The status of the Crimean Peninsula has entered international public consciousness over the past decade. Since the events of ...

The Byzantine Greeks are a nation that is very often misunderstood for a number of historical and political reasons.

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

KIRYAT SHMONA — The municipal elections held on Tuesday in Kiryat Shmona — delayed 15 months from their original date due to the war — were the strangest I have ever covered. The three ...

President Isaac Herzog asked for forgiveness from four slain Israeli hostages on Thursday, after their bodies were believed to be returned to Israel under the terms of the ceasefire and hostage ...

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...

Credit: John Skylitzes CC BY-SA 4.0 Barbarian invasions in Greece during the Byzantine era were common, with mostly Albanian and Slav tribes settling in the fertile plains of Thessaly. The years 324 ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities ... Good Friday is recognised as a mournful day in which flags in homes and businesses around the country are set to ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...