Antioch on the Orontes (Greek Αντιοχεια ἡ επι Δαφνη) is located on the eastern side (left bank) of the Orontes River about 20 miles from the sea and its port, Seleucia of Pieria (Suedia, now Samandagi). It was founded as a Greek city near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, who made it the capital of his empire in Syria. Seleucus I had served as one of Alexander the Great's generals, and the name Antiochus occu ...

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Principality of Antioch - Lords of Saone. The Lordship of Saone was centered on the castle of Saone, but included the towns of Sarmada (lost in 1134) and Balatanos. Saone was captured by Saladin from the last lord, Matthew, in 1188. Robert "the Leprous" (d. 1119) William (1119–1132)  ? Matthew ...

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The Chanson d'Antioche is a chanson de geste in 9000 lines of poetry in stanzas called laisses, composed about 1180 for a courtly French audience. It was one of two quasi-historical cycles of epic poems inspired by the events of 1097 – 1099, the climax of the First Crusade: the conquest of Antioch and of Jerusalem and the origins of the Crusader states. A second cycle, of the 14th century, was far more fabulous and embroidered, more distinctly romance than epic. The subject is the preaching of the First Crusade, the preparations for departure, the tearful goodbyes, the arriv ...

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Antioch College is a private, independent liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Founded in 1852 by the Christian Connexion, it began operating a year later with Horace Mann as its first president. The official motto of Antioch College is, "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity." — Horace Mann Antioch was later reorganized with Unitarian support as an independent nonsectarian college. In 1920, College President Arthur E. Morgan, a noted engineer concerned with community values, restructured the College to introduce for s ...

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The Antiochian Orthodox Church is one of the five churches that composed the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church before the Great Schism, and today is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches. It claims to be the sole legitimate successor to the Christian community founded in Antioch by the Apostle St. Peter. Its North American branch is autonomous, although the Holy Synod of Antioch still apoints its head bishop. The seat of the patriarchate was formerly Antioch, in what is now Tur ...

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Events Gallus deposed, executed at Antioch. Libanius becomes a teacher of rhetoric in Antioch; his students include John Chrysostom and Theodore of Mopsuestia. First known mention of the Bulgars in European chronicles (Anonymous Latin Chronograph) Births November 13 - Augustine of Hippo, saint and theologian (d. 430) Paulinus o ...

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The British Orthodox Church is a small Oriental Orthodox jurisdiction, canonically part of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria. Its mission is to the people of the British Isles, and though it is completely Orthodox in its faith and practice it remains British in its ethos and in its appreciation of the Orthodox heritage of these islands. The British Orthodox Church was originally established in 1866 when a Frenchman, Jules Ferrette, was consecrated as a bishop by the Syrian Orthodox Chu ...

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Paul of Samosata, patriarch of Antioch (260-269), Paul of Samosata - Life. Paul was born at Samosata into a family of humble origin. He was elected bishop of Antioch in 260 but aroused controversy with his Monarchianist teachings. In 269, seventy bishops, priests and deacons assembled at Antioch and deposed Paul as bishop and elected Domnus as his successor. They also wrote a encyclical letter to Dionysius and Maximus, bishops of Rome and Alexandria respectively. This letter is the only indisputably ...

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The Battle of Harran took place on May 7, 1104 between the Crusader states of the Principality of Antioch and the County of Edessa, and the Seljuk Turks. It was the first major battle against the newfound Crusader states in the aftermath of the First Crusade. In 1104, while the Seljuks were harassing the borders of the County of Edessa, count Baldwin II sought help from Bohemond I of Antioch and Tancred, Prince of Galilee. Bohemond and Tancred marched north from Antioch to Edessa to join with Baldwin and Joscelin of Courtenay, ...

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404 - Events. January 1 - Last gladiator competition in Rome. John Chrysostom is deposed, and Atticus of Constantinople becomes Patriarch of Constantinople. Saint Telemachus matyrdom. Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo invades Liaodong and takes the entire Liaodong Peninsula. 404 - Births. 404 - Deaths. Claudian, poet February - Flavian I of Antioch, Patriarch of Antioch November 11 - Ars ...

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Events The Council of Encaenia is held in Antioch. Paul I is restored as Patriarch of Constantinople. Births Deaths Ko Hung (or Ge Hong), famous Chinese physician (death perhaps 343) Eusebius of Nicomedia, Patriarch of Constantinople Category: 341 ...

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518 is also the area code for Upstate New York. Events July 9 - Justin becomes Byzantine emperor. September 29 - Severus, Patriarch of Antioch is deposed by a synod for his Monophysitism. Paul I is appointed to replace him. Births Deaths July 9 - Anastasius I, Byzantine emperor Flavian II, Patriarch of Antioch Category: 518 ...

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1149 - Events. Castle of Carimate destroyed. Nur ad-Din defeats the Principality of Antioch at the Battle of Inab. 1149 - Births. Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Persian theologian and philosopher (died 1209) 1149 - Deaths. June 27 - Raymond of Antioch August 28 - Mu'in ad-Din Unur, regent of Damascus Category: 1149 ...

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638 - Events. Islamic calendar introduced The Muslims capture Antioch, Caesarea Palaestina and Akko 638 - Births. 638 - Deaths. October 12 - Pope Honorius I Category: 638 ...

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Events February 21 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. October 22 - The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside of Antioch is destroyed in a mysterious fire. Earthquake in Nicaea Births Deaths Dorotheus of Tyre, bishop and martyr Category: 362 ...

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Caesarea is the name of several Roman cities and towns, including: Caesarea Antiochia, properly Antioch in Pisidia, in Turkey Caesarea Mazaca (Caesarea in Cappadocia): mod. Kaisarieh, in Turkey Caesarea Palaestina: mod. Caesarea, in Israel Caesarea Philippi in the Golan Heights Iol Caesarea: mod. Cherchell, in Algeria Caesarea Magna or Caesara, properly Saijar or Shaizar, in Syria Other related archivesAlgeria, Antioch in Pisidi

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526 - Events. May 20 - Earthquake kills approximately 300,000 in Syria and Antioch. July 12 - Felix succeeds John as pope. Athalaric succeeds Theodoric as king of the Ostrogoths, and Amalaric becomes king of the Visigoths in his own name. 526 - Births. 526 - Deaths. May 18 - Pope John I May 20 - Euphrosius, patriarch of Antioch (killed in earthquake) Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths ...

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Events Earthquake in Nicaea. Pope Liberius returns to Rome. Antipope Felix II prudently retires to his estate near Porto. Eudoxius becomes Patriarch of Antioch. Julian allows the Franks to form a Roman feuderatii in Toxandria. Births Deaths Category: 358 ...

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169 - Events. Second Marcomannian War begins. Germanic tribes invade frontiers of the Roman Empire, specifically the provinces of Raetia and Moesia. Northern African Moors invade what is now Spain. Marcus Aurelius becomes sole Roman Emperor. Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Patriarch Alypius to Patriarch Pertinax. Theophilus of Antioch becomes Patriarch of Antioch. 169 - Births. 169 - Deaths. < ...

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