 Mr Kenneth Robbins left a comment not long ago which set us to thinking. Here is the relevant part of it:
These words brought to mind some questions – How have other Christian countries in the past regained their freedom from invaders and conquerors? Are there any constants from their experiences that the South can implement in our own efforts to throw off the Yankee yoke? Let’s look at the history of a couple of countries for answers. The Greek War for Independence – 1821We begin in a land much loved by Southrons, the land of Greece. From the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the 19th century, the Muslim Turks treated the conquered Christian Greeks atrociously. But in 1821, the Lord had mercy on the Greeks, and they began their war of liberation (an event Thomas Jefferson knew about and thought highly of). The day it began has special significance:
The Greeks’ battle for freedom, then, includes the elements of seeking the blessing and protection of the Mother of God and marching under the protection of the Holy Cross. Let us turn now to a second country. The End of Russia’s Time of Troubles – 1612
The same elements are found here as in Greece’s war of liberation: the intercession of holy men and women and the presence of holy objects. The pattern is found again earlier in Russia’s history in her battle against the Mongol Tatars
The path ahead for the South is therefore quite clear – We need to unite around two things: patron saints who will intercede for us in our own battle for independence from Yankees, globalists, LGBT tyrants, etc., and holy objects through which God’s Grace will also act to help us achieve that goal. Two main patrons stand out from the other possibilities: St. Alfred the Great of England (+899), from whose kingdom of Wessex the South received the foundation of her culture in Virginia, and the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called, the Patron Saint of Scotland, whose X-shaped cross is the chief feature of our battle flag, the most recognizable symbol of our people. If faithful Southrons can do nothing else together, we need to at least honor these two holy men on their main feast days as one people. On the 26th of October, let us say as much as we can of the service to St Alfred. On the 30th of November, let us do the same for the Holy Apostle Andrew. Likewise, let us not fail to have in our homes an icon of St Alfred and an image or a flag bearing our dear Southern Cross of St Andrew. These means may seem unconventional, but history tells us again and again that they are essential. This is because a Christian’s war for freedom is primarily fought on a spiritual level, with spiritual ends in mind, though it also has material aspects to it. Blessed Photios Kontoglou explains, in the context of the Greek war:
If we in the South will begin to walk together in unison in these small ways, the Lord will help us, perhaps slowly, perhaps quickly – that is in His hands – raising up leaders like St Demetrios of the Don and St Hermogenes and the many noble Greek clergy who led uprisings and who died as martyrs for the cause of Greece’s freedom; scattering our enemies; securing our fatherland; blessing our churches, families, farms, and cities. Only let us repent, as Mr. Robbins said above, while we have the time.
I hope to be with you all in spirit on 26 October and 30 November!
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 The South is undoubtedly passing through a hellish time on earth, where all traces of her past culture are being expunged from existence and her people forced to adopt foreign and ruinous ideologies and practices. Not even Confederate soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery are allowed to have a memorial in their honor any longer. It is times like this that make the lives of the Christian martyrs so essential for her to read and dwell and act upon. The lives of two warrior-princes, David and Constantine, are especially relevant for Southerners who are striving to defend and live the ways of their ancestors, for these two martyrs also lived in very dark times:
Like Southerners of various sorts through the years who have fought to protect the fatherland from ravaging foes – whether false teachings like Unitarianism and evolution or actual physical foes like Yankee troops – the holy princes David and Constantine were able for a time to defeat the invaders, but later suffered an overwhelming defeat:
The South, we may say, is in captivity, the same that David and Constantine underwent at the hands of Marwan the Deaf. The parallel between the Georgians ‘fleeing to the forests’ and the Southern writer Donald Davidson’s poem ‘Sanctuary’ is worth taking note of:
The response of David and Constantine to their situation is instructive for Dixie:
The Southern generation that lived through the War with the North was able to say what the two Georgians said, that Southern sins led to their defeat. But modern Southrons seem to lack this humility. Are we prolonging our time stumbling and drifting through the Yankee wilderness because of this? But there is more:
