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Cappadocia meaning
A historical region and ancient kingdom in central Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey. | A former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 18 AD until the 7th century.
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They felt aftershocks during the journey to Cappadocia which would take them a total of seven hours - two hours from Sanliurfa to Gaziantep and another five hours from there to Cappadocia.
Muhammed Törün, an earthquake survivor student, said that they got to witness the magnificent formation of Cappadocia and the journey from Christianity to Islam.
The race takes place along the unique fairy chimneys and valleys of the Cappadocia region, a UNESCO world heritage site.
Yarrow’s singing is rooted the traditional American folk music, blues and spirituals, and Cappadocia is a cellist known for his cross-cultural collaborations.
Accounts differ regarding whether George was born in Cappadocia or Syria Palaestina, but agree that he was raised at least partly in Lydda.
Antony's rear was protected by Rome's client kingdoms in Anatolia, Syria, and Judea, while the client kingdoms of Cappadocia, Pontus, and Commagene would provide supplies along the march.
Audience 1 Peter is addressed to the “elect resident aliens” scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.
Gyges was the son of Dascylus, who, when recalled from banishment in Cappadocia by the Lydian king Myrsilos—called Candaules "the Dog-strangler" (a title of the Lydian Hermes) by the Greeks—sent his son back to Lydia instead of himself.
He knew that the ancestors of Ulfilas had also come from Cappadocia, a region with which the Gothic community had always maintained close ties.
In Gregory's lifetime, the Christians of Cappadocia were devout, with the cults of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste and Saint George being particularly significant and represented by a considerable monastic presence.
Of the eastern provinces, only Cappadocia and Bithynia did not side with the rebels.
Then to gain entrance to both the outer and inner sanctuary of the church, the women pretended to the gatekeepers that they were pilgrims from Cappadocia who had spent all their funds and wanted to worship before starting their return trip.
The Phrygians had apparently overrun Cappadocia from the West, with recently discovered epigraphic evidence confirming their origins as the Balkan "Bryges" tribe, forced out by the Macedonians.
Upon coming of age, Gregory married a woman called Miriam, a devout Christian who was the daughter of a Christian Armenian Prince in Cappadocia.
Visitors can find different "home made" wines in Central Anatolia (Kapadokya/ Cappadocia region - Nevşehir ), the Aegean coast ( Selçuk and Bozcaada (an island in the Aegean Sea)).