It is often said in recent years that events in Europe present as the precursor for events that later follow in the U.S. and North America. Indeed, there are many points of reference which support this outlook.
According to recent media reporting, various state police agencies in Europe took action against Islamic extremists, identified as ISIS-k affiliates, to stop planned terror attacks against Christian targets, specifically well-known cathedrals, this Christmas holiday season. The events took place in Austria and Germany, with targets identified in Vienna and Western Germany.
(Jerusalem Post) – Austrian, German, and Spanish police were on high alert at cathedrals in several cities due to concerns that Islamists were planning a terrorist attack on Christmas or New Year’s Eve, with several suspects already arrested in Vienna and Germany, according to German reports.
According to the Bild, several suspects were arrested in the Ottakring district of Vienna, while another was arrested in Saarland, Germany. The arrested suspects are Tajiks allegedly affiliated with the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, the branch of ISIS in south-central Asia, according to the report.
Vienna Police noted in a press release that there is an “increased terror alert level” and “generally an increased risk in Austria during the Christmas holidays.”
“Since terrorist actors across Europe are calling for attacks on Christian events – especially around [Christmas Eve,] December 24 – the security authorities have increased the corresponding protective measures in public spaces in Vienna and the federal states,” Vienna Police said, adding that there would be increased patrols and surveillance during the holidays, with attention focused primarily on churches, religious events, and Christmas markets. (read more)
I would be remiss if I did not add context to this report, literal boots on the ground reporting, something that many U.S. readers might find of interest.
The cultural crisis within the EU rests just under the surface. It is very visible if you look with eyes to see and have discussions with native Europeans in almost every country.
The import of millions, actually tens-of-millions of Muslim oriented migrants is problematic for the domestic tranquility of multiple nations. The more “progressive” or multicultural minded the country’s political leadership, the greater the turmoil.
The issue is simply a percentage of extremism within the larger Islamic migrant population. Not all Muslim immigrants are extremists, but a significant percentage of them reject even the concept of assimilation. That percentage might only be around 25%, but when you think of the scale of the denominator, 25% of a large number is a very significant issue.
Very well-known Christian cathedrals and monuments are now essentially operating like guarded fortresses. It is a very sad thing to witness, as this reality has turned the churches, synagogues and places of faith into risk zones. Even the smaller churches and lesser known -albeit generationally old- houses of faith, have very visible security.
In almost all areas, the days of just walking into a civically positioned church, beautiful old churches built for the local population that eventually built houses around the church, are gone.
The doors of the church are locked, the grounds secured and only at scheduled times is the church available.
There’s another even more sad aspect to this, it’s become the new normal.
Again, to emphasize, the scale of the issue is directly proportionate to the ideology of the political structures that sit atop the society. The more “progressive” or multicultural the emphasis of the political leadership, the stronger the security and threat around the churches.
France is the worst, and fear has become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany and the rest of the Western EU all experience this fear/threat/security situation in varying degrees.
Additionally, and this is where it gets really interesting, the further North and East toward Russia you travel, the lesser the threat dynamic seems to show. Belarus, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Estonia, and some of the Baltic states do not have as severe a Christian security problem.
Look at a map (with non-pretending eyes), plot the highest threats/incidences and you will clearly see the overlay. Much of Europe is killing its own Christian faith simply by reacting to being threatened, taking security efforts and being politically/culturally correct, according to their own stages of pretense.
Remarkably, and this is where it becomes an astonishingly big lie, Russia…. Yes, RUSSIA, is the safest place for openly visible social/societal Christianity to exist.
In the former Soviet Union, cathedrals and massive places of Christian orthodox worship were essentially turned into warehouses and devalued. Thankfully, these beautiful buildings and architectural masterpieces were not destroyed, they were just neglected. However, in the past 20+ years something amazing has happened, and the people in almost every Russian region talk about what is happening with incredible optimism and fondness.
All of the old monuments and cathedrals are now considered as national cultural prizes. The restoration and preservation are simply stunning, I mean drop your jaw on the ground stunning and overwhelming. The beauty and Christian grandeur are bigger, brighter and feels more alive, cherished and respected than any place in Western Europe.
Yes, this perspective, this modern valuation, this incredible, remarkable and social celebration of Christianity that exists in Russia, far surpasses almost EVERY historic Christian monument and building in the EU in comparison to Russia. It’s not just the building, it’s the way the social fabric of the people thinks about the values reflected within the represented imagery.
I don’t know when this modern Russia began to restore itself, and I have no concept of time to give it context. But what I witnessed is nothing even remotely within the ballpark of what I previously imagined or believed.
