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Aqra (other)
Aqra, properly ʿAqra, is a diocese of the Chaldean Catholic Church founded in the mid-19th century. Background Before the fourteenth century the Aqra or Aqrah region was part of the diocese of Marga, one of the suffragan dioceses in the metropolitan province of Adiabene. This diocese, frequently mentioned in Thomas of Marga's ''Book of Governors'', included the districts of Sapsapa (the Navkur plain south of Aqra, on the east bank of the Khazir river), Talana and Nahla d'Malka (two valleys around the upper course of the Khazir river), Beth Rustaqa (the Gomel valley) and probably also several villages in the Zibar district. The diocese is first mentioned in the eighth century (the region was probably in the diocese of Beth Nuhadra previously), and several of its bishops are mentioned between the eighth century and the first half of the thirteenth century. By the second half of the thirteenth century the names of two villages in the Gomel valley, Tella and Barbelli (Billan), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acra (other)
Acra or ACRA may refer to: Abbreviation (ACRA) * Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority * All-Channel Receiver Act * American Car Rental Association * American Collegiate Rowing Association * Analytical Credit Rating Agency of Russia * Arwarbukarl Cultural Resource Association * ACTRA * Australian Cultivar Registration Authority * Acriflavine resistance protein family, Acriflavine resistance protein A encode a multi-drug efflux system of bacteria Places * Acra (fortress) (2nd century BC), a Seleucid fortified compound in Jerusalem; late Second Temple residential area in Jerusalem * Ptolemaic Acra or Ptolemaic Baris (3rd century BC), a Ptolemaic citadel in Jerusalem United States * Acra, New York, a hamlet located within the town of Cairo, New York People * Reem Acra, Lebanese fashion designer See also * Aakra or Åkra (other) * Accra, the capital of Ghana * Acre (other) * Akra (other) * Akre (other) * Aqra (disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accra
Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , had a population of 284,124 inhabitants, and the larger Greater Accra Region, , had a population of 5,455,692 inhabitants. In common usage, the name "Accra" often refers to the territory of the Accra Metropolitan District as it existed before 2008, when it covered .Sum of the land areas of Accra Metropolitan District, Ablekuma Central Municipal District, Ablekuma North Municipal District, Ablekuma West Municipal District, Ayawaso Central Municipal District, Ayawaso East Municipal District, Ayawaso North Municipal District, Ayawaso West Municipal District, Korle Klottey Municipal District, Krowor Municipal District, La Dadekotopon Municipal District, Ledzokuku Municipal District, and Okaikoi North Municipal District, as per the 2021 ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akra (other)
Akra may refer to: Places *Acra (fortress), a Seleucid fortress in Jerusalem *Akra, hamlet in Greene County (see Cairo, New York) where Jack "Legs" Diamond is rumored to have had a home *Akra, Bannu, an archaeological site south of Peshawar in Pakistan * Akra, Maheshtala, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India **Akra railway station * Akra Peninsula, a peninsula in Antarctica *Akra Township, Pembina County, North Dakota, a township in North Dakota, USA * Akra Leuke, ancient city founded by Greeks, modern Alicante, Spain * Akra, Crimea, a submerged ancient Greek city in Crimea People *Yasser Akra (born 1985), Syrian footballer See also *Aakra or Åkra (other) *Accra, the capital of Ghana *Acra (other) *Acre (other) *Akre (other) *Aqra (other) Aqra, properly ʿAqra, is a diocese of the Chaldean Catholic Church Aqra may also refer to: * Jebel Aqra (properly Jebel al-ʾAqraʿ), a mountain on the Turco-Syrian coast that was a center of pag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aqra (other)
Aqra, properly ʿAqra, is a diocese of the Chaldean Catholic Church Aqra may also refer to: * Jebel Aqra (properly Jebel al-ʾAqraʿ), a mountain on the Turco-Syrian coast that was a center of pagan worship for millennia * Aqrah (properly ʻAqra or Akrê), a city and district in Iraq See also *Aakra or Åkra (other) *Accra, the capital of Ghana *Acra (other) *Acre (other) *Akra (other) *Akre (other) *AQRE or QRE - quantal response equilibrium, a solution concept in game theory {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaldean Catholic Church
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Aqrah
