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4 days ago · Each Greek armed force has its own patron saint, indicating that the creation of the modern Greek State is deeply rooted in the Orthodox Church. The 1821 Greek War of Independence began with the blessings and proclamation of Germanos III of Old Patras, the Orthodox Metropolitan of Patras.
4 days ago · Frederick III, also known as Frederick the Wise, was Prince-elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the protection given to his subject Martin Luther, the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation.
3 days ago · The words “Verbum Dei Manet in Aeternum” (“The Word of God endures Forever”) have been emblazed on Lutheran banners, shields and standards since the time of John the Steadfast (1468–1532), the Elector of Saxony, who stood with the Reformers at the time of the Augsburg Confession.
5 days ago · How to say Duchy in English? Pronunciation of Duchy with 3 audio pronunciations, 7 synonyms, 1 meaning, 14 translations, 5 sentences and more for Duchy.
4 days ago · Hephaestus ( UK: / hɪˈfiːstəs / hif-EE-stəs, US: / hɪˈfɛstəs / hif-EST-əs; eight spellings; Greek: Ἥφαιστος, translit. Hḗphaistos) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes. [1] . Hephaestus's Roman counterpart is Vulcan.
1 day ago · Akkadian ( / əˈkeɪdiən /; Akkadian: 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑, romanized: Akkadû) [7] [8] is an extinct East Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia ( Akkad, Assyria, Isin, Larsa, Babylonia and perhaps Dilmun) from the third millennium BC until its gradual replacement in common use by Old Aramaic among Assyrians and Babylonians from ...
5 days ago · Macedonia ( / ˌmæsɪˈdoʊniə / ⓘ MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə; Greek: Μακεδονία ), also called Macedon ( / ˈmæsɪdɒn / MASS-ih-don ), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, [6] which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. [7]
