Tsargrad+case

Byzant, Constantinople, Constantinople and, finally, Istanbul... All these names belong to one great city, which has played a crucial role for thousands of years both in the history of the Middle Ages and in the cultural and spiritual life of the whole world. A story full of brutal wars, dramatic events, betrayal and insidious murders in the struggle for power, combined with the highest achievements of the culture of Byzantium, build Constantinople to the category of the most amazing and incomprehensible cities of the world. Byzantium, founded by Emperor Konstantin the Great, became with him the first Christian country, gradually replacing the centuries -old paganism from the territory of all Europe. This important event was preceded by both inexplicable miracles experienced by Emperor Konstantin, as well as his unshakable faith, brought up in him by his mother, the holy Equal -to -the -Apostles of Elena, who was famous for the exhibition in Jerusalem of the greatest Christian shrine - an honest life -giving cross.