The Virgin of Vladimir, also known as Vladimir Mother of God, Our Lady of Vladimir (Russian: Владимирская икона Божией Матери), is a 12th-century Byzantine...
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eponymous role of Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer. Notes: The final episode of Series 2, "The Black Virgin of Vladimir", was moved back...
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Life-Giving Cross of the Lord , the image of the Savior and the icon of the Virgin of Vladimir. It is also the first day of the Dormition Fast. There are usually...
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Lovejoy Harry Catapodis Episode: "The Black Virgin of Vladimir" Prisoner of Honor General Gonse Galahad of Everest George Mallory 1993 Lady Chatterley...
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model, best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, the long-suffering wife of Larry Hagman's character J.R. Ewing on the CBS television drama series Dallas...
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Vladimir-Suzdal (Russian: Владимирско-Су́здальская, Vladimirsko-Suzdal'skaya), formally known as the Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal or Grand Principality...
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Vladimir Vadimovich Krassovsky (Russian: Влади́мир Вади́мович Красо́вский; born 22 November 1950, Bangkok) is the choir director of the Holy Virgin Cathedral...
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Hodegetria (redirect from Virgin Hodegetria)
A Hodegetria, or Virgin Hodegetria, is an iconographic depiction of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) holding the Child Jesus at her side while pointing to him...
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woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or...
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Andrey Bogolyubsky (redirect from Andrei I of Vladimir)
of the Blessed Mother of God from Vyshgorod to Vladimir (thereafter known as the "Virgin of Vladimir"), an action condemned as theft by the Kievan Chronicle...
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of Vladimir (or Our Lady of Vladimir) is taken by Grand Prince Andrey Bogolyubsky to Vladimir from Suzdal. Spring – King Henry II has the Palace of Westminster...
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Madonna (art) (redirect from Virgin and child)
"Virgin" or "Our Lady", but "Madonna" is not typically applied to eastern works; e.g. the Theotokos of Vladimir may in English be called "Our Lady of Vladimir"...
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Hetoimasia (redirect from Preparation of the throne)
of the Throne, ready throne or Throne of the Second Coming is the Christian version of the symbolic subject of the empty throne found in the art of the...
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Richard Branson (redirect from Virgin volcanic)
business magnate who co-founded the Virgin Group in 1970, and as of 2016[update] controlled 5 companies remaining of once more than 400. Branson expressed...
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Eleusa icon (redirect from Virgin of Tenderness)
Eleousa; Greek: Ἐλεούσα – tenderness or showing mercy) is a type of depiction of the Virgin Mary in icons in which the Christ Child is nestled against her...
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Virgin Media is the main cable provider in the UK, with the exception of WightFibre on the Isle of Wight, and covers 51% of UK households. Virgin Media...
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Vladimir, Russia. It is regarded as the mother church of Russia through the 13th century. It is part of a World Heritage Site, the White Monuments of...
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The lines and shading of the better parts is comparable to the best work in Greece and Byzantium. The icon of the Virgin of Vladimir was also known to be...
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Маяковский, IPA: [məjɪˈkofskʲɪj] ; 19 July [O.S. 7 July] 1893 – 14 April 1930) was a...
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Bloody Mary (cocktail) (redirect from Virgin Mary (cocktail))
origin of the drink and its name. It has many variants, most notably the red snapper, Bloody Maria (made with tequila blanco), and the Virgin Mary. The...
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The Church of the Tithes or Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (Ukrainian: Десятинна Церква, Desiatynna Tserkva;) was the first stone church in Kyiv...
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Sophia (wisdom) (redirect from Virgin Sophia)
crowned virgin; in Russian Orthodox tradition, she has a more supernatural aspect of a crowned woman with wings in a glowing red colour. The virgin martyrs...
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of Vladimir (or Our Lady of Vladimir) is taken by Grand Prince Andrey Bogolyubsky to Vladimir from Suzdal. Spring – King Henry II has the Palace of Westminster...
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blessing of Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, for the 600th anniversary of the Transfer to Moscow (August 26, 1395) of the Virgin of Vladimir, icon, a copy of it...
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Immaculate Conception (redirect from Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin)
the belief that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception. It is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church...
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Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Комаров, IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ kəmɐˈrof]; 16 March 1927 – 24 April 1967) was a Soviet...
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Tenderness (Virgin of Tenderness), and the Mother of God of Vladimir. Both of these pieces are icons of the Virgin Mary holding Christ as a child with their cheeks...
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the Northern Ural Mountains of the Komi Republic, Russia. At 32,800 km2 it is the largest virgin forest in Europe. The Virgin Komi Forests belong to the...
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The White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The patrimony embraces eight...
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the mother of Jesus in Christianity, is known by many different titles (Blessed Mother, Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady, Holy Virgin, Madonna), epithets...
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