We gather information concerning him from his younger contemporaries, Epiphanius, Jerome, and Rufinus, as well as from the fifth-century ... In 380, St. Gregory of Nyssa came to Jerusalem on ...

He was ordained a priest in Antioch and at the age of 40 he went to Constantinople, where he met and befriended St. Gregory of Nazianzus (one of the four great Greek Doctors of the Church).

Following the example of his close friend Basil, Gregory left a promising teaching career to embrace the monastic and priestly life. In 375, he was elected Bishop of Constantinople ... and his remains ...

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...

A tradition dating back to the fifth century The practice of taking ... Often, the chosen name pays homage to a saint or a previous pope—a practice known as pietas, or piety.

Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt is one of the most important Christian monasteries in the world ...

In 1453, the Ottomans seized Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire and the life of its last emperor, Constantine ...

On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Down 7-0 in the fifth set of the OHSAA Division I boys volleyball state title game, St. Ignatius kept its composure after dropping the previous two sets to claim its first ...

St. Xavier defeated Mason 12-11 to win their fifth consecutive regional lacrosse title. Senior Johnnie Guttman led St. Xavier with seven goals, including four in the final quarter. St. Xavier ...