The Fall of Constantinople
(May 29)

SerbianOrthodoxChurch.net Because of the sins of men, God sent a great calamity on the capital city of the Christian world on May 29th,1453. Sultan Mohammed II sacked Constantinople and murdered the Emperor Constantine XI.

SerbianOrthodoxChurch.net * From "The Prologue from Ochrid", by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic - Lazarica Press - Birmingham 1985 Four Book Edition - Translated by Mother Maria - Dates based on old church calendar. Please see our calendar for conversion between old and new calendar dates.

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