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🌕 ክብ የጨረቃ ሃሎ ማንቂያ፤ በጨረቃ ዙሪያ የማርያም መቀነት በባቢሎን አሜሪካ ታየ | ወዮ! ወዮ! የኒውዮርክ ከተማ

❖[የዮሐንስ ራእይ ምዕራፍ ፲፰፲ ]❖

“ሥቃይዋንም ከመፍራት የተነሣ በሩቅ ቆመው። አንቺ ታላቂቱ ከተማ፥ ብርቱይቱ ከተማ ባቢሎን፥ ወዮልሽ፥ ወዮልሽ፥ በአንድ ሰዓት ፍርድሽ ደርሶአልና እያሉ ይናገራሉ። “

🌕 ቀዝቃዛዋ ጨረቃ፣ የ2025 የመጨረሻዋ ግዙፍ/ሱፐር ጨረቃ፣ ሰማዩን አበራች ፥ በጨረቃ ዙሪያ የታየው የማርያም መቀነት ክስተት (የቀስተ ደመና ጨረቃ ) በመላው አሜሪካ ሰማይ ላይ።

ባለፈው ሳምንት ግዙፏ ጨረቃ እ.አ.አ እስከ 2042 ድረስ በሰማይ ላይ ከሚኖረው ከፍተኛው ነበር፣ ይህም ዳግም የሚታየው ፲፯/17ዓመታት በኋላ ብቻ ነው።

ሰሞኑን ፀሐይም ብዙ ሥራ ላይ ናት፣ ከሁለት ቀናት በፊት የፀሐይ ፍንዳታ ምድርን ይመራ ነበር፣ ከዚያም ከሁለት ደቂቃዎች በኋላ የአሜሪካዋ ግዛት አላስካ በከባድ የመሬት መንቀጥቀጥ (7.0 ማግ) ተመታች……በ12፡39 የፀሐይ ፍንዳታ ከባድ የመሬት መንቀጥቀጥ በ12፡41። ዋው!

👉 ተፈጥሮ ሁልጊዜ ከትላልቅ ለውጦች በፊት ማስጠንቀቂያዎችን ይሰጣል።

👉 በኢትዮጵያ አዲስ ዓመት (9/11) በኒው ዮርክ ላይ የተፈጸመው የመሀመዳውያኑ ሽብር ጥቃት – ባለ ወርቃማ ጉልላቱ ሰይጣናዊው የኢየሩሳሌም አል-አቅሳ መስጂድ – ባለ ወርቃማ ቀለሙ የኒውዮርክ ከተማ የነፃነት ሐውልት – ጂሃዳዊው አዲሱ የኒው ዮርክ ከተማ ከንቲባ ማምዳኒ – ፕሬዝደንት ዶናልድ ትራምፕ ለወርቅ፣ ለታቦተ ጽዮን እና ለጨረቃ ግርዶሽ ያላቸው ትኩረት 👈

የሚገርም ነው፤ የአሜሪካ በጣም ታዋቂ ምልክት (የነፃነት ሐውልት) መጀመሪያ ላይ አዲስ የተከፈተውን የሱዌዝ ቦይ የምትጠብቅ የሙስሊም ሴት ሐውልት እንዲሆን ተደርጎ ነበር። በዲዛይነር ፍሬድሪክ ኦጉስተ ባርቶልዲ የቀረበው የኒውዮርክ የነጻነት ሐውልት የመጀመሪያ ንድፍ መጀመሪያ ላይ "የሙስሊም ልብስ የለበሰች ግብፃዊት ገበሬን" ለመወከል የታሰበ ነበር። ባርቶልዲ በመጀመሪያዎቹ ዲዛይኖቹ ቅርፁን "ግብፅ ወደ እስያ ብርሃንን የምትሸከም" ብሎ ጠርቶታል። ሆኖም ግን፣ የግብፅ ባለስልጣናት ሐውልቱን በጣም ውድ እንደሆነ በመቁጠር ውድቅ አድርገውታል፣ ይህም መሀንዲሱ እቅዱን ወደ አሜሪካ እንዲወስድ አድርጓታል። የእስልምና (እስማኤል) ልብሷን ጥላ ወደ ሮማዊት (ዔሳው) አምላክነት መለወጥ ነበረባት፣ "ዓለምን የሚያበራ ነፃነት" ተብሎ መሰየምም ነበረበት። ሐውልቱ እ.አ.አ ከ1886 ጀምሮ የኒውዮርክን ወደብ ሲጠብቅ ቆይቷል።

♰ ትንቢተ ዘካርያስ ምዕራፍ ፭ የአሜሪካን ውድቀት በትክክል በዝርዝር ይገልጻል ፥ እና በመጨረሻው ዘመን ላይ ነን!

