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Porphyrios made no distinctions in regard to which ships it attacked, recorded as having attacked fishing vessels, merchant ships and warships. [1] Many ships were sunk by Porphyrios, and its mere reputation terrified the crews of many more; ships often took detours to go around the waters where the whale most commonly swam. [4] Emperor ...
Porphyrius (Latin: Porphyrius; Ancient Greek: Πορφύριος, Porphyrios; Slavonic: Порфирий, Porfiriy; c. 347 –420) was bishop of Gaza from 395 to 420, known, from the account in his Life, for Christianizing the recalcitrant pagan city of Gaza, and demolishing its temples.
Porphyrios Dikaios (Greek: Πορφύριος Δίκαιος) FSA (Nicosia, 16 August 1904 – 23 August 1971) was a Cypriot archaeologist. Early life and education [ edit ]
Porphyry (geology), an igneous rock with large crystals in a fine-grained matrix, often purple, and prestigious Roman sculpture material Shoksha porphyry, quartzite of purple color resembling true porphyry mined near the village of Shoksha, Karelia, Russia
Deutsch; Eesti ... (PDF), Baylor; Stearn, Rod ... (Reminiscences and reflections of Elder Porphyrios (1906–1991) of Mt Athos.) Works by Elder Paisios (1924–1994 ...
Sign at Kafsokalyvia directing pilgrims to the hut of Saint Porphyrios. St. Porphyrios was born on February 7, 1906, in the village of Agios Ioannis, which translates to St. John Karystia, in the province of Evia in Greece. His parents, Leonidas and Eleni Bairaktaris, baptized him as Evangelos, and he was the fourth out of five siblings.
He was ordained a monk at Visoki Dečani monastery on 21 April 1985, [3] receiving the monastic name of Porfirije after Porphyrios of Kafsokalivia. [ 4 ] In 1986, Porfirije earned his bachelor's degree in Eastern Orthodox theology from the University of Belgrade , when Bishop Pavle of Raška and Prizren (future Serbian Patriarch ) ordained him ...
Porphyrion is named on a sixth-century BC black-figure pyxis (Getty 82.AE.26), where he and the Giant Enceladus oppose Zeus, Heracles and Athena. [9] He is also named on a late fifth-century BC red-figure cup from Vulci (Berlin F2531), and a fifth-century BC red-figure krater (Paris, Petit Palais 868), in both engaged in single combat with Zeus, [10] and a late sixth-century/early fifth ...