Even the Muslims in Russia that don’t celebrate Christmas have found a way to enjoin themselves culturally to the representation of faith and values, in their celebration of the New Year. I found this expressed and open religious cohesion/respect to be incredible and uplifting. It reminded me… and this is going to sound really odd… of the United States many years ago.
Risking a little diminishment I will let you in on a secret, … I was so overwhelmed at times, while visiting these places more than once I had to leave, find a quiet place, and just sit still so I could openly cry with the sense of joy and wonderment – without anyone thinking I was weird. When you feel close to God, you shrink… and nothing in a long time made me as irrelevant and miniscule as those moments of awe.
Socially the valuation system in St Petersburg Russia, formerly Leningrad, is nothing like what you might have been led to believe. The value of the family structure is the apex of expressed social, public and governing policy. Family values are celebrated, men are men, women are women and children are children, nurtured and protected.
Everything in Russian culture is very deliberate, very forceful, incredibly non-pretending, and that sentiment carries forth in the way the Christian religion is presented.
I guess the best way to encapsulate religion and this time of year in a way that most could understand, is to say: Christmastime in St Petersburg, Russia, is like traveling back to Christmastime in 1950’s USA. The purity of it is overwhelming.
Merry Christmas!
Too late for Europe. The enemy is within the gates, and taking over via birthrate!
Read the article first.
Oh I hear you, but coming from the UK only a mere decade ago, the religious buildings of merit were defended and repaired as tourist attractions while the surrounds became mosques. Monuments to a lost age that when the crescent moon begins to fly, will quickly vanish.
I never thought I would admire Putin, but I do.
How can one Not admire Putin. He is a great statesman (not a moral judgement). Few people have an appreciation for the catastrophe that was Russia after the breakup. Putin has lead Russia out of the abyss to world prominence in almost no time.
The difference is, Putin loves his country!
Christianity has removed Muslims from Europe before. They may do so again. Only time will tell. Perhaps Western Europe will look East again.
Where have you gone, Charles Martel?
Europe will soon turn its longing eyes to you
What’s that you say, Pope Francis?
You have banish Charles the Hammer far away
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey
The No. 1 “new” name in parts of Ireland is Mohammad. Ireland, think about that one. You only need to look up elements of the white shame of the elites on YouTube.
A taxi driver from the airport once said to me “They don’t need to fight, they just need to give birth”.
Uk is around 10% Muslim.
“Muhammad stands among the Top 5 boy names in the UK, and when counted with all its spellings would rank Number 1″
UK indigenous population is dying out.
https://www.ft.com/content/7a558711-c1b8-4a41-8e72-8470cbd117e5
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Ferdinand and Isabel 1492.
ouch. 😉
Its why they hate Russia so much. And Hungary. And any other places that are unapolagetically Christian. Its no accident Ukraine took out the Churches.
Same as regards Africa.
Revival in East Africa
https://byamukama.com/concerning-christian-revival-uganda
I was in Hungary 2 weeks ago. Our guide told us only 4% are church goers. Most do not believe, like 96%!
Thank you for such a beautiful posting. Merry Christmas !
Yes, ditto for sure, Sundance. Thank you for all you do. Colon, Limberg, and the monastery near Ettal. Incredible places. I do hope they throw out the Muslim horde and save them before they are lost.
The pictures are Awesome Sundance. Your emotion is spilling over from your written words. Makes me happy too……for Russia and its’ citizens. I wish……..
Western Europe, yes. Their goose is cooked.
Now, MONTREAL’s most esteemed basilica. There is a great Islamic presence in Montreal & it’s spreading out to the regions.
I don’t remember once that there was a fire issue at that Basilica, even less on the day when Christians will gather at night to celebrate Mass.
An accelerant was poured but it wasn’t ‘arson’, they claim. GIVE ME A BREAK!
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-police-investigating-alleged-arson-at-notre-dame-basilica-1.6700385
Wessex was once a few acres of swamp surrounded by Danes.
Yes, and within Europe, all of Europe has been absorbed. The war in Iraq changed all that. There were migrants from the west Indies, and India. Pseudo apology for empire, and replacements for war dead, but what happened after the towers fell was unforgivable, and changed Europe forever. 9/11 for me feels just like COVID. A created disaster to implement slavery
Its not. It is still God’s world. He is still on His throne. He is still in control.
I hope many of you read this and especially Sundance.
“Beginning his joint press conference with Vladimir Putin, President Trump declared that U.S. relations with Russia have “never been worse.”
He then added pointedly, that just changed “about four hours ago.”
