During his reign, Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos was transfixed with a strange prophecy concerning the survival of his ...
The Byzantine imperial court celebrated Christmas with ceremonies and feasts in the capital of Constantinople.
Constantine XI Palaiologos's rule as Byzantine Emperor was brief, and his death coincided with the fall of Constantinople.
It dates to the 15th-century fall of the great empire and offers a vision of the man painted according to his likeness.
Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. Suggestions ...
Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. Suggestions ...
The figure is described as an "earthly figure, a mature man with a thin face and individualized features, who exudes ...
Sotheby’s called the stone the world’s oldest inscribed with the Ten Commandments, but some experts had raised questions ...
Inspired by his friend and mentor Henri Nouwen, Metropolitan Borys Gudziak, leader of Ukrainian Catholics in the U.S., invites listeners in his Christmas Eve homily to approach the manger with renewed ...