tuffest balkan pic of all time

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other-work-account@reddit

Eastern-orthodox zealots touch themselves over these photoshops...

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geizige-vorhaut2289@reddit

Yeah me for example and I’m not even religious

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other-work-account@reddit

It's alright, you're just a romatic... A nationalist romantic, but a romantic nevertheless.

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UnhappyBreadfruit607@reddit

Greek bros I know nothing about Greek religious symbols is that a dragon that is slain in second picture

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HumanMan00@reddit

Pretty legendary depiction present in most christian iconography. St George slaying the Dragon.

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rattlecanner@reddit

wait, there were dragons at some point in human history?

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HumanMan00@reddit

Oh yes - the fight against them weakened th Byzantine empire so it fell to the Turks.

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LizardmanJoe@reddit

Ottoman propaganda doesn't want you to know about the true origins of Byzantine's "liquid fire".

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It's quite astonishing that Greeks and others always start with the anti-Ottoman theme. But if you take Romania as an example, there was no hatred for De Rinsel Ada Kaleh or in the Dobruja region. Even King Carol I had a mosque built in Constanta. Consider that! Unique in history, a Christian king building a mosque for his Muslim subjects. Nevertheless, many Turks emigrated to Turkey in the 1930s and 1960s.

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Palagrin@reddit

It's quite astonishing that Greeks and others always start with the anti-Ottoman theme

it might have something to do with the genocides...

(also fuck all empires)

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Hefty_Jaguar4305@reddit

But not all so called Turks have to do with it.

I mean what about the Balkan Turks who never lived in Turkey until today?

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Palagrin@reddit

you didnt say Turks you said Ottoman empire, i have nothing against modern-day Turks (with the exception of the assholes that rioted and trashed my dad s n other greek homes in the 50s) but when you use the word ottoman i m going to assume we are talking about the ottoman empire and its many many crimes

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Hefty_Jaguar4305@reddit

I can't say much about the Ottoman Empire because my paternal ancestors lived in complete isolation on a small Danube island called Ada Kaleh. They were completely unaware of what was happening around them. It was a very different environment. Even the houses weren't in the Ottoman style, as you can see from old pictures.

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Palagrin@reddit

...ok? do you get why ppl are generally very anti ottoman empire, though? It's pretty reasonable

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UnhappyBreadfruit607@reddit

More like Dragons were first wave of attack. Sadly in this iconography he killed Alduin the greatest Turkish fighter in history.

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AttilaTheDank@reddit

Alduin was Albanian I'm pretty sure

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CalydonianBoar@reddit

well, if you are a devout Christian , you have to believe that dragons really existed. And St. George was a dragon slayer knight (although he was a Pretorian legionary in real life).

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BankBackground2496@reddit

Of course dragons were real, we keep finding their bones.

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AJM1613@reddit

yes, as depicted in the historical biography "Game of Thrones"

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driftstyle28@reddit

It's kind of metaphoric, he was a high ranking Roman officer (a tribune) in the prestigious imperial guard who refused to renounce his faith under Emperor Diocletian. In AD 303, Diocletian issued edicts requiring Christian soldiers to sacrifice to pagan gods. George publicly refused, leading to his arrest and severe torture. He was eventually beheaded on April 23, 303, on the walls of Nicomedia. The dragon actually represents Emperor Diocletian (or his advisor Dadianus) who sought to "devour" the faithful. In early Coptic texts, Dadianus is explicitly called the "dragon of the abyss".

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UnhappyBreadfruit607@reddit

Also thank you for explaining it to me

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UnhappyBreadfruit607@reddit

Saint Dovahkiin

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MiskoSkace@reddit

Saint George slaying a dragon, a rather popular saint because slaying dragons looks cool

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UnhappyBreadfruit607@reddit

Is he popular around all of the Christians or more specifically Orthodox sect

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Tasty-Pudding9708@reddit

St George is a patron saint of England.

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MiskoSkace@reddit

He's a patron saint of agricultural workers, farmers, field workers, soldiers, archers, armourers, equestrians, cavalry, saddle makers, chivalry, peacekeeping missions; skin diseases, sheep, shepherds, scouting, Aragon, Catalonia, England, Ethiopia, Georgia, and Palestine (according to Wikipedia), and there are multiple places in my country called Sveti Jurij, Šentjur, or Šenčur.

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UnhappyBreadfruit607@reddit

He is elder scrolls playeable character being important figure in most random things

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driftstyle28@reddit

Popular among all Christians, some Serbs (me included) also celebrate him as a patron saint thru the tradition of "Slava" on a day called "Djurdjevdan" (George's day).

