holidays

Christian feast day: Abgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church)

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Abgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church) from October 28, null

Abgar V

1st century AD King of Osroene and 1st Christian King

Abgar V, called Ukkāmā, was the King of Osroene with his capital at Edessa.
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Eastern Orthodox Church

Second-largest Christian church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is one of the three major doctrinal and jurisdictional groups of Christianity, with approximately 230 million baptised members. It…
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