Perhaps no other ruler throughout history was as influential in the design of coins and money as Alexander the Great. The coins minted during his reign influenced the future of coinage on three continents, and incorporated symbols that are still widely used in coins today. Of course, coinage was only one of the facets of history affected by Alexander. Widely […]

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 […]

To the Greeks, what was beautiful was holy; to the Jews, what was holy was beautiful. These views were bound to clash. by Rabbi Ken Spiro The 4th century BCE has been eventful for the Jewish people: Exiled to Babylon, they witness the fall of a mighty empire before their very eyes as the Persians invade. Permitted to return to […]