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Holy Apostle Thomas · Repose of St Innocent, Enlightener of Alaska and Siberia, Metropolitan of Moscow (1879)
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October 5, 2026 · 1 min read

Unmerciful Servant & Leave Taking of The Feast of The Exaltation of The Cross 2026

Во имя Отца и Сына и Святаго Духа.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

По дороге обратно в Америку я на несколько дней остановился в Париже, чтобы повидаться с родственниками. И в один из этих дней я решил сходить в музей Орсе, чтобы посмотреть произведения импрессионистов.

I stopped, in Paris for a couple of nights in order to see family on the way back to The States. And on one of those days, I decided to take a visit to the Musee d’Orsay and see some works of Impressionism.

И вот, проходя по музею, я заметил, что у одного из сотрудников на правой стороне шеи была большая татуировка православного креста.

While I was walking, I noticed that one of the workers of the museum had a large tattoo of a three-barred cross on the right side of his neck.

А когда он повернулся, я увидел на левой стороне его шеи татуировку зайчика — символ некого известного журнала.

When he turned, there was a tattoo of a certain Bunny on the left side of his neck.

Поскольку это был православный крест, мое любопытство взяло верх, и я решил спросить его, что именно…

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