St. Patrick is as a Roman Catholic figure, but a church in Grevena, in northern Greece, has always celebrated him.

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How Christianity blurred the line between celibacy and androgyny.

The Byzantine Empire in the 7th century was wrecked by military strife. The empire was halved, with its richest territories ...

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