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Andrei rublev iconographer apprentice3/30/2023 Then Jesus said to them, “Prophets are not without honor, except in their hometown, and among their own kin, and in their own house.” And he could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them. They said, “Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What deeds of power are being done by his hands! Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. Jesus left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. James Tissot, 1886-96: Christ Sent Them Out Two by Two (Brooklyn Museum) Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *Īs it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. In the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God *Ĩ We have waited in silence on your loving-kindness, O God, *ĩ Your praise, like your Name, O God, reaches to the world’s end *ġ3 This God is our God for ever and ever * Like ships of the sea when the east wind shatters them. ![]() The city of the great Sovereign and the very center of the world.Ĥ Behold, the rulers of the earth assembled * In the city of our God is the LORD’s holy hill.Ģ Beautiful and lofty, the joy of all the earth, is the hill of Zion, * Sing praises to our Sovereign, sing praises.ħ For God is Sovereign of all the earth *ĩ The nobles of the peoples have gathered together *ġ0 The rulers of the earth belong to God, *ġ Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised * The LORD with the sound of the ram’s-horn. Alleluia.Ģ For the LORD Most High is to be feared *ģ The LORD subdues the peoples under us, *Ĥ The LORD chooses our inheritance for us, * Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:Īs it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth. “Argo” won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and Mendez was lauded as one of the best CIA agents in history. By the time Iranian revolutionaries figured out who they were, they were long gone. He supplied them with false identities, coached them in how to talk their way through security checkpoints, and posed as their crew leader. ![]() He devised a scheme to portray the Americans as members of a Canadian film crew scouting locations in Tehran. Mendez was a technical artist drawing wiring harnesses for a major defense contractor when he was lured into a life of adventure by an ad for Navy civilian “artists to work overseas.” He began his spy career as a counterfeiter and forger along the way he became a master of disguising people as well, using techniques known to Hollywood and con men. ![]() diplomats who escaped to the Canadian Embassy after being held hostage in Iran, as celebrated in the film “Argo” with Ben Affleck, left. Tony Mendez has died, a master of covert operations for the CIA who engineered the January 1980 rescue of six U.S.
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