An exarch (/ ˈ ɛ k s ɑːr k /; from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος exarchos, meaning “leader”) was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical.. In the late Roman Empire and early Byzantine Empire, an exarch was a governor of a particular territory. From the end of the 3rd century or early 4th, every Roman ...

In the fictional setting of Warhammer 40,000, the Aeldari (or the Eldar) are a race of aliens and playable army in the tabletop miniatures wargame. They are patterned after the High Elves of fantasy fiction; long-lived, arrogant, and possessing great psychic powers. The Eldar once ruled the galaxy but were devastated in a supernatural cataclysm.

Early life. Totò was born Antonio Vincenzo Stefano Clemente on 15 February 1898 in the Rione Sanità, a poor district of Naples, the illegitimate son of Anna Clemente (1881–1947), a Sicilian woman, and the Neapolitan marquis Giuseppe de Curtis (1873–1944). His father did not legally recognize him, and Totò so regretted growing up without a father that in 1933, at age 35, he …

De Russisch-Orthodoxe Kerk (Russisch: Русская Православная Церковь, Russkaja Pravoslavnaja Tserkov) of het Patriarchaat van Moskou (Московский Патриархат; Moskovski Patriarchat) is een van de oosters-orthodoxe kerken.De patriarch van Moskou staat aan het hoofd. Het grootste Russisch-Orthodoxe kerkgebouw en de hoogste orthodoxe kerk ter wereld …

In 1985, Ryder sent a videotaped audition, where she recited a monologue from the novel Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger, to appear in the film Desert Bloom.Although the role went to Annabeth Gish, writer/director David Seltzer cast her in his high school drama Lucas (1986), which starred Corey Haim, Charlie Sheen, and Kerri Green.When asked how she wanted her …

Monsignor (/ m ɒ n ˈ s iː n j ər /; Italian: monsignore [monsiɲˈɲoːre]) is an honorific form of address or title for certain male clergy members, usually members of the Roman Catholic Church.Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, meaning "my lord"."Monsignor" can be abbreviated as Mons or Msgr. In some countries, the title …

Terminology. The term Spätantike, literally "late antiquity", has been used by German-speaking historians since its popularization by Alois Riegl in the early 20th century. It was given currency in English partly by the writings of Peter Brown, whose survey The World of Late Antiquity (1971) revised the Gibbon view of a stale and ossified Classical culture, in favour of a vibrant time of ...

The George Floyd protests were a series of protests and civil unrest against police brutality and racism that began in Minneapolis on May 26, 2020, and largely took place during 2020. The civil unrest and protests began as part of international reactions to the murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man who was murdered during an arrest after Derek Chauvin, a …

Kirov (Russian: Ки́ров, IPA: ()) is the largest city and administrative center of Kirov Oblast, Russia.It is located on the Vyatka River in European Russia, 896 km northeast of Moscow.Its population was 518,348 in 2020. Kirov is a historical, cultural, industrial, and scientific center of Priural'e (territory on the west side of the Ural Mountains); place of origin for Dymkovo toys; the ...

Aleppo (arabisch حلب, DMG Ḥalab; französisch Alep; kurdisch (Kurmandschi) Heleb; türkisch Halep; armenisch Հալէպ; aramäisch ܚܠܒ Halab; gelegentlich auch Haleb; in der Antike zeitweise Beroia) ist eine Stadt im Norden Syriens.Sie ist Hauptstadt des gleichnamigen Gouvernements Aleppo.Im Jahr 2006 erhielt Aleppo nach Mekka als erster Ort die Bezeichnung Hauptstadt …