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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Caesarea Palaestinae
Caesarea was the civil and military capital of
In the third century Origen took refuge at Caesarea, and wrote there many of his exegetic and theological works, among others the famous "Hexapla", the manuscript of which was for a long
Caesarea had the Bishop of Jerusalem among its suffragens till 451, when Juvenalis succeeded in establishing the
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  Caesarea Palaestina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caesarea Palaestina should not be confused with other cities named to flatter the Caesar, Caesarea Philippi, also in Israel, or Caesarea Mazaca in Anatolian Cappadocia.
After the revolt of Simon bar Kokhba, which ended with the destruction of Jerusalem, Caesarea became the center of Christianity in Palestine; however, there is no record of any bishop of Caesarea until the end of the 2nd century, when a council was held there to regulate the celebration of Easter.
Caesarea lay in ruins until its resettlement by the Ottomans as Kaisariyeh in 1884, after which the ruins were much damaged.
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 Archbishop of Caesarea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Archbishop of Caesarea was one of the major suffragans of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem during the crusades.
The city was raided by the Persians in the early 7th century and following the conquest of the Holy Land by the Islamic armies in the 7th century, the diocese and city suffered tremendously and steadily declined in size and importance.
When Caesarea was captured by the crusaders from the Moslems in 1101, the Frankish community vastly increased in size and a Latin archbishop was established.
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 Caesarea Mazaca - LoveToKnow 1911
Mazaca, the residence of the kings of Cappadocia, later called Eusebea (perhaps after Ariarathes Eusebes), and named Caesarea probably by Claudius, stood on a low spur on the north side of Erjies Dagh (M. Argaeus).
Kaisarieh is the headquarters of the American mission in Cappadocia, which has several churches and schools for boys and girls and does splendid medical work.
It is the seat of a Greek bishop, an Armenian archbishop and a Roman Catholic bishop, and there is a Jesuit school.
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 Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heraclius of Caesarea, sometimes Eraclius (died 1191), was archbishop of Caesarea and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
He came to the Kingdom of Jerusalem to serve as archbishop of Caesarea (while William served as archbishop of Tyre).
As archbishops, Heraclius and William attended the Third Council of the Lateran in 1179.
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 Caesarea
Caesarea is an ancient Crusader site halfway almost between Jaffa and Haifa on the Mediterranean coast.
Caesarea was built on the site of a Phoenician port whose tower was kept by the Greeks.
In 1878, the Ottomans settled a Muslim community from Bosnia in Caesarea.
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 Pope John Paul II - Address Announcing 37 New Cardinals - 21 January 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re, titular Archbishop of Vescovìo, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops;
Archbishop José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F., titular Archbishop of Thuburnica, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints;
Archbishop Ignacio Antonio Velasco García, S.D.B. of Caracas, Venezuela;
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 Basil the Great - OrthodoxWiki
In 370 Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea, died, and Basil was chosen to succeed him.
Caesarea was an important diocese, and its bishop was, ex officio, exarch of the great diocese of Pontus.
A lasting monument of his episcopal care for the poor was the great institute before the gates of Caesarea, which was used as poorhouse, hospital, and hospice.
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 OCA - Lives of all saints commemorated on this day
Basil was baptized by Dianios, the Bishop of Caesarea, and was tonsured a Reader (On the Holy Spirit, 29).
At Caesarea, St Basil built two monasteries, a men's and a women's, with a church in honor of the Forty Martyrs (March 9) whose relics were buried there.
He was sent to Caesarea and was torn to pieces by lions in the arena.
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 Saint Basil the Great Orthodox Church
In the year 362 he was ordained deacon by the bishop of Antioch, Meletios; later on, in 364 he was ordained to the dignity of priest by the bishop of Caesarea, Eusebios.
The generally sorry state of affairs for the Caesarea bishop was made even worse by various circumstances: Cappadocia was divided in two under the re-arrangement of governance of provincial districts.
At Caesarea Saint Basil built two monasteries -- a men's and a women's -- with a church in honor of 40 martyrs whose relics were buried there.
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In the words of Gregory the Theologian, he was for bishop Eusebios "a good advisor, a righteous representative, an expounder of the Word of God, a staff for the aged, a faithful support in matters internal, and an activist in matter external".
Upon the death of the bishop of Caesarea Eusebios, Saint Basil in the year 370 was elevated onto his cathedra-chair.
At Caesarea Saint Basil built two monasteries, a men's and a women's, with a church in honour of 40 Martyrs whose relics were buried there.
