Philosophy

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America has been invited to join the customary prayer held the day after a new US president is inaugurated, which is scheduled to take place, virtually, on Thursday, at 10 a.m. local time at Washington National Cathedral.

"[E]very man became a judge of religion, and an interpreter of the Scripture to himself." If you thought these were the ironic words of a scholar of religion and/or philosophy in the contemporary era of social media and proliferating political narratives, think again.

Perfection!

As Aristotle observed in the Poetics, the end of a drama should be surprising yet inevitable. If that is true, then Donald Trump's four years as President of the United States have just drawn to a fitting conclusion.

The idea for the digital meeting came from the pandemic, as the organizers (the National Documentation Center and the youth organization Youthmakers Hub) felt the need for positive and inspiring paradigms in the midst of this general feeling of pessimism.

Nazlı Gürlek Hodder's creative process is an instinctive and unconditioned path. Her urge to create is like a primitive instinct coming from her soul and her body. That's how her works reflect primitive and sentient drawings and installations. She reflects onto body and soul connection depicting how both the body and mind are a collaboration of sentiments, through creativity.

Dr. Orhan Kural, an academic who was most famous as a campaigner against tobacco use, died in a hospital in Istanbul due to the coronavirus on Dec. 23. He was 70.

Kural was admitted to hospital on Nov. 28 and had been receiving treatment in an intensive care unit since Dec. 9.

64% of Bulgarians believe that next year will be a year of economic difficulties, according to a global Gallup International survey.

Gordana omi points out that this year's Human Rights Day will be dedicated to Serbia's commitment to building a culture of human rights, because the rule of law is based on it.

"I am grateful to the ladies, especially to Slavica Kezunovi, for having the strength to beautifully decorate the presidency building. It is important, in these difficult times, to preserve the optimism and spirit of the holidays, and with hard work and energy, we will overcome all adversities," Vui writes.

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