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On this day in 1955, the Constantinople riots begin The Constantinople pogrom, also known as…
Kyrenia (Ancient Greek: Κυρήνη), or more commonly known today as Cyrene, was founded as a…
Iro Konstantopoulou was born on July 16th 1927, in Athens and became one of Greece’s heroines…
In this week’s Parthenon Report, Don Morgan Nielsen explores the fine line between the justice of morality over conventional legal justice in the international effort to have the British Museum return the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece.
“I would never forget that moment. It was then that I came to understand the power of music. And, how important Theodorakis is to the Greeks and would become to my life. He clearly reflects the spirit of the Greeks — be strong, and like my grandfather often told me, always have hope.”
Georgios Zalokostas (1805 – September 3, 1858) from the village of Syrrako in Epirus, was…
The 3 September 1843 Revolution (Greek: Επανάσταση της 3ης Σεπτεμβρίου 1843; N.S. 15 September), was…
Rotunda, one of the oldest religious sites in Thessaloniki Built in 306 A.D. by the…
Twenty-four years have passed since Diana, Princess of Wales died in a Paris car crash.…
Ecclesiastical New Year The first day of the Church New Year is also called the…
On August 31, 1922, Kemal’s army wanted to destroy everything Greek that existed in the…
Spyridon Louis, generally known as Spyros Louis, was a Greek water carrier who won the…
On this day in 1056 AD, Byzantine Empress Theodora passed away On this day, August…
Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities announced the discovery of a statue of Alexander The Great after…
August 30th, 1949 – The Battle of Grammos-Vitsi After nearly 10 years of continuous fighting,…
Greek City Times is proud to present a weekly historical snapshot from the archives of…
Stelios Kazantzidis, singer, born August 29 1931; died September 14 2001 Kazantzidis was born in…
Prinkipo Greek Orthodox Orphanage: Symbol of Greek persecution in Turkey A restoration of Constantinople’s Prinkipo…
The tiny village of Volax rests upon an otherworldly, lunarlike landscape that looks as though it has been pelted with giant, spherical boulders. This unique extraterrestrial surround was appreciated more than 2,000 years ago by the village’s first inhabitants who, inspired by nature, made good use of the phenomenon, building their homes around, between and into the rocks.