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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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    In July 1948, during the 1948 Palestine war, the Palestinian towns of Lydda and Ramle were captured by the Israeli Defense Forces and their residents...
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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) and Lidd (colloquial Arabic), is a city 15 km (9+1⁄2 mi)...
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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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    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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    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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  • Orthodox Church commemorates the translation of his relics from Rome to Lydda, his mother’s hometown. According to legend, Gerbault, a priest from Lille...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    from the cities of Ramle and Lod (also spelled Lydda) were forcibly expelled by Israeli forces. Lydda's residents had to walk 10-15 miles to meet up with...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Latin. A few months later in December of 415, at the synod of Diospolis (Lydda) under the bishop of Cæsarea was called by two deposed bishops who came...
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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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    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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  • David Lammy Stephen Lawrence Angie Le Mar Denise Lewis Lennox Lewis George of Lydda Phil Lynott Dr. O. A. Lyseight Val McCalla Sir Trevor McDonald Paul...
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    romanized: Ra’īs Majlis Shūra li-Ḥarakat Ḥamās) from 1987 until 2004, is the overall and de facto leader of Hamas, a Palestinian Sunni Islamist political and military...
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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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    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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    Flour massacre (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    March 2024). "Qué sabemos de "la masacre de la harina" en la que murieron más de cien gazatíes tras los disparos de las tropas de Israel" [What do we know...
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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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    Amin al-Husseini (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (Amin al-Husseini's nephew), were allocated the Lydda district and Jerusalem respectively. This decision paved the way for undermining...
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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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