His upbringing: Saint Photius the Confessor was born in the year 820 AD to a distinguished family. His father, Sergius, and his mother, Irene, are confessors of the church. It is celebrated for them in [...]
Theodora loved Christ from an early age in her life. When she did not want to give herself to the joys of worldly life, she joined someone
The beginning of the use of icons: The historian Eusebius narrates that he saw a statue of the Lord Jesus in Banias, Mount Hermon, and that he saw real icons of the apostles.
Leo V and the Icons: Nikephoros, the Minister of Finance, took control of the court of Ireneiah, arrested her, and imprisoned her in a monastery. The era of this philosophy ended
858-867 and 877-886 Parties and the Church: New Rome had inherited from ancient Rome its four parties: blue, green, white, and red. Then join
Emperor Justinus: Anastasius died on July 9, 518, without a successor. After him, Justinus, one of the commanders of the Imperial Guard, assumed the throne.
The Three Chapters: It happened that there were in the court Theodoros Askidas, Bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, and Domitianus, Bishop of Ankara, Edessa, and they were the two Palestinian monks who
