Patrick Michelson

1/3 Read our latest with the anti-war Russian Orthodox priest who was punished for calling Putin an Antichrist. english.ovdinfo.org/putin-antichri…

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Just finishing the final proofs for Memory Makers (front cover below) and there are exactly 100 references to Medinskii And he doesn’t even know I exist ❤️‍🩹

Sharing some overdue thoughts today. First up: appraisal of the operation under Surovikin’s command, Russia’s transition to the defensive, and the strategy underpinning their strikes on Ukraine’s electrical grid. (/1)

Check out the latest from my colleague @RiccardiSwartz

@KevinRothrock My friends and I play "Name that Tune" with 1970s sitcom theme songs. Great game! youtu.be/roHYXrLhmHc

A few personal observations on the dramatic developments concerning @tvrain First, my overwhelming and main feeling is sadness. I have had a long-standing experience of professional engagement with the channel - mainly in Russia when I worked there, and later outside, after ...1/

@aufgehendeRest Beyond the monastic venue as an ideal place to write, Jacob Burckhardt understood the task of scholarship to be a sublimated or post-Christian form of monastic asceticism. See the introduction to John Hinde's Jacob Burckhardt and the Crisis of Modernity.

After seeing a similar tweet today, I am convinced I need to take a sabbatical and write a book in a monastery. Philosophers are like monks ...

@zakavkaza “What did I do? I don’t understand,” I said, playing dumb.

Matt Taibbi, acting head of PR for Elon, would absolutely hate it if you read about his memoir of his time in Russia chicagoreader.com/blogs/twenty-y…

Religious cross procession in Krasnodar to support 🇷🇺 war on Ukraine. Because Jesus loves Zs and killing kids (Photos from Sota Telegram)

@JuliaDavisNews As you probably know, imagining its enemies as Antichrist or satanic has a long history in Russian and Russian Orthodox discourses. Thanks to @RegulaZwahlen, I recently published a brief essay about it in Nachrichtendienst Östliche Kirchen. noek.info/hintergrund/26…

Meanwhile in Russia: in all seriousness, pundits and experts on Russian state TV argue whether President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is the Antichrist or just a small demon.

@RussianHistProf As you probably know, imagining its enemies as Antichrist or satanic has a long history in Russian and Russian Orthodox discourses. Thanks to @RegulaZwahlen, I recently published a brief essay about it in Nachrichtendienst Östliche Kirchen. noek.info/hintergrund/26…

@andikynast Imagining its enemies as Antichrist or satanic has a long history in Russian and Russian Orthodox discourses. Thanks to @RegulaZwahlen, I recently published a brief essay about it in Nachrichtendienst Östliche Kirchen. noek.info/hintergrund/26…

„Unterdessen in Russland: Im Staatsfernsehen streiten Experten allen Ernstes darüber, ob der ukrainische Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj der Antichrist ist oder nur ein kleiner Dämon.“

Evergreen

@AdamForColorado Our donation this year goes to Grand County Search and Rescue (Colorado). P.S. Thank you @AdamForColorado for all that you do!

Good morning! I’m curious, on this #GivingTuesday, where are some of you choosing to donate?

This is one of the most thought provoking books I read lately. "Feuer der Freiheit" in German. Glad to see this translation.

@RegulaZwahlen Thanks for the recommendation! I can't wait to read The Visionaries, which I imagine is just as good, if not better, than Time of the Magicians (Zeit der Zauberer).

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Looking forward to reading this book on the intersections of Russian and American (religious) nationalism

My new essay in NÖK. Thank you @RegulaZwahlen for the invitation and opportunity! “Eine kurze Geschichte des „unverhohlenen Satanismus“ in Russlands Krieg gegen den Westen” noek.info/hintergrund/26…