All the silk roads lead to this outstanding British Museum show
The names of foreign places can be filled with an inexplicable magic, as all travellers know, even in an age when this magic ...
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Pope: Nicene Creed unites Christians
The Nicene Creed is more than a statement of faith -- it is a powerful sign of unity among Christians, Pope Francis said as he welcomed young priests and monks from Oriental Orthodox Churches to the ...
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Suvorov, the ‘holy generalissimo’ of Russia
Patriarch Kirill is speeding up procedures to achieve the canonisation of the most victorious commander in Russian history by ...
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The Siege of Vienna - European History
Mehmed IV wanted to live up to, and even surpass, the legacy of his forefather Mehmed II, who had secured the Ottomans' ...
Greek Reporter3d
How Greeks Defended the Byzantine Empire Against Invaders
The Byzantine Empire faced numerous challenges, forcing many Greeks to employ genius tactics to defend the Empire.
Al Aqsa To Hagia Sophia: Historical Sites At Religious And Cultural Fault Lines
In a divided world, sacred spaces like Al Aqsa and Babri Masjid, which have raised nationalistic fervour, should have endured ...
Greek Reporter4d
A Crusader’s History of the Sack of Constantinople
On the Conquest of Constantinople is one of the most important historical sources on the Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople.
National Catholic Register6d
A Choral Bridge: Serbian Orthodox Sing With Sistine Chapel Choir in Rome
The sacred performance signals a deepening of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue and a potential step toward a papal visit to Serbia.
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Thousands of Albanians pay last respects to Orthodox Christian Archbishop Anastasios
Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital to pay their last respects to ...
National Catholic Register9d
Orientalium Ecclesiarum: How Vatican II Drew From Eastern Catholic Tradition
COMMENTARY: Approved on the same day as ‘Lumen Gentium’ and ‘Unitatis Redintegratio,’ ‘Orientalium Ecclesiarum’ manifests the ...
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The Venetian Republic Offers Powerful Lessons to an American One in Need of Repair
By blending Roman legal principles, Byzantine refinements like the ... could not withstand the rising Ottoman Empire, whose ...
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Ammianus Marcellinus: The Military Historian
Ammianus Marcellinus was a Roman soldier and historian of Greek origin. He is best known for his work Res Gestae, which chronicles the history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Nerva (96 AD) to ...