The Russian Leopard (BEAR) can’t change its spots.
The carnage also marked the end of centuries of Christian monarchy that traced its roots back to the Byzantine Empire, across some 1,500 years, and was the end of the last major Christian empire in the world.
This gives us all the historical context we might need to see consequences before they happen. Unfortunately we are “seeing” now. But are we truly seeing. World population was reduced by hundreds of millions following the carnage of the Russian Monarchy. The Force responsible, is still alive and thriving today.
So, in remembrance “candles glow in front of icons of the Holy Royal Martyrs this week at memorial services around the world. They are a reminder of the light of faith that the darkness of communism could not put out—and a warning to a West increasingly enamored with that darkness again today”.