Empress Theodora with her retinue. Mosaic of the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, VI century. Public Domain The position of women in Byzantine society is not easy to assess considering the vast ...

When you think of Byzantine emperors, you don’t necessarily think of rising thrones, machines and automations. Credit: Skylitzes Chronicle, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. When you think about ...

Father Bruce Riebe is the first full-time priest for the congregation of St. Andrew of Crete Byzantine Catholic Outreach in Muscatine and the Outreach in Des Moines. He shows a visitor the ornate ...