Menas or Mennas or Minas or Mina , a Christian saint was appointed by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I as Patriarch of Constantinople in 536. Pope Agapetus I consecrated him to succeed Bishop Anthimus, who was a monophysite . He took a position against Origen . He was excommunicated in 547 and in 551 for taking a positions counter to that held by the Pope but in both cases the sentence of excommunication was quickly lifted. The Patriarchy of Minas represents the greatest extent of papal influence in Constantinople . His feast day in both the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches is observed on August 25 . External links CathEncy wstitle Mennas s start succession box before Patriarch Anthimus I of Constantinople Anthimus I title List of Constantinople patriarchs Patriarch of Constantinople years 536&ndash 552 after Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople Eutychius s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mennas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mennas Category Byzantine saints Category Eastern Orthodox saints Category Eastern Catholic saints Category Greek Roman Catholic saints Category Greek saints Category Patriarchs of Constantinople Category 6th century archbishops Category 6th century Byzantine people Category Year of birth missing Category Year of death missing Category 6th century Christian saints EarlyChurch bishop stub saint stub el es Menas de Constantinopla fr Mennas it Mena di Costantinopoli ka pt Menas de Constantinopla ro Patriarhul Menas al Constantinopolului ru sh Mena od Konstantinopola ... more details
Menas , a men s personal name , could refer to any of the following persons Patriarch Mennas of ConstantinopleMenas of Ethiopia , Emperor of Ethiopia 1559 1563 Saint Menas 285 c. 309 , speculated to be the same person known as Saint Christopher Minas bishop , bishop of Aksum, Ethiopia One of the seventeen representatives for Sparta to swear an oath for the Peace of Nicias Menas admiral , a Roman admiral who served under Sextus Pompeius A pirate in William Shakespeare s Antony and Cleopatra , based on the historical admiral Disambiguation given name it Menna fr M nas homonymie ru ... more details
Menas , also known as Menodorus , was an admiral who served under Sextus Pompey during the 1st Century BC Roman Civil Wars. Menas was a freedman of Pompey the Great and when Pompey s son, Sextus, set himself up as ruler of Sicily in the late 40 s BC Menas became one of his leading admirals. He captured Sardinia in 40 BC for Sextus, driving out Octavian s governor Marcus Lurius . ref Oxford Classical Dictionary Oxford University Press ref The biographer Plutarch relates how during a banquet aboard Sextus Pompey s flagship at the time of the Pact of Misenum 39 BC with the triumvirs Octavian, Mark Antony and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus triumvir Lepidus aboard, Menas suggested to Sextus Pompey... ...Shall I, said he, cut the cables and make you master not of Sicily only and Sardinia, but of the whole Roman empire? Plutarch, Parallel Lives , Life of Antony However, Sextus told him that he should have done it without asking him because he now could not break his treaty oath made to the triumvirs. ref http classics.mit.edu Plutarch antony.html Plutarch s Parallel Lives Antony Internet Classics Archive Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT ref In 38 BC Menas surrendered Sardinia to Octavian and received Equestrian order equestrian rank as a reward. He fought for Octavian under Gaius Calvisius Sabinus consul 39 BC Calvisius Sabinus in the naval battle off Cumae . In 36 BC he returned to Sextus Pompey, but Sextus had him closely watched and Menas, unhappy with being treated with suspicion again changed sides. ref Oxford Classical Dictionary Oxford University Press ref He was killed in the Illyria n campaign of 35 BC. Menas appears as a character in William Shakespeare s play Antony and Cleopatra . References references DEFAULTSORT Menas Category Ancient Roman admirals Category 1st century BC Romans bg ca Menes llibert de Menodoros es Menodoro fr Menas amiral it Menodoro sh Menas admiral ... more details
For the Florentine saint, see Minias of Florence . Infobox saint name Saint Menas birth date 285 AD death ... Church image imagesize 200px caption Saint Menas birth place Niceous, Egypt death place Cotyaes in Phrygia ... major shrine Monastery of Saint Mina , Mareotis , Egypt br Church of Saint Menas Cairo suppressed date issues Image Menas.jpg thumb 239px Jesus and Abba Menas. A 6th century icon from the Monastery ... Menas also Minas, Mina, Mena, Mennas 285 c. 309 , the Martyr and Thaumaturgy Wonder worker , is one ... and East. Although Menas is recognised as a minor saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Western ... the name of Saint Christopher ie the Christ bearer , as one of the legends associated with Menas has ... is how he