Synaxis

Christian and liturgical use the Synaxis is the assembly for any religious function, either in the abstract sense (nomen actionis) or concretely for the people assembled (cf.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

"It was just a couple of bucks," says Massey of Synaxis Meetings.

Meeting planners cut back on conventions at pricey hotels 2010

The group declined the offer and had the hotel agree to apply a discount to the master account, says Charles Massey, whose firm, Synaxis Meetings & Events, organized the event.

Meeting planners cut back on conventions at pricey hotels 2010

It also distributed reusable plastic water bottles instead of paper cups and saved "thousands of dollars," says Massey of Synaxis Meetings, which planned the event.

Meeting planners cut back on conventions at pricey hotels 2010

As a Byzantinist, I had long known of Synaxis 'excavator, Charalambos Bakirtzis, director of Byzantine antiquities for eastern Macedonia and Thrace, who has excavated the region's major sites such as Abdera, Maroneia, and Didymoteichon.

A Sacred Congregation 1998

Bakirtzis, who studied at Thessaloniki University and has taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, discussed the problems of caring for Thrace's ancient sites during a hot June day's drive to Synaxis.

A Sacred Congregation 1998

At Synaxis, intricate marble reliefs depicting geometric and foliate motifs were found.

A Sacred Congregation 1998

During excavation of the katholikon, the main church at Synaxis, this fine marble relief panel was uncovered.

A Sacred Congregation 1998

Homer tells us that Odysseus drugged the Cyclops with stupefying wine, the gift of Maron, keeper of Apollo's sanctuary at Ismaros, the remains of which may well be on the crest of the Hagios Georgios (St. George) Mountain, which looms over Synaxis.

A Sacred Congregation 1998

The ruins of a Roman complex at the water's edge might have been a way station for pilgrims traveling from the Maron shrine at Synaxis to the sanctuary on Samothrace.

A Sacred Congregation 1998