The Church of Saint Irene (Greek: Ιερός Ναός Αγίας Ειρήνης, romanized: Ierós Naós Agías Irínis, lit. 'Sacred Temple of Saint Irene' Greek pronunciation:...
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Irene of Athens (Greek: Εἰρήνη, Eirḗnē; 750/756 – 9 August 803), surname Sarantapechaena (Greek: Σαρανταπήχαινα, Sarantapḗchaina), was Byzantine empress...
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Lysandros Kaftanzoglou (category Academic staff of the National Technical University of Athens)
of Arsakeion, Athens (today houses the Council of State). Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite Saint Irene Church, Athens Ophthalmological...
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Architecture portal Islam portal List of cathedrals in Greece Saint Irene church, Athens Eastern Orthodoxy in Greece "Ιερός ναός Αγίας Παρασκευής" (in...
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Tower of the Winds (category Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens)
other names, is an octagonal Pentelic marble tower in the Roman Agora in Athens, named after the eight large reliefs of wind gods around its top. Its date...
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seat of the autocephalous Church of Greece. Its incumbent (since 2008) is Ieronymos II of Athens. As the head of the Church of Greece, the holder is styled...
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three churches and a hospital of 5 wards, which was open to people of all social classes. Irene died on 13 August 1134 and was later venerated as Saint Irene...
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Little Metropolis (redirect from Agios Eleftherios Church, Athens)
have been proposed in the past, from the 9th century under Empress Irene of Athens to the 13th century. Until recently, the common view among scholars...
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Greece Saint Irene church, Athens Eastern Orthodoxy in Greece "Ιστορικό Σημείωμα Ιερού Ναού Παντοκράτορος Πατρών" [Historical Note on the Holy Church of the...
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Athenaïs, later Saint Eudocia (c. 401–460 AD), wife of Emperor Theodosius II Saint Giles (c. 650–710 AD), hermit saint Irene of Athens (c. 752–803 AD)...
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Byzantine architecture (redirect from Byzantine church (building))
century was the Church of Saint Sava in Belgrade. One of the less famous Byzantine churches is Hagia Irene. This church served as a model church for the more...
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This is a partial list of canonised saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, a saint is defined as anyone who is in heaven...
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Eudokia (612) Fausta (668) Anastasia (711) Anastasios II (719) Eudokia Irene of Athens (803) Leo VI the Wise (912) and his three wives (Theophano Martiniake...
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Iconoclasm, Athens is commonly held to have supported the iconophile position, chiefly due to the role played by Empress Irene of Athens in the ending...
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Helena Dragaš (redirect from Saint Hipomoni)
Ihnilatis, Athens, 1995]. "Agiologio of Orthodoxy," [Christos Tsolakidis, Athens, 2001 edition] «O Megas Synaxaristis of the Orthodox Church" Saint Patapios...
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Hagia Triada Cathedral, Piraeus (category Church buildings with domes)
in Greece Saint Irene church, Athens Eastern Orthodoxy in Greece "Ιερός Ναός Αγίας Τριάδος (Καθεδρικός Ναός Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως)" [Holy Church of Hagia Triada...
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eventually renamed after the saint. Controlled by the autonomous Church of Sinai, which is part of the wider Greek Orthodox Church, the monastery became a...
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The Seventh Ecumenical Council was called under the Empress Regent Irene of Athens in 787, known as the second of Nicaea. It supports the veneration of...
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Nicetas the Patrician (redirect from Saint Nicetas the Patrician)
Another tradition records that he was also a relative of Empress Irene of Athens (r. 797–802). According to his hagiography, he was castrated by his...
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whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints. According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision. Many of the saints listed here are...
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Archbishop Makarios of Athens and All Greece (2004-present)) (Matthewite) (Genuine Orthodox Church of Greece, under Archbishop Nicholas of Athens and All Greece)...
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The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Greek: Μονή του Αγίου Ιωάννου του Θεολόγου, romanized: Moní tou Agíou Ioánnou tou Theológou; also called Monastery...
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The Church of the Holy Apostles, also known as Holy Apostles of Solaki (Greek: Άγιοι Απόστολοι Σολάκη), is located in the Ancient Agora of Athens, Greece...
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Brazen bull (redirect from Perillos of Athens)
Bibliotheca historica, Perilaus (Περίλαος) (or Perillus (Πέριλλος)) of Athens invented and proposed it to Phalaris, the tyrant of Akragas, Sicily, as...
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residence. Fourth in October 797 against Irene who had deposed her son. He was exiled to her native Athens. Fifth in 812 against Michael I Rangabe. His...
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and Irene. She is also possibly represented on the reliefs of the temple of Serapis and Isis discovered on the site of the present church of Saint Eleutherios...
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Theodora (wife of Justinian I) (category Burials at the Church of the Holy Apostles)
one of his chief advisers. Theodora is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Church, commemorated on 14 November. Theodora was...
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Aelia Eudocia (redirect from Athenaïs-Eudokia of Athens)
circa 400 in Athens into a family of Greek descent. Her father, a Greek philosopher named Leontius, taught rhetoric at the Academy of Athens, where people...
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serves the Russian Orthodox community of Athens, Greece. The church is known by a variety of names: the Russian Church (Ρωσική Εκκλησία), or St. Nikodemos...
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1930 he was awarded the Benaki Prize for his design of Saint Dionysios Church in Kolonaki, Athens. During this time he was also a founding member of the...
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