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Abouna (other)
Abouna may refer to: * Abuna, a religious title People with the surname * Andraos Abouna (1943–2010), Chaldean Catholic titular bishop of Hirta and the auxiliary bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Babylon * Eliya Abuna (1862–1955), Bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church * Hirmis Aboona (1940–2009), Iraqi Assyrian historian. * Jean-Patrick Abouna (born 1990), Cameroonian football player * Thierry Modo Abouna (born 1981), Cameroonian football player * Yaqob Abuna (died 1553), Syrian Metropolitan of India. People with the title abuna * Abouna Gabriel Abdel El-Metgaly (1918–1978), Egyptian hegumen of the Coptic Orthodox Church * Abouna Matta El Meskeen Father Matta El Meskeen (English: Matthew the Poor; 20 September 1919 – 8 June 2006), born Youssef Iskandar, was a Coptic Orthodox monk. He was the key figure in the revival of Coptic monasticism which began in 1969 when he was appointed to ..., or Father Matta El Mes ...
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Abuna
Abuna (or Abune, which is the Construct state, status constructus form used when a name follows: Ge'ez alphabet, Ge'ez አቡነ ''abuna''/''abune'', 'our father'; Amharic language, Amharic and Tigrinya language, Tigrinya) is the honorific title used for any bishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church as well as of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. It was historically used solely for the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Ethiopia during the more than 1000 years when the List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria, Coptic Patriarchate of Alexandria appointed only one bishop at a time to serve its Ethiopian flock. When referred to without a name following, it is ''Abun'', and if a name follows, it becomes ''Abuna'' (e.g., ''Abuna Paulos''). History Historically the Abun of the Ethiopian Church was appointed by the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa, who had diocesan authority over Ethiopia and the rest of Africa, ...
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Andraos Abouna
Andraos Abouna (23 March 1943 – 27 July 2010) was the Chaldean Catholic titular bishop of Hirta and the auxiliary bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Babylon. He is an ethnic Assyrian Assyrian may refer to: * Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia. * Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire. ** Early Assyrian Period ** Old Assyrian Period ** Middle Assyrian Empire ** Neo-Assyrian Empire * Assyrian .... Biography Ordained to the priesthood on 5 June 1960, he was named bishop on 6 November 2002 and was ordained on 6 January 2003. See also Notes 1943 births 2010 deaths Chaldean bishops Deaths from kidney failure Iraqi Assyrian people Iraqi Eastern Catholics {{EasternCatholic-bishop-stub ...
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Eliya Abuna
Mar Eliya Abuna of Alqosh (1862–1955 in Kirkuk) was a bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East and Chaldean Catholic Church. Life Gewargis d'Beth Abuna came, as the last name says, from the house in which up to the first generation after unification of the "Patriarchate of the plains" with the Pope in Rome, the charge of Catholicos-Patriarch of the Chaldean Church based in Alqosh had been. He was educated at the Chaldean Catholic seminary in Mosul, and in 1887 or 1888 was ordained a priest in the Chaldean Catholic Church. Thereafter, he worked in various places in rural Alqosh and in 1908 returned to the urban community of Assyrian Catholics. On May 2, 1909, he was consecrated in Qudshanis as Metropolitan of Alqosh, by Catholicos Patriarch Mar Shimun XIX and given the name Mar Eliya (Elijah). He was unable to establish a diocese and so returned to Qudshanis. In 1912, Mar Shimun XIX entrusted him with the Diocese of Taimar, in the area around Van, in what is today's sout ...
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Hirmis Aboona
Hirmis Aboona (c.1940April 19, 2009) was an Assyrian historian who was known for his publications concerning the history of the Assyrians in northern Iraq. Biography Hirmis Aboona was born in 1940 in Alqosh to Mushe Aboona and Meryam Asmar. After finishing his elementary school in his home town, his family moved to Baghdad in 1952, there he graduated from the law faculty at the University of Baghdad in 1963.Lema YousifThe Life of the Assyrian Scholar: Dr. Hirmis Aboona , Assyrian Chaldean Syriac Student Union of Canada He worked at a number of governmental institutions in Baghdad and married Nani Isa Rashshoo where they had 4 children together. He moved with his family to London in 1982 where he pursued higher education at the University of Exeter obtaining his history Ph.D. for his thesis ''The Assyrian independent tribes in Tyari and Hakkari and their relationship with the Kurds and Turks''.