Like the brothers, Dixie was ‘beaten without mercy’ during so-called Reconstruction, and also like them, they ‘steadfastly endured the suffering’ and ‘stunned’ their Yankee abusers. And, again, similar to Marwan, the Yanks (and now the globalists) then resorted to flattery, sorcery, and charms (in the form of access to Elite circles, teaching of heretical ideas like American exceptionalism in public schools, promises of unending economic improvement, etc.), which, alas, have worked here at the South, causing many to renounce the good, long-established ways of their mothers and fathers. We are ‘drowning in the shallow waters of the coast’ in Yankee errors like fundamentalism and pantheism. The antidote, of course, is the profession of faith in the ‘One True God’ – the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, by which David and Constantine overcame the wiles of their enemies, the faith toward which Southerners were once much more inclined. This confession of faith may cause more suffering or even death for Southrons; it certainly brought that upon the brothers:
But death is not the end, by the Grace of God; after suffering comes glorification (continuing the pattern begun by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself with His suffering, death, resurrection, ascension, and second coming), though that too may take many years to come to full fruition:
It may be some time yet, but let Southerners not lose heart that with deep repentance, steadfast faith in the One True God, unshakeable resolve before their enemies, and help from martyrs like Sts David and Constantine (who pray to God from His holy altar, Rev. 6:9-10), Dixie will also see her enemies defeated, her culture resurrected, and her heroes honored. Apart from that, what can she expect but her descent into another circle of Dante’s Inferno, the circle of Woke hell? Notes: All quotes about the life of Sts David and Constantine are from this web page.  The pressures to conform to the woke religion are enormous and widespread. Institutions small and large, public and private – from school boards to the US Army; from Major League Baseball to US ambassadors – are attempting to force men, women, and children to accept un-Christian, unhistorical, untruthful ideologies about the sexes, about equality, about the climate, etc. The South continues to be a target of the revolutionary reformers, a people whose culture must be demonized and destroyed in order for ‘progress’ to come nigh unto them and touch them with its precious hands. It would surely be easier for faithful Southerners to simply give in to the pressures bearing down upon them, more sensible to accept our place in the technocratic order as sources of experimentation, exploitation, data, and revenue for the Pfizers, Amazons, and BlackRocks of the world. Many unfortunately have faltered under the psychological, economic, etc., weight placed upon them. But for those who have not, it is imperative that they remain unreconstructed, that they resist no matter the cost, that their fidelity to Dixie never waver. The story of Queen Ketevan of Georgia (+1624) illustrates why this is crucial. The country of Georgia has suffered many devastating invasions over her long history as a Christian people (her baptism came in the 4th century). One particularly destructive incursion came early in the 17th century at the hands of Muslims under Shah Abbas I of Persia. Desiring to extend his rule over the Georgian people, he launched a brutal assault:
This is reminiscent of what many parts of Dixie suffered from Lincoln’s Army and from ‘Reconstruction’. But Queen Ketevan did not despair despite these woeful circumstances, and neither should Dixie’s faithful sons and daughters as new battles rage within her between the woke and those who quite happily remain unwoke:
When the Shah pressed her to renounce her traditions, to accept Islam, to marry him, and enjoy bountiful and comfortable living, she flatly refused, and this had a tremendous impact on the Georgian people:
That is why it is vital for faithful Southerners never to give in to the Godless regime that holds sway today: to encourage other Southerners individually to hold out, to withstand, to resist, no matter how overwhelming the opposing forces appear. And it could also be that some new Joan of Arc will be inspired by seeing or hearing about a faithful Southron, and go on to lead Dixie collectively out of spiritual and/or physical captivity. The immediate results of resistance may be disheartening at first glance, as Queen Ketevan’s may have looked to her people:
Yet the Most Holy Trinity will raise up the downtrodden and despairing through the presence and working of His Grace, whether manifesting internally or externally (or both) – But the Lord God sent a miracle: her holy relics were illumined with a radiant light. We do not know with certainty what lies ahead for Dixie, but recent events do not point to a calm, rosy future. It is incumbent upon true Southerners, then, to preserve as much of their patrimony as they can so they might through it both awaken their misguided kinsmen from their phantasies about Yankee/American/globalist utopias as well as have a real community to offer them to rejoin if/when they do wake up. But if they still refuse the good, old ways of our forefathers and mothers and attack us in cold blood, at least we will have the privilege of dying like the martyrs and can look forward to receiving an imperishable crown from Christ our Savior and perhaps also receiving some affection at our burial here on the earth, as our bodies join our Southern forebears’ in Dixie’s pleasant soil and our souls journey to meet theirs in the heavenly realm:
