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→Post-Imperial era (1453-1821): 1484
*1462 Wonderworking icon of [[Mantamados|Archangel Michael of Mantamados]] created.
*1463 Greek scholar and pro-unionist [[w:Basilios Bessarion|Basilios Bessarion]], formerly an Orthodox Metropolitan, later becoming a Roman Catholic Cardinal, is given the purely ceremonial title of ''Latin Patriarch of Constantinople'' by Pope Pius II; Bosnia becomes province of Ottoman Empire, with an estimated 36,000 families voluntarily accepting Islam, followed by a sustained process of assimilation to Islam.
*1472 Synod of Constantinople officially repudiated the union of the Greek and Latin churches discussed at Florence in 1439; [[w:Ivan III of Russia|Ivan III]] Grand Duke of Moscow marries [[w:Sophia Palaiologina|Sophia Palaiologina]], niece of the last Byzantine emperor [[Constantine XI Palaiologos]], beginning Russia's claims to be the "[[Third Rome]]"; through [[w:Sophia Palaiologina|Sophia Palaiologina's]] influence the ceremonious etiquette of Constantinople along with the imperial [[Double-headed eagle]] and all that it implied was adopted by the court of Moscow.
*1478 [[w:Spanish Inquisition|Spanish Inquisition]].
*1480 Meeting of the [[Theotokos of Vladimir]] icon in memory of saving Moscow from the invasion of Khan Ahmed. *1484 [[Council of Constantinople (1484)|Synod of Constantinople]] with all four Patriarchs in attendance, calling itself "ecumenical", officially repudiated the union of the Greek and Latin churches discussed at Florence in 1439, and determined that Latin converts to Orthodoxy should be received into the Church by Chrismation.
*1492 Millennialist movements in Moscow, due to end of church calendar (year 7,000, according to the [[Byzantine Creation Era|Byzantine Date of Creation]]).
*1497 Martyrdom of Macarius, Metropolitan of Kiev, by invading Tatars.