George Valentin, Prince Bibescu (3 April 1880, Bucharest – 2 July 1941, Bucharest) was a Romanian early motoring and aviation pioneer.

Prince George III Valentin Bibescu, nephew of Gheorghe Bibescu, domnitor (ruler) of Wallachia, had an early interest in aviation; he flew a balloon named Romania brought from France 1905.

Later he tried to teach himself how to fly a Voisin airplane, also brought from France, but without success.

After Louis Blériot’s demonstrative flight in Bucharest on October 18, 1909, he went to Paris and enrolled in Blériot’s school in Pau.

On January 1910, he obtained the International Pilot License number 20. After returning from France, Bibescu organized the Cotroceni Piloting School in Bucharest and founded the Romanian National Aeronautic League.

He was instrumental in founding the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). He was vice-president, and president of the FAI.

He was co-founder of the Romanian Automobile Club (1901), and of the Romanian Olympic Committee (1914). Romania was among the first 6 nations in the world to organize car races.

Romanian Aristocrat and aviation pioneer George-Valentin Bibescu,
during training at the Pau Flying School (Blériot Aéronautique), France

(bunicutavirtuala.com)

An American had gone to St. Anthony’s monastery in Arizona with his company. At some point, Elder Ephraim comes out of the cell where he confesses the world and asks the young American:

“Do you have my child a good modern working phone?”

“Why do you ask Elder,” the young man asked.

“I want you to call a monastery on Mt. Athos so I can talk to them,” the elder replied.

Elder gave the number of the monastery and said to the young man:

“My child, call in about an hour and when you get a connection, give me the phone to talk.”

Indeed the young man after an hour called the monastery on Mt. Athos and told the monk who answered the phone that Elder Ephraim of Arizona wanted to talk with them. As he said this, the young American was heading towards Elder Ephraim’s cell to give him the phone.

The monk from Mt. Athos was surprised by the phone called and told the young man that Elder Ephraim was there and wanted to talk with him! The young American was shocked! And he hears Elder Ephraim tell him:

“Come on, my child John, so I told you to call so we could talk! I from Mt. Athos and you from Arizona to see what Orthodoxy is and what the grace of the Holy Spirit is. See you soon John!”

That’s what the elder told him and hung up the phone.
Young John was shocked! Frozen like a rock! He went to open the door of Elder Ephraim’s cell but he was not there.

Then he went to his company and began to tell them what happened. And when he finished narrating his story, Elder Ephraim came out of his cell and said to him:

“John, come see me!”

This event became the reason why the young man gave up the world and became a monk at St. Anthony’s monastery.

(Orthodox Parables and Stories)

Découvrez au palais du Tau, une exposition exceptionnelle sur Marie de Roumanie reine et artiste !

L’EXPOSITION

Des trésors présentés

À partir de l’évocation de la personnalité de Marie de Roumanie, épouse de Ferdinand 1^er, roi de Roumanie de 1914 à 1927, cette exposition exceptionnelle présente des trésors choisis parmi les regalia, couronnes, manteaux de sacre, joyaux, pièces d’orfèvrerie, vêtements d’apparat, manuscrits prêtés par le musée d’histoire de la Roumanie à Bucarest.

Des ensembles mobiliers dessinées par la Reine pour le palais Cotroceni de Bucarest et le château Pelisor de Sinaia sortiront des collections du musée Peles de Bucarest.

Une reine artiste

Saviez-vous que Marie fut la promotrice de l’Art nouveau en Roumanie ? Elle patronna le plus grand mouvement artistique des années 1900 – La Jeunesse Artistique.
Ce mouvement, fondé en 1901, défendit les nouvelles esthétiques, dont le symbolisme.
La reine, elle-même designer d’intérieur, dessina, créa et commanda des ensembles spectaculaires en style Art nouveau pour ses résidences – le palais Cotroceni de Bucarest et le château Pelisor de Sinaia.
Par ailleurs, ce dernier demeure le plus important ensemble décoratif en style Art nouveau de Roumanie.

