As an old saying goes: We are all standing on the shoulders of giants. Despite the fact that Read more

It is not often that I talk about critical scholars and their work in detail. I know most people would find it boring as hell. After all, the whole conception of my blog proves that. Here, I try to Read more

In my favorite TV show Criminal Minds, a team of FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit agents is just getting familiar with a heinous crime that has a resembling of being related to an unknown satanic cult. Discussing the case files, Read more

Student years are meant to be amazing! In my case, they truly were! Besides traveling and partying (and studying of course!), I became, for the first time in my life, interested in the big questions of life. Sooner than Read more

In one of the earlier posts, I gave short introductory remarks about the diversity of early Christianity. As I explained, in the first several centuries (especially, during the 2nd and 3rd centuries), Christianity was a diverse phenomenon. A Read more

There are more than 2 billion Christians in the world today. It is by far the most influential religion in the last 2000 years. However, it is a diverse religion with thousands of streams and forms. Catholic Church, Orthodox Read more

A few years ago Steven Skiena and Charles B. Ward developed an algorithmic method of ranking historical figures, just as Google ranks web pages. They defined the “historical significance” as “the result of social and cultural forces acting on Read more

There is a strong feeling floating around our society that if you are a historian, you don’t have to do much because nothing ever changes. History is history, right? What happened, happened. You can’t discover anything new. Of course, Read more

Recently I had an opportunity to host my dear family from Florida. Even though they were here for just a few days, we had an amazing time together and I truly love them! Needless Read more