is known in Greek, while in Arabic he is known as M na . Life and Martyrdom Menas was born ... . A few months later, Euphemia gave birth to a boy and named him Menas. Eudoxios, a ruler of one of the administrative divisions of Egypt , died when Menas was fourteen years old. At the age of fifteen Menas joined the Roman army, and was given a high rank due to his father s reputation. His appointment ..., Menas saw in a revelation the angels crowning the martyrs with glamorous crowns, and longed to join those martyrs. While he was thinking about it, he heard a voice saying Blessed are you Menas because ... crowns one for your celibacy, another for your asceticism, and a third for your martyrdom. Menas ... , but also to martyr dom. Relics Image Pilgrim flask St. Menas Louvre MN1469.jpg thumb left Terracotta pilgrim s Menas flask impressed with Saint Menas between two camels, Byzantine, 6th 7th century, probably made at Abu Mena Abu Mina , Egypt Louvre Museum The soldiers who executed Menas set his body to fire for three days but the body remained unharmed. Menas sister then bribed the soldiers and managed ... Pope Athanasius of Alexandria , an angel appeared to the Pope and ordered him to load Menas ... t move. The Christians took this a sign from God and buried Menas body there. Berber people Berbers ... more details
Infobox monarch name Menas title Emperor of Ethiopia image caption religion Ethiopian Christian reign 1559 1563 coronation othertitles full name predecessor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia Gelawdewos successor Sarsa Dengel queen issue royal house Solomonic dynasty House of Solomon father mother birth date birth place death date 1563 Contains Ethiopic text Menas Ge ez alphabet Ge ez m n s , throne name Admas Sagad I Ge ez alphabet Ge ez adm s sagad , Amharic language Amh. dm s seged , to whom the horizon bows was Emperor of Ethiopia unicode n gus n g st 1559 February 1, 1563 of Ethiopia , and a member of the Solomonic dynasty . He was a brother of Gelawdewos of Ethiopia Gelawdewos . According to a genealogy collected by James Bruce , Menas father Lebna Dengel arranged Menas to be married ... of Ethiopia, Menas had been captured but treated well as a valuable prisoner. Although the fate ... of Bati del Wambara , wife of Imam Ahmad Gragn , Menas escaped this mutilation, and was married to Bati ... from his fellow Muslim s, included Menas in an assortment of extravagant gifts to the sultan of Yemen ... of Wayna Daga , Gelawdewos used his prisoner to recover his brother Menas according to Pankhurst ... reign Menas was made king at Mengista Samayat , southwest of Debre Werq in Gojjam , and shortly afterwards ... against Menas, proclaiming Tazkaro, the illegitimate son of Emperor Menas brother Yaqob as negus . Tazkaro ... Kessinger, 2010 , p. 142 ref This revolt occupied Menas attention for the remainder of his short reign ... of Tazkaro on 2 July 1561. Tazkaro was captured, and Menas afterwards ordered him thrown from ... of Massawa , and proclaimed Tazkaro s infant brother, Marqos, unicode n gus n g st . Menas marched ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Menas Of Ethiopia ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1563 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Menas Of Ethiopia ... monarchs in Africa am de Minas Kaiser fr Menas d thiopie he , mr , ... more details
Like resume date December 2007 Professor Menas Kafatos lang el is a physicist and writer on science. His publications include The Nonlocal Universe and The Conscious Universe . Education B.A., Physics, Cornell University , NY, U.S.A., 1967 Ph.D., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , MA, U.S.A., 1972 Professional Employment Honors Currently at Chapman University Honorary Member, Romanian Academy of Sciences. Distinguished Faculty, 1986. University Professor. Dean, SCS, George Mason University GMU , July 2002 2006. Associate Dean, SCS, George Mason University, 2000 June 2002. Director, Center for Earth Observing and Space Research CEOSR , 1995 present. Director for Academic Programs and Science, CSI, GMU, 1991 1994. Founding Director, CSI I Acting Chair, Dept. of Physics, GMU, 1989 1991. Professor, Dept. of Physics, George Mason University, 1984 ??. Assistant Associate Prof. 1975 1984. Postdoctoral Research Assoc., NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, 1973 1975. Postdoc. Research Assoc., U. of Colorado, Boulder, 1972 1973. Research Assistant, Dept. of Physics, M.I.T., 1967 1972. Author or editor of 12 books 134 articles in astronomy and astrophysics 1973 2000 12 Articles in cosmology and quantum theory 11 Articles in Brain science consciousness and quantum theory since 1999 58 Articles in Earth System Science, remote sensing and data systems since 1996 CITATIONS More than 1,940 citations in professional journals, proceedings and books from Science Citation Index . INTERVIEWS ABC national news on Hurricane Katrina, local Fox news on earthquakes Sept., Oct 2005 local CBS and Fox news on hurricanes and Mason s antenna May 2006 . Research Interests Earth System Science Earth Observing Remote Sensing Virtual Domain Application Data Centers federated, distributed data information system architecture Visualization of Earth and space science data Distributed data systems and associated technologies. Space Sciences Black holes, active galaxies and quasars, accretion ... more details
