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Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Thesaurus Terms Beginning with Ia - Id

General Naming Rules

Place the word "Holy" in front of the word. "God" becomes "Holy God".
Use the Greek or Arabic form of the word. "Sacrament" becomes "Holy Mystery".
Use the formal long form of the person's name. Jesus becomes "Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ".

Terms

IC XC NI KA

See
IC|XC NI|KA

IC|XC NI|KA

Language
Greek
The words written in Greek, transliteration, Latinized, Anglicized, and Arabic Anglicized .
"Iêsous Kristos" is the transliterated form.
"Iesus Christus" is the Latinized form.
"Jesus Christ" is the Anglicization form.
"Yasou el-Maseeh" is the Arabic Anglicized form.
The bar above the letters means an abbreviation.

Definition
The center square has four quadrants. In each of the quadrants, there are two Greek letters, "IC", "XC", "NI", and "KA". These letters are separated by a cross.

The letters "IC|XC" (with the bar above them) is the Greek contraction/abbreviation for "Jesus Christ". The Greek contraction/abbreviation for Iêsous (Jesus) is IC, which is the letters Iota and Sigma. The entire word is "Iêsous" with the letters Ioto, Epsilon, Sigma, Omicron, Upsilon, and Sigma.
The Greek contraction/abbreviation for Christos/Kristos (Christ) is XC, which is the letters Chi and Sigma. The entire word is "Christos/Kristos" with the letters Chi, Rho, Iota, Simga, Tau, Omicron, and Sigma.

In Greek, the bar above the letters means a contraction/abbreviation.
(On icons of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ, often the "IC" (with the bar above them) is on the left of Him and the "XC" (with the bar above them) is on the right of him.)

The word "NIKA" is the Greek word for "conquers" or the verb for "victory". A possible meaning is "is victorious". The word "nike" is the name of the Greek god of victory.

The usual literal translation of "IC|XC NIKA" is "Jesus Christ conquers". The translation is sometimes "Jesus Christ is victorious". What Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ, conquered / was victorious over was death on Feasts of Feasts Holy and Glorious Pascha.

Description
IC|XC
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NI|KA

See also
Holy Seal
Qurban

See from
IC XC NI KA
IC|XC NI|KA Stamp

IC|XC NI|KA Stamp

See
Holy Seal

Icon

See
Ikon

Icon Corner

Definition
An "icon corner" is a prayer shine placed in the corner of a room in the family's home as the focus for family prayer. The usual corner is the eastward corner. Sacred items, including icons, cross, candle, incense, Holy Bible, etc. are placed there.

Icon Screen

See
Ikonostasis

'Ideesa Barbara - Holy Great-Martyr Barbara

See also
Holy Great-Martyr Barbara

Terms Beginning with other Letters

Please click on the letter with which the term begins.

Aa - Ab     Ac - Ak     Al     Am     An     Ao - Ap     Ar     As - Az     Ba     Be - Bi     Bl - Bz

Ca - Ce     Ch     Co     Cr - Cz     D     De     Di     Do

Ea - Ej     El     Em - Ep     Eu     Faa - Fas     Father     Fe     Fi - Fz

Ga - Gn     Go     Gra - Great and     Great Feast     Great Fri - Great Z     Grec - Grz

Haa - Haj     Hal - He     Hi     Holy A - Holy B     Holy C - Holy D     Holy E - Holy Gl
Holy God     Holy Gr - L     Holy M     Holy P     Holy S     Holy T - Holy Z     Hp-Hz

Ia-Id     Ie-Ij     Il-Iz     J     K     Ku     La     Le     Li     Lo - Lz     Ma     Me     Mi - Mo     Mu     My

N     Ob - Ot     Ob - Ot     Our - Our J     Our Lord     Our M - Our Z

Paa - Pas     Pat - Paz     Pe - Po     Pra - Pre     Pri - Pz     Q     Ra - Re     Ro - Rz    

Saa - Sah     Saint     Sal - Saz     Sc - Sh     Si - Sr     St     Su - Sz    

Ta - Theos     Theotokos     To     Tra     Tri     Tro    

U     V     W     Y     Z

Thesaurus Overview

Another Thesaurus

Thesaurus - Arabic Influenced Religious Terminology on Malta

"We speak an arabic dialect and are catholics. Although our dialect is highly italianised we use christian arabic terminology. The question is from where have this terminology come from. Malta was under the arabs in the early middle age and there was a presence of islam. Our dialect have elements of both west and eastern arabic. I suspect that there was an immigration of melkites in malta, this is the reason why I am sending this email. Attached please find a list of our religious terminology."...
"I would like to ask you a question, how similar is our terminology to yours."...
"Thanks again and Alla dejjem izomm idejh fuqok u fuq il-Kinsja Mqaddsa."
Christopher Agius
Maltese Religious Terms Of Arabic Origin, Christopher Agius, 2002
Christopher Agius

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