#ceremony of lighting

[secondworldwarremembrancedays]

Official ceremony of lighting the sacred Eternal Flame at the unveiled Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

May 8, the eve of the Great Victory, marks the 57th Anniversary (unveiled in 1967) of the official ceremony of lighting the sacred Eternal Flame at the unveiled Tomb of the Unknown Soldier memorial architectural ensemble in Alexander Garden near the Moscow Kremlin Wall.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier serves as a symbolic monument to honour frontline soldiers killed in action during the Great Patriotic War. It was proposed by officials in 1966, on the 25th anniversary of defeating Nazi forces near Moscow. On December 3, 1966, the remains of a Soviet soldier killed near Zelenograd were laid to rest in Alexander Garden.

In 1997, the President of Russia issued an executive order to establish a guard of honour post near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. In 2009, another presidential executive order granted the status of a nationwide military glory memorial to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of the Russian Federation. The memorial was included in the State List of Particularly Valuable Cultural Heritage Landmarks and Sites of Russia’s Peoples. On December 3, 2014, the day when the defender of Moscow was buried in Alexander Garden in 1966, was proclaimed the Day of the Unknown Soldier.

[starspanner]

I am shook.

[addrai]

I can't stop thinking about the Olympic Spirit and the Final Torchbearer from the opening ceremony

I desperately need them to kiss

[tennessoui]

I don’t even need to say it do I……

[tinderbox210]

Admiral Saru and President T'Rina in Star Trek: Discovery s05e10 - Life, Itself

[belovedapollo]

updated my tea station, again 🫖 reblog is ok, don’t repost/use

[violaobanion]

JANE EYRE (2011) dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga

[dreamaze]

BFFL 48/∞ ↪ aeggression n. aggression provoked by unwanted aegyo

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

florence + the machine lyrics x colors x textiles in art — blue

Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) – Lungs // Young Woman in an Armchair – unknown artist 🌊 Swimming – Lungs // Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Dress – unknown artist 🌊 No Light, No Light – Ceremonials // Elisabeth Rachel Félix – Edmond Geffroy 🌊 Spectrum – Ceremonials // Portrait of Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies – Vincente López Portaña 🌊 Bedroom Hymns – Ceremonials // Portrait of Isabella II of Spain – Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz 🌊 What Kind of Man – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful // Lady in a Blue Dress – Franz Eybl 🌊 How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful // The Infanta Isabel of Bourbon – Vincente Palmaroli 🌊 Make Up Your Mind, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful // Portrait of Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily – Vincente López Portaña

[phatcatphergus]

Hallmark Christmas movie except it’s Fred as the big town business woman who has to do an eval of the island where he meets the rugged and handsome handyman (tubbo) and the well meaning but pushy parents (fit and Pac) and the adorable pushy child that ask if Fred loves tubbo while they’re all making Christmas cookies (sunny) and tubbo teaches Fred the true meaning of Christmas and how to have real emotions by the end where they dance in the falling snow after everyone thought Fred went to the Feds and told them all the illegal stuff tubbo was doing

[justaz]

ive never watched uhhh game of thrones?? i think?? but i saw a clip of that chick with white hair and the dragon and she lit herself on fire or something and came out of the flames alive and i was just thinking that + merlin + this post + this fic (kinda. sorta. in a way.)

so somehow arthur gets involved in the dragon egg shenanigans, maybe merlin goes to him first or arthur finds out some other way idc whatever anyway they all make their way to the tomb where the dragon egg should be and find it open and a dragon egg sitting on a pedestal surrounded by bits of charred remains and a whole lotta ashes

arthur + the knights are cautious but merlin is entranced by the egg and steps into the room which separates him from the group. arthur + the knights are frantically trying to find a way to get him but merlin doesn’t realize what’s happened as he continues to approach the egg and places his hands on it. instantly, the room ignites and merlin is bathed in the flames

despite a huge fear of merlin’s being the pyre, the flames hardly register in his mind. he can feel the dragon soul within the egg dancing under his touch, he can feel a bond forming between his soul and this baby dragon - it lights a fire within him and he feels alive and complete in a way he hadn’t ever felt before. the name “aithusa” falls from his lips involuntarily but he doesn’t have time to think about it as the egg is cracking.

with every crack in the shell, merlin feels a piece of himself crack open. scales flick over his skin down his arms, down his legs, up his neck and a bit across his cheeks. his ears sharpen and his hearing improves as does his sight. his nails sharpen and grow into claws on his hands and feet. his teeth grow uncomfortably large in his mouth and he tastes the tang of blood as his fangs nick his cheek and tongue. his back splits open and huge wings unfurl behind him, warmed by the fire and solidifying into their magnificent shape. with the naming of his first dragon, born of fire, another dragonlord is born.

a pure white dragon claws its way out of her shell, a beautiful thing, aithusa. she crawls up onto her dragonlord’s shoulder and with her settled, the room around them crumbles. the fire had spread out, pushing arthur and the knights into a retreat despite their conviction to retrieve merlin from the flames. as they exit, they have no time to mourn or think of ways to help merlin as they’re surrounded. idk who their enemy is but they’re fighting for their lives but honestly they aren’t doing too great. until the tomb behind them caves in and falls apart to allow the sun to shine of the figure standing in the midst of the ruins.

a terrifying creature, a man and a beast, a demon from hell. he grins, feral, before pouncing on his enemies. he does not wield a weapon nor magic, he uses his claws, his wings, and his fangs to tear his enemy to shreds. as they regroup and surround him, he turns and lets flames billow from his maw, chasing them away if they’re quick enough and charring those who weren’t. with a quickness that is frightening, another demon from hell, another abomination of man and beast swoops in and tears their enemies to shreds.

they both eviscerate their enemies, working together as if they’ve always done this, until there is nobody left to fight. the two stand side by side, covered in blood and wearing matching mad grins and wide, crazed eyes. merlin and balinor stand victorious over the carnage, their wings pointed towards the clouds and glimmering in the sunlight. the last two dragonlords of the ambrosius family line, father and son.

[lesbiandemondaddy]

All the lyric drawings for the Ceremonials section of Useless Magic ❤️

[zelda-of-hyrule-tloz]

Echoes of Wisdom Headcanon Countdown

༺ Day 62▪︎ 37 Left

Zelda's "costume" for the Wing Ceremony is based off of what Skyloftians believed Hylia looked like. In actuality, this design is more close to clothes she wore when she tried to take a more gentle and pleasant form among her people. Perhaps she even looked human - almost exactly the same as Skyward Sword Zelda. However, this couldn't be further from her true form...

[umlewis]

📷 @.kanika_talwar / twitter

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Florence in the video No light, No light - Florence + The Machine

[kojiarakiartworks]

November 2003 PDX Portland Oregon U.S.A. 

This photo was taken in 2003.This year, the 39th ceremony will be held.

■2023 39th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony

https://www.thesquarepdx.org/event/39th-annual-tree-lighting-ceremony/

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