Posted on 03/03/2023 3:59:22 AM PST by Timber Rattler
Poland's Foreign Ministry on February 28 condemned what it called "the destruction of Polish cultural heritage in Belarus by the Lukashenka regime," after a mural inside a Catholic church in western Belarus was painted over by the authorities.
Pictures released online showed the large mural inside Soly's Catholic church being covered up by unidentified workers on February 25. The mural depicted Poland's military victory over invading Soviet forces in 1920.
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In late 2022, a report on Belarus's state-funded media singled out the mural in the Soly church, accusing it of "inciting national and religious hatred." The report also claimed priests of the church "do not care about saving souls, but about returning western Belarus to Poland."
The painting had reportedly previously been covered up by Soviet authorities, then was revealed and re-sanctified after the fall of the U.S.S.R.
(Excerpt) Read more at rferl.org ...
Whoops. Back to “normal”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Mother_of_God_of_the_Rosary,_Soly
https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-soviet-defeat-mural-painted-over/32294548.html
Who gives a $hit, BLM Biden has been doing this all over this country for the last few years.
Battle paintings dont belong in church anyway, especially when they provoke fresh conflict.
In this case, it was a mural of Christians defeating the Russian atheists.
“in which resistance from a newly reborn Poland is credited by some historians with halting the spread of the “revolutionary fires” of Soviet communism into Western Europe a century ago.”
Commies gonna commie.
When are y’all gonna defeat the American atheists?
Who the **** are you to decide what paintings belong in a Church you don’t attend?
L
Oh wait, I forgot you work for them.
For the denominations that are into church images and statues and such.
Church tower, windows pay tribute to paratroopers who jumped into first town liberated during WWII
“It depicts the Virgin Mary and child above a burning Sainte Mere Eglise with paratroopers and planes around her.”
“A second window depicts Saint Michael, the patron saint of paratroopers. The 82nd Airborne Division, the lion of Normandy, the Sainte Mere Eglise insignia, and symbols for each of the combat jumps made by the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II are also represented in the window.”
Weird.
I have issued my ruling based upon training and experience and an important book. Church is not for war glorification.
I can also issue judgements on most any other topics. For example I have decided that you are emotionally triggered and a half wit this morning. Try again tomorrow sport.
If you’re Polish i can try to find a way to explain it with crayons.
Creepy is more like it...like you don’t give a flip about Americans.
What in the world are you ranting about?
Don’t play dumb with me boy.
Something in post 6 sent you off into a raging mental state, what was it in that simple little post that destroyed you so?
In this case, it was a mural of Christians defeating the Russian atheists.
“in which resistance from a newly reborn Poland is credited by some historians with halting the spread of the “revolutionary fires” of Soviet communism into Western Europe a century ago.”
6 posted on 3/3/2023, 7:30:43 AM by ansel12
Once again a reminder that Stalin and the USSR got to keep the part of Poland when he and Hitler decided to wipe Poland off of the map in 1939. Ironic, since the invasion/elimination of Poland was what started WWII. 1939 being the second time the USSR tried to reclaim Russia’s part of Poland.
I guess you never read the Old Testament in general, and the Book of Joshua in particular.
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