How the world sees Greece
Leaders of Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece agreed on Saturday that the whole region needs to be included in the European Union (EU) and that the cooperation on joint projects can bring the region long-awaited prosperity and stability.
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Louks Baby Greek Donuts opened in Cottonwood Heights in November 2021. Louks is short for "Loukoumades", which means Greek Baby Donuts, which really are donut holes. The classic is drizzled with honey ...
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State Senator Leonidas Raptakis addresses the Rhode Island Greek Independence Day celebration hosted at the State Capitol on March 22nd. State Senator Leonidas (Lou) Raptakis and Rhode Island’s ...
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AHI Eastern Mediterranean Briefing Ambassador of Cyprus to the U.S. Marios Lysiotis, Ambassador of Greece to the U.S. Alexandra Papadopoulou, and AHI President Nick Larigakis during the breakfast ...
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Detroit Greek Independence Day Parade celebrating Greece and Greek-American culture is set for Sunday, April 10, 2022.
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New report calls for authorities to swiftly bring those responsible for murder of crime reporter to justice.
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The city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine is “in the hands of the occupiers today,” Vadym Boychenko, the city’s mayor stated during an interview with the UNIAN news agency on Monday. The city has been the target of Russian attacks since the early days of the war. After troops besieged the city, hundreds of thousands […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, with its headquarters located in the City of New York, is an Eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, The mission of th ...
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St. Augustine, FL- An award of $1,000.00 for the 2022 Metropolitan Iakovos Memorial Greek Language Scholarship Essay contest was presented to Evridiki Vougiouka (14 years old) of Sacramento, ...
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Greece's agriculture ministry said on Monday that sunflower oil production could be increased if needed by producing more for household consumption rather than for biofuels as rising prices add to ...
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Greece confirmed 27,490 new Covid-19 infections and 73 deaths associated with the virus in the last 24 hours, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced on Monday. A total of 13,429 cases had been recorded in the country the day before, Sunday, and 52 people died with the virus. Since the pandemic began, Greece has […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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THE May half term is a great time to take a break to a sunny beach with the kids before the summer crowds. There’s still time to book a family break during the half-term, but the best deals ...
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Bankers and analysts are touting Greece and Portugal as potential borrowers this week, while the European Financial Stability Facility has mandated for a trade. Greece has had a strong run of good ...
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Greek shipowners have increased their footprint in dry bulk sector and gas carriers in past 12 months ...
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Greece wants to regain investment grade status in 2023, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras told Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) on Saturday. The final consultations begin next week between Greek financial officials and representatives of the country’s creditors (European Central Bank, European Commission and European Stability Mechanism) about Greece exiting enhanced supervision, he noted. Following this, a […] The post Greece wants to regain investment grade status in 2023, FinMin Staikouras tells ANA-MPA appeared first on Hellenic News of America.
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Celebrating 201 years of independence from Ottoman Turkish rule, Baltimore's Greek community celebrated Greek Independence Day.
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Tourism Minister will visit Israel invited by his Israeli counterpart on the occasion of the International Mediterranean Tourism Market 2022 ...
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President Vladimir Putin’s decision to attack Ukraine has split the Orthodox Church. Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, a leading authority of the Eastern Orthodox Church, quickly condemned the “unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.” By contrast, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has supported the war, which he claimed in a sermon was a struggle to defend “human civilization” against the “sin” of “gay-pride parades.” As a scholar who has spent several decades studying religion in Russia, I’m following the debates within the Orthodox Church very closely. To better understand the current conflict, it is helpful to know more about the structure and history of Orthodox Christianity. WHAT IS THE ORTHODOX CHURCH? Orthodoxy is the smallest of the three major branches of Christianity, which also includes Catholicism and Protestantism. There are about 1.34 billion Catholics, about 600 million Protestants and approximately 300 million Orthodox Christians globally. Most Orthodox Christians live in Russia, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Middle East. The word “orthodox” means both “right belief” and “right worship,” and Orthodox Christians insist on the universal truth of their doctrine and practice. Like the Roman Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church claims to be the one true church established by Christ and his apostles. ORTHODOX CHURCH STRUCTURE Unlike the Roman Catholic Church, which is led by the pope, the worldwide Orthodox Church has no single spiritual head. Instead, the global Orthodox communion is divided into autocephalous churches. Formed from two Greek roots, the word “autocephalous” means “self-headed.” Autocephalous churches are completely independent and self-governing. Each autocephalous Orthodox church has its own head, a bishop