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All quotations about the life of the Holy Martyr Queen Ketevan are from this web page: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/09/13/102608-greatmartyr-ketevan-queen-of-georgia  U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (4th District, La.) said something in reply to the furor that erupted over his commentary on Little Demon that deserves some commentary of its own:
The implication is that it is just fine to have explicitly evil ‘entertainment’ being broadcast over the public airwaves as long as Christians have the ability to voice their objections to it. But this raises a very serious question: What is the highest aim of our society? Maintaining an amoral freedom with no responsibility to any traditional religious values? Or a society where as many people as possible know the freedom that is found in the Lord Jesus Christ and His Body the Church? If we choose the first, we undermine the Church as well as many of the freedoms that we have enjoyed for centuries. Without the principles of Christianity acting as guardrails in the marketplace of ideas, if Christianity is simply one of many voices in that marketplace, other principles will become dominant, and they won’t be as generous and merciful as what we have known heretofore. Mary Harrington acknowledges that this is already unfolding in the West:
If we choose the second option, aiming for a society of Christians, then that will necessarily entail us putting limits on what can enter and move about freely in the marketplace of ideas. Whatever undermines the Church would have to be excluded or strictly limited; shows like Little Demon would have to be banned. Louisiana, thanks be to God, actually took a good step in the direction of Christian limits of the marketplace by passing and enacting Rep. Laurie Schlegel’s HB 142, which ‘would create a “civil cause of action against commercial entities that publish and distribute material for minors on the internet that don't verify the age of their users first.” In other words, Louisiana parents would be able to sue entities that distribute sexually explicit material for damages if the entity failed to take legitimate steps to verify the age of its users.’ In the debate surrounding this law, the same question of primacy arose: Is the marketplace itself the highest good, or does the marketplace exist to serve some higher principle? The La. State Legislature and Gov. Edwards (surprisingly!) responded correctly in favor of the latter:
The passage of HB 142 is praiseworthy, but the questions raised above remain largely neglected. There can be no doubt, however, that the rich fruits of a Christian culture – the virtues (love, joy, peace, patience; forgiveness, second chances; fearlessness in the face of death; etc.), the arts (hymns, architecture, paintings, literature, and more besides), and the Saints – do not grow from the wild tree, the morally neutral and unregulated market. If we want those blessings, we must cherish and nurture the Church more than the nihilistic free market. There are countries in the world that are doing exactly that, like Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Hungary. We hope the rising generation of leaders here in the States, and in the South especially – which has shown more faithfulness to Christianity than the other cultural regions of the U. S. – Rep. Johnson (La.), Gov. DeSantis (Fl.), Attorney General Landry (La.), Treasurer Moore (W. Vir.), J. D. Vance (Ohio), and others, will pay special attention to leaders like Orban and to Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia, whose speech in honor of Orban will make for appropriate closing material for all of us to dwell further upon (via the good folks at Chronicles):
 Folks in the States got another big hint recently of the totalitarian direction Washington City is headed with the raid on President Trump’s home in Florida. Southerners who remember even a sliver of their history will understand that this is simply the post-Lincoln federal government reverting to type, as a review of the rule of the Yankee General Benjamin Butler in New Orleans in 1862 alone illustrates. But if folks need other examples of what lies at the end of this sort of injustice, we offer one from the much-suffering nation of Georgia from the 20th century under the communists:
This is the kind of benevolence that is waiting for Southerners and others in the States who do not give their allegiance to the Leftist/globalist/Marxist elite who have taken over Washington and many other powerful institutions in the [u.] S. And while it is important to remain engaged in the existing political processes so that we can do what good we can in that arena, politics is ultimately only the outer manifestation of deeper spiritual processes. We are not, therefore, going to defeat our inhuman, transhumanist, Marxist opponents simply with constitutional amendments, with revisions to the law code, and those kinds of things. To overcome a demonic ideology, we must use weapons commensurate with the battle, which is at its root a spiritual battle. Therefore, our main weapon will be the very thing that annihilated the power of the devil and his demons over mankind: the Holy Cross of the Lord Jesus Christ. Its power has been manifested over and over again in history:
