Odysseas Androutsos was born on the Ionian island of Ithaca in 1788 and was the…
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The Feast of Holy Pentecost is celebrated each year on the fiftieth day after the…
On June 2, 1941, a brutal massacre took place in the village of Kondomari, 18km…
The Komboloi is known to be a favourite pastime for many Greeks and used as a…
The naval battle of Eressos is considered the first frontal naval battle by the Greek…
About 2,500 Greek Australians served in the Australian Defence Forces during World War Two, including 35 women who served in various roles at home and abroad. ey served in Greece/ Crete, Tobruk, El Alemein, Egypt, Palestine, New Guinea, Singapore, Thailand and other parts of the Asia Pacific region.
The tradition of celebrating mothers and motherhood can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks and Romans, who held festivals in honour of the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele.
It’s Sunday, April 27, 1941. A military procession, consisting of two motorcycles, a Kubelwagen and…
Although actors and directors are digging in deep and defending their blackwashing of Greek-Egyptian history…
The tale of two stories, both nearly 100 years apart, and both are being celebrated…
Today is the Feast Day of Agios Georgios, a great and glorious Martyr of Christ,…
The Easter pot-smashing tradition in Corfu symbolises the creation of an ‘earthquake’ like what occurred following the first Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
On Great and Holy Saturday the Orthodox Church commemorates the burial of Christ and His descent into Hades. It is the day between the Crucifixion of our Lord and His glorious Resurrection.
On Great and Holy Friday the Orthodox Church commemorates the death of Christ on the Cross. “Today He who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon the Cross.” (From the Fifteenth Antiphon of the Matins of Holy Friday)
On Holy Tuesday, during the Great and Holy week of Easter, the Greek Orthodox Church…
One of Greece’s top seismologists is under investigation over an April Fool’s joke warning that…
The two Pakistani terrorists arrested in Athens for planning to attack a Jewish restaurant synagogue…
The World Happiness Report is released every year and is based on Gallup World Poll findings, which seek to…
At least 43 people are dead, and 57 have been hospitalized after a passenger train…
The New Consul General of Greece in Sydney, Yannis Mallikourtis, has warned that many unforeseen…