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    Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος, translit. Geṓrgios; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint...
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    Saint-Georges. Les Grecs soutenaient que les ruines de Lydda remontainent au Vie siècle, époque à laquelle une première église dediee a saint Georges fut...
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    The 1948 Palestinian expulsion from Lydda and Ramle, was the expulsion of 50,000 to 70,000 Palestinian Arabs when Israeli troops captured the towns in...
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    Lod (redirect from Lydda)
    vocalized לֹד; Arabic: اللِّد, romanized: al-Lidd or al-Ludd), also known as Lydda (Ancient Greek: Λύδδα), is a city 15 km (9+1⁄2 mi) southeast of Tel Aviv...
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    Diocese of Lydda (Lod) is one of the oldest bishoprics of the early Christian Church in the Holy Land. Suppressed under Persian and Arab-Islamic rule...
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    Saint-Georges. Les Grecs soutenaient que les ruines de Lydda remontainent au Vie siècle, époque à laquelle une première église dediee a saint Georges fut...
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    martyr is not mentioned in the Syriac Breviarium. A titular church built in Lydda during the reign of Constantine the Great (reigned 306–37) was consecrated...
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  • nothing in common but the veneration of Saint George, the patron saint of knighthood. Saint George of Lydda, a martyr of the persecution of Diocletian in...
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  • George, a secondary patron saint of the First Crusade, played a significant role and provided other relics, as the occupation of his tomb at Lydda (now...
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    differentiate it from other religious sites that bear the name of Saint George of Lydda. The monastery is situated in the West Bank, near the Palestinian city...
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    Demetrius of Thessaloniki (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    the most important Orthodox military saints, often paired with Saint George of Lydda. His feast day is 26 October for Eastern Orthodox Christians, which...
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  • in 1953 by George Habash, a Palestinian Christian from Lydda. In 1948, 19-year-old Habash, a medical student, went to his home town of Lydda during the...
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    was completely destroyed. Jews continued to live in areas such as Lod (Lydda), south of the Hebron Mountain, and the coastal regions. In other areas...
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    évêque de Lydda, avec ses commettans 1791 - Problême intéressant proposé a M. l'Évêque de Lydda [i.e. Jean Baptiste Joseph Gobel] 1791 - Mandement de Jean-Baptiste-Joseph...
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    during which both Lydda and Ramla fell on the twelfth and thirteenth of July as well as villages south of Jerusalem. The fall of Lydda and Ramla (and the...
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    Haifa, on 11 August 1937 it commenced commercial flights 3 times a week to Lydda. This line operated for several months, but was discontinued when Arab hostilities...
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    Saint George is one of Christianity's most popular saints, and is highly honored by both the Western and Eastern Churches. A wide range of devotions, traditions...
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    few months later in December of 415, another synod in synod in Diospolis (Lydda) under the bishop of Cæsarea was called by two deposed bishops who came...
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    Jacques de Vitry and the English traveler Sir John Mandeville wrote that Georgians are called Georgian because they especially revere Saint George. The Georgian...
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    the Arab inhabitants of the Lydda-Ramle area, amounting to some 70,000, were expelled in what became known as the 'Lydda Death March'. Terence Roehrig...
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    venerated 15th—century image is enshrined within the Church of Saint George of Lydda within the hospital property. The charity hospital was founded in 1674...
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    patron saint of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 26 August 1752, replacing George of Lydda at the request of Bishop Pavao Dragičević. The reasons for the replacement...
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    Armand de Périgord, the Master of the Temple, Hugues de Montlaur, the Marshal of the Temple, as well as the archbishop of Tyre, the bishop of Lydda and Ramla...
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    Hebron Old City of Nablus Old City of Tiberias Old City of Safed Old City of Lydda Old Byblos Old Sidon Old Tripoli Old Tyre Beirut Central District Old Batroun...
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    the Roman road from Caesarea Maritima to Jerusalem, north of the town of Lydda where the road turned eastwards towards Jerusalem. During the British Mandate...
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    ΊΑΒΝΗΛΗΚΑΙΊΑΜΝΙΑ) (Lit. "Jabneel, which is also Jamnia"). Jericho (Greek: Ίεριχω); Lydda (Greek: ΛΩΔΗ); Maresha (Greek: ΜΟΡΑΣΘΙ); Modi'im (Greek: ΜΩΔΕΕΙΜ); Nicopolis...
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    massacre with 60 to 70 killed, the Deir Yassin massacre with around 112, the Lydda massacre with around 250, and the Abu Shusha massacre with 60–70. In Al-Dawayima...
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    patron saint of Catalonia, St Jordi, commonly known in English as Saint George of Lydda. This was seen as a provocative gesture towards the then Spanish dictator...
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  • absent mother. She later performed in Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in Inn at Lydda. In 2018, Palliser returned to Shakespeare's Globe as musical director and...
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    Rishon LeZion (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    November 2022). "Jindās: A History of Lydda's Rural Hinterland in the 15th to the 20th Centuries CE". Lod, Lydda, Diospolis. 1: 26. Karlinsky, Nahum; Greenwood...
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