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Saint Agata
Agatha also Agata, is a feminine given name derived from the Greek feminine name (''Agáthē''; alternative form: ''Agathḗ''), which is a nominalized form of (''agathḗ''), i.e. the feminine form of the adjective (''agathós'') "good". It was the name of St. Agatha of Sicily, a third-century Christian martyr. Rarely has the name been given in English-speaking countries during recent years. Agatha was last ranked among the top 1,000 names for girls born in the United States during the 1930s. “Agatha” is a common name in Greece and countries that speak Germanic languages. Russian name In Russian, the name "" (''Agata'') was borrowed from the Western European languages, and derives from the same Ancient Greek root from which older names AgafyaNikonov, p. 63 and AgafaPetrovsky, p. 38 also come. Its masculine version is Agat.Superanskaya p. 251 In 1924–1930, the name was included into various Soviet calendars,Superanskaya pp. 22 and 278 whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic period (), and the Classical period (). Ancient Greek was the language of Homer and of fifth-century Athenian historians, playwrights, and philosophers. It has contributed many words to English vocabulary and has been a standard subject of study in educational institutions of the Western world since the Renaissance. This article primarily contains information about the Epic and Classical periods of the language. From the Hellenistic period (), Ancient Greek was followed by Koine Greek, which is regarded as a separate historical stage, although its earliest form closely resembles Attic Greek and its latest form approaches Medieval Greek. There were several regional dialects of Ancient Greek, of which Attic Greek developed into Koine. Dia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menologia
Menologium (), also written menology, and menologe, is a service-book used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite. From its derivation from Greek , ''menológion'', from μήν ''mén'' "a month", via Latin ''menologium'', the literal meaning is "month-set"—in other words, a book arranged according to the months. Like a good many other liturgical terms (e.g., lectionary), the word has been used in several quite distinct senses. Definitions ''Menologion'' has several different meanings: * "Menologion" is not infrequently used as synonymous with "Menaion" (pl. ''Menaia''). The Menaia, usually in twelve volumes—one for each month—but sometimes bound in three, form an office-book, which in the Orthodox Church, corresponds roughly to the '' Proprium Sanctorum'' of the Latin Breviary. They include all the propers (variable parts) of the services connected with the commemoration of saints and in particular the cano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Bennett
Agatha Bennett (1919–2006) was an American artist. She is associated with the Gee's Bend quilting collective, alongside her mother-in-law, Delia Bennett. Her work is included in the collection of the High Museum of Art The High Museum of Art (colloquially the High) is the largest museum for visual art in the Southeastern United States. Located in Atlanta, Georgia (on Peachtree Street in Midtown, the city's arts district), the High is 312,000 square feet (28, .... Early life and family Bennett was born in Gee's Bend at the Herbert Hall Wilkinson Plantation. She was raised by her grandparents, Emma and Jacob Coleman. She and Rev. Pernell Bennett married in 1940 and raised 14 children together subsistence farming, working for canning factories, and wood mills. Quilt maker Bennett was a member of the Gee's Bend quilting collective. Legacy Through interviews with her husband, Souls Grown Deep Foundation documented Agatha's personal life and development as a quilter. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ágatha Bednarczuk
Ágatha Bednarczuk Rippel (born 22 June 1983), frequently referred to as just ''Ágatha'', is a Brazilian international beach volleyball player, playing as a blocker. She won the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships, as well as a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, alongside her teammate Bárbara Seixas. Biography Born in Curitiba, Southern Brazil, to Maria José Vagnoni Moscardi and Alfredo Bednarczuk, a family of Polish and Italian ancestry, Agatha started competing in the city of Paranaguá. She became famous after competing at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships. She was part of the Swatch FIVB World Tour 2008 and 2012. Bednarczuk also competed at the 2013 Beach Volleyball World Championships and was on the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. She won the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships alongside her teammate Bárbara Seixas. This qualified her to represent Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Professional career Ágatha and her part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Bârsescu
Agatha Bârsescu, also known by the name Agathe Barcesque (1857 – 1939), was a Romanian theatre actress, opera singer and teacher, known for her interpretations of Greek tragedies. Early life Agatha Bârsescu was born in Bucharest, capital of Romania on 9 September 1857. She was born into a military family, with her father being a colonel who was on good terms with the royal family, and her uncle being the minister of war. Her brother would become a general and her sister married a colonel. She spent part of her childhood in Bârsești where her father was stationed. At the age of 8, she was sent by her family, together with her cousin, to a boarding school in Sibiu, some 275 km north-west of Bucharest, where she learned German. Later, she went to the ''Ursulinenkloster'', a school run by nuns in Vienna, for a time wanting to be a nun herself. Returning home, she enrolled in the Bucharest Conservatory. She was seen performing in a charity show by Queen Elizabeth of Romani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Barbara
