The Aër (Greek: Ἀήρ, lit. the "air"; modern Greek: Αέρας; Slavonic: Воздýхъ, Vozdúkh) is the largest and outermost of the veils covering the Chalice and Diskos (paten) in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite. It is rectangular in shape and corresponds to the veil used to cover the chalice and paten in the Latin Rite, but is larger. It is often made of the same material and color as the vestments of the officiating priest, and often has a fringe going all the way around its edge. Tassels may also be sewn at each of the corners.
It takes its name either from the lightness of the material of which it is made, or from the fact that during the Nicene Creed in the Divine Liturgy, the priest holds it high in the air and waves it slowly over the Chalice and Diskos. Its original use was to cover the Chalice and prevent anything from falling into it before the consecration. It symbolizes the swaddling clothes with which Christ was wrapped at his Nativity, and also the grave clothes in which he was wrapped at his burial (both themes are found in the text of the Liturgy of Preparation).
Ağrı, formerly known as Karaköse (Kurdish: Qerekose) from the early Turkish republican period until 1946, and before that as Karakilisa (also rendered as Karakilise) (Ottoman: قرهکلیسا), is the capital of Ağrı Province at the eastern end of Turkey, near the border with Iran.
In the Ottoman Empire era the area was called Şorbulak. The current town centre was founded around 1860 by a group of Armenian merchants from Bitlis with the name Karakilise ("the black church") that became known to the local population as Karakise and this version was turned officially to Karaköse at the beginning of the Republican era. This name was changed to Ağrı by 1946.
In the medieval period, the district's administrative centre was located at Alashkert, once an important town. The "kara kilise" that gave the town its name was a medieval Armenian church. In 1895 Lynch stayed in Karakilise and wrote that it had between 1500-2000 inhabitants, was nearly two-thirds Armenian, and that a barracks for a locally-recruited Kurdish Hamidiyeh regiment had been recently located in the town.
Çağrı is a unisex Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Çağrı" means "The Call", "Appellation", and/or "Distinction". It also means "Falcon". Notable people with the name include:
Allah-Rakha Rahman ( pronunciation , born A. S. Dileep Kumar on 6 January 1967) is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist. Rahman's works are noted for integrating Eastern classical music with electronic music, world music and traditional orchestral arrangements. Among his awards are two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards and thirteen Filmfare Awards South. Rahman's body of work for film and stage has given him the nickname of "the Mozart of Madras", and Tamil commentators and fans call him Isai Puyal (English: the Musical Storm).
In 2009, Time included Rahman on its list of the world's most influential people. The UK-based world-music magazine Songlines named him one of "Tomorrow's World Music Icons" in August 2011.
With an in-house studio (Panchathan Record Inn in Chennai) Rahman's film-scoring career began during the early 1990s with the Tamil film Roja. Working in India's film industries, international cinema and theatre, Rahman is one of the world's all-time best-selling recording artists. In a notable two-decade career, he has been acclaimed for redefining contemporary Indian film music and contributing to the success of several films. Rahman has become a notable humanitarian and philanthropist, donating and raising money for a number of causes and charities.
Rabba (Arabic: الربة) is a town in Jordan in the Karak Governorate. As Ancient Areopolis it's a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.
It is about 15 kilometers away from the city of Al Karak itself. It has a population of about 9,000.
Rabba has been known as Rabbath Moab. In the Hellenistic and Roman times it was called Areopolis. It is possibly the site of biblical Moabite city Ar.
Rabba is home to Nabatean ruins, which are located along the main street in the center of town. They consist of a temple and a cavernous ancient reservoir. There are many smaller ruins scattered all over town albeit not as extensive.
Areopolis was important enough in the Late Roman province of Palestina Tertia to become a suffragan of its capital Petra's Metropolitan Archbishopric, but was to fade.
In the 18th century, the diocese was nominally restored as a Latin Catholic titular bishopric Areopolis (Areopoli in Curiate Italian) and had the following incumbents of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank :
Mushkil Rasta Des Paraya
Na Koi Manzil Na Koi Saaya
Mushkil Rasta Des Paraya
Na Koi Manzil Na Koi Saaya
Hai Rabba Samroth Aa Gaya
Hai Rabba Samroth Aa Gaya
Rabba O Rabba Hai Rabba
Rabba O Rabba Hai Rabba
Ek Hi Tha Dukh Baatne Wala
Woh Bhi Apne Paas Nahi
Is Duniya Se Hum Ko Uthale
Jeena Hum Ko Raas Nahin
Rootha Mukaddar Kaun Manaye
Sukh Manga Tha Dukh Hi Paaye
Hai Rabba Samroth Aa Gaya
Hai Rabba Samroth Aa Gaya
Rabba O Rabba Hai Rabba
Rabba O Rabba Hai Rabba
Is Duniya Mein Mere Jaisa
Aur Koi Majboor Nahin
Uh Lagta Hai Uska Milna
Maalik Ko Manzoor Nahi
Jiske Bina Yeh Suna Jahan Hai
Dil Ka Woh Tukda Jane Kahan Hai
Hai Rabba Samroth Aa Gaya
Hai Rabba Samroth Aa Gaya
Rabba O Rabba Hai Rabba
Rabba O Rabba Hai Rabba
Mushkil Rasta Des Paraya
Na Koi Manzil Na Koi Saaya
Hai Rabba Samroth Aa Gaya
Hai Rabba Samroth Aa Gaya
Rabba O Rabba Hai Rabba
Rabba O Rabba Hai Rabba