who presides over the territory of his church. Some, but not all, of these presiding bishops bear the title patriarch. The number of autocephalous churches has varied over time. The four oldest patriarchates – Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem – were important religious and political centers in the Byzantine Empire. When Orthodox missionaries brought their faith to other countries, patriarchates were established in Bulgaria in the year 927, in Serbia in 1346 and in Moscow in 1589. In the 19th and 20th centuries, as the Ottoman and Russian empires fell apart, new autocephalous churches were formed in the new nations of Greece, Romania, Poland and Albania, between 1850 and 1937. Currently there are 14 autocephalous Orthodox churches that are universally recognized in the global Orthodox community. All these autocephalous churches share the same faith and sacraments. Among the 14 churches, the ecumenical patriarchate of Constantinople is regarded as the first among equals. While the patriarch of Constantinople enjoys a primacy of honor, he has no direct authority over the other churches. The Russian Orthodox Church, with over 90 million members, is by far the largest. The Romanian Orthodox Church boasts the second-largest number of believers, with about 16 million. In Ukraine, Orthodox believers are divided between two competing church structures. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which was created only in 2018, is autocephalous. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate is under the spiritual authority of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow. Both Ukrainian churches have sharply condemned Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine. THE GREAT SCHISM OF 1054 Until the 11th century, the Orthodox churches recognized the Roman Catholic Church as one of the autocephalous Orthodox churches. By 1054, however, differences in theology, practice and church government led the pope and the patriarch of Constantinople to excommunicate each other. In particular, the pope claimed to have authority over all Christians, not just the Christians within his autocephalous church. The Orthodox Church rejected this claim. These mutual excommunications were lifted only in 1965. In 1980, the 14 autocephalous Orthodox churches and the Roman Catholic Church created the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue to discuss the difficult issues that continue to divide them. These talks suffered a major blow in 2018 when the Russian Orthodox Church suspended its participation to protest the creation of a new autocephalous church in Ukraine. THE ORTHODOX CLERGY The Orthodox Church is hierarchical. Spiritual authority is invested in an ordained clergy consisting of bishops, priests and deacons. Like the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church holds to the doctrine of apostolic succession. According to this doctrine, Orthodox bishops, who rule over the territory of a diocese, are the direct, historical successors of the apostles. Bishops are exclusively male. They must also be monks and must observe a vow of celibacy. Priests and deacons, who are ordained by the bishops, lead the spiritual and ritual life of Orthodox Christians in the parishes. Unlike the bishops, parish priests are usually married. While priests must be male and most deacons are male, some women have been ordained as deaconesses since the early Christian period. ORTHODOX SPIRITUAL LIFE Orthodox spiritual life is centered on the sacraments, or “mysteries,” usually celebrated by the parish priest. The first sacrament, baptism, is a rite of initiation into Christian life. Most Orthodox Christians are baptized as infants by triple immersion in holy water. [A priest holds a baby being lowered into the font for the baptism in the church.] Baptism is an important part of the sacraments of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Andrey Sayfutdinov/iStock / Getty Images Plus Immediately, a baptized infant also receives two other sacraments. The priest anoints the child with chrism, a special oil prepared by bishops during Holy Week. The priest also gives the baby Communion, the consecrated bread and wine that have mystically become the body and blood of Christ. Like Catholics and most Protestants, Orthodox Christians regularly celebrate the Eucharist. This central sacrament of the Orthodox Church is known as the Divine Liturgy. Celebrated every Sunday, the Divine Liturgy has three parts: the offering, in which the priest and deacon prepare bread and wine; the gathering, which includes the reading of Scripture; and the thanksgiving, in which the bread and wine are consecrated and given to the faithful. Much of the Liturgy is sung or chanted. Unlike the Catholic Mass, the Divine Liturgy can never be celebrated by a single priest alone. The Liturgy must always be celebrated by a community of Christians. While a Catholic church may have multiple Masses on Sunday, the Orthdox Divine Liturgy can be celebrated only once per day on a given altar. Like Catholics, Orthodox Christians regularly confess their sins to their priest in the sacrament of penance. Marriage, ordination and the anointing of the sick with holy oil are also recognized as sacraments. ICONS AND WORSHIP Icons – consecrated images of holy persons or events – play an important role in Orthodox Church life. Orthodox churches are filled with these images, which believers honor with kisses and bows. In Orthodox theology, icons are a testimony to the doctrine that God became human in Christ. Because he was a human, he could be represented artistically. Likewise, the saints, who are believed to be filled with the spirit of Christ, can be portrayed and venerated in icons. Orthodox theologians carefully distinguish between worship, which is offered to God alone, and veneration, which is appropriate for icons. Orthodox Christians form a worldwide community of increasing importance. After the fall of communism in Russia and Eastern Europe, the Orthodox churches of these countries have grown in numbers and in political influence.[The Conversation] _J. Eugene Clay, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Arizona State University_ _This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article._
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Athens should be willing to accept Turkey’s legitimate rights and interests in the Aegean Sea, a Greek expert said Monday. Disinformation ...
