The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town ...
The Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, Sahak Mashalian, no longer enthusiastically supports the His Holiness [Catholicos ...
“The Russian Orthodox Church doesn’t recognize those decisions and won’t fulfill them,” Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev said in Belarus after a meeting of the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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The fall of Constantinople: Mehmed II conquers the Byzantine capital
Witness the final siege of Constantinople in 1453, as Mehmed II’s massive Ottoman army and cannons finally breach the legendary defenses, ending the Byzantine Empire and changing the course of history ...
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Theodosian walls: Constantinople’s unbreakable fortress
Explore the mighty Theodosian Walls that protected Constantinople for over a thousand years, deflecting Huns, Arabs, Bulgars, and Rus alike, and shaping medieval European history.
On Tuesday morning, 20 Jumada al-Ulaa, 857H; may 29, 1453AD, the Ottoman sultan, Mohammed Alfateh launched his last attack to conquer constantinople, after a siege that lasted more than 50 days. When ...
On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years old but determined to see through his father’s dream of capturing the ...
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