Philotheos Zervakos, Elder
Blessed Elder Philotheos was born in 1884 in a small village in the Peloponnese, and was given the name Constantine in holy baptism. It appeared, since […]
Gregory Palamas the Wonderworker
The life of our righteous father in Saints Gregory Palamas, the miraculous and brilliant archbishop of Thessaloniki in the fourteenth century. He wrote a biography
Babilas (Babula-Babila), Bishop of Antioch
It was stated in the book “History of the Church” by Ephesus (+ 340), in Book VI, Chapter 43, that: “Some sources state that the Emperor
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Pamphilos Al-Beiruti, the saint and martyr, and his companions
Al-Qudsi martyred Mephilus and his eleven companions in Caesarea Palestine during the time of the Roman Emperor Maximinus Dea within the year
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Rock of doubt
The title of the book with the content of the first and second parts. 1. The first chapter: An introduction to what happened between Ignatius and Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople.
Eastern Christianity and the Crusades
Eastern Christianity suffered a lot from the Western Crusades (or Frankish campaigns) that invaded our East (starting in 1908 AD) in the name of...
The Latin Kingdom and the Crusader Principalities
Crusades 1098-1204 In the spring of the year 1100, hostilities were renewed, and the Crusaders took control of the coast of Palestine from Ashkelon to Mecca. It was necessary
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Latin and Orthodox Hierarchical
Crusades 1098-1204 Latin Hierarchy: The Crusaders aimed for the Holy Sepulcher, so Jerusalem became the most important city in the East for them, and a patriarch became superior to a patriarch.
Latin relations with the Jacobins, Armenians and Maronites
Crusades 1098-1204 Athanasius II: (1165-1170) Antioch remained the destination of the soul’s hopes and the talk of their dreams, and they continued to watch the development of circumstances and look for opportunities for victory.
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