2010 Visual Calendar

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"Whatever you believe, that you will be. If you believe yourselves to be sages, sages you will be tomorrow...

"For if there is one common doctrine that runs through all our apparently fighting and contradictory sects, it is that all glory, power, and purity are within the soul already."

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Archive for the ‘Armenia’ Category

Armenian Genocide

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April 24

“If a man is killed in Paris, it is a murder; fifty thousand throats are cut in the East and it is a question.” –Victor Hugo

Hugo died 30 years before the Armenian Genocide of 1915, but his quote could be applied to it—just multiply [...]

April 24th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: April holidays, Armenia, Eastern Europe, Memorial Days | 2 comments

Happy (Old) New Year!

January 14

Happy New Year!

It’s January 1 in the Orthodox Calendar, observed by Orthodox Churches in Russia, Macedonia, Serbia, and many of the former Soviet Republics, including Ukraine, Armenia, Belarus, and the one that’s all consonants. (Kryrrrgyztyrgystan)

So is Russia two weeks behind the times? Do they feel the need to have the last word on [...]

January 14th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Armenia, Belarus, Eastern Orthodox, January holidays, Macedonia, Other, Russia, Ukraine | Leave a comment