In 1453, the Ottomans seized Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire and the life of its last emperor, Constantine ...

they instinctively drew on the sacred stories that they sang at church. The result was a myth of Christian origins for Rus - a myth promulgated even today by the Russian government - which reproduced ...

For example, there are 22 eastern Churches sui iuris, made up of two Alexandrian, three Antiochene, one Armenian, two Chaldean and 14 Byzantine. Information on each of these sui iuris Churches as ...

St. Michael’s Greek Catholic Church hosted its annual cultural heritage festival on Sunday. The St. Michael’s Carpathian ...

Founded in the 4th century, Sümela is a gravity-defying marvel, hanging nearly 1,000 feet over a wooded valley in Turkey, ...

In the Armenian Apostolic Church there are a few feasts dedicated to the Holy Cross. One of them is “Discovering the Cross” ...

Explore Greek philosopher Pletho Gemistos, his radical reforms, influence on Renaissance thinkers, and the revival of ...

BYZANTINE. The largest of these eastern ... church, but modified by St. Basil (329-379) and St. John Chrysostom (344-407). This liturgy is similar if not identical to the liturgy used by the ...

Despite GOP concerns over government interference, local evangelicals agree that the historic church must fully separate from ...

The congregation of St. Mary and St. Kyrillos Coptic Orthodox Church of Hatfield opened its doors and its culture to the ...

BINGHAMTON (WBNG) -- St. Michael’s orthodox church is hosting the Carpathian festival on Sunday, Sept. 15 from 11:00 a.m. to ...

If its ancient walls could talk, Sümela Monastery in eastern Turkey would have ... has witnessed the evolution of the Roman Empire into the Byzantine era, the rise of the Ottomans, the struggle ...