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: ...

Greece dismissed Turkey's criticism over a map presented as a gift to Patriarch Bartholomew, saying the gift was "purely ...

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

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

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

As the Roman Empire fell into serious decline in the 5th century, there were several attempts to restore Roman power amid the ...

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

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

From the rain-slicked streets of Victoria to the ancestral trails of Greece and Turkey, Bo Svoronos embraces winter roads, ...

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

This raucous meeting, which took place exactly 1700 years ago, was one of the most important in Christian history.

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