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Why Do Greeks Dye Eggs Red for Easter?
For Orthodox Christians, one of the oldest Easter traditions are dyed eggs, which are associated with the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Eggs symbolize the empty rock tomb from which Jesus arose after his crucifixion and are used as...
Greece
Epitaphios: Traditions of Holy Friday
Easter is one of the biggest religious celebrations of Christianity commemorating the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ and the passage from death to life. But as with other religious celebrations, the Christian celebration was predated by other events...
Greece
Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Archimedes Top MIT list
Four ancient Greek philosophers rank among a list from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of people who have most influenced the planet.
They may have lived before almost 2,500 years ago, but Aristotle, Plato, Archimedes and Socrates are still the...
Greece
Samaras Lets Golden Dawn Do His Dirty Work
After Greece’s stalemated elections in May where he suffered an ignominious showing, New Democracy Capitalist leader Antonis Samaras made a hard turn to the right when he saw that the deranged neo-Nazis of Golden Dawn were usurping his conservative...
Greek News
Scientists: Jesus Christ May Have Had an Entire Family
Thousands of visitors travel to Israel every year, mostly of religious interest. Religion and science are two totally different fields, so their representatives are sometimes opposed to what the other says.
In the 1980's, archaeologists found an underground grave in...