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The then silent night had given way to the screams of pain, terror and the sinister and spiteful laughs of the vampire.
Their swords created through their own blood, with extreme speed fall on their victims dismembering them and decapitating. They didn't even have a chance to fight him with dignity, as they could only feel a sudden strong wind, see a brief figure and then, their bodies were sliced up with such force that their armor felt like paper.
In the sky, the moon shone like a huge, glittering silver scythe, a somewhat apt shape for this night, when he was a reaper and didn't make a point of leaving any poor devil alive. Everyone would pay for standing against him. With grace and extreme savagery their swords continued to fall on those who could no longer flee, who due to such fear, were paralyzed. It was a slaughter. He didn't care, he wouldn't be forgiving or pious tonight, he would be brutal and he insisted on demonstrating all his power, so that no mortal, vampire, or werewolf would ever make a point of rising up against him again. He would allow only the women and children to survive this night, to tell everyone about the horror that had befallen their city. When the animals controlled by a demon invaded the city gates, as if lashed by its invisible whip, and when finally the devil himself descended on them, always almost invisible, like a wind of death, at first tearing with its beastly claws the terrified people of the city, then impaling them, with spears created through their own blood, setting the city ablaze with flames that seemed to arise from hell itself or from your heart aflame with hate. When then the two swords set to fall on them, cutting flesh, amputating limbs and beheading heads.
The city of Khaldheim would be an example to everyone. The fire flickered in the burning houses, like huge insatiable demons wanting to feed on more and more, turning the once majestic houses to ashes. Like the flames, his swords were not content with the pile of dismembered bodies left in his path, like a scarlet wind, he continued to claim lives and as he did, he laughed with delight, for few things gave him more pleasure than wanton killing. His laughter echoed through the air, chilling the blood of those who were still alive even more, announcing that it wouldn't be for long.
Prague-Hostivař, Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist
The Hostivař Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist has its present floor plan probably after the reconstruction from the 13th century, according to other sources even from the 11th century. The initiator of the reconstruction was the Sázava Monastery, under whose jurisdiction the church fell within the Dean's Office in Říčany.
The Hostivař church has a relatively austere impression from the outside. The floor plan of the nave of the church has the shape of a regular rectangle measuring 17.80 × 9.20 meters and is organically connected to the oldest part of the church - a Romanesque semicircular apse. The church got its present form after the classicist reconstruction from the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. As confirmed by research from 1978–1985, today's overhanging entrance to the church on the west side, as well as the sacristy on the north side of the original church, were added later. There were three windows in the original Romanesque apse, symbolizing the Holy Trinity. It was walled up over time, replaced by others and then restored again.
The perimeter walls are approximately 120 cm thick, which reduces the interior of the church by approximately 15.40 x 6.80 meters. The nave has a straight ceiling, while the apse is vaulted with a conch.
The chancel with an altar in the Romanesque apse in the very rear part of the church is a preserved rare mural from the 13th century. The author of the paintings is unknown, however, the dominant artistic means of paintings is a strong contrast of colors. The main motif of the painting is a circle with the figure of God the Father on the throne and in front of it a cross with the crucified Christ. Other figures depicted are the patron saint of the church, St. John the Baptist, the bishop with the pallium, probably St. Adalbert and the saint St. Catherine of Alexandria and the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. The paintings at the bottom of the apse represent scenes from the Nativity. The form of the painting can be seen as early as the beginning of the 12th century in a manuscript from the Cambrai Westminster school, or in manuscripts from the early 14th century in Germany or Belgium, similar to the tympanum of the northern part of the cathedral in Erfurt.
In front of the entrance to the church there is a black statue of St. John of Nepomuk with a golden palm leaf.
(modified translation from Czech wikipedia]
7DWF, Saturdays: Landscape
Another one from the photowalk with Flickr friends at an old, abandoned lung sanatorium this March. In this part of one of the main buildings the walls, both inside and outside, were / are adorned with some beautiful old tiles, and especially the tiles inside of this part of the building were / are remarkably well preserved.
Have a wonderful Sunday, dear Flickr friends!
Medicus – geköpft
Eine weitere Aufnahme vom Fotospaziergang mit Flickr-Freunden in einer verfallenen Lungenheilstätte im März. Sowohl im Innen- wie im Außenbereich dieses Gebäudes (eines der Hauptgebäude, wenn ich mich recht erinnere) befanden sich beeindruckende Kacheln, die insbesondere im Innenbereich auch noch besonders gut (nahezu unversehrt!) erhalten waren.
Ich wünsche Euch einen sonnig-warmen Sonntag, liebe Flickr-Freunde!
