Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, is a Greek name, too, deriving from the Greek phrase "Is tin poli," meaning "to the city." ...

Constantinople fell, and Emperor Constantine XI’s sacrifice marked the end of an era and a legacy of faith and defiance.

The 381 Council of Constantinople solidified Trinitarian doctrine, affirmed the Holy Spirit’s divinity, and reshaped the ...

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

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

On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

It saw Roman Emperor Constantine I bring together ... As Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I is "primus inter pares" (first among equals) among the patriarchs of the Eastern ...

The true story of Byzantium's fall reveals a legacy betrayed by the West, misunderstood by the Left, and weaponised by the ...

They mark the development of the most splendid city and the mightiest bulwark of the Roman world. Constantinople is built on seven hills upon a promontory that shoots out from the European shore ...

The Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates Holy Emperors Constantine and Elena Day on May 21. Over 1.7 million Romanian citizens ...