two other uses the city before the Fall of Constantinople 1453 a more detailed approach after 1453 History of Istanbul Image Byzantine Constantinople eng.png thumb 300px Map of Byzantine Constantinople File Bizansist touchup.jpg thumb 300px Constantinople in the Byzantine era Constantinople lang el ... and towers. The Church of Hagia Sophia , the Great Palace of Constantinople sacred palace of the emperors , Hippodrome of Constantinople the hippodrome , and the Golden Gate Constantinople Golden Gate ... avenues and squares. Constantinople had a large amount of artistic and literary treasure before ... Constantinople with many beautiful mosques, palaces, monuments, fountains, baths, aqueduct ... in the 7th century BC. It took on the name of Konstantinoupolis city of Constantine , Constantinople ... formal Arabic Persian adaptation of the original Constantinople , during the period of Ottoman rule, while western languages mostly continued to refer to the city as Constantinople until the early ... began to formally object to the use of Constantinople in other languages and ask that others use ... Main Byzantium Constantinople was founded by the Roman Emperor Constantine I on the site of an already ... thumb left Emperor Constantine I presents a representation of the city of Constantinople as tribute ... Constantinopolis coin.jpg thumb Coin struck by Constantine I to commemorate the founding of Constantinople ... treasuries filled by the wealthiest provinces of the Empire. Constantinople was built over six years ... of Constantinople See Names of Constantinople . ref Constantine divided the expanded city, like ... the Great Palace of Constantinople Great Palace of the Emperor with its imposing entrance ... Hippodrome of Constantinople Hippodrome for chariot races, seating over 80,000 spectators, and the famed ... a great street, the Mese Constantinople Mese Greek lit. Middle Street , lined with colonnades ... to the new Golden Gate Constantinople Golden Gate , reaching a total length of seven Roman mile s. ref ... more details
Infobox church name Church of Hagios Menas of Samatya br fullname image Church of Saint Menas 01.jpg imagesize imagelink imagealt landscape caption The church viewed from east. The Martyrion can be accessed through the gas station in foreground pushpin map Turkey Istanbul pushpin label position ... date cult St. Menas relics events past bishop people status functional status heritage designation ... logolink logoalt Saint Menas Greek language Greek pr. H gios Men s Turkish language Turkish ... M ller Wiener 1977 pg. 187 ref The modern church has Saint Menas the same dedication as a nearby ... Samatya , on Bestekar Hakk Sokak . It lies inside the walls of Constantinople walled city ... state. Opposite to the Martyrion there is a water source also dedicated to Saint Menas ... face of the Xeropholos part of the seventh hill of Constantinople and at that time, before the construction of the Walls of constantinople Theodosian Walls Theodosian Wall , still outside the Walls of constantinople Wall of Constantine walls of the city . ref name mw187 Karpos and Papylos had been ... the Ottoman Empire Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople in 1453, the complex remained under Greek control ... , and of an Ayazma dedicated to Saint Menas . ref name mw187 This church was destroyed in the great ... Sultan Mahmud II r. 1808 1839 . ref name mw187 The new church was dedicated to Saint Menas, like the near ... name mw187 It is still officiated and can be visited. Description File Church of Saint Menas 02.jpg ... Janin title La G ographie eccl siastique de l Empire byzantin. 1. Part Le Si ge de Constantinople ... carpos.html Byzantium 1200 Saints Karpos and Papylos commons category Church of Saint Menas Istanbul Churches and Monasteries of Constantinople DEFAULTSORT Menas of Samatya, Church of St. Category Churches in Istanbul Menas, Church of Saint Category Byzantine sacred architecture Category Constantinople Category Fatih, Istanbul Category 4th century church buildings Category Holy springs ... more details
