SPEAR Factoids about Altars

Syriaca.org URI: http://syriaca.org/taxonomy/altars

event: Severus wrote a letter to Caesaria explaining the meaning of the priest lifting the veil covering the eucharist during the liturgy. See factoid page


event: Theodora allowed John to stay in a great mansion. Here John set up altars to encourage exiled Christians. See factoid page


event: Abraham, Cyriac, Barhadbshabba, and Sergius abolished paganism, overthrew idolatry, uprooted altars, destroyed shrines, and cut down trees in ardent religious zeal in the high mountainous region of Asia. See factoid page


event: Paul made an altar and a chapel in his cave. See factoid page


How to cite:

“Keyword Page for Altars,” in SPEAR: Syriac Persons Events and Relations, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, https://dev.spear-prosop.org/aggregate/taxonomy/altars.html, 2025-07-01.