The Byzantine rite developed in the East, and is more similar to Eastern Orthodox worship practices ... and then went back to Ukraine to help rebuild the church after the end of state repression.

The last descendant of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine Palaiologos is buried in the most unlikely of places - on the island ...

[1] Without question, the Orthodox Church has been active in missions from its very beginning—from the Apostolic and Early Church period, through the Byzantine and Russian eras, and now in the present ...

The social position of Byzantine women is not easy to assess considering the vast reach of the empire and the many cultures it encompassed.

By Fr. Bruce Riebe For The Catholic Messenger On the day before Ash Wednesday one year, I was in my ...Read More ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday confirmed the reopening for Muslim worship of a mosque in Istanbul converted from an ancient Byzantine Orthodox church. "The Kariye mosque in its ...