Greece

Life for women in most city states of Ancient Greece, was very difficult but ancient Greek priestesses had powers that gave them high status.

Among the many heroes of the Greek War of Independence, Papaflessas was perhaps the most eccentric personality

The destruction of an old Greek Orthodox church in Kokkinomilia was one of the many sad losses Evia has suffered after the fires that ravaged the island. Villages were evacuated and left to the infernos, hundreds of houses were destroyed,...

The priest at the center of an acid attack against the seven prelates at Petraki Monastery has been sent to a psychiatric hospital.

Athens' Petraki Monastery was the scene of an almost unbelievable crime on Wednesday as a priest threw acid at six Metropolitans.

A Greek priest expelled several faithful who were not wearing masks from the church of  Agios Nikolaos in Flario, Kalamata, during a liturgy on Christmas Day. "Play objector in your home, not here," were the caustic words of the priest who...

Maria Moscholiou, the legendary High Priestess of the Olympic Flame ceremony at Ancient Olympia, has died in Athens. Moscholiou supervised the dramatic Lighting Ceremonies four times in total -- in 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980. She was presented with the City...

An ugly scene broke out in the northern Greek town in Chalkidiki this past weekend, after a priest celebrated the Liturgy in defiance of the new government lockdown to help contain the spread of the coronavirus. The priest ended up...

"This horror is beyond logic. A religion to arm the hands of terrorists blinded by hatred," said Archbishop of Athens and All of Greece, Ieronymos on Saturday, following the shooting of a Greek priest in Lyon, France. Father Nikolaos Kakavelakis,...

A priest in Cyprus has been accused of injuring a baby during the rite of baptism in a church near Limassol on Saturday. Video footage shows the priest forcefully immersing the already-crying baby into the baptismal font. The toddler's legs...

Greek police arrested on Saturday a priest in the island of Kalymnos who was reportedly calling on all faithful through Facebook not to wear a face mask in the church. Writing on the eve of the the Feast of the...

A Greek Orthodox priest and a woman who wanted to attend church services were detained on Holy Saturday on the Greek island of Chios, both accused of failing to abide by the restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Father...

Greek authorities have filed charges against priests in Corfu and Athens for conducting Holy Liturgy and giving Holy Communion on Sunday, thus violating lockdown regulations for the Covid-19 pandemic. At the same time, a case opened against Corfu Mayor Meropi...

The "Flying Priest" was for another year the star of the First Resurrection service on Chios, attracting viewers from across Greece on television and social media. The faithful sent the message of the First Resurrection at the Holy Church of...

A priest from the suburb of Maroussi in northern Athens allegedly asked a woman to sign an official declaration recently stating that she had never said that she was homosexual. The peculiar incident has gone viral in Greece over the...