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Tag: Greek history
On this day in 1955, the Constantinople riots begin The Constantinople pogrom, also known as…
Iro Konstantopoulou was born on July 16th 1927, in Athens and became one of Greece’s heroines…
Georgios Zalokostas (1805 – September 3, 1858) from the village of Syrrako in Epirus, was…
The 3 September 1843 Revolution (Greek: Επανάσταση της 3ης Σεπτεμβρίου 1843; N.S. 15 September), was…
Rotunda, one of the oldest religious sites in Thessaloniki Built in 306 A.D. by the…
Ecclesiastical New Year The first day of the Church New Year is also called the…
On this day in 1056 AD, Byzantine Empress Theodora passed away On this day, August…
Placing of the Cincture (Sash) of the Most Holy Mother of God Οn August…
Prinkipo Greek Orthodox Orphanage: Symbol of Greek persecution in Turkey A restoration of Constantinople’s Prinkipo…
On this day, August 29, 2004 the Olympic Summer Games ended in the heart of…
On August 29, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Beheading of John the Baptist John…
Popular around the world, ION is the hugely successful Greek chocolate brand whose chocolate and confectionary products have sweetened childhood years and beyond of millions of people.
On August 26, 1959, the Mini Cooper was officially launched by British Greek motor vehicle…
Ottoman occupation, two world wars, a civil war, betrayal, secrets, loss, the search for justice.…
Painter and muralist, Fikos is the creator of the largest mural in the history of Greek and Byzantine art. Entitled ‘Earth&Sky’ the 46-metre high masterpiece covers the side of a seventeen-storey building taking the internationally acclaimed artist just thirteen days to paint.
On this day on August 22, in 1944 German forces engage in the mass murder…
Miraculous Panagia Hozoviotissa, second oldest Monastery in Greece Sparkling white and built into a giant…
A Panigiri is a centuries-old traditional and cultural festival organised during the summer months mainly…
It is well-known that the academic mathematicians of ancient Greece made a hugely significant contribution to world thought. However, the ancient inhabitants of the tiny village of Pyrgi on the island of Chios present to us their mathematical brilliance in a more unexpected way – through their design tradition, patterns called xysta.