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St. Petka (Smederevska Palanka)
Saint Paraskevi may refer to: People * List of saints named Paraskevi Churches Albania * St. Paraskevi's Church, Balldren, Balldren, Lezhë District * St. Paraskevi's Church, Çetë, Çetë, Kavajë District * St. Paraskevi's Church, Hllomo, Hllomo, Gjirokastër District * St. Paraskevi's Church, Hoxharë, Hoxharë, Fier District * St. Paraskevi's Church, Përmet, Përmet, Përmet District * St. Paraskevi's Church, Selckë, Selckë, Gjirokastër District * St. Paraskevi's Church, Valësh, Valësh, Elbasan District Bulgaria *Church of St Petka of the Saddlers, Sofia *Church of St Petka, Vukovo, Vukovo, Kyustendil Province *Church of Saint Paraskevi, Nesebar, Ravda, Burgas Province Canada *Saint Petka Serbian Orthodox Church, Lakeshore, Ontario *St. Petka Serbian Orthodox Parish, a Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Hungary *Church of Saint Parascheva (17th century), Majs, Hungary Romania *Metropolitan Cathedral, Iași *Saint Parascheva Church, Desești * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Saints Named Paraskevi
Saint Paraskevi ( el, Παρασκευή, literally 'preparation' as the day of preparation for Sabbath, i.e. Friday) or ( el, Αγία Παρασκευή, ''Aghia Paraskevi''; sq, Shën Premte; bg, Света Петка Параскева; mk, Света Петка; ro, Sfânta Cuvioasă Parascheva; russian: Святая Параскева-Пятница; sr, Света Петка Параскева) can refer to one of several saints. Variations of the name include Petka, Paraskeva, Praskovia, Praskovie, Pyatnitsa, Pyetka, Paraskevoula, Paraschiva Voula, Vivi and Evi. Saints with the name (or variants) include: *Paraskevi of Rome, or ''Parasceva'' in Latin, 2nd-century martyr, feast day: July 26 *Paraskevi of Iconium (''Paraskeva Pyatnitsa''), 3rd-century virgin martyr venerated in Russia, feast day: October 28 *Parascheva of the Balkans Saint Paraskeva of the Balkans (also known as: Света Петка Българска, Petka of Bulgaria, Petka of Serbia, Parask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Parascheva Church, Poienile Izei
Saint Parascheva Church is a Romanian Orthodox church in Poienile Izei Commune, Maramureș County, Romania. Built in 1700, it is one of eight buildings that make up the wooden churches of Maramureș UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is also listed as a historic monument by the country's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs. p.1714 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Parascheva Church, Poienile Izei Churches complet ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Büyükdere Ayias Paraskevi Orthodox Church
Büyükdere is a Turkish word meaning "big creek" and may refer to: Places * Büyükdere, Hasankeyf, a village in the Hasankeyf district of Batman Province, Turkey * Büyükdere, Koçarlı, a village in the Koçarlı district of Aydın Province, Turkey * Büyükdere, Pasinler * Büyükdere, Pazaryolu * Büyükdere, Sarıyer, a quarter of Sarıyer district in Istanbul Province, Turkey * Büyükdere Avenue Büyükdere Avenue ( tr, Büyükdere Caddesi) is a major avenue which runs through the districts of Şişli (Esentepe quarter), Beşiktaş (Levent quarter) and Sarıyer (Maslak quarter) on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. It begins at Şi ..., a major street in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey Other uses * TCG ''Büyükdere'' (P-128), a former minesweeper of the Turkish Navy {{DEFAULTSORT:Buyukdere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St
Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Christian denomination, a Christian organization with distinct doctrine and practice * Christian Church, either the collective body of all Christian believers, or early Christianity Places United Kingdom * Church (Liverpool ward), a Liverpool City Council ward * Church (Reading ward), a Reading Borough Council ward * Church (Sefton ward), a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward * Church, Lancashire, England United States * Church, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Church Lake, a lake in Minnesota Arts, entertainment, and media * '' Church magazine'', a pastoral theology magazine published by the National Pastoral Life Center Fictional entities * Church (''Red vs. Blue''), a fictional character in the video web series ''Red vs. Blue'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monastery Of Saint Paraskevi (Vikos)
The Monastery of Saint Paraskevi is an abandoned monastery situated on the edge of Vikos Gorge, in the region of Zagori ( Ioannina regional unit), northwestern Greece. The monastery founded at 1413–1414, consists of a small stone-built chapel, the oldest preserved in Zagori, and offers panoramic views to the gorge. Foundation and description The monastery, named after Saint Paraskevi ( el, Αγία Παρασκευή'' Aghia Paraskevi''), was founded at 1413–1414. According to an inscription over its gate, the foundation took place when the local ruler of Epirus was Despot Carlo I Tocco. It was built by the inhabitants of the nearby village of Vitsa and with the personal expense of a local lord, the ''voevoda'' Michael Therianos. Tradition mentions that Therianos built the monastery as an act of thanksgiving for his daughter's savior suffering from an incurable illness. The church is a small basilica, with only a nave and a wooden roof, surrounded by the monks' cells. The fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (region) in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Ivano-Frankivsk. As is the case with most other oblasts of Ukraine this region has the same name as its administrative center – which was renamed by the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Ukrainian authorities after the Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko on 9 November 1962. It has a population of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast is also known to Ukrainians by a deep-rooted alternative name: ''Prykarpattia'' (although some sources may also consider the southern Lviv Oblast including such cities as Stryi, Truskavets, and Drohobych, as also part of Prykarpattia). Prykarpattia, together with Lviv Oblast, Lviv and Ternopil Oblast, Ternopil regions, was the main body of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyatnytska Church (Chernihiv)
