Agios Andreas in Patras is the largest Church in Greece and accommodates around 7,000 worshippers.…
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Agios Andreas in Patras is the largest Church in Greece and accommodates around 7,000 worshippers.…
Cleopatra used it to infuse her bathwater, while Alexander the Great bathed his battle wounds with it and drank saffron tea. Saffron, the gold of Greek land as it is called, is considered the best quality worldwide.
Protected by the EU and UNESCO as a unique product, the precious ‘tears’ of Chios are harvested in a labour intensive process that has been passed down through generations and included on the UNESCO list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. There’s now a way to assist in the preservation of this ancient Greek tradition and the magical Chios mastiha trees.
Taxiárchis is a village located in Polygyros, Halkidiki- central Macedonia, which fills Greece’s homes with…
Peggy Zina and Kostas Karafotis took to the stage at Enmore Theatre on Friday the…
According to Eurostat data released on Monday, one in three Europeans with a low level…
November 21 is traditionally a day where every Mama & Yiayia in many Greek villages are on a mission, gathering as many Polysporia (legumes) as possible – including all types of beans, corn, peas, wheat, and lentils and cook all the seeds together for a big family feast.
In a packed hall, “The Child’s Smile” presented Thessaloniki with the short film “The Thoughts…
It seems that the “dream” of many young Greeks aged 18-34 to leave their parental…
New research reveals what motivates and worries young people in twelve European countries. According to…
The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus is an acoustic and aesthetic marvel, and all the more wondrous considering that it was created almost 2,500 years ago.
About halfway up to the Monastery of Agios Ioannis on Patmos is the Cave of the…
November 15 marks forty days until Christmas, and in the Greek Orthodox Church, the Nativity…
The Australian Byzantine Choir is currently preparing for a performance of epic proportions. “An Eastern…
In the Cycladic islands of Greece there is a breed of kestrels (or falcons), known…
Born in 1952, George Wayne is a New York-based writer renowned for his celebrity Q&A…
November 8 is the largest religious celebration on Symi island- the Feast day of the…
At 80.2 years is the average life expectancy in Greece according to Eurostat in 2021,…
The movement to return the Parthenon marbles to their motherland was started in the 1980s. But it is not just the Elgin marbles that have been removed from Greece. Some of the most magnificent Greek sculptures ever created are in fact located in various museums around the world, proudly representing the country in which they were born.