It certainly did. With his remarks in Helsinki and at the NATO summit in Brussels, Trump has signaled a historic shift in U.S. foreign policy that may determine the future of this nation and the fate of his presidency.
He has rejected the fundamental premises of American foreign policy since the end of the Cold War and blamed our wretched relations with Russia, not on Vladimir Putin, but squarely on the U.S. establishment.”
Trump Calls Off Cold War II
https://buchanan.org/blog/trump-calls-off-cold-war-ii-129662#more-129662
Your photos are just beautiful!
Thank you Sundance for bringing this truth to us.
Just wow! Thank you for that Sundance and Merry Christmas!!
I’ve heard others state the same observation.
The precept of the koran is perpetual war against all who deny that Mahomet is the prophet of God. The faithful follower of the prophet, may submit to the imperious necessities of defeat: but the command to propagate the Moslem creed by the sword is always obligatory, when it can be made effective. The commands of the prophet may be performed alike, by fraud, or by force.
– John Quincy Adams
In a list of near countless examples, nothing more thouroughly disqualifies Nikki Hubris Haley than her call (demand) for another million Palestinian immigrants.
They just want to take over the whole world by force. Convert or the sword. Unless you are humiliated and pay the tax.
Muslims attack Christians
Suspicious Cat wonders
Cui bono?
go on…. i mean im thinking the muslims who wish to take over europe benefit, but hey who do you think benefits?
“Risking a little diminishment…”
Love you even more after that paragraph. Merry Christmas, Sundance.
And yet the brain washed college students in America sing their praises and protest on their behalf.
Ignorant!
Naught but a testament to the Left’s takeover of Education in America. Which has moved beyond sad to tragic.
Ignorance gone to seed !
Diminishment?
Surely you jest!
Simply looking at the photos makes my eyes water…
Amazingly, the words diminishment and dhimmitude have completely different roots.
Christianity played a vital role in western civilization. I believe Christians have an obligation to take their societies back. Those who are Christians, willingly accepted God. Many muslims are muslim, not because they chose to be, but because they were given a choice. Become one or die.
They are raised without choice. The first thing a Muslim father does is whisper in his child’s ear “There is no god but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet. ” They hold that this act makes the child Muslim, and thus subject to the penalty for apostasy, from that moment forward.
There is no concept of freedom of consciousness in Islam.
Don’t forget that leaving, or converting from, Islam requires a mandatory death sentence under Islamic law.
And Globullusts are only SLIGHTLY less unforgiving of those who leave, than Islamusts.
Anyone here anything from Chris Mathews lately? Almost as “quiet” as Seth Rich,…
Ah, but look how Mohammed started. Death and destruction.
Sort of like the Spanish Inquisition I suppose.
Respectfully, nothing at all like the Spanish Inquisition. The real one, that is. Not the black legend propagated by the usual suspects.
Read genuine history about the Spanish Inquisition. Most of it was propaganda, believe it or not!
True.
Merry Christmas, Sundance.
First, on a non-pretending note, we are here:
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111621112188490070
But on a hopeful note, the faithful were never dead in the Soviet Union, just buried.
As I think I have mentioned before, I toured Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, and Suzdal a few weeks after Yeltsin and the tanks.
Our tour guide mentioned then that there was an outpouring and many people were being baptized.
With God, nothing is impossible, even after all the church bells have been melted down.
There also appears to be an influx at this very moment to the Orthodox churches here in the US. Very interesting development.
And to think we used to raise funds to smuggle Bibles into the Soviet Union.
It may be that the Russians will end up paying the favor forward into re- Christianizing Europe.
There are no athiests in foxholes,…and no satanists, either.
The fake Pope is getting MAJOR pushback on his recent embrace of homosexuality, from primarily AFRICA.
Unlike in “western world” being Christian in other parts of the World can be a life and death matter, and that actually STRENGTHENS the faith.
Any who do not openly acknowledge the Good (God) vs Evil (Devil) nature of our conflict, serve the enemy.
AMEN Dutch! AMEN!!!
Just imagine the revival if one of the African cardinals is selected to occupy St. Peter’s chair.
Merry Christmas to all and hold revenant the birth of Christ.
They think they have changed that already, C.E. and B.C.E. But they are still based on Christ’s birth. Others ditch Christ’s birth by taking about the present, B.P.E. Scientists love to make things complicated.
https://www.thoughtco.com/bp-how-do-archaeologists-count-backward-170250
They are longing to switch to “Stardate”, lol.
The word pictures and the photos–beautiful….
Germany 5.7% Muslim, Austria 8.3% Muslim USA 1.1%
Dearborn 50% Minneapolis it is so complex they cannot measure it?
