| In 1833, for example, the Church of Greece unilaterally and uncanonically proclaimed its independence from the patriarch of Constantinople. |
| Before a panorama of the city of Constantinople, a lengthy procession winds its way toward the minareted Fatih Mosque on the left horizon. |
| At one time Ani had a population of over 100,000, rivalling Baghdad and Constantinople. |
| The church was named in honor of St. Sophia in Constantinople, which was the mother church of the Orthodox world. |
| Thus at the first Council of Constantinople, AD 448, 23 archimandrites or abbots sign, with 30 bishops. |
| He had a profoundly religious nature and built the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, to house holy relics brought from Constantinople. |
