In fact the festival of Christ's birth wasn't invented until 312AD, and not by a peaceful disciple, but by a military leader, the Roman Emperor Constantine. Following his battlefield conversion ...

You remind me of the great Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, who founded and built the magnificent city of Constantinople — my birthplace, known today as Istanbul,” he said, drawing cheers ...

Greek Independence Day, on March 25, marks the beginning of the Greek revolt against Ottoman rule in 1821 and overlaps with the Feast of the Annunciation.

A unique portrait of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire ... but this discovery represents the only contemporary likeness. "The work being carried out by the ...