The word is found in Gnostic texts such as the Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit, and also appears in the Greek Magical Papyri.

The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit, for instance, refers to Abrasax as an Aeon dwelling with Sophia and other Aeons of the Pleroma in the light of the luminary Eleleth.

Anointing may also be given during Forgiveness Vespers and Great Week, on Great and Holy Wednesday, to all who are prepared.

He made the first seven scenes of the Great Passion in the same year, and a little later, a series of eleven on the Holy Family and saints.

Saint Adelaide of Italy ( 931 / 932 – 16 December 999 ), also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was the second wife of Otto the Great, Holy Roman Emperor.

Egypt is identified in the Bible as the place of refuge that the Holy Family sought in its flight from Judea: " When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod the Great, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt I called My Son " ( Matthew 2: 12 – 23 ).

* His full title is Pope and Lord Archbishop of the Great City of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Orthodox and Apostolic Throne of Saint Mark the Evangelist and Holy Apostle that is, in Egypt, Pentapolis, Libya, Nubia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and all Africa.

* The Successor of St. Mark the Evangelist, Holy Apostle and Martyr, on the Holy Apostolic Throne of the Great City of Alexandria.

The Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches celebrate the feast day of the " Holy Righteous Prophet and King David " on the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers ( two Sundays before the Great Feast of the Nativity of the Lord ), when he is commemorated together with other ancestors of Jesus.

It should be noted that in these languages the prefix Velik ( Great ) is used in the names of the Holy Week and the three feast days preceding Easter.

Among the Oriental Orthodox, a variety of anaphoras are used, but all are similar in structure to those of the Constantinopolitan Rite, in which the Anaphora of Saint John Chrysostom is used most days of the year ; Saint Basil's is offered on the Sundays of Great Lent, the eves of Christmas and Theophany, Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, and upon his feast day ( 1 January ).

From the time of Otto the Great onward, much of the former Carolingian kingdom of Eastern Francia became the Holy Roman Empire.

" He gives the Great Commission: " Therefore go and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you ;" Jesus will be with them " to the very end of the age.

In the Roman Catholic Church he is numbered among the Doctors of the Church ; in Eastern Orthodoxy and the Eastern Catholic Churches he is revered as one of the Three Holy Hierarchs, along with Basil the Great and John Chrysostom.

A Byzantine-style icon depicting the Three Holy Hierarchs: ( left to right :) Basil the Great, John Chrysostom and Gregory the Theologian.

In 936, Otto I the Great was crowned as king at Aachen ; his coronation as emperor by the Pope at Rome in 962 inaugurated what became later known as the Holy Roman Empire, which became to be identified with Germany.

The Holy Roman Empire looked to Charlemagne, Charles the Great, King of the Franks, as its founder, who had been crowned Emperor of the Romans on Christmas Day in 800 by Pope Leo III.

While the general concept of a " Spirit " that permeates the cosmos is a general feature of most religions ( e. g. Brahman in Hinduism and Tao in Taoism and Great Spirit among Indigenous peoples of the Americas ), the term Holy Spirit specifically refers to the beliefs held in the Abrahamic religions.

The largest and most populous are Arran and Bute, and Great Cumbrae and Holy Isle are also served by dedicated ferry routes.

The Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches honor him as a saint and count him among the Three Holy Hierarchs, together with Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzus.

His 1970s films included Monte Walsh ( 1970 ) with Jeanne Moreau, the violent Prime Cut ( 1972 ) with Gene Hackman, Pocket Money ( 1972 ) with Paul Newman, Emperor of the North Pole ( 1973 ) opposite Ernest Borgnine, as Hickey in The Iceman Cometh ( 1973 ) with Fredric March and Robert Ryan, The Spikes Gang ( 1974 ) with Noah Beery, Jr., The Klansman ( 1974 ) with Richard Burton, Shout at the Devil ( 1976 ) with Roger Moore, The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday ( 1976 ) with Oliver Reed, and Avalanche Express ( 1978 ) with Robert Shaw.

* The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday ( 1976 )

* The Great American Smokeout sponsored by the American Cancer Society occurs on the third Thursday of November, one week before Thanksgiving.

Great Britain and its American colonies reformed in 1752, where Wednesday, 2 September 1752 was immediately followed by Thursday, 14 September 1752 ; they were joined by the last Protestant holdout, Sweden, on 1 March 1753.

* September 2 – Great Britain and the British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, meaning the Julian date of Wednesday, September 2 was followed by the Gregorian date of Thursday, September 14.

* April 12 – Maximianus dies on Great and Holy Thursday.

At Great Compline during the first four days of the Fast ( Monday through Thursday ) the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete is divided into four parts and one part is chanted each night ( for further information about the Great Canon, see Fifth Week, below ).

On Thursday of the Fifth Week, the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete is chanted.

The Great Canon itself is recited during Matins for Thursday, which is usually celebrated by anticipation on Wednesday evening, so that more people can attend.

* Holy and Great Thursday — The Mystical Supper

Holy and Great Thursday is a more festive day than the others of Holy Week in that it celebrates the institution of the Eucharist.

Many of the standard hymns of the Liturgy are replaced with the Troparion of Great Thursday.

There is no " stripping of the altar " on Holy and Great Thursday as in the West ; instead, all of the church hangings are changed to black, and will remain so until the Divine Liturgy on Great Saturday.

After that, starting in 1977, the Great American Smokeout day has been a national event, held on the third Thursday each November ( one week before Thanksgiving ).

* In the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde, the Cheshire Cat is an overseer in the Great Library, a library within the " book-world " which contains copies of every book ever written.

The Great Train Robbery is the name given to a £ 2. 6 million train robbery ( the equivalent of around £ 40 million today ) committed on Thursday 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.

Maundy Thursday ( also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, Sheer Thursday and Thursday of Mysteries ) is the Christian feast, or holy day, falling on the Thursday before Easter.

In the Great Flood of 1968 the flow of water washed large boulders down the gorge and damaging the cafe and entrance to Gough's Cave, and washing away cars.

In Great Britain, the 1880s saw the use of fugitive inks, which were water-soluble, thus preventing washing altogether.

Doctrinally, the churches of the IFLMBA hold that Christ died for all men ; salvation is by grace through faith ; the saved are eternally secure ; the church is local only and was organized by Christ while He was on earth ; baptism by immersion and the Lord's supper are church ordinances ; feet washing is to be performed in church capacity ; ministerial support must be by freewill offerings ; and the Great Commission is given to local churches only.

Doctrinally, the churches of the Interstate and Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association hold that Christ died for all men ; salvation is by grace through faith ; the saved are eternally secure ; the church is local only and was organized by Christ while He was on earth ; baptism by immersion and the Lord's supper are church ordinances ; feet washing is to be performed in church capacity ; ministerial support must be by freewill offerings ; and the Great Commission is given to local churches only.

Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow washing his hands at the Great Entrance during an outdoor Divine Liturgy.

Great respect is shown to this flag which is shown by its washing using milk and water every year in April at the festival of Vaisakhi.