25 definitions by CrnaStrela
Chetniks were the Serbian nationalist guerrilla force that formed during the second worls war to resist Axis invaders and Croatian collaborators but that primarily fought Tito's Communist guerrillas, the Partisans. The chetniks were first organized in Bosnia. Other bands developed in Montenegro, Herzegovina and Dalmatia, but the most important was the one based in Serbia. The Chetniks were on the allied side and helped resist German advancment through Yugoslavia.
The Chetniks rescued some 500 U.S. airmen who crashed over Yugoslavia in 1944-45. It's a shame how the truth about World War II MIAs has Still been covered up after all these years.
by CrnaStrela September 9, 2005
The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for a thousand years after the western half had crumbled into various feudal kingdoms and which finally fell to Ottoman Turkish onslaughts in 1453.
The city of Byzantium grew from an ancient Greek colony founded on the European side of the Bosporus.
In AD 330 the Roman emperor Constantine I, in an attempt to strengthen the empire, refounded Byzantium as Constantinople, the 'New Rome' and capital of the eastern half of the empire.
At his death in 395 Emperor Theodosius I divided the empire between his two sons, and it was never reunited.
Theodosius also made Christianity (Eastern Orthodox) the sole religion of the empire, and Constantinople assumed preeminence over other Christian centers in the East as Rome did in the West.
The city of Byzantium grew from an ancient Greek colony founded on the European side of the Bosporus.
In AD 330 the Roman emperor Constantine I, in an attempt to strengthen the empire, refounded Byzantium as Constantinople, the 'New Rome' and capital of the eastern half of the empire.
At his death in 395 Emperor Theodosius I divided the empire between his two sons, and it was never reunited.
Theodosius also made Christianity (Eastern Orthodox) the sole religion of the empire, and Constantinople assumed preeminence over other Christian centers in the East as Rome did in the West.
The fall of Rome to the Ostrogoths in 476 marked the end of the western half of the Roman Empire. The eastern half continued as the Byzantine Empire, with Constantinople as its capital. Constantine the Great wanted this city to be built from scratch as the center of the Christian world. The origional Christianity religion Eastern Orthodox church split into differnent factions, The great schism between Eastern and Western churches was mutually agreed to in 1054.
by CrnaStrela September 1, 2005
Niš is a city in Serbia and one of the oldest cities in the Balkans, and has from ancient times been considered a gateway between the East and the West.
Constantine I, ruler of the Byzantium empire (4th century) was born at Naissus, (today called Nis, Serbia)
by CrnaStrela September 5, 2005
there are alot of fucking atheists here which is a real problem. Anyway the definition of religion is a set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader,
eg. Jesus. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the Christ.
eg. Jesus. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the Christ.
There are many other religions in society that have values and attitudes. main religions of the world are:
Christian (Roman, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox)
Muslim (sunni and Shiah)
Hindu
Buddhist (Lamaist and Southern)
The percentage of Religions around the world are:
Christian 33.0%
Muslim 19.6%
Hindu 12.8%
Buddhist 6.0%
Isolated and Indigenous religions 12.0%
Other 15.6%
Christian (Roman, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox)
Muslim (sunni and Shiah)
Hindu
Buddhist (Lamaist and Southern)
The percentage of Religions around the world are:
Christian 33.0%
Muslim 19.6%
Hindu 12.8%
Buddhist 6.0%
Isolated and Indigenous religions 12.0%
Other 15.6%
by CrnaStrela August 29, 2005
Ustasha, Radical Fascist movements developed in a few Balkan countries most prominently in Croatia, they were obsessed by an extremist spirit of terroristic violence in a strange way of union with religious fanaticism. fascist regime in Croatia set about a policy of "racial purification" that went beyond even Nazi practices. it was declared that one-third of the Serbian population would be deported, one-third converted to Roman Catholicism, and one third exterminated.
the Ustasha, with the support of many croats,embarked upon
what is called "The Purge of Croatia from Forign elemnets," which had as its main purpose the Eliminating the Serb minority. Serbs have more than a valid historical reason not to trust Croat or Muslim "democracy". The Western press carefully avoids to talk about recent history of the region. It denies the Serbs of Croatia and Bosnia the Real Motive for their fear and struggle. This is because it clashes with the claim that, somehow, Serbs of these geographical regions were pushed by Belgrade autocrat Milosevic to "rebel" against "newly born democracies".
what is called "The Purge of Croatia from Forign elemnets," which had as its main purpose the Eliminating the Serb minority. Serbs have more than a valid historical reason not to trust Croat or Muslim "democracy". The Western press carefully avoids to talk about recent history of the region. It denies the Serbs of Croatia and Bosnia the Real Motive for their fear and struggle. This is because it clashes with the claim that, somehow, Serbs of these geographical regions were pushed by Belgrade autocrat Milosevic to "rebel" against "newly born democracies".
by CrnaStrela September 10, 2005
europe dates back longer then you think it does, Homo erectus and Neanderthals settled Europe long before the emergence of modern humans, Homo sapiens. The earliest appearance of anatomically modern people in Europe has been dated to 35,000 BC. Evidence of permanent settlement dates from the 7th millennium BC in Bulgaria, Romania and Greece. The Neolithic reached Central Europe in the 6th millennium BC and parts of Northern Europe in the 5th and 4th millennium BC. There is no prehistoric culture that covers the whole of Europe. For short introductions to the various cultures like Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age.
The first well-known literate civilization in Europe was that of the Minoans of the island of Crete and later the Myceneans in the adjacent parts of Greece, starting at the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC. Around 400 BC, the La Tene culture spread over most of the interior as far as the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal), and later Anatolia. The Etruscans inhabited central Italy and Lombardy, where they were displaced by the Celts, who mingled with earlier residents of Iberia to produce a unique Celtiberian culture. As the Celts did not use a written language, knowledge of them is piecemeal. The Romans encountered them and recorded a great deal about them; these records and the archaeological evidence form our primary understanding of this extremely influential culture. The Celts posed a formidable, if disorganized, competition to the Roman state, that later colonized and conquered much of the southern portion of Europe.
The first well-known literate civilization in Europe was that of the Minoans of the island of Crete and later the Myceneans in the adjacent parts of Greece, starting at the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC. Around 400 BC, the La Tene culture spread over most of the interior as far as the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal), and later Anatolia. The Etruscans inhabited central Italy and Lombardy, where they were displaced by the Celts, who mingled with earlier residents of Iberia to produce a unique Celtiberian culture. As the Celts did not use a written language, knowledge of them is piecemeal. The Romans encountered them and recorded a great deal about them; these records and the archaeological evidence form our primary understanding of this extremely influential culture. The Celts posed a formidable, if disorganized, competition to the Roman state, that later colonized and conquered much of the southern portion of Europe.
by CrnaStrela August 20, 2005
Orthodox Christianity begins with the first Pentecost in Jerusalem and the spreading of the Holy Spirit on Christ's small circle of disciples. It is then that the Orthodox Church was born, today the second largest organized body of Christians in the world. The legal recognition of Christianity was by the Emperor Constantine at the beginning of the fourth century (312AD) and its recognition as the official religion of the Byzantium empire by the end, under Theodosius (392AD).
by CrnaStrela September 5, 2005