Interfax is reporting that the holy army known as the Host of Don Cossacks is sending men to Montenegro to protect the monastery containing the hand of St. John the Forerunner. The party will be composed of 56 Cossacks specially selected for the mission. This is being done with the blessing of Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Coastlands.
Painting: "Don Cossacks" by Julisz Kossak, 1887
News Source: Interfax
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Oh, and PS - Have you read "And Quietly Flows the Don"?
No. I had no idea the book even existed.
It's been a long time since I read it - I read it in college, but as I recall, it was about the Cossaks during the early Soviet years, very good.
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