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orthodoxydaily · 9 months

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The wonderworking Kazan Icon has great significance for the faithful of Russia, and Russian Orthodox families treat it with unparalleled reverence. The magnificent Kazan Cathedral was built in Saint Petersburg, to house the Icon.

For the most part, it is this Icon that blesses the young to the crown, and its peaceful radiance of an unsleeping lamp illuminates the children. The meek face of the Mother of God looks lovingly at the growing children. In Moscow, the Kazan Cathedral stands on the historic Red (Beautiful) Square, opposite the Kremlin walls, two dozen steps from the Ivḗron chapel, in view of the monument to Pozharsky towering on the square. It stands as an unshakable remembrance of the mercy of the Mother of God toward the Russian land during one of its most terrible years.

The Kazan campaign of Tsar Ivan the Terrible resembled a Cross Procession. It seemed that the goal was to bring a new flock to Christ rather than to subjugate the new kingdom to the Muscovite Tsar. Kazan fell on the Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God. An explosion from the wall and towers of Kazan was heard when, during the Liturgy in the mobile royal church, the deacon intoned the petition of the Great Litany: "That He may aid him and subdue beneath his feet every foe and adversary...."

After entering Kazan the next day, the Tsar immediately laid the foundation for a cathedral in honor of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos. At the same time, the Tsar determined a place for the construction of other churches, and the following year a Diocese was established in Kazan and Saint Guria became the first Bishop of Kazan.

Under the zealous disseminator of the light of Christ, Bishop Guria, and his successor, Saint Germanos the affirmation of the Faith in Kazan was successful, but then the Moslems made a strong resistance. At this time the Mother of God decided to strengthen Orthodoxy, and she was pleased to glorify her Icon.

In 1579, after a terrible fire that destroyed half of the Kazan Kremlin and part of the city adjacent to it, the Moslems began to say that the Christian God had no mercy for the Russians and showed His wrath by this fire. "The faith of Christ," the chronicler remarks, "has become a proverb and a desecration." Then the Lord showed His mercy.

A certain archer intended to build a new house on the site of the conflagration. In a dream, the Mother of God appeared to his nine-year-old daughter Matrona, ordering her to tell the Archbishop and the city chiefs that they would remove her Icon from the bowels of the earth, and in another dream, the Mother of God pointed out the place where the Icon was hidden on the ashes of the burnt house. The girl told her mother about her dream, but she attached no importance to her daughter's words. The vision was repeated, but the mother did not pay attention to the command of the Mother of God, transmitted through the mouth of her child. Finally, for the third time, in a dream, the girl saw the Icon itself, from which a formidable voice was heard: "If you do not reveal my words, I will appear in another place, but you will perish."

The girl woke up shocked and frightened and began to call her mother,demanding that she obey the command of the Queen of Heaven. Then, finally, she agreed and she took her daughter to the officials and to Archbishop Jeremiah. But none of them believed the girl's words.

On July 8, returning from fruitless walks, the mother stood at noon and began to dig at her daughter's direction. Others also helped her, but the Icon did not appear. Then Matrona began to dig, and near the place where she was in the burnt house, soon the treasure was found. She saw that the Icon of the Mother of God was covered with an old sleeve of cherry-red cloth. The face on the Icon was fresh, unspoiled, as if the Icon had just been painted. Those who were present at the discovery of the Icon immediately spread the news throughout the city. When the authorities learned about the event, everyone gathered at the archer's house; the Archbishop of Kazan made a Cross Procession with the clergy to the place of the apparition, and the Icon was solemnly transferred to the parish church of Saint Nicholas, whose Icon is popularly known as "of Tula." Its rector was the priest Errmogenes, later Metropolitan of Kazan, and later Patriarch of All Russia (+ February 17, 1612), who reposed during the Time of Troubles for Orthodoxy. He described the event of the appearance of the Icon.

A solemn Moleben served at the church of Saint Nicholas, and then the Icon was carried to the Annunciation Cathedral. On the way, the first miracle occurred. a man named Joseph, who had been blind for three years, was able to see. Then, in the cathedral itself, another blind man named Nikḗtas was healed. Afterward, it was noticed that many healings took place before the Kazan Icon, especially for those who suffered from afflictions of the eyes.

