On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years ...

America has been around long enough that an article in the magazine’s back pages actually commemorates the last centennial ...

The Orthodox and Catholic Churches have a long history that led to a series of divisions, also known as schisms.

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

John Julius Norwich tells the dramatic story of the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, followed by the rise of the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century. Using monuments in Istanbul to ...

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