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Christian's house in Punta Cana, from our holiday last March. If you go there, you have to visit this domain!
"Мимолетность, краткая секунда мгновения, легкость бытия, непрерывный поток новых ощущений, множество голосов вокруг, не дающих остаться в одиночестве, яркие краски мира, открытого каждому, сотни разнообразнейших оттенков эмоций, похожих на переменчивое небо над головой и незаметное дыхание смерти за плечами." (с)
Dead Romance. Пролог
The book for the afflicted
(Octavius Winslow)
"Before I was afflicted I went astray--but now I obey Your Word." Psalm 119:67
The Bible is the book for the afflicted. We fly to it in times of adversity. It is then that we . . .
read it more attentively,
counsel with it more closely,
understand it more clearly,
relish it more sweetly, and
receive it into the heart more experimentally, as the engrafted Word.
Affliction illuminates the Bible--as though a new book had been composed--or another constellation in the spiritual hemisphere had burst upon the telescope of faith!
We know more of the Lord Jesus through one sanctified affliction--than by all the treatises the human pen ever wrote!
Welcome whatever makes you more acquainted with God!
Despise nothing that will deepen your intimacy with Jesus.
Welcome the cross--though it may be heavy!
Welcome the cup--though it may be bitter. Receive it as an blessing sent to you from your Father--receive it as a heavenly message to your soul.
I noticed Christian and in particular his sense of style and felt compelled to ask him to be part of my project.
Christian is from Hove but visiting Brighton for the day.
"I'm just chilling today!"
Thanks Christian.
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This is a gift just for you, and a kiss as an attachment ;)
Last night, dear Sepideh informed me of some interesting history about the Christmas, and the relation between Christmas and Yalda (the ancient Persian festival).
I just copy some paragraphs from the Wiki encyclopedia here:
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The festival was considered extremely important in pre-Islamic Iran and continues to be celebrated to this day, for a period of more than 6000 years.
Some historians believe that the festival spread to Europe through contacts between the Roman and Persian empires and was eventually replaced by Christmas; a theory that accounts for the celebration of Christmas on 25 December, rather than the later date of January 6 that is believed to be the correct date of birth of Christ by eastern orthodox church.
Yalda, a Syriac word (ܝܠܕܐ) imported into the Persian language by the Syriac Christians means birth (tavalod and meelaad are from the same origin) and generally refers to Christmas in the Syriac language. It is a relatively recent arrival and it is refereed to the "Shab e Cheleh Festival" a celebration of Winter Solstice on December 21. Forty days before the next major Persian festival "Jashn-e Sadeh" this night has been celebrated in countless cultures for thousands of years. The ancient Roman festivals of Saturnalia (God of Agriculture, Saturn) and Sol Invictus (Sun God) are among the best known in the Western world.
In most ancient cultures, including Persia, the start of the solar year has been marked to celebrate the victory of light over darkness and the renewal of the Sun. For instance, Egyptians, four thousand years ago celebrated the rebirth of the sun at this time of the year. They set the length of the festival at 12 days, to reflect the 12 divisions in their sun calendar. They decorated with greenery, using palms with 12 shoots as a symbol of the completed year, since a palm was thought to put forth a shoot each month.
The last day of the Persian month Azar is the longest night of the year, when the forces of Ahriman are assumed to be at the peak of their strength. While the next day, the first day of the month Dey known as khoram rooz or khore rooz (the day of sun) belongs to Ahura Mazda, the Lord of Wisdom. Since the days are getting longer and the nights shorter, this day marks the victory of Sun over the darkness. The occasion was celebrated in the festival of "Daygan" dedicated to Ahura Mazda, on the first day of the month Dey.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Added to flickr Explore (interestingness) page of 24 December 2006.
Exhibición de Christian Meyer durante la celebración del VI Motoalmuerzo de la Hermandad motera Dorsal Zero de Torrevieja.
Christian Meyer's exhibition during the celebration of the VI Motoalmuerzo of the Dorsal Zero motorcycle brotherhood of Torrevieja
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Praise and Worship Music "The One Who Holds Sovereignty Over Everything" (Christian Musical Documentary)
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Praise and Worship Music "The One Who Holds Sovereignty Over Everything" (Christian Musical Documentary)
Throughout the vast universe, all celestial bodies move precisely within their own orbits. Under the heavens, mountains, rivers, and lakes all have their boundaries, and all creatures live and reproduce throughout the four seasons in accordance with the laws of life…. This is all so exquisitely designed—is there a Mighty One ruling and arranging all this? Since coming into this world crying we have begun playing different roles in life. We move from birth to old age to illness to death, we go between joy and sorrow…. Where does mankind really come from, and where will we really go? Who is ruling our fates? From ancient times to modern days, great nations have risen up, dynasties have come and gone, and countries and peoples have flourished and perished in the tides of history…. Just like the laws of nature, the laws of humanity's development contain infinite mysteries. Would you like to know the answers to them? The Christian musical documentary The One Who Holds Sovereignty Over Everything will guide you to get to the root of this, to unveil all of these mysteries!
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Built 1672-1680, early in the first successful colonial establishment on the island, the fort served as a critical point of defense and government during the entire period of Dano-Norwegian, and later Danish, administration, which ended in 1917 with the sale of the islands to the United States. It currently holds the St. Thomas Museum, which holds artifacts and art of the Dano-Norwegian period. - Wikipedia