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An abbess (Latin abbatissa, feminine form of abbas, abbot) is the female superior, or mother superior, of a community of nuns, often an abbey.
In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Rite and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Coptic and Anglican abbeys, the mode of election, position, rights, and authority of an abbess correspond generally with those of an abbot. The office is elective, the choice being by the secret votes of the nuns belonging to the community. Like an abbot, after being confirmed in her office by the Holy See, an abbess is solemnly admitted to her office by a formal blessing, conferred by the bishop in whose territory the monastery is located, or by an abbot or another bishop with appropriate permission. Unlike the abbot, the abbess receives only the ring and a copy of the rule of the order. She does not receive a mitre nor is given a crosier as part of the ceremony; however, by ancient tradition, she may carry a crosier when leading her community. The abbess also traditionally adds a pectoral cross to the outside of her habit as a symbol of office, though she continues to wear a modified form of her religious habit or dress, as she is unordained- not a male religious- and so does not vest or use choir dress in the liturgy.
Sheila Chandra (born 14 April 1965 in London) is an English pop singer of Indian descent.
Sheila Chandra first came to public attention as an actress, playing Sudhamani Patel in the BBC school drama Grange Hill from 1979 to 1981.
As a teenager she formed the band Monsoon with Steve Coe (who became the band's producer), and Martin Smith. Monsoon created a fusion of Western and Indian pop styles. They recorded their lone album Third Eye in 1982 from which they had a surprise hit single Ever So Lonely, which peaked at #12 in the UK. They followed-up with the single, "Shakti", which peaked at #41, but this was to be the band's final charting single. The album also includes a cover of The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows", featuring the distinctive EBow guitar sound of Bill Nelson.
Resenting pressure from their record company over musical direction, Monsoon dissolved in 1982 and Coe and Smith set about promoting Chandra as a solo artist on independent Indipop Records. Phonogram "posthumously" released Third Eye in 1983.
Actors: Christopher Villiers (director), Christopher Villiers (writer), Christopher Villiers (producer), Elizabeth McKechnie (producer), Sean Francis George (actor), Sean Francis George (actor), James Lowe (actor), Martin Kray (actor), Martin Kray (actor), Stephen Willis (actor), Chuck Douglas (miscellaneous crew), Nick Ticehurst (actor), Nick Ticehurst (actor), Shirley Gillespie-Smith (actress), Tony Adams (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Jana Hlavácová (actress), Oldrich Navrátil (actor), Josef Somr (actor), Stanislav Zindulka (actor), Oldrich Vlach (actor), Jirina Jirásková (actress), Anna Geislerová (actress), Jirí Bartoska (actor), Veronika Zilková (actress), Klára Issová (actress), Ivan Trojan (actor), Jirí Pecha (actor), Zuzana Stivínová (actress), Jana Stepánková (actress), Jirí Strach (director),
Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy,Actors: Jake West (editor), Emily Booth (actress), Michelle Thorne (actress), Eileen Daly (actress), Christopher Adamson (actor), Majella Shepherd (actress), Marc Morris (actor), Chris Shaw (editor), Sarah McLean (actress), Nigel Wingrove (director), Nigel Wingrove (writer), Cindy Read (actress), Cindy Read (actress), Sue Edwards (miscellaneous crew), Amanda Dawkins (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Andreas Marianos (actor), Lakis Papastathis (actor), Dimitrios Yatzouzakis (actor), Dimitris Katsimanis (actor), Sofia Papachristou (actress), Sofia Papachristou (costume designer), Despina Tomazani (actress), Kyriakos Chatzimichailidis (miscellaneous crew), Michalis Tamboukas (actor), Alexis Damianos (producer), Alexis Damianos (actor), Alexis Damianos (director), Alexis Damianos (writer), Hector Kaloudis (actor), Efi Papatheodorou (actress),
Genres: Adventure, Drama, War,Actors: Riz Ortolani (composer), Massimo Sarchielli (actor), Nando Gazzolo (actor), Pupi Avati (director), Amedeo Salfa (editor), Vincenzo Crocitti (actor), Rosa Pianeta (actress), Pupi Avati (writer), Luigi Diberti (actor), Brizio Montinaro (actor), Arnaldo Ninchi (actor), Michele Melega (actor), Marcello Cesena (actor), Mario Patanè (actor), Massimo Bellinzoni (actor),
Genres: Drama, History,Actors: Kurt Böwe (actor), Horst Papke (actor), Christel Peters (actress), Arnim Mühlstädt (actor), Fred Delmare (actor), Heide Kipp (actress), Gertraud Last (actress), Hermann Beyer (actor), Peter Dommisch (actor), Peter Pauli (actor), Peter Sodann (actor), Christiane Dorst (costume designer), Evelyn Carow (editor), Manfred Richter (actor), Ilse Voigt (actress),
Plot: The tale of young Gritta who lives with her father, an unsuccessful inventor. When her new stepmother tries to put her away in a convent she discovers some dark secrets there.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, coming-of-age, fairy-tale, family-relationships, female-nudity, king, modern-fairy-tale, monarchy, puberty, ratActors: Roy Kinnear (actor), Harry Robertson (composer), William Morgan Sheppard (actor), Graham Stark (actor), Harry Robertson (producer), Harry Robertson (writer), Robert Rietty (actor), Warren Clarke (actor), Bernard Bresslaw (actor), Jack Palance (actor), Harry Andrews (actor), Ferdy Mayne (actor), Patrick Magee (actor), Annette Crosbie (actress), Shane Briant (actor),
Plot: Hawk, having suffered the ignimony of watching both his father and fiancée die at the hands of his brother, Voltan, sets out on a quest for companions to aid him in his fight to stop his brother's reign of evil and free the Abbess.
