Byzantine-era monuments in Istanbul, Turkey, formerly the Byzantine capital city known as Constantinople, are being covered ...

The Akathist Hymn, which is chanted on the first five successive Fridays of Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is dedicated ...

It is chanted in all Orthodox Churches throughout the world during the five Fridays in Great Lent and constitutes a very ...

The Hagia Sophia is at the centre of Turkey's Byzantine, Ottoman and secular history. How did the sixth-century cathedral ...

“Orthodox change nothing,” Father Sava adds. “The faith that was delivered to the saints,” Martin agrees. We pause before a ...

Although every civilization in Age of Empires 4 brings something to the table, some factions are a bit better than others in ...

Assassin's Creed has become one of the most popular and endearing game series of our time, and the games range from weak to ...

Crusius plundered contemporary travel accounts for information alongside chronicles and histories. He recognised ...

Martin’s wall, constructed from solid ice ... double-crossings and other duplicitous behaviour, Constantinople’s attackers were defeated with the use of ‘Greek Fire’ a substance (the ...

It was the mid-10th century AD when Kievan Rus was ruled for the first time by a woman, appointed as regent on behalf of her ...

The Orthodox Church of Albania was declared autocephalous in September in 1922, ending its subordination to the archbishopric of Ohrid and the patriarchate of Constantinople. Archbishop Joan ...