The first discovery of a woman’s remains at a Byzantine monastery challenges long-held beliefs about early Christian ...

With only 19 parishes in his eparchy, the new bishop of Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix, Artur ...

Old Greek Inscription From an Ancient Fortress, Hints at Byzantine Christianity A team of Hebrew University archaeologists excavated the site of the Hyrcania Fortress, a Second Temple-era structure in ...

The Byzantine Empire was one of the first societies to offer its citizens some form of what we now call universal healthcare.

Researchers found the remains of the ascetic individual bound in chains. Small metal plates and a tiny cross were found near ...

An archaeological discovery near Jerusalem has shaken the foundations of historical knowledge about asceticism in the ...

the Byzantine period, the Saracen (Arab) domination, and the Norman conquest. The Roman Empire was divided into western and eastern portions during the reign of the pagan emperor Diocletian (284–305).

The course will also focus on the development and spread of Eastern Orthodox Christianity and significant aspects of Byzantine culture, such as cuisine, gender roles, cities, and art. We will explore ...

Email: [[aangelov]] Interests: Medieval Christianity; Eastern Orthodoxy; Byzantine and Balkan history; Conversion; Inter-religious relations; Atheism and Secularization; Cultural Anthropology; ...

History re-imagined can be a very powerful weapon. When the Christian Byzantine Empire faced obliteration at the hands of the Ottoman Turks around 1400, it turned to its past, found an event that ...