The Salt Song in Nekrassov's epic poem - WHO CAN BE HAPPY AND FREE IN RUSSIA?

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Translated by Juliet M. Soskice

1917 

(this song - on p. 258) 

The Salt Song

  Now none but God
    Can save my son:
  He's dying fast,
    My little one….

  I give him bread—-
    He looks at it,
  He cries to me,
    "Put salt on it." 140
  I have no salt—
    No tiny grain;
  "Take flour," God whispers,
    "Try again…."

    He tastes it once,
  Once more he tries;
    "That's not enough,
  More salt!" he cries.

   The flour again….
  My tears fall fast 150
    Upon the bread,—
  He eats at last!

  The mother smiles
    In pride and joy:
  Her tears so salt
    Have saved the boy.

Church of the Unchurchly

T A L M A C H
so much and simple

Translated from Russian

http://www.bogoslov.ru/text/4495228.html

http://rpczmoskva.org.ru/stati/domuschi-stefan-cerkov-necerkovnyx.html

http://internetsobor.org/apostasiia/tcerkov-i-mir/apostasiia/tcerkov-netcerkovnykh 

Church of The Unchurchly

April 1, 2015

Domuschy Stefan, priest

The article by Ph.D., candidate of theology priest Stephen Domuschy is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of religious identity and the specifics of its development in the history of Christianity. It focuses on the issue of the mismatch of objective and subjective criteria of belonging to a religious community. Further, the question is discussed about the causes and the possible consequences of the actual legalization of the impoverished religious identity of today.

At present, quite a lot of research is devoted to the issues of identity – both religious and moral. Typically, identity is understood as a "man's awareness of one's belonging to some group, allowing one to determine one's place in the socio-cultural space" [1]. The word group itself, with its clarity, suggests boundaries or criteria of belonging, beyond which it is impossible to identify oneself as [being] a part of it.

Moreover, using the word "awareness" we need to understood that the measure of awareness may be different. A man can be aware of oneself as belonging to a group, without [taking] a thought about what criteria exactly that belonging matches. In the minds of such a man identity boundaries are there implicitly, these have not been given meaning.

Identity can well be set by a single sign, and it can also be created by a set of signs. In the latter case the signs themselves are different, but for the identity implementation they all prove necessary.

It is important to bear in mind that identity may be subjective and objective. In the former case, a man independently assesses the extent of one's eligibility vis-à-vis that determining the boundaries of the group. At that, one may well mistakenly accept as being the major criteria ones that for the group itself may be necessary, although insufficient, [ones] that may be secondary, an may well even be imaginary, thought-up.

On Angels – from archimandrite Sava's blog

T A L M A C H
so much and simple

Translation from Bulgarian

By Rev. Theodore Studite – 26:08 06:37 –

May we make friends of our Angles through passionless living, so that when leaving this world we may also be elevated by them friend-like to the Master. (Rev. Theodore Studite) 

By Rev. Nikita Stifat – 22:07 06:36 – 

If a man had no Angel or God, to protect him, one could not possibly avoid the devilish slander and deadly networks. (Rev. Nikita Stifat)

By Rev. Symeon the New Theologian – 21:07 06:25 –

To Angelic nature it is inherent to not sin, as Angels are strong by the fortress and vested in the divine garb of the Holy Spirit, without Whom it is impossible to not sin. (Rev. Simeon the New Theologian)

By St. John the Carpathian – 20.07 6:14 –

Once the devil has such power that even against man's will they might persuade one and draw one to themselves because of the falling away from the true rank of their nature, then how much stronger is the Angel, who has at a certain [the appropriate] time adopted God's command to make better all the disposition of man? (Rev. John the Carpathian)

For the Angels – 19:07 07:03 –

Angels are present everywhere, especially in the house of God where they stand before the King, everything is filled with these bodiless powers. (St. John Chrysostom)

By St. John Chrysostom – 18.07 6:38 –

By "Angels" understand also the God-bearing men who have knowledge about God, who keep us and guide us in all paths, i.e. in life, lest we would stumble on the stone temptation. (St. John Chrysostom)

PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE – 17:07 06:39 –

Angels do not only protect, but they also guide the faithful to not stumble. (St. John Chrysostom)

On Heavenly Inhabitants – 16:07 06:35 –

There are Angels and Archangels, Thrones, Dominions, Powers, Authorities; but not only these ranks exist in Heaven, there are endless multitudes and countless tribes, which no words can portray. (St. John Chrysostom)

By St.Basil the Great – 15.07 06:35 –

Angels come and visit us not at their will and [by their] power. Because the main purpose of their lives is, according to their nature, to steer their gaze to God's beauty and to incessantly glorify God. Communion with us men, and the care for us is for them a somewhat work on-the-side. (St. Basil the Great)

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Dandelion Surprises with its Beneficial Properties Recipes ...

