The Damascene chronicler Ibn al-Qalanisi generally speaks of Nur ad-Din in majestic terms, although he himself died in 1160, and unfortunately did not witness the later events of Nur ad-Din's reign.

According to Damascene chronicler Ibn al-Qalanisi:

St John Damascene, writing in the 8th century AD, also notes of an earlier sect called the " Cathari ", in his book On Heresies, taken from the epitome provided by Epiphanius of Salamis in his Panarion.

Saint Raphael of Brooklyn ( November 20, 1860 – February 27, 1915 ), also known as Father Raphael, was born as Raphael Hawaweeny () in Beirut, Lebanon, of Damascene Syrian parents.

Saint John of Damascus ( Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Δαμασκηνός Iōannēs ho Damaskēnos ; Latin: Iohannes Damascenus ; also known as John Damascene, Χρυσορρόας / Chrysorrhoas, " streaming with gold "— i. e., " the golden speaker ") ( c. 645 or 676 – 4 December 749 ; Arabic: يوحنا الدمشقي Yuḥannā Al Demashqi ) was a Syrian monk and priest.

The monastery also possesses the Wonderworking Icon of the Theotokos " Of the Three Hands " ( Greek: Tricherusa, Serbian: Тројеручицa ), traditionally associated with a miraculous healing of St. John Damascene.

*- ene ( Cairo → Cairene, Damascus → Damascene, Nazareth → Nazarene, Slovenia → Slovene ( also " Slovenian ") )

Damascene, inferring a direct or indirect link with the city, may also refer to:

* The term can also be used to refer to theology which self-avowedly seeks to perpetuate the classical traditions of thematic exploration of theology described above-often by means of commentary upon the classics of those tradition: the Damascene, Aquinas, John Calvin, Melanchthon and others.

The description agrees with the so-called Abgar picture of Jesus ; it also agrees with the portrait of Jesus Christ drawn by Nicephorus, St. John Damascene, and the Book of Painters ( of Mt.

Although such material could be worked at low temperatures to produce the striated Damascene pattern of intermixed ferrite and cementite bands in a manner identical to pattern-welded Damascus steel, any heat treatment sufficient to dissolve the carbides would permanently destroy the pattern.

However, Verhoeven and Pendray discovered that in samples of true Damascus steel, the Damascene pattern could be recovered by aging at a moderate temperature.

In 1936, Khalid Bakdash, a Damascene who had been recruited to the party in 1930 and later studied at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East in Moscow, took control as secretary of the party, and set about building up its organisation.

Reference to Oriental monks must here be limited to those who have left a mark upon ecclesiastical literature: Leontius of Byzantium ( d. 543 ), author of a treatise against the Nestorians and Eutychians ; St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, one of the most vigorous adversaries of the Monothelite heresy ( P. G., LXXXVII, 3147-4014 ); St. Maximus the Confessor, Abbot of Chrysopolis ( d. 662 ), the most brilliant representative of Byzantine monasticism in the seventh century ; in his writings and letters St. Maximus steadily combated the partisans of the erroneous doctrines of Monothelitism ( ibid., XC and XCI ); St. John Damascene, who may perhaps be included among the Basilians ; St Theodore the Studite ( d. 829 ), the defender of the veneration of sacred images ; his works include theological, ascetic, hagiographical, liturgical, and historical writings ( P. G., XCIX ).

Among the authors of hymns may be mentioned: St. Maximus the Confessor ; St. Theodore the Studite ; St. Romanus the Melodist ; St. Andrew of Crete ; St. John Damascene ; Cosmas of Jerusalem, and St. Joseph the Hymnographer.

Moorish architecture has its roots deeply established in the Arab tradition of architecture and design established during the era of the first Caliphate of the Umayyads in the Levant circa 660AD with its capital Damascus having very well preserved examples of fine Arab Islamic design and geometrics, including the carmen, which is the typical Damascene house, opening on the inside with a fountain as the house's centre piece.

A third complete copy, known as F = codex Parisinus gr. 2967, is itself a copy of V, which was begun by Eparchus and completed by Michael Damascene ; V is undated.

Regarding emotion ( used synonymously with the word " passion " in this context ), which, following St. John Damascene, Thomas defines as " a movement of the sensitive appetite when we imagine good or evil ," Thomism repudiates both the Epicurean view that happiness consists in pleasure ( sensual experiences that invoke positive emotion ), and the Stoic view that emotions are vices by nature.

* John Damascene ( c. 676-749 ), Syrian Christian monk and priest

* Damascene, Hieromonk, Lou Shibai, and You-Shan Tang.

For instance, al-Kindi refers to swords made in Damascus as Damascene.

This word has often been employed as an epithet in Eastern European legends ( Sabya Damaskinya or Sablja Dimiskija meaning " Damascene saber "), including the Serbian and Bulgarian legends of Prince Marko, a historical figure of the late 14th century in what is currently the Republic of Macedonia.

Icon of St. Ephrem ( right ) together with St. George ( top ) and St. John Damascene.

Saladin attempted to besiege Beirut from land and sea, and Baldwin raided Damascene territory, but neither side did significant damage.

Damascening | Damascene woodworkers Wood carving | carving wood for hookah s, 19th century.

* Catholic Encyclopedia: St. John Damascene

August C. Krey thought William's Arabic sources may have come from the library of the Damascene diplomat Usama ibn Munqidh, whose library was looted by Baldwin III from a shipwreck in 1154.

* Antiochus is defeated by Egypt's Ptolemy II in the Damascene War.

However, in Damascus and Bethlehem cloth was woven on wider looms, some Damascene being wide.

The origins of this book go back to compositions by St. John Damascene.

The inability to plasma etch copper called for a drastic rethinking of the metal patterning process and the result of this rethinking was a process referred to as an additive patterning or a " Damascene " or " dual-Damascene " process.

* Pliny the Elder ( 23 – 79 CE ), ancient Roman nobleman, scientist and historian, author of Naturalis Historia, " Pliny's Natural History "

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The patronymic " Mrnjavčević " comes from Mrnjava, described by 17th-century Ragusan historian Mavro Orbin as a minor nobleman from Zachlumia ( in present-day Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia ).

An excellent early example of pre-classical symphony and chamber music was given by Luka Sorkočević, a nobleman educated in Rome, as well as his son Antun, a historian and diplomat.

* Fernan Pérez de Guzmán, Medieval Castilian nobleman, historian and genealogist

Polish historian Tadeusz Nowak described Siemienowicz as a Polonized Lithuanian nobleman.

Paul de Noailles, 6th Duke of Noailles ( 4 January 1802 – 29 May 1885 ) was a French nobleman and historian.

Olof von Dalin ( 29 August 1708 – 12 August 1763 ) was a Swedish nobleman, poet, historian and courtier.

Alfredo Maria Adriano d ' Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay ( February 22, 1843 — January 25, 1899 ) was a Brazilian writer, musician, professor, military engineer, historian, politician, sociologist and nobleman.

Count Stanisław Tarnowski ( 7 November 1837 – 31 December 1917 ) was a Polish nobleman ( szlachcic ), historian, literary critic, publicist.

Adam Stanisław Naruszewicz ( 1733 – 1796 ) was a Polish nobleman from an impoverished aristocratic family, poet, historian, dramatist, translator, publicist, Jesuit and titular Bishop of Smolensk ( 1775-1788 as suffragan bishop and 1788-1790 as full diocesan bishop ) and bishop of Łuck ( 1790 – 1796 ).

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