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Mocius
Mocius (Mucius, el, Ο Άγιος Μώκιος , died 288–295), also known as "the Holy Hieromartyr", was a priest of Roman ancestry who lived in Amphipolis, Macedonia and became an Orthodox saint In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat .... Life During a persecution against Christians under the emperor Diocletian (284-305), St Mocius exhorted the pagans who had assembled for the pagan festival of Dionysus (Bacchus), to abandon the customs which accompanied this celebration. He urged them to repent, be converted to Christianity, and be baptized. At the temple of Dionysus, he destroyed a statue of the god. Mocius was brought to trial before the governor of Laodicea on the Lycus, Laodicea and subjected to torture. After this he was put into a red-hot oven, where he remai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cistern Of Mocius
The Cistern of Mocius ( gr, κινστέρνη τοῦ Μωκίου), known in Turkish language, Turkish as Altımermer, Istanbul, Altımermer Çukurbostanı ("sunken garden of Altımermer"),Müller-Wiener, p. 279 was the largest Byzantine Empire, Byzantine open-sky water reservoir built in the city of Constantinople.Janin, p. 205 Location The cistern is located in Istanbul, in the district of Fatih (the Walls of Constantinople, walled city), in the quarter of Altımermer, Istanbul, Altımermer and the ''mahalle'' of ''Seyyid Ömer'', to the northeast of the Seyyid Ömer Mosque, between ''Ziya Gökalp Sokak'' to the north and ''Cevdet Paşa Caddesi'' to the south. It lies on the highest part of the Seven hills of Istanbul, seventh hill of Istanbul, and overlooks the Marmara Sea. History According to the ''Patria of Constantinople'', the construction of this cistern, which lay in the twelfth region of Constantinople, occurred under Roman Emperor, Emperor Anastasius I Dicorus, Anast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