Piatnytska ( St. Paraskeva) Сhurchhttps://chernihiv.travel/en/place/pyatnitska-tserkva ( uk, П'ятницька (святої Параскеви) церква) is a functioning church in Chernihiv, Ukraine. History Piatnytska Church was built at the end of the 12th century – beginning of the 13th century at Chernihiv public sale area. It is a four-pillar, one-dome, square church. It differed from other Chernihiv churches by completion and decoration of the facades with all types of architectural ornaments and by composition of arches under the drum. It was restored in 1670 and 1690s by costs of Chernihiv colonel V.Dunyn-Borkovskyi in the Ukrainian baroque style. In the 17th - 18th centuries there was a nunnery in the church, which was burned out in 1750. In 1820s a two-storeyed belfry (the architect is A.Kartashevskyi) was built, which was dismantled in 1962. In 1943 the church was destroyed. It was restored in 1962 according to the project of Pyotr Baranovsky, Petro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dubica, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Kozarska Dubica ( sr-cyrl, Козарска Дубица), previously known as Bosanska Dubica ( sr-cyrl, Босанска Дубица) is a town and municipality located in northern Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 21,542 inhabitants, while the town of Kozarska Dubica has a population of 11,566 inhabitants. Geography It is situated in the eastern part of Bosanska Krajina region. The municipality of Hrvatska Dubica lies to the north, in Croatia. Bosanska Dubica is situated from the Zagreb–Belgrade highway. The town and its suburbs border Croatia to the north, the town of Gradiška to the east, the town of Kostajnica to the west, and the town of Prijedor to the south. The land area of Bosanska Dubica is . Name The town was originally known as "Bosanska Dubica" (Босанска Дубица in Serbian Cyrillic, literally "Bosnian Dubica") but was renamed "Kozarska Dubica" (Козарска Дубица in Serbian Cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest, and claims a border with Albania through the Political status of Kosovo, disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia without Kosovo has about 6.7 million inhabitants, about 8.4 million if Kosvo is included. Its capital Belgrade is also the List of cities in Serbia, largest city. Continuously inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the territory of modern-day Serbia faced Slavs#Migrations, Slavic migrations in the 6th century, establishing several regional Principality of Serbia (early medieval), states in the early Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Parascheva Church, Iași
Saint Parascheva Church ( ro, Biserica Sfânta Parascheva) is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 6 Păcurari Street in Iași, Romania. It is dedicated to Parascheva of the Balkans. Located right by the Central University Library, it stands on the site of an earlier wooden church from 1730, dedicated to the Archangels Michael and Gabriel. The site of the old altar table is marked by a cross to the right of the current altar, on the exterior. Archaeological evidence, including ruins, bones and coins, points to the presence of a still earlier church, from the reign of Vasile Lupu (1634-1653).History at the Saint Parascheva parish site The present church was built between 1852 and 1858 through the efforts of the priest Constantin Pavelescu and the administrator Dumitru Burduja. Although his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St Petka Of The Saddlers
The Church of St Petka of the Saddlers ( bg, Църква „Света Петка Самарджийска“) is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is a small one-naved building partially dug into the ground located in the very centre of both the modern and the antique city, in the TZUM underpass. The church features a semi-cylindrical vault, a hemispherical apse, and a crypt discovered during excavations after the Second World War. The walls are 1 m thick and made from brick and stone. The church was first mentioned in the 16th century and was constructed at the place of a former Roman religious building. It is today a monument of culture known for its mural paintings from the 14th, 15th, 17th and 19th century depicting biblical scenes. The church is dedicated to St Petka, an 11th-century Bulgarian saint. The Church of Saint Petka acquired its present name due to it being a patron of the saddlers in the Middle Ages, who performed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Parascheva Church, Desești
Saint Parascheva Church is a Romanian Orthodox church in Desești Commune, Maramureș County, Romania. Built in 1770, it is one of eight buildings that make up the wooden churches of Maramureș UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is also listed as a historic monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, hist ... by the country's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs. Gallery File:DesestiMM (8).jpg, Side view Desești - Saint Parascheva Church UNESCO WHS (2023) - img 20.jpg, Church as approached from the entry DesestiMM (28).jpg, West tympanum of the nave: Tree of the Patriarchs DesestiMM (56).jpg, Crucifixion scene Desești - Saint Parascheva Church UNESCO WHS (2023) - img 12.jpg, Entry portal Desești - Saint Parascheva Church UNESCO WHS (2023) - img 10.jpg, Roof details ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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