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History channel – Engineering an Empire – Greek Byzantium
Turkey’s dwindling Greek Christians

Turkey’s dwindling Greek Christians

August 23, 2010 Patriarch Bartholomew is presiding over what appears to be a dying community.- The Last Patriarch? Greeks in Turkey STORY HIGHLIGHTS Patriarch Bartholomew is head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Constantinople The title goes back 14 centuries but he could be the last Turkey closed the seminary 25 years ago and now only 2,000 Orthodox Greeks live […]

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Byzantium The Lost Empire

Byzantium The Lost Empire

Byzantine Empire Flag. Building the Dream Part 1-6           FROM:http://www.youtube.com/user/strikezone6498  

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Emperor Theodore II Laskaris : Alexander the Great – ‘Emperor of the Hellenes’

Emperor Theodore II Laskaris : Alexander the Great – ‘Emperor of the Hellenes’

– The Hellenism during Nicaean Period –  The use of the terms “Graikoi” and “Hellenes” in Byzantium. – The Emperor Theodore II Laskaris in the panegyric of his father calls Alexander the Great as “Emperor of the Hellenes“ Thanks to Kostas68 for providing the images.

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