Perhaps no other ancient city captures our imagination quite like Pompeii. The storyline is familiar: a thriving city on the Bay of Naples- a mecca of high culture and a playground of the rich- ...
All traditions are human inventions that last briefly or, sometimes, forever. Some of those innovations are extremely useful, and last, others vanish, only to be replaced by better alternatives. We ...
Nowhere else in Greece have traditions rooted in the worship of Dionysus remained as vibrant as in Eastern Macedonia ...
Many of us will be celebrating Easter on March 31st this year and are already shopping for Easter basket stuffers and gifts. The same isn’t true for folks who follow the Orthodox calendar, however. In ...
My daughter attends a Greek Orthodox Church school whose tradition is to send its eighth-grade classes on a graduation trip to Greece as a capstone to their Hellenic learning. Parents “chaperone” the ...
The smell of warm butter filled the kitchen at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation in Mount Vernon. That’s because there was butter, everywhere: in clear plastic squeeze bottles; on ...
ATHENS, Greece--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On December 9th, the exhibition “Longevity in the Tao of Chrysanthemum: The Artistic World of Qi Baishi,” supported by Kweichow Moutai Group, opened at the Athens ...
St. Nicholas Opa!Fest Greek Festival returns on its 30th year of celebrations for a 3-day weekend of authentic Greek foods, dances and traditions. The festival is the largest celebration in Metro ...
Sometimes, you watch a movie that you find so relatable. Love's Greek to Me was that kind of movie since many brides-to-be fear their mothers or mother-in-laws taking over the wedding planning. Marina ...