Image Menas.jpg thumb right 295px Christ and Saint Menas . A 6th century Coptic icon from Egypt Mus e du Louvre The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Coptic Orthodox Church of Saint Menas Egyptian Arabic lang ar transl ar kenni at mari mina is a Coptic architecture Coptic Orthodox church near Coptic Cairo and is one of the oldest Coptic churches in Egypt, dating back to the 6th century AD. ref name Tour Egypt Dunn, Jimmy. http www.touregypt.net featurestories churchmenas.htm The Church of Saint Menas in Old Cairo and the Annexed Churches of Saint Bahnam and Saint George . Tour Egypt. Accessed 21 August 2008. ref Geographic Significance St. Mena s church is on the north end of Coptic Cairo , located in a region known as Fum al Khalig , north of the Roman aqueduct and the famed Babylon Fortress , at a Christian cemetery in the north end of Old Cairo . Fum al Khalig is technically north of Old Cairo, however, it is still under the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Old Cairo, Manial and Fum Al Khalig. ref Weekly Al Ahram. http weekly.ahram.org.eg 2006 812 eg12.htm Sqaubles in Coptic Cairo . Accessed 21 August 2008. ref Fum al Khalig is also known as Al Hamra literally red in Egyptian Arabic . The Coptic Orthodox Diocese encompasses Al Hamra as well as Coptic Cairo . St. Menas Church is still very near to the ancient Churches of Old Cairo, and is likely the first Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo aside from several Churches that were all in the Old Cairo area at the time. Not only is it evidence of the past existence of Coptic Orthodox Christianity in Cairo outside of the Old City being close to the northern tip of the district , but it is also one of few surviving ... elements that are named after Saint Menas St. Mena . Having been established in the 6th century ... Egypt s Attractions. The Church of St. Menas. Accessed 21 August 2008. ref The Church Today Nowadays ... of Saint Menas in Old Cairo http www.egyptologyonline.com coptic cairo.htm Egyptology Online The Coptic ... more details
Maximus of Constantinople may refer to Archbishop Maximus I of Constantinople , Archbishop of Constantinople in 380 Patriarch Maximus II of Constantinople died 1216 , Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1216 Patriarch Maximus III of Constantinople , Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1476 1481 Patriarch Maximus IV of Constantinople , Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1491 1497 Patriarch Maximus V of Constantinople 1897 1972 , Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1946 1948 Maximus the Confessor c. 580 662 , Byzantine official, monk and theologian hndis ... more details
Constantinople may refer to Constantinople , historic city name of present day Istanbul in Turkey See Byzantium , Names of Istanbul The Episcopal see See of the Ecumenical Patriarch of ConstantinopleConstantinople Records Constantinople, a song by The Residents Istanbul Not Constantinople , a song by The Four Lads with a cover by They Might Be Giants Constantinople, a song by The Decemberists in their EP Picaresqueties Dufrais Constantinople , a character in the British sketch show Fonejacker , as well as it spin off series Facejacker disambig de Konstantinopel Begriffskl rung ... more details
Council of Constantinople can refer to Council of Constantinople 360 , a local council First Council of Constantinople , the Second Ecumenical Council, in 381 or 383. Synod of Constantinople 543 , a local council which condemned Origen . Second Council of Constantinople , the Fifth Ecumenical Council, in 553. Third Council of Constantinople , the Sixth Ecumenical Council, in 680. Council of Constantinople 692 , also called in Trullo or Quinisext Council , in 692. Council of Constantinople 754 , the Council of Hieria . Council of Constantinople 815 , a local council that restored Iconoclasm. Council of Constantinople 867 , a local council convened by Photius to discuss Papal supremacy and the Filioque. Council of Constantinople 869 , also called the Photian Council, in 869. Fourth Council of Constantinople Eastern Orthodox , the Eighth Ecumenical Council for the Orthodox, also called the Photian Council , in 879. Council of Constantinople 1094 , a local council convened to deal with Leo of Chalcedon . Fifth Council of Constantinople , the Ninth Ecumenical Council for the Orthodox, concerning Hesychasm, in 1341 1351. Synod of Constantinople 1484 , condemned the Council of Florence, in 1484 disambig Category Church councils in Constantinople bg ca Concili de Constantinoble cs Konstantinopolsk koncil de Konzil von Konstantinopel et Konstantinoopoli kirikukogu fr Concile de Constantinople ko nl Concilie van Constantinopel ja pt Conc lio de Constantinopla ... more details
