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A Greek fragment of the Apocalypse of Peter

The Apocalypse of Peter is an apocryphal text of the 2nd century. It is the earliest-written extant work depicting a Christian account of heaven and hell in detail. The work describes a divine vision experienced by Peter through Jesus Christ. It delves into a vision of the afterlife (katabasis), and details both heavenly bliss for the righteous and infernal punishments for the damned. The punishments are graphically described and loosely correspond to "an eye for an eye": blasphemers are hung by their tongues; liars have their lips cut off; callous rich people are pierced by stones and are dressed in filthy rags; and so on. While the Apocalypse of Peter influenced other early Christian works, it eventually came to be considered inauthentic and was not included in the standard canon of the New Testament. Still, it influenced later works wherein the protagonist takes a tour of the realms of the afterlife, including the Apocalypse of Paul and the Divine Comedy of Dante. (Full article...)

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Picture of the day for December 16, 2024

Caroline Hill was an English actress. She began acting as a child in the company of Samuel Phelps and soon joined the company of J. B. Buckstone at the Haymarket Theatre. There she created roles in several new plays, including some by W. S. Gilbert, in whose plays she continued to act later in her career. She played at various London and provincial theatres in the 1870s. Hill married actor Herbert Kelcey in 1883, with whom she had begun to appear on stage. The couple played mostly in New York City in the 1880s, and, mostly in England, Hill continued to act through the 1890s. This 1870 photograph shows Hill as Mirza in a production of W.S. Gilbert's The Palace of Truth.

Photograph credit: London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company; restored by Adam Cuerden

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Should the Victory Day link be to Victory Day (Bangladesh) instead? Perhaps there's a guideline I'm missing here, but it seems like it would be helpful. McMillin24 _contribs^talk 01:34, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

2011 notes

Moved to Ineligible for maintenance reasons: Victory Day (Bangladesh), Vijay Diwas (India), Bombing of Iraq (December 1998)
New articles (unused): Siege of Kolberg (Seven Years' War), Battle of Nashville, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–1919), Herman Lamm, Cross of Honor of the German Mother
Swapped out: An Lushan Rebellion, Bill of Rights 1689, 1960 New York air disaster, Dennō Senshi Porygon
Swapped out and moved to Ineligible: Battle of Blood River
Swapped in: Mount Fuji (first appearance), 1812 New Madrid earthquake (first appearance, 200th anniversary), Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák) (2nd appearance, last in 2009), Battle of the Bulge (3rd appearance, first since 2007, rescued from Ineligible), Jeltoqsan (first appearance)

--howcheng {chat} 22:15, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: An Lushan Rebellion (maintenance)
Omitted: Mount Fuji (ineligible—maintenance); 1812 New Madrid earthquake; Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák); Battle of the Bulge; Jeltoqsan
Included: Battle of Noryang (5th appearance, last in 2009); Oliver Cromwell (first appearance (?!); rescued from Ineligible); Siege of Kolberg (first appearance); Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–1919) (first appearance); Herman Lamm (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 10:57, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The section has national day in Bahrain covered, but vitory day in Bangladesh is also notable and should be included there I think. Could anyone do something about it? Thanks. — T. 07:02, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Both Victory Day (Bangladesh) and Vijay Diwas (India) are both stubs and per the rules, are not eligible to appear. —howcheng {chat} 19:31, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

New articles (unused): 2012 Delhi gang rape
Omitted: Battle of Noryang; Oliver Cromwell; Siege of Kolberg (Seven Years' War); Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–19); Herman Lamm
Included: Victory Day (Bangladesh)/Vijay Diwas (India) (both: first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Bill of Rights 1689 (4th appearance, last in 2010); Boston Tea Party (6th appearance, last in 2009); Cross of Honor of the German Mother (first appearancel 75th anniversary); 1960 New York mid-air collision (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Dennō Senshi Porygon (2nd appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 18:45, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Boston Tea Party; Cross of Honour of the German Mother; 1960 New York mid-air collision; Dennō Senshi Porygon
Included: Battle of Noryang (6th appearance, last in 2012); Battle of the Bulge (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 70th anniversary); Jeltoqsan (2nd appearance, last in 2011); 2012 Delhi gang rape (first appearance)
Repeats: Bill of Rights 1689 (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 325th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:50, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Bill of Rights 1689; Battle of the Bulge; Jeltoqsan
Included: Oliver Cromwell (8th appearance, last in 2012); Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–19) (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Herman Lamm (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Battle of Noryang (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); 2012 Delhi gang rape (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 01:27, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

