HISTORY of emigration & immigrationREFUGEESHISTORYDuring the second half of the eighteenth century there was a significant increase in the Greek Orthodox Christian population in the region of the western coast of Asia Minor, which was accompanied by the establishment of new settlements and the growth...
To escape the intense Israeli bombardment in Gaza City, the 39-year-old father, along with his family and several Christians, sought refuge in the Church of Saint Porphyrius, a Greek Orthodox church that was considered the oldest one in the city. However, the Israeli army attacked one of t...
This custom of the Easter egg can be traced to early Christians of Mesopotamia, and from there it spread into Russia and Siberia through the Orthodox churches, and later into Europe through the Catholic and Protestant churches.这种复活节彩蛋的习俗可以追溯到美索不达米亚早期的基督徒,并从那里通过东正...
Abdurrahman Kurdo, a business student and the manager of a hotel near the destroyed Antioch Greek Orthodox Church, was sifting through the rubble to salvage what he could of Antakya's culture. So far he had found an issue of Hatay Magazine, celebrating life in ...
Orthodox Christianityrefers to a branch of Christian belief based largely in the Middle East and Eastern European countries. Its official title is the Orthodox Catholic Church, though it is often referred to as the Eastern or Greek Orthodox Church. The general beliefs of Orthodox Christians are bas...
Learn about the local history of Jerusalem when you spend time at Christ Church. While in this culturally rich area, find time to visit its shops. Christ Church Greek Orthodox Patriarchate Museum You can browse the exhibits at Greek Orthodox Patriarchate Museum, a museum with a storied pa...
Orthodox Monastery of saints Konstantinos and Eleni492 米 ΠΟΛΕΜΙΚΟΜΟΥΣΕΙΟ - ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑΚΑΛΑΜΑΤΑΣ305 米 Historical and Folklore Museum of Kalamata378 米 Victoria G. Karelias Collection of Greek Traditional Costumes258 米 The Basement Bike Shop46 米 Plateía163...
of Egyptian history, the months within those seasons had numbers —“First Month of the Flood,”“Second Month of The Flood,” and so on. By the Middle Kingdom, however, the months had picked up names which have largely survived through the New Kingdom and Greek calendars to the current...
This was brought on by the rise of heretical sects of Christianity. Groups like the Cathars espoused the dualistic contest between good and evil, an affront to Roman Catholic doctrine and hierarchy alike. To the orthodox Catholic faithful—and, more importantly, to Catholic leadership—this heresy...
to married Orthodox Jewish women who don the tichel (a type of headscarf) or sheitel (a wig). In Islam, the Quran’s verses about modesty have been interpreted in different ways, with some regarding head covering as obligatory and others as a choice. Political systems, geography and ethnicit...