The origin and types of Christ icon of the Orthodox ChurchFenglin, Xu
Greek form of the Aramaic nameתְּאוֹמָא(Teʾoma)meaning"twin". In theNew Testamentthis is the name of an apostle. When he heard thatJesushad risen from the dead he initially doubted the story, until Jesus appeared before him and he examined his wounds himself. ...
The Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church have been in a state of official schism since the East–West Schism of 1054. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is a branch of the Catholic Church. Was the original James Bond actor born near the Washington Monument? no The original James ...
In Greek mythology Demeter was the goddess of fertility and agriculture, the daughter of Cronus, the sister of Zeus, and the mother of Persephone. Except for the etymology of the name Dimitra, for the Greek Orthodox Church the name originates from Saint Dimitrios (Agios Dimitrios), or Saint ...
Matthaious (Greek) Matthäus (German) Matthieu (French) Matvei/Matvey (Russian) Matthew is traditionally a masculine name, but that hasn 't stopped parents from naming their daughters Matthew. In the United States between 1972 and 1989, Matthew continually held a spot in the top 1,000 girl...
Cosmonaut (Russian: космонавт (IPA [kəsmɐˈnaft] (kosmos a Greek word, which in Russian stands for "outer space", rather than "world" or "universe", and nautes "sailor", thus "space sailor"; the term "cosmonaut" was first used in 1959; the near similar word "...
The name Cephas originated from Latin and Greek. It is the anglicized name of the Latin term Cephas and that of ancient Greek Kephas. In Aramaic, both these terms are derived from the Basque word “Kepa,” which means ‘Stone’ or ‘rock.’ According to the New Testament, Cephas is ca...
Hebrew/Greek Your ContentGenesis 12:1-29:3 New Catholic Bible Origin of the People of God[a] Abraham, Man of Faith[b] Chapter 12 “Leave Your Country [and] Your People.”[c]1 The Lord said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people, and the house of your father, and go to ...
Hebrew/Greek Your ContentGenesis 1-11 New Catholic Bible Origin of the World and Humankind[a] Creation and the Fall Chapter 1 Origin of the Universe.[b] 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.[c] 2 The earth was formless and barren, and darkness covered the abyss wh...
The wordχριστόζ[Christus],* ‘salve, ointment,’ was naturally never a name given to persons, but in contemporary Yiddish (i.e., the Jewish dialect of Greek) it was for some reason used as an epithet applied to the Jewish kings who appear in stories in the Old Testament, im...