The Hellenic Lyceum under the auspices of the Greek Festival of Sydney hosted the book…
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On Friday, June 4, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia launched commemorative coins for the…
The Benaki Museum presents a major exhibition to commemorate the bicentenary of the Greek Revolution.…
On Friday, June 4, the official launch of the commemorative coins issued as part of…
From the village of Dimitsana, Arcadia in the Peloponnese, Metropolitan Germanos of Patras (1771 –…
The naval battle of Eressos is considered the first frontal naval battle by the Greek…
From the island of Samos, Lykourgos Logothetis (1772 – May 25, 1850) was the political…
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar once again accused Greece of expansion, this time during the…
Laskarina Bouboulina was a Heroine of the Greek War of Independence, reaching the rank of…
To call this concert a huge success would be nothing short of an understatement. The…
International Museum Day is celebrated every year on May 18th and is coordinated by the…
A couple from Trikala chose an amazing way to celebrate their wedding – a theme…
Greece’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister and representative for Greeks Abroad, Kostas Vlasis, recently announced the…
Reminiscent of ancient heroics, on this day on May 8, 1821, 120 Greeks led by…
French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, stressed the need to promote…
From Fokida in Sterea Ellada, Athanasios Diakos was a Monk, Deacon, and later became a…
Born in the village of Skoulikaria, east Arta in Epirus, Georgios Karaiskakis was a Klepht…
British actor-comedian Stephen Fry was presented with the medal of the Grand Commander of the…
“Two hundred years ago today, Greece declared its independence. From the start, Harvard was there, helping both in the fledgling Mediterranean country and back in the United States.” Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, publishes a special feature on its university publication, the Harvard Gazette, honouring the bicentennial anniversary of the Greek Revolution.
Twenty days after the bicentennial celebration of the Greek War of Independence, which German Chancellor…