The Byzantine Empire is not always recognised as the crucial link that connected the classical world with modern Europe.

With only 19 parishes in his eparchy, the new bishop of Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix, Artur Bubnevych, hopes the missionary character of his church will be a ...

Credit: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikipedia The Basilica Cistern located 150 metres (490 ft) southwest of the Hagia Sophia on the historic peninsula of Sarayburnu, was built in the 6th century during ...

A Byzantine Empire atmosphere with modern facilities ... which operated in a space with a 1,500-year-old historic cistern, next to Hagia Sophia. Its revelation shocked Istanbul society, as the ...

Just steps away from the historic Hagia Sophia, a 1,500-year-old cistern—once a crucial part of the city’s water supply system—was illegally converted into a luxury spa center, triggering ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has instructed government officials to conduct a study on how to convert Istanbul’s famous Hagia Sophia Byzantine-era cathedral, currently a museum, into a ...

I rubbed my eyes in disbelief seeing a wall plaque at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville ... Ottoman Empire for having turned the Hagia Sophia church into a mosque.