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Akathist (ACATISTO) Vol. I, p. 118
ACATISTO. — Hymn of the Greek liturgy celebrating the mystery of the Incarnation. Its primary meaning, from ἀκάθιστος (ἀκαθίζομαι), indicates that one stands…
Akbar Vol. I, p. 383
AKBAR. – Sultan of India, third of the Moghul dynasty. He was the son of Humājūn and grandson of Bāber, the founder of the dynasty. Born at Umarkot in Sind on…
Akhmim (Aḥmīm) Vol. I, p. 384
AKHMIM (Aḥmīm). — City of Middle Egypt, with a high percentage of Coptic population, situated on the site of ancient Panopolis, sacred to the cult of Min-Pan.…
Akiba Vol. I, p. 384
AKIBA: v. AQIBA.
Akindynos, Gregorios Vol. I, p. 384
AKINDYNOS, GREGORIOS. — A Greek monk of the fourteenth century, whose life is almost unknown and whose works are for the most part unpublished. He played an…
Akkad (Cuneiform Agade or Akkadu, transcribed by Assyriologists as Achad, Akhad or Accad) (ACCAD (CUNEIFORME AGADE O AKHADU, CHE GLI ASSIRIOLOGI TRASCRIVONO ACHAD, AKHAD O ACCAD)) Vol. I, p. 123
ACCAD (cuneiform Agade or Akhadu, which Assyriologists transcribe as Achad, Akhad, or Accad). — Ancient city of northern Babylonia, one of the four founded by…
Akra of Jerusalem (AKRA DI GERUSALEMME) Vol. I, p. 385
AKRA di GERUSALEMME: v. ACRA.
Akra of the Chaldeans (AKRA DEI CALDEI) Vol. I, p. 385
AKRA of the CHALDEANS. - An archbishopric of the Syro-Chaldean rite in Kurdistan, whose origin is unknown, with its seat at A., the chief town of a “caza,”…
Aksakov, Ivan E Konstantin Vol. I, p. 385
AKSAKOV, IVAN and KONSTANTIN. – Russian writers and publishers of the 19th century, sons of Sergio Timofeevic Aksakov (1791–1859). The elder, Konstantin…
Aksum Vol. I, p. 385
AKSUM. — City of northern Ethiopia, at an elevation of 2,130 m above sea level, with approximately 10,000 inhabitants. A very ancient population center…
Aksum (AXUM) Vol. II, p. 344
AXUM: V. AKSUM.
Akyab, Apostolic Prefecture of (AKYAB, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI) Vol. I, p. 386
AKYAB, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE of. — Established in 1940 with territory detached from the diocese of Chittagong (Burma). It is entrusted to the Missionaries of…
Akīgān, Andrea Vol. I, p. 384
AKĪGĀN, ANDREA. — First patriarch of the Catholic Syrians, b. at Mardin in 1622, d. there in 1677. Having converted to Catholicism, he entered the Maronite…