Archbishop Ieronymos, the leader of the Orthodox Church of Greece, released a statement on Monday on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the restoration of democracy.
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Students who are not Greek Orthodox, or who do not identify with any religion, will be taught ethics at school instead of the religious instruction class if there are sufficient numbers, the Education Ministry announced on Thursday.
Dressed in white robes and colourful tunics, devotees of polytheism each year honour gods on Mount Olympus with ceremonies they say can revive the ethos, rituals and lifestyle of the ancient Greeks.
The gods must be angry: Mexico ‘cancels’ statue of Greek god Poseidon after dispute with local deity
The gods must be angry – or just laughing at the hubris of humanity. Authorities in Mexico have slapped a “closure” order on a 3-meter-tall aquatic statue of the Greek god of the sea Poseidon that was erected in May in the Gulf of Mexico just off the town of Progreso, Yucatan.
Earlier this month, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew – along with many other countries and organizations – attended the Ukraine Peace Summit.
Pope Francis has said he wanted to visit Turkey next year to celebrate the anniversary of the first council of the Christian Church.
The organizers of the Ukraine Peace Summit, held earlier this month in Switzerland, removed the Ecumenical Patriarchate from the list of signatories of its final statement following protests from Turkey, according to reports.
Iranian officials insisted for decades that the law requiring women to cover their hair and dress modestly was sacrosanct and not even worth discussion.
A child plays at the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, which was recently controversially converted into a mosque, on the first day of Eid al-Adha in Istanbul, Sunday.
Georgia Logothetis, the managing director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, joins Thanos Davelis to look into the latest reports out of Turkey that it is considering taking steps to reopen Halki Seminary, and discuss Turkey’s 52-year trail of broken promises on Halki.
Turkey is finally taking steps to reopen the Halki Greek Orthodox seminary, a long-standing point of contention between the two Aegean neighbors since it was closed by the Turkish state in 1971, according to a report in Karar daily on Monday.
At a small shrine in northern Greece, locals clutching icons of Greek Orthodox saints dance to lyres and drums in preparation for a ceremony in which they will walk on fire barefoot.
The 16th century Recep Pasha Mosque in the medieval town of Rhodes is undergoing restoration as part of the Culture Ministry’s strategic plan for the promotion of the island’s medieval city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The fate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople based in Istanbul was discussed by more than 290 archons from 22 different countries during the 4th International Conference on Religious Freedom, in Athens this week.
Former US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said he hopes that Turkey will revise its decision to convert the Chora church from a museum into a mosque.
The 4th International Conference on Religious Freedom, organized by the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, started in Athens on Sunday and ends Tuesday.
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