Before I visited Meteora I had seen many breathtaking images of this mythical place that…
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An excursion to Hosios Loukas, the Monastery of Prodromos, the Mega Spileo Monastery, the Monastery…
The Monastery of Agia Varvara Roussanou is one of the six active monasteries in Meteora,…
One of the most visited sites on Aegina is the church of Agios Nektarios and…
November 8 is the largest religious celebration on Symi island- the Feast day of the…
The Monastery of Agios Georgios Epanosifis is located 31km south of Heraklion City, near the…
The image of Agios Nikolaos Sintzas is truly imposing for anyone who sees it for…
One of the most visited sites on Aegina is the church of Agios Nektarios and…
November 8 is the largest religious celebration on Symi island- the Feast day of the…
Associated Press reports from Mount Athos in Greece that a church bell sounds, the staccato thudding…
The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. returned a more than 1,000-year-old handwritten gospel…
The Museum of the Bible in Washington, has reportedly returned a handwritten gospel manuscript to…
The miraculous monastery of Malevi, or the Dormition of the Virgin, is one of the…
The monastery of Agia Eirini Chrysovalantou is located in Lykovrisi, Attica. Set in peaceful surroundings,…
Sometimes you can feel an immense inner peace just by looking at a picture. Before…
Sister Ioanna is a Greek Orthodox nun serving on a monastery in Skopelos. She is half-Greek and half-Jewish-American. She feels a sense of belonging in Greece, much more so than in the United States. Greek City Times spoke to Sister Ioanna recently to learn more about her holy journey.
The Monastery of Agia Varvara Roussanou is one of the six active monasteries in Meteora and it is dedicated to Agia Varvara, who is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church on December 4th.
Hozoviotissa on Amorgos island is one of the oldest and most important monasteries of the…
One of the most visited sites on Aegina is the church of Agios Nektarios and…
International chef Gordon Ramsay and company continued their culinary adventures of Greece in the second…