burned for heresy by the Council of Constance. He had been a follower of reformer Jan Hus.

1525: Last preserved letter of Conrad Grebel, written from Zurich, to his brother-in-law Vadian, is a vigorous plea against attempts to suppress Anabaptists by fines, confiscation of property, imprisonment, or death.

1527: Philip of Hesse opens the University of Marburg.

1574: Death of King Charles IX of France, haunted by superstitious terrors because of the Huguenots he had ordered to be massacred in the infamous St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.

1639: Death of Metrophanes Kritopoulos, Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt. His discussions with Protestants prompted him to write an exposition of Eastern Orthodox doctrine, based on the early church fathers, in an attempt to achieve Christian unity.

1792: William Carey preaches a famous sermon on Isaiah 54:2-3, before the Baptist Association meeting in Nottingham, England, at the Friar Lane Baptist Chapel, urging his listeners to "expect great things, attempt great things."

1819: At the request of his father-in-law, Anglican bishop Reginald Heber pens the words to his missionary hymn, “From Greenland’s Icy Mountains.”

1822: A slave betrays plans for a massive uprising planned by African Methodist preacher Denmark Vesey in Charleston, South Carolina. One hundred and thirty one African Americans are arrested and Vesey’s church is closed. Some of the plotters will be executed and others deported.

1858: Ordination in Maryland of Charles Grafton as a priest in the Episcopal Church. He will found the Sisters of the Holy Nativity and later, as a bishop, will stir controversy because of his fondness for ritual and vestments.

1892: Death in Lucknow, India, of Ram Chandra Bose. An ardent Christian evangelist and educator, he had written apologetics, served as a member of India’s Congress, and been a delegate to international religious conferences.

1933: Death in Boga, Congo, of African evangelist Apolo Kivebulaya.

1972: Death in prison of Watchman Nee, famed Chinese evangelist.

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Éclats d'auteurs

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Preis der Büttner Group in memoriam Claus Büttner für Alexander Butler (IRL)

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Herman Hesse: Love of God and good

“Love of God is not always the same as love of good. ” —Herman Hesse.

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For me, celibacy is more of a liberation and an expression that I put everything on this one card, namely God.

Stefan Heße, Archbishop of Hamburg (Für mich ist der Zölibat eine Befreiung)

Original German: Für mich selber ist der Zölibat eher eine Befreiung und ein Ausdruck dafür, dass ich alles auf diese eine Karte, nämlich auf Gott setze.

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“To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all these are things we can do.”

~Hermann Hesse