Scene: Beheading
Taken @ Sunny's Photo Studio
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head (Don't lose your head)
No, don't lose you head (Don't lose you head)
Hear what I say
Don't lose your way, yeah
Remember, love's stronger
Remember, love walks tall
Taken at Sunny's studio. (pose: Beheading.)
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Cunning and evil, the solitary erinyes have the special duty among the baatezu of tempting mortals. Even though the erinyes are lesser baatezu, they report directly to the Dark Eight outside the normal chain of command.
Only 500 erinyes exist at any one time. Lesser baatezu are promoted to fill out their numbers.
As tempters, the erinyes can do something no other baatezu can do, not even the pit fiends: enter the Prime Material Plane unsummoned. There it tries, through its charm person power and its comely form to lure mortals back to Baator. They cannot bring anyone or anything with them when they pass into the Prime Material Plane, and they can only bring one person back when they return. They cannot bring back inorganic matter, so victims arrive in Baator without possessions.
Mortals so trapped are doomed to die in the inhuman plains of Baator unless their own strength can save them. A mortal who dies this way becomes a lemure and serves forever as a soldier of Baator. Because of this power to tempt and doom mortals, most baatezu respect the erinyes.
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The famous Baroque painter Caravaggio had a short career in Malta - he had escaped to the island and the Order of Saint John in 1607, after having been forced to leave Rome after having killed another man in a brawl (Caravaggio was kind of a bad boy - it was not the only brawl he had been part of). He became a knight of St John, and painted for the order, including the painting to the right here: The beheading of St John (his largest ever, and the only one he ever actually signed). But he continued with his bad behaviour, got arrested by the Order in 1608 - and fled Malta. Needless to say, he was expelled from the Order of Saint John because of all of this. But his painting remains in the cathedral.
un professeur d'histoire de 47 ans décapité à 17 h à Conflans sainte-honorine à la suite d'un cours d'enseignement moral et civique sur la liberté d'expression - il enseignait la notion de la laïcité - ce que des musulmans ne peuvent admettre - laîcité qui permet de pratiquer la religion que l'on veut mais n'étant pas enseignée à l'école - L'école est gratuite, obligatoire et laïque - l'école laïque instaurée par Jules Ferry en 1882 est devenue " sacro-sainte ".
Si ces lois sont censées soustraire les fillettes de 6 à 13 ans à l’exploitation précoce du labeur domestique ou rétribué et les garçons de moins de 13 ans au travail à l’usine, elles ne réussissent pas à limiter totalement la durée du travail des enfants.
l'assassin a posté sur Twitter la photo de la tête de sa victime !
a 47 years old history teacher BEHEADED at 5 pm in the western suburb of Paris - he was killed for teaching children freedom of speech & teaching laicity - taught a moral and civic education course on freedom of expression, in accord with the French national curriculum
in France, since 1882, school is free, compulsory for both boys and girls from 6 to 13 years old to try to protect them from working in factories - Jules Ferry was a promoter of laicism especially prohibits government influence in the determination of religion
the murderer posted on Twitter the picture of the head of his victim !
The Church of the Beheading of St.John the Baptist is a Romanesque church in Prague-Dolní Chabry. It is a Romanesque rectangular church with an apse and Romanesque paintings. Under the church, the foundations of three older shrines are preserved, of which the rotunda had a floor covered with embossed tiles.
The Romanesque church was built in the 3rd quarter of the 12th century using the block technique. The main part of the church has a rectangular floor plan measuring approximately 8 × 13 meters with an axis oriented from east to west. The main entrance to the church is a small portal from the south side. Rare Romanesque paintings were discovered in the apse of the church in 1905, from 1230-40 Christ in the almond tree and the procession of the apostles. The oldest Marian wall cycle in Bohemia from 1250-60 has been preserved! Above the entrance to the church there is a Renaissance painting of a bowl with the severed head of St. John the Baptist. The church was damaged during the Hussite wars, when, among other things, the roof burned down. After the wars, the church was repaired in late Gothic style and the roof was raised. On the attic of the church there is a stone mark with the year A.D.1439. The church was also repaired after the Thirty Years' War. A new bar was built in the Baroque period, and after 1729 an illusory altar of the Virgin Mary was painted against the door
Stagmatoptera biocellata pair during mating.The female had previously eaten the male's head. Despite this, mating continued as normal.
Prague-Hostivař, Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist
The Hostivař Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist has its present floor plan probably after the reconstruction from the 13th century, according to other sources even from the 11th century. The initiator of the reconstruction was the Sázava Monastery, under whose jurisdiction the church fell within the Dean's Office in Říčany.
