What means facilitated the imposition of Christianity in the Greek territory? How was the dominant ideology of Byzantium shaped? What is the deeper cause of its contraction and ultimately its destruction? What is the relationship between the Orthodox Church and the enforcement of monodoxy and its development in the East?

Why did the Renaissance occur in the West? What reasons favored the establishment of the "Helleno-Christian" ideology in modern Greece? And finally, why do contemporary Greeks find it incredibly difficult to modernize their state, adapting to the demands of a constantly changing world?

This bold book aims to explore these questions through a journey into our medieval history, using the sources of each period as well as newer, scientifically substantiated positions.

A documented study on the timeless conflict between Hellenism and Christianity, the consolidation of the Orthodox Church in the Greek territory, the formation of our national identity, and the ideological relationship of the modern Greek with the concept of Greekness. Hellenism in Byzantium, the “defeat” by Christianity, and the role of the Orthodox Church, in a book that will spark discussion!