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Iconium (īkō`nēəm), ancient city of Asia Minor, the modern Konya Konya (kōn`yä), city (1990 pop. 509,208), capital of Konya prov., S central Turkey. ..... Click the link for more information. , Turkey. In ancient days it was at various times in Phrygia, Lycaonia, Cappadocia, and the Roman province of Galatia. It was visited by Paul, who converted part of the Greek and Jewish population and established an important church there. In the 3d cent. A.D., Iconium became an active Christian colony. Konyaancient IconiumCity (pop., 1997: 623,333), central Turkey. First settled in the 3rd millennium BC, it is one of the oldest urban centres in the world. Influenced by Greek culture from the 3rd century BC, Iconium came under Roman rule by 25 BC. It was taken by the Seljuq dynasty c. 1072. Renamed Konya, it was a major cultural centre in the 13th century and was home to the Sufi brotherhood known as “whirling dervishes.” Later ruled by the Mongols, it was annexed to the Ottoman Empire c. 1467. It declined during Ottoman rule but revived after the Istanbul-Baghdad railway opened in 1896. An important industrial centre, it is also a trade centre for the agricultural area surrounding it. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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EARLIER THIS YEAR, your church, the First Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta, hosted a summit where activists and ministers from around the country discussed how to make Black churches more inclusive of gays and lesbians. For example, early in the eighth century 60 Christian pilgrims from Amorium were crucified; around the same time the Muslim governor of Caesarea seized a group of pilgrims from Iconium and had them all executed as spies--except for a small number who converted to Islam. Timothy McDonald, pastor of the Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta, Ga. |
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