Soon the Archbishop and the officials sent the Tsar in Moscow a detailed report on the discovery of the Icon with an exact copy. The Tsar ordered a convent to be built for forty nuns on the site of the apparition, and to keep the Icon there. The young girl Matrona and her mother were the first to be tonsured in the new monastery. In addition to the original churches, a new stone church was soon built, with a trapeza. One hundred souls were given for the maintenance of the monastery. In 1594 a new extensive cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God was built and consecrated by Metropolitan Errmogenes the following year. At the same time, the number of nuns was increased to 64; rich contributions of utensils, icons, and vestments were brought to the monastery; the Icon was covered by a riza adorned with gold, precious stones and pearls.

New magnificent decorations were placed on the Icon by Empress Katherine. In 1798 she decided to build another church to replace the dilapidated temple which had stood for two hundred years. She donated 25, 000 rubles for this purpose, and the church was consecrated in 1808.

The mind of a believer is involuntarily struck by one circumstance. The appearance of the Kazan Icon signified the triumph of the Russians over the Moslem Tatars. And all the time, while the cherished shrine remained in Kazan, they considered themselves safe from the east.

On the night of June 29, 1904, several thieves broke into the cathedral church of the Kazan Monastery and after stealing it, took the miraculous Kazan icon with them. The robbers have never been found, and the Icon disappeared without a trace. Then we were defeat came from the east. There are two opinions egarding the fate of the true Kazan Icon.

Some believe that the original Icon was kept in Moscow and transferred there at the pious desire of the Tsars, But without publicity, so as not to upset the residents of Kazan. The Russian Tsars liked to concentrate these shrines in Moscow, from all places. The Hierarch Ermogenes could have brought this Icon from Kazan with him, when he moved to the patriarchal cathedral. At the transfer of the capital to St. Petersburg, supporters of this opinion say, it was this Icon that was among others, that was moved to the new capital; therefore, the real Kazan Icon was in the St. Petersburg Kazan Cathedral. Others claim that the original Kazan Icon was with Pozharsky's army and, arriving in Moscow, she stayed in the cathedral built for her by Pozharsky on Red Square. The dimensions of this Icon were much less than the missing Kazan Icon, which remained in St. Petersburg.

Be that as it may, all three Icons were great sources of the grace of the Mother of God. The St. Petersburg Kazan Icon is the most cherished and beloved shrine of St. Petersburg. The faithful always stand before her, and many businessmen with a strong religious feeling come every day to venerate the Icon, as if in the midst many activities they took a minute to go and greet their Mother.

In the Kazan Cathedral, Kutuzov rests from his immortal historical exploit. When in 1812, heeding the voice of the people, who demanded that he be placed at the head of the Russian armies, Alexander I appointed Kutuzov as commander-in-chief, the latter, before leaving for the army, stopped by to pray in the Kazan Cathedral. People harnessed the horses of his carriage and cried out: "Drive out the French!" After a Moleben, the Kazan Icon was placed on Kutuzov, who was always known for his piety, The Mother of God did not reject the hopes which the old commander entrusted to her. And the field marshal, with indescribable glory, returned in a coffin to repose in the Kazan Cathedral.

There is another memory from that time - a magnificent iconostasis was cast in silver. The silver was stolen by the Cossacks from the French after they had looted the Moscow churches, and they brought the silver as a gift to the Kazan Cathedral. Beneath the wonderworking Icon, in gold letters, there is a brief notice: "The diligent offering of the Don army."

Something wonderful blows under the highest arches of the Kazan Cathedral between the majestic granite pillars with banners attached to them, symbols of past victories. Both the Moscow Ivḗron Icon, and the St. Petersburg Kazan Icon stand in the center of noisy and lively metropolitan life. There, beyond the walls, is the world and its deeds. And here — eternity, a quiet, thoughtful eternity. After standing for at least a few minutes in this thoughtful silence, you already feel, how much further one becomes from the temporal world, and how much closer to the world of eternity. And there, before the Icon, they light their candles with fervent supplications, and from the ground tises the hymn to the Mother of God: "O fervent intercessor...."