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Located in The Shoppes of St. Johns Parkway, the Great Greek Mediterranean Grill is the chain's first restaurant in Northeast Florida.
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Strong anti-Turkish narrative misinforms Greek public, poisons Turkish-Greece relations, says Alexis Heraclides - Anadolu Agency ...
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The story of the Ancient Greek Piraeus Lion, which is now in Venice, is one of several which are part of Greece’s long history of ancient sculpted masterpieces — and their subsequent looting, which has meant that many of them are now scattered in museums and historical sites around the world. The imposing lion statue, […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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Greece’s European Union bailout lenders have approved a plan for the country to repay outstanding loans to the International Monetary Fund two years ahead of schedule
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In a bid to boost higher education, universities in Greece plan to add more English-taught programmes, while a similar move in Cyrpus sparks mixed reactions.
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Ukraine warned on Monday the humanitarian crisis in the pulverized city of Mariupol was now "catastrophic", while signaling grounds for compromise ahead of new face-to-face peace talks with Russia in Turkey. About 20,000 Ukrainians have been killed in Russia's month-old invasion and 10 million have fled their homes, according to Kyiv, and several cities are still coming under withering bombardment. After an apparent retreat in Moscow's war aims to focus on eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian intelligence said Russia could be bent on carving up the country into two entities like Korea. Russia has de-facto control over the southern peninsula of Crimea that it annexed in 2014, and the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk in the eastern Donbas region. In the Lugansk city of Rubizhne, one person was killed and another wounded by overnight Russian bombardment, according to regional Ukrainian officials. Further west near the capital Kyiv, Andrii Ostapets was determined to get back into his village of Stoyanka to bring food to his neighbors -- and to his cats, if still alive -- despite the threat of Russian snipers. "We saw people killed, we saw burnt down houses, we lived through hell" when Russia occupied Stoyanka, the 69-year-old private museum owner told AFP, a week after fleeing the village. But Ukrainian soldiers were pushing back the invaders at the village, Ostapets said. "The Russians have no chance to stay alive -- they can either surrender or die." President Volodymyr Zelensky said the first round of in-person talks since March 10 -- due to open in Istanbul on Tuesday after near-daily video contacts -- must bring peace "without delay". RED LINES Ukrainian "neutrality", and the future status of Donbas in line with Russian demands, could be in the mix for the Istanbul meeting as negotiators from both sides headed to Turkey on Monday. "We understand that it is impossible to liberate all territory by force, that would mean World War III, I fully understand and realize that," Zelensky said. But stressing his negotiating red lines, he added: "Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity are beyond doubt. Effective security guarantees for our state are mandatory." Humanitarian needs are direst in the southern port city of Mariupol, where Ukraine says about 170,000 civilians are encircled by Russian forces, with ever-dwindling supplies of food, water and medicine. Ukraine's foreign ministry said the situation there was "catastrophic" and Russia's assault from land, sea and air had turned the city of 450,000 people "into dust". France, Greece and Turkey are hoping to launch a mass evacuation of civilians out of Mariupol within days, according to French President Emmanuel Macron, who is seeking agreement from Russia's Vladimir Putin. Ukraine decided against any humanitarian corridors on Monday because of potential "provocations" by the Russians along designated routes, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said. Macron warned that any escalation "in words or action" could harm his evacuation efforts, after US President Joe Biden's shock declaration that Putin "cannot remain in power". The ad-libbed remark on a visit to Poland sparked outrage in Moscow, and seemed to undercut Biden's own efforts for the West to present a united front. Biden himself rowed back on Sunday, denying to reporters that he had been calling for regime change, while Britain and Germany have joined France in distancing themselves from the remark. WHAT DOES PUTIN WANT? With Russia's much-larger military hampered by fierce Ukrainian resistance, the three days of Istanbul talks will test whether battlefield setbacks have tempered Moscow's demands. Russia last week appeared to scale back its campaign when senior general Sergei Rudskoi said the "main goal" was now on controlling Donbas in the east. For his part, Putin has avoided clearly defining the goals of his invasion, stating only that he wants to "demilitarize and denazify" Ukraine. On March 10, the Turkish resort city of Antalya hosted the first talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba since the start of the invasion. There was no agreement then for a hoped-for ceasefire. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was "important" that talks in person were resuming, after no "significant achievements or breakthroughs" in the previous virtual rounds. DIVIDED NATION Many in Ukraine remain suspicious, however, that Russia could use the talks as an opportunity to regroup and fix serious tactical and logistical problems bedeviling its military. "After a failure to capture Kyiv and remove Ukraine's government, Putin is changing his main operational directions," intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said. He was aiming now "impose a separation line between the occupied and unoccupied regions", the Ukrainian official said. "It will be an attempt to set up South and North Koreas in Ukraine." The head of Ukraine's Lugansk separatist region says it may hold a referendum on becoming part of Russia. But resistance in besieged Mariupol is the main obstacle preventing Moscow from gaining unbroken control of land from the Donbas to the Crimea. COUNTERATTACKS In the southern town of Mykolaiv, under heavy assault for weeks, the bombardments appeared to be easing. That was a welcome respite for locals like 13-year-old Sofia, who suffered shrapnel injuries to her head during shelling in early March near Mykolaiv. "Now I can move my arms and legs a little," she said, after undergoing three operations. "I still can't get up without my mother's help, but hopefully I can leave soon." The frontlines appeared to have receded from Mykolaiv, with a counteroffensive being mounted in Kherson, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) to the southeast. In Kherson, the only significant city the Russian army claims to have seized, about 500 people took part in anti-Russian demonstrations on Sunday. Kyrylo, a paramedic, told AFP by phone that the Russians dispersed the peaceful rally with tear gas and stun grenades.