MARIE DE ROUMANIE, SA BIOGRAPHIE

Née en 1875, en Grande-Bretagne, la Reine Marie de Roumanie est petite-fille de la Reine Victoria par son père et de l’empereur Alexandre II de Russie par sa mère. Ses liens avec la Maison Royale britannique, la Maison Impériale russe et les maisons régnantes allemandes favorisent son mariage avec Ferdinand de Hohenzollern, prince héritier de Roumanie.

Installée en Roumanie à partir de 1893, la princesse, artiste et designer elle-même, s’attache à promouvoir le style Art nouveau en Roumanie. Elle exécute les dessins préparatoires pour des pièces de mobilier, peint, fait de la photographie, crée des enluminures.

Reine à partir de 1914, elle joue un rôle politique actif auprès du roi Ferdinand, soutient la population civile pendant la guerre, et se révèle une ambassadrice et négociatrice respectée servant les intérêts de son pays.

COMMISSARIAT 

Diane Mandache, commissaire de l’exposition et conservatrice au Musée national d’Histoire de Roumanie.

Assistée d’Eve Bouzeret, cheffe de projet expositions au département des manifestations culturelles à La Direction du Développement Culturel et des Publics du Centre des monuments nationaux.

En partenariat avec le Musée national d’Histoire de Roumanie et le Musée Peles de Sinaia.

Dans le cadre de la saison France-Roumanie 2019, de la présidence roumaine du Conseil de l’Union européenne (01/01/2019), des célébrations des centenaires de la création de la Roumanie moderne (01/12/2018) et de la fin de la Première Guerre mondiale.

INFORMATIONS PRATIQUES

Dates : du 13 avril au 28 juillet 2019

Horaires d’ouverture

• jusqu’au 5 mai : de 9h30 à 12h30 et de 14h à 17h30 (dernier accès à 17h)
• à partir du 6 mai : de 9h30 à 18h30 (dernier accès à 18h)

Tarifs : Plein tarif : 8 € / Tarif réduit et tarif groupe : 6,50 € / Gratuit pour les moins de 26 ans

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Cette exposition bénéficie du soutien de :
La société Taittinger c.c.v.c.
Hôtel de la Paix
Terres et Vins de Champagne

AUTOUR DE L’EXPOSITION

• Concert : Dimanche 12 mai – 15h : Radu Nitica, violon et Ferenc Vizi, piano. programme de musique roumaine

• Adultes
  • Dimanche 28 avril – 14h30 : Atelier aquarelle
  • Mardi 11 juin – 12h15 : Visite commentée de l’exposition
  • Dimanche 16 juin – 14h30 : Atelier Dessin
  • Dimanche 23 juin – 15h30 : Conférence “Les coulisses de l’exposition”

• Familles
  • Mardi 16 avril – 14h30 : Doudou “Reine de Roumanie”
  • Mercredi 17 avril – 14h30 : Visite contée “Couples mythiques”
  • Jeudi 18 avril – 14h30 : Broderie de sequins
  • Vendredi 19 avril – 14h30 : Végétaux et linogravures

• Jeune public
  • Pendant toute la durée de l’exposition, un livret-jeu est remis gracieusement aux enfants venant visiter l’exposition. Ils peuvent le remplir seuls, en famille ou entre amis
  • Samedi 20 avril – 14h30 : Tissage et sertissage

Renseignements et réservations au 03 26 47 81 79 ou palaisdutau@monuments-nationaux.fr

Groupes (scolaires, adultes, extrascolaires et champ social)

• Pendant toute la durée de l’exposition, visite suivie d’un atelier d’initiation à l’aquarelle (durée : 2h15)

• Visite suivie d’un atelier d’initiation à la technique de la ciselure repoussée (durée : 2h15)

(palais-du-tau.fr)

Ce nuit
J’ai regardé
Longtemps
Comme les flocons
De neige
Viennent
D’embrasser l’air.
J’espère aussi
Comme toi
Que ton
Amour viendra
M’habiller comme
La neige et les
Hivers
Dansantes
De L’Est.

