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September 3 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
Sep. 2 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Sep. 4 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on ''September 16'' by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For September 3rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''August 21''. Saints * ''Saint Phoebe, Deaconess of Cenchreae near Corinth'' (1st century)September 3/September 16 Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής. 3 Σεπτεμβρίου '' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Hieromartyr Aristion of Alexandria (''Kelladion''), Bishop of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandria Scabiosa
Alexandria ( ; ) is the List of cities and towns in Egypt#Largest cities, second largest city in Egypt and the List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile Delta, Nile River delta. Founded in 331 BC by Alexander the Great, Alexandria grew rapidly and became a major centre of Hellenic civilisation, eventually replacing Memphis, Egypt, Memphis, in present-day Greater Cairo, as Egypt's capital. Called the "Bride of the Mediterranean" and "Pearl of the Mediterranean Coast" internationally, Alexandria is a popular tourist destination and an important industrial centre due to its natural gas and petroleum, oil pipeline transport, pipelines from Suez. The city extends about along the northern coast of Egypt and is the largest city on the Mediterranean, the List of cities and towns in Egypt#Largest cities, second-largest in Egypt (after Cairo), the List of largest cities in the Arab world, fourth- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of Constantinople (717–718)
In 717–718, Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, was besieged by the Muslim Arabs of the Umayyad Caliphate. The campaign marked the culmination of twenty years of attacks and progressive Arab occupation of the Byzantine borderlands, while Byzantine strength was sapped by Twenty Years' Anarchy, prolonged internal turmoil. In 716, after years of preparations, the Arabs, led by Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik, invaded Byzantine Asia Minor. The Arabs initially hoped to exploit Byzantine civil strife and made common cause with the general Leo III the Isaurian, who had risen up against Emperor Theodosius III. Leo, however, deceived them and secured the Byzantine throne for himself. After wintering in the western coastlands of Asia Minor, the Arab army crossed into Thrace in the early summer of 717 and built Investment (military), siege lines to blockade the city, which was protected by the massive Walls of Constantinople#Theodosian Walls, Theodosian Walls. The Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tervel Of Bulgaria
Caesar Tervel (), also called Tarvel, Terval, or Terbelis in Byzantine Empire, Byzantine sources, was the ruler Caesar (title), Caesar of History of Bulgaria, Bulgaria during the First Bulgarian Empire at the beginning of the 8th century. In 705 Emperor Justinian II named him Caesar (title), caesar, the first foreigner to receive this title.Хан Тервел – тема за кандидат студенти He was raised a pagan like his grandfather Khan (title), Khan Kubrat,s:История славянобългарска, „История славянобългарска“, св.Паисий Хилендарски, 18 век."Българите", докум. филм, реж. и сценарист П. П� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Holy Apostles
The Church of the Holy Apostles (, ''Agioi Apostoloi''; ), also known as the Imperial Polyandrion (imperial cemetery), was a Byzantine Eastern Orthodox church in Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. The first structure dated to the 4th century, though future emperors would add to and improve upon it.Krautheimer (1992) It was second in size and importance only to the Hagia Sophia among the great churches of the capital. When Fall of Constantinople, Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Empire, Ottomans in 1453, the Holy Apostles briefly became the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Three years later, the dilapidated edifice was abandoned, and the patriarchate moved to the Pammakaristos Church, Theotokos Pammakaristos Church. In 1461, the remains of the Church of the Holy Apostles were demolished by the Ottomans to make way for the Fatih Mosque, Istanbul, Fatih Mosque.Müller-Wiener (1977) p. 406 History The original Church of the Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantine III (Byzantine Emperor)
Heraclius Constantine (; ; 3 May 612 – 25 May 641), often enumerated as Constantine III, was one of the shortest reigning Byzantine emperors, ruling for three months in 641. He was the eldest son of Emperor Heraclius and his first wife Fabia Eudokia. Reign Constantine was crowned co-emperor by his father on 22 January 613 and shortly after was betrothed to his cousin, Gregoria, a daughter of his father's first cousin, Nicetas. As the couple were second cousins, the marriage was technically incestuous, but this consideration must have been outweighed by the advantages of the match to the family as a whole. Furthermore, its illegality paled into insignificance beside Heraclius' marriage to his niece Martina the same year. In comparison, Constantine's marriage was far less scandalous than that of his father. Constantine assumed an honorary consulship on 1 January 632, and at the same ceremony his brother Heraclonas was raised to the rank of ''Caesar''. Theophanes the Conf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euthymius The Great
