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Here’s where to buy sweet bread flavoured with mastic and mahlab, pastries bursting with halloumi and raisins, and other ...
All Christians, from Orthodox and Western churches, are observing the holiday on the same day this year in a rare occurrence ...
A Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying three astronauts made its return to Earth from the International Space Station. Dozens of ...
THIS is the bizarre moment rival churches wage a lethal “rocket war” on each other as they set the heavens alight in the ...
Rival churches on Greece's Chios island kicked off their annual Easter tradition on Saturday evening (April 19), by pelting ...
Locals in the town of Vrontados on the Greek island of Chios marked Orthodox Easter with a centuries-old tradition known as ...
In the serene Greek island town of Vrontados, where crystal-clear waters meet pebble beaches and Aepos Mountain looms large, ...
The tradition of the "Flying Priest" from the island of Chios, which occurs on Holy Saturday, has now spread throughout ...
Greek Easter is full of unique traditions, celebrations and customs, followed faithfully throughout the millennia across Greece.
The footpaths that link the isolated mountain settlements of Zagori offer some of the most spectacular hiking in the whole of ...
For Vainas and Barakos, church was a crucial part in maintaining their cultural identity, as it helped them meet others who shared similar traditions, family being a big one for Greeks. "We keep that ...
As Easter nears, ferry tickets to Greece’s iconic islands are nearly sold out, with Holy Week routes to Paros, Chios, and Symi at full capacity. Skyrocketing prices—up to €913.50 for a family to ...