Denha (
Syriac script
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ܕܢܚܐ, ''denḥa'') is the classical Syriac word for an epiphany, and may refer to:
Epiphany
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Epiphany (holiday)
Epiphany ( ), also known as Theophany in Eastern Christian traditions, is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation ( theophany) of God incarnate as Jesus Christ.
In Western Christianity, the feast commemorates principally (but ...
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Epiphany season
People
Denha and its variant Dinkha may refer to:
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Denha I of Tikrit
Denha I ( syr, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܡܦܪܝܢܐ ܕܬܓܪܝܬ, ar, دنحا الاول مفريان المشرق) was the Grand Metropolitan of the East and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church of the East from 649 until his death in 659. He is c ...
, Syriac Orthodox Grand Metropolitan of the East from 649 to 659
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Denha I
Mar Denha I (also written Dinkha I) was Patriarch of the Church of the East (sometimes referred to as the Nestorian church) from 1265 to 1281. He was widely suspected of murdering Shem'on Bar Qaligh, bishop of Tus, and was remembered by later ...
, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1265 to 1281
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Denha II, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1336 to 1382
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Shimun XIII Dinkha
Mar Shimun XIII Dinkha was Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church carrying the title Patriarch of Babylon between 1662 and 1692 in communion with Rome and residing in Khosrau-Abad near Salmas. He was the last in the hereditary Shimun line o ...
Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East from 1681 to 1700
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Dinkha IV
Mar Dinkha IV (Classical Syriac: and ar, مار دنخا الرابع), born Dinkha Khanania (15 September 1935 – 26 March 2015) was an Eastern Christian prelate who served as the 120th Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the ...
, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East from 1976 to 2015
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