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Posted by Дикса И. on 15 October 2016

Saint Apostle Peter

In Vatican, under the dome of Saint Peter’s Basilica, in a crypt, the remains of Saint Apostle Peter are resting – the first and one of the closest disciples of Jesus Christ. Apostle Peter, who is also called Simon, or Cephas, the top apostle, prince of the apostles, the first Pope of Rome. He was born in Bethsaida of Galilee. He died a martyrs’ death in Rome in 64 (67) A.D. Originally,...

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Posted by Дикса И. on 1 July 2016

Service of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

June 13, 2016. Windsor Castle. The year of 2016 will go down in the world’s history as the year, when Queen of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II celebrated her 90th Birthday. This remarkable date could not leave anybody indifferent not only in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, but in the whole world as well. We also had the honour to take part in these festive events, and to immerse...

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Posted by Дикса И. on 26 May 2016

Birch Bark Letters of Old Novgorod

Studying an old document recently, I came upon a very interesting, scientific, and educational website devoted to birch bark letters of the Old Rus. And since my occupation is related to jurisprudence and law, it was especially interesting to read the old documents, which regulated the relationships between people. Two documents attracted my attention. One document is a birch bark letter which dates back...

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Posted by Дикса И. on 7 March 2016

Ancient seals discovered bearing female and male names

In Jerusalem ancient seals have been discovered bearing female and male names During the excavations in the vicinity of the city of David, at the site of the old Giv’ati car park, near Jerusalem’s neighborhood Silwan (Shiloah), archeologists discovered two miniature seals dating from around the VIth century B.C. (the time of the destruction of the First Temple). Upon these seals the names of a...

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Posted by Дикса И. on 4 February 2016

Archaeologists of Russian Academy of Sciences found complete list of murderers of Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky

Archaeologists and epigraphers from HSE and RAS made an amazing discovery – they were fortunate to discover on the walls of the cathedral in Pereslavl-Zalessky a complete list of conspirers, who killed prince Andrei Bogolyubsky in 1174. While restoring Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in Pereslavl-Zalessky, scientists found a graffiti, revealing the list of twenty conspirers, who killed Saint Prince...

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Posted by Дикса И. on 14 January 2016

Alexander the Great (of Macedon)

Alexander the Great (of Macedon) was a great military leader, the greatest conqueror, the creator of the largest monarchy in the Ancient World. Alexander of Macedon was born on 21 July 356 BC in the capital of Macedonia – the city of Pella. Alexander’s father was the Macedonian monarch Philip II, who managed to subject the most part of Greece to Macedonia. His mother came from a royal family...

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Posted by Дикса И. on 23 December 2015

House is discovered in Nazareth, where Jesus Christ lived

The archaeologists are almost certain that the ruins uncovered in Nazareth formerly were the home, where the Saviour grew up. “Has the Childhood Home of Jesus Been Found?” — This is how a British archaeologist Professor Ken Dark of the University of Reading titled his article in the most recent issue of the scientific magazine Biblical Archaeological Review. He and his colleagues were conducting an...

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Posted by Дикса И. on 17 June 2015

June 15, 2015. Service of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

Celebration of the 800th anniversary of the Great Charter of the Liberties (Windsor Castle, Great Britain) Founded in 1348 by King Edward III, the Most Noble Order of the Garter is the oldest order of chivalry in the United Kingdom and one of the oldest chivalric orders in the world. The Order’s Sovereign is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The headquarters of the Order of the Garter is located in Saint...

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I travel a lot and after each trip I try to keep for myself a little piece of an experienced impression. How good it is that people invented cameras!

I never stop marveling at the world which surrounds us. On top of it I also like history, geography, sociology, and psychology. For there is nothing more interesting than learning the unknown and discovering the unexplored.