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Europe
‘Wish Trees’ Attract Visitors in Saint Voukolos Greek Orthodox Church
The olive and myrtle tree saplings that Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and İzmir mayor Aziz Kocaoğlu planted on February 6 at the exterior space of Saint Voukolos Greek Orthodox Church have now become main tourist attractions.
According to Orthodox Christian historians, Saint Voukolos lived during the early Christian...
Diaspora
Istanbul’s Greek Community Wishes to Remove Patriarchs’ Graves from Orthodox Cemetery
The Greek Orthodox community of Istanbul wishes to remove the graves of three Turkish Orthodox Church patriarchs (the founder and his successors) out of the city's historic Greek Orthodox cemetery.
The graves belong to Efthim and his successors Turgut Erenerol and...
Europe
Greek-Turkish Youth Orchestra to Perform in Rhodes and Marmaris in September
The Greek-Turkish Youth Orchestra (GTYO), composed of 50 talented young Greek and Turkish musicians aged between 16 and 26, will perform in two major concerts this year; on September 2 in Rhodes, Greece, and September 4 in Marmaris, Turkey.
The...
Culture
Greek High School to Open on Turkish Island
The first Greek primary school in 49 years opened on the island of Imbros in 2013, while the Greek community has received the green light to open a middle and high school. The school complex aims to attract more...
Australia
Greek-Australian Helps Revive Island of Imbros
Schinoudi, a village on the island of Imbros, seems abandoned, a fact that irrefutably shows that the notorious Turkification policy imposed in 1964 essentially eliminated the Greek element from the island. In recent years, however, something seems to be...
Europe
Greek Businessman Savvidis Offers to Build Mosque in Return for Hagia Sophia
Greek-Russian businessman Ivan Savvidis has made a generous offer to the Turkish people. The President of the Federal National-cultural Autonomy of Greeks in Russia said he would fund the construction of a mosque in Trabzon and as an exchange...
Europe
Patriarch Bartholomew Prays to End Violence in Sumela Service
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew performed the annual Divine Liturgy at the historical Sumela monastery, in the northern Turkish province of Trabzon, on the occasion of the Dormition of the Theotokos. During the service, the patriarch prayed for an end to...
Europe
Famous Greek Singer Maria Farantouri to Perform in Istanbul
Famous Greek singer and political activist Maria Farantouri will perform to Istanbul fans at Harbiye Open-Air Theater on August 2 to celebrate composer Mikis Theodorakis' 90th birthday.
Theodorakis is known as Greece’s top living composer, famous for the 1964 classic "Zorba the Greek"...
Economy
Greeks Migrating Back to Island of Imvros According to Mayor
The Greek crisis could be causing Greek families to migrate to Turkey.
The Turkish Hurriyet Daily News reports that the mayor of the Imvros island (Gökçeada),located in the Canakalle province in the Aegean Sea, said that Greek families are migrating...
Business
Gazprom Cancels Pipeline in Turkey
Russian gas company Gazprom decided to cancel the agreement signed with Italian company Saipem for the construction of the first part of a gas pipeline in Turkey, according to statements made by Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak.
The South Stream Natural Gas...