So Austria and Germany stop a terrorist attack. Has the FBI ever stopped a terrorist attack? Didn’t the FBI drive a terrorist to the place Pam Geller was speaking and he opened fire?
They did, indeed.
The only ALLEGED Islamic attacks they prevented, were ones they initiated SO THAT they could then “prevent” them, SO THAT they could use those examples in order to justify renewing the Patriot Act.
The fblie has “missed” every major event in history including Pearl Harbor.
Foiling a terrorist attack? Not a chance in hades since they can’t even foil a mass shooter that they know about let alone disrupt Islamic terrorism.
Any so-called “Moderate Muslims” will not be able to wrest control of the Islamic agenda for several reasons. First of all, Mohammed, the Messenger of Allah’s eternal word, was not moderate. No so-called “Moderate Muslim” can legitimately tell another Muslim to stop doing the very things Mohammed himself did. The Koran not only condones but commands violence and coercion to further the Islamic agenda. People whom some call “Moderate Muslims” are labeled hypocrites by Allah Himself in the Koran. Any so-called “Moderate Muslims” will always lose the argument because, as ex-Muslim author Ibn Warraq says, “There may be “moderates” in Islam but Islam itself is not at all moderate.”
DEC 23 2023 – ITALY – Monfalcone –
[….]thousands of devout Muslims have flocked to Monfalcone (Gorizia) on Saturday, 23 December to decry Mayor Anna Maria Cisint’s decision to close their [ illegal ] places of worship.
https://www.intrieste.com/2023/12/24/dont-shut-our-mosques-thousands-of-muslims-rally-in-monfalcone/
Well, folks, GO BACK TO YOUR HOMELAND!
Don’t like it? Move to Davos!
so, if all the muslims are leaving home and going to europe, who’s at home watching the store?
Alex Jones has been presenting this reality for decades (that what happens elsewhere is coming here) and unfortunately, a world which worships deception (end times) plain does not care.
To paraphrase the great Chris Plante, if you bring enough of over there here, here becomes over there.
So, first phase was “fight them over there, so we don’t have to fight them here” and now its oh, heck just BRING them over here.
I’ve always said this entire war on humanity ends with dead Christians, as detailed in Revelation.
Maybe Russia isn’t being targeted because they are standing up to the NWO, but because of their unapologetic support for Christ and family values.
…..”Maybe Russia isn’t being targeted because they are standing up to the NWO, but because of their unapologetic support for Christ and family values.”…..
Underline it. Make it Bold. Emphasize it….. Because what you say right here is the big picture Occam’s Razor!
Thanks SD, you had me Googling Occam’s Razor. So ends the lesson.
The two notions are presented as seperate,…they are not.
“Dutchmans Unified theory”;
Russia is being targeted because it is standing up to the NWO, BY its unapologetic support for Christ and Family values, as well as the Nation State sovereignity.
After all, if GOD supported Globullism, he never would have destroyed the Tower of Babel.
Yes, once you cave a little the leftist will keep pushing because they know you are weak.
A small compromise seems like the end to those who folded, yet it’s just the beginning for the that demand you change.
Sundance, because of your previous comments I started down a rabbit hole watching videos of grocery stores in Russia which led to videos about other type of stores and “walk around videos”. It’s amazing how clean everything appears and how stores were transformed from the “western” brand to something similar- everything is made in china 🤷♂️.
I would prefer the pre-WWI isolationism in foreign policy. I would prefer that we don’t try to expose our “values” on others but rather demand peace with a you do you attitude as long as you leave us alone.
I don’t want to travel to another state or country and have the same stores and restaurants in a cookie cutter development.
Notice the Worldwide embrace of MAGA, as anytime PDJT went to other countries, we saw “Make Mexico Great, Again” and “Make India Great, Again” hats?
Contrary to the “spin” put upon it by the leftists, worldwide people “got it” that America First, as a policy prescription for America, inevitably leads to “Mexico First” for Mexico, etc.
Righteous Nationalism terrifies the Globalists, it is the very anti-thesis of their anti-human project.
If there is a Christian revival in Russia, then the Pope must have consecrated Russia in the appropriate timeline of the Fatima secrets.
But he didn’t. We know that. What gives?
The Pope doesn’t have the corner market on real Christianity. I will dare say that his recent decisions are those of one who is making Shipwreck of his faith as well as the faith of Billions. He is compromised.
Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas on Jan 7
video – time-lapse ( 2018 – 2020 ) – building of the Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces
JUNE 2023 – Putin visits the cathedral
JAN 07 2021 – First celebration of the Orthodox Christmas in the Cathedral
MAY 2023 – Amateur video – Walking tour inside the cathedral
Absolutely breathtaking.
