In spring, traditional orchard bulbs flower under the apple trees, including pheasant’s eye daffodil, Byzantine gladiolus, and snake’s head fritillary. They are succeeded by native wildflowers ...

Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to the area of Gladiolus Drive and Maida Lane, in Fort Myers, about 6:45 a.m. Wednesday. Troopers said a car, driven by an 18-year-old Fort Myers man with ...

Credit: Duccio di Buoninsegna, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain The Byzantine Empire is not always recognised as the crucial link that connected the classical world with modern Europe. However, this ...

Credit: Andrew massyn, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Empress Zoe Porphyrogenita is among the most intriguing female figures in Byzantine history. Her life and fascinating political strategies ...

Father Bruce Riebe is the first full-time priest for the congregation of St. Andrew of Crete Byzantine Catholic Outreach in Muscatine and the Outreach in Des Moines. He shows a visitor the ornate ...

It seems likely that this association led to the gladiolus becoming symbolic for strength of character and integrity. The distinctive tall flower spikes emerge in summer and come in a whole array of ...

John of Wurzburg, Description of the Holy Land, trans. by Aubrey Stewart (London: Palestine Pilgrims Text Society, 1890), ch. 4, p. 15.