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Mar 14, 2024 · Abstract. The Cyrenaica, throughout its history, maintained close cultural and trade connections within the eastern Mediterranean basin. While clearly part of the Graeco-Roman world, the region created a distinctive culture reflective of the many ethnicities that made up its social fabric, notably Greek, Roman, and Libyan. The locations of the ...
FE! , 22, 1941. NATURE. of gilding, to which a head of Poseidon forms a pendant. A striking feature of the plan of the site is the Sacred Way, which lead from the sanctuary past the sacred ...
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Preacher of The Christian Faith in Africa. St. Mark was a native of the North Africa county of Libya. He was born in the city of Cyrene in Pentapolis, the western part of Libya, west of the border of Egypt. St. Mark was born of Jewish parents several years after the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. His original name was John and his ...
ISBN (10): 1-4438-6395-5, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-6395-7 fSYNESIOS OF CYRENE AND THE DEFENCE OF CYRENAICA ANA DE FRANCISCO HEREDERO UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID 1. Introduction Synesios was born around 370 A.D. His life spread through the reigns of Valens, Theodosios the Great, Arkadios and Theodosios II, until his death in 412 or 413 ...
8 The Coptic, Catholic, Protestant and Pentecostal churches in Africa agree that the apostle Mark was the first apostle to Africa. It is stated that he was born in Cyrene in Pentapolis, Libya, somewhere between 5 and 15 C.E. This gives African Christians a great sense of identity. Their view that Jesus had the last supper with his disciples and
According to tradition, the evangelist Mark was a native Jew of Cyrene, who came to Alexandria by way of the Pentapolis and, after laying the foundations of the new church in Egypt, returned to Cyrene to evangelize. The First Council of Nicaea (325) decreed that Cyrenaica should be considered an obedientiary of the see of Alexandria.
According to the Synoptic Gospels, Simon of Cyrene carried the cross of Jesus Christ to the crucifixion. According to one tradition, Mark the Evangelist was born in the Pentapolis, and later returned after preaching with Paul the Apostle in Colosse (Col 4:10) and Rome (Phil 24; 2 Tim 4:11); from Pentapolis he made his way to Alexandria.
