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Hajnalcsillag
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On this day in 1956, groups of students in Budapest assembled next to the statue of war hero Jozef Bem and sang the National Song, which had been censored by the USSR. With the mobs swelling, the new revolutionaries turned their wrath toward the most obvious symbol of Soviet oppression.
There stood a statue of Josef Stalin 25 feet tall as part of an 80-foot tall monument that had been erected over top of a church (that had been demolished to make room for the statue). Within hours of the meeting at Bem’s statue, Stalin’s bronze visage lay horizontal in the street. When the statue had been originally completed, it was written that:
“Stalin was with us earlier; now he will be with us even more. He will watch over our work, and his smile will show us the way. I have been told that in Moscow it is customary to pay a visit to Comrade Lenin in Red Square before beginning, or after finishing, an important task, either to report or to ask his advice. Undoubtedly the same will occur here with the state of Comrade Stalin.”
Stalin’s statue met the same fate as the temple of Baal at the hands of Jehu; it was demolished and defaced (unfortunately, no one used Stalin’s statue as a latrine).
Why do I post this? Because I would like to ask all who read this post to take a minute today and remember those who have gone before us that fought for the oppressed or to themselves break free from oppression. I would ask you to pray for those who are currently oppressed, those for whom “persecution” means a great deal more than a snide comment or a disapproving look. I ask all who read this to join in prayer for the oppressed underground church, that they may continue to grow tremendously in Spiritual power and draw those around them to salvation.
There stood a statue of Josef Stalin 25 feet tall as part of an 80-foot tall monument that had been erected over top of a church (that had been demolished to make room for the statue). Within hours of the meeting at Bem’s statue, Stalin’s bronze visage lay horizontal in the street. When the statue had been originally completed, it was written that:
“Stalin was with us earlier; now he will be with us even more. He will watch over our work, and his smile will show us the way. I have been told that in Moscow it is customary to pay a visit to Comrade Lenin in Red Square before beginning, or after finishing, an important task, either to report or to ask his advice. Undoubtedly the same will occur here with the state of Comrade Stalin.”
Stalin’s statue met the same fate as the temple of Baal at the hands of Jehu; it was demolished and defaced (unfortunately, no one used Stalin’s statue as a latrine).
Why do I post this? Because I would like to ask all who read this post to take a minute today and remember those who have gone before us that fought for the oppressed or to themselves break free from oppression. I would ask you to pray for those who are currently oppressed, those for whom “persecution” means a great deal more than a snide comment or a disapproving look. I ask all who read this to join in prayer for the oppressed underground church, that they may continue to grow tremendously in Spiritual power and draw those around them to salvation.