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Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social

And probably the most internationally revered of all martial saints. Here's an ancient rock-cut church dedicated to him in that epicenter of Anglo-Saxon racial purity, Ethiopia:

The church of St. George in Lalibela, Ethiopia. A cross-shaped red sandstone church actually cut down into the bedrock. A man in white robes sits on its plinth.
aug 23, 2025, 8:22 am • 35 4

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Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social

And here, from 1489, is a Swedish version in Storkyrkan (Stockholm Cathedral), celebrating a victory over the Danes in 1471. The sculptor was probably Berndt Notke from Lübeck.

A huge sculpture group in lifelike colours, showing St. George on horseback raising his sword to kill the dragon lying on the ground. The sculpture is in a gothic church, the red-brick pillars and ribbed vaults of which can be seen in the background.
aug 23, 2025, 8:50 am • 4 1 • view
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Christine N HfE (no DMs) @christinevn-hfe.bsky.social

What an amazing place!

aug 23, 2025, 3:47 pm • 2 0 • view
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sj51.bsky.social @sj51.bsky.social

Fantastic.

aug 23, 2025, 8:46 am • 5 0 • view
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Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social

White "Christian" nationalists tend to forget that Ethiopia is one of the oldest Christian countries in the world - alongside Armenia.

aug 23, 2025, 8:52 am • 20 1 • view
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TavitD @tavitvt.bsky.social

And many Armenian orphaned children were raised in Ethiopia following the Armenian Genocide 100 years ago.

aug 23, 2025, 7:57 pm • 5 0 • view
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Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social

Oh, I didn't know that.

aug 23, 2025, 8:03 pm • 1 0 • view
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TavitD @tavitvt.bsky.social

There's at least a decent Wikipedia post on it. It's actually interesting. Supposedly I have relatives there.

aug 23, 2025, 8:11 pm • 2 0 • view