In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled ... Devout followers are said to light an oil candle inside the home beside their icon-candle and keep this ...

On Friday, the Greek Orthodox Church called for an emergency meeting to discuss a major reform to be launched. The move comes after the Church was rocked by overwhelming scandals on sex and finance ...

While some believe its depiction of Mary’s pierced heart points to Catholic origins, the icon’s roots lie in Orthodox tradition. Its story is intertwined with miraculous healings and interventions.

The severe weather system “Alexandros” is set to bring heavy rain, thunderstorms, and gale-force winds to Greece, with regions like Thessaly, the Northern Sporades, and Evia at high risk of flooding.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's intelligence service on Wednesday declassified 58 intelligence reports connected to the Greek-led coup in Cyprus in 1974 and the subsequent Turkish invasion ...

Nikolaos Bakatselos, president of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, comments: “There has never been another point in time when U.S. relations with Greece have been so strong.

John received his literary training under Anthragathius the philosopher, and Libanius the sophist, who was the greatest Greek scholar and rhetorician of his day. Libanius was a pagan, and when asked ...

Greece to win @ 16/5 with Sky Bet Fotis Ioannidis to score any time @ 3/1 with Sky Bet Both teams to score and Anastasios Bakasetas to score or assist @ 11/4 with Sky Bet Greece have transformed ...

When the skies are grey, it’s easy to transport yourself to the Greece that millions of tourists have grown to love: pretty whitewashed villages perched on hillsides, quiet coves with balmy ...

Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century. Tsar Nicholas II, the head of the tragic Romanov family, commissioned the ornate building not only to honor the ...