Belisarius is the much underrated military commander of the Byzantine Empire who helped reclaim huge swathes of the Roman Empire.

The break came after the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople recognised the independence of the Ukrainian Church from Moscow. The row is being described as the greatest Orthodox split since ...

Patriarch Kirill (l) recently met the Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew, (r) and other Orthodox priests in Istanbul The Russian Orthodox Church has effectively cut diplomatic relations with ...

John Julius Norwich tells the dramatic story of the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, followed by the rise of the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century. Using monuments in Istanbul to ...