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TIL: every start is blessed by Orthodox Priest (what? :) ). They claim that only the capsules they didn't bless might crash. The very this capsule was blessed [

• yread 8y ago
  well the capsule itself worked fine!
• fapjacks 8y ago
  Hey, so... Orthodox priests bless literally everything. It's so common for them to bless things like rifles, tanks, parachutes, liquor, et cetera, that it's kind of an in-joke in Orthodox cultures and regions. But you go look online and you'll see them blessing I mean literally everything.
  • r721 8y ago
    Examples: Orthodox Priests Blessing Things https://twitter.com/blagoslovie https://twitter.com/blagoslovie
  • gambiting 8y ago
    It's not just orthodox church either.....in Poland it's extremely common for Roman Catholic priests to be invited to military and government events to bless things too.
    • vectorEQ 8y ago
      this just makes me think of scene from life of brian :') blessed be the cheesemakers
• hazz99 8y ago
  Or maybe the blessing is why they survived ;)
  • kitd 8y ago
    Lol, the Almighty showed up for an unannounced test of their blessing-fu :) Jesus is watching, folks. Look busy!
• onetimemanytime 8y ago
  What the other person said...imagine what would have happened if they hadn't blessed it at all? :) and if that isn't enough, here's the catch all phrase: god works in mysterious ways.
• maxxxxx 8y ago
  They probably forgot to pee at their bus tire before launch https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-russian-astronauts-pee-on-a-bus-tire-before-launching-into-space-and-other-preflight-rituals https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-russian-astronauts...
• dogma1138 8y ago
  They might take the credit for the safe return of the crew despite the calamity.
• chrisseaton 8y ago
  The capsule didn't crash - it landed safely.