ዘካርያስ 'ሁለት ሴቶች' ክፋትን ወደ ባህር ማዶ ወደ ምድር ሲሸከሙ አይቷል – የኒው ዮርኩን የነፃነት ሐውልት እያየ ነበር።

ከክርስቶስ ልደት በፊት በአምስት መቶ ሃያ/520 ዓመት ላይ ነቢዩ ዘካርያስ በመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ውስጥ ካሉት እጅግ እንግዳ ራእዮች አንዱን ተቀበለ፤ በ"በሰናዖር ምድር" (ባቢሎን) ውስጥ ለክፋት ቤት ለመገንባት በባሕር ላይ የክፋት ቅርጫት የያዙ ሁለት ሴቶች ክንፍ ይዘው ነበር። ለሁለት ሺህ አራት መቶ/2,400 ዓመታት ይህ ራዕይ ምስጢር ሆኖ ቆይቷል ፥ እ.አ.አ በ1886 ዓ.ም ላይ በኒውዮርክ ወደብ የነጻነት ሐውልት እስኪቆም ድረስ።

ይህ ቪዲዮ የዘካርያስ ጥንታዊ ትንቢት እና በአሜሪካ እጅግ ታዋቂ ምልክት መካከል ያለውን የማይካድ ትስስር ያሳያል።

በዘካርያስ ፭፥፭፡፲፩ ላይ ያለው እያንዳንዱ ዝርዝር ነገር ከኒውዮርኩ የነፃነት ሐውልት/ሴትዮዋ ጋር በጣም ይስማማል። ቪዲዮውን እስከ መጨረሻው እንከታተለው።

❖[ትንቢተ ዘካርያስ ምዕራፍ ፭]❖

፩ ተመልሼም ዓይኖቼን አነሣሁ፥ እነሆም፥ አንድ በራሪ የመጽሐፍ ጥቅልል አየሁ።

፪ እርሱም። የምታየው ምንድር ነው? አለኝ። እኔም። በራሪ የመጽሐፍ ጥቅልል አያለሁ፤ ርዝመቱ ሀያ ክንድ ወርዱም አሥር ክንድ ነው አልሁ።

፫ እንዲህም አለኝ። ይህ በምድር ፊት ሁሉ ላይ የሚወጣው እርግማን ነው፤ የሚሰርቅ ሁሉ በእርሱ ላይ በዚህ በኩል እንደ ተጻፈው ሁሉ ይጠፋል፥ በሐሰት የሚምልም ሁሉ በእርሱ ላይ በዚያ በኩል እንደ ተጻፈው ሁሉ ይጠፋል።

፬ እኔ አስወጣዋለሁ፥ ይላል የሠራዊት ጌታ እግዚአብሔር፥ ወደ ሚሰርቀውም ቤት፥ በሐሰትም በስሜ ወደሚምለው ቤት ይገባል፤ በቤቱም ውስጥ ይኖራል፥ እርሱንም፥ እንጨቱንና ድንጋዩን፥ ይበላል።

፭ ከእኔም ጋር ይነጋገር የነበረው መልአክ ወጥቶ። ዓይኖችህን አንሣ፥ ይህችም የምትወጣው ምን እንደ ሆነች እይ አለኝ።

፮ እኔም። ምንድር ናት? አልሁ። እርሱም። ይህች የምትወጣው የኢፍ መስፈሪያ ናት አለኝ። ደግሞም። በምድር ሁሉ ላይ ያለ በደላቸው ይህ ነው አለ።

፯ እነሆም፥ የእርሳሱን መክሊት አነሡት፤ እነሆም፥ በኢፍ መስፈሪያው ውስጥ አንዲት ሴት ተቀምጣ ነበር።

፰ እርሱም። ይህች ክፋት ናት አለኝ፤ በኢፍ መስፈሪያው ውስጥ ጣላት፥ የእርሳሱንም ጠገራ በመስፈሪያ አፍ ላይ ጣለ።

፱ ዓይኖቼንም አንሥቼ አየሁ፥ እነሆም፥ ሁለት ሴቶች ወጡ፥ ነፋስም በክንፎቻቸው ነበረ፤ ክንፎቻቸውም እንደ ሽመላ ክንፎች ነበሩ፤ የኢፍ መስፈሪያውንም በምድርና በሰማይ መካከል አነሡት።

