bishop of Damascus

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• Damascus — • It is mentioned in the Bible at the time of Abraham (Gen., xiv, 15; xv, 2); also on the pylons of Karnak, among the Syrian cities captured by the Pharaoh Touthmes III Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Damascus     Damascus …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Damascus College — Address 1412 Geelong Road, Mount Clear Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Coordinates …   Wikipedia

• DAMASCUS — DAMASCUS, capital of Syria; in olden times a caravan center at an oasis in Southern Syria, on the principal crossroads between Mesopotamia Syria and Palestine Transjordan. In the Bible The name appears as דַּמֶּשֶׂק Dammesek (but once as… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Siege of Damascus (634) — Siege of Damascus Part of Muslim conquest of Syria Byzantine Arab Wars …   Wikipedia

• Conquest of Damascus — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Conquest of Damascus partof=Muslim conquest of SyriaByzantine Arab Wars caption=Damascus city. date=21th August ndash;19th September, 634 A.D place=Damascus,Syria result=Damascus Captured by Rashidun Caliphate …   Wikipedia

• Saint Joseph of Damascus — (May 15, 1793 ndash; July 10, 1860), born Joseph George Haddad Firzli (Arabic,جوزيف جورج حداد الفرزلي), was a Greek Orthodox Christian priest and educator who was canonized as a saint in 1993. He is also known as Father Joseph. LifeFather Joseph… …   Wikipedia

• John Bowen (bishop) — John Bowen LL.D. (November 21 1815 ndash; June 2 1859), was an Anglican bishop in Sierra Leone.Bowen, son of Thomas Bowen, captain in the 85th regiment, by his third wife, Mary, daughter of the Rev. John Evans, chaplain to the garrison at… …   Wikipedia

• Dioceses of the Church of the East to 1318 — Syrian, Armenian and Latin bishops debate Christian doctrine in the Crusader city of Acre, late 13th century At the height of its power, in the 10th century AD, the dioceses of the Church of the East numbered well over a hundred and stretched… …   Wikipedia

• Arabia — • The cradle of Islam and, in all probability, the primitive home of the Semitic race Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Arabia     Arabia      …   Catholic encyclopedia

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• Joseph Tawil — infobox bishopbiog name = Archbishop Joseph Tawil Melkite Greek Catholic See = Eparchate of Newton, Massachusetts Title = Archbishop of Newton Period = March 15, 1970 mdash;December 12, 1989 consecration = January 1, 1960| Predecessor = Bishop… …   Wikipedia