Georgians have much to be proud of with David the Builder (დავით IV აღმაშენებელი). David Patrick Harry of Church of the Eternal Logos has a 2 1/2-hour discussion on the history of David and an overview of Georgian Christian history.
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Li Jinhui (黎錦暉) and Yellow Music
Li Jinhui (黎錦暉) is considered to be the father of shidaiqu, or Chinese popular song. He was skilled at mixing traditional, perhaps vulgar, Chinese folk songs and making them fit inside the jazz idiom thanks to working with trumpeter Buck Clayton, who was in his Shanghai band for two years. You can read more about him on Wikipedia in English or in Chinese.
Kings & Generals: Emperor Taizong and the Rise of the Tang Dynasty DOCUMENTARY
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St Romanos: Prayer for the Meeting of the Lord — Fr. Ted’s Blog
St. Romanos the Melodist (6th Century) wrote countless hymns, poems and prayers, some of which are still in use in the liturgical services and feasts of the Orthodox Church to this day. Here is a prayer he composed as part of a longer hymn for the feast of the Meeting of the Lord in the […]
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Orthodox Khans of Bulgaria, Mongols, Golden Horde, Tatars To Be Commemorated by Moscow Tatar Community
The Golden Horde and Orthodox Christianity make for strange bedfellows only because there is such a lack of research in this area.
August 10, 1920, Ottoman Empire – Today in History
Throughout the period, the “secret sauce” of Ottoman power was an army of élite infantry called “Janissaries”. Janissaries were Christian slaves, usually taken as spoils of… Source: August 10, 1920, Ottoman Empire – Today in History
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April 22, 1918 – The Red Baron – Today in History
By way of comparison, the highest scoring Allied ace of the Great War was Frenchman René Fonck, with 75 confirmed victories. The highest scoring fighter pilot from the British Empire was Canadian B… Source: April 22, 1918 – The Red Baron – Today in History N.B. I’m not currently responding to comments or visiting blogs […]
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