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AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than a millennium, Orthodox Christian monks have woken up in the predawn darkness to start ...
For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has prayed, worked and ...
A Texas Green Orthodox church is embarking on the final phase of a multimillion-dollar, yearslong expansion project amid ...
Greeks have started leaving the Greek capital for the countryside and the islands, in what is expected to be a mass exodus ...
The Hellenic Presidential Guard is coming to Australia to participate in Anzac Day commemorations and a series of cultural ...
The Hellenic Presidential Guard (Evzones) will visit Australia from April 23 to May 4, 2025, joining Anzac Day commemorations ...
"These are ritual objects made specifically for burials and brought from Greece," explained a former archaeologist now serving in the Ukrainian military.
In some faith traditions in the U.S., men make up a larger proportion of the membership. For example, in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, men make up 52% and women 47%, which is a ...
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Orthodox Church on Saturday held an enthronement ceremony for its new Archbishop Joan, who ...
The countdown to the Orthodox Easter is set to begin on March 3, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean ...
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...