ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΗ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ

 Anyone who takes a little time and reads from the sources of the time the events of the life of Constantine I, a saint of the Church, marvels at how incredibly enlightened asa general and politician he was. He even stoped the division of the Church, being still unbaptized, by calling all the Bishops of Christianity from all over the world to a Synod, in which he himself presided. He did this by using the authority of the Roman Emperor, as master of the Universe. The Synod was called Ecumenical. Each Roman king was considered master of all inhabited land, the "oekoumene". That is why he is depicted on the coins holding a globe in his hand, as in the photo of a gold solidus minted in 325 by the Senate in Nicomedia for his sake. It is of course very interesting that the ancient Greek word "oecoumene" was depicted by the Greeks and Romans with a sphere. Eratosthenes in the 3rd century BC and Cratis in the 2nd BC. they discovered and calculated the diameter of the...

  It is very interesting that the clever and enlightened emperor Constantine I in the city he founded on the triangular peninsula of the Bosphorus and was named after him, built a pagan temple of the Dodecatheon in the forest behind Hagia Sophia, approximately where the Topkapi museum is today, in addition to the central Great Church for the Christians. He is also the last in the line of Roman Emperors to accept the tradition initiated by Octavian Augustus, the deification of the Roman Rex. In other words, he received honors as a living god, sacrificial offerings in his name but also worshiping as a god, a habit created by the persecutor of Christianity and Constantine's opponent, Diocletian. He initially had the god Ares as the patron of his kingdom but, after his short stay in Thessaloniki, he adopted as his patron the god of the Caesar of Thessaloniki Galerius, the Invincible Sun (Sol Invictus). In the central square of the new city, the "City of Constantine", he set...

At the end of the 6th Region (neighborhood) of Constantinople on the southern side the Golden Horn (Keratius), there was the Neorion (port) and the Shipyards. It is the oldest port of the city, built by Constantine I. At the port you could get out of the walls, passing through the gate of Neorion (Bahçekapi). There seem to have been at least four churches there: Hagia Irene in Perama, St Markus, Hagia Dynamis and Saint Euphemia. There was also the Monastery of Antonius, built by Patriarch Antonius Kauleas. Hagia Irene must have been located very close to today's Yeni Cami. In 1453, the year of the city's conquest, the small Arpacılar Mosque was built on the site of the Byzantine church of St Markus. Perhaps the church served the needs of the Venetian, Amalfitan, Pisan and Genoese Christians who lived in the district before the fall of the city. Hagia Dynamis is probably the temple found in 2000 in the close neighborhood of Sirkeci. Saint Euphemia was in the area of the ...

Every year on May 11, the city's birthday was solemnly celebrated in the capital, when its founder Constantine I officially handed over the city to the people and to God. Tradition has it that he gave the city to the Mother of God, the Theotokos, perhaps influenced by his own mother, Helena, whom he named Augusta, a few years before. In addition to religious services, the city was decorated with flowers and aromatic plants. There were also big chariot races at the Hippodrome. The emperor appeared with his golden and bejeweled crown, wearing the imperial purple chlamys. The people cheered their king with the phrase: "many and good times". Then people inpired the teams by shouting loudly: "Vincas Venete" or "Nika Prasine". There were also the barkers who gave the slogans: "Jesus is our helper." The people: "Semper Vincas”. The barks: "God is one, save them." The people; "Yes, Lord." "The faith of the ...

  The wonderful Saint George from the Chora Monastery of Constantinople, early 14th century fresco, made by the highest quality artistic workshop of the Capital of the Empire. Today, on his feast day, the central Church of the Monastery was transformed again into an Islamic Mosque. +E. G . ---------------------------------------------------- Ο θαυμάσιος άγιος Γεώργιος από την Μονή της Χώρας της Κωνσταντινούπολης, τοιχογραφία των αρχών του 14 ου αιώνα, φτιαγμένος   από υψηλότατης ποιότητας καλλιτεχνικό εργαστήριο της Πρωτεύουσας της Αυτοκρατορίας. Σήμερα, ημέρα της εορτής του, το Καθολικό της Μονής μετατράπηκε πάλι σε ισλαμικό τέμενος. +Ε. Γ.

After the Resurrection two of the Apostles were going from Jerusalem to the village called Emmaus and on the way, they were accompanied by Christ in a different form than they knew him. It was revealed to them at mealtime, when he broke the bread in two. In the 14th century Church of Theotokos Lieviska the resurrected Christ is depicted with short hair wearing an imperial purple tunic with golden clavi, collar and hem. On his head he has the priestly-monastic tonsure. In the first photo, he is walking with the two students, while an anthropomorphic sun shines in the sky. In the second photo they sit down to eat and Christ-Emperor distributes the bread to them. Christ is Risen! +E. G . -------------------------------------------------------- Μετά την Ανάσταση δύο από τους Αποστόλους πήγαιναν από την Ιερουσαλήμ στο χωριό με το όνομα Εμμαούς και στον δρόμο τους συντρόφεψε ο Χριστός με διαφορετική μορφή, απ’ ότι τον ήξεραν. Τους αποκαλύφθηκε την ώρα του φαγητού, όταν έσπαγε στα δ...