Lousios Gorge has been inhabited for centuries in Greece, mainly by hermits and monks who lived in caves. Two monasteries located near the gorge remain open to visitors: Philosophou and Timiou Prodromou (St. John the Baptist).
The historian Pausanias described...
Every September, the harbor of Spetses becomes the setting for one of Greece’s most spectacular historical commemorations. Ships gather offshore, crowds fill the waterfront and the island becomes part of a celebration combining music, theater, religious ceremonies and historical...
After Greece gained its independence after fighting off the Ottoman Empire, the Greek insurgents called upon Ioannis Kapodistrias, a former foreign minister of Russia, to take over the governance of the fledgling state in 1827.
Kapodistrias ruled until 1831, when he...
Jane Digby, who later became Lady Ellenborough, was one of the most famous adventuresses of her times, even having an affair with King Otto of Greece—and his father—and then going off to live in a cave with the Greek...
Greeks dressed in traditional revolutionary-era attire joined personnel from the Hellenic Army on Sunday at Dervenakia in the northeastern Peloponnese to commemorate the anniversary of one of the most decisive victories of the Greek War of Independence.
The annual ceremony...
The tsarouchi, the flat, hard-soled shoe with the famous large pompon at its end, is an iconic part of the Greek traditional costume, especially for the Greek soldiers known as evzones.
The shoe also plays a large part in the...
Every year on July 23, the Cycladic island of Tinos honors Saint Pelagia, commemorating the humble nun whose reported visions led to the discovery of the island's sacred icon. More than two centuries later, her story continues to intertwine...
The creation of Greece's first National Museum dedicated exclusively to the 1821 Greek War of Independence has taken a major step forward with the signing of a donation agreement worth up to 12 million euros ($13.7 million). The funding...
The Greek Orthodox Church of the Pantocrator in Patras, Greece, stands out for its resemblance to the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) after which it was modeled.
Originally built in 900 AD as a simple church of the...
