The Church of the Apostles, built atop the home of Jesus' first disciples, was believed by many to be merely a myth. But ...

This is fresh air for Orthodox Christians, who have had to bear the accusation of Byzantine theocracy longer than Western Christians have had to bear the accusations of the Crusades and the ...

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

Conservation work by an archaeologist has revealed a previously unknown portrait of the last emperor of Byzantine, ...

Seems to me that the Byzantine emperors, including the Palaeologan line from the thirteenth century, persecuted religious minorities, including Jews, Manichaeans and dissident Christians ...

Archaeologists have unveiled a remarkable Byzantine-era complex in Israel, featuring a vibrant mosaic floor with a Greek ...

Archaeologists think the tiles once lined a Byzantine-era monastery. The complex also included a large warehouse and ...

[20] In seeking to understand the meaning of Eastern Christian liturgy, the Byzantine in particular, it is important to note that it is not symbolic in the Western sense. A liturgical action has no ...

This is the first comprehensive study of marriage rituals in the Eastern Mediterranean world of Byzantine Christianity. Using a large corpus of unedited liturgical manuscripts as well as other ...

The symbol of Western Civilization, the Acropolis' Parthenon was converted to a Christian church for almost a millennium, ...

Works being carried out as part of an Israel Land Authority development have unearthed Byzantine-era buildings, including a ...

Israel was part of the Eastern Roman Empire—now commonly referred to as the Byzantine Empire. The period was characterized by the spread of Christianity and the construction of important sites ...