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Religious tourism is one of the oldest forms of travelling and Greece has inspired travellers, whether for religious purposes or mere self-exploring, throughout the...

The Cyprus talks are all but dead. It is only a matter of time before the nail in the coffin is hammered into place...

The Florence, SC Chapter One of the Evrytanian Association of America has scheduled a Quarterly Hellenic Culture Lecture Series with the first lecture taking...

In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a famous phrase asks: “To be, or not to be, that is the question!” That question is also valid when...

The ruins of the Parthenon crown the modern city of Athens with a hazy ambiguity. To the world outside of Athens, the stunning monument...

The American Hellenic Institute mourns the passing of Author/Essayist, Journalist Christopher Hitchens, who died Thurs., Dec. 15, 2011. He was 62. “Christopher Hitchens was a...

With the economic world holding its breath over fears that Greece will default, Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos told an international audience of bankers in Washington, D.C. that his country[...]

The first Byzantine museum of the Peloponnese will open at the barracks of Kapodistrias in Argos in one and a half years. The historical building of the...

It is a glorious though somewhat glossed-over chapter in local history; how the rise of the Greeks against a 400-year-old Turkish occupation led to...

A Greek-Australian woman has posted an icon titled, The Madonna and Child, on her local eBay Classifieds section for the asking price of $245,000AUD....