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OTRS OTRS, which is short for Open-source Ticket Request System, is an open-source software package which a company, organisation or institution can use to assign tickets to incoming queries, thereby greatly facilitating the handling of support requests and other customer traffic.
OTS-02 The OTs-02 Kiparis submachine gun was designed in 1972 by Tugra central campaigns and hunting firearms Design Bureau during the early 1990s; however, it was not introduced to the Russian police and MVD (Internal Affairs Ministry) until 1991. It is intended primarily for internal security and police units.
OTT (boyband) OTT were a short lived 5-piece Irish boyband of the late 1990s. Made up of Niall O' Neill, Alan Fitzsimons, Adam Mates, Keith Cox and Glen Clarke, they were signed to Sony Music and had a number of chart hits in Ireland and the UK.
Ou Mountains The Ou Mountains (Japanese: 奥羽山脈 Ōu-sanmyaku) are a mountain range in the Tohoku Region of Honshū, Japan. They stretch 500 km (300 miles) south from the Natsudomari Peninsula of Aomori Prefecture to the Nasu volcanoes at the northern boundary of the Kanto Region.
Ou Ye Zi Ou Ye Zi (Chinese: 欧冶子; Pinyin: Ōu Yě Zǐ; Wade-Giles: Ou Yeh Tzŭ) was a legendary master of sword-making in the Spring and Autumn Period. According to Yuejueshu, he forged five treasured swords for Gan Jiang and King Zhao of Chu, named,respectively, Zhanlu (湛卢), Juque (巨阙), Shengxie (胜邪), Yuchang (鱼肠) and Chunjun (纯钧).
Ou Zhentong Ou Zhentong or Ou Chen (1899-1969) was a Chinese general. Commanded a Division in the Battle of Shanghai, 4th Corps in the battle of Wuhan (particularly in the Battle of Wanjialing), 1st Changsha Campaign, 1939-40 Winter Offensive, 2nd and 3rd Changsha Campaign.
Ouaddai Kingdom The Ouaddai Kingdom (1635-1912) was originally a non-Muslim kingdom, located to the east of Lake Chad in present-day Chad. It emerged in the sixteenth century as an offshoot of the state of Darfur (in present-day Sudan) to the northeast of the kingdom of Baguirmi.
Ouachita Mountains The Ouachita Mountains are a mountain range located in west central Arkansas, southeastern Oklahoma, and Northwestern Louisiana. The range's subterranean roots may extend as far as central Texas, or beyond it to the current location of the Marathon Uplift.
Ouachita orogeny The Ouachita orogeny was a mountain building event that resulted in the folding and faulting of exposed strata in the Ouachita Geosyncline in the southern portion of Laurentia, in what is now Southern United States (~from Texas to Arkansas). Laurentia straddled on the equator.
Oualata Oualata (Arabic: ولاته) is a town in south east Mauritania. It is believed to have been first settled by an agro-pastoral people akin to the Mandé Soninke who lived along the rocky promontories of the Tichitt-Oualata and Tagant cliffs of Mauritania.
Ouanne Ouanne is a french commune located in the Yonne département and the Bourgogne région. Ouanne is also the name of a long river of approximately 70 km, taking its source in the vicinity, tributary of the right shore of Loing.
Oubangui-Chari Oubangui-Chari, or Ubangi-Shari, was a French territory in central Africa which later became the independent country of the Central African Republic on August 13, 1960. It followed the establishment of the Bangui outpost in 1889, and was named in 1894.
Oubliette (The X-Files) "Oubliette" is the eighth episode of the third season of The X-Files. When a young girl is kidnapped from her home, a fast food worker miles away collapses on the job, apparently experiencing exactly what the child is feeling.
Oud bruin Oud Bruin, also known as Flanders Brown, is a style of beer originating from the Flemish region of Belgium. The name literally translates as "old brown", referring to the long aging process which can take up to a year.
Oud-Vossemeer Oud-Vossemeer () is a village on the island of Tholen in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Tholen, and lies about 11 km northwest of Bergen op Zoom, close to the Eendracht, part of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal.
Oude Kerk (Amsterdam) The Oude Kerk ("Old Church") is Amsterdam’s oldest parish church, consecrated in 1306 by the bishop of Utrecht. Rembrandt was a frequent visitor to the church and his children were all christened here.
Oude Kerk (Delft) The Oude Kerk (Old Church), nicknamed Oude Jan ("Old John"), is a Gothic church in the old city center of Delft, the Netherlands. Its most recognizable feature is a 75-meter-high brick tower that leans about two meters from the vertical.
