Cultural achievements of the Polatsk period include the work of the nun Euphrosyne of Polatsk ( 1120 – 73 ), who built monasteries, transcribed books, promoted literacy and sponsored art ( including local artisan Lazarus Bohsha's famous " Cross of Euphrosyne ", a national symbol and treasure stolen during World War II ), and the prolific, original Church Slavonic sermons and writings of Bishop Cyril of Turau ( 1130 – 82 ).

The cathedral is renowned for its Lent sermons founded by the famous Dominican Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire in the 1860s.

One of the most famous political uses of cassette tapes was the dissemination of sermons by the Ayatollah Khomeini throughout Iran before the 1979 Iranian Revolution, in which Khomeini urged the overthrow of the regime of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

He served with distinction, inspiring the troops with his sermons and the stirring war songs he composed, the most famous of which is " Columbia ".

It became one of his most famous sermons.

After giving birth to a still-born baby at age 19, she found spiritual comfort listening to the on-air sermons of Preston Bradley, a famous Chicago preacher and founder of the People's Church, a church which promoted the brotherhood of man.

Many of his famous sermons and " Irish tracts " ( such as the Drapier's Letters ) were given during his stay as Dean.

These sermons were noted for their " fire-and-brimstone " message, typified by Jonathan Edwards's famous " Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God " speech.

While primarily remembered today for his translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses because of its influence on William Shakespeare's works, in his own time he was most famous for his translation of Caesar's Commentaries, and his translations of the sermons of John Calvin were important in spreading the doctrines of the Protestant Reformation.

He gradually developed his skills as a pulpit evangelist in the Midwest and then, during the early 20th century, he became the nation's most famous evangelist with his colloquial sermons and frenetic delivery.

Popiełuszko's sermons were routinely broadcast by Radio Free Europe, and thus became famous throughout Poland for their uncompromising stance against the regime.

Cultural achievements of the medieval period include the work of the nun Euphrosyne of Polotsk ( 1120 – 1173 ), who built monasteries, transcribed books, promoted literacy and sponsored art ( including local artisan Lazarus Bohsha's famous " Cross of Saint Euphrosyne ," a national symbol and treasure lost during World War II ), and the prolific, original Church Slavonic sermons and writings of Bishop Cyril of Turaw ( 1130 – 1182 ).

The most famous of these sermons is Good Newes from Virginia ( 1613 ), in which he describes the native population as " servants of sinne and slaves of the divill ," but also recognizes them as " sons of Adam ," who are " a very understanding generation, quicke of apprehension, suddaine in their despatches, subtile in their dealings, exquisite in their inventions, and industrious in their labour.

The Nahj al-Balagha (, ; " Peak of Eloquence ") is the most famous collection of sermons, letters, tafsirs and narrations attributed to Ali, cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad.

He was famous, in part, for his 1750 and 1754 election sermons espousing American rights — the cause of liberty and the right and duty to resist tyranny ; other famous sermons included " The Snare Broken ," 1766.

Edward Dorr Griffin ( 1770 – 1837 ) served as the first pastor of the Park Street Church and preached a famous series of Sunday evening sermons attacking the New Divinity.

The bishop was esteemed by Swift, Steele, Whiston and other famous men of his day, while Dr Johnson declared his sermons to be of the highest class.

At its early stages, the most typical genres were sermons, lives of the saints ( for example, Life of Boris and Gleb ), descriptions of military campaigns ( the famous Tale of Igor's Campaign ), and composition of chronicles ( Primary Chronicle ).

Jerzy Mniszech is one of the personas on the famous painting by Jan Matejko: the sermons of Piotr Skarga.

The famous English preacher Charles Spurgeon had some of his sermons burned in America due to his censure of slavery, calling it " the foulest blot " and which " may have to be washed out in blood.

Rivalta left behind him many sermons, and Franco Sacchetti ( the famous novelist ) many discourses.

