Serapion of Nitria, (Greek: Σεραπίων, romanized: Serapíon; Russian: Серапион) Serapion of Thmuis, also spelled Sarapion, or Serapion the Scholastic was...
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The Sacramentary of Serapion of Thmuis is a work of Saint Serapion (fl. ca. 330 to 360, feast day: March 21), bishop of Thmuis (today Tell el-Timai) in...
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philosopher, one of the disciples of Plotinus Serapion (4th century AD), author of the Sacramentary of Serapion of Thmuis Serapion the Sindonite (4th...
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325 Serapion of Thmuis, died shortly before 360, the author of various works, in part preserved, a friend of Athanasius Ptolemæus at the Council of Seleucia...
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Desert Fathers (redirect from Fathers of the desert)
Philemon of Egypt Poemen Serapion of Thmuis Serapion the Sindonite Silvanus of Gaza Sisoes the Great Spyridon Theodore of Eleutheropolis Theodore of Enaton...
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Anthony the Great (redirect from Saint Anthony of Egypt)
archive Serapion of Thmuis, disciple of Anthony Pitirim of Porphyry, disciple of Anthony Jack Tresidder, ed. (2005). The Complete Dictionary of Symbols...
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that the earliest example of Church prayer on behalf of dead Christians is found in the Sacramentary of Serapion of Thmuis (350 AD). Rather than pray...
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Dymphna (category Christian female saints of the Middle Ages)
martyred by her father. The story of Dymphna was first recorded in the 13th century by a canon of the Church of Aubert of Avranches at Cambrai, France. It...
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Life of Antony Attributed to Serapion of Thmuis: Cultural Memory Reinterpreted. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-38327-2. "Paul of Thebes, Saint", Guillaumont, Antoine...
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collections of quotes from five theologians, who are Gregory of Nazianzus, Basil of Caesarea, Athanasius, Serapion of Thmuis, and Didymus the Blind. Much of the...
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Legion of Rome in the 3rd century, and is one of the favourite and most widely venerated saints of that martyred group. He is the patron saint of several...
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James the Great (redirect from James son of Zebedee)
romanized: Yaʿqōḇ; died AD 44) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. According to the New Testament, he was the second of the apostles to die (after Judas...
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Philip the Apostle (redirect from Philip of Bethsaida)
Φίλιππος; Aramaic: ܦܝܠܝܦܘܣ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲗⲓⲡⲡⲟⲥ, Philippos) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Later Christian traditions...
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Saint George (redirect from George of Lydda)
of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition, he was a soldier in the Roman army. Of Cappadocian...
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Sariel (category Angels in the Book of Enoch)
course of the moon. The fallen watcher Sariel, according to the Book of Enoch, was one of the leaders of angels who lusted after the daughters of men. They...
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John the Evangelist (redirect from Cross of Saint John)
traditionally given to the author of the Gospel of John. Christians have traditionally identified him with John the Apostle, John of Patmos, and John the Presbyter...
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Simon the Zealot (category Year of birth unknown)
Coptic: ⲥⲓⲙⲱⲛ ⲡⲓ-ⲕⲁⲛⲁⲛⲉⲟⲥ; Classical Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ ܩܢܢܝܐ) was one of the apostles of Jesus. A few pseudepigraphical writings were connected to him, but...
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infamous and violent gang of 75 robbers. Moses was a man of huge physical stature, strength and courage, and became leader of this gang of robbers that became...
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Seven Archangels (redirect from Seven Princes of Heaven)
The concept of Seven Archangels is found in some works of early Jewish literature and in Christianity. In those texts, they are referenced as the angels...
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Didymus the Blind (c. 313 – c. 398), Serapion of Thmuis (c. 290 – c. 358), and Jerome (c. 342 – 420) as an authentic work of the apostolic Barnabas. Its inclusion...
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Jude the Apostle (redirect from Jude of James)
instead of Coptic letters. Jude (Ancient Greek: Ἰούδας Ἰακώβου translit. Ioúdas Iakóbou; Syriac/Aramaic: ܝܗܘܕܐ translit. Yahwada) was one of the Twelve...
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primary source of information on Saint Mary of Egypt is the Vita written of her by Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem (634–638). Most of the information...
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Gabriel (category Angels in the Book of Enoch)
guardian angel of the people of Israel, defending it against the angels of the other peoples. In the New Testament, the Gospel of Luke relates the Annunciation...
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John the Apostle (redirect from John the Apostle of Love)
Theologian, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he was the son of Zebedee and Salome...
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Margaret the Virgin (redirect from Margaret of Antioch)
Margaret, known as Margaret of Antioch in the West, and as Saint Marina the Great Martyr (Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Μαρίνα) in the East, is celebrated as a saint...
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Matthias the Apostle (category Year of birth unknown)
rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Coptic letters. Matthias (/məˈθaɪəs/; Koine Greek: Ματθίας, Matthías [maθˈθi...
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Thomas the Apostle (redirect from Feast of St Thomas)
(Greek: Δίδυμος, romanized: Dídymos, meaning "twin"), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Thomas is commonly known...
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Catherine of Alexandria, also spelled Katherine (Greek: Αίκατερίνη) is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early...
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Saint Mercurius (redirect from Marcorios, the martyr of the Lord)
– 250 AD) was a Roman soldier of Scythian descent who became a Christian saint and martyr. He was born in the city of Eskentos in Cappadocia, in Eastern...
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Mark the Evangelist (redirect from Patron of Venice)
traditionally ascribed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark. Modern Bible scholars have concluded that the Gospel of Mark was written by an anonymous author...
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