St Ephraim the Syrian (+373) urges Christians to always do the following:
And perhaps most to the point is this account from the life of St Oswald, King of Northumbria (+642):
A similar spirit was within the Southern army as they fought against the invading Northern revolutionaries, as recounted by Richard Weaver in The Confederate South, 1865-1910 (later published as The Southern Tradition at Bay):
In other words, holiness matters. Not the prideful arrogance of the Yanks and their near-of-kin, the globalists, that masquerades as holiness, but true holiness – the kind that arises when the Grace of God penetrates even into the muscles and the bones, to use the words of one of St John Chrysostom’s prayers. And we carry it with us when we go about our business in the world, and even into the military battles we fight, and with it we are able to conquer our foes:
This we also see again and again in Church history – the presence of holy men and women, or their prayers, or the presence of some other holy object, turning the tide in battle for the Christians. Archimandrite Kirill added to what he said above about the Holy Cross:
All of this fits quite well into the Southerner’s religious milieu. Quoting Professor Weaver again:
Mundane politics will have its role to play in freeing the South from wokeness, Yankee imperial dreams, and the rest of those harmful ideologies and systems, but by itself it is quite impotent. Only when the Southern people, armed with the Holy Cross of Christ, full of His Grace, carrying the icons of the Lord and His Most Pure Mother, singing the Psalms and other hymns – in our homes and in our churches, in our neighborhoods and about our towns – only then will we be able to crush the demons who provide the strength of Dixie’s enemies. And that will enable victories on the other fronts of our battle: cultural, political, etc. To our enemies and other outsiders, we may well look ridiculous, weak, and foolish as we do these things. However, the Holy Apostle Paul reminds us of something we must never forget: ‘ . . . the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men’ (I Corinthians 1:25). Deo vindice! Notes:
1 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at http://www.gutenberg.org  Christ Church in Weems, VA We have perhaps imbibed a little too heavily of the libertarian likker here at the South of late, believing naively that when a need arises, ‘the market’ will spontaneously act to meet that need. This is not an ironclad law by any means. Especially when it comes to the creation and preservation of a people’s culture, strong leadership that is willing to undergo hardships and sacrifices, rather than acquiesce to the soft seductions of monetary profits and related interests, is often needed. Serbian and Southern history again intertwine to illustrate this for us. We begin with Stefan Lazarevic (+1427; also called Stefan the Tall), the son of the Great Martyr at the Battle of Kosovo Polje, Prince Lazar (+1389). Serbia had been crushed by the Muslim Turks; if decisive action were not taken, Serbia’s Christian identity itself was at risk of being lost. Thankfully for the Serbian people, the very young Stefan did not shrink back but took upon himself the difficult task of putting the shattered pieces of the Serbian ethnos back together again:
A parallel may be seen in the way Dixie had to pull herself together after falling to the Yanks in the War:
But a leader’s work does not end simply because the clash of swords has ceased. The well-being of a people is not secure without the protection and enhancement of their cultural edifice. Just as a man needs a home to dwell in, so a community of men needs a culture to live within. St Stefan’s example is helpful and very multifaceted:
We see the same activity in the older generations of the South. Robert ‘King’ Carter of colonial Virginia, and his father, John, built the famous Christ Church in the 17th century, which still stands. Nineteenth-century Louisiana produced two notable examples of cultural crafting in Francois Valcour Aimé and Charles Gayarré. Among the acts of Mr Aimé are these:
About Mr Gayarré, we find that he contributed the following:
As these and other examples show, a beautiful culture does not arise from ‘spontaneous free market forces’ any more than a beautiful, orderly cosmos arises from the random collision of individual atoms. Focused, determined leaders willing to sacrifice their fortunes and energies, confront grief and pain, and so forth are essential. But the allure of money, comfort, ‘fun’, and other such modernisms (not to mention the lies of Yankees and others about Southern culture) has dissipated the ability of Dixie’s folk to perpetuate the leadership needed to build and maintain such a culture. It is all the more imperative, then, to look back into the past – our own, as well as that of other Christian countries like Serbia – to draw inspiration and practical lessons for the difficult task of re-establishing a vibrant Christian culture in our beloved Southland. A great champion of Georgian national autonomy, Mr Ilia Chavchavadze (+1907; canonized as St Ilia the Righteous in 1987 by the Georgian Orthodox Church) identifies the three fundamental strands of a people’s cultural tapestry and then asks a pertinent question about them:
This is precisely the question we must ask ourselves as Southerners.
