show hospitality

According to statements released by the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mr. Sviridov denied charges of extremism, but rather said members of the group were taught “to show love to people, to maintain good relations with others, to settle differences, to treat everyone with an open mind, to show hospitality.”

Biblical book of Hebrews states something similar: "Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it."

Over the shoulders of the writer and the reader — emblazoned on a gray stone set into the wall — was a Bible verse: “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”

To eat apple sharlotka in its contemporary iteration is to consume a history lesson: The cake was a byproduct of Soviet women’s ingenuity and resourcefulness fueled by a strong desire to show hospitality.

Mr Schmalz told the BBC that the piece was inspired by the passage: "Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it."