Encyclopedia - Constantinople: Encyclopedia - Constantinople
Constantinople1 (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις) was the earlier name of the modern city of İstanbul in Turkey in its role ov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantinople - Names
The name of Constantinople is an honorific eponym referencing its founder, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. Constantine establish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantinople - Importance Of The City In Its Prime
Constantinople was historically important for a number of reasons. Constantinople was one of the larger and richer urban centers in the E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Epiphanius: Encyclopedia - Epiphanius
Epiphanius ("clearly manifested") was the name of several early Christian scholars and ecclesiastics: Saint Epiphanius of Pavia (439-496...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine Iv: Encyclopedia - Constantine Iv
Constantine IV (649-685) was Byzantine emperor from 668-685. He had been named a co-emperor with his father Constans II in 654, and becam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 915: Encyclopedia - 915
915 - Events. Fatimid armies invaded Egypt. Pope John X cooperates with a court at Constantinople to drive Muslims from a castle at Ga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johannes Bessarion: Encyclopedia - Johannes Bessarion
Johannes Bessarion, or Basilius (c. 1395-1472), titular patriarch of Constantinople, and one of the illustrious Greek scholars who contri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 144: Encyclopedia - 144
144 - Events. Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Patriarch Polycarpus II to Patriarch Athendodorus Change of era name from Han...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athenagoras: Encyclopedia - Athenagoras
Athenagoras has been the name of several notable Greek individuals: Athenagoras of Ephesus, a tyrant of Ephesus around the 6th century B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maruthas: Encyclopedia - Maruthas
Maruthas was bishop of Tagrit or Maypherkat in Mesopotamia, friend of St. John Chrysostom, believed to have died before 420. He is honour...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quinisext Council: Encyclopedia - Quinisext Council
This article incorporates text from the public domain Catholic Encyclopedia. This particular council of Constantinople, held in 692 under...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anastasius: Encyclopedia - Anastasius
Anastasius is part of the name of: Pope Anastasius: Pope Anastasius I -- Pope from 399-401 Pope Anastasius II -- Pope from 496-498 Pope...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 496: Encyclopedia - 496
496 - Events. Battle of Tolbiac; Clovis I defeats the Alamanni accepts Catholic baptism at Reims. Pope Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hagia Sophia: Encyclopedia - Hagia Sophia
The Church of the Holy Wisdom, commonly known as Hagia Sophia in English, is a former Greek Orthodox church converted to a mosque, now a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine V: Encyclopedia - Constantine V
Constantine V Copronymus ("The Dung-named") (718-September 14, 775) was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775. Constantine was the son and su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baudolino: Encyclopedia - Baudolino
Baudolino is a 2000 novel by Umberto Eco about a young man named Baudolino's adventures in the known and mythical Christian world of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Codex Alexandrinus: Encyclopedia - Codex Alexandrinus
The Codex Alexandrius (London, British Library, MS Royal 1. D. V-VIII) is a 5th century manuscript of the Greek Bible, containing the maj...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Varangian: Encyclopedia - Varangian
The Varangians (Russian: Variags, Варяги) were Scandinavians who travelled eastwards, mainly from Jutland and Sweden. Promoting tra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basil Zaharoff: Encyclopedia - Basil Zaharoff
Sir Basil Zaharoff, originally Zacharias Basileios, (1849, Muğla, Turkey - 1936, Monte Carlo, Monaco) was an Greek-Russian arms trader a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine Rhigas: Encyclopedia - Constantine Rhigas
Constantine Rhigas, known as Rhigas of Velestinos (Pherae), or Rhigas Pheraios (1760-1798) was a Greek revolutionary and poet born at Vel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nestorianism: Encyclopedia - Nestorianism
Nestorianism is the Christian doctrine that Jesus existed as two persons, the man Jesus and the divine Son of God, rather than as a unifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 2: Encyclopedia - April 2
2 April is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. April 2 - Events. 69 - Ga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Chrysostom: Encyclopedia - John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom (347 - 407) was a notable Christian bishop and preacher from the 4th and 5th centuries in Syria and Constantinople. He is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attila The Hun: Encyclopedia - Attila The Hun
Attila the Hun (Old Norse: Atle, Atli; German: Etzel; ca. 406–453 AD) was the last and most powerful king of the Huns. He reigned over ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Byzantine Emperors: Encyclopedia - List Of Byzantine Emperors
This is a list of the Emperors of the late Roman Empire, called Byzantine. The title of all Emperors listed preceding Heraclius was offic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine Xi: Encyclopedia - Constantine Xi
Constantine XI Paleologus (sometimes numbered Constantine XII or Constantine XIII), also known as Constantine XI Dragases Paleologus (Gr....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ridván: Encyclopedia - Ridván
Ridván is a twelve day festival in the Bahá'í Faith, commemorating the commencement of Bahá'u'lláh´s prophethood. It begins at suns...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charisius: Encyclopedia - Charisius