AMEN!!! EXACTLY!!!
Sure seems that Jews aren’t the only target of the Muslims. Because of their practice of tayiqua I don’t believe any of them.
Imagine being so full of the Awe of God. Being able to honor Him with these incredible pieces of artwork. It is breathtaking. We must not forget this is material veneration. God sent Jesus, the only Son of God. He is the Living Word, sent to save us in the form of a vulnerable baby! I Am Forever Grateful!!
Merry Christmas!
I think I would very much like to be in St. Petersburg next Christmas.
Sundance has painted a picture of how it feels to experience that feeling you get after being homesick for a way of life that you are sure is gone forever.
I don’t doubt there were times tears of joy flowed.
I felt a very small sense of how that was. After two years of Covid lockdown my wife and I and our children found a church where the lies were not believed.
We were shoulder to shoulder singing again after two years. I had tears of joy. How much more to sense what Christmas would have been like in the 50s? I understand the sentiment completely.
DD
Well, you have a couple more weeks to get over there (7 Jan).
The churches and architecture within Russia are just stunning, take your breath away beautiful. Your summary of western Europe does not surprise me, your description of Russia, has left me stunned, not at all what I would have thought but this being your 2nd detailed description of Russia and it’s society it leaves one thinking.
Allow 50, 60, 70 years to pass and the tables have turned a full 180 degrees. Our christian churches have turned into points of contention and Russian churches have gone through restorations and are welcoming. Take a step back and pause to really take in what SD, has described.
Who would ever think this is the situation within our country compared to eastern Europe.
Merry Christmas Sundance, your staff, and all the fellow treepers.
From a website that was last updated in 2016. Link appears below the quote:
“From the revised edition of “Padre Pio, the True Story” by C. Bernard Ruffin: p. 264. Padre Pio said “The Russian people will be converted. Their conversion will happen very fast. The conversion of the United States will be slow, but sure”. Padre Pio also said “Yes, Russia will be converted, as the Blessed Virgin said she would. However, Russia will teach the United States a lesson in conversion.”
It is interesting to note Padre Pio’s statement that Russia will “teach America a lesson about conversion” because at Medjugorje, in 1981, the Virgin Mary is said to have told the six visionaries that “Russia would come to glorify God the most” and evidence seems to be pouring in, almost daily, of Russia’s surging religious revival.”
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/mysticpost/2016/01/23/padre-pio-russia-will-teach-the-united-states-a-lesson-in-conversion/
My Own Personal Note: While I’ve been to Fatima, Portugal and support the Our Lady of Fatima apparitions of 1917 which carry the conversion of Russia theme, I am not a follower of the Medjugorje apparitions of Mary. In any case, as a Christian, Catholic or otherwise, it is not necessary for salvation to believe that Mary is appearing in these modern times … What is most important is to keep in mind that salvation comes through Jesus Christ. I mention Padre Pio’s quote and the article from 2016 since it appears to be prophetic. Let each one not despise prophecy, but test the spirits and discern.
So what’s needed is the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary?
There are honestly so many opinions to wade through on both sides that I simply try to do my part by praying the Rosary, wearing a scapular, and offering up my day to God.
Jesus said “I AM the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father except through me.”
Amen! (Read my first post on this thread.)
We go to the Father via the Son. And we go to the Son, via His Mother, as her son wishes.
Jesus never expressed any such wish. He clearly told us on many occasions to ask/pray the Father in his name, or to pray/ask directly from Him. At NO TIME did Jesus as us to prat to her.
Mary is dead. We are FORBIDDEN in scripture to call up or converse with the dead. It is, in fact, a prohibited practice, akin to WITCHCRAFT.
Absolutely true.
Not Scriptural, not Biblical. There is only one mediator between God and Man. The Lord Christ Jesus – who “ever lives to make intercession for you” !
Praying to anyone else borders on idol worship.
From a former Catholic.
I am sorry, but Jesus only taught us to pray to the Father in his name. Anything else is unscriptural and in error.
As a former Catholic, this is the reason I left the Church. No where in all the Bible does it teach to pray to anyone else but the Father, in Jesus name
The Rosary is a very powerful instrument.
It is a powerful instrument because while praying it, the events in the Life of Christ are recalled. These events are taken from Holy Scripture. We meditate on them.
Saint Pope John Paul II made this Consecration in Rome on March 25, 1984. He prayed before the image of Our Lady of Fatima brought from Portugal especially for this reason.
Sister Lucia, one of the Fatima visionaries, a religious sister, stated that the Consecration was accepted.
