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• Christ Agony (band) — Christ Agony Christ Agony, 2008 Background information Origin Morąg, Poland Genres …   Wikipedia

• Agony of Christ — • The word is used only once in Sacred Scripture (Luke, xxii, 43) to designate the anguish of Our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemani Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Agony of Christ     Agony of Christ …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Agony — may refer to: Concepts * Pain, anguish, or struggle, especially the struggle that precedes death, from the Greek word agonia (Webster s dictionary) *Passion (Christianity), also called the Agony of Christ *Agony aunt, an advice columnist *Spice… …   Wikipedia

• Christ's agony at Gethsemane — Christ on the Mount of Olives Christ s agony at Gethsemane is a passage in the Gospel of Luke (22:43–44), describing a prayer of Jesus, after which he receives strength from an angel, on the Mount of Olives prior to his betrayal and arrest. It is …   Wikipedia

• Agony — Ag o*ny, n.; pl. {Agonies}. [L. agonia, Gr. ?, orig. a contest, fr. ?: cf. F. agonie. See {Agon}.] 1. Violent contest or striving. [1913 Webster] The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Pain so extreme… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary (Raphael) — Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary Artist Raphael Year 1516 1517 Type Oil on panel transferred to canvas Dimensions 318 cm × 229 cm (125 in × 90 in) …   Wikipedia

• Agony, Archconfraternity of Holy — • An association for giving special honour to the mental sufferings of Christ during His Agony in the Garden of Gethsemani Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Christ as the Suffering Redeemer (Mantegna) — Christ as the Suffering Redeemer Artist Andrea Mantegna Year 1488 1500 Type Tempera on panel Dimensions 78 cm × 48 cm (31 in × 19 in) Location …   Wikipedia

• agony — (n.) late 14c., mental suffering (especially that of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane), from O.Fr. agonie, agoine anguish, terror, death agony (14c.), and directly from L.L. agonia, from Gk. agonia a (mental) struggle for victory, originally a… …   Etymology dictionary

• Agony in the Garden — The Agony in the Garden is the name given to the time in the life of Jesus between the Last Supper and His arrest.criptural depictionAccording to all four Gospels, immediately after the Last Supper, Jesus took a walk to pray in the Garden of… …   Wikipedia