Keywords: abbess, bare-butt, blind-woman, brother-brother-relationship, character-name-in-title, corporal-punishment, crossbow, disfigured-face, elf, flashbackActors: Radovan Lukavský (actor), Peter Dommisch (actor), Pedro Hebenstreit (actor), Norbert Christian (actor), Fred Düren (actor), E.T.A. Hoffmann (writer), Milena Dvorská (actress), Angela Brunner (actress), Gerhard Bienert (actor), Petr Skarke (actor), Edmund Fetting (actor), Maja Komorowska (actress), Ralf Kirsten (director), Ralf Kirsten (writer), Krzysztof Chamiec (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Vasilis Avlonitis (actor), Andreas Barkoulis (actor), Dimitris Kallivokas (actor), Christoforos Nezer (actor), Kostas Papahristos (actor), Stavros Xenidis (actor), Aleka Stratigou (actress), Orestis Laskos (writer), Orestis Laskos (director), Beata Asimakopoulou (actress), Hristina Sylva (actress), Gikas Biniaris (actor), Giorgos Kazasoglou (composer), Hristina Kalogerikou (actress), Sotiria Iatridou (actress),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Maureen O'Hara (actress), Robert Warwick (actor), Grant Withers (actor), Arthur Shields (actor), Eduard Franz (actor), Gene Roth (actor), Clint Eastwood (actor), Torin Thatcher (actor), Henry Brandon (actor), Philo McCullough (actor), Victor McLaglen (actor), George Nader (actor), Arthur Gould-Porter (actor), Leslie Bradley (actor), Robert Arthur (producer),
Plot: In 11th-century England, King Edward the Confessor wants saxon Lord Leofric to marry a despised Norman woman, and has him jailed when he refuses. In jail, he meets Godiva, the sheriff's daughter, and soon they are wed. The times are turbulent and Godiva proves a militant bride; unhistorically, unrest between the Anglo-Saxon populace and the increasingly influential Norman French lead to her famous ride.
Keywords: lady-godivaJoin us into hresholds of moonless light
Xekonaphim paints your worshipped wheel of flames
Incendere Magi Hortus Rosarum
Black roses, laced with silver,
are now the ashes of Heximeth
The sten stars of Assiah wonders
why the meadows are torched
The holocaust of Atu brings down the pyre of Chokmah
Chokmah fills lust into the virgin stream (silent waters)
A Heximethian spirit looks below the edge of a cliff
...and watches the thieves of serpents
(worm of the eight-fold-star)
Join us into tresholds of moonless light
Xekonaphim paints your worshipped wheel of flames
Incedere Magi Hortus Rosarum
The sun of Tipareth's circle arouses the warlock and seed
Sephiroth plants your heart to grow his oak of VITRIOL
Sepher Yetzirah is the deepest root of Atu
the sun of Tiphareth's circle dances until it falls
Tiphareth!
Your lordship is the sixth sword
that triumphs teh jagged blade
Strike it downward to a rusty point
...and burn the earth as roses burn in the meadow
"Come forth, o serpent, and take your fill of poison"
I am above you and I am inside you
My fierce eroticism is in yours
"For he is ever a sun,
and for he is the winged secret flame"
I am the snake that kissed Gehenna's own worm
I giveth knowledge and delight to the ones
Black roses, laced with silver, are now the ashes of Heximeth