The Treaty of Constantinople may refer to Rus Byzantine Treaty 907 signed in Constantinople Rus Byzantine Treaty 911 signed in Constantinople Rus Byzantine Treaty 945 signed in Constantinople Byzantine Venetian Treaty of 1082 signed in Constantinople Nicaean Venetian Treaty of 1219 signed in Constantinople Treaty of Constantinople 1479 between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire Treaty of Constantinople 1533 between the Ottoman Empire and the Archduchy of Austria , following the Ottoman victory at the Battle of Moh cs Treaty of Constantinople 1570 between the Tsardom of Russia and the Ottoman Empire Treaty of Constantinople 1700 between Tsardom of Russia Russia and the Ottoman Empire Treaty of Constantinople 1724 between the Russian Empire Russian and Ottoman Empires ill es Treaty of Constantinople 1782 Tratado de Constantinopla 1782 between Spain and the Ottoman Empire Treaty of Constantinople 1800 approval of the 1st Constitution of the Septinsular Republic as a tributary state to the Ottoman Empire by the Sultan Treaty of Constantinople 1832 between the Great power Great Powers United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Britain , July Monarchy France and Russian Empire Russia and the Ottoman Empire Treaty of Constantinople 1881 between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Greece , regarding the cession of Thessaly to Greece Convention of Constantinople , treaty signed on October 29, 1888 relating to the control of the Suez Canal. Treaty of Constantinople 1897 between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Greece following the Greco Turkish War of 1897 . Treaty of Constantinople 1913 between Kingdom of Bulgaria Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire Treaty of Constantinople 1914 between Kingdom of Serbia Serbia and the Ottoman Empire See also List of treaties disambig cs Konstantinopolsk smlouva es Tratado de Constantinopla fr Trait de Constantinople it Trattato di Costantinopoli he nl Verdrag van Constantinopel pt Tratado de Constantinopla ... more details
Kyros or Cyrus lang el , Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 705 to 712 . He is regarded as a saint in the Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church , which had set his feast for January 7 in Roman Catholic Church and January 8 21 in Orthodox Church. Cyrus was placed on the patriarchal throne in 705 by Emperor Justinian II , as a replacement for the deposed Patriarch Ecumenical Patriarch Callinicus I of Constantinople Callinicus I . Soon after Justinian s fall in December 711, Kyros was replaced by the new Emperor Philippikos Philippicus with Patriarch Patriarch John VI of Constantinople John VI , who shared Philippicus Monothelite sympathies. See also Eastern Orthodoxy References The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium , Oxford University Press, 1991. start box succession box before Ecumenical Patriarch Callinicus I of Constantinople Callinicus I title Patriarch of Constantinople years 706&ndash 712 after Patriarch John VI of Constantinople John VI end box DEFAULTSORT Kyros 01 Of Constantinople, Patriarch Category Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople Category Saints from Anatolia Category Anatolian Roman Catholic saints Category 8th century Byzantine people Category 8th century archbishops Category 8th century Christian saints Category Twenty Years Anarchy EasternOrthodoxy bishop stub saint stub el fr Cyrus de Constantinople pt Ciro de Constantinopla sr sh Kir od Konstantinopola ... more details
Barbas of Constantinople died 430 ref Socrates Scholasticus, Church History , Book 7.30. ref was Arian Archbishop of Constantinople from 407 until his death in 430. References reflist s start succession box before Dorotheus of Antioch title List of Arian Archbishops of Constantinople Arian Archbishop of Constantinople years 407&ndash 430 after Sabbatius of Constantinople s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 430 PLACE OF DEATH Category Year of birth unknown Category 430 deaths Category Arian bishops ... more details
Evagrius died c.380 was bishop of Constantinople for brief periods in 370, and possibly 380. Little is known about Evagrius. In 370, the Arianism Arians elected Demophilus of Constantinople Demophilus to fill the bishopric vacancy after the death of Eudoxius of Antioch Eudoxius . The Catholic s and the deposed bishop of Antioch Eustathius of Antioch Eustathius chose Evagrius for that Episcopal see see ref cite book author Eusebius title Hist. Eccl. url http www.newadvent.org fathers 250104.htm volume IV chapter 14 The Ariansordain Demophilus after the Death of Eudoxius at Constantinople but the Orthodox Party constitute Evagrius his Successor. ref but a few months later he was banished by the Roman emperor emperor Valens , and remained in exile until his death. ref cite book author Eusebius title Hist. Eccl. url http www.newadvent.org fathers 250104.htm volume IV chapter 15 The Emperor banishes Evagrius and Eustathius. The Arianspersecute the Orthodox. ref Some sources claim that he was elected a second time in 379 or 380, after the expulsion of Demophilus by emperor Theodosius I Citation needed date January 2011 . References Reflist S start Succession box before Eudoxius of Antioch Eudoxius title List of Archbishops of Constantinople Archbishop of Constantinople br small Disputed by Demophilus of Constantinople Demophilus small years 379 after Gregory Nazianzus Gregory I Nazianzus the Theologian S end Patriarchs of Constantinople Persondata name Evagrius of Constantinople alternative names short description date of birth place of birth date of death 380 place of death Category 380 deaths Category 4th century archbishops Category Ancient Christian controversies Category 4th century Romans EarlyChurch bishop stub Byzantine bio stub ca Evagri de Constantinoble el mk pt Ev grio de Constantinopla ru sh Evagrije od Konstantinopola ... more details
