The centuries-old texts were erased, and then written over, by monks at Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt
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Mayor of Hanover Belit Onay handed it over in a ceremony, joined by Greece’s Consul General Ioannis Vikelidis and others.
Although encouraged by the ancient Greeks, the Olympic marathon is a fully modern invention.
Born Georgios Angelopoulos from the village of Dimitsana in Arcadia the Peloponnese. He was a…
A recent excavation on Mount Ellanio, the highest peak on Aegina Island in Greece, has…
Birkenhead, England – The remarkable Ron’s Place in Birkenhead has been awarded Grade II listed…
The history of the monastery, the legends, and the traditions regarding the miraculous icon of the Theotokos attract many believers every year and make the monastery one of the most important religious places in Crete.
At a reception he hosted to celebrate Greek Independence Day the President of the United State Joe Biden claims that he was given the nickname “Joe Bidenopoulos” because of the overwhelming support he has received from the Greek American community.
There were numerous massacres during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829). On this day, 4 April 1821, Constantine Mourousis, Dimitrios Paparigopoulos and Antonios Tsouras were decapitated by the Ottomans in Constantinople.
Theodoros Kolokotronis was a general and a leading figure of the Greek War for Independence…
The Genocide in Voskepar, the Soviet Army, and the Azerbaijani OMON
Alexander the Great entered history for eternity on this day, April 1, in 334 BC,…
On April 1, Cyprus commemorates the start of the insurgence against the British in 1955.…
In 1822, European capitals were inundated with reports about a massacre against Christians in the…
This year, for the first time, a small group representing the ‘Philhellenes’ proudly marched together…
The Greeks descended on the capital on 27 March 2024 in a lavish reception held…
The Meteora Pyli Geopark, located in central Greece, has been designated as a UNESCO World…
Byzantine flags, which were a lot in number, had various symbols and colours. The flag…
Spyros Louis, the first marathon race winner of the Modern Olympic Games 1896
Anti-violence discourse abounds in public talk about Orthodoxy – and faith in general, for…