On this day in royal history: Constantinople attacked by an invading sultan
Initial attempts to reach the city were repelled but the Ottomans prevailed and the emperor Constantine XI was killed in the ...
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Are Istanbul’s Byzantine Monuments Being Erased from Sight?
Byzantine-era monuments in Istanbul, Turkey, formerly the Byzantine capital city known as Constantinople, are being covered ...
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Akathist Hymn: Echoes of Unparalleled Beauty in Orthodox Churches
The Akathist Hymn, which is chanted on the first five successive Fridays of Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is dedicated ...
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How Turkey's Hagia Sophia, once a cathedral, became Waqf property
The Hagia Sophia is at the centre of Turkey's Byzantine, Ottoman and secular history. How did the sixth-century cathedral ...
Proto Thema2d
Konstantinos Paparrigopoulos and the word ‘Hellenes’ – When the term began to prevail and become established
Why did the inhabitants of Greece retain the name "Romans"? – What was happening during the years of the Turkish occupation? ...
Greek City Times4d
The Akathist Hymn chanted every Friday of Great Lent
It is chanted in all Orthodox Churches throughout the world during the five Fridays in Great Lent and constitutes a very ...
Why you should visit Greece's 'city of gastronomy'
For two millennia, UNESCO City of Gastronomy Thessaloniki has been celebrated for its food culture, with flavours imported ...
London Review of Books4d
Can we speak Greek?
Crusius plundered contemporary travel accounts for information alongside chronicles and histories. He recognised ...
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Olga, the Vengeful Widow Who Became the First Woman to Rule Kievan Rus and Convert to Christianity
Credit: Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons This was not Igor’s first time at war—he had twice besieged Constantinople ... tried to flee the inferno by escaping beyond the city walls, where enemy ...