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• Palestine — /pal euh stuyn / for 1, 2; /pal euh steen / for 3, n. 1. Also called Holy Land. Biblical name, Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean. 2. a former British mandate (1923 48) comprising part of this country,… …   Universalium

• Peter the Hermit — (died July 8 1115 in Neufmoutier by Huy) was a priest of Amiens and a key figure during the First Crusade.Before 1096According to Anna Comnena, he had attempted to go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem before 1096, but was prevented by the Turks from… …   Wikipedia

• Barsanuphius of Palestine — A similarly named saint is Barsanuphius of Optina. Infobox Saint name= Saint Barsanuphius birth date= death date= 540 AD feast day= April 11; February 6 (Eastern Orthodox Church); at Oria February 20 and August 29 and August 30 venerated in=… …   Wikipedia

• Stylites — (from Greek stylos , pillar ) or Pillar Saints are a type of Christian ascetic who in the early days of the Byzantine Empire stood on pillars preaching, fasting and praying. They believed that the mortification of their bodies would help ensure… …   Wikipedia

• Stylites — • Solitaries who, taking up their abode upon the tops of a pillar (stylos), chose to spend their days amid the restraints thus entailed and in the exercise of other forms of asceticism. This practice may be regarded as the climax of a tendency… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• September 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) — Sep. 27 Eastern Orthodox Church calendar Sep. 29All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct. 11 by Old Calendaristsaints*Venerable Chariton the Confessor, abbot, of Palestine (350) *Martyrdom of Blessed Wenceslas I of Bohemia, Prince of the… …   Wikipedia

• Domnus II of Antioch — Part of a series on Eastern Christianity …   Wikipedia

• Christian monasticism — Icon of Saint Anthony the Great, the founder of Christian monasticism. Christian monasticism is a practice which began to develop early in the history of the Christian Church, modeled upon scriptural examples and ideals, including those in the… …   Wikipedia

• Crusades — a series of military expeditions between the 11th and 14th centuries, in which armies from the Christian countries of Europe tried to get back the Holy Land (= what is now Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Egypt) from the Muslims. The soldiers who… …   Universalium

• First Crusade — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=First Crusade partof=the Crusades caption=The capture of Jerusalem marked the First Crusade s success date=1095 1099 place=Near East (Anatolia, Levant, Palestine) casus=Military aid of Byzantines against the… …   Wikipedia

• Christian monasticism before 451 — Eastern Christian monasticism developed for around a century and a half, and as a spontaneous religious movement, up to the time of the Council of Chalcedon, which took place in 451. At that Council, monasticism had become an acknowledged part of …   Wikipedia