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Zelensky gifts the Pope with an “icon” depicting void instead of Baby Jesus
UOJ ^ | May 16 2023 | Yaroslav Nivkin

Posted on 05/18/2023 11:43:21 AM PDT by euram

On May 13, 2023, during a meeting with the Pope, Volodymyr Zelensky presented the pontiff with an “icon” of the Mother of God with a black void instead of the Infant Jesus. The image is called “Loss of 2022-58”, its author is Ukrainian artist Oleksiy Revika, reports the Ukrayina Moloda resource. Despite the fact that journalists call Revika's work a "painting", it is very reminiscent of a parody of the Iberian Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.

Revika himself claims on his Facebook page that “this is a work about the loss of Ukrainian children in the aggressive war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine. Glory to Ukraine!".

(Excerpt) Read more at spzh.news ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: blasphemy; fakeicon; pope; sacralege; ukraine; zelensky
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1 posted on 05/18/2023 11:43:21 AM PDT by euram
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2 posted on 05/18/2023 11:44:35 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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Why would anyone advertise their own low IQ?


3 posted on 05/18/2023 11:45:12 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the cosmological implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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4 posted on 05/18/2023 11:45:33 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
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There he goes again messing with Eastern Orthodoxy.


5 posted on 05/18/2023 11:52:56 AM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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6 posted on 05/18/2023 11:53:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Zelensky cancelling Christ.

Has a whiff of the devil about him.


7 posted on 05/18/2023 11:54:24 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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America is under a demonic influence and the great deceiver has deceived many conservative Christians into supporting evil and evil causes (neoCONs). Pray for wisdom and discernment you fools!


8 posted on 05/18/2023 12:01:51 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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...and the Communist pope didn’t refuse it.


9 posted on 05/18/2023 12:02:32 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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Manipulate much Zinsky?


10 posted on 05/18/2023 12:03:16 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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The only thing worse than Zelenskyy giving this is Francis accepting it. But once he jumped the Pachamama shark, there isn’t very much more he could do.


11 posted on 05/18/2023 12:03:22 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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12 posted on 05/18/2023 12:07:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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He hates Jesus. Not surprising.


13 posted on 05/18/2023 12:08:16 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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“ this is a work about the loss of Ukrainian children in the aggressive war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine. “

So, he felt cancelling ‘baby Jesus’ represented the children who died? Never would I have gathered that from his painting. And in knowing what he was trying to express, it still doesn’t equate. I understand ‘art’ is his personal expression. But, it would have made more sense to have the ‘children’ in front of an adult Jesus. IMO. But, that’s just me.


14 posted on 05/18/2023 12:08:43 PM PDT by HollyB
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15 posted on 05/18/2023 12:14:46 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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RE: Communist symbol gift photo....

Even as a non-Catholic I find this hammer and sickle abomination unsettling.

If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything, it seems.


16 posted on 05/18/2023 12:19:22 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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Kinda sick to my mind...


17 posted on 05/18/2023 12:20:49 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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Zelensky could easily pass as being the Anti-Christ.


18 posted on 05/18/2023 12:23:46 PM PDT by jimwatx
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Russian Orthodox Church = lackey of the Kremlin, even during communism.


19 posted on 05/18/2023 12:25:06 PM PDT by Clemenza
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Blackened empty spaces matter. /s


20 posted on 05/18/2023 12:39:53 PM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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