The Slavs Praise a Christian Victory Over Their Ancestors
August 7
In August 626, the sworn enemies of the Romans, the Persians, set foot in a suburb of Constantinople called Chalcedon (modern Üsküdar). A joint Avar-Slav canoe fleet reinforced the Persians’ attempts to take over the Queen City. Emperor Herakleios was raiding the Persian heartland and destroying Zoroastrian temples. In Constantinople, Patriarch Sergios,…
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