The War Against Christianity

[Unending Powerhouse Match]

Good article on how these names evolved for the bishop and other pieces:

How did chess pieces get their names?

The etymology of names for chess pieces reveals fascinating insights into culture and history. One player’s pawn is another’s farmer.

bigthink.com

Turns out that the jester or crazy. "fou" in French, was a derivation of the original Persian/Arabic name for elephant, "fil", as was the Italian name for that piece, "alfiere" or flag bearer.

In Spanish, the bishop is called "alfil," which is also derived from Arabic. Interestingly, the Spanish word "alfil" holds no other meaning at all, it's just the name of the chess piece. It's used in no other context. Apparently, at one point it also meant omen/augur, but that's just an archaism now.

 

[budoslavic]

 

[NSOE]

Europe has become quite godless, one of my female cousins married a German man and they live in Bavaria, the churches there were rather empty around the year 2000 already, almost like in the rest of the country. Here a priest has to deal with bums and junkies invading his churches:

Unknown people pee behind the altar, defecate on or in the church, and hurl baptismal fonts throughout the church. Several Mainz churches have problems with vandalism.

Mainz city pastor Thomas Winter is appalled: "It really upsets me how churches are being treated here in Mainz!" The 51-year-old looks after five parishes in Mainz: St. Ignaz, St. Peter, St. Stephan, St. Quintin, and the cathedral parish of St. Martin.

https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/mainz/vandalismus-in-kirchen-unbekannte-pinkeln-an-altar-100.html

 

[The Penitent Man]

UK pro-life activist convicted for peacefully holding sign in front of abortion center - LifeSite

Livia Tossici-Bolt was found guilty and ordered to pay $25,000 for breaching a local 'buffer zone' while holding a sign that read 'here to talk, if you want to.' After the verdict, she said, 'This is a dark day for Great Britain.'

www.lifesitenews.com

 

[Unending Powerhouse Match]

UK pro-life activist convicted for peacefully holding sign in front of abortion center - LifeSite

Livia Tossici-Bolt was found guilty and ordered to pay $25,000 for breaching a local 'buffer zone' while holding a sign that read 'here to talk, if you want to.' After the verdict, she said, 'This is a dark day for Great Britain.'

www.lifesitenews.com

Imagine being willing to enforce this, being willing to handcuff an old lady over this. I get that every man has a price, but for a policeman's salary??? Truly the goodest goys. Black people are right about the cops.

 

[The Penitent Man]

Pro-LGBT archbishop of Detroit bans Latin Mass at nearly all parishes - LifeSite

Archbishop Edward Weisenburger, who was just installed in March, has a long history of heterodoxy and has been a vocal critic of President Donald Trump.

www.lifesitenews.com

 

[Cooper]

 

[budoslavic]

 

[Matsufubu]

Orthodox Christianity: Young US men joining 'masculine' Russian churches

A religion with traditions dating back centuries is attracting young American men.

www.bbc.co.uk

As per usual, the leftist MSM rags trying to portray Christian masculinity as a bad thing, but completely own themselves. Fr Moses gets to be front and centre here, good for him. The article points out the feminisation of the Protestant churches driving men to Orthodox. Thanks for the unintentional advert, you noodle-armed soyboys!

 

[Samseau]

Orthodox Christianity: Young US men joining 'masculine' Russian churches

A religion with traditions dating back centuries is attracting young American men.

www.bbc.co.uk

As per usual, the leftist MSM rags trying to portray Christian masculinity as a bad thing, but completely own themselves. Fr Moses gets to be front and centre here, good for him. The article points out the feminisation of the Protestant churches driving men to Orthodox. Thanks for the unintentional advert, you noodle-armed soyboys!

They've been doing this for awhile. If Orthodoxy is so small, just 1%, why does the MSM need to obsess over it?

Answer: (((They))) know if it goes mainstream, they are in deep trouble.

 

[Cooper]

Some good news on this front.

 

[Matsufubu]

For real? That is a huge win if true.

 

[analyst_green]

Some good news on this front.

Rogan has always struck me as someone who is thirsty for the Truth. So I've had a lot of respect for him though his views may differ drastically from my own. Like his counterpart Russell Brand who was baptized last year. People like that, if they are honest with themselves, inevitably find Christ, though it may take them awhile.

 

[magoo]

https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/05/29/egypt-closes-st-catherines-monastery-confiscates-its-property-and-evicts-the-monks/

Egypt Closes St. Catherine’s Monastery: Confiscates Its Property and Evicts the Monks​

by Bill Giannopoulos

 

[Samseau]

https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/05/29/egypt-closes-st-catherines-monastery-confiscates-its-property-and-evicts-the-monks/

Egypt Closes St. Catherine’s Monastery: Confiscates Its Property and Evicts the Monks​

by Bill Giannopoulos

This really ought to be brought to Trump's attention - absolutely disgusting move by Egypt. Oldest monastery in the world? Every Christian can respect that.

 

[magoo]

I dont know about Trump but christian churches leaders must speak out. What are they there for?

The richest family of egypt is christian. They dont care also? Nobody cares.

 

[analyst_green]

https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/05/29/egypt-closes-st-catherines-monastery-confiscates-its-property-and-evicts-the-monks/

Egypt Closes St. Catherine’s Monastery: Confiscates Its Property and Evicts the Monks​

by Bill Giannopoulos

It appears the monastery is safe for now. I don't know if this was a misunderstanding or if they were about to shut it down then changed their minds.

https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/208988/Sisi-Egypt-committed-to-preserving-sacred%2c-religious-status-of-St.-Catherine's-Monastery?lang=en-us

If it actually were to be shut down, there would be an outcry not only from Greece but surely Russia as well. Egypt is trying hard to bring back the Russian tourists to nearby Sharm-El-Sheikh, and Russian pilgrims have traditionally visited St. Catherine's in large numbers as well.

 

[Samseau]

https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/05/29/egypt-closes-st-catherines-monastery-confiscates-its-property-and-evicts-the-monks/

Egypt Closes St. Catherine’s Monastery: Confiscates Its Property and Evicts the Monks​

by Bill Giannopoulos

False Claims

As fear grips the monastery regarding what lies ahead, Egyptian archaeologists, such as Dr. Abdel Rahim Rihan, an archaeology expert and member of the Supreme Council of Culture’s History and Antiquities Committee, have claimed that the properties confiscated by the Egyptian state fall under antiquity laws. He insisted that the decision benefits the monastery.

“We consider this decision historic, in favor of global heritage and the monks of St. Catherine’s Monastery, as it secures their right to benefit from the monastery and the religious and archaeological sites in the area,” he stated to a local outlet.

Apparently the Egyptians believe classifying the monastery as government property will allow greater protection of it? Sounds like BS to me, all it will take is one abusive ruler to eliminate them.

 

[El Dorado]

https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/05/29/egypt-closes-st-catherines-monastery-confiscates-its-property-and-evicts-the-monks/

Egypt Closes St. Catherine’s Monastery: Confiscates Its Property and Evicts the Monks​

by Bill Giannopoulos

May the Lord punish/curse the Egyptian government for this...and may He also curse Turkiye's President Erdogan for turning Constantinople's Church of the Divine Wisdom, once the largest building in Christendom, back into a mosque.