“The strength or weakness of a society depends more on the level of its spiritual life than on its level of industrialisation. Neither a market economy nor even general abundance constitutes the crowning achievement of human life. If a nation’s spiritual energies have been exhausted, it will not be saved from collapse by the most perfect government structure or by any industrial development. A tree with a rotten core cannot stand.”
~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Putin to Award “Heroine Mothers” with 10+ Children 1 Million Rubles & Gold Medal with Diamond
{ https://russian-faith.com/family-values-news/putin-award-heroine-mothers-10-children-1-million-rubles-gold-medal-diamond-n7025 }
{ Russia: Zero-Percent Interest Home Loans for Families with 3 Children – New Bill Introduced in State Duma }
{ Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Tolstoy proposed exempting fathers of large families from paying social contributions }
There is so much more here under the heading “Family Values”
And compare these publuc POLICIES with those in the U.S. especially starting with the “great society” of LBJ, …imagine trying to get these measures instituted as public policy in the U.S.
Thanks for the beautiful pictures, the craftmanship inspiring. They (imo) were built to create ‘AWE’ to the masses (which they did, and do), from wealth that was generally ‘ill-gotten’, on the backs of various poor citizens… that same wealth could have been put to use to ease the burdens of untold millions. I have stepped into small, plain, places of worship, and experienced (allowed) tranquility to surround and enter my mind and body. I believe I understand what you have expressed in this post, Sundance, and how important many have allowed these extravagances to replace Natural Peace. Yes, these, and many places of worship are beautiful to the eye, and perhaps that is a good enough reason for them to be. My sincere wish for you, yours, and the scores of Treepers, is for Happiness and Health.
Sturmedgeon,
You miss the point that what you see now did not exist in 1990, and the restoration is the result of the Russian people returning to their roots in over 1,000 years of Orthodox christianity.
If you want to talk about ill gotten gains from the backs of the poor and oppressed, you should have seen the poverty, degradation, and sheer ugliness of the old Soviet cities.
In addition, while any human can appreciate the sheer beauty of the Orthodox churches, the essence of the iconography is something that a more western church can probably not grasp.
The Bolsheviks slaughtered almost all the priests and melted down ALL the uniquely Russian church bells. The only bells to escape were a set in NY.
Demons hate Christian church bells.
How many still ring in the cities of America these days?
https://www.rbth.com/arts/2016/08/18/for-whom-the-bell-tolls-russias-age-old-relationship-with-church-chimes_622055
A very different world, when these were built.
Can you just imagine, ..on the day they “broke ground” to start construction, every person working on it KNEW they would not live to see it completed…
As the fire in Notre Dame demonstrated, these magnificent cathedrals, having survived the bombings etc. of WW2 are nevertheless VERY vulnerable and “high value” targets of the islamusts…
Islam brings hope and comfort to millions of people in my country, and to more than a billion people worldwide. Ramadan is also an occasion to remember that Islam gave birth to a rich civilization of learning that has benefited mankind. Islam is a faith that brings comfort to people. It inspires them to lead lives based on honesty, and justice, and compassion. Islam is a faith that brings comfort to a billion people round the world. It’s a faith that has made brothers and sisters of every race. It’s a faith based upon love, not hate.
Mohammad’s word has guided billions of believers across the centuries, and those believers built a culture of learning and literature and science. All the world continues to benefit from this faith and its achievements.The Islam that we know is a faith devoted to the worship of one God, as revealed through The Holy Qur’an. It teaches the value and the importance of charity, mercy, and peace.
– George W. Bush !!!
GWB was buying his safety and that of his family with those words
Susan,
No, you STILL don’t get it and are perpetuating the excusing of Republicants actions as being anything other than deliberate, intentional and calculated complicity with their Democrat comrades.
Republicants do not facillitate the Conmunist drift of our Republic, because Republicants are “stupid, lazy, cowardly or greedy” although they may well be all of those things.
Republicants play their role, in the Uniparties deception of the ILLUSION of choice.
I believe that Islam is very dangerous to all non-Muslims. For non Muslims Islam encourages kidnapping , rape, beating, enslavement, intolerance, and special taxation(jizya ).
It appears that the more one believes in Islam the more dangerous they are to non-Muslims. Therefore nations which have allowed Muslims through open borders Are now suffering increased crime, intolerance, threats murderers and rapists. George Bush pushed Taqqiya on unsuspecting non-Muslims.
Mr. Skull & Bones is a fool. Arab and Persian cultures were strangled by Islam, within a few hundred years they stagnated for a millennia.
And a tool!
SPIT!!! And that’s the best I can say!!!
Evidently, he is totally ignorant regarding Islam.
