Posted on 10/07/2015 8:02:26 PM PDT by LSUfan
Today, October 7th, the free West celebrates and remembers that on this date in 1571 the last great naval battle of oared ships took place in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece). Known as the Battle of Lepanto – where the Muslims had their fleet – this was the first defeat of the Muslim Turks at sea by Christian forces.
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We owe a tremendous debt to those people.
In celebration bakers invented the “Croissant” You devour the crescent of Islam every time you eat one
Our Lady of Victory= Nike.
So that means... they just did it.
As a result of that battle, Spain was granted a dispensation from the “no meat on Fridays” rule. While the Italian (city-state) fleets on the flanks pulled back, the Spanish ships in the center (under Don Juan of Austria) pressed forward, won the center, and beheaded the Turkish commander.
See # 5; we Christians should hold some kind of pork & beer-fest every year to remember this battle. It is part of Western Civilization, and one way to keep the memory alive...
Our Lady of Victory, pray for us.
Did not know that. Thanks.
Nike = Winged Victory
I got my definition from
http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=Nike
Greek goddess of victory (identified by the Romans with their Victoria), literally “victory,” probably connected with neikos “quarrel, strife,” neikein “to quarrel with.”
The Christian leader was a young and handsom “Don Juan” —He commanded the Christian Forces and went on the attack. He hit the Turks right outside their naval base in Greece. In winning the battle he freed many Christian Slaves.
Winged Victory of Samothrace, on display in the Louvre, Paris.
“Our Lady of Victory, pray for us.”
Amen!
US has a shrine to Our Lady of Victory in Buffalo/Lackawanna, NY.
Basilica was built by Father Baker who was inspired by Our Lady of Victory in France.
http://www.ourladyofvictory.org/visitors-and-tours/about-the-shrine/history/
” At the time of his death in 1936, the “city of charity” he developed under the patronage of Our Lady of Victory in Lackawanna, New York consisted of a minor basilica, an infant home, a home for unwed mothers, a boys’ orphanage, a boys’ protectory, a hospital, a nurses’ home, and a grade and high school.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Baker
http://www.homesofcharity.org/about-homes-of-charity/history/
That sounds like one of those apocryphal origin stories.
If true though that’s really neat.
Thanks, but when I went to your link I did not see “Our Lady of Victory”.
Yes, I entertained for many years hopes of one day seeing that statue — and other treasures — at the Louvre. But I suppose I will never see Paris now that it is on the verge of becoming Paristan.
That is a damned shame. These barbarians are going to deny all the cultural and natural wonders of Europe to those of us on this side of the pond. Fortunately, I was stationed in Europe for ten years all in and got to see a lot of the sights. You’d better go quickly before it’s all off-limits.
We have talked about it for a few years, but I won’t be going now. I would be afraid to leave this country during the Obamugabe administration for fear that I would be barred from re-entry.
There are so many places in England that I would love to visit, too. Oh, well….
Thank you for your service.
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