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	GTP
		The name Sebasteia is likely to commemorate a refoundation when the city was annexed to Galatia between 2-1 B.C. and A.D. Sebasteia had metropolitan status from the time of Verus.
		Sebasteia evidently lay at or near modern Sivas on the Kizil Irmak (Halys fl.).
		Sebasteia, a town in the south of Pontus, on the north bank of the Upper Halys.
	www.gtp.gr /LocInfo.asp?infoid=49&code=ETRCSV00VASVAS00090&PrimeCode=ETRCSV00VASVAS00090&Level=10&PrimeLevel=10&IncludeWide=1&LocId=62979 (491 words)

	Nicopolis
		Founded by Pompey after his decisive victory over Mithridates, it was inhabited by veterans of his army and by members of the neighboring peasantry, and was delightfully situated in a beautiful, well-watered plain lying at the base of a thickly-wooded mountain.
		Given to Polemon by Anthony, in 36 B.C., Nicopolis was governed from A.D. 54, by Aristobulus of Chalcis and definitively annexed to the Roman Empire by Nero, A.D. It then became the metropolis of Lesser Armenia and the seat of the provincial diet which elected the Armeniarch.
		To-day the site of ancient Nicopolis is occupied by the Armenian village of Purkh, which has a population of 200 families and is near the city of Enderes, in the sanjak of Kara-Hissar and the vilayet of Sivas.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/n/nicopolis.html (410 words)

	Saint Luke Orthodox Church - Saints - Saints by Day - January - 1st
		But the inhabitants of Sebasteia, Christian in the majority, refused to participate in the impious celebration with its offering of sacrifice to idols.
		Saint Athenogoras came then to Sebasteia and began reproaching the judge that those thrown into prison were guiltless.
		The Holy Martyr Antiochos, a native of Cappadocian Sebasteia, was the brother by birth of the holy Martyr Platon (Comm.
	www.stlukeorthodox.com /html/saints/july/16th.cfm (1278 words)

	Georgia
		Sebasteia was the capital city of the former Byzantine province of Armenia Prima, and Sivas is today the capital city of the velyat of Sivas, in Turkey, in Cappodocia.
		Sivas was known during the Crusades as Sebasteia, Strabo uses Sebastes, or Cabeira in Cappadocia Pontica, with the palace of Mithridates of Pontus, named Diospolis by Pompey.
		I found a village Sebasteia in the province of Nabulus, ancient Samaria, renamed Sebastes (Augusta), and Sebastopol twice - one on the Crimea and one (now drowned) on the north-eastern shore of the Black Sea, and of course Sebastopol in Sonoma county,California.
	www.hampshireflag.co.uk /world-flags/allflags/ge.html (1945 words)

	Travel Guide To Turkey, Guide de la Turquie, GUIDE MARTINE, Guide to Turkey, Guide de Turquie, Travel, Turkey, Voyage, ...
		Christianity spread in the city in the 2nd century, but in the early 4th century, the Christians suffered from the tyranny of the Emperor Licinius with whom the story of the Fourty Martyrs of Sebasteia is associated.
		In the 6th century, Justinian had the walls strengthened but this did not prevent the city to be temporarily occupied by the Sassanid Persians in the late 6th century and by the Ommeyads in the 7th century.
		During much of the 12th century, Sebasteia, renamed Sivas, remained the capital of the powerful emirate of the Danişmend Turks.
	www.guide-martine.com /centralanatolia9.asp (2251 words)

	Berissa (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hierocles, at the beginning of the sixth century, does not treat it as an independent city; but it is mentioned as such by Justinian in a Novella of 536, among the cities of Armenia Secunda.
		Among its bishops may be mentioned Thomas, who was present at the fifth oecumenical council, in 553 (Mansi, IX, 175), and another at the sixth in 680 (ibid., XI, 66).
		It appears still later in the "Notitiae Episcopatuum" as suffragan to Sebasteia, and its name is written sometimes Berisse, sometimes Berisse; Merisse and Kerisse are merely palaeographical mistakes.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/b/berissa.html (278 words)

