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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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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Order of Sant Jordi d'Alfama (redirect from Order of San Jorge de Alfama)
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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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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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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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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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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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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