#volkhov

[mim70]

Volkhov riv., Old Ladoga, Leningradskaja oblast', Russia

[sunwhashaman]

Hello! Im sunwha being a shaman for few years for now and im about to share the life of me and plus wanna help people more :>

I hope everyone have a good day, and thanks to my gods

Im also became a maiden of Kostroma by the fate too.

Im still learning on it. And will be learning from gods until i die.

I hope i can have good times and respectful and embrace it together.

Bless you everyone♥️

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Korean Shamans doing ritual name gut

Wishing and granting , finding the gods and wish come true

Such a hard job

But its worth it

Its small but slavic altar i made

Its nothing much now but i believe it will be better and better when the time goes by :)

[nememachine]

i am Very Normal™ about them

(images from March & April)

[onenakedfarmer]

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[captain-price-unofficially]

Rare moment of kindness from a German soldier to a civilian on the Eastern Front. Volkhov area, 1942

[zoe248]

Trilobite of the Day 50

Asaphus kowalewskii (Lawrow, 1856) Middle Ordovician, Middle Llanvirnian Middle Aseri Regional Stage Duboviki Formation Volkhov River, St. Petersburg region, Russia 7.5 cm

"You know I have a weird one when I have two different angles for it"

[pinturas-segunda-guerra-mundial]

1941 11 19 La División Azul en Possad - Ferrer Dalmau

repost, previously captioned as Volkhov river but seems to be the later defense of the bridgehead at Possad

[lilithism1848]

Imagine you're a Red Army soldier in the surroundings of Leningrad. You've been there, either within the city itself (called Leningrad Front), or on its outskirts (Volkhov Front). You've been pushed back time and time again by the Nazi war machine. You move forward with your attacks, knowing that they're only meant to keep the supply routes beating for a bit longer, and that you're not expected to survive.

There's very little food and the cold is killing your comrades off. Meanwhile, the city loses thousands of civilians due to the Nazi genocide. Three years pass by, before you've gathered enough strength to liberate the city – but only after the murder of over two million civilians by starvation.

Imagine what a Red Army soldier felt then.

I remember reading somewhere, that the average Red Army man stationed near Leningrad, could only run 300-500 meters before collapsing from tiredness, due to how little rations there were. And yet they stood fast to defy the enemy and prevent the genocide of their people.

[blackpilledkremlintsarina5294]

July 17, 2004

The President visited an excavation site in Staraya Ladoga. Anatoly Kirpichnikov, head of the archaeological expedition and full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, briefed the President on the ancient structure dated to the year 896.

After a conversation with members of the expedition, Vladimir Putin went to Sopki, an area on the Volkhov River where the grave of Oleg of Novgorod, the famed Russian ruler of the late 9th and early 10th centuries, is believed to be located.

[vi-sigoth]

This assessment mostly gets it, but it glosses over another glaring problem. OP says “George would have to have an awakening of virtue.” And there lies the big problem, the other massive can of worms you have to open when you discuss GRRM:

George R.R. Martin is an agnostic. Too spineless to commit to a religion, too spineless to commit to being an out-and-out atheist. He’s a lapsed Catholic, and he makes it very clear in his books for the most part that religion = bad, and devoutly religious people = REALLY bad. The Faith of the Seven is a lazy parallel to Catholicism, and aside from MAYBE two or three people in his entire universe, all adherents to the faith are awful people. Baelor Targaryen was was a stupid zealot volcel, the High Pope Septon who reigns at the beginning of the main series is lazy, fat, and decadent, the High Sparrow and his Faith Militant are all evil, corrupt, and stupid. The Septas who serve the High Sparrow are nasty, evil bitches. The Silent Sisters exist basically as a way to punish slutty women, and no other reason at all, none. (I was not raised Catholic so if someone wants to jump in and elaborate on all the ways the Faith of the Seven fails to be a good parallel to Catholicism, please feel free.)

Okay, Visigoth, you say. But that’s his “Christian” parallel. He’s a lapsed Catholic so he has negative feelings about Christianity. What about the other religions in his universe? Well, the Faith of R’hollr, which is basically his Zoroastrian/Manichaeism dualistic religion has two main representatives in OTL: Melisandre of Asshai, and Thoros of Myr. Melisandre is a slut and a liar, and frequently lies and uses illusions to get people to believe in her powers, and her “prophesies” and visions are almost always wrong. And she’s also a dumb zealot (see the pattern here?) She has used legitimate powers once, for evil (killing Renly). Thoros has the very real ability to bring people back from the dead, but every time Berric comes back from the dead, he emphasizes that there’s nothing, no afterlife, just a void. (You get it guys? Get it? People who believe in an afterlife are STUPID! You’re a fucking idiot for believing in that). Okay.

