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Mt. Athos Monks Decorate NYC’s St Nicholas Shrine
Two Greek Orthodox Monks from the isolated monastic community of Mt. Athos were sent to New York City to decorate the rebuilt St Nicholas Shrine, the only church to be demolished in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
After an...
Greece
The Athens Grande Bretagne Hotel is Entwined With Greek History
The historic Grande Bretagne Hotel was built less than fifty years after Greece won its independence and the modern Greek State was beginning to take form.
It was built across the King's Palace and now stands across the Greek Parliament...
Greece
War Shelter in Crete a Poignant Reminder of Nazi Occupation
A hidden gem of a museum in the town of Platanias, Crete, remains a poignant reminder of the three-and-a-half-year Nazi occupation of the island during World War II.
The War Shelter museum of Platanias consists of an underground complex of...
Canada
The Nurse Who Saved Thousands from the Greek and Armenian Genocide
Sara Corning was a Canadian nurse who saved thousands of Armenian and Greek orphans during the Genocide in Turkey.
Her life of dedication and offering to fellow human beings made her a prominent figure in Canada, Armenia, and Greece where...
Culture
The Poet Sandal Maker of Athens with the Celebrity Clientele
Greek sandal maker Pantelis Melissinos is not a man you meet every day. Few people live up to the title 'renaissance man' but Pantelis—craftsman, artist, poet, playwright, and musician—more than fits the bill.
Based in a cozy workshop-cum-boutique near the...
Greek News
The Spectacular Sandy Beaches of Greece’s Acheloos River
The Acheloos River, or as it is alternatively known, the Achelous, is an approximately 140-mile long river which empties into the Ionian Sea.
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Greece’s Lake Doxa Offers Landscape of Unparalleled Beauty
Lake Doxa is an artificial lake created in the village of Archaia Feneos, in Western Corinthia, on the Peloponnesian Peninsula.
Food
Horta: The Benefits of Greece’s Magical Greens
Everyone who has a friend or relative from Greece, has heard of the word ''horta.'' Literally translating into English as the humble ''weed,'
Culture
The Sound of Hagia Sophia, Recreated Centuries Later
The sound of Hagia Sophia was recreated recently by two scholars from California’s Stanford University by simply popping a balloon.
Bissera Pentcheva, a professor of art history, has published a book on the subject titled Hagia Sophia: Sound, Space, and...
Greece
Paximadia: the Cretan Greek Superfood
Paximadia -- the hard Cretan rusk now enjoyed all over Greece -- takes thrift and turns it into a delicious and healthy snack.