The origin of the Icon in Moscow's Kazan Cathedral is as follows. She was sent from Kazan to Prince Pozharsky, who went to liberate Moscow with the squads of the northern cities. The Russian soldiers prayed fervently to the Mother of God, asking her to help them rescue the capital. The Poles locked themselves in Kitay-Gorod, which surrounds the Kremlin in a narrow ring. In the Kremlin the Greek Archbishop Arsenios languished as a captive of the Poles..Saint Sergius of Radonezh appeared to him and said that through the prayers of the Mother of God, the reigning city was delivered from its enemies. The news of this appearance reached the Russians and animated them. On October 22, they drove the Poles out of Kitay-Gorod, and then the Poles surrendered the Kremlin. The clergy came out to meet the Russian army with the cherished Moscow shrines, and at the head of the Russian squads was the Kazan Icon.

In remembrance of this event, another commemoration of the Kazan Icon was established on October 22, first in Moscow, and then throughout Russia.

The original Kazan Icon disappeared during the chaos of the Revolution, and thieves stole the jeweled riza from it. It has been suggested that they may have destroyed the Icon, since they were more interested in the jewels

#orthodoxy #icon #sacred art #kazan #orthodoxchristianity

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novuit · 1 year

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I need to ramble about my cardverse AU. I was daydreaming about it alot while "redesigning" Arthur's Queen of Spades outfit 🤲 I might actually draw cardverse or expand on this because I have so many things to explain about

Spades

This kingdom is known for many things: fashion, pollution, modernism, technology, clocks and their obsession with lions but the most famous would be the royalty. Arthur III, while he has never been crowned unlike King Alfred, is the first ever Queen to have power over a kingdom (especially while there's a king) as kings are the only ones who can rule. He has terrorized politicians, own white lions as pets, psychologically torture/execute people, wearing black lipstick (this is something relevent with the Hearts Kingdom) and having more power than the King. Though it's a kingdom known for fashion, it also has strict laws over what's reserved only for royalty or such as lion fur/skin (the wealthy are an exception) and the colour purple, which dates back to Roman times, though recently, the colour purple has been seen on products and companies if it has been officially favoured by the Queen Arthur III. So if you visit the Spades Kingdom, don't wear any purple or lion. (Idk where to add this so I'm adding it at the end but this is just some fun fact that I love and want to talk about more: were no records of any other royalty nor relative named Arthur even though he's titled as the third Arthur to be royalty. He added it himself. because 3 is his favourite number 💀. He would execute one politician - either for dinner or to import to the Diamonds Kingdom - for every day the government wouldn't make him the third Arthur and ofc by the 8th day they were getting understaffed from this so in the end, they allowed him to be titled Queen Arthur III.... He is so petty and a menance but it's something that would likely happen lmfao).

Hearts

Though, their royalty was never as known as the Spades, it is well very known for their aesthetics, music, art, romance, history and sports. Many of their architecture hasn't been modified since the renaissance era and in some areas, even the attire hadn't changed. The Hearts are very particular on makeup and attire so , they even have not-so-secret unspoken lipstick code which may not be as relevant to the common people anymore, it is more important on royalty. Many artists, writers and historians go there to make a living while others may go there for romance or the pretty architecture as many romance stories are set in Hearts. The Prince, Feliciano, is labelled as 'the face of Hearts' by Heartians but internationally as a romantic icon (sometimes a sexual icon but idk I think that would be King Francis IV). The Spades are fond of Feliciano for embracing modernism and doing things that would be frown upon for Heartian royalty like not abiding to the lipstick code (but thats okay for him to break the rules because he's the favourite out of the Heartian royals).

Clubs

Many people would think the Clubs Kingdom would be filled with greenery and nature by their symbol of a three-leafed clover but in reality it is a very snowy. The reason behind the clover may be from an old Cluban folktale or their obsession with luck and magic. The Clubs are famous for their competitiveness, tourism, and their strong belief in luck and magic despite having the most science labs/schools in the world. The King, Ivan the First , is always seen shirtless and smiling - a standard for Cluban royalty to show their health, luck and strength against harsh snow weathers.

Diamonds

Being known for their wealth, they are known for their films/theatres, mining sites, heavy surveillance, vast greenery, prestigious schools and famous cuisine. It is a kingdom many people go to for either their wealth or education meaning you'll find alot of aspiring actors, cooks and archeologists studying here (and rich snobs, though, you'll find those kind of people up north). They have plenty of famous cuisines that originated there that enjoyed around the world like Ligone Fries and Burgers, but they have their fair share of really questionable dishes like: shepherd-dog pie, human steak and cub stew (they are not as common nowadays, but there are no laws on what you can't eat in the Diamond Kingdom so you can eat these). The King - Francis IV - is always either oversees, or in small villages talking to locals. The Diamonds are stereotyped as very snobby, paranoid poshos, but in reality they are really laid back and hospitable.

