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Controversial Documentary Claims Jesus Christ Was Greek
”Bible Conspiracies”, a new documentary series distributed by Worldwide Multimedia, suggests that Jesus Christ was not actually a Jewish man but a Greek philosopher called Apollonius of Tyana. This...
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Love, Kindness and Drama: Life Aboard Onassis’ Legendary Yacht Revealed
The captain of Aristotle Onassis’ legendary yacht “Christina” broke his long self-imposed silence on Wednesday, speaking about the celebrities the Greek tycoon once entertained onboard. In an...
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The Lion’s Den: When Big Cats Roamed Greece (video)
Greek scientists believe that a cave near Vravrona, about 40 km (25 miles) east of Athens, was a hideout for lions and panthers which roamed the Greek countryside thousands of years ago. Fossils...
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Historic Greek City of Eleusis to Become “European Culture Capital 2021”
Only 20 km (12 miles) from Athens, Elefsina (Eleusis) is an ancient city which became an industrial hub in the nineteenth century. Over the last several decades, however, it turned into a rather drab,...
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Nikos Kazantzakis: Legacy of “Zorba the Greek” Author Lives On
Nikos Kazantzakis was Greece’s most prolific writer and he remains one of the most famous Greek citizens to have ever lived. A writer of dozens of novels, poems, plays and short stories, his works...
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Leonard Cohen’s Greek Love Story Premiers in Thessaloniki Festival (video)
Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen at Greece’s Hydra in the 1960s A touching film on the enduring love story between legendary Canadian folk singer Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse, Marianne Ihlen...
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Oldest Mosque on Greece’s Lesvos to Be Restored
A dilapidated 17th-century Muslim place of worship built on Lesvos to honor an Ottoman sultan’s unknown “Queen Mother” will be restored, using a 1.2-million-euro grant from the EU regional development...
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How the Mines of Laurion Saved Ancient Athens — and Western Civilization
Laurion, Greece, which lies approximately 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Athens between Thoricus and Sounion, was famous in ancient times for its productive mines. Silver, copper, lead and even...
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Flashback to the Greek Peasants’ Uprising
The statue of the unknown farmer marks the place in Thessaly, central Greece, when more than a century ago poor farmers started a revolt against the powerful landed gentry and demanded the...
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Greece Remembers the Iconic Melina Mercouri
It has been 25 years since Melina Mercouri died this day in 1994 but her picture in front of the Parthenon that adorns the Acropolis Metro Station is engraved in the minds of millions of Greeks. In her...
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Greek Carnival Reaches Climax with a Hint of Ancient Dionysian Revels
The Carnival season, or “Apokries” in Greek, is slowly coming to an end this weekend, but not without a bang. Greeks across the country are going to celebrate the last days of freedom before the...
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Thousands March in Thessaloniki in Memory of Holocaust Victims (video)
Thessaloniki mayor Yiannis Boutaris leading the silent march A silent march was held on Sunday to mark the 76th year since the departure of the first “death trains” which carried Thessaloniki Jews to...
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Gossip as a Powerful Tool for the Powerless in Ancient Greece
In Aristophanes’ comedy The Frogs, a nosy slave listens to his master’s conversations and spreads them around town, resulting in his master’s horrible misfortunes. The Aristophanes character, however,...
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British Library Returns Historic Documents to Greece
The British Library on Thursday returned three rare historic documents which had been illegally removed from the Panaghia Chrysopodaritissa Monastery in Achaia in 1979. The Library delivered them to...
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How the Greek Revolution Inspired Philhellenism Around the World
“The Reception of Lord Byron at Missolonghi” by Theodoros Vryzakis. Source: Wikipedia The 1821 Greek Revolution erupted into the world of the early nineteenth century as Europe was being shaken to its...
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The Greek Tradition to Eat Hake on March 25th
March 25th is the most important national holiday for Greece because it is the day Greeks revolted against the Ottomans and gained their independence after a bloody war. The day coincides with the...
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Dozens of Athens Schools Participate in Student Parade for March 25th
Dozens of Athens schools participated in the annual student parade passing through the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in front of the Greek Parliament celebrating March 25th on Sunday. The students...
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Massive Military Parade Marks Greek National Day
Greece commemorated on Monday the 198th anniversary of the 1821 War of Independence against 400 years of Ottoman rule with the annual military parade in the center of the capital. Thousands of Greeks...
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Greece Calls Erdogan’s Threat to Turn Hagia Sophia into a Mosque an Insult
Hagia Sophia. Source: Wikipedia The Greek government responded on Monday to Turkish President’s Erdogan’s threat to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque by saying that this represents an insult not only to...
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Statue of Alexander the Great to Grace Athens
Athens is preparing to erect a statue of the great Macedon king Alexander, which will be the first of its kind in the Greek capital. The base of the statue by prominent contemporary sculptor Yiannis...
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