	arg
		It was the Kaisarea and Sebasteia which were present in all cities and communities, serving the Roman ruler cult there.
		The oath was taken by the Phazimoneitai in the Neapolis in the Sebasteion at the altar of Augustus, as well as by all the rural population in the individual districts at the altars of Augustus of their local Sebasteia.
		Sebasteia, oath and the day of the ceremony were organised centrally on behalf of the emperor, and implemented by the Roman bureaucratic apparatus.
	www.uni-erfurt.de /spp1080/projekt_hitzl_engl.htm (795 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Nicopolis (Armenia Prima)
		Founded by Pompey after his decisive victory over Mithridates, it was inhabited by veterans of his army and by members of the neighboring peasantry, and was delightfully situated in a beautiful, well-watered plain
		62) and thenceforth was only a mediocre city, a simple see and a suffragan of Sebasteia in Lesser Armenia, remaining such at least until the eleventh century, as may be seen from the various "Notitiae episcopatuum".
		Nicopolis is occupied by the Armenian village of Purkh, which has a population of 200 families and is near the city of Enderes, in the sanjak of Kara-Hissar and the vilayet of Sivas.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11070b.htm (372 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Berissa
		A titular see of Pontus Polemoniacus, in Asia Minor which Kiepert and Ramsay have rightly identified with the modern village of Baulus or Bolus, south-west of Tokat.
		Among its bishops may be mentioned Thomas, who was present at the fifth oecumenical council, in 553 (Mansi, IX, 175), and another at the sixth in 680 (ibid., XI, 66).
		It appears still later in the "Notitiae Episcopatuum" as suffragan to Sebasteia, and its name is written sometimes Berisse, sometimes Berisse; Merisse and Kerisse are merely palaeographical mistakes.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02491c.htm (292 words)

	The Holy 40 Martyrs martyred at Sebasteia Lake
		In the year 313 Saint Constantine the Great issued an edict, from which the christians were permitted freedom of belief and made equal with pagans under the law.
		One of the military-commanders of that time in the Armenian city of Sebasteia was Agricolaus, a zealous proponent of paganism.
		Three days later the martyrs appeared in a dream to Blessed Peter, bishop of Sebasteia, and commanded him to give their remains over to burial.
	www.holytrinityorthodox.com /calendar/los/March/09-01.htm (857 words)

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	Old Church Slavonic Online: Lesson 8
		The story is set around the year 313, where, although elsewhere Christians had been given the right to worship alongside those of pagan belief, in the regions controlled by the ruler Licinius Christianity was being stamped out.
		A certain Agricolaus was in command of a garrison in the Armenian city of Sebasteia, under the control of Licinius.
		Move!' And the commander ordered them all, bound by the neck, to be taken in a group to the lake; (10) for there is a lake in Sebasteia having much water.
	www.utexas.edu /cola/centers/lrc/eieol/ocsol-8-X.html (2950 words)

	Berissa at AllExperts
		Berissa, also spelled Berisa or Verissa, is a Roman Catholic titular see in the former Roman province of Pontus Polemoniacus, in Asia Minor, which Kiepert and Ramsay identified with the modern village of Baulus or Bolus, south-west of Tokat.
		Basil it was included in the diocese of Ibora, as appears from letters LXXXVI and LXXXVII of the great bishop, but soon after became an independent bishopric in Armenia Prima, with Sebasteia as metropolis.
		Among its later bishops may be mentioned Thomas, who was present at the fifth ecumenical council at Constantinople, in 553 (Mansi, IX, 175), and another at the sixth in 680 (ibid., XI, 66).
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/be/berissa.htm (346 words)

	Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		In the time of St. Basil it was included in the Diocese of Ibora, as appears from letters LXXXVI and LXXXVII of the great bishop, but soon after became an independent bishopric in Armenia Prima, with Sebasteia as metropolis.
		Hierocles, at the beginning of the sixth century, does not treat it as an independent city; but it is mentioned as such by Justinian in a Novella of 536, among the cities of Armenia Secunda.
		It must be remembered that this emperor, when creating the province of Armenia Quarta in 536, gave to Armenia Prima the name of Armenia Secunda, without altering, however, the established ecclesiastical organization, so that Berissa remained a suffragan see of Sebasteia.
	www.ccel.org /search?category=definitions&qu=be&term=Berissa (283 words)

