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A Greek Revival parlour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A parlour (or parlor) is a reception room or public space. In medieval Christian Europe, the "outer parlour" was the room where the monks or nuns conducted business with those outside the monastery and the "inner parlour" was used for necessary conversation between resident members.
The present-day Greek community consists primarily of political refugees from the Greek Civil War, [7] and numbers 3,916 people according to the 2011 census. [8] In the village Beloiannisz (Greek: Μπελογιάννης Beloyannis ), founded in 1950 by Greek refugees, the mayor is traditionally Greek although the number of Greeks has dwindled ...
The Greek Catholic parish in Hajdúdorog had an adroit leader in these years, called András Bacsinszky, later bishop of Munkács. He organized the construction of the Greek Catholic church of the town, collecting the funds from the inhabitants. Bacsinszky even set up a brickwork in 1752 to produce building material for the church.
In addition, there is a Latin territorial abbey and a separate sui juris particular Church for those who adhere to the Byzantine Rite known as the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church. Caritas Hungary is the social and humanitarian relief arm of the Church.
The church at 88, Main Street, in Budapest II district, was built in 1754 and was significantly expanded in 1759-1760 according to the plans of Matthew Nepauer.The main altar picture of the church was handed over in 1770.
A parlour is a kind of room. Parlour or parlor may also refer to: Parlour music, type of popular music which, as the name suggests, is intended to be performed in the parlours of middle-class homes by amateur singers; Ray Parlour (born 1973), English footballer; Parlour (ice cream), by Nestlé; Parlor, 2014 horror film; The Parlour, opera 1966
In ancient Greek houses, the prothyrum was the space just outside the door of a house, which often had an altar to Apollo or a statue, or a laurel tree. [ 4 ] In elaborate houses or palaces, the vestibule could be divided into three parts, the prothyron (πρόθυρον), the thyroreion (θυρωρεῖον; lit.
The Greek Wikipedia (also Hellenic Wikipedia, Elliniki Vikipedia, Greek: Ελληνική Βικιπαίδεια) is the Greek-language edition of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia. It was started on 1 December 2002.