The Hostivař church has a relatively austere impression from the outside. The floor plan of the nave of the church has the shape of a regular rectangle measuring 17.80 × 9.20 meters and is organically connected to the oldest part of the church - a Romanesque semicircular apse. The church got its present form after the classicist reconstruction from the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. As confirmed by research from 1978–1985, today's overhanging entrance to the church on the west side, as well as the sacristy on the north side of the original church, were added later. There were three windows in the original Romanesque apse, symbolizing the Holy Trinity. It was walled up over time, replaced by others and then restored again.
The perimeter walls are approximately 120 cm thick, which reduces the interior of the church by approximately 15.40 x 6.80 meters. The nave has a straight ceiling, while the apse is vaulted with a conch.
The chancel with an altar in the Romanesque apse in the very rear part of the church is a preserved rare mural from the 13th century. The author of the paintings is unknown, however, the dominant artistic means of paintings is a strong contrast of colors. The main motif of the painting is a circle with the figure of God the Father on the throne and in front of it a cross with the crucified Christ. Other figures depicted are the patron saint of the church, St. John the Baptist, the bishop with the pallium, probably St. Adalbert and the saint St. Catherine of Alexandria and the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. The paintings at the bottom of the apse represent scenes from the Nativity. The form of the painting can be seen as early as the beginning of the 12th century in a manuscript from the Cambrai Westminster school, or in manuscripts from the early 14th century in Germany or Belgium, similar to the tympanum of the northern part of the cathedral in Erfurt.
In front of the entrance to the church there is a black statue of St. John of Nepomuk with a golden palm leaf.
(modified translation from Czech wikipedia]
We have caracaras here in central Florida. They have a quite limited range, but if you look in the right place, they are not hard to find. But, in my experience, you see them in ones and twos. I have never personally seen a large group of them and have never seen this behavior.
However, in our recent trip to south Texas, this behavior was near constant.
I was told it was territorial. I did a bit of research and I saw where that was stated as the reason. I also saw other explanations. It was a reaction to being startled and others. Nothing I read seemed definitive to me.
And in my very non-expert opinion, it just seemed random. One would be sitting on a peach and throw his head back. Two would be sitting on the ground an both throw their heads back. I could see no rhyme or reason to the behavior. That does not mean there wasn't any, just that I couldn't see any.
Oh, and by the way, don't try to photograph this from the front. It will look like you took a picture of a beheaded raptor.
If anyone knows anymore about this, I would welcome the knowledge.
In any case, I found it quite amusing and enjoyed photographing it.
St. Petersburg, Russia
Perseus was the hero who killed Medusa and claimed Andromeda, having rescued her from a sea monster.
Oude-Tonge - Oost-Flakkee - South Holland - Netherlands
Koppen van de bloemhoofden ten behoeve van de bollenteelt
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The Church of the Beheading of St.John the Baptist is a Romanesque church in Prague-Dolní Chabry. It is a Romanesque rectangular church with an apse and Romanesque paintings. Under the church, the foundations of three older shrines are preserved, of which the rotunda had a floor covered with embossed tiles.
The Romanesque church was built in the 3rd quarter of the 12th century using the block technique. The main part of the church has a rectangular floor plan measuring approximately 8 × 13 meters with an axis oriented from east to west. The main entrance to the church is a small portal from the south side. Rare Romanesque paintings were discovered in the apse of the church in 1905, from 1230-40 Christ in the almond tree and the procession of the apostles. The oldest Marian wall cycle in Bohemia from 1250-60 has been preserved! Above the entrance to the church there is a Renaissance painting of a bowl with the severed head of St. John the Baptist. The church was damaged during the Hussite wars, when, among other things, the roof burned down. After the wars, the church was repaired in late Gothic style and the roof was raised. On the attic of the church there is a stone mark with the year A.D.1439. The church was also repaired after the Thirty Years' War. A new bar was built in the Baroque period, and after 1729 an illusory altar of the Virgin Mary was painted against the door
The beheading stone is thought to have been used for capital punishments in the 15th Century and was probably used in the executions of various important figures.
In 1425, Murdoch, Duke of Albany and former Regent of Scotland, two of his sons and his father-in-law, the Earl of Lennox were executed. King James I was taking revenge for Albany's 18 year abuse of power when the King was held captive in England.
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Храм Усекновения главы Иоанна Предтечи в Дьякове г.Москва
Church of Beheading of St. John the Baptist
KOLOMENSKOE
The Church of Beheading of St. John the Baptist at Dyakovo (historically, a village neighboring Kolomenskoe) stands on the right cusp of the Golosov Ravine, on a high terrace over the Moskva River floodplain. It was erected at the site where Moscow Grand Duke Vasily III learned about the conception of his son, Tsar-to-be Ivan IV the Terrible, and was intended for the monarch and his court. In the XVI century, the royal residence was also situated on this upland.
