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Patratu JSEB power station
The Patratu JSEB power station, formally Patratu Thermal Power Station (PTPS), was a 840 MW coal-fired power station at Patratu in Jharkhand, India, owned by the Jharkhand State Electricity Board.
Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam
Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited, commonly abbreviated PVUNL, is an Indian power generation company incorporated in 2015, owned 74 percent by NTPC and 26 percent by Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam.
Patravadi Mejudhon (ภัทราวดี มีชูธน)
Patravadi Mejudhon (ภัทราวดี มีชูธน), also known as Lek Patravadi, is a Thai actress who pioneered Thai television sitcoms and founded the Patravadi Theatre in 1992.
Patreon
Patreon, also known as Patreon.com, is a membership platform founded in 2013 by Jack Conte and Sam Yam that lets fans pay creators recurring monthly or per-work pledges.
Patria
Patria (HBO España, 2020) is an eight-episode miniseries by Aitor Gabilondo adapting Fernando Aramburu's novel, following two Basque families divided by ETA, starring Elena Irureta and Ane Gabarain, with Platino and Ondas awards.
Patria AMV
The Patria AMV (Armoured Modular Vehicle) is a Finnish 8×8 wheeled armored vehicle made by Patria, in serial production since 2004 with over 1,600 sold by 2021.
Patria Investments
Patria Investments, also known as Pátria Investimentos, is a global alternative asset manager with Brazilian roots, managing over US$62 billion and listed on NASDAQ since 2021.
Patriacum
Patriacum: Latin name of an ancient Gallo-Roman place cited as Barrington Atlas 14 H2, identified with modern Parsac (Creuse, France); also a toponymic root behind Percy, Peyrat-le-Château, and Persac.
Patriarca crime family
The Patriarca crime family is the New England La Cosa Nostra organization, named for boss Raymond L.S. Patriarca and based on Federal Hill, Providence; it ran gambling, extortion, and loansharking before federal RICO prosecutions in 1989-1991 dismantled its leadership.
Patriarch
A patriarch in Eastern Christianity is the bishop who heads a church of patriarchal rank, holding authority over all its bishops, metropolitans included, within its territory.
Patriarch Filaret
Patriarch Filaret (Филарет), born Feodor Nikitich Romanov (c. 1554/55 to 1633), was patriarch of Moscow from 1619 and co-ruler of Russia with his son, Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich.
Patriarch Filaret's court government
Patriarch Filaret's court government (Правительство патриарха Филарета) was the diarchy in Muscovy from 1619 to 1633, under which Filaret, father of Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich, ruled as co-sovereign.
Patriarch Hermogen
Patriarch Hermogen (Патриарх Гермоген), born Ermolai around 1530, was Patriarch of Moscow from 1606 to 1611, refusing to accept the Polish king's son as tsar and dying in prison in 1612.
Patriarch Hermogen's epistles of 1608–1612
Patriarch Hermogen's epistles of 1608–1612 (Грамоты патриарха Гермогена) are the letters Hermogen, patriarch of Moscow, sent against the Polish intervention during the Time of Troubles.
Patriarch Joachim
Patriarch Joachim (Иоаким), born Ivan Petrovich Savëlov, was the ninth Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus from 1674 to 1690, backing Peter the Great against Sophia in 1689.
Patriarch Job
Patriarch Job (Иов), baptismal name Ivan, was the first Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', serving from 1589 to 1605, and a close ally of Tsar Boris Godunov.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, born Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyaev in 1946, has been Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' and primate of the Russian Orthodox Church since 2009.
Patriarch Nikon
Patriarch Nikon (Никон), born Nikita Minov, was Patriarch of Moscow from 1652 to 1666, whose liturgical reforms split Russian Orthodoxy and whose claim that priesthood stood above the tsardom brought conflict with Tsar Alexis.
Patriarch of Alexandria
The Patriarch of Alexandria, also known as the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria, heads the Church of Alexandria in Egypt, traditionally founded by Mark the Evangelist.
Patriarch of Antioch
Patriarch of Antioch is the title borne by heads of several churches claiming succession from the ancient See of Antioch, where disciples were first called Christians.
Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' (Патриарх Московский и всея Руси)
The Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' is the head bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, an office created in 1589 and held since 2009 by Patriarch Kirill.
Patriarch Sergius I of Moscow
Patriarch Sergius I of Moscow, born Sergiy Stragorodskiy, led the Russian Orthodox church from 1925 and became Patriarch in 1943 after meeting Stalin, dying in 1944.
Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow
Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin) was the eleventh Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, the first after the office was restored in 1917, elected by lot during the Russian Revolution.
Patriarchal cross
The patriarchal cross, also called the cross of Lorraine, is a Christian cross with two horizontal bars, used by archbishops and on the coats of arms of Hungary, Slovakia, and Lithuania.
Patriarchal Prikazy
The Patriarchal Prikazy (Патриаршие приказы) were the central administrative organs of the Russian Orthodox Church from the 17th century until the early 18th, handling finances, land, and justice for the Patriarchal Court.
Patriarchs (Bible)
The patriarchs (Hebrew avot, אבות), also called the Jewish Patriarchs, are the biblical ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whose stories occupy Genesis 12 through 50.
Patriarchy
Patriarchy: a social system of male dominance over women, central concept in feminist theory (Millett, Firestone, Hartmann), with private-to-public forms, critiques, and intersectionality shift.
Patriarkh (ПАТРИАРХЪ)
Patriarkh (Патриархь) is the Polish black metal band formed in 2024 from Bartłomiej Krysiuk's Batushka after a court ruling; its debut concept album Prorok Ilja (2025, Napalm Records) chronicles the prophet Eliasz Klimowicz.
Patriasdorf
Patriasdorf is a cadastral community and district of the town of Lienz in East Tyrol, Austria, independent until 1939 and the site of the church of St. Andrä.
Patriation
Patriation is the Canadian term for transforming the British Constitution into an amendable Canadian one via the Canada Act 1982, proclaimed by Queen Elizabeth II in Ottawa in 1982.