Two historical educational institutions inextricably linked to the Greeks of Istanbul – the Phanar Greek…
Tag: Constantinople
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…
The Constantinople pogrom, also known as the Constantinople riots, Septemvriana and September events, was an…
On August 31, 1922, Kemal’s army wanted to destroy everything Greek that existed in the…
Patriarch of Constantinople and known for his virtue, Agios Alexandros’ memory is celebrated on August…
Empress Theodora is referred to as the most powerful woman in Byzantine history. Empress Theodora…
In Turkey, they are still busy and dedicating space and time in the media for…
Tesla founder and billionaire Elon Musk has baffled and intrigued many online Turkish media outlets…
On Thursday, June 9, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of…
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announced on Tuesday the fourth and last Centennial Pilgrimage…
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was proclaimed an honorary citizen of the municipality of Thermaikos in Thessaloniki…
Yesterday’s 569th anniversary of the Fall of Constantinople was used by Turkish President Recep Tayyip…
Laskarina Bouboulina (1771-1825) was a Greek revolutionary and naval commander. An Arvanite Greek born in…
Rebetiko is a kind of Greek folk music that started in Asia Minor, more specifically,…