The church architects are supposed to be Barma and Postnik, the masters who created St. Basil’s Cathedral in the Red Square in Moscow as the planning and other architectural features of both churches are alike.
The church consists of five pillar-shaped volumes symmetrically arranged and each having a separate entrance and an altar. The central ‘pillar’, dedicated to the beheading of St. John the Baptist, is twice as large as the rest ones and is highlighted in the east with an altar apse. The other four ‘pillars’, that actually are side chapels, are connected to one another with galleries and by one facet each adjoin the central tower. The ‘pillar’ tiers are decorated with sunk panels while rows of semicircular and triangular corbel arches (in the Russian architecture a.k.a. ‘kokoshniks’, as they look like a well-known married women’s national headdress) strive upwards to the helm-shaped domes. Thanks to the uniting function of the galleries and the integral décor style the many-tiered church looks like a powerful centrally planned monolith.
In 1923, the church was closed by the Soviet government and handed over to the Museum Department of the Chief Bureau for Science and Culture. For a short while, the restoration of the church was taken on by our museum’s first director Peter Baranovsky, but then the monument was abandoned at great length. It is only in 1992 that the church was re-consecrated and services resumed. At the same time the side chapel of the Conception of the Virgin Mary by Righteous Anne was consecrated.
Nowadays, the church services are regular.
The Church of the Beheading of St.John the Baptist is a Romanesque church in Prague-Dolní Chabry. It is a Romanesque rectangular church with an apse and Romanesque paintings. Under the church, the foundations of three older shrines are preserved, of which the rotunda had a floor covered with embossed tiles.
The Romanesque church was built in the 3rd quarter of the 12th century using the block technique. The main part of the church has a rectangular floor plan measuring approximately 8 × 13 meters with an axis oriented from east to west. The main entrance to the church is a small portal from the south side. Rare Romanesque paintings were discovered in the apse of the church in 1905, from 1230-40 Christ in the almond tree and the procession of the apostles. The oldest Marian wall cycle in Bohemia from 1250-60 has been preserved! Above the entrance to the church there is a Renaissance painting of a bowl with the severed head of St. John the Baptist. The church was damaged during the Hussite wars, when, among other things, the roof burned down. After the wars, the church was repaired in late Gothic style and the roof was raised. On the attic of the church there is a stone mark with the year A.D.1439. The church was also repaired after the Thirty Years' War. A new bar was built in the Baroque period, and after 1729 an illusory altar of the Virgin Mary was painted against the door
Based on the main character from Dead Cells. Really love its design in the game, though I've never played it.
Built for Bio-Cup 2021
Round 1
Subtheme: Video Games
For over 900 years the enactment of the martyrdom of Regina is carried out in this village. The whole village in involved. It starts with a mass at the church then a procession by torchlight through the village up to the Amphitheatre where the play is performed. It is believed to be one of the oldest traditions of its kind in France.
Here is the wikipedia stuff:
It is the site of the ancient city of Alesia, where Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix in the Battle of Alesia. "Sainte-Reine" refers to Saint Regina, who is said to have been martyred here in the 3rd century.
Regina was born in Autun, France, to a pagan named Clement. Her mother died at her birth and her father repudiated her. She then went to live with a Christian nurse who baptized her. Regina helped out by tending the sheep. She communed with God in prayer and meditated on the lives of the saints. She was betrothed to the proconsul Olybrius, but refused to renounce her faith to marry him, for which she was tortured and was beheaded at Alesia in the diocese of Autun, called Alise-Sainte-Reine after her.
Refs:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Regina_(martyr)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alise-Ste-Reine
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Statue of St Rusticus in a recess on the eastern façade of the Church of the Filippini (Church of San Fermo Minore in Brà) in the historic centre of Verona
According to tradition, Rusticus, a Christian martyr in the 3rd century, was found guilty together with his relative Firmus in Milan and beheaded in Verona.
The missing head of the already damaged statue is presumably due to air raids during World War II.
Veneto, Italy 08.08.2021
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Statue des Hl. Rusticus in einer Nische an der östlichen Fassade der Kirche der Filippini (Kirche San Fermo Minore in Brà) in der Altstadt von Verona
Der Überlieferung nach wurde Rusticus, ein christlicher Märtyrer im 3. Jahrhundert, zusammen mit seinem Verwandten Firmus in Mailand schuldig gesprochen und in Verona enthauptet.
Der fehlende Kopf der ohnehin beschädigten Statue ist mutmaßlich auf Luftangriffe im 2. Weltkrieg zurückzuführen.
Venetien, Italien 08.08.2021