#dubno

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Old postcard of the Great Synagogue in Dubno, Ukraine.

Between 1910 and 1914.

[vintage-ukraine]

Dubno on a postcard, early XXth century

[froggybleps]

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[torrentialgoat-fr]

just wanted to ask how much y'all would be willing to pay (FRC) for a Fullbody unshaded piece of art from me on the off chance I open comissions. Examples of wtf I mean under cut (just stuff like the art I post on this blog)

[cheekycritters]

Ahem. You Look Very Lovely

[city-of-ladies]

"In the seventeenth century the words ‘a brave woman’ were more and more frequently used in sermons with reference to women who were constant in their faith, practising such virtues as modesty, devotion to the family and thrift – women who were bringing up a large progeny well. But in the social mentality these words had a broader meaning. They were associated with the type of woman who appeared at the end of the sixteenth century, particularly in the south-eastern territories of the country endangered by the incursions of the Turks and Tartars. It was a type of courageous Amazon who could mount a horse and wield a sword no less competently than a man – a woman who could defend her own and her family’s interests and fight an enemy not with women’s, but with men’s, weapons. This Polish virago had her counterparts in Western Europe. The femme forte was glorified in France in the seventeenth century, the mujer varonil was lauded in Spain; the virago became the heroine of countless dramas and poems.

Mannish women in Poland had many opportunities to display their talents. The most famous among them was Marina, the daughter of Polish magnate, Jerzy Mniszech. In 1605 she married Dimitr, the alleged son of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, and in 1609 was crowned in Moscow. After Dimitri was murdered, she married the second impostor and, when the latter also died, she tried to keep the throne for herself. Beautiful and greedy for power, Marina ended her stormy life in a prison and soon became the heroine of numerous legends and poems. The period of Russian civil war enabled her – a woman with a dominant personality and great imagination – to surpass the passive role accorded to women in general.

Life in the eastern and southern borderlands of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth offered many opportunities for women to display their energy and courage. A legend about an energetic bride, Beata Dolska, relates how, on her wedding day in 1577, she saved her native town of Dubno from a Tartar attack. Told about the enemy, the courageous bride rushed on to the ramparts, loaded a cannon and fired a shot which hit the tent of the Khan himself. As a result, the Tartars lifted the siege.

Another famous ‘borderlands’ lioness’, Mrs Teofila Chmielecka, fought bravely at her husband’s side against the Tartars in the 1620s. Unfortunately, she was also a notorious organizer of forays against her neighbours and an extremely cruel mistress: she mutilated one of her servants, a certain Anna Walicka, by cutting off her nose. When her son fell in love with a beautiful girl whose father refused to agree to the marriage, she abducted the girl and arranged the marriage by force. Another lady, Anna Dorota Chrzanowska, wife of the commander of Trembowla castle, roused the defenders of the fortress to action during the siege in 1675 and personally led them in sallies against the Turks; she threatened the soldiers that she would blow up the fortress if they capitulated. In the Ukraine some women took up arms during the Chmielnicki uprising. During the Swedish invasion many women all over the country took part in the war activities.

In times of peace, too, women surpassed their official female roles and, in this respect, we have already mentioned the battles organized by Mrs Chmielecka. In addition, W. Łoziński’s book presents many Polish women engaged in military actions. Forays and armed attacks led by females were by no means a rare occurrence, especially in the borderlands. A. Gradowska has recently come across an interesting example of a fierce family quarrel in the eighteenth century: Mr Kazimierz Drohojowski sued his aunt, Mrs Antonina Księska née Drohojowska, for the sums bequeathed on his village, Bestwinka. The trial continued for 30 years. In the end, the aunt administered justice herself, organizing an attack on her nephew’s house. Drohojowski was shot during the fighting and died from his wounds."

Maria Bogucka, Women in Early Modern Polish Society, Against the European Background

[haeiheart]

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[mothpsycho]

okay but realistically luffy would forget that he's weak against water and this is what would happen

he died on fish friday though so

help its 7am and my dumb self just created a whole one piece arc in my sleep where luffy and the gang can travel/swim underwater with magic temporary mermaid tails you need to pay for 💀

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

The northern turret of Dubno Castle, Ukraine. December 2011. X

[vintage-ukraine]

Monastery in Dubno, early XXth century

[eretzyisrael]

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

"Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for game, but Rebecca loved Jacob." - Gen. 25:28

Why does Isaac’s love for Esau have a reason, but Rebecca’s love for Jacob doesn't?

