When Byzantine princess Maria Palaiologina left for Mongolia for her arranged marriage to Mongolian monarchy, it was a common imperial diplomatic move that wrote a unique chapter in Byzantine history and Christian Orthodoxy
The history of the Byzantine Empire in...
While the great cathedrals of Byzantium in Constantinople, today's Istanbul—including Hagia Sophia—were converted into mosques, Panagia Mouchliotissa, remained untouched.
To this day, the small, crimson-walled church in the Phanar district continues to celebrate the Divine Liturgy, protected by a 15th-century...
