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Fort Roupel: Crossing a border
Fort Roupel, 1914, was in early planning stages along the mountainous border between Greece and Bulgaria when World War I erupted. In the mid-1930’s...
Tripping over history in Thessaloniki
“In Thessaloniki, we live our history.” Sofia Bournatzi
Of course, that statement could almost be a cliché if it wasn’t applied to Thessaloniki. It has...
Ο Ντίνος the aromas of Tinos
Gianakis Bay gleamed in the afternoon sun on Tinos Island as I entered the bay front Ο Ντίνος Taverna. As is so common in...
Life in the L.A. of Greece, Leonidio Arkadias, during the Pandemic
Special to the Hellenic News of America
The many daily activities that Greek citizens have enjoyed, such as dining and travel, have come to a...
Memories of Greece: Zorbas BBQ, Lasithi, Crete
While experiencing happiness, we have difficulty in being conscious of it. Only when the happiness is past, and we look back on it we do...
Meteora: a magical 14th century necessity
The six monasteries of Meteora are justifiably a magnet for tourists. The ascetic Greek Orthodox monks who strove for mystical connection with the divine...
Tripping over Pyrgos on Santorini
When I first saw Pyrgos in 2014 it was late afternoon through swirling fog rolling up 700-foot-high cliffs. The mist hugged the low flat...
A Traditional 2020 Christmas in Greece
How is Greece celebrating 2020 Christmas? Pitsa and Christos Macarounis described strict quarantine measures, with police patrolling the streets of Tripoli, in the Peloponnese....
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Tripping over Greece: Naxos
Greece’s long and turbulent civilization lay scattered throughout the country. It’s as easy to stumble across millenniums old remnants of everyday life in the...
Tinos Food Paths: preserving heritage
The whole idea behind Tinos Food Paths, Giorgos says, is “to keep the chain of knowledge alive from one generation to another.”
Soft spoken, young...
Marathia on Tinos: traditional or avant garde?
Marathia Restaurant on Tinos Island aptly proves the superlatives you have heard on the creativity of Greek cuisine and the uncompromising beauty of Cyclades...
Visiting the Heart and Soul of Greece: The Peloponessos
BY AURELIA
During the last five summers, I had visited and spent time on more than a dozen Greek islands, including Crete, Corfu, Mykonos, and...
Pomegranate, Ermioni, youth intertwined
"Surely Love is a wonderful thing. Pearls and pomegranate cannot buy it...” ~ Oscar Wilde
It’s appropriate that an ancient fruit should have a close...
Silk Road cuisine in the Pella Region
“We think of globalization as a uniquely modern phenomenon; yet 2,000 years ago too, it was a fact of life...” ― Peter Frankopan, The Silk...
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Αύριο ίσως είναι πολύ αργά…
Είχα τονίσει την περασμένη εβδομάδα ότι «πρέπει να αλλάξουμε μυαλά» για να σώσουμε τον ταλαίπωρο πλανήτη μας. Δύο τρεις μέρες αργότερα δημοσιεύτηκαν στοιχεία που...
Community
Turkey’s Long Persecution Against Pontian Christians
By Uzay Bulut
In the Turkish city Trabzon, where few Christians are left, St. Maria Catholic Church has suffered its second attack this year. A...
In Greek
Ο στρίγκλος που έγινε για λίγο αρνάκι
«Δεν θέλω να συναντηθώ με τον Κυρ. Μητσοτάκη γιατί οι Έλληνες σκότωσαν πρόσφυγες. Τα σύνορά μας δεν κλείνουν και δεν θα συζητήσουμε άλλο αυτό...
Church
Church Forgives $3.5 Million Medical Debt for 2,200 Families
The Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Webster, MA is culminating its centennial celebration by giving back in a major way. It...
Community
The Genocidal Birth of Modern Turkey
By Dr. Robert Zaller, Professor
The word “genocide,” describing the systematic physical or cultural destruction of a people, was coined in 1944 by a lawyer,...