Byzantium

The Fall of Chora: From Byzantine Splendor to Mosque Once More

The Monastery of Chora saw a great turnout for the Friday prayer, the first since it became a mosque. Few…

9 months ago

Byzantium to Constantinople: City Forged by the Bosphorus (Secrets Revealed)

Mandrocles: The ancient Greek engineer who built a bridge across the Bosporus connecting 600 ships

1 year ago

Light of Byzantium: A Global Art Tradition

  Byzantium has been, amongst many things, an inspiration to one of the world’s most interesting art traditions: the legacy…

1 year ago

Armenian coins and their link to Byzantium

The oldest Armenian coins found in Armenia date back to the 6th-5th centuries BC. As this was a century of…

1 year ago

May 11, 330: Byzantium renamed Constantinople and assigned as the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire

On May 11, 330, Constantine I dedicated Byzantium (Constantinople; now Istanbul) as the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire…

2 years ago

Theophobos - The Kurdish "Emperor" of Byzantium

Theophobos (Θεόφοβος), originally Nasir (ناصر), was a Kurdish commander of the Khurramite sect who converted to Christianity and entered Byzantine…

2 years ago

Eiresione: The Ancient Greek "Christmas Tree" that was transmitted to European tradition through Byzantium

In ancient Greece there was a similar custom of decorating a tree, except that the plant was not a fir…

2 years ago

Ancient marble discovery rewrites Byzantine history of Lesvos

The discovery of a 3.50-metre-long marble lintel found during an excavation near the foundations of the Byzantine gate of the castle…

2 years ago

May 11, 330: Byzantium renamed Constantinople and assigned as the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire

On May 11, 330, Constantine I dedicated Byzantium (Constantinople; now Istanbul) as the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire…

3 years ago

Crowds Flock to the Greek Orthodox Wish-Granting Church in Constantinople

On December 1, as on the first day of every month, people flocked in droves to the wish-granting Greek Orthodox…

3 years ago

Academy of Athens to celebrate the achievements and contributions of the Greek Diaspora

The Academy of Athens and the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad & Public Diplomacy of the Greek Ministry of Foreign…

3 years ago

Palaiologue, the new fashion clothing brand with a Byzantine twist

Palaiologue is the new slow-fashion clothing brand created by Greek-American, Vicky Hioureas. Her first collection has drawn lots of attention…

3 years ago

May 11, 330: Constantine I dedicates Byzantium as the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire

On May 11, 330, Constantine I dedicated Byzantium (Constantinople; now Istanbul) as the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire…

4 years ago

Billy Cotsis launches new book set in 1453 Constantinople

Second generation Greek Australian Billy Cotsis, has written a number of books including the acclaimed Many Faces of Hellenic Culture, Once…

4 years ago

Melbourne Youth Conference: CHANGE - How we navigate our way through a diverse world

This Saturday, January 25th 2020, the first state youth conference organised by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia: District of Melbourne,…

5 years ago

President Honours UK Professor for contribution to Greek culture

Greece’s President Prokopis Pavlopoulos honoured Professor Macleod Beaton, Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History at the University of London,…

5 years ago

Bestselling ‘’BYZANTIUM’’ returns with its majestic and mesmerizing sounds

Australia’s first recording of hymns and psalms from the Greek Orthodox ecclesiastic tradition in Byzantine music, aptly named “Byzantium”, has…

6 years ago

Australia’s First Byzantine Album Resurrected due to Popular Demand

Due for a relaunch this year, Australia’s first ever recording of one of the world’s oldest surviving musical traditions actually…

9 years ago