tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post8204090328449792420..comments2024-03-18T20:38:40.751+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: "The Beautiful City": ANZAC, April 25 1915Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-30193075195068182692015-04-28T19:29:53.847+01:002015-04-28T19:29:53.847+01:00I see that you haven't run into the Third Rome...I see that you haven't run into the Third Rome theory that partly drives Russian nationalism.<br /><br />The theory is that Rome used to be the head city of Christendom, and then Constantinople took over when the imperial seat moved; and then all the important people who fled Constantinople came to Moscow, so Moscow is the third Rome; and therefore Russia must rule the world.<br /><br />SinceBansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-42844212383480430882015-04-27T01:27:43.385+01:002015-04-27T01:27:43.385+01:00Perhaps because Gallipoli was a failure, and in th...Perhaps because Gallipoli was a failure, and in the hope of gaining a foothold in Asia Minor as the Ottoman Empire crumbled, in 1919 Britain and France encouraged the Greeks in their attack on Turkey from the western coast of Asia Minor. Greek army forces occupied much of western Anatolia, nearly reaching Ankara, but were then counter-attacked by Ataturk and routed back to Smyrna/Izmir, where John Vaschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00335331585265267754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-91307766866933629912015-04-26T17:02:41.499+01:002015-04-26T17:02:41.499+01:00Yes, the “Goodies “ don't always win. We have...Yes, the “Goodies “ don't always win. We have found this out on so many occasions. <br /><br />Gallipoli, ( and the rest of that war ), has had an impact on my family. One uncle I remember just as a child, used to give me a half crown for sweeties. He was badly wounded and was always crippled. And by the vicissitudes of NS, although from a different part of the country, I found myself Jacobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743062941733814176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-15018092367836131152015-04-26T13:28:29.170+01:002015-04-26T13:28:29.170+01:00This is all very well - but still my friends' ...This is all very well - but still my friends' family die in Eastern Ukraine at the hands of insurgents backed and financed by Moscow. As long as this is the case, there is no love left for Russia...Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03983955289507752980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-1426249534365807502015-04-26T12:59:40.200+01:002015-04-26T12:59:40.200+01:00Many thanks, Fr Hunwicke, for these most kind and ...Many thanks, Fr Hunwicke, for these most kind and decent words.<br /><br />In Australia, in the EF, by rescript of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, dated 23rd June 1961, one solemn Requiem may be celebrated on this day; in the OF, the particular Calendar conceded to Australia transfers St Mark to the 26th, and a proper Mass is provided for the 25th, with the following orations &c.:<br /><br Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-33988079893879770572015-04-26T11:53:06.746+01:002015-04-26T11:53:06.746+01:00As a bit of an afterthought, how many readers were...As a bit of an afterthought, how many readers were aware that Moscow has a law now which bans gay pride parades for the next 100 years ? <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-19293465" rel="nofollow"> Gay Parades Banned in Moscow for 100 Years, BBC.</a><br /><br />. . . While back here in North America , Archbishop Cordileone of San Francisco is being attacked by gay militant-fueled Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474622031247588124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-4067989648387390802015-04-26T11:41:00.022+01:002015-04-26T11:41:00.022+01:00A most convenient thing about demonizing another n...A most convenient thing about demonizing another nation, is that when used as a backdrop it tends to make the <i>demonizer nation</i> appear better than it actually is.<br /><br />A valuable bit of information my dear late mum (who’d earned a degree in the advanced study of social psychology) passed on to me is that, “When people get into groups, they tend to pick on one member to make Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474622031247588124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-42891601645523909332015-04-25T23:15:33.668+01:002015-04-25T23:15:33.668+01:00A very Tolkienian article, father.A very Tolkienian article, father.Patrick Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995907911415177074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-19027462273329508262015-04-25T22:40:49.856+01:002015-04-25T22:40:49.856+01:00Thomas: well said.
And of course well said, Fath...Thomas: well said. <br /><br />And of course well said, Father. Matthew Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00958673318312786618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-85828613999255473932015-04-25T22:40:03.809+01:002015-04-25T22:40:03.809+01:00Of course, Churchill preferred to invade Greece an...Of course, Churchill preferred to invade Greece and the Balkans instead of France... Matthew Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00958673318312786618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-857206596397081322015-04-25T16:15:31.084+01:002015-04-25T16:15:31.084+01:00Churchill's original plan, to force the Strait...Churchill's original plan, to force the Straits by naval power alone, was feasible; also an early landing on the Gallipoli peninsula would have found it virtually undefended. But there was a wider war to be fought, and in 1915 the British were still subordinate to the French both politically and militarily. <br /><br />The German army had to be defeated in the main theatre, namely the WesternJohn Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-50938219791238793472015-04-25T15:31:58.468+01:002015-04-25T15:31:58.468+01:00From the longer view, I would suggest that the rea...From the longer view, I would suggest that the real problem is simply that all the best (i.e. the bravest and most virile) men both of Europe and Russia, died on the Eastern Front in 1941-1945. It was a truly satanic triumph.Woodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08910654300435533408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-4680600180795668652015-04-25T14:04:04.884+01:002015-04-25T14:04:04.884+01:00Amen.Amen.Lawrence Hall, HSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906964306659335649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-39630551091183264132015-04-25T12:48:31.026+01:002015-04-25T12:48:31.026+01:00Russia is currently retreating into a narrow and s...Russia is currently retreating into a narrow and sometimes brutal nationalism. However, what is driving that cultural tendency is not just confrontation with militant Islam to the South and East, but fear of being overrun by the rampant and decadent secularism they see dominating the West. Of course among their political elite motives are mixed with a yearning for unreformed Soviet style power Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com