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Constantine XI (1449-1453) and the capture of Constantinople by the Turks Territories recognize the authority of the last Byzantine emperor in Constantinople were reduced, with its immediate surroundings in Thrace, and most of the Peloponnesus or Morea, at some distance from the capital, governed by brothers king. Honesty, nobility, power, manhood and patriotism were the …

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DIVINE CHANT Author: Milena Munteanu Published in literary confluences Issue no. 1949 of May 2, 2016 Byzantine Choir of Toronto has kept his word, returning the day of Saint George in front of a broad audience, as it promised to do, to support another one of thematic concerts according to the liturgical season of the …

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