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1 day ago · Constantine Palaiologos was the last Byzantine emperor. Credit: Public Domain. Shortly before the fall, Palaiologos visited Hagia Sophia, where he took Holy Communion. He then said his final goodbyes to his family before going into battle. When the Ottomans invaded the city, some advised Palaiologos to flee to save his life.
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2 days ago · In Lesson 9 of our course “ Ancient Christianity,” Kenneth Calvert speaks to the dynamics at play in Constantine’s conversion, as well as how the Church immediately felt the impact of this first Christian emperor. For one, pagan persecution of Christians essentially ceased with the ascendancy of Constantine as ruler of the empire in 324.
3 days ago · The First Council of Nicaea (/ n aɪ ˈ s iː ə / ny-SEE-ə; Ancient Greek: Σύνοδος τῆς Νικαίας, romanized: Sýnodos tês Nikaías) was a council of Christian bishops convened in the Bithynian city of Nicaea (now İznik, Turkey) by the Roman Emperor Constantine I. The Council of Nicaea met from May until the end of July 325.
5 days ago · This is a series of edicts issued by Constantine regarding religion, beginning with the original edict of toleration from 311 signed by three of the then four rulers of the Roman Empire: Lactantius, Licinius, and Constantine.
2 days ago · Ioustinianós, Byzantine Greek pronunciation: [i.ustini.aˈnos]; 482 – 14 November 565), [b] also known as Justinian the Great, [c] was the Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was marked by the ambitious but only partly realized renovatio imperii, or "restoration of the Empire". [5]
2 days ago · Eastern Orthodoxy - Byzantine, Schism, Reformation: At the beginning of the 2nd millennium of Christian history, the church of Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) Empire, was at the peak of its world influence and power.
3 days ago · The Walls of Constantinople (Turkish: Konstantinopolis Surları; Greek: Τείχη της Κωνσταντινουπόλης) are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople (today Istanbul in Turkey) since its founding as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine the Great.
