The Foundation Stone (Hebrew: אֶבֶן הַשְׁתִיָּיה‎ ‘Even haŠəṯīyyā, literally "The Foundation Stone"; or simply סֶּלַע‏‎ Selā‛, "Rock"), or the Noble Rock (Arabic: الصخرة المشرفة‎, romanized: al-Saḵrah al-Mušarrafah, lit. "The Noble Rock") is the rock at the centre of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. It is also known as the Pierced Stone because it has a small hole on the southeastern corner that enters a cavern beneath the rock, known as the Well of Souls. In traditional Jewish sources, it is considered the place from which the creation of the world began. The site was used by the Temple in Jerusalem; most classical Jewish sources agree it was the location of the Holy of Holies. If it was the site of the Holy of Holies, that would make this the holiest site in Judaism. Jewish tradition views the Holy of Holies as the spiritual junction of Heaven and Earth, the axis mundi, and is therefore the direction that Jews face when praying the Amidah. In modern academia, this is usually the consensus, however, overall there is no conclusive opinion on the matter.

Arctic sports competitions at the 2016 Arctic Winter Games were held at Nuussuaq Gym in Nuuk, Greenland from 8 to 11 March 2016. The program included traditional Inuit sports such as high kick and head pull. Arctic sports have appeared in every edition of the Arctic Winter Games. The opening ceremony of the arctic sports disciplines were opened by the Qilaatersortartut drum dancers. The opening was attended by Crown Prince Frederik of the Danish Realm, of which host nation Greenland is part.

The Foundation Stone (Hebrew: אֶבֶן הַשְׁתִיָּיה‎ ‘Even haŠəṯīyyā, literally "The Foundation Stone"; or simply סֶּלַע‏‎ Selā‛, "Rock"), or the Noble Rock (Arabic: الصخرة المشرفة‎, romanized: al-Saḵrah al-Mušarrafah, lit. "The Noble Rock") is the rock at the centre of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. It is also known as the Pierced Stone because it has a small hole on the southeastern corner that enters a cavern beneath the rock, known as the Well of Souls.

Anabaptism (from Neo-Latin anabaptista, from the Greek ἀναβαπτισμός: ἀνά- "re-" and βαπτισμός "baptism", German: Täufer, earlier also Wiedertäufer) is a Christian movement which traces its origins to the Radical Reformation. The movement is commonly understood to be an offshoot of Protestantism, though this view is not shared by Anabaptists, who view themselves as a separate branch of Christianity. Over four million Anabaptists live in the world today with adherents scattered across all inhabited continents. In addition to a number of minor Anabaptist groups, the most numerous include the Mennonites at 2.1 million, the German Baptist Brethren at 1.5 million, the Amish at 350,000 and the Hutterites at 200,000 (in Canada alone). In the 21st century, there are large cultural differences between assimilated Anabaptists, who do not differ much from evangelicals or mainline Protestants, and traditional groups like the Amish, the Old Colony Mennonites, the Old Order Mennonites, Old Order River Brethren, the Hutterites and the Old German Baptist Brethren. The early Anabaptists formulated their beliefs in a confession of faith called the Schleitheim Confession. In 1527, Michael Sattler presided over a meeting at Schleitheim (in Schaffhausen canton, on the Swiss-German border), where Anabaptist leaders drew up the Schleitheim Confession of Faith (doc. 29). Sattler was arrested and executed soon afterwards. Anabaptist groups varied widely in their specific beliefs, but the Schleitheim Confession represents foundational Anabaptist beliefs as well as any single document can. Anabaptists believe that baptism is valid only when candidates freely confess their faith in Christ and request to be baptized. This believer's baptism is opposed to baptism of infants, who are not able to make a conscious decision to be baptized. Anabaptists are those who are in a traditional line with the early Anabaptists of the 16th century. Other Christian groups with different roots also practice believer's baptism, such as Baptists, but these groups are not Anabaptist. The Amish, Hutterites, and Mennonites are direct descendants of the early Anabaptist movement. Schwarzenau Brethren, River Brethren, Bruderhof, and the Apostolic Christian Church are considered later developments among the Anabaptists. The name Anabaptist means "one who baptizes again". Their persecutors named them this, referring to the practice of baptizing persons when they converted or declared their faith in Christ even if they had been baptized as infants, and many prefer to call themselves "Radical Reformers." Anabaptists require that baptismal candidates be able to make a confession of faith that is freely chosen and so rejected baptism of infants. The New Testament teaches to repent and then be baptized, and infants are not able to repent and turn away from sin to a life of following Jesus. The early members of this movement did not accept the name Anabaptist claiming that infant baptism was not part of scripture and was therefore null and void. They said that baptizing self-confessed believers was their first true baptism: I have never taught Anabaptism. ... But the right baptism of Christ, which is preceded by teaching and oral confession of faith, I teach, and say that infant baptism is a robbery of the right baptism of Christ. — Hubmaier, Balthasar (1526), Short apology. Anabaptists were heavily persecuted by state churches, both Magisterial Protestants and Roman Catholics, beginning in the 16th century and continuing thereafter, largely because of their interpretation of scripture, which put them at odds with official state church interpretations and local government control. Anabaptism was never established by any state and therefore never enjoyed any associated privileges. Most Anabaptists adhere to a literal interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5–7, which teaches against hate, killing, violence, taking oaths, participating in use of force or any military actions, and against participation in civil government. Anabaptists view themselves as primarily citizens of the kingdom of God, not of earthly governments. As committed followers of Jesus, they seek to pattern their life after his. Some former groups who practiced rebaptism, now extinct, believed otherwise and complied with these requirements of civil society. They were thus technically Anabaptists, even though conservative Amish, Mennonites, Hutterites, and many historians consider them outside true Biblical Anabaptism. Conrad Grebel wrote in a letter to Thomas Müntzer in 1524: True Christian believers are sheep among wolves, sheep for the slaughter ... Neither do they use worldly sword or war, since all killing has ceased with them.