፲ ከእኔም ጋር ይነጋገር የነበረውን መልአክ። እነዚህ የኢፍ መስፈሪያውን ወዴት ይወስዱታል? አልሁት።

፲፩ እርሱም። በሰናዖር ምድር ቤት ይሠሩለት ዘንድ ይወስዱታል፤ በተዘጋጀም ጊዜ በዚያ በስፍራው ይኖራል አለኝ።

❖ Rainbows/ Colors of Zion / የጽዮን ቀለማት ❖ 'Rainbow' in Ethiopic = “The Belt of Mary” ❖

🌕 The Cold Moon, the last supermoon of 2025, lights up the sky – A moon rainbow phenomenon (Rainbow Moon (Moonbow)) accross America.

Last week's supermoon was the highest it will be in the sky until 2042, which is only a short 17 years away.

Major solar flare Earth directed, then two minutes later a major Earthquake hits Alaska at 7.0 magnitude……Solar flare at 12:39 Major earthquake at 12:41

❖[Revelation 9:1–12]❖

“They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say, “Alas! Alas! You great city, you mighty city, Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.””

Nature always gives warnings before big changes.

👉 Ethiopian New Year's Day (9/11) Islamic Terror against NYC – The golden dome of the satanic Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem – The golden Statue of Liberty in New York City – The jihadist new mayor of New York City, Mamdani – President Donald Trump’s interest in Gold, The Ark of the Covenant and Lunar Eclipse 👈

America’s most iconic symbol was originally meant to be a Muslim woman guarding the newly-opened Suez Canal. The first sketch of New York’s Statue of Liberty by architect Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was first intended to represent an “Egyptian peasant in Muslim garments.” In his early designs, Bartholdi called the sculpture “Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia.” However, Egyptian officials rejected the statue as too expensive, leading the architect to take his plans to America. He had to drop her Islamic (Ishmael) robe and transform her into a Roman (Esau) Goddess, renaming her “Liberty Enlightening the World.” The statue has guarded New York’s harbour since 1886.

♰ Zechariah 5 Describes America's Fall in Exact Detail—And We're in the Final Stage

Zechariah Saw 'Two Women' Carrying Evil to a Land Across the Sea—He Was Seeing the Statue of Liberty.

In 520 BC, the prophet Zechariah received one of the strangest visions in the Bible: two women with wings carrying a basket of wickedness across the sea to build a house for evil in the "land of Shinar" (Babylon). For 2,400 years, this vision remained a mystery—until the Statue of Liberty was erected in New York Harbor in 1886.

This video reveals the undeniable connections between Zechariah's ancient prophecy and America's most iconic symbol.

You'll discover:

✅ Why every detail in Zechariah 5:5-11 matches the Statue of Liberty

✅ What "the land of Shinar" really means in end-times prophecy

✅ How America became the "house built for wickedness"

✅ The timeline showing when wickedness went from hidden to celebrated

✅ Why the "lead cover" in Zechariah's vision reveals prophetic timing

✅ What Revelation 18:4 commands Christians to do before judgment falls

✅ How this vision connects to Isaiah 47, Jeremiah 50-51, and Revelation 18

THE SYMBOLISM IS EXACT:

• The Woman → Statue of Liberty (goddess Libertas - pagan deity)

• The Wings → Original design included wings; elevated on pedestal

• The Basket (Ephah) → Commerce/trade flowing into New York Harbor

• The Crown → Seven spikes representing global influence

• Across the Sea → From Jerusalem west across Atlantic to America

• Wickedness Sealed → Hidden during America's founding, now fully revealed

• Building a House → Institutionalizing evil through law and culture (1962-2025)

• Land of Shinar → New Babylon, spirit of rebellion against God

This isn't about hating America—it's about recognizing prophetic patterns before judgment arrives. Zechariah saw what would stand in New York Harbor 2,400 years before it was built. He saw what it would represent. He saw the house being constructed. And other prophets saw that house being destroyed.

The question every American Christian must answer: When Babylon falls, will you be inside or outside?

