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The Greek Orthodox Monk Who Died Without Ever Seeing a Woman

A Greek Orthodox monk on Mount Athos, the center of Orthodox monasticism, died at the age of 82 without ever seeing a woman. This is the story of Michael Tolotos. Born around 1856, Tolotos faced a tragic start to...

Mystery Over Woman’s Remains at Men-Only Mount Athos, Greece

Mystery surrounds the remains of a woman discovered in 2019 who was buried centuries ago at the cemetery of Pantokratoros Monastery on Mount Athos. The Greek "Holy Mountain" with its nearly 1,800-year continuous Christian presence is home to twenty monasteries,...

Greek Water Polo Player Feeding Baby During Game Goes Viral

Greek water polo player of the Chania team, Markela Ploumis, was photographed feeding her baby during a match and went viral. During the friendly water polo match between the Chania and Rethymno teams, the camera lens of Theofilos Kyriakopoulos, the...

Woman Who Went Viral in Protest Video Reportedly Killed by Iran’s Police

Security personnel in Iran have reportedly shot and killed a 23-year-old Iranian woman who gained recognition in a video last week as she joined the anti-hijab protests. On Sunday, Iranian journalist Farzad Seifikaran reported that Najafi Hadis was killed on Wednesday...

102-Year-Old Patient Recovers From COVID in Greece, Returns Home

A truly miraculous story took place earlier this week in Greece's hospital of Corfu in the Ionian Sea, where the oldest hospitalized patient with COVID-19 in the country not only recovered but broke a national record too! According to Greece's...

Refugee Dies in Container Fire in Greece's Lesvos Migrant Camp

A 27-year-old female Afghan refugee burned to death early on Thursday morning in the container in which she was living with her family in the Cara Tepe refugee camp, on the island of Lesvos. The woman was living in the...

Fishermen Save Woman Who Was Lost For 12 Hours in the Sea off Crete (Video)

Two Cretan fishermen managed to save an 18-year old woman who was fighting to survive for more than twelve hours in the sea in Greece's Lasithi, on Crete. Media reports suggest that the unfortunate woman tried to pick up her...

Woman Dies After Falling off Corinth Canal's Bridge in Greece's Peloponnese

A woman fell off a bridge over the Corinth Canal which connects the Peloponnesian Peninsula with the rest of the Greek mainland in the early hours of Friday. The woman has not been identified at this time, but according to local media she...

Woman Killed by Train in Downtown Athens

  A woman was killed on Monday when she was hit by a train in the downtown Athens district of Sepolia, between Konstantinoupoleos and Damvergi streets. The train was on its normal route between Thessaloniki and Athens. The reasons of the accident...