Thank you, Sundance! The pictures and the information on the Russian churches was beautiful and heartwarming. I would love to sit in them, see the beauty, feel Gods presence and think of all the people that have worshiped the Lord there.
Magnificent!
Thank you.
Visited the Maritimes ending in Quebec this year. The number of churches that are empty was startling. Canada is ahead of the US in dropping religion.
Do not underestimate psy war effects.
The one church in our area that would still have open door church where you could walk in, pray, mediate did not do it this year. They decided due to low attendance it wasn’t worth paying the electric bill. For a few years they did try to offer at different times to see if it would attract more people. It seems people no longer appreciate the tradition. I sure miss it.
Read Mark Steyn for good info on European terror
help me understand Sundance. so is communism better than what we have in America? not being weird, genuinely want to know
Did you miss the year 1990?
Communism was removed from Russia. In its place is nationalism, love of God and His Son, focus on what is good for the Russian people, what is good for Russian economy and borders, and protecting Russia from the forces behind Satan.
Communism (Satan) is in ascension in the USA and most Western Nations. Our leaders have turned this nation away from God.
There is no communism in modern Russia.
There is nationalism.
There is probably now more communism in Moscow, Idaho than in Moscow, Russia.
Doug Wilson seems to be holding down the fort in Moscow ID fairly well.
https://dougwils.com/
A college town (U. of Idaho), makes sense.
Not sure why you think this is a question. Communism was about remaking man (and hence, society) not in the image of God, but in the image of an economic class ideal.
Communism is about remaking man in the image of man. The further a country moves away from humanism, the less communist it is. The economic/political struggle is a distraction. The only way back is to turn to Our Lord and Savior, the King of kings.
There is now way more fascism in America than there is communism in Russia.
Oh come on man!
It would have helped if you had actually read what the man wrote rather than trying to score points with your “question”.
In Communism you have no rights, no voice, no private property. The State becomes God. Long lines just for bread. It has never worked anywhere. If you speak against it, you are just disappeared. Stalin starved to death about 60 million people. Not a great form of government.
And as usual we focus on muslim antipathy toward Christians. What about all those Jewish terrorists that attack Christians and churches every Christmas? Oh ….right … they don’t. There aren’t any. Remembering who our friends are, and who are not.
Thank you, Sundance! There are angels among us. Wise, compassionate souls who make the world a better place.
My car has a place for a memory card. On my memory card is over 60 gigs of music of all genres
Get in my car going to church this morning and what is playing but “Angels Among Us” by Alabama…
Yes Sundance & Treepers I do believe there are angels among us for I have heard and felt them…..Just believe…
Angels Among us by Alabama
I have heard that Putin is actually a Christian.
Probably more of one than Pope Francis.
Of course, that’s not exactly a high bar.
Do not believe there’s a bar, think it’s a gully
Pederast, CONmunist,,…NOT a Pope.
Putin’s mother’s name is Maria. After his birth, she brought him to the Russian Orthodox church priest to have him baptized without Putin father’s knowledge. His father was non-Christian.
She gave him a blessed religious medal which he wore around his neck and still does.
On one occasion, he took off the religious medal while in a sauna which caught fire. He escaped and
the sauna was pretty much burned out. However, his religious medal was found intact. He was affected by this occurance in a good way.
(I read of this long ago. Hopefully, I’ve recollected it correctly.) Perhaps others could add.
This is why the left HATES Russia so much. I’ve often pondered why…the left does love dictators just not that one…
I really dislike the term “the new normal”. Yet another brainwashing term the left has come up with.
The Russians are giving tax breaks for all kinds of things if you marry and produce children. And Russians certainly don’t tear down their monuments, gotta love a country that doesn’t do that.
Whatever did they do w/Notre Dame after it burned?
Thank you for beautiful pictures and I truly understand the need to wander off and have a cry. I am sitting in my chair and am getting a tad teary, I would be balling if I was there in person.
Merry and Happy Christmas to All!
Here’s Notre Dame, a few weeks ago. They are trying to rebuild.
It will be interesting to see what happens with this.
The effects of the French Revolution have never been erased. All churches in France legally belong to the state.
Laicite (layness) as a principle has survived 200 plus years.
France needs a revival very badly.
So not going back with original, or anything like it,…only (perhaps) the outer fascade will appear “original”…so it will be like a castle, at Disneyland…all fake and just for visual effect, for tourists.
I don’t think that’s correct.
Remember I’d gotten a new washer and it was horrid..
The department manager told me “that the new normal get used to it” That did it for me I was done with them.
Do believe there were more issues with it besides it locking and there being no real control over water level though.
