Edessa (/əˈdɛsə/; Ancient Greek: Ἔδεσσα, romanized: Édessa) was an ancient city (polis) in Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Urfa or Şanlıurfa, Turkey...

year left Joscelin II of Edessa with no powerful allies to help defend Edessa. Zengi came north to begin the first siege of Edessa, arriving on 28 November...

were established in the Holy Land: the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the County of Edessa, the Principality of Antioch, and the County of Tripoli. The Crusader presence...

between the Crusader states of the Principality of Antioch and the County of Edessa, and the Seljuk Turks. It was the first major battle against the newfound...

Summer. Baldwin of Bourcq is released and returns to Edessa. September. Negotiations between Alexius I Komnenos and Bohemond of Taranto begin, resulting...

his doorstep. This mattered because the two sides had different goals; Alexius simply wanted help in retaking Byzantine lands lost to the Seljuk Turks...

Philaret of Ichalka, Ivanovo (1913) Saint Kallinikos (Poulos) of Edessa, Metropolitan of Edessa, Pella and Almopia (el) (1984) New Hieromartyr Joseph (Baranov)...

of Alexius I Comnenus that had developed during the First Crusade, although he was also critical of some of the crusaders' dealings with Alexius. He...

Byzantine armed forces from Christoupolis under the command of Caesar Alexius Moselie stopped Bulgarian raids in the plain of Philippoi. At about 830-840...

2024-08-18. "Holy Martyrs and Confessors Gurias, Samonas, and Habibus, of Edessa". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2024-08-18. "Commemoration of Righteous Abel, Son...