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  John Exarch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Exarch (John the Exarch, also transcribed Joan Exarch, Joan Ekzarh) was a medieval Bulgarian scholar, writer and translator, one of the most important guys of letters working at the Preslav Literary School at the end of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century.
It is generally assumed that John Exarch received his education at one of the Byzantine literary schools.
John Exarch’s literary work includes a number of translations of medieval Byzantine authors, the most important of which is the translation of On Orthodox Christianity by Byzantine theologian John of Damascus (ca.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Exarch   (236 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope John VI
To avoid bloodshed, John sent a number of priests to them, and succeeded in pacifying them; as far at least as the exarch himself was concerned.
John VI was one of the popes before whom St. Wilfrid of York carried his appeals.
John sent the pallium to Brithwald, whom "he confirmed as Archbishop of Canterbury".
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08423a.htm   (428 words)

  
 John (Stinka) of Winnipeg - OrthodoxWiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
John Stinka was born on January 24, 1935, in Buchanan, Saskatchewan, and was the youngest of 12 children.
John was elected Bishop, and was ordained to the Episcopacy on November 27th, 1983 at Holy Trinity Metropolitan Cathedral, and installed as bishop of Saskatoon by His Beatitude Metropolitan Andrew (Metiuk), His Eminence Archbishop Boris, and His Grace Bishop Wasyly (Fedak).
Following the repose of Metropolitan Wasyly in 2005, Archbishop John became the acting primate, and at the 21st Sobor in Winnipeg in 2006 was elected Primate, and Metropolitan (and was approved by Constantinople on November 20th, 2005).
orthodoxwiki.org /John_(Stinka)_of_Winnipeg   (502 words)

  
 bulgarians - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
The two literary schools at Preslav and Ohrid developed a rich literary and cultural activity with writers of the rank of Constantine of Preslav, John Exarch, Chernorizetz Hrabar, Clement and Naum of Ohrid.
Bulgarian-American scientist John Atanasoff is the father of the modern computer with the electronic digital machine he invented in 1939 (see also Atanasoff Berry Computer).
(John Atanasov-John Atanasoff) The suffix -ov is the Slavic possessive case suffix, thus Nikola's son becomes Nikolov, and Ivan's son becomes Ivanov.
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Bulgarians   (1771 words)

  
 Byzantine Empire 610-1095 by Sanderson Beck
John of Damascus was born in that city in the last quarter of the seventh century, and he probably died in 749.
John did not claim that his ideas are new but that they are based on sound Christian doctrine, much of which he got from the Greek fathers Basil, Gregory of Nyssa, and his main source, Gregory Nazianzen.
John criticized Muhammad's teaching that they could have four wives and an unlimited number of concubines, that men could divorce their wives easily, and he was offended that Muhammad made Zayd divorce his wife so that he could marry her.
www.san.beck.org /AB15-ByzantineEmpire.html   (17708 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Exarch
The best-known case is that of the Exarch of Italy, who, after the defeat of the Goths, ruled from Ravenna (552-751) in the name of the emperor at Constantinople.
A few cases, such as that of the Archbishop of Lyons, whom the Emperor Frederick I named Exarch of Burgundy in 1157, are rare exceptions.
In Eastern Christendom an exarch is a bishop who holds a place between that of patriarch and that of ordinary metropolitan.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/05676b.htm   (511 words)

  
 History of the Popes
JOHN I 523 -526 John, a Tuscan, the Archdeacon of the Roman clergy, was elected to succeed St.
John is honored by the Church as a martyr; his feast is kept on May 27.
John II died in 535 and was buried in St. Peter's.
www.geocities.com /gvwrite/popes.htm   (22170 words)

  
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Constantine also received a letter from John, the Patriarch of Constantinople, acknowledging that the "apostolical pre-eminence of the Pope is to the whole Church, what the head is to the body", and that "according to the canons he is the head of the Christian priesthood".
John assured the pope that, while co­operating with the Emperor Philippicus, he had always been orthodox at heart, and that the decree, drawn up at the council in which the heretical emperor had hoped to re-establish Monothelism (712), was really orthodox in sense, although not apparently so in words.
The Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Basilica of St. Peter, and the Basilica of St. Sebastian on the Appian Way all are Constantinian foundations.
www.lycos.com /info/constantine--john-constantine.html   (808 words)

