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The grant opening of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, the center of Orthodox Christianity for a millennium was held on ...

Pope John Paul II made history by becoming the first leader of the Vatican to visit Greece in nearly 1300 years.

Opening Bombardment - Mehmed IV wanted to live up to, and even surpass, the legacy of his forefather Mehmed II, who had ...

It dates to the 15th-century fall of the great empire and offers a vision of the man painted according to his likeness.

Russia sees Kiev as the historic cradle of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Church now fears losing many of its 12,000 parishes in Ukraine. Constantinople holds sway over more than 300 million ...

It follows signs that Constantinople's Patriarch Bartholomew ... Russia sees Kiev as the historic cradle of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Russian Orthodox church has long held sway over the ...