the presence of european missionaries in iran was the important issue in the history of the safavid. one of the most important groups of missionaries was carmelites who came to iran to try to spread the catholic faith in this country.they came to iran during the rule of shah abbas i apparently to create an alliance between iran and the christian countries of europe against the ottoman and indee...

This paper presents the critical edition of lyrical biography saint Teresa Ávila. The text anonymous author is based on engravings taken from Rime sopra la vita di santa published in Italy 1670. commentaries explain meaning Old-Polish words as well proverbs, biblical quotes and references to writings Teresa: her autobiography Spiritaul Testimonies. Moreover, this article describes role Carmelit...

the sherley brothers' mission in iran dealt with some aspects. they carried a message from england and the christian world to shah abbas. in addition, they trained iranian army and taught them how to make artillery, they fought with the iranians against the ottoman empire shoulder to shoulder and both of them were sent to europe for political and commercial purposes by shah abbas. shah abb...

Towards the end of 18th century authorities Austrian invaders Poland made decision to pull down St Stephen Parish Church in Krakow and then transfer parish Carmelites Ancient Observance “na Piasku”. For over a hundred years two church communities coexisted under one roof ran their own separate activities. At first cooperation went well. With time, it became weaker after several years, turned in...

In the nineteenth century, current suburb of Kaunas formerly known as Carmelite district (Kaunakiemis village before that) became an industrial city Kaunas. The started developing at foot Žaliakalnis from homesteads along Girstupis stream, followed by a church and monastery near Nemunas River, soon home to railway station complexes. attempts give more representative appearance further consolida...