Emperor of Constantinople can refer to the Byzantine Emperor s, who ruled in the city from 330 to 1204 and from 1261 to 1453 the Latin Emperor s, who ruled in the city from 1204 to 1261, as well as the later pretenders to this title disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2009 Euthymius of Constantinople floruit fl. 1050 was a monk wrote extensively against the Bogomils . Category 11th century Byzantine people Category Byzantine clergy Category Byzantine writers Byzantine bio stub Christianity bio stub ... more details
Image Byzantine Constantinople eng.png thumb 300px Map of Byzantine Constantinople The Mese lang el lang grc , lit. Middle Street was the main thoroughfare of ancient Constantinople today Istanbul , Turkey . The street was the main scene of Byzantine imperial processions. Its ancient course is largely followed by the modern Divanyolu Avenue. Description The Mese started at the Milion monument, close to the Hagia Sophia , and led straight westwards. It passed the Hippodrome of Constantinople Hippodrome and the palaces of Palace of Lausus Lausos and Palace of Antiochos Antiochus , and after ca. 600 meters reached the oval shaped Forum of Constantine where one of the city s two Byzantine Senate Senate houses stood. This stretch of the street was also known as the Regia lang grc , Imperial Road , as it formed the original ceremonial route from the Great Palace of Constantinople Great Palace and the Augustaion square to the forum of the city s founder. From there, the street continued to the square Forum of Theodosius or Forum of the Bull Forum Tauri , as it was also known. In about the middle of this stretch, the great esplanade mall known as Makros Embolos joined the Mese . At their junction stood a tetrapylon known as the Anemodoulion Servant of the winds . Shortly after it passed the Theodosian Forum, the street divided in two branches at the site of the Capitolium one branch going northwest, passing by the Church of the Holy Apostles , towards the Walls of Constantinople ... the Forum of the Ox Forum Bovis and the Forum of Arcadius towards the Golden Gate Constantinople Golden ... emperor, who entered the city through the Golden Gate and followed the Mese to the Great Palace of Constantinople ... Way of Constantinople and the Golden Gate url http www.doaks.org DOP54 DP54ch9.pdf accessdate ... 2010 bot H3llBot cite book first Nevra Ed. last Necipo lu title Byzantine Constantinople Monuments, Topography ... commonscat inline Mese coord missing Turkey Category Constantinople Category Ancient roads and tracks ... more details
Andrew of Constantinople Andrew the Fool for Christ , Andrew, the Fool or Andrew, Fool for Christ sake , Greek Andreas ho Salos , died in 936 is considered a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church , and is revered as a Fool for Christ . Andrew, a Slav by birth, was a slave of Theognostus, who was serving as a bodyguard in Constantinople . ref name orth http www.fatheralexander.org booklets english saints andrew foolish.htm Orthodox Church in USA ref Later, he decided to become a Fool for Christ , living out his goal with humility and patience. According to certain sources, Andrew had a vision of Most Holy Theotokos in the Church of St. Mary of Blachernae Istanbul Blachernae church of Constantinople, while the city was surrounded by enemy troops by some sources, Arabs . ref name orth Andrew and his disciple Epiphanus testifed that they saw the Holy Virgin surrounded by many angels and Saints, praying and extending Her homophor protection over the faithful. After this vision, Constantinople was saved when its attackers retreated. That vision and the avoidance of Constantinople s destruction that was attributed to it inspired the creation of one of the most famous Eastern Orthodox holidays the feast of The Protection of the Mother of God the Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary . Andrew died at the age of 66 in 936. His memory is commemorated by Orthodox Christianity Eastern Orthodox communities on October 15 Oct. 2 old calendar . See also Foolishness for Christ The Protection of the Mother of God References Reflist External links http orthodoxwiki.org Andrew the Fool for Christ Andrew the Fool for Christ in Orthodoxwiki Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Andrew Of Constantinople ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 936 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Andrew Of Constantinople Category Eastern Orthodox saints Category 936 deaths Category 10th century Christian saints Saint stub la Andreas Salus ... more details
