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Mount Athos: A Monastic Community Where Time Stands Still
Mount Athos, referred to in Greek as the "Holy Mountain", is one of the most important centers of the Christian Orthodox world.
Home to twenty monasteries under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, it is governed as...
Ancient Greece
The Ancient Greek Woman Buried With Her Gold Jewelry
In 2018, Greek archaeologists uncovered a grave of an ancient noblewoman buried with her gold jewelry on the island of Sikinos.
Her name, according to a burial inscription, was Neko (Greek: Νεικώ). It remains a mystery who exactly this woman...
Greece
The Dance of Zalongo and the Self-Sacrifice of Greek Women
The Dance of Zalongo is considered to be a monumental act of bravery and defiance against the Ottoman rulers by the women of Epirus.
Greek News
When the Heroic Greek Evzone Was Featured in Life Magazine
A Greek Evzone was featured on the cover of the American magazine Life, honoring the heroic battles of Greek soldiers against the invading Italians in 1940.
The issue was published in mid-December 1940 approximately fifty days after Mussolini's forces attacked...
Ancient Greece
The Ancient Greek Fisherman and His Astonishing Villa Mosaics
Phainos was the most famous fisherman of his time who lived in the 2nd century AD in the ancient Greek city of Halicarnassus.
His villa, adorned with astonishing mosaics depicting sea creatures, was accidentally discovered by property developers in 2018.
Phainos...
Ancient Greece
The Mystery Structure on Top of Athens’ Temple of Olympian Zeus
The Temple of Olympian Zeus, dedicated the first among the Gods, is the most magnificent monument in Athens, other than the Acropolis.
Culture
Common Words in the Greek and Turkish Language
There are over three hundred Turkish words that are used daily in the Greek language. This is not surprising given the fact that Greeks were under Ottoman occupation for four hundred years.
The period of Ottoman rule was a dark...
Crime
Killing of Alexandros Grigoropoulos Still Haunts Greece
December 6th marks the anniversary of the murder of fifteen-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by police officer Epaminondas Korkoneas in 2008, an act that stands as a landmark case of police brutality in Greece.
In more peaceful times, Greek society would mourn...
Ancient Greece
Philoxenia: The Roots of Greek Hospitality
The ancient Greek value of hospitality which ranked at the top of the list of virtues, and still lives on today in Greece, is “philoxenia”
Culture
The Presidential Guard: How Evzones Became a Potent Symbol of Greece
The long and honorable history of the Greek Presidential Guard (also known as Evzones) goes back to more than 150 years ago to December 12, 1868, the day it was established in the modern Greek state.
This distinguished, battalion-sized military...