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Bitton blames Sinwar for the murder of his nephew, who was killed after Hamas militants raided his home on October 7. In 2004, Sinwar had come to the prison’s clinic complaining of neck pain and ...
The monastery was founded in ca. 340 by Hilarion, a native of the Gaza region and one possible father of Palestinian monasticism (see also Chariton the Confessor).Hilarion had converted to Christianity in Alexandria and then, inspired by St Anthony, become a hermit first in Egypt and then in his home region.
Bitton is a surname (spelled ביטון in Hebrew) that is common among North African Sephardim. It comes from 'vita', life. [1] [2] [3] Notable people with this name ...
Hilarion the Great (291–371) was an anchorite who spent most of his life in the desert according to the example of Anthony the Great (c. 251–356). While Anthony is considered to have established Christian monasticism in the Egyptian Desert, Hilarion is considered by his biographer Jerome to be the founder of Palestinian monasticism [1] (see also Chariton the Confessor) and venerated as a ...
Old Town Alexandria is one of the original settlements of the city of Alexandria, Virginia, and is located about 15 minutes by car from Washington, D.C., of which it used to make up the southern part. [1] It was the oldest district of D.C. until it was ceded back to Virginia in 1846.
Refaat Ali Suleiman Al-Gammal (Arabic: رفعت علي سليمان الجمال) (July 1, 1927 – January 30, 1982), better known as Raafat Al-Haggan (Arabic: رأفت الهجّان) in Egypt and as Jack Bitton in Israel, was an Egyptian spy who spent 17 years performing clandestine operations in Israel.
Damian of Alexandria (died 605) was the Coptic pope and patriarch of Alexandria from 576. Originally from Syria, where his brother was a prefect in Edessa , [ 1 ] he became a monk in his early years and spent sixteen years in the Egyptian desert of Scete , where he was ordained a deacon in the monastery of St. John the Short .
The monastery of Seridus was a monastic community that flourished during the 6th and early 7th century in Palestine.Founded by Seridus of Gaza after whom the monastery was later named, it housed in the first half of the sixth century the well-known hermits Barsanuphius and John the Prophet who attracted many visitors.