Akre or Aqrah ( ku, ئاکرێ, Akrê, ar, عقرة, syr, ܥܩܪ, Aqra') is a city in the Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan Region in Iraq. Akre is known for its celebrations of Newroz. Etymology The name "Akre" stems from the Kurdish word "Agir" meaning "fire". History The city was built in the 7th century and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Medes ruled the city from 612 to 550 BC in what is known as its golden age. Zoroastrian Prince Zand was the prince of the city. In year 115, the town came under Roman control commanded by Emperor Trajan and he set up a victory statue in the city. However, the locals quickly revolted and removed the statue. In 1133, the city was invaded by Imad al-Din Zengi of the Zengid dynasty who destroyed the defense wall of the city. The city was the fief of the Kurdish Humaydi tribe since the 10th century, as such, Yaqut al-Hamawi, indicated that it was also known as ''‘Aqr al-Ḥumaydiya''. The 14th-century S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adiabene (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)
Metropolitanate of Adiabene ( syr, Hadyab ܚܕܝܐܒ) was an East Syriac metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the 5th and 14th centuries, with more than fifteen known suffragan dioceses at different periods in its history. Although the name Hadyab normally connoted the region around Erbil and Mosul in present-day Iraq, the boundaries of the East Syriac metropolitan province went well beyond the Erbil and Mosul districts. Its known suffragan dioceses included Beth Bgash (the Hakkari region of eastern Turkey) and Adarbaigan (the Ganzak district, to the southeast of Lake Urmi), well to the east of Adiabene proper. Ecclesiastical history The bishop of Erbil, present-day Iraqi Kurdistan, became metropolitan of Adiabene in 410, responsible also for the six suffragan dioceses of Beth Nuhadra (), Beth Bgash, Beth Dasen, Ramonin, Beth Mahqart and Dabarin. Bishops of the dioceses of Beth Nuhadra, Beth Bgash and Beth Dasen, which covered the modern ʿAmadiya and Hakkari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Maurice Fiey
Jean Maurice Fiey (30 March 1914 – 10 November 1995) was a French Dominican Father and prominent Church historian and Syriacist. Biography Fiey was born in Armentières on 30 March 1914, he entered the Dominican Order at an early age and received his Licentiate in philosophy and theology from the order's schools in France. Fiey became acquainted with Syriac Christian tradition during his residence in Iraq from 1939 to 1973. He was one of the founders of the Mosul Dominican College in 1944 and functioned as its dean until 1959. After the Baathist takeover in 1968, Fiey was viewed suspiciously by the Iraqi government. He was expelled after being accused of being a spy, other Iraqi scholars including the Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako claim the real reason lay behind his refusal to accommodate government view in his writings. Following his expulsion Fiey resided in Beirut as a lecturer in the Jesuit University. He received his doctorate from the University of Dijon in 1982. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amadiya (Chaldean Diocese)
Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Amadiya (or Amadia) was a historical eparchy (diocese) of the Chaldean Catholic Church, until it was united with the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Zakho in 2013. History The diocese was established on 1785 and named for the hilltop city of Amadiya in northern Iraq. It lost territory in 1850 to establish the eparchies (dioceses) of Aqrā and Zaku (Zākhō), but on 23 April 1895 it regained territory from the suppressed daughter-diocese of Aqrā, yet on 24 February 1910 it lost territory again to re-establish the eparchy of Aqrā. In 1913 it included Amadiya city itself and sixteen villages in the Tigris plain near the town of Dohuk and in the Sapna and Gomel river valleys. On 10 June 2013 it was renamed as Diocese of Amadiyah and Zaku or Amadia and Zākhō, having gained territory from the suppressed daughter-eparchy of Zaku. Background There were three main concentrations of East Syriac villages in the Amadiya region: in the Sapna valley to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaldean Catholic Dioceses
Chaldean (also Chaldaean or Chaldee) may refer to: Language * an old name for the Aramaic language, particularly Biblical Aramaic * Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, a modern Aramaic language * Chaldean script, a variant of the Syriac alphabet Places * Chaldea, ancient region whose inhabitants were known as Chaldeans * Neo-Babylonian Empire, also called the Chaldean Empire * Chaldean Town, neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Religion * Chaldean Catholics, adherents of the Chaldean Catholic Church * Chaldean Catholic Church, Eastern Rite Catholic Church in full communion with the Catholic Church * Chaldean Rite, the East Syriac Rite of the Chaldean Catholics * Chaldean Oracles, played a role in the start of the Christian church 1st centuries BC and AD * Chaldean Syrian Church The Chaldean Syrian Church of India ( Classical Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܖ̈ܝܐ; Malayalam: / ''Kaldaya Suriyani Sabha'') is an Eastern Christian denomination, based in Thrissur, in India. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