  
 Pope John VI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John VI, pope from 701 to 705, was a native of Greece, and succeeded to the papal chair two months after the death of Sergius I.
He assisted the exarch Theophylact, who had been sent to Italy by the emperor Justinian II, and prevented him from using violence against the Romans.
Partly by persuasion and partly by means of a bribe, John succeeded in inducing Gisulf, duke of Benevento, to withdraw from the territories of the empire.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pope_John_VI   (153 words)

  
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John, however, persists in the intimate association of the two men and details the patriarch's method of perverting the course of justice.
Phokas's brother, Domentziolos, and General Bonosos also died, while s'ymbols of the Blues and the exarch of the city were burned in the Hippodrome with a portrait or statue (eikon) of the deceased emperor.
John Moschos, Spohronios, Maximos, and his faithful assistant Anastasios were probably the last generation of eastern monks to practice the traditional "wanderings." Thereafter, the aimless wandering of errant monks wihtout resources and dependent solely on a shared experience would become impossible.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/med/herrin.html   (8885 words)

  
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Cyrus and JOHN --- St. JOHN Damascene --- St. JOHN the Dwarf --- JOHN of Ephesus --- St. JOHN the Evangelist --- St. JOHN the Exarch (of Bulgaria) --- St. JOHN the Faster --- Abp.
JOHN Garklavs --- Bishop JOHN Gevargizov --- Gospel of JOHN --- St. JOHN of Kronstadt --- Abba JOHN Khame --- St. JOHN of the Ladder --- JOHN Mamikonean --- St. JOHN Mauropous --- St. JOHN Maximovich of San Francisco --- Fr.
JOHN Meyendorff --- Bishop JOHN Mitropolski --- JOHN Moschus --- JOHN of Nikiu --- St. JOHN of Rila --- St. JOHN the Russian --- JOHN Scottus Eriugena --- JOHN of Scythopolis --- Archbishop JOHN Shahovskoy --- St. JOHN of Shanghai --- St. JOHN Sigfridus --- St. JOHN the Theologian --- Fr.
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 ST. SERGIUS
The exarch obligingly ordered his minions at Rome to put Paschal in as pope, but a large party supported the archpriest Theodore.
Paschal was forced to do so, but he sent to the exarch at Ravenna, promising him a hundred pounds of gold if he would come to Rome and make him pope.
The greedy exarch came swiftly, but he was realistic enough to see the folly of overriding the majority.
www.cfpeople.org /Books/Pope/POPEp84.htm   (563 words)

  
 Catholic World News : COMMEMORATING THE UNION OF BREST
But Exarch Husar-- whose ecclesial office is equivalent to that of a Latin-rite archbishop-- cautioned reporters that it would be inaccurate to say that this date marked the "birth" of the Catholic Church in Ukraine.
Father Atanasio Pekar, a Basilian superior who joined the Exarch at today's news conference, explained the history that led up to the Unioin, explaining that "union with Rome was nothing new for the Ukrainian Church, which converted to Christianity (in 988) when the Church was not yet divided.
Exarch Husar said that he had "not heard any protests from the Orthodox side" about the celebration.
www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=832   (540 words)

  
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The exarch of Ravenna Eleutherius did proclaim himself emperor in 619, but his ambition seems to have been limited to ruling an exarchate independent of the crumbling empire.
The governor of Osrhoene John, who was probably its duke, agreed to pay the Arabs one hundred thousand nomismata a year from local revenues not to cross the Euphratse.
John's successor was Theodore, perhaps the same general the Arabs had defeated near Emesa, and in any case a mediocre strategist.
coursesa.matrix.msu.edu /~fisher/hst372/readings/treadgold1.html   (12115 words)