Jokers

The Jokers are forbidden land that hadn't been "claimed" by any of the kingdoms. They either prank or hunt down people who are seen as threats to the land and therefore are depicted as savage barbarians. Not much is known about them and are usually either villains or silly goofy pranksters in many stories. The information known about them has been rumored to be destroyed and possibly also forgotten by Kingdoms.

#Queen Arthur III sounds worse than Henry VIII #hetalia #hws england #hws italy #hws america #hws russia #hws france #cardverse #rambles #the people in this au are quite amoral (especially the spades) I would not like to be there lol #I like to imagine the jokers are the most sane people in the au #They are the most sane people in cardverse.

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watsonprime · 1 year

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Stone Circle - Glastonbury Festival

When the sun rises, spreading warmth and light across Worthy Farm and beyond, there's only one place to be, to welcome in the new day - Stone Circle.

Built in 1992, the Swan Circle, as it is also known, was designed and constructed by Ivan McBeth, who over the course of 6 weeks created a monument connected to ley lines, astrology and King's Hill.

Based on the constellation Cygnus (hence the name - Swan Circle) the locally sourced limestone stones are arranged in an egg shape, with prominent markers representing the stars. Inaugurated on Midsummer's Eve in a ceremony led by Archdruid of Stonehenge and Britain, Rollo Maughfling, the dawn saw the sun rise over the Swan's head, and a tradition began. Three decades later the Summer Solstice is still marked by many at Stone Circle.

"Every year tens of thousands of people - pilgrims all - enter the Swan stone circle and fly on her back through Dreamtime, and experience transformation" - Ivan McBeth, Stone Circle Designer.

Available as an A6 postcard, with 11 other iconic Glastonbury locations

#Glastonbury #graphic design #artists on tumblr #festival #festivals #stone circle #music #united kingdom #somerset #swans #Worthy farm #stonehenge #astrology #ley lines #Druid #Midsummer #Summer solstice

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chanyoungies · 2 years

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i associate u with junseo, clouds, cats, cute lil plushies, bri (i see u nd think of bri nd i see bri nd think of u u guys are a package deal), hyuk, all of ox actually ?, the color blue but like . a soft blue . fromis <3, mirae dear my friend, daehyeon, 🌸🌷🍰 these emojis, kingdom magical, on the topic of kingdom : both ivan AND dann, kangsung, tigers

i could keep going but im gonna stop now JDNDJS

first one stop that . but ure right bri n i are a package deal thats so true but uve got to include urself there as well like what abt the band. does the band mean nothing to u </3 also all of ox thats so funny bc like so true but also not true but also so true u know (im sure u know thats why this is on there) nd soft blue. . . . my joy icon i will remember u forever, HYEON so true thats my beloved!!!!!!!! sees dear my friend starts crying (also ik i went in a weird order there), MAGICAL SHES EVERYHTING TO ME, whos ""ivan"" (eyevan) i only know yv . but seungbo so true thats like literally the love of my l- ok wait mayb not literally ive got to think abt that but my point is thats a perfect prince literally like . points. u know????? also tiger cub <3 i like him a tiny bit thats my bestie

#all of these are so cute im so sad i love u #but where r my true bfs (real)#minus hyuk hyuks there thank u i love hyuk #im handing u a little cat plushie its yours now u can eat cheesecake together #millie's rep #cell ven 🐈💚#thank u do u know that i LOVE u so very much did u know that bc oh my god i do

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f-lix-tape · 2 months

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Ivan icons (Kingdom - 'Black Crown' MV)

#for personal use #kingdom #park yoosung #black crown

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telltalebatman · 11 months

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obligatory pinned about v2

my name’s ivan or iv

born in ‘95

a pole from warsaw

agender (they/them/their) and bi

depressed, anxious, fat, neurodiv

multiple sclerosis

oc/canon ships 4 life babeeee

oz cobblepot from telltale batman is my blorbo #1

writing sideblog

stuff i like: wicdiv, gotham related media, overwatch, twin peaks, the witcher, grishaverse, the elder scrolls, kingdom hearts, bioware games, franz ferdinand (THE BAND LMAO), genshin impact