	Georgia
		The flag is said to have been used by early Georgian feudal states.
		Sebasteia was the capital city of the former Byzantine province of Armenia Prima, and Sivas is today the capital city of the velyat of Sivas, in Cappadocia, Turkey.
		Sivas was known during the Crusades as Sebasteia.
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	13. desember: Den hellige Eustratius av Sebasteia og ledsagere ( -~302)
		Den hellige Eustratius av Sebasteia og ledsagere ( -~302)
		De hellige Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugenius, Mardarius og Orestes led martyrdøden i Sebasteia i Armenia (i dag Sivas i tyrkisk Anatolia).
		Hans historie synes å ha lånt noe fra historien om De førti martyrene av Sebasteia, en martyrgruppe som har en viktig plass i den ortodokse kalenderen.
	www.katolsk.no /biografi/eustrati.htm (336 words)

	Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Vol. VIII (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I therefore say no more than this, that, if the blessing of peace goes no further than the mere name of peace, it is ridiculous to go on picking out here one and there another, and allow them alone a share in the boon, while others beyond number are excluded from it.
		They have been invited by them to Sebasteia; they have assumed the charge of the Church; they have performed service at the altar: they have given of their own bread to all the people, being proclaimed bishops by the clergy there, and escorted through all the district as saints and in communion.
		If one must adopt the faction of these men, it is absurd to begin at the extremities, and not rather to hold intercourse with those that are their heads.
	www.toll-booth.net /ccel/fathers2/npnf208/npnf2011.htm (300 words)

	National Symbols - HyeForum
		A similar flag is shown in the Libro del Conoscimiento de todos los Reinos (XIVth century) for Sivas (Sebasteia).
		The new flag of Georgia does not seem to be related with this historical banner.
		A similar flag is shown in the Libro del Conoscimiento de todos los Reinos (XIVth century) [e9s50] for Sivas (Sebasteia).
	hyeforum.com /index.php?showtopic=9227 (1036 words)

	3. februar: Den hellige Blasius av Sebasteia ( -~316?)
		Han skal ha vært biskop av Sebasteia i Armenia (i dag Sivas i tyrkisk Anatolia) og skal ha lidd martyrdøden.
		Han mottok en kristen oppdragelse og var lege før han som svært ung ble vigslet til biskop av Sebasteia.
		Rundt år 316 brøt det ut forfølgelser under keiser Licinius, og biskopen søkte tilflukt i en hule utenfor Sebasteia, hvor han levde som eremitt.
	www.katolsk.no /biografi/blasius.htm (1207 words)

	Mechitar von Sebasteia
		Der Artikel Mechitar von Sebasteia gehört zur Kategorie: Mann, Armenier, Römisch-katholischer Geistlicher (18.
		Diskussion der Autoren über den Artikel: Mechitar von Sebasteia
		Erklärung des Begriff Mechitar von Sebasteia und dessen Bedeutung wurde zuletzt am 25.7.2007 aktualisiert (Glossar Lexikon Enzyklopädie).
	www.weblexikon.de /Mechitar_von_Sebasteia.html (161 words)

	Battle of Manzikert - Definition, explanation
		The march across Asia Minor was long and difficult, and Romanus did not endear himself to his troops by bringing a luxurious baggage train along with him; the Byzantine population also suffered some plundering by Romanus' German mercenaries, whom he was forced to dismiss.
		The expedition first rested at Sebasteia on the Halys, and reached Theodosopolis in June of 1071.
		There, some of his generals suggested continuing the march into Seljuk territory and catching Arslan before he was ready.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/ba/battle_of_manzikert.php (1287 words)

	Saints supplementary page
		An additional contingent of soldiers was sent to Sebasteia to see exactly where the loyalties of these 40 Christians actually stood.
		It was bitterly cold in Sebasteia at that time of the year, and these soldiers were forced to remove their clothes and stand in the middle of a frozen lake, looking across the waters at the glowing fires heating the baths where they could go if they would renounce their faith
		In art, the 40 martyrs of Sebasteia are depicted in undergarments, shoulders drawn up and arms held to protect their bodies from the cold.
	www.fortunecity.com /millennium/goodgirl/1215/cysaintsothers.htm (1746 words)

