Monday, March 28, 2016

Happy Easter & Smigus Dyngus



Salve,
 Christos Anesti "Χριστός ἀνέστη!"



happy Easter to everyone, especially to all ancient Christian communities of the Middle East, the most persecuted religious group in the world! 

I hope you have painted your 'pisanki' this year



and joyful Smigus Dyngus this Easter Monday



ps
sad news -  Pacem Aeternam to all Pakistani Christians that were murdered in Lahore, Pakistan this Eastern Sunday, I wish speedy recovery to all wounded and traumatized. 
ps'
recently passed holidays - Happy Nowruz too.. :)
and Happy Passover ..


4 comments:

Dario T. W. said...

BY the way - it appears that Palmyra, and the ancient ruins there have been recaptured or liberated from Daesh/ISIS - great news on this Easter Monday! On to Raqqa boys, on to Raqqa!

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/03/syria-army-palmyra-launchpad-isil-160328113142725.html
dr.Khaled al-Asaad, murdered by ISIS last year, must rejoice a bit looking down from the heavens :)
http://www.vox.com/world/2016/3/28/11319064/palmyra-isis
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/28/palmyra-after-isis-images-taken-following-syrian-recapture-offer-hope-amid-ruins
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4820160361001/what-recapture-of-palmyra-means-for-fight-against-isis/?#sp=show-clips
Robert Fisk, no always a reliable source of info, asks here some important questions http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/why-is-david-cameron-so-silent-on-the-recapture-of-palmyra-from-the-clutches-of-isis-a6955406.html

Dario T. W. said...

Palmyra heritage site on Twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/Palmyra?src=hash

Dario T. W. said...

also reporting from Palmyra, this British lady is living dangerously https://www.instagram.com/lizzie_phelan/

Dario T. W. said...

and let us not forget this young man Alexandr Prokhorenko https://twitter.com/hashtag/Prokhorenko?src=hash
more from ms Lizzie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om56V0l2HCA
more fighting near Palmyra (in Russian) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jfb2qSCo6s&ebc=ANyPxKqmZRty0ioQ74pua--f4Al9MM41ZYLvW0p-mc12fmQ-m-ypsKj1GciMlfFn7UmoNbgYf4uijyqaGQw0T27M-4nRn-3-OQ