stuff i don’t like: kpop, tony stark, league of legends, captive prince, rpf, 90% of star wars, reylo, incest ships, overwatch league, ppl a bit too into myers-briggs n zodiac shit, true crime weirdos, harry potter

leave me tf alone if you think there’s nothing wrong with rape porn

also i am a decent person, so dnfi u fit the usual criteria (terf, transphobe, homo/biphobe, racist, antisemtic, islamophobic, map advocate, etc)

communism is bad, but so is capitalism. please don't argue about this w/ me, i literally spent my whole life in a post-communist country lol

fiction =/= reality, but it doesn’t mean rape or incest porn are ok lol, and yes that counts double for CP

yes i write fanfiction, no i will not give any of my money to ao3, and neither should u, and yes i do think you're a bad person if you donate to them routinely

don’t ask me about ace discourse Please

i’m fine with people of all ages following me

desktop sidebar by naivesansa / icon art by iseutz / mobile header by yours truly

#i wish the read more a very stop fucking breaking dude

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cincycinner · 2 years

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Chapter 6

Trans-Humanism, in the mid 21st century, became a dominant thread of cultural normalcy.

Eventually it became realized that prejudice, bigotry, irrational behaviors, and pre-disposition towards destruction and dissolution were traits that could not be uprooted or subverted from humanity’s coat-trails. It turns out, these were inextricable fibers that directly caused a worldwide, man-made, mass extinction.

Although this outcome potentially, although not assuredly, could’ve been avoided, ultimately this forlorn disaster proved the final breaking point for what had become fairly ubiquitous global standards of living by the early 21st century.

The massive die offs across kingdoms and phylum of life coincided with food shortages that had been predicted and warned of for decades. Global food supply chain decisions required creating an entire industry of Aero-Agriculture and Aqua-Agriculture whereby large swaths of global food production were scaled and grown over the Mid-Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as well as in solar-plane hydro-gardens.

Simply put, with land based food production in a crisis it became a massive humanitarian effort to maintain food chains across almost all of the globe’s ecosystems. Never before had man’s architecture of knowledge on the tree of life been more important.

As species after species found its way into extinction a group of research firms started a Re-Speciation 2100 campaign. They were maneuvering to use deep-learning techniques via their patented “DIVERSICLONE” ‘toolkit’ that allowed them to extrapolate out the many genetic variances and quirks that would make up a healthy, robust, re-populated species.

Ultimately the ethics of re-speciation were quickly disparaged and panned, with government agencies working in international accord to uproot any and all efforts to do so. Yet, once a species had been re-entered into the population the general public’s response was adulation and adoration. The Re-Speciation 2100 campaign had turned these researchers into global icons, and global criminals. Having admitted to seeding clouds decades ago, governments released perfectly created designer clouds that made the likeness of all the animals intended to be reincarnated like the phoenix. To be clear the phoenix was not genetically created and put on earth during this campaign, despite the prior sentence’s syntax disspecifications.

Most recently the African elephant, hyena, lion, cheetah, gazelle, giraffe, rhino, and various fowl were reintroduced to what had become a mammal-less savannah. A full scale drop of hundreds of thousands of cloned animals had been performed seemingly overnight. As Africans awoke mid-summer 2087 they realized a part of the Old-World had returned to them.

This campaign for re-speciation was a rousing success, a “Guerilla War” to bring Gorillas back from extinction. One of the leaders of this group was also, at the time, the world’s most renowned TransHumanist – Dr. James Ratheneau.

“Are you okay?” asked Ivan, shaking Einstein, collapsed on the stairs leading up to his apartment.

Einstein, awake, looked around at his surroundings and then himself, “Yes, I appear to be alright.”

“Let’s get you up then,” spoke the lumbering Ivan as he grabbed Einstein and up-righted him.

“Did you see who dropped me here?” asked Einstein, very confused and out of sorts at what had happened to him.

“I didn’t, but I do have security cameras and will pull up the footage. Why? Did somebody knock you out? You don’t look bruised or hurt?”

“Someone confronted me after my presentation at the University. I was walking towards my bicycle. Speaking of, where is my bicycle?”

“I’m not sure, but probably still where you left it. It’ll be fine, I’m sure,” replied Ivan.

Ajit ran out from inside the apartment to find Einstein and Ivan on the stoop. “Oh Thank God! We’ve been so worried, we haven’t heard from you since yesterday. We were starting to think you had been kidnapped!”

