Christianity

Did you know Stalin's mother had hoped he would become a priest?

I didn't either, but that's just one little bit of fascinating history detailed in this excellent series of videos about the history of Christianity. You know me. I love history and it's little bits like this that make history come alive.

The bit about Stalin comes in "Part 3.Orthodoxy", that great branch of Christianity that split from Rome long, long before the Western Reformation, the one that was centered for many centuries in places like Constantinople (modern Istanbul), Antioch and Baghdad.