	Cappadocia (from the Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium)
		Vainly hoping to repress widespread civil disturbance and revolts by imperial tenants, he appointed a proconsul with full civil and military powers in 535, but the old system was restored by 553.
		The Persians destroyed Sebasteia in 575 and Caesarea in 611, introducing a period of great turmoil.
		In the same year the Turks destroyed Melitene and in 1059 Sebasteia; defense of such cities had long been neglected.
	www.math.metu.edu.tr /~dpierce/travel/2006/oxford-cappadocia.html (887 words)

	Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Vol. V
		Letter I. Letter I. Gregory to his brother Peter, Bishop of Sebasteia.
		Having with difficulty obtained a little leisure, I have been able to recover from bodily fatigue on my return from Armenia, and to collect the sheets of my reply to Eunomius which was suggested by your wise advice; so that my work is now arranged in a complete treatise, which can be read between covers.
		Our treatise also contains, in addition to a refutation of their heretical views, a dogmatic exposition of our own teaching; for it would be a most shameful want of spirit, when our foes make no concealment of their blasphemy, not to be bold in our statement of the Truth
	www.tparents.org /Library/Religion/Christian/Fathers/NPNF2-05/Npnf2-05-10.htm (305 words)

	NPNF2-05. Gregory of Nyssa: Dogmatic Treatises, Etc. \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		Armed with letters from them, they demanded to be received into that of the other bishops of the East, and at length Basil and others, having examined the matter closely, admitted them.
		Gregory followed Basil’s example, being assured of their Catholicity: and to justify himself wrote this letter to the Catholics of Sebasteia.
		But inasmuch as, since we composed that written defence of our conduct, again some of the brethren who are of one mind with us begged us to make separately
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/npnf205.xiii.iii.html (568 words)

	No 75 (October 05, 2005) » Europaica Bulletin » OrthodoxEurope.org
		President V.Putin and his suite proceeded to Karyes, the administrative centre of Athos, where President V.Putin and the Russian delegation were met by the members of the Holy Kinot of Holy Mount led by its protos monk Paul, and abbots and representatives of the Athonite monasteries.
		Taking part in the ceremony as a representative of the Patriarchate of Constantinople was Metropolitan Dimitrios of Sebasteia who greeted the President of Russia on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew and noted the importance of the visit.
		Metropolitan Dimitrios of Sebasteia, protos of the Holy Kinot and the governor of Mt.Athos delivered welcoming speeches.
	orthodoxeurope.org /page/14/75.aspx (3194 words)

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		Mount of Olives, where Herod was possessor of a parcel of land.
		The body of John the Baptist was taken that night by his disciples and buried at Sebasteia (now,
		The traditional also states that the judgement of God came upon Herod, Herodias, and Salome.
	www.missionstclare.com /english/people/aug29o.html (613 words)

	SIVAS (anc. Megalopoli... - Online Information article about SIVAS (anc. Megalopoli...
		Armenia Minor, and in the 7th century that of the Sebasteia Theme.
		Justinian rebuilt the walls and, under the See also:
		viceroy of Sebasteia and the surrounding See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SIV_SOU/SIVAS_anc_Megalopolis_Sebasteia.html (677 words)

	40 Martyrs Of Sebaste
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		The martyrdom of the Holy 40 Martyrs of Sebasteia is a powerful lesson in Christian faith, perseverance, sacrifice, and friendship.
		The story of this martyrdom begins in the early part of the 4th century when the persecution of Christians was still active.
	www.iconograms.org /sig.php?eid=454 (396 words)

	battle of manzikert (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The march across Asia Minor was long and difficult, and Romanus did not endear himself to his troops by bringing a luxurious baggage train along with him; the Byzantine population also suffered some plundering by Romanus' German mercenaries, whom he was forced to dismiss.
		The expedition first rested at Sebasteia on the Halys, and reached Theodosopolis in June of 1071.
		There, some of his generals suggested continuing the march into Seljuk territory and catching Arslan before he was ready.
	www.crusades-history.com /Battle-of-Manzikert.aspx (1293 words)

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