Oudekapelle Oudekapelle is small village in the Belgian province of West-Flanders and a part ("deelgemeente") of the municipality of Diksmuide. Oudekapelle is a small village with only about ten houses around the church and farms on its territory.
Oudenaarde Town Hall The Town Hall (Dutch: Stadhuis) of Oudenaarde, Belgium was built by architect Hendrik van Pede in 1526-1537 to replace the medieval Schepenhuis (Aldermen's House) that occupied the same site. Another older structure, the 14th-century Cloth Hall, was retained and now forms a sort of extension at the back of the Town Hall proper.
Oudin coil A Oudin coil (also called an Oudin Oscillator or Oudin resonator) is a disruptive discharge coil. This autotransforming resonator is named after its inventor, Paul Marie Oudin, who developed it in conjunction with Jacques d'Arsonval.
Oudtshoorn, Western Cape Oudtshoorn is the largest town in the Little Karoo region of South Africa. The town is also home to the world's largest Ostrich population with a number of specialized ostrich breeding farms such as the Safari Show Farm
Oued Bouaicha massacre The Oued BouaĂŻcha massacre took place about 150 miles (240 km) south of Algiers, near Djelfa, on March 26, 1998. Fifty two people, including thirty two children under the age of two, were killed at Oued BouaĂŻcha in the municipality of Bouiret Lahdab (see map; near Had Sahary) by about fifteen men carrying axes and knives, who also kidnapped three young women.
Ouen Saint Ouen (609 in Sancy close to Soissons, France - 686 in Clichy, France), Dado to his contemporaries, lived at the court of Clotaire II and Dagobert I. He was the constant companion of Saint Eligius, whose vita he wrote, and was consecrated bishop of Rouen in 640.
Ouetsu Reppan Domei The Ouetsu Reppan Domei or Northern Alliance (奥羽越列藩同盟) was a Japanese military-political coalition established and disestablished over the course of several months in early to mid-1868 during the Boshin War.
Oughter Ard Uachtar Árd (or Oughter Ard in the English language) is an ecclesiastical site and graveyard, burial place in 1803 of Arthur Guinness, and former parish, borough and royal manor in County Kildare, nowadays part of the community of Ardclough close to the Dublin border. The round tower and ancient monastery is associated with a nunnery establish circa 600 AD by foundress Saint Briga (feast day January 21), and is associated also with Saint Tarcairteann (feast day December 18).
Oughty Bridge Station Oughty Bridge was a railway station on the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway built to serve the village of Oughtibridge, near Sheffield, South Yorkshire. It may be that this was a misspelling on behalf of the railway company of the day, although the census from 1905 does show the village of Oughty Bridge (Yorks).
Ougon Kishi Garo (game) Ougon Kishi GARO (Japanese 黄金騎士牙狼, meaning "Golden Knight Fanged Wolf") is a PlayStation 2 video game based on the GARO tokusatsu TV show. It was published by Bandai and released in Japan on April 20, 2006.
Ougrapo Ougrapo stands for "Ouvroir du design graphique potentiel", which translates roughly as "workshop of potential graphic design", it was founded in Frankfurt (Main), in 2000. Ougrapo is an archive and a workshop for "graphic design under constraints", researching, collecting and applying methods and processes to design.
Oui Avant-Garde a Chance Oui Avant Garde a Chance is the seventh full-length album British folk metal band, Skyclad. It contains 8 original tracks, 2 remixes and 2 covers: "Come On Eileen" (originally by Dexys Midnight Runners) and "Master Race" (originally by New Model Army).
Ouija Ouija (IPA pronunciation: or ) [Or more simply, 'wee-jee' or 'wee-ja'] refers to the belief that one can receive messages during a séance by the use of a Ouija board (also called a talking board or spirit board) and planchette. The fingers of the participants are placed on the planchette which then moves about a board covered with numbers, letters and symbols so as to spell out messages.
Ouija Board, Ouija Board "Ouija Board, Ouija Board" was a single released by Morrissey in November 1989, catalogue number HMV POP 1622. The single was poorly recieved by the music press and the record buying public as it limped into a chart position of 18 and became the first Morrissey single not to reach the British top 10.
Oujda Oujda () is a city in eastern Morocco with an estimated population of half a million inhabitants. The city is located about 15 kilometers west of Algeria and about 60 kilometers south of the Mediterranean Sea.
