In 2013, the Christian world will celebrate the 1700th year since the signing of the Edict of Milan. This edict is important first of all because it put an end to nearly three hundred years of ...

When we, Constantine and Licinius, Emperors, met at Milan in conference concerning the welfare and security of the realm, we decided that of the things that are of profit to all mankind, the ...

The Edict of Milan, issued June 13, 313 by Emperor Constantine, allowed anyone living in the Empire to worship freely. Historian John Schmidt recalls how it came to be.

Issued in 313 A.D., Emperor Constantine's decree legalizing Christianity throughout the Roman Empire is known as the "Edict of Milan." At the time, the empire included modern-day Istanbul, ...

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The Emperor Constantine I earned his place in history in 313 A.D. when he legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire with the Edict of Milan and gave Christians a broad range of new rights ...

Eight Orthodox Christian leaders, dignitaries from other faiths, politicians and thousands of others on Sunday celebrated the anniversary of the Edict of Milan, which established toleration for ...

This is one of four basilicas built by the towering figure of St. Ambrose, bishop of Milan from 374 to 397. The church in Milan had seen a lot of persecution before Constantine's Edict of Milan ...

Orthodox church leaders came to Nis in Serbia to celebrate the 1,700 th anniversary of the Roman Empire giving religious freedom to Christians with the Edict of Milan. Several thousand believers ...

Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I holds a liturgy to mark 1,700 years since the Edict of Milan, when Roman emperor Constantine issued instructions to end the persecution of Christians ...