  
 John I Lemigius
John I Lemigius or Joannes Lemigius Thrax (died 615) was Exarch of Ravenna (611-615).
John was made Exarch of Ravenna in 611, to replace Smaragdus.
He seems to have avoided war with the Lombards throughout his reign.
www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_John_I_Lemigius   (50 words)

  
 Russian Medieval Medicine
Another source was the "Theology of Saint John Damascene" which gained in popularity from the 10th century on and included astronomy, the four elements and the four humors.
John, the Exarch of Bulgaria, who had translated the "Theology" also wrote the Shestodnev which sections on anatomy, physiology and materia medica, in addition to it's primarily theological contents.
One, a 15th century anthology of selected writings by John Damascene, includes short essays on bloodletting, the zodiac, moon phases, illness and astrology, "Galen on Hippocrates", an brief overview of Galen's physiology, and the classic humoral theory of disease.
www.strangelove.net /~kieser/Russia/medicine.html   (1899 words)

  
 St. John's Chrysostom Melkite Church - Candler Mansion
From 1943 to 1946, the palatial residence of the former first citizen of Atlanta became a boarding house for fifteen tenants along with their beds and other possessions.
In 1998, Exarch William Haddad retired as Pastor and was succeeded by Rev. Fr.
John Azar, former Pastor of St. Anne Melkite Greek Catholic Church, No. Hollywood, CA, was appointed as our present Pastor.
www.stjohnmelkite.org /candler.html   (1517 words)

  
 Greek Church
John Marangos, began missionary work among the Greek Orthodox in Constantinople in 1856 and eventually formed a very small group of Byzantine Catholics.
In 1922 Bishop Calavassy moved his offices to Athens, and in 1923 the Ordinariate was raised to the rank of Apostolic Exarchate.
Although their presence in Greece aroused the anger of the local Orthodox hierarchy, these Greek Catholics were determined to serve their fellow countrymen by works of charity and social assistance.
www.faswebdesign.com /ECPA/Byzantine/Greek.html   (448 words)

  
 Entry of the Slavs into Christendom | Serbianna.com Features
Such was the Chronicle of John Malalas, which goes down to the reign of Justin II, translated in the tenth, possibly only in the eleventh century.
The Preface to the Nebesa, that is St John's Exposition of the True Faith, resumes what was then known about the early Cyrillomethodian translations.
The decline of Bulgaria was as rapid as its rise.
www.serbianna.com /features/entry_of_slavs/bulgaria3.shtml   (3253 words)

  
 GLOSSARY OF MARONITE TERMS
These materials on the handcross are a symbol and reminder of the strong Eastern emphasis on the Resurrection, as well as St. John's theological idea that the Cross IS Resurrection.
He was dedicated to eradicating the considerable decadence of the City, especially in the Emperor's court, and imperial neglect of the poor.
John paid the price for this by being exiled by the Emperor to Komana, where he died.
www.johnmaron.org /glossary/glossary.html   (4167 words)

  
 The Ecole Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
John VI, who was of Greek descent, was elected pope in 701.
He put down a rebellion against Theophylactus, the imperial exarch, and ransomed the Campanian prisoners of Duke Gisulfo of Benevento after a war between the two states.
When, in 704, Bishop Wilfrid of York appealed to Rome for the third time with the claim that he had been unlawfully deposed from his see, John recommended that he take the matter up with the Archbishop of Canterbury.
www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/johnvi.html   (98 words)

  
 St. Thomas the Apostle Byzantine Catholic Church: Literature
Archbishop Tawil was the Exarch of the Melkite Church in America from 1969 until his death in 1999.
Chorbishop John Faris explores the issue of Eastern Catholics and priestly celibacy in this extract from an article that appeared in CNEWA World magazine.
Blessed Theodore was declared as such by Pope John Paul II in 2001, while the Holy Father visited the Ukraine.
saintthomastheapostle.org /literature.html   (533 words)