Einstein rubbed his read, “I think I was.”

“Kidnapped?” asked Ajit, laughing as if Einstein was joking, Ivan, however realized something was amiss.

“Let’s get you inside,” spoke Ivan softly, as he shepherded the confused genius inside, “Medenov is here, we were about to file a missing person’s report and start a full-scale search for you.”

“I appreciate that I have so many people looking out for me,” spoke Einstein, truly appreciate of all that these 21st century friends had done for him, and would do for him.

The three men worked up the stairs, a light wind rolled across the way, only giving a faint reminder of all the autumnal offerings that used to demarcate the arrival of fall. Down the avenue a man was working on selling his last turkey and, in turn, was looking at the one he had set aside to take back to his family; it was the day before Thanksgiving.

Einstein was far too old to be a father, and yet he found himself surrounded by his large family on what was turning out to be the best Thanksgiving he could ever remember. He had reestablished himself authentically, and intelligently, back into a world that really did need him.

Thanksgiving had been turned into a global holiday celebrating the nuclear disarmament that was always unbelievably necessary, but only recently realized. Thank God the world hadn’t been blown up in a nuclear holocaust. Amen.

“Here’s to Albert,” spoke Ivan as he lifted a full glass of red wine, “the 20th century man who has shown the future why the past is always needed in the present. You have left an indelible mark on all of us.”

“Thank you my friend,” answered Einstein with gratitude, “but it is truly all of you I should be thanking. You have all shown me over the course of time just how innovative and technologically superior the modern brain can be.”

“I don’t know about that Albert,” replied a young beautiful woman, clearly in love with him.

“That’s the beautiful part about inquiry, you don’t ever have to know a thing at all to take part in true discovery,” Einstein commented.

“What is the craziest thing you felt when you were at the edge of the universe? The spatial plateau?” asked Dr. Medenov, carving away at the turkey.

“My particles thought for me in a plural singularity?” replied Einstein as he continued the procession of passing side dishes in front of him.

“Explain that so it makes sense?” asked a confused Amit.

“There, in reality, is no such thing as a solitary singularity,” replied Einstein as he realized the group he was speaking to hadn’t really been fully brought up to speed.

“The beauty of light being characteristically particle and wave is that it becomes increasingly impossible to capture all of it once is has started to disperse, simply being as fast as it is. Exotic, faster than light particles absolutely exist and permeated our universe before normal particulate matter began manipulating energy exchanges in real time and space. Able to exist pre and post space, these exotic particles are quantum entangled embodiments of a whirlpool of near infinite energetic capacity that in turn spurn the a rotational spectrum of randomized physical properties and realities depending on configurations over unrealized time, meaning they all happen instantly if necessary.”

“If necessary?” asked Ivan.

“Theoretically, all of these configurations are observable via non-embodied conscious interactions. Done properly, we could recreate the wave function of the plexiverse.”

“How could we accomplish this?” asked Dr. Medenov, growing increasingly worried.

“We’re going to need Mitchell Alford,” replied Einstein as he began to eat his Thanksgiving meal, “we’re going to need to find some nuclear materials.”

“This is a bad joke, I can assure everyone,” spoke Medenov.

“It most certainly is not,” replied Einstein, “Time travel requires an energy signature by which to identify and correlate past positions across the galactic plane. Seeing as the earth and sun are constantly moving across the galaxy, there is never simply a super easy explanation of where the planet will be.”

“Isn’t the earth a nuclear signature, in and of itself, depending on when we travel back in time to?” asked Ivan.

“Yes, absolutely!” exclaimed Einstein, “If we were to travel back to the nuclear age we would easily be able to locate planet earth without any problem. However, seeing as we very recently entered the age of nuclear disarmament and decommissioning of all nuclear energy plants across the globe, the time period we will be required to enter into would have no nuclear signature.”

“Sorry, but isn’t easier to just let our universe be all there is?” asked red headed girl name Cat.

“Fatalistic as this sounds, the cosmological consequences of there being no one and nothing to observe the plexiverse at all are incredibly scary,” replied Einstein.

“So nuclear materials and Dr. Alford are our grocery list?” asked Medenov, unfortunately convinced.

“Happy Thanksgiving everybody,” spoke Einstein as he smiled warmly and ate what must’ve seemed like close to his weight in festive food, “it is quite a delight to be a part of this nuclear family on such a joyous day.”

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