🌞 A Massive Ethiopia-Map-Shaped Sunspot Nearly 50x Larger Than Earth Has Appeared on The Sun

https://axumitethiopia.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-massive-ethiopia-map-shaped-sunspot.html

https://rumble.com/v72f4ei-a-massive-ethiopia-map-shaped-sunspot-nearly-50x-larger-than-earth-has-appe.html

https://www.bitchute.com/video/943FbpPd8IbX/

🌞 ከምድር ሃምሳ/50 እጥፍ የሚበልጥ ግዙፍ የሆነ እና የኢትዮጵያ ካርታ ቅርጽ ያለው የፀሐይ ጠብታ በፀሐይ ላይ ታየ

🌈 Amazing Rainbow and Ethiopian Map Appear | አስደናቂ ው የማርያም መቀነት እና የኢትዮጵያ ካርታ መታየት

https://axumitethiopia.blogspot.com/2025/09/amazing-rainbow-and-ethiopian-map-appear.html

🌈 መስከረም ፭ (አቡዬ)፣ ፳፻፲፰ ዓ.ም

'የሔኖክ ሰማይ ሰሌዳ”(ልክ በኢትዮጵያ ሰማይ አቅጣጫ)

September 15, 2025

🧕 A Week after Devestating Storms + Floods, The Virgin Mary + Rainbow Apparition in Ethiopia, Testified by Muslims

https://axumitethiopia.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-week-after-devestating-storms-floods.html

https://rumble.com/v6x9vl2-a-week-after-devestating-floods-st.-mary-rainbow-apparition-in-ethiopia-tes.html

https://www.bitchute.com/video/ON2bDoGw3qKh/

“ተዐምር ነው ማርያም ናት ዝናቡን ያስቆመችልን የደብረዘይት ሙስሊሞች በመገረም መሰከሩ”

🧕 እንደ ኢትዮጵያ ካሌንዳር ዛሬ የወሩ መግቢያ ነሐሴ ፩/1 ልደታ ነው። በተጨማሪ ጾመ ልደታ የሚጀምርበት ዕለትም ነው።

🔥 Storms, Tornadoes Cause Extensive Damage Across U.S. Southeast | Rainbow at Lisa Marie Presley's Graceland

https://www.bitchute.com/video/jcpQFD3aKAvh/

❖Ark of The Covenant: Apocalypse in ARCADIA (FLORIDA) | ጽላተ ሙሴ፤ አፖካሊፕስ በአርቃዲያ ፍሎሪዳ

🔥 ኃይለኛ አውሎ ንፋስና ታሪካዊ የጎርፍ መጥለቅለቅ በአሜሪካዋ የፍሎሪዳ ግዛት/አርቃዲያ

https://www.bitchute.com/video/JE0LqfVertUT/

❖ The Ark – Ark (c) adia – አርቃዲያ ❖

😲 It really is a miracle! በእውነት ተዓምር ነው!

💭 Anagram:

☆ ARCADIA

❖ ADIARCAI (Adi Arcai)

☆ አርቃዲያ (ፍሎሪዳ)

❖ አዲ-አርቃይ (ሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ በአክሱም ጽዮን እና ዋልድባ መኻል፤ ዋው!)

☆ The Birthplace of United States Hurricanes

❖ Ethiopian Highlands: Axum – Waldeba – Adi Arcai (Adi Arkay)

☆ የአሜሪካ አውሎ ነፋሶች የትውልድ ቦታ

❖ የኢትዮጵያ ደጋማ ቦታዎች፡ አክሱም – ዋልድባ – አዲያርቃይ

ቅዱስ ሩፋኤል፣ የደም ጨረቃ፣ የኢትዮጵያ ካርታ ፥ ቅድስት ማርያም ፥ በአዲስ ዓመት ዋዜማ በአክሱማዊቷ ኢትዮጵያ ላይ ጀነሳይድ ለፈጸሙት አረመኔዎች

🌕 ከጥቂት ሰዓታት በፊት ጨረቃዋ እንዲህ ነበር ልክ 'በሔኖክ ሰማይ ሰሌዳ” (በኢትዮጵያ አቅጣጫ) ላይ የታየችኝ

🛑 በኢትዮጵያ፤ እ.አ.አ ከኅዳር 2020 እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ፡-

