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Scientists find 1,500-year-old mosaic with Bible verse that 'blesses all who read it'
Archaeologists have discovered a 1,500-year-old monastery near Israel with an intricate mosaic floor that features ... and most significant Roman and Byzantine period site uncovered in this ...
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Byzantine monastery in Northern Negev reveals monastic life in the desert
attesting to the daily life of the monks in the Negev in the Byzantine period. It was paved with poorly executed mosaic floors, probably laid by the monks themselves.” “Most of the finds in ...
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Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
Although geographically distant from each other, these three monasteries of the middle Byzantine period (the first is in ... The Katholikon (main church) of Nea Moni has preserved its authentic mosaic ...
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Byzantine Monastery Discovered in Israel Sheds Light on Desert Monastic Life
Excavation in Israel revealed a Byzantine monastery and farmhouse, highlighting the spiritual and practical lives of desert ...
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Russian Orthodox Church concerned by fate of Byzantine mosaics in Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia
The preservation of Byzantine mosaics in Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia ... Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Hilarion said.