AD 250 – 336 ), a Christian presbyter in Alexandria, Egypt, concerning the relationship of the persons of the Trinity (' God the Father ', ' God the Son ' ( Jesus of Nazareth ), and ' God the Holy Spirit ') and the precise nature of the Son of God as being a subordinate entity to God the Father.

The fact that he assumed the Episcopal see of Alexandria at a time of rising Egyptian Nationalism and of his being a Noted Egyptian leader lends additional support to his Egyptian Ancestry.

Some time later, they were taken from Alexandria to Constantinople, so that they might escape the destruction being perpetrated by invading Saracens.

* Pope of Alexandria, being the Diocesan Bishop of the Great and Ancient Metropolis of Alexandria, that is in Alexandria and the metropolitan province of Greater Cairo.

The Bishop of Alexandria, being the successor of the first Bishop in Egypt consecrated by Saint Mark, was honored by the other Bishops, as first among equals " Primus inter Pares ,".

This was in addition to the appropriate honorary dignity, which was due by virtue of being the Senior Bishop of the main Metropolis of the Province, Alexandria, which also the Capital and the main Port of the Province.

The majority of scholars tend to understand Plotinus ' opponents as being a Gnostic sect — certainly ( specifically Sethian ), several such groups were present in Alexandria and elsewhere about the Mediterranean during Plotinus ' lifetime.

George Dragas, and the 1848 Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs ( which refers explicitly to the " Eighth Ecumenical Council " and was signed by the patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria as well as the Holy Synods of the first three ), regard other synods beyond the Seventh Ecumenical Council as being ecumenical.

After nearly being excommunicated for his heresy by Alexander of Alexandria, Eusebius submitted and agreed to the Nicene Creed at the First Council of Nicea in 325.

The battle halted the second ( and final ) advance by the Axis forces into Egypt, El Alamein being only from Alexandria.

The Secret Gospel of Mark refers to a version of the Gospel of Mark being circulated in 2nd century Alexandria, which was kept from the Christian community at large.

After being ordained priest in Kurseong, India he completed a doctorate in Theology at the Gregorian University in Rome on the religious anthropology of Origen of Alexandria.

Arius, a Libyan presbyter in Alexandria, had declared that although the Son was divine, he was a created being and therefore not co-essential with the Father, and " there was when he was not ," This made Jesus less than the Father, which posed soteriological challenges for the nascent doctrine of the Trinity.

Since the papacy of Heraclas in the 3rd century, the Bishop of the Alexandria in both the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria continue to be called " Pope ", the former being called " Coptic Pope " or, more properly, " Pope and Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Orthodox and Apostolic Throne of Saint Mark the Evangelist and Holy Apostle " and the last called " Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa ".

Parchment was developed in Pergamon, from which name it is believed the word " parchment " evolved, under the patronage of either Eumenes I, who ruled 263 – 241 BCE ; or Eumenes II, who ruled 197 – 158 ), as a substitute for papyrus, which was temporarily not being exported from Alexandria, its only source.

* A character in the fantasy series The Bartimaeus Trilogy: this fictional Ptolemy is a young magician ( from Alexandria ) whom Bartimaeus loved ; he made the journey into " the Other Place " being hunted by his cousin, because he was a magician ;

This resulted in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria being the main trading center for spices.

* 1977: Jazz vocalist Lorez Alexandria recorded an uptempo version for her album From Broadway To Hollywood which subsequently became popular on the UK jazz dance and soul scenes, eventually being rereleased as a 7 inch single on Jazzman Records in 2000.

According to the only contemporary source, Hypatia was murdered by a Christian mob after being accused of exacerbating a conflict between two prominent figures in Alexandria: the governor Orestes and the Bishop of Alexandria.

" In actuality the death of Hypatia signalled a Christian uprising against the ' learned scholars ' of Alexandria, a center of knowledge throughout the ancient world.

This is because Alexandria was the Capital of the Province, and the preaching center and the place of martyrdom of Saint Mark the Evangelist and Apostle.

Alexandria had been a center of Jewish learning and became a center of Christian learning.

Eventually, this gifted student became dissatisfied with the level of philosophical instruction available in Alexandria, and went to Athens, the preeminent philosophical center of the day, in 431 to study at the Neoplatonic successor of the famous Academy founded 800 years ( in 387 BC ) before by Plato ; there he was taught by Plutarch of Athens ( not to be confused with Plutarch of Chaeronea ), Syrianus, and Asclepigenia ; he succeeded Syrianus as head of the Academy, and would in turn be succeeded on his death by Marinus of Neapolis.

In the 4th century, Greek scholar Theon of Alexandria observed that " candlelight passing through a pinhole will create an illuminated spot on a screen that is directly in line with the aperture and the center of the candle.

The Greek colony of Alexandria in northern Egypt became, from the 3rd century BC, the outstanding center of Greek culture.

When the Kentucky General Assembly formed Kenton County from part of Campbell County in 1840, they designated Alexandria as the county seat of Campbell County because it was closer to the center of the redrawn county.

Jarrell Francis " Jerry " Heard ( 1923 – 2010 ), a native of Alexandria who was reared in Ruston, and later resided most of his adult life in Minden, was one of the first principals of the Marlon Pope center.

Nokesville is the center of a farming community with cattle and dairy farms ; it became a town and intermediate stop on the Orange & Alexandria Railway in 1865.

The three northernmost counties of Kentucky each has at least one major center of population: Florence in Boone County ; Covington, Erlanger, and Independence in Kenton County ; and Newport, Fort Thomas, and Alexandria in Campbell County.

246 BC – 221 BC ), the king under whom Alexandria became an important cultural center.

By the 3rd century BC, Alexandria had become the center of Hellenistic Judaism, and a Koine Greek translation was compiled in several stages during the 3rd to 2nd centuries BC ( known to have been complete by 132 BC ).

Tripoli was the port city of Damascus ; the second military port of the Arab Navy, following Alexandria ; a prosperous commercial and shipbuilding center ; a wealthy principality under the Banu Ammar emirs.

* Gadsby's Tavern, historic cultural center of Alexandria, Virginia

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (;, ) is a major library and cultural center located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the Egyptian city of Alexandria.

It is both a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, and an attempt to rekindle something of the brilliance that this earlier center of study and erudition represented.

Athens was the primary center of education for the imperial elite, rivaled only by Alexandria, and one of the most important cities in the Empire.

Union troops occupied the bridge May 24, and the Orange and Alexandria Railroad soon became a major center for the United States Military Railroad Construction Corps.

As early as 80 BC, Alexandria became the dominant trading center for Indian spices entering the Greco-Roman world.

The firm visited several similar operations, including a U. S. Navy records center at Garden City, New York and a Department of Defense facility in Alexandria, Virginia.

The Naval records center in Garden City, New York, for example, was outfitted with a full fire sprinkler system, while the Department of Defense facility in Alexandria, Virginia was not.

The usage of gold testifies to the prosperity of the Kushan Empire from the time of Vima, being the center of trade between the Han Dynasty of China ( where Vima was known as 阎膏珍 ), Central Asia and Alexandria and Antioch in the West.