Tag Archives: Constantinople

On 24 of July 2020, when Hagia Sophia was officially converted into a mosque, is the day Greek patriots wished the “Marbled King” would wake up, conquer Constantinople again and have Turks return to their homeland, the Red Apple Tree.  The “Marbled King” is Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine …

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The Russian Orthodox Church said on Monday it has decided to break off all ties with the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople after it recognized the Autonomy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine last week. The split is the biggest in Christianity and Orthodoxy in more than thousand years, since Catholics …

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“The Ecumenical Patriarchate does not threaten and will not be threatened” a statement issued by Metropolitan bishop Emmanuel of France said after the meeting between the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Patriarch of Moscow Kiril in the Patriarchate in  Constantinople on Friday. Emmanuel said that the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s decision to …

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The eternal question: Why do Christians celebrate Easter on two different dates? This year Catholics, the Western Church, celebrate Jesus Resurrection on April 1st, while members of the Greek Orthodox and the East Church on  April 8th. Easter is a moveable feast, that does not fall on a fixed date …

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Hundreds of Muslims prayed outside the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul and demanded that the historic monument of Orthodoxy turns into a mosque. The people gathered outside Hagia Sophia that is a museum at 4 o’ clock in the morning on Friday, May 13, with the slogan “Break the chains, Open …

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