(Mihaela Popescu Taulet)

(Gateway Pundit) – As media outlets across the world bring you the minute-by-minute updates of the Christchurch mosque shooting in New Zealand, those same outlets have been mostly silent on the recent mass slaughter of Christians in Nigeria by muslim herdsmen. Those attacks have resulted in 120 dead and 140 homes burned to the ground.

The Christian Post reports:

At least 120 people have been killed by alleged Fulani militant attacks since February in the Kaduna state of Nigeria with the latest attacks on Monday resulting in the deaths of over 50 and the destruction of more than 140 homes.

On Monday, 52 people were killed, dozens injured and around 143 homes were destroyed in attacks on the villages of Inkirimi, Dogonnoma and Ungwan Gora in the Maro district of the Kajuru Local Government Area, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide.

The Monday attack followed an attack on Sunday in the Ungwan Barde village in Kajuru in which 17 people were killed and dozens of homes were burned.

In late February, there was another attack in Maro that resulted in the deaths of about 38 Christians and saw homes and a church burned. On Feb. 10, 10 people were killed in an attack in Ungwan Barde as six others were killed in isolated attacks the day before.

CSW, a United Nations-recognized NGO that advocates for persecuted Christians worldwide, reports that victims in the attacks on Monday included women and children. Survivors told the nonprofit that the attackers were separated into three groups. One group shot and killed people, the second set fire to buildings, and a third ran after people fleeing the scene.

Nigeria ranks as the 12th worst country in the world when it comes to Christian persecution, according to Open Doors USA’s 2019 World Watch List.

In 2018 alone, thousands of Christians were killed by militant Fulani herdsmen, leaving some to say that genocide is occurring in the Middle Belt of Nigeria.

Kaduna state is not alone in suffering from Fulani violence as other states in the Middle Belt have faced it too.

On March 4, Fulani militants in the Benue state reportedly attacked three villages, killing 23 people with bullets and machetes, according to International Christian Concern.

CSW is calling on the Nigerian federal government to address the spike in violence in a “decisive and unbiased manner.”

“The relentless death and destruction is a sad indictment of the continuing failure by both levels of government to fulfill the primary mandate of protecting all its citizens impartially,” Thomas argued.

These claims are backed up by similar reports on Christian Broadcasting Network and The Guardian Nigeria.

CBN reported on the February attack:

Radical Muslims murdered more than 30 Christians in Nigeria last week. This is just the latest account of systematic Islamic violence towards Christ-followers in that country.

The Guardian reports that Fulani herdsmen assaulted the Christians around 4 a.m. in Karamar village in the Maro district of Kajuru.

The herdsman reportedly set fire to several houses and a church. The terrorists then sporadically shot at families trying to escape the blaze, killing 32 people.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) also condemned the deadly assault and urged young Nigerians not to retaliate against the terrorists.

“We have appealed to the youths in the area that there must never be any reprisal. We want to give the security operatives in the state the benefit of the doubt to go after the killers. We don’t want any reprisal attack because the circle of violence and killings will continue,” Rev. Joseph Hayap added.

CBN News reported last year that hundreds of Christians were killed in clashes with the Muslim herdsman.

Last June, Fulani herdsmen, who are mostly Muslim attacked six predominantly Christian villages in Nigeria’s Plateau state. Many of those killed were Christians, and they were reportedly hacked to death.

According to the Global Terrorism Index, Fulani herdsmen have killed more than 60,000 people since 2001.

Are you going to hold your breath waiting for Huffington Post, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Nancy Pelosi, and the Southern Poverty Law Center to condemn these attacks

Sursa: thegatewaypundit.com/2019/03/icymi-120-christians-slaughtered-by-muslim-herders-in-nigeria-media-silent/