The seat of the Roman Empire is Constantinople ... of Constantinople was more important for its flock. It was the symbol and institution which kept faith and hope alive: after the conquest ...

Few realize that the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is deeply beholden ... In fact, it goes beyond Greek papism. Even the Roman Catholic Church explicitly denies that the Pope is ...

This was a symbolic twist alluding to that duality, considering that the Romans used a single-headed imperial eagle as a ...

Second, it was to show to the entire world the power and might and ability of the Roman workforce—its grandiose size and monumental shape and a symbol ... been moved to Constantinople, and ...

In the Ninth Article of the Nicea-Constantinople Symbol of Faith proclaimed by the holy Fathers of the First and Second Ecumenical Councils, we confess our faith in "One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic ...

Some cisterns could reach a colossal size, such as the Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnıcı) in Constantinople ... standing as a conspicuous symbol of Roman innovation and power.

The Litany originated in Antioch in the fourth century and from there was taken to Constantinople and through it to the ... (Virgo clemens), and Virgin Most Faithful (Virgo fidelis). 4. Symbols of ...

Another iconic Roman site can be found in the Turkish city of Istanbul. A remarkable feat of engineering, Valens Aqueduct was ...

The Righteous Martyr Theodosia, having Constantinople as her homeland, struggled in asceticism in her own convent, which was located in that same imperial city. Filled with zeal for the veneration of ...

It posited a struggle between good and evil, light and darkness; its use of fire as the symbol of the purifying power ... a 5th-century patriarch of Constantinople who soon outraged the Roman and ...

A Premonition of the Future West Africa is becoming the symbol of worldwide demographic ... on the eve of the destruction of Greek Constantinople in 1453. That is Golden Mountain.