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The double-headed eagle in the Serbian royal coat of arms is well attested in the 13th and 14th centuries. [citation needed] An exceptional medieval depiction of a double-headed eagle in the West, attributed to Otto IV, is found in a copy of the Chronica Majora of Matthew of Paris (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Parker MS 16 fol. 18, 13th ...
During a speech, he forgot how to say "Christmas tree" in Ukrainian (Ukrainian: ялинка, romanized: yalynka), and, after a long pause, said "yolka". "Yolka" is close to the pronunciation of the Russian word for Christmas tree (Russian: ёлка, romanized: yolka), but not quite. The word became a meme criticizing Yanukovych as a "Ukrainian ...
The double-headed eagle was used in the breakaway Empire of Trebizond as well. Western portolans of the 14th–15th centuries use the double-headed eagle (silver/golden on red/vermilion) as the symbol of Trebizond rather than Constantinople. Single-headed eagles are also attested in Trapezuntine coins, and a 1421 source depicts the Trapezuntine ...
The eagle was also an ancient Roman symbol and, later, a Byzantine symbol. The double-headed eagle appears in Byzantine art in the 900s or 1000s. [1] Historian George Finlay saw a portrait of Manuel I Komnenos in the Hagia Sophia, Trabzon; Finlay said "his robes are adorned...with two rows of single-headed eagles on circular medallions." The ...
“Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, and white aligns with God’s promise of life everlasting and the purity, hope and goodness that Jesus’ life and death represent,” Sawaya says.
This was the first time the Russian Orthodox Cross was used on church domes. During 1577–1625, the Russian Orthodox cross was depicted between the heads of a double-headed eagle in the coat of arms of Russia. It was drawn on military banners until the end of the 17th century. [34]
Christmas is a holiday that holds different meanings for everyone who celebrates it! For some, it's all about reuniting with loved ones and exchanging Christmas gifts.For others, the joy comes ...
The Christmas carol can be traced back to Austria. It was written by Joseph Mohr, a priest at the Catholic St. Nicholas Church in Oberndorf and first performed in 1818.