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Myrhorod, city in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine (means Peace City) Myrnohrad, city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (means Peace City) Zhytomyr, city in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine (means Peace of the tribe Zhytychi (part of the Drevlians) or rye (as a corn for living) and peace) there are 58 villages as Myrne (means Peace settlement) in 21 oblasts in Ukraine
The Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation's Cities of Peace exhibition highlights areas of the world that have been affected by conflict. The foundation's website explains that Ellen Frank's visit to Jerusalem in 1999 inspired the first painting in the series, and envisioned creating other works representing cities that have endured strife. the series aims to transform anguish into beauty ...
The participation at the international conferences throughout the years of IAPMC activities has been notable at prominent events such as World Social Forum, First World Conference on City Diplomacy (The Hague, 2008) etc. It has been one of the sponsors and co-organizers of Haifa International Conference for a WMD-Free Middle East in 2013.
In Genesis Rabbah 56:10, the name is interpreted as a combination of yir'eh, "He will see [to it]," and Shalem, the city of King Melchizedek (based on Genesis 14:18). A similar theory is offered by Philo in his discussion of the term "God's city." [24] Other midrashim say that Jerusalem means "City of Peace". [25]
City of Peace may refer to: Jerusalem, from a folk etymology; Myrhorod, Ukraine, whose name literally means "city of peace" Round city of Baghdad, (Arabic: Madinat al-Salam) the original core of Baghdad, Iraq; Hiroshima, Japan, proclaimed a City of Peace in 1949; Ciudad de la Paz ("City of the Peace" in Spanish), future city in Equatorial Guinea
Mayors for Peace (founded as The World Conference of Mayors for Peace through Inter-city Solidarity, renamed in 2001 [1]) is an international organization of cities dedicated to the promotion of peace that was established in 1982 at the initiative of then Mayor of Hiroshima Takeshi Araki, in response to the deaths of around 140,000 people due ...
peace, lord: lord or master; used as a form of address when speaking to clergy or educated professionals pax et bonum: peace and the good: Motto of St. Francis of Assisi and, consequently, of his monastery in Assisi; understood by Catholics to mean 'Peace and Goodness be with you,' as is similar in the Mass; translated in Italian as pace e bene.
Relief at the entrance of the Cultural Center of the Armies in Madrid, showing the Latin phrase "Si vis pacem, para bellum.". Si vis pacem, para bellum (Classical Latin: [siː wiːs ˈpaːkɛ̃ ˈparaː ˈbɛllʊ̃]) is a Latin adage translated as "If you want peace, prepare for war."