Bolshevik tradition in contemporary culture

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Church of Saint Theodosius in Chernihiv, Ukraine, April 6, 2022.




















Sources:
https://news.church.ua/2022/04/13/u...-obstriliv-xram-svt-feodosiya-chernigivskogo/
https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/foto-viyna-chernihiv/31793349.html
https://spzh.news/ua/news/87050-v-upc-rasskazali-o-posledstvijah-obstrela-khrama-na-kladbishhe-v-chernigove

 

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Ukrainian Evangelical Theological Seminary, in Kiev, Ukraine, damaged by Russian attacks on March 14, 2022.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=483106573492167

Sources:
https://uk.wikipedia.org/
https://uets.net/
https://dess.gov.ua/u-serednomu-dvi-na-den/
https://risu.ua/okupanti-obstrilyali-irpinsku-biblijnu-seminariyu_n127423
https://www.facebook.com/uets.ukraine/videos/483106573492167/?ref=embed_video&t=104

 

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House of Prayer of the Evangelical Baptist Christian Church, in Izyum, Ukraine, destroyed by Russian invasion in spring 2022







Source:
https://slovoproslovo.info/istorichniy-budinok-molitvi-v-izyumi-znischeniy-pid-chas-rosiyskoi-agresii-bude-vidnovleniy/

 

This is all so terrifying...
Those poor people, losing their churches. My poor Jesus, He must be distraught.

 

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Church of the Holy Queen Tamara in Pyatikhatki, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, damaged by bombing on the night of 11 to 12 of March, 2022.








Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/eparchia.kharkov.ua?__tn__=-UC*F
https://news.church.ua/2022/03/13/pri-obstrili-poshkodzheno-xram-xarkivskoji-jeparxiji-u-selishhi-pyatixatki/
https://www.eparchia.kharkov.ua/readnews/2889

 

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St. Catherine's Church, in Shchastya, Luhansk region, Ukraine, heavily damaged by artillery shelling during during the Russian invasion in February 2022.








Sources:
https://uk.wikipedia.org/
https://news.church.ua/2022/02/28/vnaslidok-obstrilu-postrazhdali-xrami-v-luganskij-nizhinskij-kijivskij-i-doneckij-jeparxiyax/

 

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Church of Saint Iveron and bakery building in the Holy Dormition Monastery, in Nikolskoye, Donetsk region, Ukraine, hit by artillery shells on March 6, 2022.




Source:
https://donetsk.church.ua/2022/03/08/obstrelu-podvergsya-svyato-uspenskijj-nikolo-vasilevskijj-monastyr-sela-nikolskoe/?fbclid=IwAR1WGgJguzgYac0Vjpr4tMsxSyi1cl-KKjiauFqlBoX5VrMlIwyA_jY9nrw

 

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Church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious, in Irpen, Kiev region, Ukraine, pierced by an artillery shell on March 18, 2022. On the 6th of the same month, the adjacent chapel and the parish priest's house burned down due to another attack.














Sources:
https://www.andriigudz.com/?page_id=25
https://news.church.ua/2022/03/19/v...rgiya-pobidonoscya-v-irpeni-video/#2024-01-06
https://pravlife.org/uk/content/gromada-upc-prosyt-dopomogty-vidnovyty-hram-v-irpeni
https://pravlife.org/uk/content/pid-chas-obstriliv-postrazhdaly-hramy-v-kyyivskiy-ta-zhytomyrskiy-oblastyah

 

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Church in honor of the prophet Elijah and the apostle Andrew the First-Called, Mostyshche, Kiev region, Ukraine, destroyed on March 10, 2022.





Sources:
https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/03/15/7331565/
https://sobor.com.ua/news/postrazhdali-she-dva-khrami

 

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Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, in Talakivka, Mariupol region, Ukraine, struck on March 2, 2022.




