In Orthodox Christian iconography, a peculiar icon of Saint Christopher can be seen, depicting him with a dog's head.
This is fresh air for Orthodox Christians, who have had to bear the accusation of Byzantine theocracy longer than Western Christians have had to bear the accusations of the Crusades and the ...
The last descendant of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine Palaiologos is buried in the most unlikely of places - on the island ...
The Byzantine Empire in the 7th century was wrecked by military strife. The empire was halved, with its richest territories ...
In addition to protecting Europe from eastern invasions, maintaining Greek and Roman languages, producing fine art with distinctive style, protecting the Christian Orthodox Church, the Byzantine ...