Flavius Sosipater Charisius (fl. 4th century) was a Latin grammarian. He was probably an African by birth, summoned to Constantinople to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantium: Encyclopedia - Byzantium
Byzantium was an ancient Greek city-state, founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas. The name "B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bucoleon: Encyclopedia - Bucoleon
Bucoleon Palace was one of the Byzantine palaces in Constantinople. It was built (probably) by Theodosius II in the 5th century. Bucoleon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aelia Eudoxia: Encyclopedia - Aelia Eudoxia
Aelia Eudoxia (d. 6 October 404) was the wife of the Eastern Roman emperor Arcadius. The daughter of a certain Bauto, a Frankish magister...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine: Encyclopedia - Constantine
Constantine - Rulers called Constantine. Constantine I (emperor), commonly known as Constantine the Great Constantine II (emperor) Con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Nectarius Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Nectarius Of Constantinople - His Unexpected Appointment
When the Emperor Theodosius I wanted the Bishops at the Council to suggest new candidates and reserving to himself the right of making th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fall Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Fall Of Constantinople - Preparations
Mehmed, whose great-grandfather Bayezid I had previously built a fortress on the Asian side of the Bosporus called Anadolu Hisarı, now b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Athenagoras I Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Athenagoras I Of Constantinople - Life
Patriarch Athenagoras was born Aristokles Spyrou in Vasilikón, near Ioánnina, Epirus, Greece, on March 25, 1886. The son of the village...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basil Zaharoff: Encyclopedia Ii - Basil Zaharoff - Early Life
Basil was from a Greek family in Constantinople. The name Zaharoff was adopted when the family was in exile in Russia as a result of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - The Term Byzantine Empire
Main article: Names of the Greeks The name Byzantine Empire is derived from the original Greek name for Constantinople; Byzantium. The na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - The Term Byzantine Empire
Main article: Names of the Greeks The name Byzantine Empire is derived from the original Greek name for Constantinople, Byzantium. The na...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nestorianism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Nestorianism
Nestorianism ( from Nestorius), Patriarch of Constantinople). The Christian doctrine that Jesus was two distinct persons, one human an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nestorianism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Nestorianism
Nestorianism ( from Nestorius), Patriarch of Constantinople). The Christian doctrine that Jesus was two distinct persons, one human an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chora Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Chora Church - History
The Chora Church was originally built outside the walls of Constantinople, to the south of the Golden Horn. The church's full name was th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gard Agdi: Encyclopedia Ii - Gard Agdi - Commentary
The word garðr means 'an enclosed piece of land' and is cognate with English yard and garth. The element garðr is commonly an element i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trebinje: Encyclopedia Ii - Trebinje - History
The toponym Trebinje comes from a medieval term Travunia. Trebinje was built by the Slavs, probably on the site of a Roman town laid wast...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Staraya Ladoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Staraya Ladoga - Origin And Name
Dendrochronology reports that Ladoga was founded in 753. Until 950, it was one of the most important trading ports of Eastern Europe. Mer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morea: Encyclopedia Ii - Morea - History
After the conquest of Constantinople by the forces of the Fourth Crusade (1204), two groups of Franks undertook the occupation of the Mor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polatsk: Encyclopedia Ii - Polatsk - Cultural Heritage
The city's Cathedral of Saint Sophia in Polatsk (1044-1066) was a symbol of the independent-mindedness of Polatsk, rivaling churches of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Cyril: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Cyril - Early Life
Cyril and Methodius were born in Thessaloniki, now part of Greece, to a Greek drungarios (a military officer) named Leon and a Slavic mot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pontus: Encyclopedia Ii - Pontus - Byzantine Ottoman And Modern History
Pontus continued to be an autonomous state under the Imperial rule of Constantinople through most of the history of the Byzantine Empire....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexandroupoli: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexandroupoli - History
The city's history only goes back to the 19th century. Long used as a landing ground for fishermen from the coast of Samothrace opposite,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pontus: Encyclopedia Ii - Pontus - Byzantine Ottoman And Modern History
Pontus continued to be an autonomous state under the Imperial rule of Constantinople through most of the history of the Byzantine Empire....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - İstanbul: Encyclopedia Ii - İstanbul - Etymology
The name İstanbul comes from the Greek words εις την Πόλη – eis tin Poli (pronounced [is tim boli]) or στην Πόλη, fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Istanbul: Encyclopedia Ii - Istanbul - Etymology
The name İstanbul comes from the Greek words εις την Πόλη – eis tin Poli (pronounced [is tim boli]) or στην Πόλη, fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plovdiv: Encyclopedia Ii - Plovdiv - History
