This Day in the Life of the Church with Andrei Psarev

This Day in the Life of the Church with Andrei Psarev

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Petropolis: the Third Rome on the Baltics

Petropolis: the Third Rome on the Baltics

Peter the Great founded the capital of the Russian Empire on this day in 1703.

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May 29, 2024
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The “second” Rome needed a clean start. Thus, Emperor Constantine the Great picked up a new location on the Bosporus. In 330 the city of Constantine (Konstaninopolis) was dedicated to Christ. The capital of the empire was transferred there from the “first” Rome along with some old elites and senate that lasted through Byzantine history until 1453.

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