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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“While I have little doubt that Sysoev will eventually be proclaimed a saint by the Moscow Patriarchate, nothing can ever sanctify his many false and harmful statements about Islam and Muslims.” constantinoplemecca.substack.com/p/deconstruc...
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Deconstructing Fr. Daniil Sysoev’s Islamophobic Rhetoric
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.✦ ݁˖ theresa maria ₊• @thecla.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I need to take this little old lady to the vet again ❤️‍🩹 🐾
Floofy cat sleeping on the couch with a pillow and a toy
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Long live the Islamic Republic of Japan!
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The same white bigots who would have joined in with their ancestors in treating Greek immigrants in North America like trash can’t seem to stop sharing their opinions about an extremely talented Black woman playing Helen of Troy like it’s any of their damn business.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
There are a lot of people doubting Holy Russia and acting like it’s not the last bastion of true Orthodox values. But I don’t see any other Orthodox country willing to take on the sacred task of dropping a bomb on the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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Kindred Paths to Union with God: Parallels Between Sufism and Hesychasm — CONSTANTINOPLE & MECCA
The ultimate goal of both Sufism and Hesychasm is to achieve union with the God of Abraham. Despite little religious borrowing having occurred historically between the two traditions, Sufis and Hesych...
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I finally made a Substack. Please consider subscribing. 🙏 constantinoplemecca.substack.com
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Constantinople & Mecca | Andreas Matthews | Substack
Examining the areas where Islam and Christianity intersect. Click to read Constantinople & Mecca, by Andreas Matthews, a Substack publication. Launched 22 days ago.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Punch the monkey is a psyop.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Apparently, Kid Rock’s performance was a disaster even by Kid Rock standards.
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You Call Yourself a Film Critic @filmcriticmaybe.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Leftist golden boy Noam Chomsky was found in the Epstein Files and folks collectively went "Oh fuck that old wanker then" We're not like you when guys on our "side" are found out to be craven creeps we don't completely abandon our principles and piteously defend them
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Just as it’s not antisemitic to protest at a synagogue that’s auctioning off stolen Palestinian land, it’s also not anti-Christian to protest at a church led by a member of the American Gestapo.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Must be rough for incel fans of Ye to see him take out an ad explaining how his racist views were the result of a brain injury.
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Fr. Steven Clark @frstevenclark.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
But they, too, who would forbid the city to foreigners cannot have our approval. They would expel them at the very time when they ought to help…They would refuse them a share in the produce meant for all, and avert the intercourse that has already begun; and they are unwilli... — St Ambrose of Milan
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
They freeze Jesus in Gaza. They starve Jesus in Sudan. They shoot Jesus in Minneapolis. They bomb Jesus in Ukraine. How long will we bear injustice?
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Nobody’s asking you to become a political science major, we’re just asking you to stop being a complete dipshit.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We’re witnessing the Confederacy’s last hurrah.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
White people think that a country’s history begins the moment they realize that it exists.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Can’t imagine what it must be like for the victims in the Epstein files to see their disgusting abusers continue to run the world.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Robert Barron’s just mad that Mamdani ignored his request for feet pics.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Just found out that a relatively well-known American Catholic who had written some decent books about Muhammad, Muslim-Christian relations, and Islamophobia is now a full-blown Zionist justifying the genocide in Gaza. It’s amazing how easy it is for mediocre white dudes to sell their souls.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
The US is committed to ensuring that no non-white individual or nation should ever feel safe anywhere on earth.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The Great Satan has chosen another nation to devour.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
I didn’t expect Liam Hemsworth to be this natural at playing Geralt.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Post the best four books you read in 2025
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m @thepoorourmasters.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
I don't often talk about these things, but I also remember having to leave the West Bank on the Sabbath (this was also only a few months after October 7th). They walking checkpoint was closed, so I had to walk through a vehicle checkpoint.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Even in death, Rob Reiner continues to expose Trump for the piece of crap that he is.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
“Why do we have to spend our lives striving to be something that we would never want to be, if we only knew what we wanted? Why do we waste our time doing things which, if we only stopped to think about them, are just the opposite of what we were made for?” - Thomas Merton
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I’m going to need everyone to shut up before you make Cynthia and Ariana self-conscious and boring.
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softputsch.bsky.social @softputsch.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The easiest way to understand why Hillary and Kamala lost is to quote them.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The only monarchy respected in this household is that of the Father.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
"I'm telling you God's words, not no hustle."
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Posting AI images is a good way of letting everyone know that you’re a dope.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
A church that refuses to ordain women, deems LGBTQ folks sinful, and largely ignores the struggles of people of colour, from Gaza to Chicago, is bound to attract white nationalists.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Ben-Gvir in 2035
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Guy must have some profound arguments in the shower.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
We should be less concerned with teachings *about* Jesus and more concerned with the teachings *of* Jesus.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I don’t want to hear another word about “traditional values.” I see more drag queens than bishops speaking out against genocide.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Thank God someone is standing up to those bastards.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
A lot of folks who are obsessed with traditional gender roles seem to have convinced themselves that their relationship struggles have nothing to do with them. Instead, it must be because there’s just not enough “real” men or “real” women out there.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🗣️ Acetaminophen
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
They recognize the Palestinian state but not the right of Palestinians to remain alive.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
“We are at a moment right now where people are asking themselves why can’t the Democratic Party defend this assault on democracy . . . and I would submit to you that if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy.” - Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
If Trump will go out of his way to silence milquetoast, liberal comedians like Kimmel and Colbert, just imagine what he has planned for his more radical critics.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
It shouldn’t take the UN to get you to listen to millions of brown voices pleading for help.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The UN is now also Hamas.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Might get Silent Hill f to really put my nerves on edge for the next month or so.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I’m in my no patience for bullshit era.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I used to see Black creators online talk about how they weren’t interested in trying to educate white folks about racism and politics. I didn’t get it at the time but I think I do now. Many whites are willfully ignorant and will never help dismantle a system that privileges them.
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Andreas @damaskinos.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
It is un-fucking-real what Palestinians are being subjected to.
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Oswiu☦️ @oswiu.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Because they'd lose and lose badly
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