Arctic sports competitions at the 2016 Arctic Winter Games were held at Nuussuaq Gym in Nuuk, Greenland from 8 to 11 March 2016. The program included traditional Inuit sports such as high kick and head pull. Arctic sports have appeared in every edition of the Arctic Winter Games. The opening ceremony of the arctic sports disciplines were opened by the Qilaatersortartut drum dancers. The opening was attended by Crown Prince Frederik of the Danish Realm, of which host nation Greenland is part. Five Arctic Winter Games records in arctic sports were beaten or tied during the 2016 games. Drew Bell of Nunavut beat the previous record in triple jump for men's open, jumping 11.49 meters.Madi Ko from Alaska tied two record: in both one and two foot high kick for junior women, with 2.29 metres and 1.88 metres respectively. Matt Jacobsen of Alaska tied the record for the one hand reach discipline, with 1.68 metres. The airplane discipline was changed to a timed event, which meant that gold medalist Tittu Wille from Greenland automatically set the record in the discipline, with 46.69 seconds.

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{{Infobox musical artist| name = Andrei Ioniță| image =| caption =| birth_date = 1 January 1994| birth_place = Bucharest, Romania| instrument = Cello| genre = Classical| occupation = Musician| website = Andrei Ionuț Ioniță (born 1 January 1994 in Bucharest) is a Romanian cellist. He won first prize in the cello division of the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition.The teacher who followed him from the beginning and who led him to win the prestigious award was Ani-Marie Paladi. Ioniță began studying piano when he was five years old and started cello lessons three years later. He studies at the Berlin University of the Arts under Jens Peter Maintz. In 2009, he won the David Popper International Cello Competition, and in 2013 won first prize in the Aram Khatchaturian International Competition. A year later, he took second place at the 63rd ARD International Music Competition and the Emanuel Feuermann Competition. Andrei has already performed concertos with the Münchner Philharmoniker, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mariinsky Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra; working with conductors such as Valeriy Gergiev, Mikhail Pletnev and Nicholas Collon. The 2017–18 season sees Andrei debut with The Hallé and San Diego Symphony (both with Cristian Macelaru), BBC Philharmonic (with Yan Pascal Tortelier), Royal Scottish National Orchestra (with Karl-Heinz Steffens), Rochester Philharmonic and Hamburger Symphoniker. He returned to the MDR Sinfonieorchester in Leipzig and toured Europe with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic. In recitals he has performed at Carnegie Hall, on tour in Japan, and at the Kissinger Sommer, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein festivals. This season includes a return to Carnegie Hall, his Wigmore Hall debut, and dates at the Verbier Festival and Konzerthaus Berlin. Future appearances include an artistic residence at the 2018 Alpenarte Festival in Austria, a tour with the BBC Philharmonic (the UK and Romania), concerts in Denmark (Yuri Temirkanov and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra), Russia (with the Russian National Orchestra and Mikhail Pletnev) and the United States (a tour with Cristian Măcelaru and the Romanian Youth Orchestra). Andrei is a scholarship recipient of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben and performs on a violoncello made by Giovanni Battista Rogeri from Brescia in 1671, generously on loan from the foundation.
{{Infobox musical artist| name = Andrei Ioniță| image =| caption =| birth_date = 1 January 1994| birth_place = Bucharest, Romania| instrument = Cello| genre = Classical| occupation = Musician| website = Andrei Ionuț Ioniță (born 1 January 1994 in Bucharest) is a Romanian cellist. He won first prize in the cello division of the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition.The teacher who followed him from the beginning and who led him to win the prestigious award was Ani-Marie Paladi.