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Translated from Bulgarian

 

Dandelion Surprises with
its Beneficial Properties

The news has been viewed 464 times (19 May 2015)

Date: 05/07/2015 12:44

Issue Number 306

Tea made of the plant kills
cancer cells,
restores prowess and
purifies the blood

Dandelion is a perennial herbaceous plant. It grows everywhere and is easy to detect in its flowering period thanks to its bright yellow colors. In springtime, when the human body has exhausted its vitamin stocks, it provides a wonderful opportunity to replenish them.

It has a shortened stem and a well-developed root. Its leaves are pinnately carved in the shape of a rosette. Growing out of the middle is a bare and hollow stem, high between 5 to 30 cm. It ends with a flower [colored], golden yellow basket. Flowers are tongue-shaped and the seeds are spindle-shaped, fitted with small kites [propeller-type].

Used for therapeutic purposes are both the leaves (cold extract) and the flower baskets (infusion), and the roots (cold extracts, infusions).

The above-ground parts of the plant are harvested at its flowering in spring, and the roots are collected in August — September, when the flower begins to fade, or [else] in springtime – April and May – (for thyroid gland treatment). The autumn roots are much richer in nutrients.

The foliage with the flowers are dried outdoors in the shade, by spreading a thin layer and turning them often. Well dried, they have a green color, with a slight purple hue.

The roots are to be carefully removed from the ground, without disturbing their integrity, to be cleaned from dust and from the root collar, to be washed with cold water and dried in the shade or else at a temperatures up to 50 degrees Celsius. The dried roots no longer emit the typical dandelion white juice and are light to dark brown, odorless, with a slightly bitter taste.

The plant is rich in vitamins, as well as in other beneficial substances for man – taraxacin, ceril alcohol, lactocerol (in the milky sap), rubber, inositol, choline, mannitol, tannins, saponins, organic acids, resinous compounds, mucilage, triterpenes (taraxerol, taraxasterol and pseudotaraxasterol), sterines, fats (4-9%) (glycerides of oleic, palmitic, linoleic, cerotic and the like acids), proteins (12-15%).

St. Ethelred king of Mercia and monk in England (716)

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St. Ethelred king of Mercia and monk in England (716)
(Celtic & British).

May 17 / May 4

Book of St. Ethelred.
Also Known as the Book of Kells

(a monk at work)

Long before Cerion, The Flood, The Flock, Hibernia, Lived a Bishop that lived in Kingsport. His name, Bishop Ethelred. When the Bishop arrived in Kingsport he was met by the King, Only a simple monk at the time. The King invited him to serve in the Cathedral, With his book that he had saved from an attack on his home town of Kells . He accepted. A short time passed by when he was called to Rome on order of the Pope, With a knight at his side he journeyed to Rome when he reached it, He was met by the papal advisory and he was directed to the pope. The pope made him a Bishop that very day. When he came back to Kingsport and told the good news everyone was happy. But not long after an attack came by The Veill. Immediately ,Ethelred thought of his book he rushed to hide it. he buried it near a fort called Burmstone. He knew nobody would find it for century's. The Book would have been worth millions to anyone who would sell it. Since then the book and its beauty have been told through the century's. Monks flock to Pertinax to find it.

Book of Kkells cross-page

Ethelred has been recognized by the pope as a saint for his charity with the poor and and two Merical's.

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Verses by Unknown Authors

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Translated from Russian

You Knew That I ......... 

You knew that I'm the Maker, but (you) have not to Me subjected.
You knew that I'm the Light, but (you) did not honor Me.
You knew that I am the Way, but you have lost the way.
You knew that I am Life, but (you) never lived through Me.

I am Merciful – you knew, but (you) failed to entrust with Me your fate,
You knew that I am Great, but (you) did not minister to Me.
That everything I can give, define, or measure.
That I'm Almighty – this you also knew, but you honored Me not.

You knew that I am Wisdom – (you) failed to honor My laws.
You know that I am All-good, but (you) loved Me not.
You knew that I am Rich, but (you) never asked with a bow.
You knew that I'm Eternal, but for a day you never asked.

So know thou man – a blade of grass in universe,
Having lived your empty days without believing, without love.
Coming to the end of the earthly short corrupt life.
For thy death PUT NO BLAME ON ME!

Стихи неизвестных авторов 

Ты  знал, что Я.........

УД*-о-волствие 'Having Fun' transl. of an EXTRACT in the 'Wolf'

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УД*-о-волствие

Превод от английски

ОТКЪС

СЛЕДВАЩИЯТ ОТКЪС е взет от книгата,
"Какво е духовен живот и как да се настроим за него?"
от св. Теофан Затворник. 

Това бе публикувана в превод на английски език през 1996 г. от братството "Св. Герман Аляскински", Калифорния. Самият откъс не е от светеца, а е цитат от писмо, адресирано до него. Кореспондент му е била една млада дама от горната средна класа, която току-що започвала да изпитва духовно просветление и пробуждане от "греховния сън", както самият св. Теофан го нарича в друга своя творба.

Тя пише: "За около два дни бях на обичайните социални обиколки тук. Първо отидох на театър, а след това отидох да се веселя, после отидох на събиране. Що за тълпа е това, и за какви неща говорят, какви неясни мнения имат за всичко, какви маниери имат? Всичко това за мен е варварско, и никога няма да мога да си събера мислите в тази тълпа."

