Athanasius
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Kazakh Bishop Athanasius Schneider, who has long opposed Francis‘ progressive bent, called the new policy a “great deception.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2023
The bishop of Alexandria, Athanasius, duly appointed Frumentius, who assumed the name “Selama.”
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
At one time, the priest lived in the rectory at St. Athanasius, but by 1990, he was commuting to the house in Westchester, friends said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2022
He takes us on a hunt for invisible dragons with the Jesuit polymath Athanasius Kircher and to a performance of “The Tempest” starring an aging William Shakespeare who forgets his lines.
From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2020
And no sooner had Athanasius thought so than he saw the angel who used to bless him standing in the road and looking threateningly at him.
From Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
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