Ephesus

Policies and procedure will be found in our office and can access all the time, as well You can found them in main corridor on desk and in the “blue book” along with rota. Keep it up to date ?! Panta Rhei – All Flows -Heraclitus of Ephesus As everything change and it is in motion and adapt to situations so does rules and regulations in order to keep us in control and save us from danger and harm. And that is why ‘agreed ways of working’ is changed time to time to accomplish the necessity…

The Contrast of Community and Spiritual Formation in the Old and New Testament The biblical concept of community permeates the Scriptures whether we are discussing the Old Testament or the New Testament (Pettit 2008). From the beginning of creation, the idea of community has always been God’s idea. The first place in the context of the creation story where God declares “this is not good” is in reference to Adam when He says “It is not good for man to be alone” . We were created for fellowship…

John the Apostle, also called Saint John the Evangelist, was born in the year 6 AD in the city of Bethsaida. Bethsaida is located near the Sea of Galilee. John was the son of Zebedee, a Galilean fisherman, and Salome. John became one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. His brother James was also one of the first disciples of Jesus. Their mother Salome and Mary were sisters, this made the boys cousins to Jesus. Jesus referred to the brothers as "Boanerges," meaning "sons of thunder." This was…

The Dissatisfaction of the Roaring Twenties The ancient greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus was once heard saying,“The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living,” (Heraclitus of Ephesus). Although he was clearly not referring to America in the 1920s, Heraclitus’ idea parallels life in the Roaring Twenties. The American Dream was very real for many americans. It was a goal to be strived for, and people worked hard for their own version of The Dream.…

The Greek Goddess Artemis The Greek Gods are the Olympian rulers of Ancient Greece in Greek Mythology, which can be traced back to 8th century B.C. Each God was responsible for something in the world that the Ancient Greeks lived in. There were 6 first generation Gods and 8 second generation Gods. The Goddess Artemis is a part of the second generation of Gods (“The Olympian Gods”). She is known as the patroness of hunting and often carried a bow and arrow (Hemingway). She can be found in modern…

Sara Wittbold Araoz APAH P.2 Google Classroom READ & WATCH Response: BYZANTIUM & ISLAM Response 1: Hagia Sophia / Byzantine Empire From its grand beginnings, as the “seat of Christianity” at the start of Constantinople, the Hagia Sophia has seen many faiths, as well as tragedies. After the Hagia Sophia’s first mysterious destruction, it was rebuilt by Constantine’s son, Constantinius II in 360 CE to serve as magnificent cathedral for the city. Again in 532 CE the Haiga Sophia was destroyed,…

Hannibal Barca fought for the Carthaginians in The Second Punic War, which had ended in Roman victory. He was always the ambitious person and his dad made him swear an oath of hatred towards the Romans. He died in 183 BCE after he drank a vial containing a poison to avoid falling into enemy hands, then he was cremated and put in a Tophet which holds urns with the cremated remains of dead people. Hannibal was born in 247 BCE Carthage (Modern Day Tunisia). Barca died in 183 BCE Libyssa (Modern…

Innocent Until Proven Sinful Water cleanses. It is used to clean off a day’s work, the sweat from a brow, and dirt on shoes. In Christianity, water’s cleansing power can wash away a life of sin and create sons and daughters of Christ. This is referred to as baptism. One of the most popular yet controversial forms of baptism is infant baptism. Infant baptism is where an infant or young child’s parents make the decision for the child to live a life through Jesus Christ by baptizing them at their…

Mary was quite possibly the most famous woman of the Bible. She was the virgin mother of Jesus Christ our Lord. Many have tried to discredit the story of Mary and Joseph, her husband, saying a virgin becoming pregnant and giving birth is simply not possible. Though we cannot know for certain the birth of Mary, people of Christian faith have celebrated her birthday as September the 8th, which is exactly 9 months following the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. This is seemingly how her…

do his mission as an Apostle of Jesus. He also baptized many Christians in Samaria, which was a city in the Northern Kingdom of Israel. After being worn out from his countless missions across the world, John’s life ended. John the Apostle died in Ephesus, Turkey around 100 A.D. He died peacefully in his house, which was unlike the deaths of the other apostles. John outlived all the other Apostles living to be around 100 years old. John was the only Apostle that did not die a martyr’s death.…