A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sailed from #Constantinople OTD in 533 to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Today is the feast day of Venerable Callistus I, Ecumenical Patriarch of #Constantinople https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Today is the feast day of Hieromartyr Tigrius, Priest, and Martyr Eutropius, Reader, killed in 404 in #Constantinople https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Methodius I, Ecumenical Patriarch of #Constantinople, died OTD in 847 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Mahmud Shevket Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, who brought the first automobile to #Constantinople and created the Ottoman Air Force in 1911, was assassinated OTD in 1913 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Today is the feast day of Saints Stephen and Anthimus of #Constantinople https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey

Emperor Theodosius II married Aelia Eudocia OTD in 421 in #Constantinople https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Epiphanius, Ecumenical Patriarch of #Constantinople, died OTD in 535 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Today is the feast day of Nicephorus the Confessor, early 9th century Patriarch of #Constantinople https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Today is the feast day of Nicephorus the Confessor, Patriarch of #Constantinople https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Mosquée de Sultan Mehmed, Constantinople, c.1910s - CPA

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Pyrrhus, Ecumenical Patriarch of #Constantinople, died OTD in 654 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Today is the feast day of Venerable Isaac the Confessor, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at #Constantinople https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1453, the #Roman capital #Constantinople fell to #MehmetII's #Ottoman forces. To this day, douchey #FarRight weirdos cry like it was some great tragedy. In truth, the #RomanEmpire was wrecked by Western #Christians and the Ottomans preserved what was left.

Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last reigning Byzantine Emperor, died OTD in 1453 in the battle at the fall of #Constantinople https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

OTD in 1453 #Constantinople was captured by Sultan Mehmed II, now it's #Istanbul https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Today is the feast day of Andrew of #Constantinople https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey

Gerasimus I was abbot of the prestigious Mangana Monastery in #Constantinople; he was elected as Patriarch OTD in 1320, serving just one year until his death in 1321 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Today is the feast day of Saint Martinian of Areovinthus, monk of the church of the Theotokos in #Constantinople https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Constantine the Great announced free distributions of food to the citizens of #Constantinople OTD in 332 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history