What about the Faith of the Old Gods? The Faith kept by the Children of the Forest and the people that inhabit the North of Westeros. Maybe this one is better, it’s modeled on European pre-Abrahamic pagan belief. Maybe GRRM writes this one in a less lazy, uninformed way?

UGH. No. As someone who is a Celtic/Gemanic pagan and has studied lots of history, myth and legends around that subject, I can give my resounding opinion on this—GRRM writes his Pagan parallel just as lazily as he writes his Christian and Zoroastrian ones. The Faith of the old gods involve praying to faces carved in trees. That’s it. Nothing else. Nothing. That’s not how pagan belief worked, AT ALL. Pagan belief amongst Europeans (I know nothing about any other region so if you want to know why Aztecs cut people open and threw them down pyramid steps, you’ll have to ask someone else), if I can generalize, had several main tenets, none of which GRRM apparently bothered to research.

1). Belief in many gods who were good and benevolent, and who created human kind and the world they lived in. These gods were prayed to, made temples and altars for, and offered things like burnt offerings and libations. These gods oversaw the natural universe, i.e., crops coming in every year, thunderstorms and snowstorms, the birth of children, marriage, deaths and so on. Northerners and Old God believers do pray, but not that much, and to no one. There’s NO named gods? At all? Nothing?

2). Belief in ancestor worship and reincarnation. Uh oh! We can’t have that! Being proud of your ancestry and your blood line is for FASCISTS.

3). Priests, shamans, druids, goðis, volkhovs—whatever you want to call them. People had religious officiates. The went to them for medical aid, to officiate weddings, to bless newborn babies—all the things you go to your local pastor to and probably them some. Yes, these officiates often had hierarchical rankings—if Julius Caesar can be believed, there was possibly a “High Druid” or, if you will, a “Druid pope.” The only example we have of any sort of “higher up” in this religion is Bloodraven, and is he a noble Druid who has been bestowed higher powers? No, he only gets his visions at the expense of him painfully growing into a giant Weirwood, and he speaks in riddles and half-truths to Bran.

4). Rules and laws that governed behavior and morality (blasphemy was particularly frowned upon among Germanics).

5). Worship and veneration of lesser beings like land or water spirits. Okay, so there’s some trees with faces in them. Anything else??

6). Holidays??? Does anyone in this entire made up fantasy universe have a single holiday???? No specific celebrations that follow the strange years-long weather patterns? Wouldn’t the beginning of spring be a pretty big deal in a world where winter can last years? Where’s the summer feasting and bonfires?

7.) SONGS AND PRAYERS? I can get that maybe GRRM wanted the Old God Faith to contrast with the Faith of the Seven, which does have a “Bible” I guess (The Seven-Pointed Star) but just because there’s no written tradition doesn’t mean there can’t be any oral tradition. No prayers or songs? No harvest songs? No silly songs for children so they can learn the god’s names or anything like that?

Uh-oh! It sounds to me like that might be a little…too…dare I say it…ORGANIZED for poor ol’ George.

8.) The Afterlife. This is where I just can’t with GRRM. Beric says there is no R’hlloric afterlife, and what about an Old God afterlife? Who are all the voices in the trees that Bran hears? They’re dead Children of the Forest greenseers. Okay, so there’s an afterlife? No, you just go into a tree.

WHO CREATED THE TREES. WHO CREATED THE CHILDREN OF THE FOREST. IF THE COTF HAVE SOULS, WHAT OR WHO GUIDES THESE SOULS INTO THE TREES? WHO MADE HUMANS IN THIS UNIVERSE? WHO CREATED THE WORLD?

The Old Gods? The Seven? R’hollr? The Great Stallion? The Lion of Night? The Drowned God? Pick one, George. Pick one, you fucking fat, lazy coward.

But that’s the thing. George won’t pick one. George will never present a good, uncomplicated example of a decent, moral person from any of his religions, and he won’t flesh any of them out properly, because George thinks that religion is for people that are stupid, or people that are evil.

What’s the oldest profession in the world? It’s a shaman. It’s a person that communed with the powers on high and made known those powers to humankind.

But if you asked George R. R. Martin? He would tell you it was a prostitute.

