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Culture
Agia Pelagia: The Vision Leading to the Panagia Celebration on Tinos
The Virgin Mary takes center stage in Tinos on August 15 annually, thanks to a humble nun who received a vision, whom we know as Agia Pelagia, or St. Pelagia, today, on the great feast of the Panagia, or...
Greece
8 Reasons to Visit the Beautiful Volcanic Island of Nisyros
Nisyros is one of the most beautiful Aegean islands, still untouched by tourism growth. It is part of the Dodecanese group of islands, situated between Kos and Tilos. The island extends over a surface of 41 km and its coastline is 28 km long.
Ancient Greece
Exquisite Byzantine Mosaic Uncovered in Western Turkey
An early Byzantine Christian monastery with its exquisite mosaic was recently unearthed in Izmir, Western Turkey.
Greece
Greece’s Unique ”Floating” Monastery of Saint Nicholas
The floating monastery of Saint Nicholas (Agios Nikolaos) in Porto Lagos, Xanthi in northern Greece is a unique religious monument
Archaeology
Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Ruins of Monastery, Greek Inscriptions in Egypt
Archaeologists uncovered the ruins of an ancient Christian settlement dating to the fourth and fifth centuries AD in Egypt's Western Desert.
Greece
US Museum Returns Rare 10th Century Gospel to Greek Monastery
One of the oldest extant hand-lettered gospels, written in Greek between the end of the 10th century and the start of the 11th, is on its way to being returned to the monastery it was stolen from in northeastern...
Europe
Armenians in Tearful Goodbye to their Own ”Sumela” Monastery
Just like the Greeks who were forced to give up their precious cultural heritage of Pontus and Asia Minor to the Turks a century ago, Armenians did the same over the weekend as they bid farewell to Dadivank Monastery. In...
Culture
Reopening of Chora Monastery as Mosque Postponed
In a surprising about-face, after its announcement yesterday that the Greek Orthodox monastery at Chora would be reopened and used for Muslim prayers on Friday, the Directorate of Religious Affairs in Turkey said that the reopening of the Monastery...
Greece
Mt. Athos Monastery Quarantined After Eight Monks Diagnosed with Covid
Greek health authorities ordered an Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos to be placed under quarantine on Monday after at least eight confirmed cases of coronavirus were recorded among the monks living there.
The monastery of Agios Pavlos (Saint Paul), founded...
Culture
Greek President: Conversion of Chora Museum to Mosque "An Act of Symbolic Violence"
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Friday called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's recent decision to convert the historic Chora former Christian monastery to a mosque "an act of symbolic violence dictated by political arrogance."
After the conversion of Istanbul's Hagia...