Women played diverse and influential roles in the Byzantine Empire that extended far beyond the domestic affairs of each family.

Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

The Dicastery for the Eastern Churches has prepared a pastoral guide for the 2025 Jubilee of the Eastern Churches to be ...

As Catholic Christians, we are taught to forgive others, to reconcile with our neighbor, to seek out amicable ways to end grudges and angry separations; yet we have been part of a grudge ...

Saint Anysia is venerated primarily within the Eastern Orthodox Church in regions influenced by Byzantine culture.

BYZANTINE. The largest of these eastern ... church, but modified by St. Basil (329-379) and St. John Chrysostom (344-407). This liturgy is similar if not identical to the liturgy used by the ...

Sandwiched between Ottomans to the south, the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the west, and Tartars to the east, the Moldavia region, as it was then, was subjected to frequent invasions. Villagers would ...

The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed is a Russian Orthodox church built by Tzar Ivan the Terrible ... The Hagia Sophia was the central church of the Byzantine Empire in the city of Constantinople (now ...

Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the Orthodox Church of Albania after the fall of the communist regime in the country, has ...

First, is there actually a growing trend of young men looking to become Orthodox Christians? Second, is it correct to ...

The celebration on Jan. 25 marked the solemn conclusion of this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which the Pope ...

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