The Netziv teaches that there are two kinds of love. The first is love for the person himself. The second is love for what the person does for you. Isaac loves Esau because he enjoys the delicious meat his son brings him, but Rebecca’s love for Jacob is unconditional. She loves him for who he is, not what he does.

In our modern society, it is common when meeting someone new to ask, “What do you do?” The Dubno Maggid (quoted by Rabbi Frand) says that this represents Esau’s values. If we admire others because of what they accomplish, then if they stop accomplishing we’ll stop admiring them. Jacob represents Jewish values. What someone does for a living is less important than the kind of person they are. If we love someone for their essential qualities rather than what they can do for us, that love will never fade.

Image: "Jacob’s Departure” by Rodolfo Amoedo, 1884

Accidental Talmudist 

[musingmelsuinesmelancholy]

Ðirona, slaniâ clamacon. Pharmakeus divine!

Natrîgâ noxti. Honeyed physic, as venom, from your lip drips.

Slaniâ clamacon. From left you pour out the poison, From the right, it’s cure- panacea. Natrîga Noxti, the source of both.

Subuta, pharmakeus! Vessel of transmutation.

Natrîga Noxti, Ðira morês. From starry throne, you release the sky-water.

Ðira andounniâs. Indigo lady, palms stained and milk hued- Inlaid with eyes and gems. Bearing the egg, the snake, the cup. You touch the waters of Dubnos.

Wash us clean

Wash us clean

Wash us clean

[ragesin]

━━━━ CHARACTER STUDIES.

basic information.

LEGAL NAME : meliodas / lucifer / noctifer / ████████ ( tallwch ).

NICKNAME(S) : mel, captain, young master, inanna, ishtar, satan, etc.

DATE OF BIRTH : sheol 29, 5565 ( july 25th on modern calendars ).

GENDER : gender is a construct demons don't necessarily adhere to. uses he / him pronouns in the language he is conversing in but won't bat an eye at being addressed by other pronouns. would refer to himself as tenebrian to other demons before thinking of using descriptors like male, female, or what have you to other races.

PLACE OF BIRTH : annwyn, dubnos.

CURRENTLY LIVING : nomadic ( default ).

SPOKEN LANGUAGES : dieflig, native tongue, an understanding that trickles down to all human languages, he focuses on the currently common tongue. conversational old enochian. bits and pieces of fae and fomorian. instinctive primordial, able to tap into understanding of languages alien to his world.

EDUCATION : an erudite, but focused more on martial training overall.

HAIR COLOR : golden blonde.

EYE COLOR : piercing green / vantablack.

HEIGHT : 5' 0'' - 152 cm.

family information.

SIBLINGS : zeldris. estarossa / mael ( post-midnight sun ).

PARENTS : demon god king sultharen. lillith of the rahab.

CHILDREN : tristan of liones ( leave a legend only ).

PETS : a trained bellmoth, demonic beast ( midnight sun ). various animals and britannian wildlife, like a parrot called wandle ( post-midnight sun ). the talking pig hawk is more a mascot for his tavern business who he taught to calculate taxes than a pet.

relationship information.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION : demi-pansexual.

RELATIONSHIP STATUS : ...it's very complicated.

[bakerstreetdoctor]

I'm bullying the town of Byczyna in my fanfic for having wrong information on their Protestant church's info plaque

"Skirmish at Dubno, what rubbish. At least the death date is correct."

[warrioreowynofrohan]

Looking up some stuff led me to the Wikipedia page on Annwn, which made me go “hey that sounds like Henneth Annûn, i.e. Window on the West —> annûn = west = Valinor”, but Wikipedia’s already got it covered:

Annwn, Annwfn, or Annwfyn ([ˈanʊn]) is the Otherworld in Welsh mythology. Ruled by Arawn[1][2] (or, in Arthurian literature, by Gwyn ap Nudd[3]), it was essentially a world of delights and eternal youth where disease was absent and food was ever-abundant.[4][5]

…J. R. R. Tolkien used the word annún in his Middle-earth mythology as a term in the Elvish language Sindarin (phonologically inspired by Welsh) meaning "west" or "sunset" (cognate with the Quenya Andúnë), often referring figuratively to the "True West", i.e. the blessed land of Aman beyond the Sea, the Lonely Island Tol Eressëa, or (in the later mannish usage) to the drowned island of Númenor. This is an example of Tolkien's method of world-building by "explaining the true meaning" of various real-world words by assigning them an alternative "Elvish" etymology. The Sindarin word for 'king', aran is also similar to Arawn, the king of Annwn.