[mim70]

Volkhov riv., Old Ladoga, Leningradskaja oblast', Russia

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[orthodoxydaily]

Saints&Reading: Friday, July 5, 2024

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VENERABLE VARLAAM, MONK OF KHUTYN (Novgorod 1192)

Saint Barlaam of Khutyn lived in the XII century, and was the son of a noble Novgorodian and spent his childhood in Novgorod. In his youth, retiring to the Lisich Monastery near the city, Barlaam was tonsured as a monk. Then he settled on a secluded hill above Volkhov, in an area called Khutyn, 10 versts from Novgorod. In his seclusion, Saint Barlaam led an austere solitary life, occupying himself with unceasing prayer, and keeping a very strict fast. He was a zealous ascetic in his labors: cutting timber in the forest, chopping firewood, and tilling the soil, fulfilling the words of the Holy Scriptures: "If anyone does not wish to work, neither let him eat" (2 Thessalonians 3:10).

Some of the inhabitants of Novgorod gathered around him, desiring to share the Saint's works and ascetical struggles. Instructing those who came to him, Saint Barlaam said, "My children, beware of all unrighteousness, and do not give in to envy or slander, don't be jealous, do not slander anyone. Refrain from anger, and do not practice usury. Beware of unjust judgment. Do not swear an oath falsely, but rather fulfill it. Do not indulge in carnal appetites. Always be meek and endure all things with love. This virtue is the beginning and the root of all goodness."

Soon a church was built in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord, and a Monastery was founded. The Lord granted him the gift of miracles and clairvoyance in order to serve his neighbors. As Saint Barlaam’s life was drawing to a close, by God's will, Hieromonk Anthony came from Constantinople. He was the contemporary and friend of Saint Barlaam. The Saint turned to him and said, “My beloved brother, God’s blessings rest upon this Monastery. Now I leave it in your hands. Watch over it and care for it. Although in the body I am leaving you, I shall always be with you in spirit.”

After giving his final counsels to the brethren, commanding them to preserve the Orthodox Faith, and to abide in humility, Saint Barlaam fell asleep in the Lord on November 6, 1192.

The Church remembers Saint Barlaam three times during the year: on the day of his blessed repose (November 6), on the first Friday of the Apostles' Fast, and on the third Sunday after Pentecost (Synaxis of the Novgorod Saints).

In Slavonic practice, Saint Barlaam is commemorated during the Proskomedia along with the venerable God-bearing Fathers who have shone forth in asceticism (sixth particle).

THE PRIESTMARTYR EUSEBIOS, BISHOP OF SAMOSATA (380)

The Hieromartyr Eusebios (his name means pious) the Bishop of Samosata, stood firmly for the Orthodox Confession of Faith, proclaimed at the First Ecumenical Synod at Nicea in the year 325. Therefore, he suffered persecution by the Arians, and was repeatedly deprived of his See and banished. Emperor Constantius (337-361), who supported the Arians, learned that Saint Eusebios kept a conciliar decree regarding the election of the Orthodox Archbishop Meletios (February 12) to the See of Antioch. He was ordered to surrender the decree, but the Saint boldly refused to obey him. The enraged Emperor sent a message that if he did not surrender the decree, then his right hand would be cut off. Saint Eusebios stretched forth both hands to the emissary saying, “Cut them off, but I will not give up the conciliar decree, which denounces the wickedness and iniquity of the Arians.”

Emperor Constantius marveled at the hierarch's audacity, but did not harm him.

During the reign of Emperor Julian the Apostate (361-363), even more difficult times ensued, and an open persecution against Christians began. Saint Eusebios concealed his identity and went about in the garb of a soldier all across Syria, Phoenicia and Palestine, urging Christians not to abandon the Orthodox Faith. He ordained priests and deacons for the desolated churches, and he consecrated hierarchs who renounced the Arian heresy. After Julian the Apostate’s death, he was succeeded by the devout Emperor Jovian (363-364), during whose reign the persecutions stopped. Returning from exile, Saint Meletios convened a local Council at Antioch in the year 379 on the advice of Saint Eusebios. Twenty-seven hierarchs participated, and the Council reaffirmed the Orthodox teaching of the First Ecumenical Council. The Arians signed the conciliar decree, fearing the steadfast defenders of Orthodoxy: the holy hierarchs Meletios, Eusebios and Pelagios, who had great influence with the Emperor. After Jovian's death, the Arian Valentinian (364-378) came to power.