 There is a towering figure in the nation of Georgia’s recent history whose life is tremendously meaningful for Dixie. Mr George Sadzaglishvili (1855-1918; after receiving the monastic tonsure, he was given the new name Kirion) was the son of a Georgian priest. After his schooling he was active in educational and Church circles, but his most intense interest early in life seemed to be uncovering and preserving the history and folklore of the Georgian people:
The South has figures like Bishop Kirion who have worked tirelessly to reveal and strengthen Southern culture: Frank Owsley, Mel Bradford, Richard Weaver, Cleanth Brooks, Donald Davidson, and others. This connection makes what Bishop Kirion accomplished for Georgian independence all the more relevant for us here in Dixie. Having along with others demonstrated the uniqueness of the Georgian culture, and her freedom in the past in governing her religious life, Bishop Kirion made a bold declaration to restore Georgia’s ancient prerogatives. But his actions resulted in a bitter defeat:
Like the South, Georgia’s first attempt at restoring her old freedoms was repulsed quite harshly. But that did not stop Bishop Kirion and his allies, nor should it stop the South. And their persistence, with God’s help, would eventually bring about the desired end:
The address of Bishop Kirion at his enthronement as Patriarch has the ring of Southern tenderness to it:
The significance of Georgia regaining her religious independence now becomes manifest: It was the step that made political independence possible –
Religious separation of Southern Christians from their Northern cousins (the formation of the Southern Baptists, Southern Methodists, etc.) likewise preceded the first political Southern secession. And yet, for all the joy in Georgia over her newly regained freedom, dark times loomed just beyond the horizon, brought about by the same sort of communist revolutionaries with whom the Southern people are now squaring off against:
Dixie must likewise be ready to face deadly threats of this kind, if God willing, we also regain a measure of independence. Nevertheless, the story of Patriarch Kirion and Georgia has a happy ending. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Georgian religious and political independence was recovered once again, and
If the South would achieve what Georgia has, the steps to doing so are given to us in the foregoing: -First is the recovery of Dixie’s cultural patrimony and its reintegration into our lives to the extent possible. Those we mentioned above – Owsley, Weaver, et al. – have done much of the hard work in this field for us. -Second is the establishment of a unified Church in the South, unique in some way (or ways) that sets it apart from congregations in the sister States. For this we will need figures like Rev James Henley Thornwell, Sts Kirion and Ilya, and others of their kind. But they will only appear after we have climbed the first step. -With those two accomplished, the ground will then be quite ready for the third and final step, political independence. The accomplishment of all three would be pleasant indeed, but there is a hierarchy of value at work here. Of the three goals, the first two are far more valuable than the third, and the second the most valuable of all (‘What can a man give in exchange for his soul?’, asks the Lord Jesus). If we can obtain the first two but not the third, let us rejoice in that. But the Lover of mankind also says that if we ask, we shall receive. What the gift will look like in the end, we do not know; only let us not grow weary in asking that we, like Georgia, may attain all three goals from the hand of the Merciful God, Who is well able to grant the boon, as we prepare ourselves for the work that we must undertake in cooperation with Him in this great endeavor. Note: All quotations are taken from this source:
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/06/27/205447-hieromartyr-kirion-ii-catholicos-patriarch-of-all-georgia  For four grim years General Lee And his boys in grey fought heroically Against a ruthless foe in defense Of the Southern land. Many, going thence, Died a grievous death, bodies torn by cannon shell And musket ball, writhing in blood and spittle. Many, also, those who survived such an encounter, At the cost of a limb, an arm hack-sawed at the shoulder. Knowing hunger, knowing thirst, knowing dreadful cold and heat; Hard ground for a bed, marching often with bare feet. For such acts of self-sacrifice, their memory Should be forever praised by their progeny. But across the South, corruption has set in, And hearts are hardened against their patriotic kin. In a perverse ritual of mockery, Hailed as a supreme act of manly bravery, The limpid press of a legislature’s voting machine To erase their names from public honoring! To the faithful sons and daughters of Dixie, to them it falls To remember their names and shining deeds in the halls Of their homes and in the rooms of their hearts, Praying rest for their souls and healing for a culture torn apart.  