crete
Crime
The Greek Police, a Weapons Smuggling Ring and Frozen Meat Packaging
An undercover investigation in Chania, Crete, ended with the arrest of five police officers who played a role in smuggling weapons and ammunition in frozen meat packaging. The officers, charged with participating in a conspiracy ring and arms smuggling,...
Greece
LGBT Community Pens Open Letter to the Orthodox Church
Your All-Holiness, Holinesses, Beatitudes, Eminences and Graces, dear Fathers, brothers and sisters, dear delegates of the Holy and Great Council,
The European Forum of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Christian Groups, an ecumenical association of more than 40 groups from...
Greece
Patriarch Bartholomew Asserts Church of Greece Jurisdiction at Holy Synod
Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew closed the matter of church jurisdiction during the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church on the island of Crete. In the framework of an examination on church autonomy, Patriarch Bartholomew conclusively underlined that the...
Greece
USS Harry S. Truman Docked at Crete After ISIS Battles
The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier docked on the island of Crete fresh from 2,000 missions against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The 5,500 crew members were given a well-deserved Greek island break after seven months...
events
Matala Beach Festival 2016 Attracts Record Breaking Crowds [video]
Over the weekend the Matala Beach Festival 2016 took place in Matala on the Greek island of Crete.
The attendance truly exceeded expectations and provided Matala with many tourists as visitors packed onto the beach and the camping grounds filled with...
Greece
Orthodox Leaders Celebrate Pentecost While Russia's No-Show Mars Historical Meeting
On Sunday the leaders of Orthodox churches from around the world met in Crete for the Pan-Orthodox Council, the first gathering of its kind in over a millennium.
The leaders held mass in the city of Heraklion on the Greek island...
Greece
'Matala Festival 2016' Promise a Musical Journey in the Years of the Hippies
The sixth "Matala Festival 2016" will open on June 17-19 at Matala, Crete, Greece, and will offer unique moments to the visitors. It is a journey through time with a lot of music and other events, which will be...
Greece
Panorthodox Council Shows Chasm Between Greek and Russian Churches
The Holy and Great Synod, the Panorthodox Council of all Orthodox Churches, will commence on Friday in Crete showing that there is a chasm between the Churches of Greece and Russia.
The Extraordinary Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decided...
Greece
EgyptAir Flight MS804 Wreckage Found Between Crete and Egyptian Coast
On Wednesday in Egypt a committee said that the vessel, John Lethbridge, which was contracted by the Egyptian government to join the search for the missing plane debris and flight data recorders "had identified several main locations of the wreckage," according to the...
Greece
New App for Etz Hayyim Synagogue Allows Visitors to Discover History of Cretan Jews
A new mobile phone application that allows visitors to discover the Etz Hayyim Synagogue in the old city of Chania in Crete and learn more about the Jewish heritage on the island was presented at the synagogue on Tuesday.
“This...