But why is it there? After all, none of those four topics were really debated or considered controversial in the fourth ...
A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...
On their book that explores how societies worldwide responded to plague pandemics from Constantinople in the sixth century to ...
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) affirmed its commitment to international agreements guaranteeing freedom of maritime ...
Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...
A city larger than many in Europe at the time was perched in the mountains.
The Patriarchal Monastery of Agia Triada Tsagarolon (Holy Trinity) is located in the Akrotiri Peninsula, on the island of ...
A Greek Orthodox monk on Mount Athos, the center of Orthodox monasticism, died at the age of 82 without ever seeing a woman.
Saint Paul was from Thessalonica. He became the secretary of Alexander, Patriarch of Constantinople (see Aug. 30), a deacon, and then the successor of Saint Alexander in about 337. Because of his ...
A U.S. diplomat based in Constantinople once wrote of a visit made to the embassy there in 1906 by Secretary of State William ...