Plovdiv is one of the oldest cities of Europe, being older than Rome, Athens and Constantinople. The first traces of civilization at the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plovdiv: Encyclopedia Ii - Plovdiv - History
Plovdiv is one of the oldest cities of Europe, being older than Rome, Athens, and Constantinople. The first traces of civilization at the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rudjer Boscovich: Encyclopedia Ii - Rudjer Boscovich - Legacy
In addition to the works already mentioned Boscovich published Elementa universae matheseos (1754), the substance of the course of study ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Helena: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Helena - History
St. Helena was discovered May 21, 1502, by the Portuguese navigator João da Nova, and named for Helena of Constantinople. The Portuguese...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valens: Encyclopedia Ii - Valens - The Revolt Of Procopius
Valens inherited the eastern portion of an empire that had recently retreated from most of its holdings in Mesopotamia and Armenia becaus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parachute: Encyclopedia Ii - Parachute - History
A few medieval documents record the use of parachute-like devices to allow a person to fall (somewhat) safely from a height. In 852, an A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Smyrna: Encyclopedia Ii - Smyrna - Roman Byzantine And Ottoman Smyrna
In the Roman period Smyrna vied with Ephesus and Pergamum for the title First City of Asia. A Christian church existed here from a very e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Ben Eliezer - His Miracles
At this time, too, he learned how to work miracles with the name of God. The following is an instance: In Constantinople, where Besht sto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kutadgu Bilig: Encyclopedia Ii - Kutadgu Bilig - The Text
Kutadgu Bilig - History. The Kutadgu Bilig was completed in 462 (1069/1070) and presented to Tavghach Bughra Khan, the prince of Kashga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foreign Relations Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Foreign Relations Of Greece - The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia
Greek refusal to recognize the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) under its chosen name of "Republic of Macedonia" has been an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marco Polo: Encyclopedia Ii - Marco Polo - The Voyage Of Niccolò And Maffeo Polo
The Polo name originally didn't belong to a family of explorers but to a family of traders. Marco Polo's father, Niccolò (also Nicolò i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Crescent: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Crescent
Crescent. Sin was the Assyrian name for the moon, and Sin-ai the Mount, the birth-place of Osiris, of Dionysos, Bacchus and several ot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephardi Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephardi Jews - Relationship To Other Jews
Although the Sephardim lived on peaceful terms with other Jews, they rarely intermarried with them; neither did they unite with them in f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint John: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint John - People
Saint John - Saints. John the Apostle, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus John the Evangelist, traditionally identified with the apo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Nathan Of Ghaza
Having Halabi's money, a charming wife, and many additional followers, Sabbatai triumphantly returned to Palestine. Passing through the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatai Zevi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatai Zevi - Spread Of His Influence
The adherents of Sabbatai, probably with his consent, even planned to abolish to a great extent the ritualistic observances because, acco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foreign Relations Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Foreign Relations Of Greece - Terms
Some terms have or used to have significant importance to Greek foreign policy: Foreign relations of Greece - Eastern Thrace. A name fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foreign Relations Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Foreign Relations Of Greece - Balkans
Foreign relations of Greece - Bilateral relations with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia FYROM. Greek refusal to recognize the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sicilian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Sicilian Language - Linguistic Development From The Middle Ages
In 1000 AD the whole of modern day southern Italy, including Sicily, was a complex mix of small states and principalities, languages, rel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Byzantine Emperors: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Byzantine Emperors - Heraclian Dynasty 610-695
List of Byzantine Emperors - Non-dynastic 695-705. Leontius (Λεόντιος) (ruled 695 - 698) – Strategos (general); mutilated, d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belisarius: Encyclopedia Ii - Belisarius - His Later Life And Campaigns
The retirement of Belisarius came to an end in 559, when an army of Slavs and Bulgars crossed the Danube River to invade Byzantine territ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lazarus: Encyclopedia Ii - Lazarus - Tombs Of Lazarus
The first tomb in Bethany is a place of pilgrimage today. Lazarus' tomb in Cyprus is the site of the Byzantine church, the most notable f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lazarus: Encyclopedia Ii - Lazarus - Tombs Of Lazarus
The first tomb in Bethany is a place of pilgrimage today. Lazarus' tomb in Cyprus is the site of the Byzantine church, the most notable f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attila The Hun: Encyclopedia Ii - Attila The Hun - Sole Ruler