The Orthodox were again subjected to persecution. Saint Meletios was banished to Armenia, Saint Pelagios to Arabia, and Saint Eusebios was condemned to exile in Thrace. After receiving the imperial decree, Saint Eusebios left Samosata by night, in order to prevent tumult among the people who esteemed him. When they learned of the hierarch's departure, the faithful followed after him with tears and begged him to return. The Saint refused the entreaty of those who had come, saying that he had to obey the authorities. The Saint urged his flock to hold fast to Orthodoxy, then blessed them and went to the place of his exile. The Arian Eunomios became Bishop of Samosata, but the people did not accept this heretic. The Orthodox would not go to his church and avoided meeting with him. The heretical Arian perceived that it was impossible to induce the Orthodox flock to follow him.

Emperor Gratian (375-383) succeeded to the throne, and all the Orthodox hierarchs who had been banished under the Arians were brought back from exile. Saint Eusebios also returned to Samosata and continued with the task of building up the Church. Along with Saint Meletios, he appointed Orthodox hierarchs and clergy to the Arian parishes. In the year 380 he arrived in the Arian city of Dolikhina to establish the Orthodox Bishop Marinus there. An Arian woman threw a roof tile at the holy hierarch’s head. As he lay dying, Saint Eusebios asked her for wine and begged those around not to harm her. The Saint's body was taken to Samosata and was buried by his flock. The Saint’s nephew Antiokhos succeeded him and the Church of Samosata continued to confess the Orthodox Faith, which was firmly spread by the efforts of the holy Hieromartyr Eusebios.

ROMANS 5:17-6:2

17 For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.) 18 Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. 19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous. 20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, 21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?

MATTHEW 9:14-17

14 Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?" 15 And Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. 17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

[nordnews]

There is much debate about the arrival of the Varangian Rurik to rule - from his parentage to the controversy over whether this event can even be considered the beginning of Russ...

[lamilanomagazine]

Gran Bretagna: "la Russia sta diventando uno Stato sempre più totalitario"

Gran Bretagna: "la Russia sta diventando uno Stato sempre più totalitario" La Russia sta diventando uno Stato "sempre più totalitario": lo scrive il ministero della Difesa britannico nel suo aggiornamento quotidiano di intelligence. Nel rapporto quotidiano sul conflitto pubblicato su Twitter, il ministero ridicolizza le "leggi draconiane" imposte nel Paese dall'inizio del conflitto, che probabilmente hanno portato alcuni funzionari locali della sicurezza a ritenere che ora è perfino vietato mostrare in pubblico i colori blu e giallo, ovvero quelli della bandiera ucraina. Gli esperti di Londra ricordano infatti che il nove maggio scorso un'operatrice di una casa di cura è stata arrestata per aver indossato una giacca blu e gialla al lavoro. Nei giorni scorsi, inoltre, le truppe della Guardia Nazionale russa hanno arrestato un uomo di 22 anni a Volkhov, vicino a San Pietroburgo, per aver esposto una bandiera blu e gialla delle forze aerospaziali russe. "La repressione evidenzia l'incertezza, all'interno di una burocrazia russa paranoica, su ciò che è e viene considerato lecito all'interno di un sistema sempre più totalitario", commenta il rapporto. "Le critiche agli arresti sono arrivate da una parte inaspettata: il Partito Liberal-Democratico, ultranazionalista e favorevole alla guerra. Il logo del partito è giallo su sfondo blu", conclude. Nel mentre, cresce il ruolo dei paracadutisti russi nel settore di Bakhmut dopo il ritiro dei distaccamenti d'assalto del Gruppo Wagner nelle retrovie: lo scrive il ministero della Difesa britannico nel suo aggiornamento quotidiano di intelligence. La Russia ha continuato a schierare unità regolari in questo settore, si legge nel rapporto pubblicato su Twitter. Le forze aviotrasportate russe (Vdv) hanno assunto un ruolo sempre più importante nella città dell'Ucraina orientale: elementi della 76ma e della 106ma divisione e altre due brigate separate delle Vdv sono ora schierate nel settore, osservano gli esperti di Londra. Sebbene le Vdv abbiano perso gran parte del suo status di "élite" durante la guerra, sembra che il comando abbia cercato di preservare parte di questa riserva più professionale. "Poiché ora devono essere schierate per mantenere la linea del fronte a Bakhmut, è probabile che le forze russe in generale avranno meno capacità di rispondere alle sfide a livello operativo", conclude il rapporto.... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article