Euthymius the Great (377 – 20 January 473) was an abbot in Palestine. He is venerated in both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Euthymius' '' vita'' was written by Cyril of Skythopolis, who describes him as the founder of several monasteries in the Judaean desert, while remaining a solitary monk in the tradition of Egyptian monasticism. He nevertheless played a decisive role in helping the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon (451) prevail in Jerusalem, in spite of the majority of the monks in the region opposing it. Life The '' vita'' of Euthymius has been written by Cyril of Scythopolis. Melitene Euthymius was born in Melitene in Lesser Armenia in 377, in a pious family of noble birth. According to Christian tradition, his parents, Paul and Dionysia, had prayed for a son at the church of Saint Polyeuctus in Melitene. When the child was born, they named him ''Euthymius'', meaning "good cheer". Euthymius was educated by Bishop Otreius of Melitene, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ascetic
Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures through self-discipline, self-imposed poverty, and simple living, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Ascetics may withdraw from the world for their practices or continue to be part of their society, but typically adopt a frugal lifestyle, characterised by the renunciation of material possessions and physical pleasures, and also spend time fasting while concentrating on the practice of religion, prayer, or meditation. Some individuals have also attempted an ascetic lifestyle to free themselves from addictions to things such as alcohol, tobacco, drugs, entertainment, sex, food, etc. Asceticism has been historically observed in many religious and philosophical traditions, most notably among Ancient Greek philosophical schools (Epicureanism, Gymnosophism, Stoicism, and Pythagoreanism), Indian religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism), Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam), an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theoctistus Of Palestine
Venerable Theoctistus/Theoktistos of Palestine, also Abba Theoktistus/Theoktistos (died 451), was an associate of Euthymius the Great. He was an ascetic who lived in a cell at the Pharan lavra, not far from the main monastery established by Euthymius, and later became hegumen (abbot) of another monastery of the Judaean Desert, which became named after him. Ascetic life Euthymius and Theoctistus sought challenge and solitude in the desert each year after the Leave-taking of Theophany (the last day of the feast associated with the Baptism of Jesus), only returning to their hermitages on Palm Sunday.Venerable Theoctistus Orthodox Church in America. Five years into their association, they went into the desert for |
Vasilissa (child Martyr)
Vasilissa (300–309) was a Roman Christian girl who is venerated as a child martyr by the Russian Orthodox Church. According to tradition, she was a small child when martyred, suffering in Nicomedia not long after the death of St. Anthimus. The torturers covered her whole body with wounds, but she remained faithful to Jesus Christ. Life She is thought to have survived the Nicomedia massacre, as a four-year-old girl. According to Holy Tradition, she was tortured with fire and wild beasts, yet remained unharmed. Her torturer, Alexander, seeing these wonders, repented and became a Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo .... Vasilissa is said to have gone into a field, and fallen to her knees in prayer, thanking God for her endurance under torture, and whilst pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese Of North America
The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (AOCANA), often referred to in North America as simply the Antiochian Archdiocese, is the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch in the United States and Canada. Originally under the care of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Syro-Levantine Eastern Orthodox Christian immigrants to the United States and Canada were granted their own jurisdiction under the Church of Antioch in the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution. Internal conflicts divided the Antiochian Orthodox faithful into two parallel archdiocesesthose of New York and Toledountil 1975, when Metropolitan Philip (Saliba) became the sole archbishop of the reunited Antiochian Archdiocese. The Holy Synod of Antioch granted the Archdiocese semi-autonomous status in 2003, and by 2014 it had grown to over 275 parish churches. It is one of three Orthodox Christian jurisdictions in North America to currently practice the liturgical Western Rite as well as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domna Of Nicomedia
Domna () can refer to: * Domna, Republic of Buryatia, a ''selo'' (village) in Sosnovo-Ozersky Selsoviet of Yeravninsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia * Domna, Zabaykalsky Krai, a ''selo'' in Chitinsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia * Domna (air base), air base in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia Names * , Latin name * Julia Domna (d. 217), Roman empress * Domna Visvizi (1783–1850), Greek revolutionary * Domna Anisimova (1815–1877), Russian poet *Domna Michailidou, Greek economist * Domna Samiou (1928–2012), Greek musician Other * Domna, crater on Vesta, see List of geological features on Vesta {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
