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Memories of Greece: Agia Marina, Aegina
Aegina is an easy island to the Athens mainland to go. A sandy beach is what tourists dream of. Before the 2020 pandemic, I...
My visit to Artsakh
“There is no Alternative to Freedom” was a banner prominently displayed on an apartment building in Stepanakert, of the Armenian Republic of Artsakh during...
Memories of Armenia: Temple of Garni
Kim Kardashian was there. World leaders visited this Greek temple. Armenian Americans of the Holy Martyrs Apostolic Church of Bayside before Covid-19 visited. I...
On The Road to Constantinople: Repairs of Hagia Sophia Dome by 10th Century Armenian Architect
“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them,” by Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaulti de Galilei, an Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer.1
Hagia Sophia...
Memories of Italy: The Birth of Venus, Uffizi Gallery
Aphrodite (or Venus to the Romans) was born near Paphos, Cyprus. The Greek myth says the Goddess of love and beauty was born from...
Memories of the Road to Constantinople: Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
“Today we view Hagia Sophia as an architectural achievement withstanding earthquakes. Famous for its dome. It is the masterpiece of Byzantine architecture,” said attorney...
In Byzantine Footsteps: Church St. Mary of Blachernae
By: Catherine Tsounis, Contributing Editor
Visiting the historical Church of St. Mary of Blachernae or Panagia Blachernae Church in Constantinople (Istanbul) known to Greeks made...
On the Road in Greece: St. Demetrios Cathedral of Thessaloniki
By Catherine Tsounis
“There was a historic St. Demetrios. His bones are here. There is historical proof,” explained attorney Panagiota Petropoulou during our recent Kapogiannis...
Cadiz: Beyond the Pillars of Hercules
Cadiz is so old, its founding has its own mythology
When Hercules had to perform twelve labors one of them took him to the westward...
ALONE ON A GREEK ISLAND WITH THE ROSY-FINGERED DAWN AND THE WINE DARK SEA
And I live here….
fishing with my son
around the small Delos
and the Great Delos
Panagiotis D. Faroupos
Captain
The Quarantine of Delos
By Aurelia, Contributing Editor
As soon as Panagiotis...
Επίσκεψη στη Μεγάλη Ελλάδα
Από παιδί ήθελα να επισκεφθώ τη Νότια Ιταλία και τη Σικελία, μια περιοχή που είναι γεμάτη αρχαίες ελληνικές αποικίες αλλά και χωριά που οι...
Περί μεταναστών και άλλων τινών…
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Περί μεταναστών και άλλων τινών…
Η Ρωσία είναι μια χώρα πολυπολιτισμική. Αν και οι αμιγώς σλαβικής καταγωγής Ρώσοι είναι η πλειοψηφία,...
Men Who Drink from a Different Fountain: Giorgomichalis Kolokotronis and Patrick Leigh Fermor
By Aurelia
There is something mysterious about the Mani area of Greece that attracts those who drink from a different fountain—those who follow the path...
Οδοιπορικό στην αχανή Ρωσία ΜΕΡΟΣ 1ον
Σηκωθήκαμε «μαύρα χαράματα» για να προλάβουμε την πρωϊνή πτήση της Ολυμπιακής. Αγωνιούσαμε γιατί αν υπήρξε έστω και μια μικρή καθυστέρηση θα κινδυνεύαμε να χάσουμε...
Being creative at the French House Party
by Marc d’Entremont
“I’m not sure if I really know how to write a song” is not what a guest at a song writing workshop...