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White Supremacists And QAnon Enthusiasts Are Obsessed – But Wrong – About The Byzantine Empire
White Supremacists And QAnon Enthusiasts Are Obsessed – But Wrong – About The Byzantine Empire

(ANALYSIS) Medieval imagery has been on display repeatedly at far-right rallies and riots. Conspiracy theorists may love to use the symbols, but they fundamentally misunderstand the Byzantine Empire.

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Analysis, North America, NewsRoland BetancourtRoland Betancourt, QAnon, white supremacist, white supremacy, The Conversation, Byzantine, Charlottesville, Crusader, Byzantine Empire, Roman Empire, Istanbul, Hagia Sophia, The New Byzantium, 8kun, Constantinople, analysis, Secondary FeatureComment
Orthodox Easter: Crusader-era Holy Fire Ceremony lights up Jerusalem
Orthodox Easter: Crusader-era Holy Fire Ceremony lights up Jerusalem

Thousands of Eastern Orthodox pilgrims crowded in Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday for the Easter ceremony at Jesus’ burial and resurrection site. Some believe a flame miraculously comes from heaven into Jesus’ tomb.

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Conflict, Middle East, News, Politics, Religion, Primary FeatureGil ZoharGil Zohar, Holy Saturday, Easter, Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox Easter, Jerusalem, Israel, Holy fire ceremony, church of the holy sepulchre, Greek Orthodox, Russia, Ukraine, Crusader, Primary Feature, Christianity, Orthodox