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January 26 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
January 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), January 25 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - January 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), January 27 All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 8 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Julian Calendar, Old Calendar. For January 26th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on January 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), January 13. Saints * Martyrs Ananias the presbyter, priest, Peter the prison guard, and seven soldiers, in Phoenicia (295)January 26 / February 8 Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). * The Holy Two Martys of Phrygia.The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 10. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 24 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
Apr. 23 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Apr. 25 All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''May 7'' by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For April 24th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''April 11''. Saints * ''Martyr Sabbas Stratelates ("the General") of Rome,'' ''and 70 soldiers'' ''with him'' (272)April 24 / May 7 Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru). * Martyrs Pasicrates, Valentine, and Julius, at Dorostolum in (297) * Martyrs Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Longinus, and four others, at Nicomedia (c. 303) * Martyr Eutexios. * Saint Innocent, priest, on the Mount of Olives (4th century) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Moldavia
Moldavia ( ro, Moldova), also called Western Moldavia or Romanian Moldavia, is the historic and geographical part of the former Principality of Moldavia situated in eastern and north-eastern Romania. Until its union with Wallachia in 1859, the Principality of Moldavia also included, at various times in its history, the regions of Bessarabia (with the Budjak), all of Bukovina, and Hertsa; the larger part of the former is nowadays the independent state of Moldova, while the rest of it, the northern part of Bukovina, and Hertsa form territories of Ukraine. Romanian Moldavia consists of eight counties, spanning over 18% of Romania's territory. Six out of the 8 counties make up Romania's designated Nord-Est development region, while the two southern counties are included within Romania's Sud-Est development region. History Moldavian dialect The delimitation of the Moldavian dialect, as with all other Romanian dialects, is made primarily by analyzing its phonetic features and only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suceava County
Suceava County () is a county ('' ro, județ'') of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the southern part of the historical region of Bukovina, while the remainder forms part of Western Moldavia proper. The county seat is the historical town of Suceava (german: Suczawa, also Sotschen or Sutschawa; historically known in Old High German as ''Sedschopff'' as well) which was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia during the late Middle Ages and then a pivotal, predominantly German-speaking commercial town of the Habsburg/Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary at the border with the Kingdom of Romania throughout the late Modern Age up until 1918. Suceava County, as part of the historical and geographical region of Bukovina, had been sometimes described as "Switzerland of the East". It has also been known as "Switzerland of Eastern Europe" in the minds of the educated public. Demographics In 2011, Suceava County had a population of 634,810, with a population density of 74/km ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June 23 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
June 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 24 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 6 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For June 23rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 10. Saints * Martyr Agrippina of Rome and her companions Paula, Bassa, and Agathonica (253-259)June 23/July 6 Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής. 23 Ιουνίου '' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Hieromartyrs Aristocleus the Priest, Demetrian the Deacon, and Athanasius the Reader, at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vyaznikovsky District
Vyaznikovsky District (russian: Вя́зниковский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #130-OZ and municipalLaw #62-OZ district (raion), one of the sixteen in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Vyazniki Vyazniki (russian: Вязники) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Vyazniki, Vladimir Oblast, a town in Vyaznikovsky District of Vladimir Oblast ;Rural localities * Vyazniki, Samara Oblast, a settlement .... Population: 50,692 ( 2002 Census); The population of Vyazniki accounts for 51.0% of the district's total population. References Notes Sources * * * {{Authority control Districts of Vladimir Oblast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenophon Of Robika
Xenophon of Robeika (russian: Ксенофонт Робейский - ''Xenofont Robeysky''; died June 28, 1262) was a Russian Orthodox monk, later declared a saint. A student of Barlaam of Khutyn, he later became abbot of the Khutyn Monastery. Resigning from this post, he later founded the Trinity Monastery on the Robeika River ( ru), close to Novgorod Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ol ...; he died there in 1262. References biography on OCA site Year of birth missing 1262 deaths 13th-century Christian saints Russian saints {{saint-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David IV Of Georgia
David IV, also known as David the Builder ( ka, დავით აღმაშენებელი, ') (1073–1125), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the 5th king of United Georgia from 1089 until his death in 1125. Popularly considered to be the greatest and most successful Georgian ruler in history and an original architect of the Georgian Golden Age, he succeeded in driving the Seljuk Turks out of the country, winning the Battle of Didgori in 1121. His reforms of the army and administration enabled him to reunite the country and bring most of the lands of the Caucasus under Georgia's control. A friend of the church and a notable promoter of Christian culture, he was canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church. Sobriquet and regnal ordinal The epithet ''aghmashenebeli'' (), which is translated as "the Builder" (in the sense of "built completely"), "the Rebuilder", or "the Restorer", first appears as the sobriquet of David in the charter issued in the name of "King of Kings Bagr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galicia (Spain)
Galicia (; gl, Galicia or ; es, Galicia}; pt, Galiza) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra. Galicia is located in Atlantic Europe. It is bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Cantabrian Sea to the north. It had a population of 2,701,743 in 2018 and a total area of . Galicia has over of coastline, including its offshore islands and islets, among them Cíes Islands, Ons, Sálvora, Cortegada Island, which together form the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park, and the largest and most populated, A Illa de Arousa. The area now called Galicia was first inhabited by humans during the Middle Paleolithic period, and takes its name from the Gallaeci, the Celtic people living north of the Douro Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ansurius
Saint Ansurius (also ''Aduri, Asurius, Isauri'') (died 925 AD) was a Galician bishop. He became bishop of Orense in 915. In 922, he gave up his post to become a monk at the monastery he helped found, Ribas de Sil Ribas de Sil is a town located in Galicia, in the Spanish province of Lugo. The monastery of Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil, currently used as a Parador A ''parador'' (), in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries was an establishment where .... References External linksSaints of the 10th century Medieval Spanish saints [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corbie
Corbie (; nl, Korbei) is a commune of the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The small town is situated up river from Amiens, in the département of Somme and is the main town of the canton of Corbie. It lies in the valley of the river Somme, at the confluence with the Ancre. The town is bisected by the Canal de la Somme.This satellite photographshows it in its context. The town is to the left and the fenny Somme valley winds down to it from the right. The chalk of the Upper Cretaceous plateau shows pale in the fields. The river Ancre flows down from the north-east. The A29 road is shown under construction snaking across the chalk in the southern part of the picture. The fainter, straight line just to its north is the road N29. It passes through Villers-Bretonneux, the village just south of Corbie. History Corbie Abbey The town of Corbie grew up round Corbie Abbey, founded in 657 or 660 by the queen regent Bathilde, with a founding community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
