Russia is the “spiritual adversary of the Western civilisation”, the Patriarch of Moscow said as he marked Orthodox Christmas ...

The sack of Constantinople in 1204 is often blamed for destroying the Byzantine Empire—but the empire was already imploding ...

The woman, holding a slender black smoking pipe, has much higher nalin than her companion, accentuating the height ...

As Constantinople seethed under crusader pressure, Alexius IV tried to buy time with promises he could not keep, igniting resentment, riots, and a devastating urban fire. When Alexius V seized power ...

Pope Leo XIV sent a letter to Archbishop Sahak II Mashalian, the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople (Istanbul) of the ...

To manipulate audiences, propagandists used a video from Christmas celebrations on December 25, 2024, filmed in a Kyiv church ...

COMMENTARY: A century after the modern ecumenical movement began, recent events within the Anglican Communion in the Orthodox ...

With a Divine Liturgy in the historically symbolic location of San Stefano, once a suburb of Constantinople, Bulgarian ...

Seattle Opera's "Fellow Travelers," Seattle Symphony's "Iris Unveiled" and Bach in fresh contexts are among highlights of the ...

The New Istanbul Canal project was initiated in 2017, with the intention of creating a new water route that will allow even ...

Jan. 5 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1776, New Hampshire became the first American state to adopt its own constitution ...

The UNESCO - listed city of Chersonesus, located on the southwestern part of the Crimean peninsula was an ancient Greek ...