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A bishop from Cyprus caused controversy this week with his statements on homosexuality and abortion, forcing the government and the head of the church of Cyprus, Archbishop Chrysostomos, to condemn his views. Morphou Bishop Neophytos stirred widespread anger when he...

An outcry was caused, after a court of Aigio on Friday acquitted Bishop of Aigialeia and Kalavryta, Amvrosios, on the charges of hate speech and incitement to violence against gays. According to PatrasTimes news website reporting from the court, the...

The dispute between the Greek Orthodox Church and the Greek state over the same-sex cohabitation agreement continues into the new year. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will reportedly skip visiting Piraeus for the annual "Theofaneia" day due to recent comments made by the...

The Pew Research Centre conducted an international survey in 40 countries concerning eight topics often discussed as moral issues, which are extramarital affairs, gambling, homosexuality, abortion, premarital sex, alcohol consumption, divorce, and contraception. The 40,117 respondents were asked whether each topic is morally...

Bishop Seraphim of Piraeus is threatening to excommunicate any member of the Greek Parliament that votes for the amendment to include same-sex couples in the Cohabitation Agreement. A few days after Greece’s conviction by the Strasbourg Court, which ruled the...

Only few days after Greece was convicted by the Strasbourg Court, for the exclusion of homosexual couples from the cohabitation agreement, the Greek Government promotes a legislation that allows same-sex couples to contract such an agreement. PASOK announced the filing...

Dimokratiki Aristera (DIMAR), submitted an amendment to Parliament, which brings changes in Law 3719/2008 regarding the cohabitation agreement aimed to stop the discrimination against couples of the same-sex. This initiative of DIMAR came after the conviction of Greece by the...

Greek nationalist group Golden Dawn has stirred up controversy and turmoil once again by publicly taking a rigid stance against the “sick and abnormal” homosexuals. Despite the international medical associations declaring homosexuality a personal and free choice of sexual behavior,...

New reforms will come to change the situation regarding the cohabitation of couples. Until now, only heterosexual couples had the legal right of cohabitation. According to some sources , the government is moving one step closer to changing that,...

The story of Alexandros Iolas, Greece's greatest art collector, reads, appropriately, like a Greek tragedy.

Rebetiko, sometimes called the "Greek Blues," is perhaps the most influential genre of Greek music. While the movement as a whole was significant internationally, there were a few Rebetiko singers that defined the iconic genre. Rebetiko singers, musicians, and...

The oldest trace of man-to-wolf transformation dates back to 2100 BC. But the werewolf as we now know it first appeared in ancient Greece. By Tanika Koosmen The werewolf is a staple of supernatural fiction, whether it be film, television, or...

The Church of Greece's highest governing body is formally protesting the recent baptism of the children of a same-sex couple in Athens, an occasion that marked the first time a gay couple held a Greek Orthodox baptism for their...

Yannis Tsarouchis was one of the most prominent figures of Greek art.

A Greek court ruled that two human rights activists falsely accused a Greek Orthodox bishop of hate speech and sentenced them to year-long prison sentences that were suspended for three years on Tuesday. Bishop Seraphim, who is the Metropolitan of...