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 Calendar of the Church Year, according to the Episcopal Church
Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg,, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865
Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda and Martyr, 1977
Willibrord, Archbishop of Utrecht, Missionary to Frisia, 739
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 Lives of the Saints - Hierarch Basil the Great - Universal Teach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Upon becoming archbishop, Basil continued to lead a strict ascetic life, would visit the poor, the sick and the lepers and founded a hospice the size of a small town.
He used all of his personal means and all the revenues of his church for the benefit of the poor; in each district of his expansive metropolia, the hierarch founded almshouses; in Caesarea ­ an inn and a hospice, which by their scale seemed to be an entire little town.
Archbishop of Alexandria and a great father of the Church.
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 Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The of the Patriarchate is in the Old of Jerusalem while the Seminary which is responsible for the liturgical education was moved to Beit Jala town 10 km south of Jerusalem in 1936.
Prior to the crusades the archbishop of had traditionally been under the control of patriarch of Antioch but Tyre was part of the of Jerusalem rather than the Principality of so it was claimed by the patriarch Jerusalem.
As above the Patriarch of Jerusalem might have served as archbishop of Caesarea - is the case with Patriarch Heraclius (1180-1191).
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 St. Basil the Great   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
BASIL was born at Caesarea, in Asia Minor, in the year 329.
Basil opened a school of oratory and practiced law in Caesarea.
So many people wished to hear him speak in public that he was tempted by thoughts of pride.
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 Cappadocia: St Gregory of Naziansus
The second of the three Cappadocian Fathers, St. Gregory’s life is also very closely tied with a vehement defense of the First Ecumenical Council, held in Nicaea in 325, and its definition of the Son as being of the same substance as the Father.
It was in Athens that the acquaintance begun between him and Basil at Caesarea would be forged into a strong friendship (which Gregory would come to regret somewhat, without, however, losing his love and respect for Basil).
His friendship with Basil would be severely tested when Basil, acting as Metropolitan of Caesarea appointed Gregory as Bishop of Sasima, a dusty little town whose episcopal see Gregory may never have actually assumed.
www.turizm.net /cities/cappadocia/stgregoryofnazzi.htm   (1091 words)

  
 Armenian Catholic Church in Russia | The Library | The History of the Armenian Catholic Church (by Dr. Salavat Aroyan)
Under the evidence of Agatangegos in 302 St. Gregory the Illuminator accompanied by the 16 Armenian princes (nakhararov) visited Caesarea, where Archbishop of Caesarea was ordinated by the Catholicos of the Armenians.
Anyway, undoubtedly, that St. Gregory, and some subsequent Catholicoses of Armenia were subjected to Caesarea, and after the election in Armenia usually received the ordination from the Archbishop of Caesarea.
Among the lost there was 1 archbishop and 10 bishops, other 169 priests, and also 61 nurses of charity.
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 St Basil the Great
He lived some times at Caesarea, where our saint was born and where the science flourished; and after his decease the young Basil was sent to that great city for the sake of the schools.
He was also prevailed upon to plead at the bar; these being, in that age, the principal employs in which young orators and noblemen showed their abilities and improved themselves in the art of speaking.
Upon his arrival at Caesarea he opposed the Arians with so much prudence and courage that after many attempts they were obliged to desist from their pretensions with shame and confusion.
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 Arethas of Caesarea   |  Study Archive @ PreteristArchive.com - The Internet's Only Balanced Look at ...
Arethas, bishop of Caesarea Cappadociae (now in central Turkey), built up a library of religious and mathematical works and one of the eight works from this library to survive is the Elements copied by the scribe Stephanus for Arethas.
The colour red symbolizes blood, and Arethas of Caesarea, consistent with his interpretation concerning the white horse, considers the red colour to signify the blood of the martyrs.
Arethas lived from, say, 865 to 939 A.D. He was Archbishop of Caesarea and wrote a commentary on the Apocalypse.
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 Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Vol. VIII
Relatively to Caesarea, Basil's usual place of residence, Annesi is near Neocaesarea An analogy would be found in the statement of a writer usually residing in London, that if he came to Sheffield he would be not far from Doncaster.
At Caesarea he was welcomed as one of the most distinguished of her sons, and there for a time taught rhetoric with conspicuous success.
But ancient eulogists of the as eat archbishop anxious to represent him as a good monk, have not failed to foresee that this might be urged in objection to the completeness of his renunciation of the world, in their sense, and to counterbalance it, have cited an anecdote related by Cassian.