It is disheartening to see the ongoing destruction of the monuments erected to honor our Southern forebears. There is, however, a bright ray of light shining in Serbian history that should give Dixiefolk hope for our future. The story begins several hundred years ago, with the repose of St Savva, the beloved archbishop and patron saint of Serbia: After his death in Trnovo, Bulgaria on January 14, 1235 Saint Savva was buried in the Cathedral of the Forty Martyrs. On May 6, 1237 his relics were carried in procession from Trnovo to Mileshevo Monastery in Serbia. When the casket was opened, the relics were found to be incorrupt, and produced an ineffable fragrance. In 1253, the Serbian Orthodox Church glorified the holy hierarch Savva as a Saint. Because of the intense love of the people of Serbia for their archpastor, he became a source of inspiration for the Serbs after the Muslim Turks conquered their land: Following the Battle of Kosovo on June 25, 1389, the Serbian nation fell under the Turkish Yoke. During this period the Serbs continued to visit the tomb of Saint Savva, asking him to give them the strength to endure the oppressive persecution they suffered at the hands of the Turks. His icon was placed on their flags, and the faithful turned to the Saint for encouragement, consolation, and healing. Here the parallels with Southern history begin to come into view, as Southerners, during the dark days of Lincoln’s war and in the aftermath, were often consoled, encouraged, and uplifted by the news or the presence or the recounting of the deeds of the patriarchs they loved ardently, like Lee, Forrest, and Jackson. In their efforts to quell the resistance of the Serbs, the Turks made the decision to burn the holy relics of St Savva: Following the Battle of Kosovo on June 25, 1389, the Serbian nation fell under the Turkish Yoke. During this period the Serbs continued to visit the tomb of Saint Savva, asking him to give them the strength to endure the oppressive persecution they suffered at the hands of the Turks. His icon was placed on their flags, and the faithful turned to the Saint for encouragement, consolation, and healing. Likewise, those who hate the South are attempting to undermine what remains of our yearning for independence by destroying the memorials of our heroes. Yet the Turks’ burning of St Savva’s relics did not have the desired effect: Instead of becoming despondent, the Serbs were inspired to even greater love for Christ, for Holy Orthodoxy, and for Saint Savva. Although the Saint's relics had been destroyed, the people continued to venerate him, and to remember the burning of his relics every year. Not only that, but the people of Serbia went further, and built a grand and glorious cathedral in honor of St Savva, a project that was not accomplished without difficulties: After national independence in 1879, there was a proposal to build a memorial church in honor of Saint Savva. In 1895, the three hundredth anniversary of the burning of Saint Savva's relics, plans were made to build a church on the site where his relics were burnt. A temporary chapel was constructed the following year, but it was not possible to build a large cathedral until after World War I. In 1927, Patriarch Barnabas announced a competition for architects to submit designs for the cathedral. In 1935, architects were chosen and construction began. Southerners should take heart from all of this. Yes, things look bleak right now, as the Yankees and scalawags do their best to imitate the Turks, destroying the physical monuments dedicated to our people’s great men. But there is no reason to believe that we, with God’s help, cannot be victorious in the end, rebuilding the memorials of our forebears in a more glorious form just as the Serbs did for St Savva. But we must take note: It was a long process, with several setbacks. We, and our children, and their children, and so on, must be ready to encounter and endure obstacles on the path to the restoration of our Southern ethnos. A famous saying among the Serbs grew out of the cruelty of the Turks’ burning of St Savva’s relics: ‘Sinan Pasha lit the flames, Savva's body burned, but Savva's memory and his glory did not burn.’ May it be said one day of the South, Yankee vandals with their bars and cranes Dixie’s generals and their soldiers broke and crushed, But their memory and their shining honor In their madness they did not scathe nor dent. Notes:
All quotes above come from this essay: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/04/27/100127-the-burning-of-saint-savas-relics For pictures and more details about the splendid St Savva’s Cathedral in Belgrade, Serbia, follow these links: http://www.serbia.com/church-saint-sava-orthodox-heart-belgrade/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Sava |