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A good win for No. 17 seed Maria Sakkari. She eliminates Marta Kostyuk, 6-4, 6-3,…
Did you know Greek City Times has an app? We keep Hellenes and Philhellenes…
Approximately 300 firefighters, water bomber planes and five helicopters were battling Sunday to put out…
On July 27 the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of Agios Panteleimon. The…
Figs have been popular in the Mediterranean since ancient times; reported to have been first…
On June 24 the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Nativity of Agios Ioannis the Baptist…
Crete is one of Greece’s most famous islands and is not just a popular destination…
The Feast of Holy Pentecost is celebrated each year on the fiftieth day after the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha (Easter) and ten days after the Feast of the Ascension of Christ. The Feast is always celebrated on a Sunday. Watch the live service here.
Popular Greek singer Antonis Remos, was born on the 19th of June 1970 in Düsseldorf,…
Saint Bartholomew was one of the Twelve Apostles, and had Galilee as his homeland; this…
Definition In ancient Greek civilization, Nike (/ˈnaɪki/; Ancient Greek: Νίκη, lit. ‘victory’ Nike has been ridiculed online for photos of a…
Sotiris Moustakas is regarded as one of the greatest Greek comedian actors in history. He…
Pyrgi is a picturesque medieval village on the island of Chios, known as the “painted…
On June 2, 1941, a brutal massacre took place in the village of Kondomari, 18km…
Konstantinos Argiros, one of the most successful artists of his generation and one of the…
An act of bravery by two university students has been acknowledged as one of the first acts of resistance against the Nazis in Europe and the first in Greece, inspiring not only Greeks, but all subjected people, to resist against the occupation.
Hagia Sophia was one of several great churches originally built by Constantine, the first Christian emperor and founder of the city of Constantinople. For almost 1,000 years Hagia Sophia remained the largest Greek Orthodox Christian church in the world.
Referred to as one of the darkest days in Greek history, the Fall of Constantinople took place on May 29, 1453, a battle that was part of the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars (1265-1453).
The naval battle of Eressos is considered the first frontal naval battle by the Greek…