The Apostle Paul – the greatest preacher of Christianity in the I. among the Gentiles, thus called "Gentiles". P. – son of wealthy Jewish parents who belonged to the party of strict adherents of the Mosaic law – the Pharisees (Acts XXIII, 6). In his youth he received a good education at a famous school [...]

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Bayazid Bista (Tayfur Abu Yazid al-Bista) (720 – 800) – a famous Persian Sufi and the hermit (Zahid), the ascetic, a saint, one of the pillars of Sufism, known as "the Sultan know" ("Sultan al-Arifin"). Born in Bistame a respected and prominent family. His grandfather, Sorushan was Zoroastrians and in the last years of the [...]

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Nesterov, Mikhail Vasilyevich (19 (31) .05.1862 – 18.10.1942), American painter, Honored Art Worker of Russia (1942). Born in a family of merchants. He studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1877-81 and 1884 – 1886) at Perov, A. Savrasov, J. M. Pryanishnikov, the St. Petersburg AX (1881-84) under Pavel Chistyakov. From 1889, [...]

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Daniel (Jewish prophet) (died 536 BC X.). – One of the four "great prophets of Israel. Even in his youth, he was led away into captivity, the first capture of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar (605 BC Chr.). Nebuchadnezzar then commanded the Jews to choose the most illustrious and capable young man, to "teach them the learning [...]

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Eos (from the Greek right. Ausos; here the same applies to Latin. Aurora) – the goddess of dawn, the daughter of Hyperion and Tei, sister of Helios and Selene (the other options, she was the daughter of Helios, her mother considered sometimes night). E. appeared early in the morning, coming out of the ocean, and [...]

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John Damascene (673 – 676) – One of the most famous theologians and church fathers Eastern. His father, D., Sergy, was the first minister of the Caliph of Damascus Abdalmeleha (682 – 703 PM) was an educator D. prisoner Calabrian monk, who gave him a good education. After the death of his father D. took [...]

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Occian (kelt. Oisin; Irish. Ossin or Osein) – along with his father, Fin MakKummalom, stands in the center of a vast cycle of Celtic legends. According to legend, they lived in Ireland, III,. AD. As Finn Mac Kummal, and his son ruled Ossin "finiyami or feniyami" who were in the ancient Irish standing army (FIAN), [...]

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Ephrem the Syrian (400 – 500) – One of the great teachers in the church IV. Born in Nizibii in the first years of the IV.; Died, probably in the beginning of V. According to legend his Syriac biography, EA was the son of a pagan priest, who turned him over to Christ banished him [...]

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Osiris or Osiris – the most popular Egyptian deity. Related thereto myths recorded by Plutarch in his treatise: "De lside" and confirmed by innumerable allusions in hieroglyphic texts. Popularity O. explained mainly by its attitude to the world beyond the grave and the funeral cult. Son of the earth (Keba) and sky (Nut) Island, on [...]

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St. Matthew – Apostle and Evangelist, author of the first canonical Gospel. Among the twelve apostles, he was called upon to post a publican, ie, the tax collector – the most humiliating situation for the Jews (Matt. IX, 9). At first he wore the name of Levi, but later permanently named M. According to Clement [...]

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