Sources:
https://spzh.news/ua/news/86857-v-rezulytate-bojev-v-talakovke-pod-mariupolem-postradal-khram-upc
https://donetsk.church.ua/2022/03/05/v-posjolke-talakovka-povrezhdjon-khram/
https://news.church.ua/2022/03/06/vnaslidok-bojiv-u-talakivci-pid-mariupolem-postrazhdav-xram-upc/#2024-01-06

 

It is no coincidence that many Russian tanks and rocket launch sites are openly flying the red hammer and sickle flag of the USSR which their leader seeks to recreate.

 

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The house-museum of Fr Zosima, in Volnovakha, Ukraine, in March, 2022. Zozima was an elderly Orthodox cleric who remains a spiritual reference point for many Christians in Ukraine and Russia.


Sources:
https://censor.net/ua/photo_news/33...a_yanukovycha_startsya_zosimy_kazanskyyi_foto
https://t.me/kazansky2017/2143

 

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Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, Severodonetsk, Ukraine, bombed several times between May 20 and June 9, 2022.


















Sources:
https://news.church.ua/2022/06/17/u-sjevjerodonecku-dekilka-raziv-obstrilyali-xristo-rizdvyanij-kafedralnij-sobor
https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-regions/3432236-u-severodonecku-vijska-rf-obstrilali-hristorizdvanij-kafedralnij-sobor.html
https://spzh.news/ua/news/87788-v-severodonecke-obstrelyali-khristo-rozhdestvenskij-sobor

 

Western Catholics often have very romantic ideas about Russia and some urban myths.

 

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Church of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, after the bombing on March 2, 2022.














Sources:
https://spzh.news/ua/news/86808-v-kharykove-iz-za-obstrelov-postradali-tri-khrama-upc
https://www.facebook.com/eparchia.kharkov.ua/posts/1152063495564011

 

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Theological Seminary of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, in Sumy, Ukraine. The building where the students are housed was damaged as a result of Russian aerial bombing, on the night of March 7 to 8, 2022.




Sources:
https://spzh.news/ua/news/86883-v-sumah-iz-za-bombezhki-postradala-duhovnaja-seminarija-upc
https://ui.org.ua/postcard/sumska-duhovna-seminariya-imeni-blazhennishogo-mytropolyta-volodymyra-sabodana/

 

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Church of the Ascension of the Lord, in Lukyanivka, Kiev region, Ukraine, destroyed by four shots from a Russian tank at four in the morning on March 25, 2022.











Sources:
https://sobor.com.ua/news/znisheno-drevnii-khram
https://uk.religiononfire.mar.in.ua/wiki/
https://risu.ua/orki--zrujnuvali-140-richnij-hram-u-lukyanivci_n127778

 

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Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel, in Mariupol (City of Mary), Ukraine, heavily damaged in March 2022 by the so-called Russian "special operation" in the neighboring country.




















Sources:
https://pr.ua/news/na-livoberezhzhi-mariupolya-obstrilyano-mihayilivsqkiyi-sobor-fotofakt
https://iz.ru/1319118/2022-04-11/izvestiia-sniali-na-video-razrushennyi-khram-v-mariupole
https://before-war-after.com/ru/nov...tu-ignatiju-i-obstreljali-mikhailovskii-sobor
https://www.0629.com.ua/news/3372613/u-mariupoli-rosiani-znisili-dva-muzei-ta-pamatnik-mitropolitu-ignatiu-foto

 

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Parish Church of the Blessed Matrona of Moscow, in Rubizhne, Ukraine, bombed in March 2022.








Sources:
https://news.church.ua/2022/03/23/v...-rubizhne-vid-obstriliv-postrazhdav-xram-upc/
https://www.facebook.com/sergey.gaidai.loga/posts/139139201958805?ref=embed_post

 

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Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Joy of All Who Suffer, in Severodonetsk, Ukraine, hit by invading troops on March 24, 2022.






Sources:
https://df.news/2022/03/25/snariada...amy-upts-mp-v-sievierodonetsku-ta-rubizhnomu/
https://news.church.ua/2022/03/24/vid-obstriliv-postrazhdav-xram-upc-na-teritoriji-likarnyanogo-mistechka-u-sjevjerodonecku/
https://www.facebook.com/severodonetskaya.eparhia/posts/2542733552530170