It is hard to imagine that the gruesome topic of bodysnatching and the ghastly, gory and gorgeous world of relics would be a main focus of religious veneration throughout the Middle Ages. Through time it has been a human instinct to revere physical objects that have been infused with the character or persona of the […]
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Saintly Leader, or Vengeful Opportunist? The Story of Vladimir the Great
October 28th, 2020 Awake Goy
Vladimir the Great(or Volodymyr) is a controversial figure. Commemorated as an exemplary leader, saint and statesman by some, the story of his life is also evidence of a vengeful, murderous and womanizing rapist who forced the pagan Slavs into Christianity. Today he is remembered for bringing Christianity to the Kyivan Rus’ (Kievan Rus’), the ancestors […]