Telcontar

Rugged Individualist

[Balkan & Beyond @BalkanAndBeyond]

☦️ Look closely at any traditional Eastern Orthodox icon of the Resurrection (the Anastasis). Notice something specific about the hands?
Christ isn't holding hands with Adam and Eve. He’s gripping them fiercely by the wrists, and their hands are hanging completely limp.

This is known as the "life-giving grip," one of the most profoundly symbolic details in Eastern Orthodox iconography.
In Orthodox tradition, the dead have zero agency or power. Adam and Eve cannot pull themselves up by their own bootstraps; they can't even muster the strength to reach back to God. By grabbing them by the wrist (right at the pulse point), Christ is physically infusing life back into them and dragging humanity out of the grave by His own sheer power.
You can also see this in frescoes depicting Christ saving Peter from drowning or raising Jairus's daughter.

[Telcontar @TelcontarStride]

@HouseGOP Maybe the commies wouldn't have so much momentum if the republicans could put AMERICA FIRST for once after an election win.

[Daily Dutch Masters 🎨 @Goudriaan2]

A wooded winter landscape with deers.
Pieter Gerardus van Os, 1817

[Abbot Tryphon @AbbotTryphon]

Focusing on the Negative
Focusing only on the negative impacts everyone around me. The Elder Thaddeus tells us that we can be either very good, or very bad, depending on the thoughts and desires we breed. (continued at the link:)
https://t.co/ZWOyERNJoK

[𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐮𝐬 @ImperiumFirst]

Alex Jones goes off on Sneako and calls for him to be deported

“His ass needs to be deported—I’m calling for putting him non-vіоӏеոtӏу in an airplane, like a clown in a cannon and ѕhооtіոg him out of it back to the Middle East. BYE BYE!”

[Daily Dutch Masters 🎨 @Goudriaan2]

A winter landscape with figures skating near a fortified town
Lodewijk Kleijn, 19th century

[Eva Vlaardingerbroek @EvaVlaar]

I cannot remain silent on this.

The Pope’s decision to do this now, right as Europe is witnessing yet another wave of murders of its citizens by migrants (think of Louis, Christian, Henry, and the countless others) cannot be dismissed as a mere public relations blunder.

It is a painful slap in the face of the Christian native peoples of Europe and all those who lost their children and loved ones as a result of mass migration.

Where is the Church’s charity and compassion toward them?

Why do we not hear a word from the Pope about the 250,000 white British girls who were raped?

Why do we not hear a word about the attacks on Europe’s Churches and Christian communities?

Why do we not hear a word about the millions of Europeans who are unsafe and estranged, fast becoming a minority in their own homelands?

The Church’s silence regarding the threats European Christians face is already deafening. Combining it with telling Europeans that they must do more to “integrate and protect migrants”, is adding insult to injury.

As a new Catholic, I have generally tried to refrain from critiquing the Pope, for we do not lightly challenge the father. This, however, is not a matter of dogma or infallible teaching. The Pope has chosen to make a political and pastoral statement on migration, and on such prudential questions the faithful may legitimately form and express their own judgment.

And my opinion on this is clear: Europe does not have a moral obligation to house the entire world, especially not when it comes at the cost of civilizational destruction.

[Dawnwalker @DawnwalkerGame]

“Oh, I do so like the smell of fear.”

#Dawnwalker #Ambrus

[Tekee @Tekeee]

This is what happens if you don’t lock in

[The Catholic Pipe Company @CatholicPipeCo]

Rest.
You have been commanded.

[scar @imfat]

if we all quit our jobs at the exact same time what they gonna do

[Telcontar @TelcontarStride]

@woodwardsports Fedorov

[Daniel Foch @danielfoch]

The largest generation in history needs to sell the most expensive houses in history to the most indebted generation in history. What could go wrong.

[Telcontar @TelcontarStride]

@GeneralMCNews Here we go lol

[Leander ⚓️ @volantleander]

these are my favorite kinds of photos, no contest. moody grey, strong waves, the trees... there's no better way to capture the essence of the pacific northwest

[Purely Green @worldclick56]

The sound of the Pacific Northwest 🌊

[Patrick Webb @Patrickwebb]

BREAKING: The surge in illegal immigration under the Biden administration reportedly triggered a 30% increase in home prices and a 20% rise in rents, per Federal Reserve papers.

[𝔃𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔰 𝔰 @OrdinariateUSA]

The “catholic revival” is coming to a dead halt thanks to Leo

We’re going to see a sharp decrease in attendance from westerners under 30 as they come to the realization that the church isn’t interested in advocating for or defending them

Conversions are going to be 10, 20% of what they were in 2026 next year, and all those who converted in the post-2020 revival are going to slowly fall away as they realize that the Catholic Church isn’t as based and trad as they thought, but that rather it is just another gay liberal NGO

Thanks, bob

[Bernard Witek @BernardWitek]

A short biblical reflection on Matthew 11:25–30 "Revelation given to infants" for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
https://t.co/kse95ZIVLu
#PismoŚwięte #ewangelia #pokora

[John Worthington @Iron12cross]

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