Peter Sarris I suppose Thessaloniki wouldn't be the city with most Byzantine churches today if Constantinople hadn't suffered in 1955 the burning of more than 70 churches. Here a pic from Byzantine Ambassador article 1955 the 2nd Fall of Constantinople giving an account of the pogrom

Lost among the carns of Treryn Dinas, #Cornwall .

Ottoman cannonball stuck in the Theodosian Walls. It's original but terribly restored in 1980's

Yeah. This.

May not amount to anything, but had a lunch meeting today with a producer/filmmaker planning a pitch for a possible series on Byzantium. I pushed for the series 1 to open with a 'penniless' Justin arriving to Constantinople c.470.

Splendid and thought-provoking analysis from Byzantine Ambassador. Well worth reading, whatever your opinion on contemporary Russia may be.

Byzantine Ambassador Aspet Emin MRJB 🇬🇧🇨🇦 Gregoresate It's very on point, although not quite fashionable since it invokes complexity.

So nice to see someone who quotes Huntington and who has actually read him! 'Huntington wants a clash!'....um no he doesn't you cretin.

One of the places Paul first converted non-Jewish people into Christianity, in Thessalonica, Thessaloniki.

Start your day off right with this iconostasis

Gray Connolly Byzantine Ambassador It's a good read that moves from the moralistic view of the war. Sadly, those who frame the war in moral terms will read it as yet another 'Russia apology'. But we can understand the other side without defending it. And that's what we need to do if we want to negotiate the peace

The sunny, funny, always on the money Byzantine Ambassador Byzantine Ambassador has written a cracking little article⬇️
Recommended. asiatimes.com/2024/03/how-ru…

An excellent and most temperate reflection on the Russia-Ukraine conflict:

Russia’s demonization undermines Western universalism
by Byzantine Ambassador in Asia Times
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Asia Times Byzantine Ambassador A thought-provoking read from the ever-erudite Byzantine Ambassador.

How Russia’s demonization undermines Western universalism ift.tt/dAp87wF

Another interesting piece by Byzantine Ambassador 'Misrepresentations of Russia might boost short-term poll numbers but they rarely help resolve wars. The most popular accusation of imperialism is hardly an engaging explanatory model for Russian actions.'
asiatimes.com/2024/03/how-ru…

This is a very good read by Byzantine Ambassador on Russia & the West and the long 1990s legacy ... have constantly warned of dangerous thinking '.... that the three ancient civilizations of Eurasia – China, Russia and Iran – are bound to vanish...'

asiatimes.com/2024/03/how-ru…

The indomitable Byzantine Ambassador has written this mighty piece of writing.

Billions must read!