Turkey is a place rich in history and beauty, dotted with millennia-old cities, many of which originated from ancient Greek ...

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

Most people are aware of the song “Istanbul was Constantinople” and perhaps no better than the Greeks of Istanbul themselves.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Saint Meletius was called to Constantinople later that year to preside over the Second Ecumenical Council, during which he fell asleep in the Lord. In 386 Bishop Flavian ordained John presbyter of the ...

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 ...

The break came after the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople recognised the independence of the Ukrainian Church from Moscow. The row is being described as the greatest Orthodox split since ...