Tripoli
Crime
Lebanon: Protests over Attack on Greek Orthodox Priest’s Library
Hundreds of Lebanese people rioted on the streets of Tripoli, northern Lebanon on Saturday, January 4 protesting over the torching of a historic library owned by a Greek Orthodox priest. The protestors held up banners that read "Tripoli, peaceful town"...
Greece
Tripoli Highway Named For Theodorakis
Noted Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis now has another honor: a major road in the Peloponnesian city of Tripoli will bear his name. It is a section of the newly-constructed highway of the new section of the suburban road of...
Culture
Tripoli's Malliaropouleion Theater Reopens
The Malliaropouleion Theater of Tripoli is reopening its doors to the public on March 22, the first day of spring. It is the theater emblem of the town, and among the few perennial theaters in Greece.
It was donated to...
Greek News
John X Elected New Patriarch of Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
Metropolitan John X was elected to head the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch on Monday, the official paper of the Russian Orthodox Church reported.
His predecessor, Patriarch Ignatius IV (Hazim) passed away in a Beirut hospital on December 5, a...
Africa
Vandals Wrack Greek Orthodox Cemetery in Tripoli
Metropolitan Theofylaktos of Libya met an unsettling scene upon entering the Greek Orthodox Cemetery in Tripoli to conduct an annual memorial service in the memory of the Greek victims of World War II who lost their lives in Libya:...