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best_decision1234@reddit

He is especially popular among orthodox Christians but Catholics and Protestants are also familiar with him. There’s some level of mythology about the dragon slaying of course, but he was a real person, every saint in fact - was. We venerate them because lots of them have suffered for their faith and we use them as an example of being good Christians, so to speak. Some of them were skinned alive, beheaded, thrown to the lions, etc. Especially during the late Roman Empire when Christianity was persecuted

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Martha_Fockers@reddit

On the surface it may not appear like much a rusty old submarine

But your looking at some of the most badass moment in Balkan history imo

Allied with the Soviets but not happy they aren’t communist enough they had some submarines docked in Albania at the time

And we just straight up stole there submarines lmfao

Can’t tell me little Albania jacking some of USSR Russia subs at the time isn’t some badass shit lmfao

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Careful-Evening-5187@reddit

some of USSR Russia subs in its prime

Bro, they pulled the "storage locker secret treasure" scam on you.

They dumped their garbage on you, believing you just hit the jackpot....but the Soviets saved money on scrap and disposal fees.

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Martha_Fockers@reddit

They are now 100% just rust but in 1961 when this happened these were whiskey class subs first serviced in 1952 the best of what they had at the tineb

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Lonely-Programmer123@reddit

It takes some balls to attempt to gaslight the soviets.

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Elmalukat@reddit

Why do you comment without any information at all?

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Scared-Tangelo-1771@reddit

Just like Jesus wanted. Weapons of mass destruction!

"I see a holy war spreading across the universe like unquenchable fire,” “A warrior religion that waves the Atreides banner in my father’s name. Fanatical legions worshipping at the shrine of my father’s skull! A war in my name!” -Paul Atreides, the book "Dune"

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Turbulent-Debate7661@reddit

Its is fake but goes hard af

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PotentialBass3073@reddit

I thought christianity was the religion of peace?

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OswGeoM@reddit

Yes it is but people are stupid :/

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KA-29@reddit

I don't know about other people but this one is a hell of a picture too.

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sokolobo@reddit

Thats just Big Toe doing a combat drop.

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Gramerdim@reddit

after arguing with turks on twitter a few weeks ago, I succumb to believe it's real

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miidestele@reddit

trench crusade

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oldyellowcab@reddit

Guns and weapons are not innocent toys.

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WorkingMan777@reddit

Gayest shit I have ever seen.

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zankenobi@reddit

Saw him back in 2018

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Sttoliver@reddit

Photoshop

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zankenobi@reddit

Fake print on planes, but I saw him doing this with my own eyes.

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TheoKondak@reddit

Well its a pattern really. There are several videos depicting elder Iosif waiving flags and fighter jets doing a close passing by while he yells "they are coming they are coming!" and "we are going to take Constantinopel back soon"

https://youtube.com/shorts/dw-EKQ6eEkg
https://youtu.be/xdZTfNRV4dI
https://youtu.be/tp8qON2823k
https://youtu.be/qVUaT5ZruSo

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seanugengar@reddit

You are correct. it is fake

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xerohawkxd@reddit (OP)

well i found it on the internet and reposted so i dont know, maybe it is

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seanugengar@reddit

it is fake

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GeorgeTH281@reddit

Religion of peace btw…

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Tank_Nerd141@reddit

Christianity doesn't condemn the people who arm themselves for peace, to protect their home. As Christians we are called to bear arms, not to kill and enslave but protect our faith and family too

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abki12c@reddit

You mean the religion of the twelve Gods? Because the one with the saints is photoshopped, while this one with Zeus is real

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SOHONEYSAME@reddit

(is it, actually, real?).

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abki12c@reddit

Yes

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SOHONEYSAME@reddit

wtf, based.

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GeorgeTH281@reddit

Did Zeus advocate for peace, empathy and love?

The guy fucked everything that had legs and was not male (for the most part).

Also, one of the 12 gods of Olympus is Ares, the god of war.

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seanugengar@reddit

Oh snap

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saintofoz@reddit

Banana Republic

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HYBRIDLqTHEORY@reddit

even turks gotta say thats tuff

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PRANKLINFRANK21@reddit

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Hertje73@reddit

dude if you want to fake things, just use AI like everyone else!

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AogamiBunka@reddit

Cringe.

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marshal_1923@reddit

Bot if you’re the dragon 🐉

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No-Heart3432@reddit

Flying Doritos

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Sttoliver@reddit

They had over 90% over Turkish F-16s though

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RasyonelRumi@reddit

Ngl I can just pretend to be an orthodox Christian just to enjoy it’s artistic expression as an atheist

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SOHONEYSAME@reddit

Byzantium larper.

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xerohawkxd@reddit (OP)

fym by that

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SOHONEYSAME@reddit

Leonidas > Constantine.

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Elmalukat@reddit

Costantine was real

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Hefty_Jaguar4305@reddit

And what exactly are you trying to say by posting this? You do know that Orthodox Christians, Catholics, and Muslims live in the Balkans, along with various ethnicities and languages. Right? Are you trying to sow hatred with this post? Or what was your intention?

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Hefty_Jaguar4305@reddit

But that only applies to Balkan people of the Orthodox faith; Catholics and Muslims are excluded.