MICHAEL WALSH. In England, the parasitical aristocracy is called the extended Royal Family but otherwise, there isn’t a great deal of difference. The idle rich speculate whilst royalty accumulates. It was this week revealed (in the Russian media) that the royals pocket the possessions of those Britons who […]
MICHAEL WALSH WRITER AND POET I often wonder how posterity will judge the Elizabethan Age Mk. 2; that of the late Queen Elizabeth II (1926-1922)? There was 500 years earlier the golden Elizabethan Age. Then the monarch was Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) during which reign England flowered and […]
More than one hundred years ago the czar and his family were brutally murdered by the non-Christian Bolsheviks. Yet it wasn’t only the immediate family which was butchered—but also many more Romanov relatives as well. Martyrs to their faith, they are now recognized as saints . . .
In July, 2021, the world will mourn the 103 years of remembrance of the massacre of Imperial Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II and his family. In 1918, Europe’s most admired royal family, second in timescale only to the Hapsburg Empire, were herded by their Bolshevik captors into a basement in Yekaterinburg under the pretext that their photograph was to be taken.
The 47th G7 summit was held on 11–13 June 2021 in Cornwall in the United Kingdom.
Queen Elizabeth II hosted the G7 leaders and their spouses at an evening reception and dinner closed to most media.
Since its establishment in 1860, the Russian Compound in Jerusalem has undergone many makeovers and ownership changes.
Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia (1850 – 1918) was the first-born son of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich who was the younger brother of the Russian emperor Alexander II, and Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia. He was also the grandson of Tsar Nicholas I and cousin of Tsar Alexander III.
Orthodox Easter for the year 2021 is celebrated/ observed on Sunday, May 2.
Many countries around the world celebrate Orthodox Easter like Romania, Republic of Macedonia, Lebanon, Cyprus, Greece, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Russia.
It was the last waltz for Europe and the last dance for humanity. Had one of Europe’s oldest, most successful and popular royal houses not been destroyed and consumed by New York-based banking houses the world would likely have been a far better place today.
New Year and Christmas traditions in Russia re-appeared not so long ago. In times immemorial, this holiday was celebrated in the spring, then, after the baptism of Rus, a Byzantine calendar was established in Russia. Tthe New Year was celebrated on September 1 according to this calendar. Since […]
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