The 15th Street deposit is not to be confused with the nearby famous Mayflower Hotel cypress swamp on 17th Street reported in The Washington Post, August 2, 1955, which was probably formed during the second interglacial period and is therefore much younger.

The most surprising thing about the Twenty-second Congress of the Soviet Communist Party is that it is surprising -- perhaps quite as much, in its own way, as the Twentieth Congress of 1956, which ended with that famous `` secret '' report on Stalin.

The original machine, bearing its famous serial number, is still on exhibition at the Brown & Sharpe Precision Center in Providence.

So right away Claude introduced Henri to his famous `` moon '' bench and proceeded to teach him his first Push-Pull Super-Set consisting of the wide-grip Straight-Arm Pullover ( the `` pull '' part of the Push-Pull Super-Set ) which dramatically widens the ribcage and strongly affects the muscles of the upper back and chest and the collar-to-collar Bench Press which specifically works on the chest to build those wide, Reeves-type `` gladiator '' pecs, while stimulating the upper lats and frontal deltoids.

to West Point, N.Y., the famous military academy in a beautiful setting on the Hudson River.

Of course, while in this vicinity you won't want to miss a visit to Mount Rushmore National Memorial where on the side of a mountain are the famous sculptures of Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt.

Passing it, the bus climbed a hill, with the covered spice bazaar on the right and Pandelli's, a famous and excellent restaurant, above it.

But what the elements could not do was seriously threatened when Brigadier General William E. ( Grumble ) Jones reached Philippi while on the famous Jones-Imboden raid in May, 1863.

One of the most damaging tsunami on record followed the famous Lisbon earthquake of November 1, 1755 ; ;

Boys no longer bothered learning to bunt and even school kids scorned to `` choke up '' on a bat as Willie Keeler and the famous hitters of another day had done.

In the end Hough's acidulous protest, which Parker called the `` now somewhat famous note on this ' Selden ' case '', did not go unheeded.

Ekstrohm picked up a lightweight no-back from the ship's library, a book by Bloch, the famous twentieth century expert on sex.

In the famous long scroll Along the River During the Qingming Festival painted by Zhang Zeduan ( 1085 – 1145 AD ) during the Song Dynasty ( 960 – 1297 AD ), a suanpan is clearly seen lying beside an account book and doctor's prescriptions on the counter of an apothecary's ( Feibao ).

* Will Hay, the famous comedian and actor, who discovered a white spot on Saturn.

Anton van Leeuwenhoek, the famous 17th century microscopist, discovered living organisms ( living, because they were motile ) in deposits on the teeth ( what we now call dental plaque ).

Azincourt is famous as being near the site of the battle fought on 25 October 1415 in which the army led by King Henry V of England defeated the forces led by Charles d ' Albret on behalf of Charles VI of France, which has gone down in English history as the Battle of Agincourt.

The large amount of travel done by Christie and Mallowan has not only made for a great writing theme, as shown in her famous novel: The Murder on the Orient Express, but also tied into the idea of archaeology as an adventure that has become so important in today ’ s popular culture as described by Cornelius Holtorf in his book Archaeology is a Brand.

In between, Poirot solves cases outside England as well, including his most famous case, Murder on the Orient Express ( 1934 ).

The novel is still among the most famous of all detective novels: Edmund Wilson alludes to it in the title of his well-known attack on detective fiction, " Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?

Alongside Hercule Poirot, she is one of the most loved and famous of Christie's characters and has been portrayed numerous times on screen.

Many are attracted by the glitzy hotels on the south side and Acapulco ’ s famous nightlife.

* 1612 – The " Samlesbury witches ", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused for practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in English history.

Charles, anxious to secure such a famous fighter, gladly assented to Albert's demands and gave the imperial sanction to his possession of the lands taken from the bishops of Würzburg and Bamberg ; and his conspicuous bravery was of great value to the Emperor on the retreat from Metz in January 1553.

In a famous passage that is often considered the first specimen of alternative history, Livy speculates on what would have been the outcome of a military showdown between Alexander the Great and the Roman Republic.