A museum director in Turkey has been fired after it was revealed that she had been illegally removing parts of an ancient Greek church.

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ...

Celebrating Easter together might seem like a simple expression of union, but it can also breathe new life into efforts ...

The first worshipers were welcomed on May 6, the day after Orthodox Easter, while some Christian frescoes were covered with curtains. Mitsotakis immediately expressed "his strong dissatisfaction." ...

Spring is so full of fragrances that the Greek cuisine could not neglect what mother nature so freely offers. Inspired greatly by the seasonal fruits and vegetables, springtime brings with it a wide ...

BELGRADE - Twenty-one years ago today, Europe witnessed one of the darkest chapters in its history, a tragedy that left deep ...

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The village is the last settlement before the border with the autonomous state of Mount Athos, known as the Holy Mountain, home to Eastern Orthodox monasteries – now designated a Unesco ... or ...