Built as Byzantium, and then renamed Constantinople, Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930.

It s hard to imagine Christianity without the Nicene Creed Seventeen hundred years ago, what became the defining statement of ...

Byzantine-era monuments in Istanbul, Turkey, formerly the Byzantine capital city known as Constantinople, are being covered ...

There isn’t quite a straight line to be drawn between the days of Caesar and Constantinople to the present-day dealings in Tuscaloosa, ...

During the Armenian Genocide in the early 20th century, the Yazidi community played a crucial but often overlooked role in ...

It is chanted in all Orthodox Churches throughout the world during the five Fridays in Great Lent and constitutes a very ...

Wars have shaped history for centuries, with some lasting generations, redefining borders, cultures, and power struggles that ...

For two millennia, UNESCO City of Gastronomy Thessaloniki has been celebrated for its food culture, with flavours imported ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

Layla Hassan, the present-day character, continued his story arc ... An older Ezio travels to Constantinople to find the keys needed to access Altaïr's library while dealing with the pesky ...

"With this cross, I pray you bring peace to the world and make America invincible!" said Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek ...

In 1953, a pioneer of women’s sports in Greece, Loukia Skrivanou, then a member of the Olympiacos women’s basketball team and ...