Sebaste

He rebuilt the city of Caesarea (q.v.) on the coast, and also the city of Samaria (q.v.), which he called Sebaste, in honour of Augustus.

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

Archbishop Theodosius (Atallah) Hanna is the Archbishop of Sebaste from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Qwaider Planet Anonymous 2010

Archbishop Theodosius (Atallah) Hanna is the Archbishop of Sebaste from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Qwaider Planet 2010

The city Samaria was at last called Sebaste; and Sychem, Neapolis.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

Samaria was built and called Sebaste, from the Greek name for Augustus.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

So he made an expedition against Samaria which was a very strong city; of whose present name Sebaste, and its rebuilding by Herod, we shall speak at a proper time; but he made his attack against it, and besieged it with a great deal of pains; for he was greatly displeased with the Samaritans for the injuries they had done to the people of

Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709

Mart.) calls Sebaste the patris of his forefathers, possibly because Sebaste had at one time been under the jurisdiction of Cappadocia.

NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

A woman named Pythodoris added to it and called it Sebaste, that is, in Latin, Augusta, and it was her royal residence at the time when Strabo wrote.] [Footnote 370: The reign of Tigranes in Armenia began about B.C.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume II 46-120? Plutarch 1839

Saint Blaise was a physician and bishop of Sebaste modern Sivas, Armenia.

Archive 2009-02-01 2009

St. John the Baptist is honored with another Feast Day, as the faithful remember his death by beheading at the order of Herod on August 29 at Sebaste, Samaria, where he was buried in about 30 A.D.

June festivals at Lake Chapala 2006