Constantinople suffered major natural (and man-made) disasters in the years following the Huns' departure: bloody riots between the racin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hooliganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hooliganism - History Of Hooliganism And Its Relationship With Sport
Violence in sports has a long history. In the 6th century, rivalry between supporters of the Blue and Green chariot-racing teams in Const...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hooliganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hooliganism - History
Violence in sports has a long history. In the 6th century, rivalry between supporters of the Blue and Green chariot-racing teams in Const...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muawiyah I: Encyclopedia Ii - Muawiyah I - Legacy
Mu'awiyah greatly beautified Damascus and developed a court to rival that of the Byzantines. He expanded the frontiers of the empire, rea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mount Vesuvius: Encyclopedia Ii - Mount Vesuvius - Eruptions
Vesuvius has erupted repeatedly in recorded history, most famously in 79 and subsequently in 472, 512, in 1631, six times in the 18th cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mount Vesuvius: Encyclopedia Ii - Mount Vesuvius - Eruptions
Vesuvius has erupted repeatedly in recorded history, most famously in 79 and subsequently in 472, 512, in 1631, six times in the 18th cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Euphemius Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Euphemius Of Constantinople - The Acacian Schism
In 482, the Emperor Zeno had published a decree called the Henotikon, which forbade in the current theological discussions any other crit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fall Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Fall Of Constantinople - Aftermath
Mehmed had promised his troops they could loot the city for three days, in accordance with ancient military tradition. He had also threat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mehmed Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Mehmed Ii - Other Facts
He is also recognized as the first sultan to codify criminal and constitutional law long before Suleyman the Magnificent (also "the Lawma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mehmed Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Mehmed Ii - Other Facts
He is also recognized as the first sultan to codify criminal and constitutional law long before Suleyman the Magnificent (also "the Lawma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castle Of Seven Towers: Encyclopedia Ii - Castle Of Seven Towers - History
The Castle of the Seven Towers are recorded in the history of the lower empire from the sixth century of the Christian era as a place of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Council Of Chalcedon: Encyclopedia Ii - Council Of Chalcedon - Historical Background
Council of Chalcedon - Relics of Nestorianism. After the Council of Ephesus had condemned Nestorianism, there remained a conflict betwe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empire Of Nicaea: Encyclopedia Ii - Empire Of Nicaea - Foundation
In 1204, Byzantine emperor Alexius V fled Constantinople rather than face the crusader army in battle. Theodore Lascaris, the son-in-law ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Gennadius I Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Gennadius I Of Constantinople - Biography
His first public writing was quoted by Facundus (Defensio, II, iv) against Saint Cyril of Alexandria in two works, probably in 431 or 432...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - New Rome - The Third Rome In Rome
Terza Roma (Third Rome) is also a name for the Benito Mussolini[1] plan to expand Rome towards Ostia and the sea. The Eur neighbourhood w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodore Metochites: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodore Metochites - Life
Metochites was born in Constantinople as the son of the archdeacon George Metochites, a fervent supporter of the union of the Orthodox an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rumelihisari: Encyclopedia Ii - Rumelihisari - Construction
Rumelihisari is situated at the narrowest point with 660 m of the Bosporus strait, just opposite of the Anadoluhisari on the Anatolian si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantine - People Called Constantine
Constantine - Rulers called Constantine. Constantine I (emperor), commonly known as Constantine the Great Constantine II (emperor) Con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Atticus Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Atticus Of Constantinople - Biography
Born at Sebaste in Armenia, he early embraced a monastic life, and received his education from some Macedonian monks near that place. Rem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Three-chapter Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Three-chapter Controversy - The Subscription
The leading Eastern bishops were coerced, after a short resistance, into subscribing. Mennas, Patriarch of Constantinople, first proteste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantinople - Constantinople In The Divided Empire
The first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople was Honoratus, who took office on 11 December 359 and held it until 361. The empero...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantinople - The City Under Justinian
The emperor Justinian (527-565) was known for his successes in war, for his legal reforms and for his public works. It was from Constanti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantinople - Public Buildings
Constantinople was a Christian city, lying in the most Christianised part of the Empire. Justinian made the temples of Byzantium into rui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantinople - Constantine's Foundation
Constantine had altogether more ambitious plans. Having restored the unity of the empire, now overseeing the progress of major government...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Viii - N
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VIII - N . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word....   » Read the article