Trump's second administration is 'unprecedented' to some, but historians find parallels in ancient Rome, Nazi Germany, and ...

The water-bound fort on an abandoned artificial island in the Gulf of Finland holds an eerie past. Fort Alexander I, also ...

According to legend, in the 4th century, Emperor Constantine (also known as Constantine the Great) converted to Christianity after witnessing a miracle. In reality, his decision was more of a ...

Barbarian invasions in Greece during the Byzantine era were common with mostly Albanian tribes settling in the fertile plains ...

Two-part international conference in Rome and Münster on the first ecumenical council – Pontifical Gregorian University and the University of Münster in cooperation – Pope invites researchers to meet ...

Between the end of Roman antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages, laws appeared in both the Codex Theosianus and the ...

One of the most enduring myths today about the Council of Nicaea is that the council members voted on which books to include in the Bible. This myth is sometimes expanded to include Emperor ...

Just a few hours after the body of missing 39-year-old Vassilis Kalogirou was found in a remote area, his mother, a prosecutor investigating the Tempi tragedy, openly alleged that her son was the ...

Authorities in Turkey have sealed off a luxury spa set up by illegally modifying a 1,500-year-old cistern near Hagia Sophia ...

Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Vasilis Kikilias, announced on Monday the construction of a new port in Santorini as well as the creation of an escape port in a safe location on the ...

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. This year, Ash Wednesday and the ...

The persecution began on 23 February 303. It was the feast of Terminus, the god of boundaries – chosen, Lactantius says, ‘so ...