Hagia Sophia is a cathedral built at Constantinople, now Istanbul, in the 6th century CE under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. Built in 537, it is now officially the Great Mosque of Ayasofya. Turkish leader Recep Tayyir Erdogan recently declared the building will be a mosque. Before that, Hagia Sophia served as … Read more
What are we celebrating when we carve out Jack-o-Lanterns and encourage our youth to go out in costumes and ask for candy from strangers? This documentary shows us the ghoulish past and transformation of one of our oldest holidays still celebrated. Originating back in Ireland thousands of years ago during Celtic times. The origins of … Read more
This is a documentary that is from Channel 4 on evangelists in the United States. Very interesting insight on their mission, family, goals, etc.
For more than one millennium, the East and the West church have been in a state of official schism. The schism of 1054 divided Christians on Catholics, and Orthodox Christians. In recent decades, leaders of both the Catholic and the Orthodox church have made closer ties a priority, there are still some issues that remain … Read more