The First Council of Nicaea https://soundcloud.com/aeuropeanjourney/a-european-journey-17-iznik-turkey Today we’re actually stepping just outside Europe. We will cross the Bosporus, which separates Europe and Asia and will travel for 150 km to a town called Iznik. As we enter the old town…
https://soundcloud.com/aeuropeanjourney/a-european-journey-36-constantinople-turkey Today we will start a new miniseries in which we will learn more about one of the most important churches of Europe, the Eastern Orthodox Church. In this stage, we will visit the city that played a key role…
https://soundcloud.com/aeuropeanjourney/a-european-journey-38-constantinople-turkey Today we will continue our miniseries exploring the history of the Orthodox Church. Our first stage led us to Constantinople, to the majestic basilica Hagia Sophia, which is the heart of Eastern orthodoxy. We will return to this place…
https://soundcloud.com/aeuropeanjourney/a-european-journey-92-urfa-turkey In 301 AD, Armenia became the first kingdom in the world to adopt Christianity as its official faith. But it was several centuries of Christian influence that led to this watershed moment, and the process may have actually started…
https://soundcloud.com/aeuropeanjourney/a-european-journey-95-urfa-turkey Scholars like Vishal Mangalwadi or Tom Holland have demonstrated that the Western legal tradition finds its roots in the Bible. But how could a law that God gave to Moses in a remote land by the Red Sea possibly…
