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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Doubled Eye, post: 3096048, member: 92790&quot;]This discussion of the Fall of Constantinople has been fascinating.&nbsp; I grew up Greek American, and legends of that historic day still resonated down in our family folklore.&nbsp; My grandparents had come from Lesvos, an island just a little down the Turkish coast from the Great City. They&#039;d never make big decisions on Tuesdays because of bad luck! Also, there are stories of Constantine XI falling in battle: After he quite literally lost his head, a double-headed eagle swooped down from the clouds, picked up the emperor&#039;s head and flew away with it.&nbsp; Also, when the last Divine Liturgy was celebrated in Hagia Sophia, with the enemy at the gates, a mystical wall grew and encased the bishop who was serving Holy Communion.&nbsp; When the next Liturgy is allowed to take place in the church, the wall will open up again and the priest will continue as if more than five centuries had not intervened.&nbsp; Funny, these stories being passed down to me.&nbsp; I&#039;m not a collector of ancients, but I have really loved how this thread has tied together my family folklore and my love of numismatics.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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