Table of Contents We love Germany and I spent quite some time there during my studies, but for some strange reasons only recently we decided to visit Trier, which is a couple of hours away from where we live. The city was a such a wonderful surprise to us and since our first visit […]
Trier – Another Rome Read More »
The name Atuatuca or Aduatuca as it’s sometimes mentioned, is translated from Celtic as “the place of the prophet” (Lauran Toorians, “Aduatuca, ‘place of the prophet’. The names of the Eburones as representatives of a Celtic language, with an excursus on Tungri”, in ATVATVCA / Publications of the Gallo-Roman Museum 4, 108-121, 2013). Julius Caesar,
Tongeren and the Gallo-Romeins Museum Read More »
In the Orthodox tradition the Christians always celebrate Constantine and his mother Helena together on the 21 May. For those who are not that familiarized with them, it sounds as if they were a married couple, an emperor and his empress: Saints Constantine and Helena, that are on the same rank as the Apostles.
St. Helena’s Pilgrimage to the Holy Places and the Crispus-Fausta Love Affair Read More »