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    Alexander of Jerusalem (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Ιεροσολύμων; died 251 AD) was a third century bishop who is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Eastern Orthodox...
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    timeline of major events in the history of Jerusalem; a city that had been fought over sixteen times in its history. During its long history, Jerusalem has...
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    philosopher who taught at the Catechetical School of Alexandria. Among his pupils were Origen and Alexander of Jerusalem. A convert to Christianity, he was an educated...
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    Jerusalem (/dʒəˈruːsələm/; Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yerushaláyim, pronounced [jeʁuʃaˈlajim] ; Arabic: القُدس al-Quds, pronounced [al.quds] , local pronunciation:...
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    Pope Alexander II of Alexandria, Coptic Pope (702–729) Alexander of Lincoln, bishop of Lincoln Alexander of Jerusalem See also Saint Alexander, various...
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    history, Jerusalem has been attacked 52 times, captured and recaptured 44 times, besieged 23 times, and destroyed twice. The oldest part of the city was...
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  • soldier Alexander of Constantinople (born between 237 and 244–337), bishop of Byzantium and the bishop of Constantinople Alexander of Jerusalem (d. 251...
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    Cathedral of St. James in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem. The Chapel of St. James the Great, located to the left of the sanctuary, is the traditional place...
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    Simon the Zealot (category Year of birth unknown)
    Simeon of Jerusalem who became the second bishop of Jerusalem, although he was born in Galilee. James Tissot, Saint Simon, Brooklyn Museum Statue of Saint...
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    The status of Jerusalem has been described as "one of the most intractable issues in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict" due to the long-running territorial...
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    The Temple in Jerusalem, or alternatively the Holy Temple (Hebrew: בֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, Modern: Bēt haMīqdaš, Tiberian: Bēṯ hamMīqdāš; Arabic: بيت المقدس...
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    c. 1159 – 25 July 1190) was the queen of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1190. She reigned alongside her husband Guy of Lusignan, to whom she was unwaveringly...
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    Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (Latin: Balduinus, French: Baudoin) (1161–1185), known as the Leper King, was the king of Jerusalem, from 1174 until his death...
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    was received from these three, the most prominent men of the messianic community at Jerusalem. The phrase "the disciple whom Jesus loved as a brother"...
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    Bishop Alexander's church in Jerusalem found a total congregation of eight converted Jews and one or two tourists. In 1849, Christ Church, Jerusalem near...
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    The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, also known as the Leper Brothers of Jerusalem or simply as Lazarists, was a Catholic military order founded by...
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    composed in Hebrew near Jerusalem for Hebrew Christians and translated into Greek. The Hebrew original was kept at the Library of Caesarea. Sometime in...
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    The siege of Jerusalem of 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE), in which the Roman army led by future emperor Titus besieged...
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  • Alexander Hatzidiakos as Romano Meredith Thomas as Newscaster Jerusalem Countdown Book of Revelation Seven seals Movieguide (2012-10-26). "JERUSALEM COUNTDOWN...
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    Thomas, for it is the work, not of one of the twelve apostles, but of one of Mani's three wicked disciples. — Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechesis V (4th century)...
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    to the Greek pilgrims in Jerusalem. He advises Andrew that certain Greeks wish to meet Jesus, and together they inform Jesus of this (John 12:21). During...
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    The Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem (Ottoman Turkish: قُدس شَرِيف مُتَصَرِّفلغ, Kudüs-i Şerif Mutasarrıflığı; Arabic: متصرفية القدس الشريف, Mutaṣarrifiyyat...
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    Raphael (archangel) (category Book of Tobit)
    eschatology, Israfil will blow the trumpet from a holy rock in Jerusalem to announce the Day of Judgment (Yawm al-Qiyāmah). The trumpet is constantly poised...
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    Matthias the Apostle (category Year of birth unknown)
    premiers siècles, I, 406–7). According to Hippolytus of Rome, Matthias died of old age in Jerusalem. Clement of Alexandria observed (Stromateis vi.13.): Not that...
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    by Victorinus of Pettau on papers by Alexander of Jerusalem: We have found, among the papers of Alexander, who was Bishop in Jerusalem, what he transcribed...
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    The Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem or Eastern Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem, officially patriarch of Jerusalem (Greek: Πατριάρχης Ιεροσολύμων;...
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    The Old City of Jerusalem (Arabic: المدينة القديمة, romanized: al-Madīna al-Qadīma, Hebrew: הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה, romanized: Ha'ír Ha'atiká) is a 0.9-square-kilometre...
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    of Alpheus. He sang in Jerusalem the first mass that ever was there, and he was first bishop of Jerusalem. Alphaeus is also the name of the father of...
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    The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the...
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    Gabriel (category Angels in the Book of Enoch)
    the Book of Daniel and the Book of Ezekiel. Talmudic Judaism understands the angel in the Book of Ezekiel, who was sent to destroy Jerusalem, to be Gabriel...
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