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Three years ago this week, an ancient Armenian cemetery in the Azerbaijani enclave of Nakhichevan was destroyed in a stunning act of cultural vandalism. The Djulfa (Jugha in Armenian) cemetery was at one time filled with thousands of beautifully and intricately carved “khachkars” (literally, “cross-stones”), some dating back to the 8th century. In 1998 and [...]
I was surprised to discover who said this. To find out, click here and scroll down to the fourth and fifth paragraphs. “Being a lover of freedom, when the revolution came in Germany, I looked to the universities to defend it, knowing that they had always boasted of their devotion to the cause of truth; [...]
The collect for today, the Feast Day of Saint Edmund (841-869), King of the East Angles, Martyr (source); O eternal God, whose servant Edmund kept faith to the end, both with thee and with his people, and glorified thee by his death: grant us the same steadfast faith, that, together with the noble army of [...]
Turkish academics maintain that Turkey would now be a prosperous member of the European Union if only the Greeks had not been forced out and the Armenians killed in the early 20th century. A public argument has broken out after Defence Minister Vecdi Gönül defended the expulsions of Greeks and Armenians. Gönül’s remarks defending the [...]
The collect for today, the Feast Day of St Martin (c 316-397), Monk, Bishop of Tours (source): Almighty God, who didst call Martin from the armies of this world to be a faithful soldier of Christ: give us grace to follow him in his love and compassion for those in need, and empower thy Church [...]
Seventy years ago tomorrow, the worst pogrom of the Third Reich took place. Alleged at the time to be a “spontaneous” demonstration against the assassination of a Paris embassy official by a teenage Jewish refugee, Kristallnacht was in fact orchestrated by the Nazi govenment. Jewish homes, shops, and synagogues across German territory—and particularly in Vienna—were [...]
On this day in 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Church. In honour of that important event, here is Luther’s inspiring hymn Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott played on a church organ. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRF63KmUJJE[/youtube] My favourite translation is Thomas Carlyle’s of 1831, “A Safe Stronghold Our God Is [...]
In recent years, Christians have been martyred in Turkey, Gaza, and elsewhere for professing the gospel of Christ. Powerful Muslim groups are seeking to criminalise any criticism of Islam or Mohammed. How should Christians respond? In medieval Cordoba, the capital of Muslim Spain (711-1492), Christians faced similar questions. Followers of Christ were tolerated and “protected” [...]
