St. Gregory Palamas lived in Greece in the 14th century. The Byzantine Emperor himself helped raise and educate St. Gregory, but the saint left the court to become a humble ...

Population surveillance. The carrying of identification while traveling. Add to that the public presence of diverse religions ...

The story of Ancient Roman Emperor Hardrian and his lover Antinous has long been the stuff of literal legend, captivating the ...

Factbox-Syria's Sects: Delicate Mix for Its New Islamist Leaders DUBAI (Reuters) - Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in ...

credit: Wellcome Images/ wikimedia commons CC-BY-4.0 The Byzantine Empire is mostly known for its achievements in art and architecture, but not many people know that the Byzantines also made ...

Pramode Mallik Updated : Mar 10, 2025, 04:11 PM IST Though Syria's Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has appealed for peace and unity among different sects of the country, violence and revenge ...

The group, led by former al Qaeda militant Ahmad al-Sharaa, promised political equality and representation to the various sects of Syria’s diverse ethnic and religious populations. Security ...

It also underscores the scale of the challenge it faces in unifying and ruling the nation, which is home to multiple sects and awash with weapons and armed factions, including unemployed former ...

None of his recent films are as strange and bewildering as “The Empire,” a science-fiction epic, where the action is split between a galactic void and the Opal coast in Northern France. After the ...

Most Alawite city councillors in Damascus have lost their jobs, but not those from other sects. By some estimates, almost half the old regime’s 1.3m government workers have been dismissed.

A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than originally believed. Interamna Lirenas was a thriving town ...

Credit: Duccio di Buoninsegna, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain The Byzantine Empire is not always recognised as the crucial link that connected the classical world with modern Europe. However, this ...