Why the name Bedwyr? In the legend of King Arthur and the round table, several knights shared in the search for the holy grail. The name of one of them, Parsifal, is used for an INRIA team associated with the “Slimmer” effort. Bedwyr was another one of those knights. Wikipedia (using the spelling “Bedivere”) mentions that Bedwyr appears inMonty Python and the Holy Grail where he is “portrayed a...

in the view of quran, the standee mountains holding the layers of earth start to move and getting the anxious and exploded and even turn to dust. at the beginning of the doomsday in the researched verses they are simile to tufts of yarn. god in the many verses announced of finality of mountains that they flattened with the earth and scattered about – and like tufts of yarn are pulverized and al...

in some verses (ayat) of the holy quran, we come to a wise learned man, who had the responsibility of musses> teaching for a short period, and taught him knowledge and morality. the holy quran has not referred to the name of this character, but some interpreters and translators of quran believe him to be the khizr. two of great persian poets, ferdosi and nezami, have entered khizr into the real...

terrorism is regarded as among the current issues discussed in the international community. it has particularly attracted the attention of people all over the world, both in the east and the west, after the events of september 11, 2001. however, there is no consensus in determining its semantic framework, with each definition admitting to this terms’ relativity. our religion, nevertheless, is a...

Were Byzantine writings about the intermingling of human and angelic voices within ecclesiastical settings merely reflections mystical theology, or were they actual observations movement sound? Focusing on Thessaloniki, we consider how writers described angels, certain chants in divine services animated celestial beings, where painters represented particularly city’s monastic churches. We then ...

Use of holy springs and holy water is inherent in religious activities. Holy spring water is also used extensively for personal drinking water, although not assessed according to drinking water standards. Holy water in churches and chapels may cause infections via wetting of lips and sprinkling on persons. Our aim was to assess the microbiological and chemical water quality of holy springs and ...

language is a system and every system has rules that govern the structure of its vocabulary. the rules of the arabic language are based on the vowels that consistent with the meanings used in the context represent the words' position. there are some basic rules in addition to vowels which are mostly seen in the written texts. one of these rules is the matching rule that refers to the condi...