The Patriarchal Divine Liturgy was performed last Friday in the newly founded Orthodox Church of Saint George and Isaak the Qatari, in Doha of Qatar. Immediately after the liturgy, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III’, in the presence of many orthodox Christians and representatives of other Christian Communities living in the Emirate in [...]
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Days of Greek Culture in Cairo
“Days of Greek Culture” in Egypt are being organized in Cairo and Alxandria under the aegis of the Egyptian Culture Ministry with the support of the Greek Embassy in Cairo and the organization of the Greek Cultural Center in Cairo and Alexandria. The events will take place from April 17-24, and include various artistic events [...]
Greco – Roman tombs uncovered in Egypt oasis
A bejeweled mummy dressed in Roman robes has emerged from the sands of Egypt’s Bahariya Oasis, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said Monday. Entombed in a decorated gypsum sarcophagus, the 38-inch tall mummy belonged to a woman or girl who died in the Greco-Roman period about 2,300 years ago. Unearthed in a rock-hewn tomb at [...]
Lerounis arrived in Athens
A Greek volunteer worker kidnapped by Afghan Taliban in northwest Pakistan seven months ago arrived in Athens on Saturday following his release from captivity earlier this week. Athanassios Lerounis was kidnapped in September near the border with Afghanistan while working as a teacher among the ethnic Kalash community in the mountains of Chitral. “I am [...]
Patriarch Kirill on formal visit to Alexandria Patriarchate
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia (foto) will begin a three-day official visit to the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa on Saturday. The head of the Russian Church will visit the Patriarchate in Alexandria at noon on Saturday shortly after his arrival at the city’s international airport and will be received by Patriarch [...]
Kyrgyzstan: Greeks in Bishkek are in good health, but fear of a possible civil war
“All 124 Greeks who reside in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, are in good healt” stated to ANA – MPA the president of the Greek Community of Kyrgyzstan, Ms. Olga Kuprianova. At least 75 people have lost their lives and hundreds have been injured, according to the latest report from country’s Ministry of Health, during [...]
Cairo: Countries unite for repatriation of looted cultural heritage
Twenty-six countries, among them Greece, have joined forces in a coordinated campaign for the return of their stolen antiquities, during an international conference in Cairo this week on recovering stolen ancient artefacts from abroad attended by antiquities officials, deputy culture ministers and museum directors. The first step of the initiative is to draft a catalogue [...]
Greek kidnapped Lerounis in Pakistan is freed
A Greek man who has lived for years in northern Pakistan is free and in good condition seven months after being kidnapped by suspected Afghan Taliban, officials said on Thursday. Athanasios Lerounis ran a welfare centre and school in Chitral district, and has lived in northern Pakistan since the mid-1990s. He was kidnapped by some [...]
Holy Land of Jerusalem and the Holy Light during Orthodox Easter
By Antonia Patsidou / antonellapatsidou@hotmail.com The “Holy Light” from the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem will be transferred to Athens on Bright Saturday (Orthodox Easter) with a government executive flight via Tel Aviv. The aircraft will arrive at Athens’ Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport at 18.30 and will be received with heads of [...]
The Greeks of Latin America celebrated the National Independence Day with pride
For the second consecutive year, Greeks in Buenos Aires celebrated in all solemnity the national anniversary for Greek Independence Day on the 25th of March. 1.500 Hellenes from all Argentina, but also from Chile and Uruguay, especially youths, responding to the call of the Federation of Greek Communities of Argentina, attended the parade, the only [...]
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