Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

Women played diverse and influential roles in the Byzantine Empire that extended far beyond the domestic affairs of each family.

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The Dicastery for the Eastern Churches has prepared a pastoral guide for the 2025 Jubilee of the Eastern Churches, to be celebrated May 12–14, in order to make known the richness of the ...

ATHENS (Reuters) -Archbishop Anastasios, head of the Orthodox Church of Albania, died at a hospital in Athens at the age of 95 on Saturday, the church announced. Anastasios played a key role in ...

The castle-like Eastern State Penitentiary is one of Philadelphia's most important historic sites. Having opened in 1829, this Quaker-inspired prison sought to reform prisoners using isolation and ...

Stavrophor Rajko Kosic surveys about a hundred small bundles of straw and dried leaves that will be thrown onto a burning yule log during Holy Resurrection Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church’s ...

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Eastern Market draws history geeks and foodies alike. Open since 1891, this 43-acre district (six blocks of which are devoted to the public market) is the largest historic public market district ...

Ukrainians celebrate Eastern Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 7. Taheri will land in the Ukraine on Christmas Eve then make his way to Moldova and then Romania to deliver the 250 gifts he has collected ...

It is Byzantine in style and is supposed ... Symbolism of the icon of Perpetual Help The influence of Eastern icons in the West, around the XII and XIII centuries brought a class of icons called ...

The Israeli military has enlisted the first batch of about 50 recruits into its new ultra-Orthodox brigade after a controversial decision to end their decades-long exemption from service. By the ...