Shortly before his departure from the Armenian capital of Yerevan on Monday, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (Vartholomeos) was received by Armenian President Serzh Sargsian, who stressed the importance he attached to the Armenian Orthodox Church and preserving Armenia's national identity.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Saturday began an official visit to Armenia, where he took part in ceremonies of the Armenian Orthodox Church.
11th-century Byzantine church site restored and opened to visitors in
northeastern Greece
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The church dates to the 11th century and stands out as a distinctive
example of Byzantine architecture because of its rare, irregular hexagonal
floor plan....
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