Day: February 17, 2017

Patriarch Kirill spoke about the situation with the transfer of the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Isaac’s Cathedral MOSCOW, February 17 — RIA Novosti. The return of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) the right to keep their shrines is not a threat, said Friday the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill at the session of the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, speaking about the situation with St. Isaac’s Cathedral. Earlier, the authorities of St. Petersburg decided to transfer to St. Isaac’s Cathedral for 49 years, the Russian Orthodox Church in the free use with preserving the Museum and educational functions. Remains and legal status of the object — its owner is the city. The public is concerned about the fate of Isaac, despite the statement of representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Museum functions will be expanded, and

Sherlock recognized as the most favorite character BBC worldwide The unthinkable happened: Sherlock Holmes Benedict Cumberbatch surpassed all its competitors and was unanimously voted the most beloved character created British broadcasting company BBC. This is evidenced by the results of an international survey, initiated by the flagship of British television. It was held between 19 and 22 February. In voting have taken part more than seven thousand people from Australia, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico and the United States. In favor of the Sherlock spoke 29,7%, Doctor Who — 17,6%, another 12.4% of respondents testified their sympathy Idris Elba in the role of Luther in the eponymous TV series. Followed by: Basil Fawlty from “Hotel “Fawlty towers”, recently recognized as the most witty British Comedy series, hereinafter — the Stig, the collective image of pilots of test of the TV show Top Gear (losing on all counts amazinescom Grand Tour

New snail species named in honor of a character from the “Dungeons and Dragons” A group of biologists from the natural history Museum in Stuttgart and the Zoological Museum in são Paulo have discovered in Brazil a new species of snail. Clam, described in a paper in the journal Zoosystematics and Evolution, was named after a character in the Board game “Dungeons and Dragons”. Biologists discovered the snail during the exploration of the caves of Brazil. She is a member of the family Gastrocopta — micromolluscs that live on land. Her torso reaches a height of two millimeters, and a length of just one. A snail shell has a conical shape, while most other species in Brazil, have the shells of cylindrical or cocacobana (pupiform) form. Researchers named the animal Gastrocopta sharae in honor of Shar, goddess of night and darkness from the Board game “Dungeons and Dragons”. “This is