All autobiography is inherently mendacious, if only by omission and with the intent of protecting the innocent. In ...

Constantinople. The City of the World’s Desire. The largest city in Christendom for nearly a thousand years. Surprisingly few remember this grand city, capital of two of history’s greatest empires: ...

This is the twentieth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe, Turkey, and the Near East to Georgia and ...

Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk, is no ordinary archaeological site. Discovered in 1939, it stunned historians with its 7th-century ...

Jews in their traditional roles as traders, money lenders, tax collectors and advisors to the ruling class had been present ...

The first ecumenical council, known as the Council of Nicaea, is still accepted as authoritative by the Catholic Church, the ...

Historians have chosen the year of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans, 1453, as a reference point to mark the end of ...

One of the most important shifts in history was the spread of Christianity by the Greeks from the Byzantine Empire into ...

In an age of tribal conflict and religious confusion, St. Clotilde’s example shows how one marriage — and one soul — can ...

As millions journey to the heart of Islam this Hajj season, it's a powerful time to pause and reflect on the sacred structure ...

When you’ve been jolted and knocked off balance by some new outrage, remember you always have that still point within you.

One of the council's lasting legacies is the Nicene Creed, a profession of faith still recited by Christians of all big ...