von Red. LG | Feb 10, 2013 | Allgemein
The ORDO BYZANTINUS SANCTI SEPULCHRI is a moral entity and promotes its philanthropic, ecumenical and cultural activities utilising the voluntary contributions of its Members and other worthy donors. Philanthropic activities are carried out on the initiative of the...
von Red. LG | Feb 10, 2013 | Allgemein
In 1669 Sultan Mohammed IV Osman granted Dimitrij VII Dimitrevic’ recognition of His prerogatives as Head of the Name and Arms of the Rjurik Dynasty. The Sultan accorded Him the rank of Sovereign Bey and granted hospitality and protection to Him and to His...
von Red. LG | Feb 2, 2013 | Allgemein
The religious upheaval provoked by the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire, and Russia’s political instability during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries, led many dispersed Knights to seek refuge in the Patriarchates of Alexandria, Constantinople and...
von Red. LG | Jan 19, 2013 | Allgemein
ORDO BYANTINUS SANCTI SEPULCHRI [OBSS] is a Sovereign Dynastic Military Order of Chivalry which recalls the values of Christian Chivalry and forms part of the historical heritage of religious-chivalric Orders, particularly the Greek-Orthodox Order of the Holy...
von Red. LG | Jan 15, 2013 | Allgemein
The marriage in 1472 between Zoè [Sofia] Paleologina, niece of the last Emperor of Byzantium Constantine XI Paleologo, and Ivan III Velichy [the Great] Grand Duke of Russia, brought to the Imperial House of Russia – as the Bride’s dowry – the...