• ❖ - ሁለት ሚሊዮን ኦርቶዶክስ ክርስቲያኖች በአሰቃቂ ሁኔታ ተጨፍጭፈዋል
• ❖ - ሁለት መቶ ሺህ የኦርቶዶክስ ክርስቲያን ሴቶች፣ ሕጻናት እና መነኮሳት ተደፍረዋል
• ❖ - ከአንድ ሚሊዮን በላይ ኢትዮጵያውያን ወደ ሌላ ሀገር ለመሰደድ ተገደዋል።
• ❖ - አራት ሚሊዮን የተፈናቀሉ ዜጎች በግጭት፣ በጦርነት እና በአየር ንብረት ቀውስ ክፉኛ ተጎድተዋል።
• ❖ – ከአንድ ሚሊዮን በላይ ሴት ኢትዮጵያውያን ባሪያዎች ለአረብ ሀገራት ተሽጠዋል
• ❖ – ሃያ ሚሊዮን ኢትዮጵያውያን የምግብ ዋስትና እጦት እንዲደርስባቸው ተገደዋል።

በፋሺስቱ እስላም-ፕሮቴስታንት፣ የጋላ-ኦሮሞ የብልጽግና ወንጌል ናፋቂ ጂሃዳዊ ግራኝ አብዮት አህመድ አሊ እና የተባበሩት መንግስታት፣ የአረብ፣ የእስራኤል፣ የቱርክ፣ የኢራን፣ የአውሮፓ፣ የአሜሪካ፣ የራሺያ፣ የዩክሬን፣ የአፍሪካ ሃገራት።

❖[የሐዋርያት ሥራ ምዕራፍ ፪፥፳ ]❖

“ታላቅ የሆነ የተሰማም የጌታ ቀን ሳይመጣ ፀሐይ ወደ ጨለማ ጨረቃም ወደ ደም ይለወጣሉ።”

😔 Since the beginning of the genocidal Jihad in the Northern Ethiopian regions of Tigray, Amhara and Afar in November 2020 till today:

• ❖ – Up to 2 Million Orthodox Christians were brutally Massacred
• ❖ – 200.000 Orthodox Christian Women, children and nuns were Raped and abused
• ❖ – Over a Million Ethiopians were forced to migrate to other countries
• ❖ – 4.4 million internally displaced people severely impacted by conflict, hostilities and climate shocks
• ❖ – Over a Million female Ethiopian slaves sold to Arab countries
• ❖ – 20 million Ethiopian forced to experience food insecurity

by the fascist Islamo-Protestant, Oromo army of the prosperity gospel heretic Prime Monster Abiy Ahmed Ali and his UN, Arab, Israeli, Turkish, Iranian, European, American, Russian, Ukrainian, African allies.

❖[Acts 2:20]❖

“The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.”

On Saturday, August 9th. 2025, I Was Lucky to See an Apparition of Virgin Mary on the Full Moon

https://rumble.com/v6xxktw-on-saturday-august-9th.-2025-i-was-lucky-to-see-an-apparition-of-virgin-mar.html

https://www.bitchute.com/video/o7f09Q6GkQ1P/

🌕 ፆመ ፍልሰታ፣ ቅዳሜ ነሐሴ ፫/3 ቀን፣ ፳፻፲፯/2017 ዓ.ም በሙሉ ጨረቃዋ ላይ የቅድስት እናታችን ድንግል ማርያምን መገለጥ በማየቴ እድለኛ ነበርኩ።

😲 ድንቅ ተዓምር እኮ ነው፤ ልክ በደብረዘይት እና በ'ቱሉ ቦሎ' ቅድስት ማርያም እና መቀነቷ በታዩባቸው ቀናት ነበር ለእኔም ጨረቃዋ ላይ የታየችኝ። የካሜራው ምስል በደንብ ላያሳይ ይችላል፤ በማነሳበት ወቅት ግን የቅድስት ማርያም ፊት ገጽታ በሙሉዋ ጨረቃ ላይ እየተነጠቀ ሲታየኝ ነበር።

🧕 Beautiful Rainbow Cloud Iridescence over Ethiopia: A Sign from St. Mary

https://axumitethiopia.blogspot.com/2025/08/beautiful-rainbow-cloud-iridescence.html

