Η συνέντευξη που ακολουθεί δόθηκε από το σερ Στήβεν Ράνσιμαν, στο Ελσισιλντς της Σκωτίας, στον πατρογονικό πύργο του, τον Οκτώβρη του 1994, για λογαριασμό της ΕΤ3, στις δημοσιογράφους Χρύσα Αράπογλου και Λαμπρινή Χ. Θωμά. Για τεχνικούς λόγους, δεν «βγήκε» ποτέ στον αέρα. Και οι δύο δημοσιογράφοι θεωρούν την συνέντευξη αυτή από τις πιο σημαντικές της καριέρας τους, μια και ανήκει στο είδος των «συζητήσεων» που σε διαμορφώνουν και δεν ξεχνάς ποτέ. Θεωρούν ότι πρέπει να δει το φως της δημοσιότητας, έστω και με μια τόσο θλιβερή αφορμή, όπως ο θάνατος του μεγάλου φιλέλληνα. Ο Flash.gr δημοσιεύει, για πρώτη φορά, αδημοσίευτα αποσπάσματα από την συνέντευξη αυτή. Continue reading “Το Βυζάντιο κι εμείς: μία συνέντευξη με τον διακεκριμένο Βυζαντινολόγο Σερ Στήβεν Ράνσιμαν”
The last Interview with the great Byzantologist Sir Steven Runciman
An interview conducted by the magazine “Pemptousia” (Issue 4, Dec. 2000 – Mar. 2001) with the great byzantinologist Sir Steven Runciman at the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on 14/7/2000, where he was hosted during his three-day stay on Mount Athos for the arrival of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who was to inaugurate the new sacristy of the monastery and the holy community of Mount Athos. Continue reading “The last Interview with the great Byzantologist Sir Steven Runciman”
Byzantium and us; an interview with Sir Steven Runciman
The most slandered and misrepresented historical period of Romanity [1]
The following interview with the great historian and Byzantologist Sir Steven Runciman can be characterized as the quintessence of his great work, which is globally renown and recognized. Continue reading “Byzantium and us; an interview with Sir Steven Runciman”
10 Things You May Not Know About the Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) Empire
by Evan Andrews
476 A.D. is usually cited as the year that the Roman Empire came crashing down, but its eastern half lived on for another thousand years in the form of the Byzantine Empire, a mighty kingdom centered in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul). Continue reading “10 Things You May Not Know About the Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) Empire”
Virtual Orthodoxy: Living A Lie
by Fr. Geoffrey Korz
The main point is this: If our Orthodox faith is not actually lived out and strengthened by the holy services, it is nothing more than fakery and self-deception. Continue reading “Virtual Orthodoxy: Living A Lie”
Nature is not God
A study by Th. I. Riginiotis
Translation A. N.
In our day and age there is a noticeable increase in people who have been unearthing from oblivion and reliving the worship of ‘gods’ belonging to ancient pagan religions. This appears to be a worldwide phenomenon, which is intensifying as contemporary peoples seek their cultural roots, and while western peoples are seeing that they can now shake off the oppressive and imperialist versions of Christianity which took shape in the West during the past thousand years: Catholicism and Protestantism. Continue reading “Nature is not God”
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