Originally posted at
Identity Dixie.
Donald Trump is now back in
the White House after the usual inaugural ceremonies, complete with the
nauseating ‘Battle Hymn
of the Republic,’ which, for those who do not know, was written by a Yankee
(Julia Ward Howe) and contains graphic imagery of Yankee soldiers crushing the
blood out of the veins of Dixians in the War, part of the ‘just retribution’ of
the former upon the latter for daring to leave the ‘unbreakable union.’ That is beside the blasphemy at the end which
equates the death of Yankee soldiers who march through the world bringing
‘freedom’ to the captive nations to the death of Christ.
The boisterous, joyful
singing of such a puke-smelling abomination at Trump’s swearing-in provides
abundant evidence that the South is very much a captive people within the
Yankee American Empire, much like the countries of Europe and Asia that were
forced into the Soviet Union. Our people
and our culture are denigrated for the sake of a ‘greater good,’ the prosperity
and power and growth of the American
Empire.
That is the bad news. There is good news, however. The many ethnoi that were absorbed
into the Soviet superstate survived decades of harsh repression, of atheist
brainwashing meant to erase their cultural inheritance and make them New Men of
the Marxist Revolution. Those who opposed
the cultural genocide and the preservation of their patrimony were few, and
they suffered greatly for their efforts.
But, helped by God, they were successful over the beastly ideology
against which they contended.
One notable and praiseworthy
example from among them is St
Ekvtime of the Christian country of Georgia, which is named precisely for a
Christian saint, St George the Great-Martyr (+3rd century), whose
Feast Day is celebrated 23 April. St
Ekvtime was born in 1865 (an interesting ‘coincidence’ that this is the year
Dixie began her long captivity) and early in life he dedicated himself to
preserving and bolstering the ancient songform of Georgian chant.
He would later become a monk
and a priest, but then the dark times of communism descended upon Georgia. Nevertheless, he remained undaunted in his
dedication to preserving Georgia’s Christian heritage, especially her old
songs, despite the manifest dangers he faced:
In 1917 Fr. Ekvtime was ordained to the priesthood by the same
Bishop Giorgi. In the terrible year of 1921, immediately after the Communists
seized power in Kutaisi, the authorities deemed Fr. Ekvtime untrustworthy and
arrested him. But, according to God’s will, he was released due to the lack of
evidence against him. In this ungodly era, the clergy and monks of Gelati
Monastery came to expect abuses and persecutions each day. But the faithful
hieromonk Ekvtime persevered in his work, gathering hundreds of ancient
Georgian hymns for eventual publication according to Western notation.
In 1924 the Communists destroyed the Cathedral of King Davit
the Restorer in Kutaisi. Later that year they shot and killed Metropolitan
Nazar of Kutaisi-Gaenati and the clergy who served under him. The hysteria had
reached its peak. Fr. Ekvtime planned to leave Gelati Monastery and to move the
ancient manuscripts with which he had been working to a more secure location.
At that time thousands of travelers were killed on the road between Kutaisi and
Tbilisi, but Fr. Ekvtime safely transported himself and his cartload of
manuscripts from Kutaisi to Mtskheta, a short distance from Tbilisi.
He was untiring in his
labors, bequeathing literally thousands of songs to his people:
In 1929 Fr. Ekvtime was relocated to Zedazeni Monastery
outside of Mtskheta. He brought the ancient music manuscripts with him to his
new home, concealed them in metal vessels, and buried them beneath the earth.
Six years later, in November of 1935, he turned over thirty-four volumes of
music containing 5,532 chants and several theological manuscripts to the State
Museum of Georgia.
And yet, for all of that, St
Ekvtime ended his life in difficult circumstances:
After the repose of the elder Saba (Pulariani), Fr. Ekvtime
was the only monk remaining at Zedazeni. Fr. Ekvtime’s spiritual children, the
nuns of Samtavro Convent, cared for him as he grew older. In the winter of 1944
the nun Zoile (Dvalishvili) and several others went to visit him at Zedazeni
and found him lying enfeebled in bed.
After a short time Fr. Ekvtime peacefully gave up his soul to
the Lord. Fr. Ekvtime was buried in the yard of Zedazeni Monastery, near the
church sanctuary.
Honorable recognition of his immensely
beneficial labors came only after his death and the fall of the godless
communist regime:
The ancient school of Georgian chant is preserved up to this
day primarily as a result of Abbot Ekvtime’s fearless labors. Saint Ekvtime
(Kereselidze), like Saint Ekvtime of Mt. Athos for whom he was named, dedicated
his life to the enrichment of his mother Church. Like Saint Ekvtime
Taqaishvili, the “Man of God”, he gave his talents and energies to the
preservation of Georgia’s unique spiritual heritage. He was a monk-ascetic and
a scholar who prayed fervently. (Several of his theological treatises are preserved
at Samtavro.) From his youth Saint Ekvtime was for others an example of
virginity, humility and patience.
On September 18, 2003, the Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox
Church declared Ekvtime (Kereselidze) worthy of being numbered among the
saints. The Synod called him “Ekvtime the Confessor,” thereby recognizing his
confession of the Faith and his vital role in the preservation of the rich
tradition of national liturgical song.
Dixie under the Yankees, like
Georgia under the Soviets, is currently being crushed by anti-Christian
ideologies: humanistic progress, Mammon,
and the like. But, as St Ekvtime and his
fellow-workers like St Ilia and others show, it is possible to successfully
resist – to successfully preserve one’s culture – until the evil regime burns
itself out, until its lies become so contradictory that the Empire collapses.
As much as we can, then,
imploring the aid of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, and the saints of
our forefathers like St Alfred the Great, St Honoratus, and all the rest of
that glorious host, as well as saints like St Ekvtime who have fought and won
similar fights, let the Southern remnant do everything we can to gather up and
protect our Christian history and culture (songs and all the rest of it) until
the American Empire collapses under the weight of its inglorious lies, sins,
and vices.
Yes, the American Empire
appears to be resurgent in the world, but we live by faith, not by sight. Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.
--
Holy
Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema
to the Union!