  
 Welcome to Leadership10 - Warhammer Fantasy Battles and 40K   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Their 4+ armor does protect them against AP5 weapons, much as the warlock’s Conceal power would, but unlike Conceal, it may still be negated by the many weapons who have AP4 or better, making it a marginal improvement at best.
The exarch greatly enhances the Dire Avenger squad’s capability in HTH, especially if armed with a diresword, but he suffers from an essential contradiction.
While his squad is specialized in fire combat, he is specialized in HTH, which means that at any given time the capabilities of either the exarch or his squad is largely going to waste.
www.leadership10.com /oop/40k/strategy/eldar/avengers.htm   (370 words)

  
 Catholic World News : Moving Testimony to 20th-Century Martyrs
VATICAN (CWNews.com) -- Pope John Paul II (bio - news) presided at a somber, solemn liturgical celebration in the Roman Coliseum on May 7, as the Church paid homage to the Christians who died for the faith during the 20th century.
He was followed by Metropolitan Gennadios, the Greek Orthodox exarch for Europe and personal representative of Patriarch Bartholomew I, who delivered his prayer in Greek.
Pope John Paul brought his remarks to a close by observing that the "precious heritage that these courageous witnesses have left to us is a common patrimony of all the churches." He argued that this common heritage is more compelling than any of the contentious issues that divide Christianity.
www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=12874   (634 words)

  
 Orthodoxy in Australia - OrthodoxWiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
From the first Divine Liturgy celebrated at Kirribilli Point (Sydney) in 1820, the first Exarch in 1913, and Australia and New Zealand's first bishop in 1924, right to the present day, Orthodoxy in Australia has a short history that is extremely undocumented and, therefore, largely unseen.
Archimandrite Anthony (Woolf), fourth exarch of the Church of Antioch in Sydney, Australia.
Archimandrite Antonious (Mobayed), exarch of the Church of Antioch to the Church of Russia, then first parish priest and exarch in Melbourne, Australia.
orthodoxwiki.org /Orthodoxy_in_Australia   (824 words)

  
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The first of these countries was at this period the theatre of bloody wars; the Slavic inhabitants of the other had been already converted to Christianity by German priests, as early as A.D. In consequence of this, Methodius found the Latin worship established here, and the Latin language in use.
According to John, exarch of Bulgaria, Cyril translated only _selections_ from the Gospels and the _Apostle_, as the book of Acts and the apostolic epistles are together called in Slavic; i.e.
John, exarch of Bulgaria, who lived in the same century, translated the books of Johannes Damascenus into Slavic.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/4/4/3/14437/14437.txt   (17165 words)

  
 Syrian Mission in Milwaukee - Melkites 1910-1917
In 1902 Exarch John Haddad began his missionary in the Midwestern portion of the United States.
Aneed was a great scholar and important prelate, who had been a member of the Eastern Patriarchal Delegation to the Great Centennial in honor of St. John Chrysostom.
Although Aneed had been the Exarch of Beirut, he agreed to come to Milwaukee to build the community and a "proper" church.
www.melkite.org /Mission.htm   (251 words)

  
 Game Trivia for Trade Wars 2002
Shortly afterwards, Dark Millennium was cancelled by Realm Interactive, who were restructuring their employees and projects at the request of NCSoft.
John Sherrick created the first BBS game of this style.
John Pritchett originally met Gary Martin by smashing into his green mini-van at a stoplight.
www.mobygames.com /game/windows/trade-wars-2002/trivia   (393 words)

  
 Sharing the Acathist Hymn
Pope John Paul II has made several important efforts during his Pontificate to make the Akathistos Hymn better known and to encourage its use, even among the Latins, so his choice of the Akathistos Hymn for this occasion was quite appropriate.
On Wednesday, 6 December, Bishop John, the Exarch in Prague, was the main celebrant; on Thursday, 7 December, Bishop John of Mukachevo-Uzhhorod was the main celebrant and on Friday, 8 December Bishop Christo, the Exarch in Sofia (Bulgaria) was the main celebrant.
It was the first time that the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom had been offered in Rome in the Irish language (Patriarch Maximos V of Antioch approved the Irish translation on 1 October 1999).
www.melkite.org /Akathist.html   (1979 words)

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