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Parnas (other)
Parnas may refer to: * Parnas (surname) * Parnas fountain, a fountain in Brno, Czech Republic * Parnas (Saint Petersburg Metro), a metro station in St. Petersburg, Russia * People's Freedom Party (Russia) (PARNAS), an opposition political party in Russia * Parnas Tower, a skyscraper in South Korea * a synonym for ''gabbai A ''gabbai'' ( he, גבאי), also known as ''shamash'' (, sometimes spelled ''shamas'') or warden ( UK, similar to churchwarden) is a beadle or sexton, a person who assists in the running of synagogue services in some way. The role may be under ...'' or other synagogue functionary See also * * Parnassos (municipality), a municipality in Greece * Parnassus (other) * Parna (other) * Parnes (other) {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parnas (surname)
Parnas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aaron Parnas, American lawyer * David Parnas (born 1941), Canadian software engineer * Jakub Karol Parnas (1884–1949), Jewish-Polish-Soviet biochemist * Josef Parnas (born 1950), Danish psychiatrist * Leslie Parnas (1931–2022), American cellist * Maya Parnas (born 1974), Transnistrian politician * Lev Parnas (born 1972), American businessman * Michal Parnas Michal Parnas ( he, מיכל פרנס) is an Israeli theoretical computer scientist known for her work on property testing and sublinear-time algorithms. She is a professor of computer science at the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo in Israel, w ..., Israeli computer scientist See also * {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parnas Fountain
The Parnas Fountain is a fountain in Zelný trh square in Brno, Czech Republic. It is one of the most notable water fountains and baroque architectural monuments in Brno. It is a landmark of the square, located roughly in the middle of the square. Designed by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, it was built in 1690–1695 by Adam Tobiáš Kracker of Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ....http://www.hrady.cz/index.php?OID=1920 (Czech) References Further reading * SVITÁK, Zbyněk. ''Director operis kašny Parnas''. In Jana Svobodová (ed.), Baroko. Příběhy barokního Brna. Brno: Muzeum města Brna, 2009. p. 44-49, . Cultural infrastructure completed in 1695 European sculpture Fountains in Europe Brno 1695 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parnas (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Parnas (russian: Парна́с) is the northern terminus of the Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It was opened on 22 December 2006 and is located between the tunnel portal and the Vyborgskoye Metro Depot. It is the northernmost subway station in Saint Petersburg and in Russia. The station is side-platform arrangement almost identical to the other three surface stations in the system: Kupchino, Rybatskoye and Devyatkino, which are also located between tunnel portals and their lines' depots, however unlike those stations there is no transfer to the suburban commuter trains (elektrichkas). The station was first mentioned in 1984, as a finale of the Petrogradsky radius extension that was built throughout the 1980s from the city centre into the northern housing massifs. The northernmost end would include a second depot for the line and a surface terminus station next to a new housing massif that would be located near the industrial zones of Parnas and Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Freedom Party (Russia)
The People's Freedom Party (russian: Партия народной свободы, Partiya narodnoy svobody) or shortly PARNAS (russian: ПАРНАС), formerly Republican Party of Russia – People's Freedom Party, initially Republican Party of Russia, is a liberal-democratic political party in Russia. It was one of the first opposition parties founded in the final years of the Soviet Union. In 2007, it was denied re-registration and declared to be dissolved by the Russian Supreme Court. It was only after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the denial of registration was unlawful that it could restore its official registration in May 2012. History Formation and early developments (1990–2006) The Republican Party of Russia was founded in 1990 by members of the Democratic Platform of the CPSU who had become disillusioned with the party's unwillingness to reform. The foundation of the new party took place in November 1990. Nikolay Lysenko, Stepan Sulakshin and Vya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parnas Tower
Parnas Tower ( Korean: 파르나스 타워) is a 38-floor, skyscraper A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ris .... References Office buildings completed in 2016 Skyscraper office buildings in Seoul Skyscraper hotels in South Korea 2016 establishments in South Korea {{SouthKorea-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabbai
A ''gabbai'' ( he, גבאי), also known as ''shamash'' (, sometimes spelled ''shamas'') or warden ( UK, similar to churchwarden) is a beadle or sexton, a person who assists in the running of synagogue services in some way. The role may be undertaken on a voluntary or paid basis. A ''shamash'' (literally 'servant') or ''gabbai'' can also mean an assistant to a rabbi (particularly the secretary or personal assistant to a Hasidic rebbe). In ma'amad, the Council of Elders (or "the board of directors") of the communities of Sephardi Jews, the position of ''gabbai'' was that of the treasurer. Etymology The word ''gabbai'' is Hebrew and, in Talmudic times, meant "collector of taxes or charity" or "treasurer". The term ''shamash'' is sometimes used for the ''gabbai'', the caretaker or "man of all work" in a synagogue. Duties While the specific set of duties vary from synagogue to synagogue, a gabbai's responsibilities will typically include ensuring that the religious services run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parnassos (municipality)
Parnassos ( el, Παρνασσός) is a former municipality in Phocis, Greece, named after Mount Parnassus. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Delphi Delphi (; ), in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), in ancient times was a sacred precinct that served as the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world. The oracle ..., of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 87.033 km2. Population 1,968 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in Polydrosos. References Populated places in Phocis Mount Parnassus {{CentralGreece-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parnassus (other)
Mount Parnassus is a mountain in Greece, sacred in mythology and a metaphor for the arts and learning. Parnassus or Parnassos may also refer to: Geography Greece and Rome * Parnassos (municipality), a former municipality in Phocis, Greece, named for Mount Parnassus * Parnassus (Cappadocia), an ancient Roman town in Asia Minor, a former Catholic diocese and present titular see New Zealand * Parnassus, New Zealand, a town on the South Island United States * Mount Parnassus (Colorado), a summit in the Rocky Mountains * Mount Sutro, formerly Mount Parnassus, a hill in San Francisco, California * Parnassus, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood of New Kensington, Pennsylvania Humanities Literature and mythology * Parnassos, in myth, the son of the nymph Cleodora, and namesake of the mountain * Parnassus plays, a comedic cycle originally performed at Cambridge University 1598–1602 * ''Parnassos'', a Greek literary magazine published by the Parnassos Literary Society in Athens, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parna (other)
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Parna may refer to: * Parna (geology), a type of windblown sediment * ''Parna'' (genus), a genus of insect * Pärna, a village in Hiiu County, northwestern Estonia * Pärna, Lääne-Viru County, a village in northeastern Estonia * Ibnu Parna (died 1965), an Indonesian politician and trade unionist See also * *Parnas (other) Parnas may refer to: * Parnas (surname) * Parnas fountain, a fountain in Brno, Czech Republic * Parnas (Saint Petersburg Metro), a metro station in St. Petersburg, Russia * People's Freedom Party (Russia) (PARNAS), an opposition political p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
