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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Constantinople (730) Saint Irene of Athens, Byzantine empress regnant and a strong iconodule (803) (see also: August 7) Saints Secundian, Marcellian...
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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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    Ihnilatis, Athens, 1995]. "Agiologio of Orthodoxy," [Christos Tsolakidis, Athens, 2001 edition] «O Megas Synaxaristis of the Orthodox Church" Saint Patapios...
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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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    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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    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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    Hyperechius of the "Paradise", Egypt (4th century) Saint Vardan the Martyr, of Armenia (451) Saint Irene of Athens, Byzantine empress regnant and a strong iconodule...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    Pope Leo III (redirect from Saint Leo III)
    throne in Constantinople was controversially occupied by a woman, Irene of Athens, and since the Carolingian dynasty had firmly established its power...
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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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    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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    Theodora (wife of Justinian I) (category 6th-century Christian saints)
    one of his chief advisers. Theodora is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Church, commemorated on 28 June. Theodora was of...
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    it had been since 1829, to Athens, then a smaller town. The Church of Greece was established as Greece's national church and 25 March, the day of Annunciation...
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    Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark (category Members of the Church of Greece)
    His funeral was held on 1 August 2024 at the Church of Saint Theodores in the First Cemetery of Athens, followed by burial in the Tatoi Royal Cemetery...
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