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The time Irene Papas secretly chanted a Byzantine hymn in Hagia Sophia (VIDEO)

Irene Papas chanted the Byzantine hymn "Ti Hypermacho Stratigo" inside Hagia Sophia in Istanbul during a broadcast in 1983. Specifically,…

2 years ago

September 6, 1955, The Constantinople riots begin

The Constantinople pogrom, also known as the Constantinople riots, Septemvriana and September events, was an organised mob attack directed at…

2 years ago

Smyrna is burning: Remembering the unforgettable homelands of the Greeks

On August 31, 1922, Kemal’s army wanted to destroy everything Greek that existed in the capital of Ionia. Smyrna is…

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August 30, Feast Day of Agios Alexandros

Patriarch of Constantinople and known for his virtue, Agios Alexandros' memory is celebrated on August 30th in the Greek Orthodox…

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On this day in 548 AD, Byzantine Empress Theodora passes away

Empress Theodora is referred to as the most powerful woman in Byzantine history. Empress Theodora is referred to as the…

3 years ago

Turkish media “see” conspiracies behind Musk’s post on Constantinople

In Turkey, they are still busy and dedicating space and time in the media for Elon Musk 's humorous tweet…

3 years ago

Elon Musk tweet of 1453 Fall of Constantinople baffles Turkish media

Tesla founder and billionaire Elon Musk has baffled and intrigued many online Turkish media outlets after he tweeted a meme…

3 years ago

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew welcomes Greek American Pilgrims

On Thursday, June 9, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and participants of the…

3 years ago

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America announced fourth pilgrimage

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announced on Tuesday the fourth and last Centennial Pilgrimage to Constantinople, the Holy Land,…

3 years ago

Patriarch Bartholomew: The problems between us and our Russian brothers have not ceased

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was proclaimed an honorary citizen of the municipality of Thermaikos in Thessaloniki at a special ceremony on…

3 years ago

Erdoğan says “we will bury the neo-Byzantines” – Provocative light show set up on Hagia Sophia (VIDEO)

Yesterday's 569th anniversary of the Fall of Constantinople was used by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to re-establish a neo-Ottoman…

3 years ago

On this day in 1825, Laskarina Bouboulina passes away

Laskarina Bouboulina (1771-1825) was a Greek revolutionary and naval commander. An Arvanite Greek born in a Constantinople prison, Bouboulina was…

3 years ago

Rebetiko Greek Folk Music

Rebetiko is a kind of Greek folk music that started in Asia Minor, more specifically, in Smyrna and Constantinople.After the…

3 years ago

Feast Day of Agios Therapon, miracle worker and healer  

On May 14, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of Martyrdom Therapon, who was a monk and ascetic on the…

3 years ago

May 11, 330: Byzantium renamed Constantinople and assigned as the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire

On May 11, 330, Constantine I dedicated Byzantium (Constantinople; now Istanbul) as the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire…

3 years ago

On this day in 1771, Laskarina Bouboulina was born

Laskarina Bouboulina (1771-1825) was a Greek revolutionary and naval commander. An Arvanite Greek-born in a Constantinople prison on May 11,…

3 years ago

The Akathist Hymn chanted every Friday of Great Lent

The Akathist Hymn is a profound, devotional poem or chant, which sings the praises of the Holy Mother and Ever-Virgin…

3 years ago

Miraculous Monastery of Agia Erini Xrisovalantou in Lykovrisi, Athens

The monastery of Agia Eirini Chrysovalantou is located in Lykovrisi, Attica. Set in peaceful surroundings, visitors can experience the monastic…

3 years ago

Gregory V of Constantinople – Ethnomartyras – (1746 – April 10, 1821)

Born Georgios Angelopoulos from the village of Dimitsana in Arcadia the Peloponnese. He was a 3-time Patriarch of Constantinople. His…

3 years ago

Black Easter: The Day the Ottoman Turks Begin the Genocide of East Thrace’s Greeks

April 6 is a painful day for every Greek as it marks the beginning of the Thracian Greek genocide by…

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