Constantinople fell, and Emperor Constantine XI’s sacrifice marked the end of an era and a legacy of faith and defiance.

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

In 1453, the Ottomans seized Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire and the life of its last emperor, Constantine ...

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ALMOST 2000 parishes of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC) have transferred to the Orthodox Church of ...

Constantinople, the magnificent capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II ...

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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 ...

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COMMENTARY: The solemn sign of reverence and humility links Catholics with their Eastern Orthodox brethren by tapping into spiritual medicine promoted by Pope Leo XIV.