The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games took place in Paris. Greek portal pronews.gr He described the incident as a collapse of civilisation and Christian culture due to transgender people parodying Leonardo da Vinci’s painting “The Last Supper”.
Da Vinci’s work shows the last meal of Jesus Christ and his twelve closest disciples, where the sacrament of the Eucharist was established. In the performance at the opening of the Olympic Games, a woman took on the role of Jesus. She wore a low-cut blue dress, a halo with rays on her head and large black headphones in her ears. On her wrists were wide chain bracelets, a reference to the crucifixion. The Lady Jesus stood behind the DJ console, her hands clasped in the shape of a heart.
Drag queens – men dressed in women’s clothes – appeared in the image of Jesus’ disciples. One of them had a false beard. Also, the role of Jesus’ disciple was played by a girl.
The Last Supper in Paris was not on a table as in the original painting, but on a podium. A large platter with a cloche (cover for dishes) was placed on it. The cloche was removed by a cable and he appeared before the audience in the form of Dionysus. Greek god, patron of winemaking a naked man wearing a wreath and a ribbon of flowers covering his genitals. He was painted entirely blue. His hair and beard were dyed blond. The man sang a song in French: “I’m sure you’re naked, I’m sure you’re naked.” It was later revealed that Dionysus was played by French actor and singer Philippe Catherine.
Some viewers thought that the singer appeared in the image of Poseidon, god of the sea elements, and not a Greek god known for his passion for entertainment, because the opening was held this year on the banks of the Seine River. . The blue paint gave them this idea.
During Catherine’s performance, the “disciples of Jesus” in the background began to move to the beat of the music, taking various poses. Finally, they embraced each other, and to the audience’s surprise, their movements resembled kisses.
Public reaction
Marion Marechal, a member of the European Parliament and the niece of Marine Le Pen, one of the leaders of the French National Rally Party, wrote on social networks:
“I am watching the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games with my children. It is hard not to appreciate the few beautiful scenes between the beheading of Marie Antoinette, the kissing couple, the transvestites, the humiliation of the Republican Guard being forced to dance with Aya Nakamura, and the general ugliness of the costumes and choreography.”
The MP addressed Christians around the world who might be offended by the parody of “The Last Supper”, saying that this was not the attitude of all of France, but only of a minority of the left that was ready for any provocation.
Billionaire Elon Musk was not happy with this discovery either.
“This was blatant disrespect for Christians,” Musk wrote on social network X. According to him, “Christianity has no teeth left.”
Journalist Ksenia Sobchak on her Telegram channel “Bloody Lady” He called the opening of the Olympics “The Todes ballet performance in Saratov.”
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, also commented on the ceremony.
“One of the main performances of the Olympics was LGBT (“International Social Movement of LGBT” is considered extremist and terrorist, banned in the Russian Federation) – a mockery of a sacred plot for Christians – the Last Supper – the last supper of Jesus. The apostles were played by transvestites. Apparently in Paris they decided to turn everything into a continuous gay pride parade, because the Olympic rings are so colorful.” Wrote He jokingly asked how many “spies” had to be deployed for the opening of the Olympics in Paris to be such a huge failure.
Italian Angelo Giuliano, who calls himself a geopolitical and financial analyst, wrote on the X social network:
“I want Russia to give me asylum, I don’t want to be part of this shit show.”
During a meeting with Vakhtang Kipshidze, Deputy Chairman of the Synodal Department of the Russian Orthodox Church for Relations with Society and the Media of the Moscow Patriarchate HABER.ru He reminded that France is a Christian state with a Christian majority. According to him, the country is now making a mockery of its cultural and spiritual heritage.
“I believe that this is a kind of attempt at civilisational suicide, and it’s quite successful. It’s an attempt to ridicule, to slander, to belittle what has always been at the core of the cultural identity of the French people. Now all of that is being destroyed. This will lead to a civilisational disaster,” Kipshidze said.
“Don’t look”
Some viewers found the opening ceremony valuable. Conversation with Tatyana Tarasova, Honored Coach of the USSR in Figure Skating “Sports Express” described the event as wonderful.
“Everyone was floating along the Seine River beautifully. The picture became even more beautiful as it began to get dark. Who was not impressed by this discovery? Maybe we should hire special people who only look for mistakes? Every country is doing its best. And there is no need to compare it with anyone! This is absolutely inappropriate. This is not a competition! Here is the creative face of the country! And if something bothers someone, don’t let them look.”
Sports commentator Dmitry Guberniev Telegam channel He also said the ceremony went well.
The event is not aimed at Russians
State Duma Deputy Vitaly Milonov said: “socialbites.ca”For Europe, transvestites are “normal and usual”:
“I don’t understand how they will look into the eyes of our athletes who participate there. If I were an athlete who could even be persuaded to participate in this gender-neutral status, which has no homeland or flag, then after watching this show I would tie them up, send them away, throw my badminton racket or racquet at them, send them away. Everything written in Russian letters would be left to hell there. A Russian cannot participate in this, so either you are Russian or you participate in this.”
State Duma deputy, former world boxing champion Nikolai Valuev told socialbites.ca that it is normal for transvestites to make themselves known in this way:
“This proves once again how dangerous they are to human society. There are no brakes. <…> This is a kind of monitoring of public sentiment.”
Valuev described the speech as “a clear attack on faith”. But French Christians don’t know what to do in this situation. The MP added that athletes come to the Olympics to demonstrate. He was outraged that organisers were using a landmark event in this way.
Other missteps by organizers
During the parade of athletes, delegations from different countries sailed on boats along the Seine River. In the stands there were French and English-speaking announcers who introduced the South Korean team as the North Korean team. At the same time, the delegations of the countries were quite far from each other: the Republic of Korea took 48th place, and North Korea took 153rd place.
According to this Yonhapnow the South Korean Ministry of Sports is requesting a meeting with IOC President Thomas Bach. They are asking for clarification from both the organization and the local organizing committee. The IOC has already apologized on social networks, but only on its Korean-language account:
“We deeply apologize for the mistake that occurred in introducing the South Korean delegation during the opening ceremony.”
There were also problems with the raising of the Olympic flag. A rider in silver armor on a metal horse sailed along the Seine River and handed over the symbol to the inauguration participants at the end of his journey. They had to hang it on a flagpole and raise it. During the raising, something went wrong, as a result of which the flag was raised upside down: there were two rings on the top of the canvas and three on the bottom. The organizers quickly lowered the flag, changed its position and raised it again.