В последващо писмо тя пише: "Не мисля, че някога ще се примиря с този начин на живот. Вглеждам се внимателно и намирам, че това не е живот. Не мога да го обясня, но съм твърдо убедена в ума си, че това не е живот. Има много движение, но няма живот."

И отново: "Друго нещо, което виждам е как всички се щурат наоколо в сърдито, в преследване на нещо, което никой никога не успява да улови. Когато се случи да мина през някоя оживена улица или площад, какъв шум и каква суматоха виждам! Но сетне поглеждам – същото нещо е и в домовете им, а вероятно и в душите им. Направо недоумявам – възможно вс наистина да се живее по този начин? Друго нещо, което виждам, е как се свързват помежду си, ограничават се и се тиранизират един друг; никой не разполага със своя собствена воля и няма никаква свобода. Не смееш да се обличаш, както би искал да се обличаш, не смееш да се държиш както би искал да се държиш, не можеш да кажеш това, което би искал да кажеш – не можеш да направиш нищо както би искал да го направиш. Всичко, което правят, подлежи на някакъв закон, написан от кой-знае кого. Той обвързва всички, но никой не знае как да се прекъсне неговото действие. Именно така те се тиранизират един другиго. Не смееш да слушаш никого – това е жалко. ... Теглото е непосилно за мен ... Забелязала съм това и у други. Ето ви вашата свобода! Като гледаш отвън, всеки изглежда като свободен човек. Свободен човек, у когото всичко се заплита в ръцете и краката му! Именно по отношение на това започнах да се вглеждам по-внимателно дали хората вършат нещата от сърце. И какво излезе? Може би греша, но не съм видяла нищо, което би могло да е от душата. Има празни ласки, готовност да се правят неща един за друг, а също и взаимно възхищение. Всичко е повърхностно. Под външния вид, който е елегантен и плавен, е скрит един съвсем различен дух, който – да би бил изваден на светлина – ще се установи, че не е нито елегантен, нито дори приемлив. Така че, оказва се, че когато се съберем наново, ние сме една сбирщина от лицемерни актьори и актриси. Каква комедия! Нещо повече, онова, което намирам за най-удивително, е студенината, идваща от всички. Как е възможно това? Всъщност, изглежда всеки е приятел на всеки, готов да им даде ризата от гърба си, но с подчертана студенина."

КОМЕНТАР: Тези наблюдения са написани през деветнадесети век в Русия, в едно общество, което привидно, и наистина, е дълбоко православно, в дни, когато да се отиде на театър, на бал, или на събиране са били може би единствените форми на социална "наслаждение", все неща, които биха били счетени за доста питомни по днешните стандарти. И все пак, тази млада жена е успяла да види празнотата и неистинността на всичко това. Сравнете нашите дни, когато живеем не в християнско общество, а в такова, което загърбва спомена за християнската вероизповед, едно материалистично и хедонистично общество. Сравнете нашите дни, когато имаме кино, телевизия, интернет, социални медии, мобилни телефони, туитър, фейсбук, клубни движения, гуляи (пиене), наркотици, сексуални срещи "за отдих" и десетки други "развличания", които да ни поддържат във вихъра. Сравнете нашите дни, когато нормалните взаимоотношения между хората са изопачени от политическа коректност и други модни конвенции. И все пак, удивително е колко малцина от нас, "наслаждавайки" се на всичко това, и поробени от цялото това нещо, не си дават сметка за онова, което тази млада дама е осъзнала: че това не е живот.

край на превода

* Уд – старобълг. – крайник

в путь к малой сторонушке, On His Way To a Small Country, St. Seraphim, Sofia wonder-worker

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 1920 г. (14 ноември): (край бреговете на Севастопол) "И Русия бавно изоставаше в далечината"

2015 г.: И Русия бързо се потапя в мрака.

1920, November 14: (off the coast of Sevastopol) "And Russia slowly trailed away in the distance"

2015: Russia is immersing quickly in the darkness.

1920 г. (14 ноября): (У берегов Севастополя) "И Россия медленно уступала далеко"

2015 году: Россия быстро погружается в темноту.

“If you've arrived somewhere where nobody knows you...

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Translated from Bulgarian

Love is, above all, compassion and sympathy. It's another issue whether we can help [someone else] or not, but compassion is the first step.

The main thing is the heart-felt intention for compassion.

Saint Ephraim the Syrian says: “If you've arrived somewhere where nobody knows you, then – in order to arrange your welfare – first arrange the welfare of others.”

And so it is both in love, and in compassion. Fill up your heart with love and compassion for others, and you will receive love and compassion.

Love does not remember evil, i.e. you should not imagine [allow the thought] that any man conceals evil concerning you.

Love is pure and peaceful, i.e. it provides harmony of all forces.

The driving force in us must come from the heart.

Collection of Patristic guidance.
ON PRELEST.

Sts. Theodosius the Cenobiarch and Ephraim the Syrian

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