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The current church was built in 1869 as the Yeni Cami ("New Mosque") after the previous building was destroyed by the earthquake of 1856. In 1925 it was converted to Christian worship. The church was declared a cathedral of the archdiocese of Crete in 2013. The church is an eclectic style square temple with a dome. The exterior of the temple is ...
Heracleion (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειον Hērákleion), also known as Thonis (Ancient Greek: Θῶνις Thônis; from the Ancient Egyptian: Tȝ-ḥn.t; Coptic: Ⲧϩⲱⲛⲓ Thōni, Coptic pronunciation: [dəˈhoːni]) [1] and sometimes called Thonis-Heracleion, was an ancient Egyptian port city located near the Canopic Mouth of the Nile, about 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Alexandria on ...
It regards payments to the local temple, and was recorded on two steles. The location of the temple was near the Canopic branch of the Nile River , in the eastern Nile Delta of Lower Egypt . Accordingly, steles were erected at two locations as statements to curry political favor with the priesthood, and possibly the populace.
The Temple Church, a royal peculiar in the Church of England, [2] is a church in the Inner and Middle Temples located between Fleet Street and the River Thames, ...
One of the Temple’s first actions was to perform a “pink mass” in which gay couples made out over the grave of the mother of Fred Phelps, founder of the homophobic Westboro Baptist Church ...
Heracleon was a Gnostic who flourished about AD 175, probably in the south of Italy.He is the author of the earliest known commentary on a book that would eventually be included in the Christian New Testament with his commentary on the Gospel of John, although only fragmentary quotes survive.
Elder Neil L. Anderson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, speaks at a media briefing for the newly completed Tallahassee Florida Temple, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024.
Heraklion or Herakleion (/ h ɪ ˈ r æ k l i ə n / hih-RAK-lee-ən; Greek: Ηράκλειο, Irákleio, pronounced), [4] sometimes Iraklion, is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit.