One morning in October of 2023, Miami police were called to remove a “squatter” who had, or so the ecclesiastical complainants claimed, taken up illegal residence in one of South Florida’s oldest ...
Kasos is a hidden gem in the Aegean Sea, a small and unspoiled island in Greece that feels untouched by time. Nestled between ...
Praised by the ancient Greek giants Homer and Euripides for its superb quality nearly 3,000 years ago, Cyprus' Commandaria is ...
The abandoned ghost village of Levissi (known today as Kayaköy) was once an area bustling with Greeks on the slopes of a hill in Asia Minor.
Members of Syria's small Christian community on the coast are living in fear after attacks killed more than 1,000 mostly ...
In Greek, Panagia Paraportiani translates to "Our Lady of the Postern Gate," referring to the side gate that used to stand on this part of the old Venetian castle. Residents of Chora lived within ...
The structure dates back to the 1580s, and still functions as a Greek Orthodox Church ... highest point in Corfu Town. The church sits northwest of the Old Fortress in Corfu's Old Town.
Specifically we do not agree on the Old Testament (OT ... which Protestants label as "Apocrypha." The Coptic, Greek and Russian Orthodox churches also recognize these Books as inspired by God.
The only exceptions were liturgical practices that were more than 200 years old ... The churches using the Byzantine liturgy include the Albanian, Belarussian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek ...
Monasteries like Hosios Loukas, Prodromos, Mega Spileo, Agios Dimitrios Avgou, and the Holy Monastery of the Philosopher are ...
including a 91-year-old metropolitan bishop, after a photo published in an Athens daily allegedly showed him nude in bed with a young woman. All scandals have seriously damaged the reputation of the ...
Apalachicola National Forest, Florida’s largest national forest, encompasses 630,000 acres of pine flatwoods, cypress swamps, ...