Kaja Kallas, vice présidente de la commission européenne:
"Si l'Europe ne peut pas battre la Russie, comment pouvons nous battre la Chine?"
Vous pouvez retourner la question dans tous les sens, mais la réalité est que l'Union Européenne est dirigée par des idiots.
Georgia, under Queen Tamar, was one of medieval Europe’s most powerful Christian kingdoms - commanding Black Sea routes, aligned with Byzantium, and active in the same world as the Crusades.
Many Armenians welcomed Georgian expansion. Armenian nobles - especially Zakare and Ivane Zakarian - joined forces with Queen Tamar and her campaigns, which eventually resulted in the liberation of the historical Armenian city of Ani from Seljuks. Armenian Zakarians, for their role in helping Queen Tamar, were appointed the rulers of Ani under the unified Georgian Kingdom. This was the time when Ani saw a revival after the destruction from Seljuks.
One thing I especially like from this period is the medieval Georgian flags - crosses, bold colors, even heraldic figures like the unicorn - a very European aesthetic, and with a character entirely of their own.
🇬🇪 in spite of all attempts at political divisions in Georgia look at these touching scenes of unity, that only faith can bring
On the day of farewell to IIia II, Georgia spoke with one voice. You cannot break faith. Contrast to the spiritual and cultural decay across the West.
This is a day when words grow heavy. For what we feel goes beyond ordinary pain; What we experience surpasses ordinary mourning. In these days, we stand in silence filled with prayer.
Our Holy Patriarch, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, has gone to be with the Lord bringing with him his labor and his works.
We, his people, his flock, his spiritual children, are his works.
The Lord sent him to us as one man, and he returns with an entire nation - so visibly, so united, so unified, as has been revealed in these solemn days.
We are the generation of the Patriarch. We are witnesses to a unique event, when an entire nation is spiritually united around one person; When every active clergyman in Georgia has been ordained with his blessing; When nearly all Christians in Georgia have been baptized with his blessing. The present state, character, and form of our two-thousand-year-old Church have been shaped by him.
His Holiness and Beatitude became that firm link for our nation and Church that connected our past to the present, and the present to the future, in an apocalyptic era of godlessness and nihilism.
Truly, we have witnessed a miracle from God - the Georgian Church, risen from the ashes and shaped by him alone anew, with his own hands.
He was able to do this because he understood what mattered most.
In today’s world, many values compete for primacy - freedom, equality, solidarity, justice. His Holiness and Beatitude gave each its proper place, but taught us the most important truth: freedom, equality, and all other things lose their meaning if they are not grounded in the highest value - love.
We had a Patriarch of love, whose tireless preaching embodied it. Through his life, he became an example of how one can love all: one’s own and strangers, friends and enemies, the righteous and sinners.
He accomplished the impossible - as a Christian, he fulfilled the law of Christ; as a monk, he kept his vows; as a Patriarch, he bore the heaviest cross of his nation.
His earthly journey has ended, but love remains - his love for us, which in these days the whole nation has returned with gratitude.
This was his main dream: to see his nation united in the Church of Christ. He accomplished this. And thus he has entered the presence of the Lord - righteous and full of grace.
It is we, his generation - those who lived with him, saw him, felt his grace, and bear witness to his greatness.
But his story does not end here.
After us, once again, his generation will continue the path - the generation of his godchildren, our children, who carry his name, his blessing, and his grace.
In this way, he built a bridge across time and bound our nation together.
“Great are You, O Lord, and wondrous are Your works.”
May the memory of our Patriarch be eternal!
May his prayers and intercession protect all of Georgia!
Large crowds of Orthodox Christians gathered in the centre of the Georgian capital on Sunday to mourn Ilia II, the spiritual leader who led the church through nearly half a century of Georgia's often tumultuous history.
Large crowds of Orthodox Christians gathered in the center of the Georgian capital to mourn Ilia II, the spiritual leader who led the church through nearly half a century of Georgia's often tumultuous history https://t.co/fKtBOvYd3Q
I waited until he was buried to make this post. While some countries are consumed by destruction and seem possessed by demons, others have opened their hearts to God. Around 326 AD, Georgia adopted Christianity as its state religion. Georgia was the second country to become a Christian nation. Since then, Georgians have fought, died, and sacrificed for their faith.
If you ask a Georgian how such a small country survived in one of the most hostile regions, where everyone wanted to take their land, how it is possible that they still exist? they will tell you: we exist because we never betrayed our faith. That is the answer they will give you. Try walking the streets and test it yourself.
Ilia II, the great Patriarch of Orthodox christianity, died on March 17. Over the course of four days, more than one million Georgians showed up to say goodbye to him in a country of only three million. Just think about that for a second.
Netanyahu likes to say, Jesus has no advantage over Genghis Khan. You think so Bibi? I think your projecting.
In 1220–1221, the armies of Genghis Khan invaded Georgia. Though outnumbered and facing one of history’s most feared war machines ever, the Georgian people stood their ground never bent the knee. They fought with courage, refusing to bow or surrender their identity.
Yes, they lost the battle, but they won the war of endurance! Genghis Khan’s empire once stretched across continents, yet today it is gone! Georgia, a small Christian nation of just three million still stands, proud, speaking the same language and praying in the same ancient churches Khan tried to destroy. Georgia remains rooted in its faith and its resilience. Where is Khan now? Where is his empire Bibi?
Georgians showed up in the millions to say goodbye to their Patriarch. So no, Bibi, evil like you never lasts. Ever.
Despite invasion, destruction, and countless attempts to break them, the Georgian people endured. They survived. They stand strong and even today they're fighting the globalist, even though the US and EU are hell bent on breaking them.
History remembers not only who conquered, but who endured. Georgia is an example - JESUS is the King!
Today, Georgia bids its final farewell. Hundreds of thousands have gathered in the streets of Tbilisi to honor the legacy of Patriarch Ilia II. A scale of unity and respect rarely seen in modern times🇬🇪 #Georgia