Ouji Ouji (or Oujisama) is a Japanese fashion that is considered the male version of Lolita, and is inspired by what was worn by Victorian boys and can be worn by either gender. The style includes masculine blouses and shirts, knickerbockers and other styles of short trousers, knee high socks, top hats and newsboy caps.
Oulanka National Park Oulanka National Park (Oulangan kansallispuisto) is a national park in Oulu and Lapland Provinces, Finland, covering 270 km². Behind the border in Russia is Paanajärvi National Park, which was established in 1992.
Oulipo Oulipo stands for "Ouvroir de littérature potentielle", which translates roughly as "workshop of potential literature". It is a loose gathering of (mainly) French-speaking writers and mathematicians, and seeks to create works using constrained writing techniques.
Oulton Dyke Oulton dyke is a freshwater stretch of water in The Broads National Park, located in Suffolk within the United Kingdom. The dyke connects Oulton Broad near Lowestoft To the river waveney by means of a confluence near the village of Burgh St Peter.
Oulton Park Oulton Park Circuit is a motor racing track in the small village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, northwest England. It is about 5 miles from Winsford, 13 miles to Chester City Center, 8 miles to Northwich and 17 miles to Warrington with nearby rail connection along the Mid-Cheshire Line set in rolling English countryside and forest.
Oulton Park Gold Cup The Oulton Park Gold Cup is a prize awarded annually to the winner of a motor race held at the Oulton Park circuit, Cheshire, England. In the 1950s and '60s it formed one of a number of highly regarded non-Championship Formula One races, which regularly attracted top drivers and teams.
Oultrejordain Oultrejordain or Oultrejourdain (French for "beyond the Jordan") was the name used during the Crusades for an extensive and partly undefined region to the east of the Jordan river, an area known in ancient times as Edom and Moab.
Oulu Castle Oulu Castle (UleĂĄborgs slott in SwedishThe original 16th century Swedish name contains the Swedish word for castle twice as both "borg" and "slott" mean castle. This is likely due to the fact that the probable name "UleĂĄborg" (Oulu Castle) of the short-lived 14th century castle was also established as the Swedish name of the near-by settlement and eventually that of the town of Oulu.
Oulu Cathedral The Oulu Cathedral (in Finnish Oulun tuomiokirkko) is an Evangelical Lutheran cathedral and the seat of the Diocese of Oulu, located in the centre of Oulu, Finland. The church was built in 1777 as a tribute to the King of Sweden Gustav III of Sweden and named after his wife as Sofia Magdalena's church.
Oulun Luistinseura UleĂĄborg Bandy club Oulun Luistinseura also known as OLS are a Finnish Bandy club from Oulu. OLS are one of the most successful clubs in Finland and are the only non Swedish or Russian/Soviet club to have won the Bandy World Cup having won the title in 1976.
Ouma Rusks Ouma Rusks (Afrikaans: Ouma Beskuit - literally "Ouma Rusks"; "Ouma" is a brand and proper noun meaning "Grandmother" ) are South Africa's best-known brand of rusks - a traditional South African snack that is dipped in coffee or (less often) tea before being eaten.
Oumou Sangaré Oumou Sangare (born February 25 1968 in Bamako) is a Malian wassoulou musician, sometime referred to as "The Songbird of Wassoulou." Wassoulou is descended from traditional hunting songs, and is accompanied by a calabash.
Oumpah-pah Oumpah Pah le Peau-Rouge (“Umpah-pah the Redskin”) is the name of an illustrated series of comic books created in 1958 by Albert Uderzo (illustrations) and René Goscinny (script), first appearing in the weekly Journal de Tintin. The albums were published by Dargaud starting from 1961 before control was reassumed in 1995 by Albert-René.
Ounalashka Ounalashka is a native Aleut word Unalaska locals report to mean "people of Alaska" or "related to Alaska." It originally derives from the Aleut word for "near the mainland", nawan Alaskax.
Ounce The ounce (abbreviation: oz) is the name of a unit of mass in a number of different systems, including various systems of mass that formed part of English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. Its size can vary from system to system.
Our Bodies, Ourselves Our Bodies, Ourselves is the title of a book about women's health and sexuality produced by the nonprofit organization Our Bodies Ourselves (formerly the Boston Women's Health Book Collective). First published in 1973, it contains information related to many aspects of women's health and sexuality, including menopause, birth control, childbirth, sexual health, sexual orientation, gender identity, mental health and general well-being.
