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TRAGIC NEWS!! |
Web site documenting the church from the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raska and Prizren |
| The Byzantine Studies Page
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/byzantium/ |
This web site, maintained by Paul Halsall is extraordinary. It contains links to hundreds of sites on Byzantine history, archaeology, religion. |
| A web site designed to accompany the exhibition, Byzantium: Faith and Power opening on March 23, 2004. | |
| The Glory of Byzantium,
Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/byzantium/byzhome.html |
A web site designed to accompany the exhibition, The Glory of Byzantium, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the spring and summer of 1997. Contains images of artworks in the Met, historical summaries, and more. |
| Dumbarton Oaks Collection http://www.doaks.org/byzcollimages.html |
Dumbarton Oaks in Washington D.C. has an extraordinary collection of Byzantine art. This site contains images of quite a few of them. |
| Constantinople Home Page http://www.arch.uiuc.edu/research/rgouster/ | An extensive site on the monuments as well as recent archaeological work maintained by Professor Robert Ousterhout of the University of Illinois |
| The Byzantine Architecture
Project http://www.princeton.edu/~asce/const_95/const.html |
Projects in mapping and reconstruction of the monuments of Istanbul, including the Hagia Sophia and city walls using digital technology. |
| Churches and Monasteries | Text and pictures about major orthodox churches and monasteries from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| Grove Dictionary of Art | Search page for the Grove Dictionary of Art, which contains many articles of interest. Search under Early Christian and Byzantine art. |
De imperatoribus Romanis |
Online encyclopedia of Roman emperors from Augustus to Constantine XI, last emperor of Byzantium. There are extensive biographies for most early emperors, maps of famous battles and more. |
| Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt | Current exhibition of late Roman mummy portraits from Egypt. |
MONUMENTS
| http://interoz.com/egypt/Catherines.htm | Monastery of St. Catherines, Sinai Desert, Egypt |
| Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raska and Prizren | Byzantine monuments located in Kosovo, many of which are threatened. |
| http://uranus.eng.auth.gr/new/eng/thessaloniki.html | The City of Thessaloniki, includes some Byzantine monuments |
SOURCES
| Eusebius: The Conversion of Constantine | The text of Eusebius' account of Constantine's conversion from The Medieval Sourcebook |
| The Edict of Milan | Text of the edict issued by Constantine and Licinius that recognized Christianity as a legal religion. |
| The Secret History of Procopius | The entire text of Procopius' account of the scandals of Justinian and Theodora's court. From The Medieval Sourcebook |
THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
| Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
http://www.ocf.org:80/OrthodoxPage/liturgy/liturgy.html |
The text of the liturgy of the orthodox church |
| Ecumenical Patriarchate of
Constantinople http://www.patriarchate.org/ |
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| Byzantine Music Site http://www.goarch.org/access/byzantinemusic/ |
Listen to the singing of the liturgy and other Byzantine music. You can listen while you look at the text or other sites. |
| Saint of the Day Calendar http://www.goarch.org/access/calendar/ |
Maintained by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
| Greek Orthodox Cathedral of
the Assumption, Denver http://www.assumptioncathedral.org/ |
Information and calendar of events in Denver |