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.

Athos has been a spiritual home of the Orthodox Church since Byzantine times ... Simonos Petras was built in the time of the Byzantine empire, birthplace of the Orthodox faith that Kyivan Rus ...

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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 ...

Situated in the heart of Turkey’s Pontic Mountains, the Panagia Sumela Monastery, often referred to as the “Monastery on the ...

Amid repeated calls for the dismissal of Patriarch John X Yazigi, these demands appear unrealistic and illogical, especially ...

With 5,000 public and private institutions that contain millions of historical objects, Ukraine’s museums preserve the story of the nation’s struggle for freedom. Many museums have experienced ...