The defeat at the Battle of Manzikert was a pivotal moment for the Byzantine Empire as it allowed for the Turkification of ...

To counter the more powerful Caliphate during that period, the Byzantine Army adapted the “theme”system. The theme (or thema, from the Greek word θέμα) was an administrative division of the empire in ...

Arutyunova-Fidanyan, Viada A., Some Aspects of the Military-Administrative Districts and Byzantine Administration in Armenia During the 11th Century, REArm 20, 1986-87: ...

Credit: MapMaster / Wikimedia Commons As we were saying, Anna knew him because he was in Constantinople… as he had tried before in his youth, by force of arms: in 1080 Bohemond accompanied his father ...

Pope Francis named a New Mexico pastor as bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy, apostolic nuncio to the United States Cardinal Christophe Pierre announced on Friday. Father Artur Bubnevych ...

The 49-year-old transferred to the United States, in the Byzantine Eparchy of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix, and was ordained a deacon in March of 2014. He received priestly ordination the ...

Pope Francis has added Saint Isaac the Syrian (640-700) to the list of saints celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church. Born ...

The novels were famously tough to adapt until Denis Villeneuve came along. Can an HBO prequel about the origins of the Bene ...

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "in the air". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world. Steve Demeranville Steve Demeranville ...

In 1212 AD, while the Byzantine Empire was slowly declining, Crete was conquered by the Venetians ... These are rhyming couplets concerning love, satire or other themes. The music of Crete is ...

And of course, there’s the music: Each telenovela comes with its main theme, the song that announces the program’s beginning or its farewell, the siren that calls us to watch. It’s ...