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An early morning earthquake at 12:34 a.m. hit 113 kilometers south-southeast of Lasith and 139 kilometers southeast of Agios Nikolaos on the Greek island of Crete at a depth of 10 kilometers. The earthquake was reported at 4.27 Richter. According to...

The Holy Synod, a council of Orthodox churches, that took place in Crete on June 20-26 ended with a declaration of unity. In its message, it states that the "key priority of the Council was to proclaim the unity of the Orthodox...

An undercover investigation in Chania, Crete, ended with the arrest of five police officers who played a role in smuggling weapons and ammunition in frozen meat packaging. The officers, charged with participating in a conspiracy ring and arms smuggling,...

  Your All-Holiness, Holinesses, Beatitudes, Eminences and Graces, dear Fathers, brothers and sisters, dear delegates of the Holy and Great Council, The European Forum of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Christian Groups, an ecumenical association of more than 40 groups from...

Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew closed the matter of church jurisdiction during the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church on the island of Crete. In the framework of an examination on church autonomy, Patriarch Bartholomew conclusively underlined that the...

The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier docked on the island of Crete fresh from 2,000 missions against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The 5,500 crew members were given a well-deserved Greek island break after seven months...

Over the weekend the Matala Beach Festival 2016 took place in Matala on the Greek island of Crete. The attendance truly exceeded expectations and provided Matala with many tourists as visitors packed onto the beach and the camping grounds filled with...

On Sunday the leaders of Orthodox churches from around the world met in Crete for the Pan-Orthodox Council, the first gathering of its kind in over a millennium. The leaders held mass in the city of Heraklion on the Greek island...

The sixth "Matala Festival 2016" will open on June 17-19 at Matala, Crete, Greece, and will offer unique moments to the visitors. It is a journey through time with a lot of music and other events, which will be...

The Holy and Great Synod, the Panorthodox Council of all Orthodox Churches, will commence on Friday in Crete showing that there is a chasm between the Churches of Greece and Russia. The Extraordinary Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decided...