One of the council's lasting legacies is the Nicene Creed, a profession of faith still recited by Christians of all big ...

The 381 Council of Constantinople solidified Trinitarian doctrine, affirmed the Holy Spirit’s divinity, and reshaped the ...

Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, is a Greek name, too, deriving from the Greek phrase "Is tin poli," meaning "to the city." ...

The fall of Constantinople, on May 29,1453 was the final phase of the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars and the darkest page in Greek ...

The Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has again avoided taking a position on autocephaly. Among the bishops, the ...

May 29, 1453, marks a dark chapter in the history of our people and the world, the dramatic fall of the Queen of Cities, ...

On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

As devotion to the Holy Face finds renewed interest, a new documentary connects ancient relics, modern miracles, and a timeless longing to see the face of God.

St. Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop of Constantinople, was born in Nazianzus, in what is now Turkey, in 379.

The Order of Franciscan Friars Minor (OFM) in collaboration with the Pontifical Antonianum University held the presentation ...

When you’ve been jolted and knocked off balance by some new outrage, remember you always have that still point within you.