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Jean-Patrick Abouna
Jean-Patrick Abouna Ndzana (born 27 September 1990) is a Cameroonian international footballer who plays as a full back. Club career Abouna spent his early career in Cameroon for Authentique de Douala and Astres. He left Cameroon for Congolese side Léopards de Dolisie in December 2013. He signed for Belarusian club Neman Grodno in 2017. Abouna joined Swiss club Olympique de Genève ahead of the 2019–20 season,« On peut viser les finales »
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Thierry Modo Abouna
Thierry Bernardi Modo Abouna (born May 20, 1981, in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a retired Cameroonian soccer player. He played in various countries throughout his career, including for RCD Mallorca of Spain, AEL of Greece, Bahlinger SC of Germany and Villemomble Sports of France. He played for the Cameroon national football team The Cameroon national football team (French: ''équipe du Cameroun de football''), also known as the Indomitable Lions (French: ''les lions indomptables''), represents Cameroon in men's international football. It is controlled by the Fédérat ... U-20 appearing in the 1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup. References External links sportscameroon.blogspot.com* 1981 births Living people Footballers from Yaoundé Cameroonian men's footballers Cameroon men's youth international footballers Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Canon Yaoundé players Tonnerre Yaoundé players RCD Mallorca players Villemomble Sports players Cameroon men's under-20 ...
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Yaqob Abuna
Mar Yaqob Abuna was one of the metropolitans of the Church of Malabar of the Saint Thomas Christians. In 1503, Mar Eliya V, the Catholicos Patriarch of the Church of the East consecrated three Bishops from the Monastery of Saint Eugene: Rabban David as Mar Yaballaha, Rabban George as Mar Denha, Rabban Masud as Mar Yaqob. The Patriarch sent these three new Bishops together with Mar Thomas to the lands of the Indians, and to the islands of the seas, which are within Dabag, and to Sin and Masin- Java, China and Maha china- Great China."Christen und Gewürze" : Konfrontation und Interaktion kolonialer und indigener Christentumsvarianten Klaus Koschorke (Hg.) Book in German, English, Spanish, 1998. Pages 31 & 32. Introduction Appointment of bishops for India, 1490–1503 At the end of the fifteenth century the Church of the East responded to a request by the Saint Thomas Christians for bishops to be sent out to them. In 1490, two Christians from Malabar arrived in Gazarta to peti ...
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Abouna Gabriel Abdel El-Metgaly
Abouna Gabriel Abdel El-Metgaly (30 March 1918 – 3 September 1978) was an Egyptian hegumen of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Early life El-Metgaly was born in the village of Tend, Mallawi Mallawi ( ar, ملوي  ; Saidi pronunciation: , ) is a city in Egypt, located in the governorate of Minya. Overview Situated in a farm area, the town produces textiles and handicrafts. The total area of the city is about . The souther .... He completed his secondary in 1936. He joined the Coptic Orthodox Church Clerical Council in 1937 and studied there until 1941. Death and legacy Due to the sectarian strife of 1978, a group of Muslims attacked the priest's house. He and his wife were beaten with sticks and sharp instruments. El-Metgaly died from the attack. In 2018, his body was transferred to the Church of the Archangel Gabriel in Minya. It was said that his body had not decomposed. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Metgaly, Gabriel Abdel 1918 births 1978 deaths 20th-century ...
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Abouna Matta El Meskeen
Father Matta El Meskeen (English: Matthew the Poor; 20 September 1919 – 8 June 2006), born Youssef Iskandar, was a Coptic Orthodox monk. He was the key figure in the revival of Coptic monasticism which began in 1969 when he was appointed to the Monastery of St Macarius in the Wadi El Natrun in Egypt. By the time of his death the community had grown from 6 aged monks to 130 monks, and as many other monasteries were revived, new ones also began to open. He was twice nominated to become Coptic Pope, but was not chosen in either case. Matta was also a theologian, and author of 181 books and hundreds of journal articles on Biblical exegesis, Ecclesiastical rites, spiritual and theological matters, and much more. Some of these writings were controversial. Early life Father Matta El Meskeen was born Youssef Iskander in Banha, Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, in 1919, although the website for the St. Macarius monastery says that he was born in Damanhur, Egypt. In 1944, he graduated in ...
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Abouna Menassa Elkomos Youhanna
Father Menassa Youhanna (1899–1930) was a Coptic priest, historian and theologian, most noted for his work on the history of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Biography He was born in August, 1899 in Mallawi in Upper Egypt and died on Friday May 16, 1930, at the age of 30. Born in a Coptic Orthodox family, his father was also a priest. Abouna is his informative title meaning our father in Egyptian Arabic which is used among Copts to call any Priest in the Coptic Orthodox Church, and until the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries it could be used to call a Metropolitan, a Bishop or even the Pope by the word Abouya meaning my father. This has been replaced now by the word ''sayedna'' meaning ''our master'' for The Pope and any other Bishop. At the unusually young age of 16, he joined the newly opened Coptic Theological Seminary in Cairo. After completing his studies there, he returned to Mallawi to serve as a preacher. He was ordained to the priesthood on January 25 ...
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