Certain Eastern Orthodox churches, including those in Russia, follow the ancient Julien calendar, which runs 13 days later ...

Hagia Sophia remains the symbolic center of Greek Orthodoxy even centuries after its fall to the Ottomans and conversion to a ...

The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town known as Byzantium.

Janet Dowling Sands will deliver a lecture, “A New Look at California’s Mission History,” on Thursday, Jan. 16, at Sonoma ...

Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki, opened its first metro transit system for passengers on Saturday, 30 November 2024, more ...

In 1952, a very secular Turkey joined NATO amid concerns that the Soviet Union be problematic. Membership in NATO provided ...

The history and characteristics of the unique surviving portrait of the last byzantine emperor, Constantine Palaiologos, ...

Fall detection works a lot like it sounds, meaning the watch senses you've fallen off your feet and asks you to confirm whether you're okay or need assistance. Friends and family members selected ...

After the Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk's victory over Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia, Usyk raised the saber of Ukrainian Hetman ...

CONSTRUCTION ZONE, WHICH WAS CLOSED OFF TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THREE PEOPLE WERE ON THE END OF THE SANTA CRUZ WHARF WHEN IT COLLAPSED INTO THE OCEAN. TWO WERE RESCUED AND THE THIRD ABLE TO SWIM ...

In 1453, as the ancient walls of Constantinople crumbled under Ottoman cannons, an unexpected chain of events was set in motion that would reshape the course of human knowledge. The fall of ...

As large waves produced by a winter storm pummeled the California coast Monday, a portion of the Santa Cruz pier collapsed and floated away, and three people were plunged into the ocean.