Our Boys Our Boys is a comedy play written by Henry James Byron, first performed in London in 1875. Until it was surpassed by the run of Charley's Aunt in the 1890s, it was the longest running play ever, with 1362 performances.
Our Community Our Community is an Australian company providing assistance to Australian community groups and not-for-profits through such things as a free online donation service, newsletters and books, conferences, corporate partnership matching, and online helpsheets on a range of NFP topics. Its CEO is Dr.
Our Country's Good Our Country's Good is a play written in 1988 by British playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker telling the story of Convictism in Australia and Royal Marines sent to Australia in the late 1780s. It follows Second Lieutenant Arthur Clark's attempts to put on a production of George Farquhar's restoration comedy The Returning Officer with a cast of convicts.
Our Daily Bread (2005 film) Our Daily Bread (German: Unser täglich Brot) is an award winning 2005 documentary directed, co-produced, and with cinematography by Nikolaus Geyrhalter. It features a wide-screen tableau of a feast which isn’t always easy to digest - and in which we all take part.
Our Daughter's Wedding Our Daughter's Wedding was a quirky, synth-disco/new wave trio from New York consisting of Layne Rico on Synth, Keith Silva on vocals and keyboards, and Scott Simon on bass-synth and saxophone. The group allegedly took their name from a section of greeting cards.
Our Dumb Century Our Dumb Century is a satirical humor book written by the staff of The Onion and published by Three Rivers Press in 1999. The chief editor of the book was Scott Dikkers, with specific sections edited by Robert Siegel (not the radio journalist of the same name), Maria Schneider and John Krewson.
Our Earth, Our Home Our Earth, Our Home is the 14th episode in season 1 in the Barney and Friends television show which airs on PBS. The episode features Bob West as the voice of Barney, West was featured on the show from 1992 - 2001.
Our Earthly Pleasures Our Earthly Pleasures is the second album of Newcastle-based Indie rock band MaxĂŻmo Park. To be released on 2nd April 2007, it is to be preceded by the single 'Our Velocity', 2 weeks before, on March 19th 2007.
Our Exagmination Round His Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress Our Exagmination Round His Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress is a collection of critical essays on the subject of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, respectively on the earlier version which was published under the title of "Work in Progress". It is interesting in that the essays are all by writers who knew Joyce personally (see below), and who followed the book through its development.
Our Fair City Our Fair City is a fantasy short story by Robert A. Heinlein about an old parking lot attendant, his pet whirlwind (Kitty), and a muckraking newspaper columnist who decide to "clean up" their city's corrupt government by running the whirlwind for political office.
Our Fighting Forces Our Fighting Forces is a DC Comics war-anthology comic book series that ran for 181 issues from 1954-1981. Features published in it include "Gunner and Sarge"; "The Fighting Devil-Dog Larry Rock"; "Capt.
Our Films, Their Films Our Films, Their Films is an anthology of film criticism by noted Bengali filmmaker, composer and writer Satyajit Ray. Collecting articles and personal journal excerpts, it was first published in India in 1976; an English translation was published in The U.
Our Final Hour Our Final Hour is a 2003 book by the British Astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees. The full title of the book is Our Final Hour: A Scientist's Warning: How Terror, Error, and Environmental Disaster Threaten Humankind's Future In This Century - On Earth and Beyond.
Our Finest Flowers Our Finest Flowers is an album by The Residents, released in 1992. For their 20th anniversary, instead of releasing a greatest hits album, they instead decided to release an album of new songs made out of their greatest hits.
Our First Time Our First Time was one of the first widely popularized Internet hoaxes. Eighteen-year-old teenagers "Mike" and "Diane" made a public announcement declaring they were to lose their virginity on August 4, 1998.
Our Flat Earth Our Flat Earth is a play performed weekly in Chicago, Illinois. Billing itself as a post-modern satire of the intelligent design movement, it is performed by a mostly unknown and fairly secretive comedy duo calling themselves "The Iconoclasts.
Our Friends in the North Our Friends in the North is a British television drama serial, produced by the BBC and originally broadcast in nine episodes on BBC2 in early 1996. Telling the story of four friends from the city of Newcastle in north-eastern England over 31 years from 1964 to 1995, it also brought in real political and social events both specific to Newcastle and from Britain as a whole during the era portrayed.
Our Furry Feathered Fishy Friends Our Furry Feather Fishy Friends is the 11th episode in season 3 in the Barney and Friends television show which airs on PBS. The episode features Bob West as the voice of Barney, West was featured on the show from 1992 - 2001.
