The Greek Orthodox Church of the Pantocrator in Patras, Greece, stands out for having been modeled after Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.

As Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I is "primus inter pares" (first among equals) among the patriarchs of the Eastern Orthodox Church and is its spiritual leader. Bartholomew ...

Constantinople brings its global, improvisational sounds to the North Country with a concert Sunday, May 4 at 3pm at the historic Methodist Church in Saranac.

“If I don’t conquer Constantinople, Constantinople will conquer me” The conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks was a turning point in world history and one the greatest victories achieved by ...

Successive attacks from the Latins, Serbs, Bulgarians and Ottoman Turks, as well as mass fatalities from the Black Death, had weakened the Byzantine Empire and the population within Constantinople ...

This essay examines the fall of Constantinople in 1453 as a critical juncture for the playing out of Chrisitan-Muslim relations. Particularly, this historical moment demonstrates the significant ...

Then Islam surfaced, almost invisibly at first, to consolidate the greatest peril to Europe – and the entire West – since the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453. “I have a premonition ...

With its ornate, Neoclassical and towering 164-foot (50m) frame, it’s hard not to be impressed by the Arc de Triomphe. It’s not surprising, then, that the lavish landmark took a whopping 30 ...

DEDEAGATCH, Bulgaria, July 29, 1916 (UP) - Atrocities that rival the outrages of Abdul Hamid are being inflicted on 2,000,000 Armenians in Turkey by the young Turk government.

Few military campaigns changed the course of history more than the long, bloody Holy Crusades that lasted for two centuries. Initially spurred on by the Catholic Church's desire to control the ...