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Archaeologists uncover remains of a Byzantine Christian settlement in Jordan, revealing artifacts and a basilica.
Zeno was the Byzantine Emperor who witnessed the end of the Western Roman Empire. He is known for being buried alive by his ...
When I began exploring the history of Christianity and the art it inspired, I had no idea it would lead me to one of the ...
Archaeologists uncovered an ancient Byzantine mosaic in Dara, revealing the Greek-influenced city's military and religious ...
In 1204, during the Fourth Crusade, Crusaders diverted from their mission to the Holy Land and instead sacked Constantinople, the heart of the Byzantine Empire. Driven by a mix of financial debts, ...
In total silence, Sister Elisaveta stitched the sacred headwear for which her monastery in North Macedonia is renowned ...
When the Western Roman Empire fell, its influence endured - reshaped and reasserted by those eager to carry its mantle. In ...
Members of the Russian Orthodox Christian Church welcomed the bishop of Syracuse to the new temple in Winfield on Wednesday morning. Bishop Luke of Syracuse, abbot of Holy Trinity Monastery and rector ...
Houston’s Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, one of the largest Greek Orthodox communities in the nation, expects to cover each of its walls with colorful Byzantine iconography by the year 2027, ...
A team of archaeologists has successfully identified the location of the ancient city of Tharais, a Byzantine site represented in the famous Madaba Map Mosaic. The discovery, made in the northwest of ...
Ukraine is of visceral significance to the Russian Orthodox Church because it is seen as the cradle of the Rus’ civilisation, a medieval entity where in the 10th century Byzantine Orthodox ...
Some 700 people had packed into it, many from Gaza’s Byzantine Orthodox church which had been hit by a missile weeks earlier, killing over a dozen. The next Sunday the pontiff addressed the ...