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Akathist (ACATISTO)
A hymn of the Greek liturgy that celebrates the mystery of the Incarnation. The first meaning, from ἀκάθιστος (ἀκαθίζομαι), indicates that during its singing… -
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 15 Oct.… -
Akhmim (Aḥmīm)
A city in Middle Egypt, with a large percentage of Coptic population, rising on the site of ancient Panopolis, sacred to the cult of Min-Pan. From the name of… -
Akiba
AKIBA: v. AQIBA. -
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 College of Rome in… -
Akindynos, Gregorios
Greek monk of the 14th century, whose life is almost unknown and whose works are almost all unpublished. He took an active part in the Palamite controversy (v.… -
Akiva (or 'Aqibā') ben Joseph, Rabbi ('AQIBĀ' (O 'AQIBĀ') BEN JOSEF, RABBĪ)
One of the principal Tannaitic doctors, b. in Judea around 40, d. in 137. Legend has adorned his life with the marvelous (a rough shepherd, he married the… -
Akkad (ACCAD)
Ancient city of northern Babylonia, one of the four founded by Nimrod in Shinar (Gen. 10:10), perhaps the present-day Tell ed-Deir; there stood the temple… -
Akra of Jerusalem (AKRA DI GERUSALEMME)
AKRA di GERUSALEMME: v. ACRA. -
Akra of the Chaldeans (AKRA DEI CALDEI)
An archbishopric of the Syro-Chaldean rite in Kurdistan whose origin is unknown and which has its seat in A., the capital of a "caza," with 4,700 inhabitants… -
Aksakov, Ivan and Konstantin (AKSAKOV, IVAN E KONSTANTIN)
Russian writers and publicists of the 19th century, sons of Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov (1791-1859). The elder, Konstantin (1817-60), spent almost his whole… -
Aksum
City of northern Ethiopia, at 2,130 m above sea level, with about 10,000 inhabitants. A very ancient population center (certainly of Agone stock), as numerous… -
Aksum (AXUM)
AXUM: V. AKSUM. -
Akyab [Sittwe], Apostolic Prefecture of (AKYAB, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
Erected in 1940 with territory detached from the diocese of Chittagong (Burma). It is entrusted to the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette (American…