Posted on 02/28/2023 7:53:44 AM PST by Red Badger
CHRISTIANS worldwide are remembering the martyrdom of Saint Pancake of Antioch.
Saint Pancake, who was born in rural Turkey around 500AD, was a leading figure in the Byzantine church and gained a reputation for charity and wisdom.
But it is the manner of his execution – after defying the Emperor Justinian – for which he is best remembered. Today his death agonies will be re-enacted by millions worldwide.
Church historian Stephen Malley said: “He was beaten and battered, then stuffed with a large quantity of cheese. Some historians differ on this point, and insist it was spinach and ham.
“Either way Saint Pancake was subsequently fried, on both sides.”
Malley added: “He was then tossed repeatedly into the air, in a cruel mockery of his belief that he might one day ascend to heaven or, as Saint Pancake described it in his text De Recipus, ‘the righteously-made shalt adhere to the celestial ceiling’.”
As a final indignity, Saint Pancake’s body was smothered in lemon juice.
I thought they were talking about Rachel Corrie.
Haven’t seen that one in ages!...................
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I HAVE TAHAT!..................
I’m sorry. I couldn’t take anyone named Pancake very series.
I like watching the Youtube channel ‘I Am Puma’. It’s about a oouple in Russia who took on a cougar from a zoo, which had health issues.
Today, I found another one, which appears to be also from Russia: Luna the Pantera, again about a family that took on a big cat with health issues. This video seems to show a pre-Christian Slavic tradition of ‘burning the Winter’ in effigy, at Shrovetide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6rbW89U3TY
I kind of like that idea. Even though we’ve had a very mild Winter, as I get older I appreciate Summer more.
Here’s Messi from ‘I Am Puma’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjB1cb6f8Wg
Thank you! I’m always looking for ‘good stuff’ on You Tube. :)
I like animal stuff.
In so many ways, they often seem much smarter and more principled than human beings....
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