New articles (unused): 2014 Peshawar school massacre
Omitted: Battle of Noryang; Oliver Cromwell; Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–19); Herman Lamm; 2012 Delhi gang rape
Included: Day of Reconciliation (first appearance); Siege of Kolberg (Seven Years' War) (2nd appearance, last in 2012); 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák) (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Cross of Honour of the German Mother (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Jeltoqsan (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 30th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 17:44, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of the Bulge (maintenance); 1960 New York mid-air collision (maintenance); 2014 Peshawar school massacre (maintenance)
Omitted: Victory day of Bangladesh/Vijay Diwas (India) (both: ineligible—maintenance); Siege of Kolberg (Seven Years' War); 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes; Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák); Herman Lamm; Cross of Honour of the German Mother; Dinmukhamed Konayev (blurb previously featured Jeltoqsan, which is now ineligible)
Included: Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji (first appearance; blurb previously featured Mount Fuji, which is currently ineligible, and last appeared in 2011); Boston Tea Party (7th appearance, last in 2013); Canterbury Association (first appearance; blurb previously featured Christchurch, which is currently ineligible, and last appeared in 2007); Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–19) (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Dennō Senshi Porygon (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 20th anniversary); Elizabeth Carter (first appearance); Noël Coward (first appearance); Deyda Hydara (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 21:33, 16 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Bangladesh Liberation War
New articles (unused): The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Omitted: Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji; Boston Tea Party; Canterbury Association; Dennō Senshi Porygon; Elizabeth Carter; Noël Coward; Deyda Hydara
Included: Oliver Cromwell (9th appearance, last in 2015); Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák) (4th appearance, last in 2016; 125th anniversary); Cross of Honour of the German Mother (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 80th anniversary); 2014 Sydney hostage crisis (first appearance); Nathaniel Fiennes (first appearance); Stuart Donaldson (first appearance); H. D. Kumaraswamy (first appearance)
Repeats: Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–19) (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 100th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 03:43, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

New articles (ineligible): Maria Rundell (TFA for 2019)
Omitted: Oliver Cromwell; Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák); Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–19); Cross of Honour of the German Mother; 2014 Sydney hostage crisis; Stuart Donaldson
Included: Battle of Noryang (8th appearance, last in 2015); Bill of Rights 1689 (6th appearance, last in 2014); The Tale of Peter Rabbit (first appearance); Herman Lamm (4th appearance, last in 2016); 2012 Delhi gang rape (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Bertha Lamme Feicht (first appearance; 150th birthday)
Repeats: Nathaniel Fiennes (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 350th anniversary); H. D. Kumaraswamy (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 60th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 16:54, 17 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Dinmukhamed Kunaev/Jeltoqsan (both: maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Maria Rundell
Omitted: Battle of Noryang; Bill of Rights 1689; The Tale of Peter Rabbit; 2012 Delhi gang rape; Nathaniel Fiennes; Bertha Lamme Feicht; H. D. Kumaraswamy
Included: Siege of Kolberg (Seven Years' War) (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Canterbury Association (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby (first appearance); Manuel III of Trebizond (first appearance); Mary Hartwell Catherwood (first appearance); Taliep Petersen (first appearance)
Repeats: Herman Lamm (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 90th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 04:30, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Omitted: Siege of Kolberg (Seven Years' War); Canterbury Association; Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby; Herman Lamm; Manuel III of Trebizond; Mary Hartwell Catherwood; Taliep Petersen
Included: Hōei eruption (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák) (5th appearance, last in 2018); Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–19) (5th appearance, last in 2018); Bangladesh Liberation War/Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 (BLW: 10th appearance, last in 2021, also featured on March 26; IPW: 4th appearance, last in 2009; 50th anniversrary); Lindt Cafe siege (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Haakon IV of Norway (first appearance); Maria Rundell (first appearance); Carol Browner (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:45, 17 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Victory Day (Bangladesh)

Liberation and victory day of Bangladesh (anniversary) missing on the top of section!! — 2A0A:A547:6A7:0:89CC:46B0:2790:459E (talk) 19:40, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]