Agatha Barbara, (11 March 1923 – 4 February 2002) was a Maltese politician, having served as a Labour Member of Parliament and Minister. She was the first woman to serve as president of Malta, and remains the longest-serving woman Member of Parliament in Maltese political history. Early life Barbara was born in Żabbar, Malta, in 1923. Her father worked as a tug master (a skilled pilot of tugboats) for the Royal Navy, and was very poorly paid. Her mother struggled to feed the nine children on her husband's wages. Agatha was the second child and the eldest daughter. She pleaded her parents to send her to school and attended grammar school in Valletta, but World War II prevented her from continuing to college. She had to work as an air raid warden and supervised one of the kitchens set up by the British military to feed the population. After the war she became a school teacher and got involved in politics. She became a member of the Malta Labour Party (MLP), was very ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Bacovia
Agatha Bacovia (born Agatha Grigorescu; March 8, 1895 – October 12, 1981) was a Romanian poet. Biography Born in Mizil, her parents were Șerban Grigorescu and his wife Maria (''née'' Anastasiu). Her mother died shortly after giving birth, and her father when she was an adolescent. At age 21, she met fellow poet George Bacovia, fourteen years her senior, while walking on Bucharest's Calea Victoriei. The couple married twelve years later, in June 1928. Agatha functioned as both secretary and nurse to her sickly husband, supporting him with her teacher's salary. Monica Andronescu"George și Agatha Bacovia" in ''Adevărul'', May 24, 2015 She attended the literature and philosophy faculty of the University of Bucharest, graduating in 1927. Her first published work appeared in ''Scena'' magazine in 1918; her first poetry book was the 1923 ''Armonii crepusculare''. She contributed to ''Viața nouă'', ''Revista scriitoarelor și scriitorilor români'', ''Orizonturi noi'', ''Ateneu' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Amata
Agatha Amata (born 4 November 1969), is a Nigerian media entrepreneur, talk show host, speaker, TV presenter and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show ''Inside Out with Agatha'', which is the longest running television talk show in Nigeria which has aired for over twenty years. Career Amata is the host of ''Inside Out With Agatha'', an independent television talk show she has hosted for 20 years, which deals with topical issues that affect the society focusing on family using the youth as a tool. Issues are discussed before a live audience. Starting its recording programme from the Law faculty main auditorium of the University of Lagos and moving later on to her new studio in Ilupeju, Lagos. She is also the managing director of Inside-Out Media Ltd, a media consultancy and production firm based in Lagos Nigeria, which created RAVE TV in 2014, an interactive television platform, currently transmitting on GOTV (CH113), Startimes (CH125), MYTV and Abuja DSO Free TV, 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Marie Of Hanau
Countess Agatha Marie of Hanau-Lichtenberg (22 August 159923 May 1636) was a daughter of Count Johann Reinhard I (1569-1625) and his wife, Countess Maria Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1576-1605). Agatha Marie was born in Buchsweiler (now Bouxwiller). She died on 23 May 1636 in the city of Baden (now called Baden-Baden) and was buried in Rappoltsweiler (now called Ribeauvillé Ribeauvillé (; Alsatian: ''Rappschwihr''; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It was a sub-prefecture of the department until 2015. Its inhabitants are called ''Ribeauvillois''. Geography The ...). Marriage and issue She married on to George Frederick of Rappoltstein (14 July 1593 – in Strasbourg). He was a son of Eberhard of Rappoltstein (12 March 1570 – 17 August 1637 in Strasbourg) and the Wild- and Rhinegravine Anna of Kyrburg-Mörchingen (1572 – 25 August 1608). After Agatha Marie's death, George Frederick would remarry in 164 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Christine Of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Countess Agatha Christine of Hanau-Lichtenberg (23 September 1632 in Buchsweiler (now Bouxwiller in France) – 5 December 1681 in Straßburg (now Strasbourg, in France); buried in Lützelstein (now La Petite-Pierre, France)) was a daughter of Count Philip Wolfgang (1595-1641) and his wife, Countess Johanna of Oettingen (1602-1639). Agatha Christine died on 5 December 1681 and, like many of her children and later her husband, she was buried in the parish church of Lützelstein. Marriage and issue She married on 4 July 1648 in Bischweiler to Count Palatine Leopold Louis of Veldenz (1 February 1623 – in Strasbourg; also buried in Lützelstein) and had the following children: #''unnamed daughter'' (1649-1649 in Lauterecken) #Anne Sophie (20 May 1650 in Lauterecken – 12 June 1706 in Morchingen (now Morhange, France), also buried in Lützelstein) # Gustav Philip (17 July 1651 in Lauterecken – 24 August 1679, allegedly murdered in Lauterecken; buried in the Lutheran church in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Of Lorraine
Agatha of Lorraine (c. 1120 – April 1147) was the wife of Renaud III, Count of Burgundy. She was the daughter of Simon I, Duke of Lorraine and his wife Adelaide of Leuven. Agatha's children with her husband included: * Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy Beatrice I (1143 – 15 November 1184) was Countess of Burgundy from 1148 until her death, and was also Holy Roman Empress by marriage to Frederick Barbarossa. She was crowned empress by Antipope Paschal III in Rome on 1 August 1167, and as ...''Continuatio Admuntensis'' * Two other sons and three other daughters who died in childhood She fell sick in March 1147 and died two weeks later. External links 1120 births 1147 deaths Year of birth uncertain 12th-century French people 12th-century French women Countesses of Burgundy {{France-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
