Beirut Hippodrome of Lebanese Heritage (APLH), the court suspended on May 31, 2012 the Culture Ministry's decision, N˚ 849, to dismantle the Roman Hippodrome that would have allowed for the construction of a building project on the site. The site is protected for now. The current Beirut Hippodrome, officially called Hippodrome du parc de Beyrouth, is a horse-racing facility in Beirut's Horsh district adjacent to Badaro. In 1893 the “al-Marmah” hippodrome was founded, in the town of Bir Hassan. Wealthy Beirutis wished to create a club-complex that included a western style hippodrome and casino. In 1916, the wali of Beirut Azmi Bey,
Ministers and elders of the Church of Scotland a translation of the underlying meaning of the Greek word, and "presbyter" (1597) is learned correction of the loan-word. However, the semantics of "priest" are complicated by the fact that it is traditionally used also as the translation of a different New Testament Greek word, "Minister" comes from a Latin word meaning servant, and is also used in the Church as a verb: to minister to the needs of God's people. In calling itself a Presbyterian Church, the Church of Scotland declares itself to be a Church governed by elders. Although colloquial usage in the Church distinguishes between ministers and