Zagori, known for its profound cultural heritage, has proudly secured its place as Greece’s 19th addition to the UNESCO World Heritage List, highlighting its authenticity and integrity.
Tag: Mount Athos
A 35-year-old Romanian monk allegedly hit a 52-year-old Belarusian monk after the pair drank alcohol…
A fire broke out at noon in a forest on Mount Athos, but a little…
The Komboloi is known to be a favourite pastime for many Greeks and used as a…
New Democracy painted blue 58 of Greece’s 59 constituencies; however, a part of the electoral…
The historic Axion Esti icon from the all-male monastic community of Mount Athos was transported…
A special “thank you” was sent via Twitter by the top Greek military chief, Konstantinos…
The UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Greece and the year they were listed are: Acropolis,…
Aliki Diplarakou has been crowned Miss Europe and named the most beautiful woman in Europe.…
King Charles’s first painting of Mount Athos since becoming monarch is now on sale at the…
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias received minor injuries from the episode of postural hypotension that…
It was the largest Sea Battle of the Balkan Wars (1912-13). Rear Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis,…
The final iconography including the Pantokrator icon at the Dome’s centre and the 20 Prophets at the Dome’s perimeter painted by Mount Athos monks Fr. Lukas and his associate Fr. Pachimos, among the finest iconographers in the world, was completed at St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, New York early this week.
On November 27, 2013, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople canonized Elder Porphyrios…
Elder Nikodimos of the Holy Monastery of Agios Nektarios in Mount Athos passed away. The…
Associated Press reports from Mount Athos in Greece that a church bell sounds, the staccato thudding…
Fire manifested in Mount Athos in close proximity to the Monastery of Dochiariou. Ground and…
The region of is one of the most breathtaking natural formations that can be found…
A 28-year-old Romanian man was pulled from the sea dead today, after falling on a…
Firefighters are continuing to battle a fire that broke out in an inaccessible forested area…