Penitent thief Eastern Orthodox Church, one of the hymns of Good Friday is entitled, "The Good Thief" (or "The Wise Thief", Church Slavonic: "Razboinika blagorazumnago"), and speaks of how Christ granted Dismas Paradise. There are several compositions of this hymn which are used in the Russian Orthodox Church and form one of the highlights of the Matins service on Good Friday. In Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot", the main characters Vladimir and Estragon briefly discuss the inconsistencies between the Four Evangelists' accounts of the penitent and impenitent thieves. Vladimir concludes that since only Luke says that one of the two was saved,
Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel George Bernard Shaw. Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel The "Samuel Beckett"-class offshore patrol vessel is a class of offshore patrol vessels (OPV) ordered by the Irish Naval Service from October 2010. The first vessel is named , which is also the name given to the class. Construction on this first vessel commenced in November 2011, and it was commissioned in May 2014. The second vessel, , was delivered in 2015 and the third, , was delivered in 2016.. Vard Marine Inc. (formerly STX Marine) designed the vessels, which have features in common with an earlier design, the , in service