Our Gang Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a long-lived series of American comedy short films about a troupe of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, Our Gang was produced at the Roach studio starting in 1922 as a silent short subject series.
Our Generation Our Generation (originally Our Generation Against Nuclear War) was an anarchist journal published in Montreal and edited by Dimitrios Roussopoulos. It was founded in 1961 as a journal of the problems of achieving world peace.
Our Global Neighborhood Our Global Neighborhood is the report of the Commission on Global Governance, issued in 1995, advancing the view that nations are interdependent and calling for a strengthened United Nations. It was vigorously criticized by The New American magazine, John Birch Society, and other advocates of national sovereignty.
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Our Hearts Were Young and Gay is the title of a book by actress Cornelia Otis Skinner and journalist Emily Kimbrough, published in 1942. The book presents a hilarious description of their European tour in the 1920s, when they were fresh out of college from Bryn Mawr.
Our Home Is Gone Our Home is Gone is Meg & Dia's first album (self produced) which was released in 2005 Consisting of just Meg and Dia - as opposed to their 5 piece band now - the tracks consist mainly of Dia's vocals and Meg playing acoustically on her guitar as well as doing backing vocals.
Our Hospitality Our Hospitality is a silent comedy directed, produced, written by and starring Buster Keaton. Released in 1923 by Metro Pictures Corporation, the movie uses slapstick and situational comedy to tell the story of Willie McKay, a city slicker who journeys to the country to collect an inheritance; while there, he gets caught in the middle of the infamous Canfield & McKay feud, an obvious satire of the real-life Hatfield-McCoy feud.
Our House (1986 TV series) Our House was a family-oriented drama which ran early on Sunday evening on NBC from 1986 to 1988. It starred Wilford Brimley as Gus Witherspoon, a retired widower who allows his daughter-in-law Jessica (played by Deidre Hall) and her children to move in with him after Gus's son died.
Our House (CSNY song) "Our House" is a song written by British singer-songwriter Graham Nash, most famously recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young on their 1970 album Déjà Vu. The song refers to Nash's brief affair with Joni Mitchell at the time Crosby, Stills Nash and Young recorded the Deja Vu album.
Our House (musical) "Our House" was a relatively short-lived musical production staged at the Cambridge Theatre in London's West End that ran from 28th October 2002 to 16th August 2003. History of the musical Our House The show featured songs from the 1980s ska group Madness and was named after one of their most popular hit singles, "Our House".
Our House (Madness song) "Our House" is a single by British ska/pop band Madness from their album The Rise & Fall. It peaked at number five on the UK singles chart in November 1982 and also was their biggest hit in the United States, reaching number seven on the Billboard chart in 1983.
Our Huge Adventure "Our Big Huge Adventure" is a 2005 direct-to-DVD feature length movie from Walt Disney Home Entertainment, and the pilot episode to Playhouse Disney's Little Einsteins. In the film, the title group (comprising of Leo, Annie, Quincy and June) helps a caterpillar, later a migrating monarch butterfly, attend a festival in Mexico.
Our Chalet Our Chalet is an international Scout centre of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) just outside Adelboden, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. It offers year-round activities, special events, and conferencing for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and their leaders from all over the world.
Our Impact Will Be Felt Our Impact Will Be Felt is a tribute album by various artists dedicated to Sick of It All, which was released on January 23, 2007. The album's title is a reference to the line of the song "Built to Last", which appeared on the band's album of the same title.
Our kingdom Our Kingdom is a successful manga by Naduki Koujima about the relationship of Akira Nonaka, a boy from the countryside, and his cousin, Kyle Rei Basil. It is published in Swenglish by Digital Manga Publishing in 5 volumes, the last volume to be published on January 18, 2007.
Our lake "Our lake" was a jingoistic term once used within the British Royal Navy to refer to the seven tenths of the Earth's surface covered by salt water. It appears to have been a humorous play on the label the Roman Empire gave to the Mediterranean Sea - Mare Nostrum or 'Our Sea'.
Our Lady of Aparecida Our Lady of Aparecida (also written as Our Lady Aparecida) is the patron saint of Brazil, represented by a statue of the Virgin Mary located in the Basilica of Aparecida in Aparecida in the state of São Paulo. In Portuguese the name is Nossa Senhora de Conceição Aparecida (Our Lady of the Conception who Appeared).
