Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra's Main Cathedral Burns After Strike
https://redd.it/1u6bbye
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"The newly discovered sermons deal with the Old Testament story of the Witch of Endor from the First Book of Samuel. "Saul believes himself to be in a hopeless situation shortly before a battle against the Philistines. God does not listen to his prayers. He turns to a witch," explains Tornau. At Saul's request, she conjures up the supposed spirit of the deceased prophet Samuel, who predicts his death in battle.

"The story raises a theological question: "Why can a necromancer summon the spirit of a prophet? This in turn opens up the theodicy problem: how can an omnipotent God allow this or is he not really omnipotent?" says the Latin scholar. There are two interpretations in theology: Either it must be a deception on the part of the witch, or God allowed the incantation to warn Saul of certain death.

"The sermons play with these interpretations. "The first was preached during the Sunday service and ends with the theodicy question and the interpretations. It was not until the second sermon on the following Wednesday that the options were weighed up," says Tornau. The church audience was therefore given a certain amount of freedom to form their own thoughts on the biblical passage."
https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-events/einblick/single/news/two-new-sermons-augustine-discovered/#:~:text=The%20newly%20discovered,the%20biblical%20passage.

"President Trump on Saturday said the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool will likely have to be drained to make the necessary repairs after vandals took a knife and put a 250 foot long gash into the pool and poured corrosive chemicals in the water."

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/06/just-president-trump-says-lincoln-reflecting-pool-will/

Austrian president claimed that a time will come when ALL WOMEN should wear a hijab to fight "Islamophobia."

“With increasing Islamophobia, we might have to ask ALL women to wear a headscarf to show solidarity with those who do so for religious reasons.”

Happy Father's Day

I don’t have a lot of thoughts on the subject at the moment, to be honest, other than to say that there is no accomplishment or achievement that rivals the experience of fatherhood.

https://sigmagame.substack.com/p/happy-fathers-day

"The Patriarchate stated that the events in Silwan fall within a wider pattern of escalating assaults aimed at weakening the indigenous Christian presence in the Holy Land. It noted with deep concern the rising Israeli attacks against Christians and churches amid unacceptable international tolerance. In 2024, 111 Israeli attacks or acts of violence were recorded against Christian clergy, nuns, worshippers, and church communities, including 35 attacks targeting churches, monasteries, and religious symbols.

"In Gaza, the Patriarchate recalled the Israeli army’s strike on the compound of Saint Porphyrius Church on October 19, 2023, which killed 18 civilians, and the strike on Holy Family Church on July 17, 2025, which killed 3 civilians and injured Father Gabriel Romanelli."
https://orthodoxtimes.com/erusalem-patriarchate-silwan-land-grab-violates-jerusalems-historic-christian-presence/#:~:text=The%20Patriarchate%20stated,Father%20Gabriel%20Romanelli.

Extra bright but short chemiluminescence reaction!

Reagents used: 500 ml ethyl acetate (solvent), 250 mg rhodamine B (fluorescent dye), 15 g bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl)oxalate, 40 ml 30% hydrogen peroxide (oxidant).

Canada Bans History and The Bible

Canada’s Bill C-9 has removed the “good faith religious expression defence” from convictions for criminal hate speech. It is now effectively, though not yet explicitly, illegal to quote the Bible or cite historical facts deemed contradictory to the Clown World narrative. As I have repeatedly stated and proven by citing its original advocates, the so-called […]

https://voxday.net/2026/06/21/canada-bans-history-and-the-bible/

Hours of daylight on summer solstice
https://redd.it/1p4qezo
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Abortion bans reduce STIs?

That’s one of the conclusions of a new paper.

https://www.nber.org/papers/w35333

"Home Alone’s writer and director were both Catholic, but they had to film the church scene in an Episcopal church because every Catholic church in the area had been the victim of a nasty post-Vatican 2 beige renovation."

https://x.com/drop_n_run/status/2068457329482502393

🙏🇨🇭 Swiss experts will help restore the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra following the Russian attack on June 15.

During the G7 summit, Swiss President Guy Parmelin assured President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Switzerland would provide expert assistance for the restoration of the historic religious site.

Zelenskyy thanked Switzerland for the initiative and noted the unified support shown by all G7 countries, which condemned Russia’s attacks on civilian infrastructure and called for increased pressure and sanctions against Moscow.

I would imagine the timing is not coincidental, coming on the heels of Trump and Vance suddenly turning away from Israel all at once. Feels like a message. And understand, most likely most, if not all of these lawmakers are under control, so before it was Israel giving the orders, while now, obviously, it is an opposing force. https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2068443774133629214

"First things first: you need to get the revised, second edition of this book. Why? Because the introduction to the second edition is an excuse for the author to brag about all the bloodstained and bullet-riddled copies of the first edition that have been found among the personal effects of palace security chiefs, spymasters, and air force officers. Perhaps, he gloats, they should have read it more carefully, or perhaps they should have waited for the second edition. None of this should come as a surprise if you follow Edward Luttwak on Twitter, where his account is characterized by a judicious degree of irascibility and gloating."

https://www.thepsmiths.com/p/review-coup-detat-by-edward-luttwak

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