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Our Lord (called Anastasis in the Byzantine period); on its site the present cathedral stands, entirely remodelled in the eighteenth century, the only remains of the ancient basilica being a few sculptures and mosaics, and two sarcophagi, one of which is said to be that of St. Bartianus; there remain only a few fragments of the ambo of the bishop Angellus (sixteenth century).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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The second Mass was celebrated by the pope in the "chapel royal" of the Byzantine Court officials on the Palatine, i.e. St. Anastasia's church, originally called, like the basilica at Constantinople, Anastasis, and like it built at first to reproduce the Jerusalem Anastasis basilica -- and like it, finally, in abandoning the name "Anastasis" for that of the martyr St. Anastasia.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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I lived there for a month while working on aship (restoring the "Anastasis" for Y.W.A.M.), in 1979.
Clagnut summaries 2009
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They also aimed to locate the Byzantine church Anastasis, which, according to ancient texts, was said to be near Beirut's famous law school before being leveled by an earthquake in 551 AD.
Magda Abu-Fadil: Beirut Cathedral Museum Reveals Layers of Christian History Magda Abu-Fadil 2011
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They also aimed to locate the Byzantine church Anastasis, which, according to ancient texts, was said to be near Beirut's famous law school before being leveled by an earthquake in 551 AD.
Magda Abu-Fadil: Beirut Cathedral Museum Reveals Layers of Christian History Magda Abu-Fadil 2011
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Here's a fresco at Chora Church, Istanbul: Anastasis: Harrowing of Hell and Resurrection, from the 14th century:
Archive 2009-04-01 bls 2009
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It can only be depicted in symbolic terms, hence the unsatisfactory nature of so much over-literalistic Western painting and the spiritual power of the Orthodox icon of the Anastasis.
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The exhibit was put together by party-promoter-turned-photographer Scott Harrison, who traveled with the Anastasis to Benin and Liberia between October 2004 and June 2005.
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The hospital is located aboard a ship called the Anastasis.
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In lands where electricity and running water are scarce, the 12,000-ton Anastasis comes equipped as a floating modern hospital.
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