Our Lady of Assumption Co-Cathedral The cathedral of the francophone former Roman Catholic Diocese of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, for sixty-eight years, and originally dedicated to St. Philomena, the parish church of Gravelbourg became became the Cathedral of St.
Our Lady of Confidence Our Lady of Confidence, also known by the Italian name Madonna della Fiducia, is an icon, and subsequent copied images. A miraculous copy of Our Lady of Confidence resides at the Roman Major Seminary located in the Basilica of Saint John Lateran complex, and is the subject of an address given to the seminary by Pope John Paul II on the feast day of Our Lady of Confidence on February 9, 2002.
Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Fatima (pron. IPA []) is the title given to the Virgin Mary by Catholics and others who believe that she appeared monthly, for several months, to three shepherd children at Fátima, Portugal, in 1917.
Our Lady of Good Counsel Our Lady of Good Counsel (Mater boni consilii) is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary, after a miraculous painting now found in Genazzano, Italy. According to tradition, in the year 1467, in the midst of the festivities for the Feast of St Mark, the townfolk suddenly heard "exquisite music.
Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Pearl City Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Pearl City is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church of Hawaii in the United States. Located in Pearl City on the island of Oahu, the church falls under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Honolulu and its bishop.
Our Lady of Good Success Our Lady of Good Success (Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso) is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary who appeared to Mother Mariana in Quito, Ecuador and separate statues in Madrid, Spain, found by two Minim brothers and Parañaque, Philippines, found by an Augustinian in a house of a native.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe, also called the Virgin of Guadalupe (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe or La Virgen de Guadalupe. Frequently Mexicans call her by the familiar Lupita) is a 16th century Roman Catholic Mexican icon depicting an apparition of the Virgin Mary.
Our Lady of Guadalupe (Extremadura) The shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe was the most important Marian shrine in the medieval kingdom of Castile. It is revered in the monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe, in today's Cáceres province of the Extremadura autonomous community of Spain.
Our Lady of China Our Lady of China (Simplified Chinese: 中华圣母, Traditional Chinese: 中華聖母, pinyin: Zhōnghuá Shèngmǔ) is the name given to an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Donglu, China, first appearing in 1900.
Our Lady of Kazan Our Lady of Kazan, also called Theotokos of Kazan (Russian: Казанская Богоматерь), is a holy icon which the Russian Orthodox Church probably venerates the most. It has been considered a palladium of Russia for centuries.
Our Lady of Kursk Our Lady of Kursk (, Bogomater Kurskaya Korennaya, literally Theotokos of Kursk, Found Among the Roots) is an icon of Theotokos, apparently painted in the thirteenth century and discovered in a forest near Kursk ca. 1300.
Our Lady of LaSalette Catholic School Our Lady of LaSallete Catholic School is a Roman Catholic elementary school that is located in La Salette, Ontario, Canada. Graduates from this school go to either Delhi District Secondary School or Holy Trinity Catholic High School.
Our Lady of Ljeviš Our Lady of Ljeviš (Serbian Cyrillic: Богородица Љевишка) is a 12th century Serbian Orthodox Church cathedral in the town of Prizren, Kosovo. It was converted into a mosque during the Ottoman Empire and then turn back into an Orthodox Church in early XX century.
Our Lady of Lourdes Bernadette Soubirous, a 14-year old peasant girl from Lourdes, when questioned by her mother, admitted that she had seen a "lady" on 11 February, 1858, while she was gathering firewood with her sister and a friend. Catholic Online: Apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes First Apparition Similar appearances of the "lady" took place on seventeen further occasions that year.
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Honokaa Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Honokaa is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church of Hawaii in the United States. Located in Honokaa on the Big Island of Hawaii, the church falls under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Honolulu and its bishop.
Our Lady of Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral Our Lady of Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral the tallest Church tower in Asia, situated in the heart of the town of Thrissur in the Kerala state of south India. The Centenary of which was celebrated during the historic visit of Pope John Paul II to Thrissur in 1986.
Our Lady of Mercy Academy (New Jersey) Our Lady of Mercy Academy (OLMA) is a college preparatory, all-girls Catholic high school founded in 1962 by the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy in Newfield, New Jersey, United States. The first class, consisting of 23 students, graduated in June 1965.
Our Lady of Mercy Academy (New York) Our Lady of Mercy Academy (OLMA) is an all-girls Catholic high school founded in 1928 by the Sisters of Mercy in Syosset, New York. OLMA educates young girls to seek personal fulfillment as Christian women, within an environment that nourishes spiritual, emotional, and intellectual growth.
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