The Persian and philhellene poet Fereydoon Faryad died of cancer on Sunday night at the age of 63. From his childhood, he had always busied himself with literature and published his poems in different magazines and reviews. In 1985, Faryad came to Greece after visiting Paris and undertaking a course in the Greek language at [...]
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His Grace Petros Bishop of Nikopolis Passes Away
On January 31st, 2012, His Grace Petros Bishop of Nikopolis, retired Hierarch of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, passed away. The Late Bishop Petros of Nikopolis (Karatroupkos) was born in Naousa, Macedonia. He held a degree from the Theological Faculty of the University of Thessaloniki, was ordained Deacon in 1953 and Priest in [...]
