Tantur Chapel
"Tantur" (from Arabic: الطنطورة, al-Tantura, lit. The Peak/Hill) may refer to: * Tantur Ecumenical Institute: An institute of advanced theological research in ecumenism located on Tantur hill in Jerusalem, near Bethlehem. * Tantour: a conical headdress in traditional Lebanese culture * Tantura Tantura (, ''al-Tantura'', lit. ''The Peak''; Hebrew and Phoenician: דור, ''Dor'') was a Palestinian Arab fishing village located northwest of Zikhron Ya'akov on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Near the village lie the ruins of the anci ...

Tantur Ecumenical Institute
Tantur Ecumenical Institute is an international ecumenical institute for advanced theological research in Jerusalem. Goals and objectives "No one climbs up to Tantur except to follow a vocation, the same vocation that led on the pioneers of ecumenism. That is the climate in which the research here must develop." (Albert Outler, Tantur, 1972) The mission of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute is to: * To work toward the unity of Christians (ecumenism); * To contribute to positive relations between peoples of the Abrahamic faiths (Interfaith dialogue, interreligious dialogue); * To be agent for the reconciliation of peoples in conflict (peacebuilding, especially with respect to the Arab-Israeli Conflict/Israeli-Palestinian Conflict). While the ecumenical mission of Christian unity is the central and core mission of Tantur, its situation in between Jerusalem and Bethlehem give easy context for the second-tier mission areas of interreligious dialogue and peacebuilding. Tantur i ...
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Tantour
The tantour (''tantoor'') is a form of cone-shaped women's headdress similar to the hennin, popular in the Levant during the nineteenth century, but seldom seen after 1850 outside of use as a folk costume. The tantour was usually only worn by wealthy noblewomen and often decorated with precious jewels and pearls, with most expensive tantours being made of gold or silver. Being an honored headdress, the tantour was a customary gift presented to the bride by her husband on their wedding day. Gallery File:Montfort - Libanaise assise par terre.jpg, Lebanese princess of the Abillama family with a child, by Antoine-Alphonse Montfort, File:Damascusfashion.jpg, Damascus fashion, illustration from the book ''Popular Costumes in Turkey,'' 1873 File:Zahlefashion.jpg, Lebanese fashion, illustration from the book ''Popular Costumes in Turkey,'' 1873 File:Druzewomantanturalt.png, Tantour on a Druze woman in Chouf, Lebanon, 1870s File:Lebprincess.jpg, Recreated costume of a Lebanese princes ...
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