Infobox military unit unit name Mediterranean Division image caption country Germany type U boat flottilla branch Imperial German Navy dates Raised May 1915, Dissolved October 1918 command structure garrison Constantinople garrison label Base nickname Constantinople flotilla battles notable commanders Kapit nleutnant Adam associated units The Constantinople flotilla was an Imperial German Navy formation set up to prosecute the U boat campaign against Allied shipping in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea in support of Germany s ally, the Ottoman Empire . Despite its official name, the Mediterranean Division U boote der Mittelmeer in Konstantinopel , it saw little service there, operating mostly against Russian Empire Russian shipping in the Black Sea . The Constantinople Flotilla had a maximum strength of 11 U boats but due to the unfavourable conditions for commerce raiding in the Black Sea saw little success during its three years of operations. In three years of operation, the force sank ships totalling 117,093 GRT. 14 U boats served in the Constantinople Flotilla 6 were lost operationally. In 1917 the force was amalgamated with the Pola Flotilla , coming under the command of the U Boat Leader, Mediterranean F hrer der U boote im Mittelmeer there the unit was renamed the Constantinople Half Flotilla U Halbflotille Konstantinopel . In 1918, with the collapse of the Central Powers , the U boats were scuttled, or fled to join the Pola boats in their evacuation to Germany. Commanding officers class wikitable Date Commander Title 1915 ? 1916 ? 1917 Kapitanleutnant K L Kreuger Chef Commanding Officer CO Mediterranean Division 1918 K L Adam Chef CO Constantinople Half Flotilla References VE Tarrant The U Boat offensive 1914 1945 1989 ISBN 0 85368 928 8 Uboat Category U boat flotillas pt Flotilha de Constantinopla ... more details
Demophilus died 386 was bishop of Veria Berea and bishop of Constantinople from 370 until expelled in 380. Biography Born of good family in Thessalonica , ref harvnb Onslow 1911 cites Philostorg. H. E. ix. 14. ref he was elected by the Arianism Arians to the bishopric of Constantinople. ref harvnb Onslow 1911 cites Socr. H. E. iv. 14 Soz. H. E. vi. 13. ref The opinion of the populace, however, were much divided. ref harvnb Onslow 1911 cites Philostorg. H. E. ix. 10. ref The orthodox party chose Evagrius of Constantinople Evagrius for their bishop, and he was ordained by Eustathius of Antioch Eustathius , the deposed bishop of Antioch . This was the signal for a furious outburst from the Arians. Both Eustathius and Evagrius were banished by the Roman emperor emperor Valens , and their followers bitterly persecuted. ref harvnb Onslow 1911 cites Socr. H. E. iv. 14, 16 Soz. H. E. vi. 13, 14. ref Soon after his accession, Demophilus went to Cyzicus with Dorotheus, or Theodorus, of Heraclea Sintica Heraclea to procure the election of an Arian bishop, which was left vacant since the banishment of Eunomius. Nevertheless the people of Cyzicus refused to acknowledge them until they had anathematized Aetius theologian Aetius , Eunomius , and their followers. They were then permitted to ordain .... ref The churches of Constantinople, which had for forty years been in Arian hands, were now restored ..., or he must have returned from exile, for he represented the Arian party at the synod in Constantinople ... Church Church , and quotes from a sermon at Constantinople, in which he spoke of the human nature ... before Eudoxius of Antioch title List of Archbishops of Constantinople Archbishop of Constantinople years 370&ndash 379 after Evagrius of Constantinople Evagrius s end s start succession box before Eudoxius of Antioch title List of Arian Archbishops of Constantinople Arian Archbishop of Constantinople years 370&ndash 386 after Marinus of Thrace s end Patriarchs of Constantinople Persondata Metadata ... more details
patronage major shrine suppressed date issues prayer prayer attrib Saint Alexander of Constantinople born between 237 and 244 337 was bishop of Byzantium and the bishop of Constantinople ref ... the aged bishop Saint Metrophanes of Constantinople. As a result, both he and Metrophanes are variously reported as being the first Bishop of Constantinople both are also sometimes listed as first Patriarch of Constantinople, though the episcopal see had not yet been elevated to that rank . ref See http www.ccel.org ccel schaff npnf214.ix.viii.iv.html Canon iii , First Council of Constantinople ... death, he left instructions in his will to elect his vicar to the throne of Constantinople ..., Alexander of Constantinople was present at the First Council of Nicaea ref harvnb Smith 1911 ... of Hagia Irene which at that time was the cathedral of Constantinople in fervent prayer that God would ... nominated his vicar, Paul