July 11

July 11

What would you do if were met by someone who, as the ruler of a nation, led a campaign of terror against their neighbors? Someone whose brutality knew no bounds? Someone who would use the pretense of hospitality as a means of getting close to the people they hate and then kill them? Someone who would suggest a truce with their enemy, invite them to a feast with plenty of alcohol, only to betray that truce and slaughter their enemy as soon as they were drunk? Someone known for devising the most ruthless and diabolical plans for killing their enemies, using them indiscriminately, without any concern as to who got hurt and killed in the process as long as those they hated were also killed?

Would you seek to capture them, put them on trial, and hope for their execution as payback for their crimes against humanity?

The Church would seek to convert them, and make them a Saint.

July 11th is the Feast of St Olga of Kiev:

Today let us praise God the Benefactor of all,
Who has glorified the divinely-wise Olga.
And through her prayers may He grant to our souls the forgiveness of our sins.


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