#antinous

🪷 This is the first priest of #Antinous in 1,600 years to visit #Antinoopolis Egypt where #Antinoos died and was deified. Read Priest #AntoniusSubia 's first-hand account of this historic visit escorted by armed guards and welcomed by smiling villagers: https://antinousgaygod.blogspot.com/2026/02/antonius-subia-first-priest-of-antinous.html 🪷

🪷 Antinous would be forgotten save for him: Emperor #AntoninusPius was born 19 Sept 86 AD. He piously, diligently and faithfully carried out predecessor #Hadrian 's wishes to enable religion of #Antinous to grow and flourish throughout the Roman Empire: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-birth-of-antoninus-pius.html 🪷

🪷 #Lanuvium was the hometown of Hadrian's heir #AntoninusPius, born 19 Sept 86 AD. Lanuvium was a major center of worship of #Antinous. This relief showing Antinous with a dog was found at Lanuvium. Its inscription says #Antinoos ' birthday is 27 Nov: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-lanuvium-inscription-explained-by.html 🪷

🪷 Worshipers of Antinous around the world convened tonight via Zoom to commemorate the Sacred #LionHunt, the last recorded event in the life of #Antinous, when he and #Hadrian slew a man-eating lion in Egypt in August 130 AD. Full report here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/08/antinous-worshipers-worldwide-take-part.html 🪷

📚 9 Aug is #BookLoversDay: In "Queen Julius Caesar," our own Priest of #Antinous #MartinCampbell tells the untold story of young Julius Caesar and the meeting that was to break through his otherwise untouched emotions. Order: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Queen-Julius-Caesar-Martin-Campbell/dp/0244868468/ More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/07/martin-campbells-historical-novel-queen.html #NationalBookLoversDay 📚

📚 9 Aug is #BookLoversDay ... #BookTip: "The Love God" by #MartinCampbell. Well-researched Historical Novel about the life of #Antinous: https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1500902543 #NationalBookLoversDay 📚

📚 9 Aug is #BookLoversDay ... #BookTip: "The Love God" by #MartinCampbell. Well-researched Historical Novel about the life of #Antinous: https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1500902543 #NationalBookLoversDay 📚

🪷 August 8th is a turning point in history for all LGBTQIA+ people! Emperor #Trajan died 8 Aug 117 AD, enabling #Hadrian to become Emperor. We celebrate the Accession of Hadrian as a miracle ... without which #Antinous would never have been known. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-accession-of-hadrian-as-emperor-of.html 🪷

🪷 8 Aug is #WorldCatDay: In August 130 AD #Antinous & #Hadrian entered Egypt via #Pelusium, where centuries earlier the Persians sent cats into battle against cat-worshiping Egyptians, who refused to fight feline foes & surrendered: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/08/antinous-and-hadrians-entry-into-egypt.html #InternationalCatDay 🪷

🪷 8 Aug is #WorldCatDay #InternationalCatDay: Did #Antinous and #Hadrian see the big #Bastet/ #Sekhmet cat temple when they arrived in #Alexandria in August 130 AD? They could hardly have missed it! Now it has been rediscovered: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/08/happy-world-cat-day-is-your-home-cat.html #CatDay 🪷

🪷 Entry deadline is August 27th for the #SacredGames of #Antinous! Winners will be announced 30th August 2026 Enter here: https://www.antinopolis.org/religion/games.html For more information: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/06/heres-your-chance-to-be-champion-in.html 🪷

🪷✨☄️💥 This is the best week to see the #Perseid meteor shower ... 60 shooting stars a minute. The #Perseids are easier to see this year due to the diminished light of the crescent moon🌛. Our sky map shows the near-Earth asteroid (or dwarf planet) Antinous. It is as if #Antinous is shooting his arrows of fiery love into your heart💥☄️✨. Here is how to wish upon a falling star: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/07/antinous-shoots-his-arrows-into-your.html 🪷

🪷 #Antinous "kisses" #SineadOConnor in her iconic "Nothing Compares 2 U" video. The song of longing for a lost lover resonates with LGBTQ people. She once said: "I'm 3/4 heterosexual, 1/4 gay." Born 8 Dec 1966, died 26 July 2023. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/0-EF60neguk 🪷

🪷 14 July #NationalNudeDay: "The Discus Thrower" (Diskobolus) 1889 by Polish artist Stefan Bakalowicz 1857-1947. It shows a nude youth resembling #Antinous with a discus in front of a "herme" which appears to be a bust of #Hadrian in a setting which could be #HadriansVilla. 🪷

🪷 🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 #PRIDE #EdwardCarpenter​ died 28 June 1929 in obscurity. Now he is recognised as an LGBTQIA+ pioneer and as a saint of #Antinous: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/06/edward-carpenter-saint-of-antinous.html 🪷