There are all types of tax breaks and benefits here in America if you have children and I have 4 children and in a position to know. Merry Christmas everyone.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
There are places where simple worship still happens naturally and unchallenged.
That one article is worth twenty others I can think of.
A decade ago, I travelled to Germany for the Passion Play performed every 10 years by the entire town of OberAmmergau as gratitude for being passed over during the great plague that devastated populations. We continued on to the former East German cities of Dresden and Berlin. The cathedrals had been left in ruin after the bombings that devestated most of the cities, factories etc. My German friends explained that the Soviet Union would not allow any restoration for decades not until the wall came down and the Soviet Union dissolved. The restoration was magnificent, the detail so painstakenly recreated the grandeur that once was. I don’t know how to inked Foto
Bud, you can upload your photos to postimages.org and use the direct link they provide to post here.
What do you expect from the folks whose “mail”symbol is a Masonic apron?
Servants of Satan and red diaper babies.
It was also blank for Memorial Day.
I am surprised that Google wouldn’t have bunnies, eggs, chocolate, baskets, and jelly beans for their interpretation of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
We all need a refreshing reminder of the dangers ahead of us. We can never stop being vigilant and keep the faith alive! God bless Sundance and the Treehouse family! Merry Christmas to all!
Sundane,
Can you let us know what difficulties you face when you return to the US?
I think readers would be interested in learning if our government attempts to harass you in any manner.
For instance:
If you find yourself suddenly placed on a fly list?If not that severe, are you subject to more TSA inspections?Have you had a sudden interest in a three letter agency having a cup of coffee with you?
Thanks
You Tube “Moscow at night”. Young people in downtown Moscow and St. Petersburg, doing what young people do, watching each other and mingling…
Young couples pushing baby carriages, street musicians attracting small crowds on almost every block.
No trash, needles or homeless detritus.
It makes me sad what we’ve allowed to happen.
I know the Muslims burned down Notre Dame
Just ridiculous that it is t acknowledged
They have destroyed so many beautiful old churches just in France
As Sundance says, France is kind of the epicenter of this whole accomodation of the invasion of Western Europe…so its understandable thats where the destruction would be greatest.
And yeah, anyone who doesn’t know islamists burned notre dame is beyond help…
Sundance is correct…Russia, especially St. Petersburg, absolutely stunning…look what adorns the tops of their buildings as an example…
The United State of America can only wish that we held onto our heritage and fought for it…to display to the world what we had…like Russia! 😢
Winter in St. Petersburg (3:50 mins)
Christmas in St. Petersburg (3:48 mins)
Comrade Don Camillo, one of a series following Don Camillo during post WWII communist loving Italy.
The Author, Giovanni Guareschi, hit the nail on the head as Don Camillo visited the USSR as part of a trade mission and reported the Christianity just under the surface. Beautifully written, short, humorous and true practical Faith.
Three Sheaves of Wheat chapter being the most poignant.
Merry Christmas to All
I have been aware of this for awhile. Putin’s Russian Orthodox beliefs are just not discussed in this country. The restoration/maintenance of cathedrals is partially an an homage to his mother, I believe. Anything positive about Russia is muzzled in the media. It’s one of the games governments/media in the West play.
I have pondered many times why Putin invaded Ukraine and now I believe he did it because he knew a biological war was on the horizon. All the biological weapons labs in Ukraine were too close for comfort and he likely had insight into what was being studied. Since they were so close to Russia once he saw the COVID released on the world he knew it was just a matter of time before the really bad one was released so he took them out. Too much coordination between US/WEF/NWO funding the labs. Just one old man’s opinion but we probably owe Putin a great deal of gratitude.
The 46 admitted biolabs in Ukraine, was only PART of the broader campaign of poking the bear, going back specifically to 2014 and the euromaiden coup,, sponsored by the U.S. State dept./CIA and with the blessing of Congressional Uniparty leadership.
Look at how the EU and NATO advanced steadily, right up to Russias “sphere of influence” knowing if they pushed enough, Russia would be compelled to respond.
He has understood for a long time that this is a spiritual war.
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/vladimir-putin-accuses-the-west-of-outright-satanism-in-fiery-speech-after-annexing-four-ukrainian-regions/news-story/84d112e02b41820e67098ca609397863
As KGB, he would have had access to all the activities certain people were up to, including the worst of them. So when he points the finger towards Satanism, he’s not just blowing smoke. He has likely seen the videos.
He invaded to protect the ethnic Russians of the Donbas, who had gone through 8 years of shelling from Ukraine, with 14,000 dead. Easter Ukraine is predominantly Russian speaking, and unlike US politicians, he loves his people.