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The Blessing of the Bicycles in the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York city (probably 2003 [contradictory]).. The Blessing of the Bikes, also The Blessing of the Bicycles, is an annual tradition in which riders of motorcycles or bicycles are blessed by a priest in the hope that it will bring safety for the coming season.
Yahya (Arabic: يحيى, romanized: Yaḥyā), also spelled Yehya, is an Arabic male given name. [a] It is an Arabic form of the Aramaic given name Yohanan (Hebrew: יְהוֹחָנָן, romanized: Yəhoḥānān, lit. 'Yahweh is gracious') of John the Baptist in Islam, who is considered a prophet.
Baptiste Amar (born 1979), French ice hockey player; Baptiste Giabiconi (born 1989), French model and singer; Baptiste Manzini (1920–2008), American football player; Baptiste Martin (born 1985), French football player
JOHNSTON, Iowa -- Doctors say that time is running short for a three-year-old Des Moines girl -- but before it does, family members prayed she would have one more reason to smile.
The congregation was based in Genoa, on a street called to this day "Salita delle Battistine". In 1924, they moved to the Sturla section of the city. The monastery is located next to the Church of St. John the Baptist, where the foundress is buried. In 1972, nuns from the monastery of Sturla established a foundation at Brovarone, in the Piedmont.
The Jordanian side uses the names Al-Maghtas, Bethany beyond the Jordan and Baptism(al) Site, while the western part is known as Qasr al-Yahud.The nearby Greek Orthodox Monastery of St John the Baptist has a castle-like appearance (thus qasr, "castle"), and tradition holds that the Israelites crossed the river at this spot (thus al-Yahud, "of the Jews").
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622–1673), known by his stage name Molière, Classical French playwright, actor and stage manager; Jean-Baptiste Raymond, seigneur, businessman, and political figure in Lower Canada; Jean-Baptiste Régis, French Jesuit missionary in imperial China; Jean-Baptiste Regnault, French painter
The upper body and left leg of Joannes Baptista (named after John the Baptist) stuck out of his mobile brother, Lazarus. He did not speak, kept his eyes closed and mouth open all the time, and was a parasitic twin .