Alliance was founded in 1854 by the merger of three smaller communities called Williamsport (formed in 1827), Freedom (formed in 1838), and Liberty (formed in 1850). A fourth community, Mount Union, was added in 1888. Alliance was incorporated as a city in 1889.
For other uses, see Eudaemon (disambiguation). Eudaimonia (Greek: Îµá½Î´Î±Î¹Î¼Î¿Î½Î¯Î± [euÌ¯daiÌ¯mo'nÃ­aË]), sometimes anglicized as eudaemonia or eudemonia /juËdáµ»ËmoÊniÉ/, is a Greek word commonly translated as happiness or welfare; however, human flourishing has been proposed as a more accurate translation. Etymologically, it consists of the words eu (good) and daimÅn (spirit).
The kontakion (Greek: ÎºÎ¿Î½ÏÎ¬ÎºÎ¹Î¿Î½, also transliterated as kondakion and kontakio; plural Greek: ÎºÎ¿Î½ÏÎ¬ÎºÎ¹Î±, kontakia) is a form of hymn performed in the Orthodox and the Eastern Catholic liturgical traditions. The kontakion originated in the Byzantine Empire around the sixth century CE.