The riches of the Byzantine Empire were coveted by many from the Vikings in the northwest to the Arabs in the southeast.

The Third Council of Constantinople was the sixth of the seven Ecumenical Councils of the early Christian church. The Third ...

Few realize that the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is deeply beholden to the United States government. This ignorance is surprising, given that many Greek Orthodox leaders are quite ...

A number of Byzantine coins discovered in China and Japan indicate that there was a trade link between the Byzantine Empire ...

Located on the North Anatolian Fault, Constantinople was frequently shaken by earthquakes over the course of its history. This book discusses religious responses to these events between the fourth and ...

Being a presbyter, he was sent as an ambassador to Rome in 815 or 816 on behalf of Patriarch Nicephorus of Constantinople, who had been exiled by Leo the Armenian (see June 2). After Leo's death, he ...

Few of the world’s great cities share a pedigree and history as rich as Constantinople. Originally founded, according Greek mythology, by Byzas – son of the god Poseidon, the town once known as ...

Saint Domnica was from Carthage. During the reign of the Emperor Theodosius the Great, she came with four other virgins to Constantinople, where she was baptized by Nectarius, the Patriarch of ...

The star Hong Kong-based jockey will ride the David Hayes-trained Constantinople after a drama-filled week which saw three-time Cup winning jockey Glen Boss replaced by Moreira at the eleventh ...

Kiev held a mass to thank Constantinople for recognising the Ukrainian Church's independence The Russian Orthodox Church has cut ties with the Church leadership in Istanbul, the Constantinople ...