The naval battle of Eressos is considered the first frontal naval battle by the Greek…
Tag: Constantinople
Constantine is famous for founding the city of Constantinople (present day Istanbul) originally known as…
On May 14, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of Martyrdom Therapon, who was a…
Laskarina Bouboulina (1771-1825) was a Greek revolutionary and naval commander. An Arvanite Greek born in…
April 24th is the day the world commemorates the Armenian Genocide committed by Turks in…
On this day in 1930, the name of Constantinople was officially changed to Istanbul by…
On the occasion of Ramadan, the municipal authorities of the Fatih Municipality of Istanbul decided…
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias was targeted by Turkish media because he referred to Istanbul by…
Emmanouil Karalis ended up second in the men’s pole vault, jumping over 5.80 meters in…
Greek greatness prevails Miltiadis Tentoglou claims his third straight title with a triumphant jump of…
Greek athlete Nikos Andrikopoulos won the silver medal in the triple jump event with 16.58…
Miltiadis Tentoglou from Greece grabs the win in the men’s long jump after a nail-biting…
Two historical educational institutions inextricably linked to the Greeks of Istanbul – the Phanar Greek…
By Uzay Bulut Turkey’s main opposition, the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoglu…
The final iconography including the Pantokrator icon at the Dome’s centre and the 20 Prophets at the Dome’s perimeter painted by Mount Athos monks Fr. Lukas and his associate Fr. Pachimos, among the finest iconographers in the world, was completed at St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, New York early this week.
Police have arrested a suspect who is believed to have planted the bomb that exploded…
The last game in the popular God of War series, Ragnarök, has been available for…
The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that…
Recipes originating from Constantinople, often with roots from the East Roman (Byzantine) but with later…
Irene Papas chanted the Byzantine hymn “Ti Hypermacho Stratigo” inside Hagia Sophia in Istanbul during…