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Olga Constantinovna of Russia (Greek: Όλγα; 3 September [O.S. 22 August] 1851 – 18 June 1926) was Queen of Greece as the wife of King George I. She was briefly the regent of Greece in 1920. A member of the Romanov dynasty , Olga was the oldest daughter of Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievich and his wife, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg .
Olga (Church Slavonic: Ольга; [3] [a] Old Norse: Helga; [4] c. 890–925 – 11 July 969) [5] was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 957. Following her baptism, Olga took the name Elenа.
A fanciful reconstruction of Phidias' statue of Zeus, in an engraving made by Philippe Galle in 1572, from a drawing by Maarten van Heemskerck. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about 12.4 m (41 ft) tall, [1] made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in the Temple of ...
The second is a statue of Archbishop Damaskinos who was Archbishop of Athens during World War II and was Regent for King George II and Prime Minister of Greece in 1946. The Metropolitan Cathedral remains a major landmark in Athens and the site of important ceremonies with national political figures present, as well as weddings and funerals of ...
Olga of Greece may refer to: Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851–1926), queen of Greece from 1867 until 1913; Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903–1997), Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark's daughter; Prince Paul of Yugoslavia's wife; Princess Olga, Duchess of Aosta (b. 1971), daughter of Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark ...
The statues, created by artist Poppy Field, “complete” the building by filling the niches of its north porch, which have been empty since 1871, and its south porch, added in 2003.
The Church of Saint Irene (Greek: Ιερός Ναός Αγίας Ειρήνης, romanized: Ierós Naós Agías Irínis, lit. 'Sacred Temple of Saint Irene' Ancient Greek pronunciation: [aˈʝia iˈrini]), also known as Hagia Irene or Hagia Eirene, is an Eastern Orthodox church in the city of Athens, Greece, built on the site of an older medieval church, located on Aiolou Street.