A priest who presides over a church in the centre of Athens is accused of…
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In an interview with the pro-government newspaper Milliyet, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar invoked international…
Turkish media complained that the Murat Reis Mosque in Rhodes, which was built on top…
The General Directorate of Institutions of Turkey has attributed the damage to the Imperial Gate…
Turkey’s Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul held its first Tarawih prayer in 88 years…
The State Department has asked the Turkish government to respect the diverse history of religious…
Cypriot police announced yesterday (6/12) the arrest of a 27-year-old third country national in connection…
In the early 1890’s, the Greek government decided to build a new mosque in Athens…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday commemorated the first anniversary of the reopening of…
Two of the most important Christian churches in the world, the church of St. Peter in Rome and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, are known to have some very impressive crypts and catacombs and so it is not surprising that a similar “underworld system” might exist under Hagia Sophia.
Turkey illuminated Hagia Sophia – a former Byzantine church that was turned into a mosque…
A demand by Thessaloniki’s Muslim community for a mosque was rejected by Greek authorities. An…
Despite international condemnation over the decision to change Hagia Sophia from a museum into a mosque,…
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) condemned Turkey’s decision to convert Hagia…
Greek-American political advisor and communications expert Jen Psaki has been named press secretary in US President-elect Joe Biden’s new all-female White House communications team.
UNESCO has responded to numerous inaccurate statements from the Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism.…
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a congratulatory message to Joe Biden. “The joy and enthusiasm for…
The lack of an official mosque in Athens until just says ago resulted in the…
Hagia Sophia was the main topic of discussion during a meeting at the Grand National Assembly of…
Eighteen Muslims living in Athens gathered on Monday to take part in the first prayer…