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Lars Becker · /ascension · 4 days ago Apr 2, 2026, 11:02 AM ·4 mins reading time
Who is the "Internet Priest" Father Spyridon? The Orthodox clergyman taking over social media /ascension

An English born Orthodox priest has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers with his sermons filmed in the countryside, and yes, there are even edits of him set to Minecraft backgrounds. Here's everything you need to know about Father Spyridon Bailey.

Journey to Mount Athos
Lars Becker · /ascension · 1 week ago Mar 30, 2026, 10:43 AM ·2 mins reading time
Internet erupts after Israeli police block Cardinal from Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem's holiest church /ascension

Israeli police prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass on March 29.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa
Lars Becker · /ascension · 2 weeks ago Mar 21, 2026, 12:43 PM ·3 mins reading time
"The Chosen" is now the most translated TV series ever /ascension

The most translated TV series on the planet is a crowdfunded show about Jesus.

The Chosen
Bulgakov · /ascension · 2 weeks ago Mar 17, 2026, 09:44 AM ·2 mins reading time
Café barista goes viral after appearing in Netanyahu video amid death rumors /ascension

A promotional video of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was supposed to put death rumors to rest, but while many viewers were busy scanning the footage for signs of AI manipulation, an unexpected figure in the background captured the internet's attention.

Netanyahu Café  video
Lars Becker · /ascension · 3 weeks ago Mar 14, 2026, 07:49 PM ·3 mins reading time
Jürgen Habermas, Frankfurt School philosopher, is dead at 96 /ascension

Jürgen Habermas died on a Saturday in Starnberg, at the edge of a Bavarian lake where he had spent his retirement. He was ninety-six.

Jürgen Habermas
Bulgakov · /ascension · 3 weeks ago Mar 11, 2026, 04:18 PM ·8 mins reading time
How The Alchemist became the book everyone loves to mock /ascension

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho has sold millions of copies, been translated into 80 languages, and holds the Guinness World Record for most translated book by a living author. It has changed lives. People get tattoos of its quotes. It is, by any commercial measure, one of the most successful novels ever written. And literary people cannot stand it.

How The Alchemist became the book everyone loves to mock