But. The Wikipedia entry also has this:

The appearance of a form antumnos on an ancient Gaulish curse tablet, which means an ('other') + tumnos ('world'), however, suggests that the original term may have been *ande-dubnos, a common Gallo-Brittonic word that literally meant "underworld".[7]

….I’m feeling like that’s where Tolkien got Utumno from.

[orthodoxydaily]

SAINTS&READING: MONDAY, MAY 19, 2025

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VENERABLE MICAH, DISCIPLE OF St SERGIUS OF RADONEZH (1385)

Saint Micah of Radonezh was one of the first disciples of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and lived with him in the same cell, and under his guidance he attained a high degree of spiritual perfection. For his meekness of soul and purity of heart, Saint Micah was permitted to witness the appearance of the Mother of God to his great teacher. Once, after Saint Sergius had completed the morning Rule of prayer, he sat down to rest for awhile; but suddenly he said to his disciple, “Be alert, my child, for we shall have a wondrous visitation.”

Hardly had he uttered these words when a voice was heard, “The All-Pure One draws near.” Suddenly there shone a light brighter than the sun. Saint Micah fell down upon the ground in fear, and lay there as if he were dead. When Saint Sergius lifted up his disciple, he asked, “Tell me, Father, what is the reason for this wondrous vision? My soul has nearly parted from my body from fright.” Saint Sergius then informed his disciple about the appearance of the Most Holy Theotokos.

Saint Micah fell asleep in the Lord in the year 1385.

Saint Micah’s relics rest in a crypt at the Trinity-Sergiev Lavra. On December 10, 1734, over Saint Micah’s tomb, a church was consecrated in honor of the Appearance of the Most Holy Theotokos and the Holy Apostles Peter and John the Theologian to Saint Sergius of Radonezh.

VENERABLE JOB THE WONDERWORKER OF POCHAEV MONASTERYV (1651)

Saint Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev (in the world named Ivan Zhelezo), was born around 1551 in Pokutia in Galicia. At age ten he came to the Transfiguration Ugornits monastery, and at age twelve he received monastic tonsure with the name Job. The venerable Job from his youth was known for his great piety and strict ascetic life, and he was accounted worthy of the priestly office.

Around the year 1580, at the request of the renowned champion of Orthodoxy Prince Constantine Ostrozhsky, Saint Job was appointed the head of the Exaltation of the Cross monastery near the city of Dubno, and for more than twenty years he governed the monastery amidst the growing persecution of Orthodoxy on the part of the Catholics and Uniates.

At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Saint Job withdrew to Pochaev hill and settled in a cave not far from the ancient Dormition monastery, famed for its wonderworking Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God (July 23). The holy hermit, beloved by the brethren of the monastery, was chosen as their Igumen. Saint Job zealously fulfilled his duty as head of the monastery, kind and gentle with the brethren, he did much of the work himself, planting trees in the garden, and strengthening the waterworks at the monastery.

Saint Job was an ardent defender of the Orthodox Faith against the persecution of the Catholics. Following the Union of Brest (1596), many Orthodox living in Poland were deprived of their rights, and attempts were made to force them to convert to Catholicism. Many Orthodox hierarchs became apostates to Uniatism, but Saint Job and others defended Orthodoxy by copying and disseminating Orthodox books. Prince Ostrozhsky was also responsible for the first printed edition of the Orthodox Bible (1581).

In taking an active part in the defense of Orthodoxy and the Russian people, Saint Job was present at the 1628 Kiev Council, convened against the Unia. After 1642, he accepted the great schema with the name John.

Sometimes he completely secluded himself within the cave for three days or even a whole week. The Jesus Prayer was an unceasing prayer in his heart. According to the testimony of his disciple Dositheus, and author of the Life of Saint Job, once while praying in his cave, the saint was illumined by a heavenly light. Saint Job reposed in the year 1651. He was more than 100 years old, and had directed the Pochaev monastery for more than fifty years.

The uncovering of Saint Job’s relics took place on August 28, 1659. There was a second uncovering of the relics on August 27-28, 1833.

Source: Orthodox Church in America_OCA

Acts 12:12-17

12 So, when he had considered this, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying. 13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a girl named Rhoda came to answer. 14 When she recognized Peter's voice, because of her gladness she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter stood before the gate. 15 But they said to her, "You are beside yourself!" Yet she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, "It is his angel." 16 Now Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. 17 But motioning to them with his hand to keep silent, he declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Go, tell these things to James and to the brethren." And he departed and went to another place.

John 8:42-51

42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. 43 Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. 46 Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? 47 He who is of God hears God's words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God. 48 Then the Jews answered and said to Him, "Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?" 49 Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. 50 And I do not seek My own glory; there is One who seeks and judges. 51 Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.