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 Welcome to Adobe GoLive 6
Since the Mosaic Law commands that if a woman give birth to a male child, he should be circumcised in the foreskin of his flesh on the eighth day (Lev 12:2-3), on this, the eighth day from His Nativity, our Saviour accepted the circumcision commanded by the Law.
St Basil the Great was born about the end of the year 329 AD in Caesarea of Cappadocia, to a family renowned for their learning and holiness.
For the Church you are in truth a firm foundation, granting an inviolate lordship unto all mortal men and sealing it with what you have taught, O righteous Basil, revealer of heavenly things.
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 Andreas of Cappadocia Caesarea   |  Study Archive @ PreteristArchive.com - The Internet's Only Balanced ...
It is the text of Revelation with a commentary on it by Andreas, bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia.
It is commonly referred to Euthalius, who, however, says that he borrowed the divisions of the Pauline Epistles from an earlier father and there is reason to believe that the division of the Acts and Catholic Epistles which he published was originally the work of Pamphilus the martyr.
The Christian bishop of Caesarea, Andreas, dedicated the emerald of Saint John the Apostle, and his ability to soothe the souls of sinners.
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 Church Bulletin - St. Vasilios Church, Peabody, MA
Our human form hast Thou taken on Thyself without change, O greatly-compassionate Master, though being God by nature; fulfilling the Law, Thou willingly receivest circumcision in the flesh, that Thou mightest end the shadow and roll away the veil of our sinful passions.
Your voice resounded throughout the world that received your word by which, in godly manner, you taught dogma, clarified the nature of beings, and set in order the character of people.
Metropolitan Anthony, the spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco, with jurisdiction over the seven western states, died today, December 25, 2004, five weeks after he was diagnosed with Burkitt’s Lymphoma.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Arethas of Caesarea
He became Archbishop of Caesarea early in the tenth century, and is reckoned one of the most scholarly theologians of the Greek Church.
Apocalypse, for which he made considerable use of the similar work of his predecessor, Andrew of Caesarea.
It was first printed in 1535 as an appendix to the works of Oecumenius and is found in P.G., CVI, 493.
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 January   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Basil the Great was born towards the end of the year 329 in Caesarea of Cappadocia of a family distinguished both for its culture and sanctity.
He returned to Caesarea, but soon left for the hesychasteria in the district of Pontus, where his mother and his sister Makrina were leading the ascetic life.
He was educated to begin with at Caesarea in Palestine, after this in Alexandria and finally in Athens, where he became the fast friend of Basil the Great, with whom he practised the ascetic life and lived with him for some time in the hermitages of Pontus.
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 St. Cyril of Jerusalem.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
A native of Jerusalem, born in about 315, he was responsible for catechumens (those seeking Christian baptism) in the city, and produced a series of discourses, which have survived and which represent his most famous work.
Although by association with the life of Christ Jerusalem might seem to possess an honoured status, this was challenged by the archbishop of Caesarea on the Mediterranean coast, one Acacius, and Cyril was dragged into the dispute against his will.
A trumped up charge of having sold church property without sanction (in order to aid the poor) was brought against him, and with the connivance of the Emperor he was three times exiled.
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 January Synaxarion
He studied in Caesarea, then in Constantinople under the famous rhetor Libanius, and finally in Athens, where he became a close friend of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus.
Shortly after his return to Caesarea which occurred about 356, he retired in solitude to the outskirts of Neocaesarea, where his mother and his sister Macrina already led the monastic life.
He was ordained a priest by Eusebius, Archbishop of Caesarea, and at the death of the latter was elected in 370 to succeed him and rule the Church of Christ.
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 St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Tharasius Archbishop of Constantinople opposed the Iconoclasts denounced the vices of the Byzantine Princes and their profligate courts.
Basil Priest-Martyr Presbyter of the Church in Ancyra was thrown to the wild beasts in the arena of Caesarea in Palestine A.D. 363 under Julian the Apostate.
Eupschius Martyr a young patrician of Caesarea in Cappadocia accused of destroying the Temple of Fortune was cruelly tortured and beheaded A.D. 362 under Emperor Julian the Apostate.
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 Lives of the Saints, May 9, St. Gregory Nazianzen
Saint Gregory was born in 312 near Caesarea of Cappadocia, of parents who are both honored as Saints, and the infant was immediately consecrated to God.
After learning all that he could in his native land, he journeyed to Caesarea in Palestine to study at the famous school founded by Origen, then went to Alexandria in Egypt to rejoin his brother there.
In 372, when he was sixty years old, he was consecrated a bishop by his dear friend Saint Basil, who had become Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia.
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