🧕 በኢትዮጵያ ሰማይ ላይ ያማረ የማርያም መቀነት ደመና ፥ የቅድስት ማርያም ምልክት በፆመ ፍልሰታ

🧕 A Week after Devestating Storms + Floods, The Virgin Mary + Rainbow Apparition in Ethiopia, Testified by Muslims

https://axumitethiopia.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-week-after-devestating-storms-floods.html

https://rumble.com/v6x9vl2-a-week-after-devestating-floods-st.-mary-rainbow-apparition-in-ethiopia-tes.html

https://www.bitchute.com/video/ON2bDoGw3qKh/

👉 Courtesy: https://www.youtube.com/@triangel07

“ተዐምር ነው ማርያም ናት ዝናቡን ያስቆመችልን የደብረዘይት ሙስሊሞች በመገረም መሰከሩ”

🧕 እንደ ኢትዮጵያ ካሌንዳር ዛሬ የወሩ መግቢያ ነሐሴ ፩/1 ልደታ ነው። በተጨማሪ ጾመ ልደታ የሚጀምርበት ዕለትም ነው።

🌕 The word “August” brings two things to the Orthodox Christian mind, one of them being the Moon. The other one is the Dormition (Assumption) of the Mother of God, one of the great feasts of the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches that takes place in August, 15/ 22.

Though it might be easy to reject lunar lore as mere superstition, we cannot deny that the moon captures our imagination.

The Moon is associated with the three greatest mysteries of life: birth, love and death. The moon “is born” and “dies” again each month, following a never-ending cycle: waxing, full moon, and waning. For a night it completely disappears from the sky and then it pops up again in the form of a thin crescent.

❖[Revelation 12:1]❖

“And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars."

The moon under her feet represents her dominion and victory over her enemies. Then finally clothed with the sun. This is an important woman! This is the Queen of Heaven!

♰ Orthodox Feast Day Context

🧕 The Feast of the Dormition:

August 15th marks the Dormition, or "falling asleep," of the Virgin Mary, a major feast in the Orthodox Church.

🌕 August Moon:

The month of August brings to mind both the moon and the Dormition, creating a timely opportunity for contemplation of Mary's spiritual significance and the contrast between the temporary full moon and her eternal nature.

In the Orthodox tradition, the "The full Moon" is a spiritual symbol representing the Mother of God's grace and glory, often invoked in relation to the Feast of the Dormition on August 15^th / 22^nd , when her radiant "light knows no decay" unlike a waning moon. This imagery connects to biblical descriptions of the "woman clothed with the sun" standing on the moon, symbolizing her queenship and victory, and highlights the contrast between the temporary nature of the moon and the eternal fullness of Mary's grace and glory.

The term “Dormition” (Greek Koímēsis or Kimisis, “falling asleep”) is used instead of the word “death.” The Catholics prefer to call it “the Assumption of Mary.”

Perhaps Mary appears reborn or resurrected after her death because archetypal figures cannot really die. Even if that happens, their death does not last for long. You see, the moon insists on traveling endlessly in its celestial cycles. Much like Mary, it temporarily “dies” only to make a powerful comeback in our lives...

As the moon at its full she shines. The blessed Mary is said to be the full moon, because in every way perfect. The moon is imperfect when a half-moon, because it is stained or horned. But the glorious Virgin neither in Her birth had any stain, because sanctified in Her mother's womb, guarded by angels, nor in Her days had She the horns of pride. Hence, She shone fully and perfectly. She is said to be light because She dispels the darkness.

🌕 The Moon is a holy place, an Orthodox place.

But not everyone knows that there are places on the moon named after Orthodox saints.

The modern system of naming lunar craters, "seas" (dark lowlands), and mountain ranges dates to 1651, when the Jesuit astronomers Giovanni Battista Riccioli and Francesco Maria Grimaldi published a detailed map of the Moon based on telescopic observation. Riccioli was responsible for naming the topographic features; perhaps surprisingly, he mostly avoided religious references. The "seas" he gave allegorical or poetic names such as "Sea of Tranquility"; the craters he named for famous astronomers. Riccioli's overall system has been maintained to this day, although explorers, aviation pioneers, and cosmonauts joined astronomers as approved eponyms for craters. Official lunar terminology is currently regulated by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a very strict and conservative bureaucratic organization fond of secular history and ancient mythology, but with a strong bias against "living" religions, especially Christianity.

Given this history, it is perhaps surprising that there are any lunar features named for Orthodox saints, but in fact there are six. Three of them are named for pre-Schism Western saints, and three for saints of the East. Although this symmetry was not intended by the selenographers, it may perhaps be considered providential.

There are in fact craters named "Mary" and "Donna", the latter being a form of "Madonna".

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