I of Constantinople Paul as his successor, and to have warned his clergy against Macedonius I of Constantinople Macedonius , who became bishop of Constantinople in 342 and whose ... annually on August 30, in a common commemoration with his fellow Patriarchs of Constantinople John the Faster ...?SID 4&ID 1&FSID 102420 St Alexander the Patriarch of Constantinople Orthodox Icon and Synaxarion br s start succession box title List of Constantinople patriarchs Bishop of Byzantium br after 330 of Constantinople before Saint Metrophanes after Paul I of Constantinople Paul I years 314&ndash 337 s end Patriarchs of Constantinople Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Alexander of Constantinople ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 337 PLACE OF DEATH Constantinople DEFAULTSORT Alexander Of Constantinople Category 3rd century ... more details
Eastern Christianity Saint Theodosia of Constantinople lang el , Hagia Theodosia h K nstantinoupolitissa is an Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Saint and Martyr who lived in the seventh and eight centuries. Theodosia was a nun living at a monastery in Constantinople . On January 19, 729, at the very beginning of the Byzantine Iconoclasm iconoclastic persecution s, the Byzantine Emperor Emperor Leo III the Isaurian ordered that an icon of Christ which stood over the Chalke Gate of the Great Palace of Constantinople imperial palace be removed. ref name mb299 Mamboury, 299 ref ref name sc82 Sch fer, 82 ref While an officer was executing the order, a group of women gathered to prevent the operation. Among them was Theodosia, who shook the ladder strongly until the officer fell from it. The man died from his injuries, and Theodosia was arrested and brought to the Forum Bous , where she was executed by having a ram s horn hammered through her neck. ref Van Millingen, 168 ref Following the Triumph of Orthodoxy over iconoclasm she was recognized as a martyr and saint, and her body was kept and venerated in the church of Hagia Euphemia en to Petrio , in the quarter named Dexiokratianai , named after the houses owned here by one Dexiokrates . ref name ja151 Janin, 151 ref It corresponds to the modern neighborhood of Ayakap , along the Golden Horn . After the beginning of the fourteenth century, the church was named after her. It corresponds possibly to the mosque of G l Mosque G l . Also a gate in the sea walls of Constantinople , the Gate of Hagia ... one among the most venerated saints in Constantinople, being invoked particularly by the infirm. The fame ... References cite book last Van Millingen first Alexander title Byzantine Churches of Constantinople .... Part Le Si ge de Constantinople et le patriarcat oecum nique. 3rd Vol. Les glises et les monast res ... name Theodosia of Constantinople alternative names short description date of birth place of birth ... more details
The Patria of Constantinople lang el , ref The patria is a late antiquity late antique literary genre devoted to local history, topography and legends. Kazhdan 1991 , p. 1598 ref also known by the Latin name Scriptores originum Constantinopolitarum writers on the origin of Constantinople , is a Byzantine collection of historical works on the history and monuments of the Byzantine imperial capital of Constantinople modern Istanbul , Turkey . ref name ODB Kazhdan 1991 , p. 1598 ref Although in the past attributed to the 14th century writer George Kodinos , ref Kazhdan 1991 , p. 1135 ref the collection in fact dates from earlier centuries, being probably first compiled in ca. 995 in the reign of Basil II r. 976 1025 and then revised and added to in the reign of Alexios I Komnenos r. 1081 1118 . ref Cameron & Herrin 1984 , p. 4 ref The collection contains a part of the patria of the 6th century pagan writer Hesychius of Miletus , on the history of Byzantium from its foundation to the time where Constantine I refounded it as Constantinople. ref Kazhdan 1991 , p. 924 ref the Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai , which focuses chiefly on the antique sculptures of the city another set of patria dating to ca. 995. ref name ODB an anonymous Story on the Construction of the Hagia Sophia , written between the late 6th and the late 10th centuries, but more likely at some time in the 9th century. ref name ODB a topography topographical study dedicated to Alexios I. ref name ODB From an archaeological point of view, the Patria are an invaluable record of the early history of Byzantium and the various monuments of Constantinople. However, its accounts must be examined ... Herrin first2 Judith title Constantinople in the early eighth century the Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai ... Constantinople Category Byzantine culture Category Byzantine literature el fr Patria de Constantinople ru Patria Konstantinupoleos sl Konstantinopelska patria ... more details
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