Samaritan

Samaritan is:

• a member of the Samaritan religious community (in the Samaria region )
• the translated title of a Kenyan television series The Samaritans
• derived from the Good Samaritan in the biblical parable:
  • the name for a selfless helper
  • an outdated term for a first responder ; In the 19th century / beginning of the 20th century, first aid courses were called Samaritan courses
  • a short term for employees of aid organizations, such as B. Samaritan International or the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund have the word in their name
  • in the Samaritan dilemma a social science term
  • Samaritan Church
  • Samaritan institutions in Fürstenwalde / Spree, social institution in the east of Brandenburg
  • Samaritan House (Heidelberg)
  • Samariterstiftung , one of the major providers of social services in Baden-Württemberg

See also:

• Samariterstrasse
• Samaritan Quarter
• Samaritan Monastery Grafeneck, see Grafeneck Killing Center

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.