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She added, however, that she did not know that Greece has been criticized for years for pushbacks and lack of protection of migrants and asylum-seekers. Aid without red tape More than 10,000 people ...
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The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem yesterday warned that Israeli settlers breaking into a church property in the Old City of Jerusalem could ignite a turbulent scenario. It said in a ...
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Mikis Theodorakis, the greatest Greek composer in history, whose music has touched generations was featured in In the Memoriam video that was screened in the Oscars ceremony on Sunday. The In Memoriam segment is one of the Oscars’ most cherished traditions, offering an annual opportunity to pay respects to beloved stars and industry veterans who […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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Fruit baskets -- with fruit still inside -- that are more than 2,200 years old were discovered in Heracleion, the ancient lost city of Egypt. Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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The Academy of Athens is hosting an exhibition on the GREEK Revolution of 1821, presenting rare letters and manuscripts from prominent figures of ...
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Minister of State for Foreign Affairs meets GREEK Minister. Published: 28 Mar 2022 - 10:18 am | Last Updated: 28 Mar 2022 - 10:19 am. Peninsula.
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President Voices Iran's Readiness to Broaden Ties with GREECE, Bangladesh · Outstanding Issues in Vienna Talks Require US' Decision: Iranian FM ...
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Finance Minister Christos Staikouras announced GREECE'S ambitious goal of wanting to regain investment grade status in 2023.
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With flavours borrowed from GREECE and the Middle East to cut through the richness of the lamb, this is a great Easter Sunday lunch dish.
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And it looks as though he won't start GREECE'S next match against Montenegro. Gazzetta reports that Poyet has already announced that changes will ...
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In separate congratulatory messages on the national days of GREECE and Bangladesh, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi expressed Tehran's willingness ...
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This is located in the Northwest Peloponnese of GREECE and operations make use of the majority of Athens FIR. The Exercise scenario adopts a ...
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(2) "Dasikes ektaseis": a thinner type of forestation than that of a typical forest. Newsletter. Energy & Natural Resources · GREECE. Tagged With.
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GREECE has condemned Sunday's terrorist attack in Hadera, in northern Israel. Two police officers were shot dead on a city street and were then ...
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The GREEK Freak in cleats. By Joshua Reed@JoshReed907 Mar 27, 2022, 9:00am EDT.
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He is sent by the other GREEK gods to kill Ares, leading Kratos to become the God of War himself. The first three mainline God of War games and their ...
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PL supporters remembered this comment all the way to the election, bringing photos of GREEK flags, as well as an actual flag, to the counting hall ...
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GREEK is ranked as the richest language in the world with 5 million words and 70 million word types. It is well-known that languages all across ...
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GREEK Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called for a meeting today with Rural Development and Food Minister Giorgos Georgantas to discuss ...
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Will Smith hit Chris Rock in the face on stage at the Oscars on Sunday evening after the comic made a joke about the actor’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith. Referring to Pinkett Smith’s shaved hairdo, caused by alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that leads to hair loss, Rock said: “Jada, can’t wait for GI Jane 2.” […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that he is prepared to discuss adopting a status of neutrality as part of a peace deal with Russia. As the next round of face-to-face negotiations between Ukraine and Russia take place this week in Turkey Zelensky told independent Russian journalists that “security guarantees and neutrality, non-nuclear status […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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The National Guard is participating in the Greek Exercise “Iniochos", the Ministry of Defence in Cyprus announced. The annual medium scale exercise (type INVITEX) is based on the facilities of the Air ...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the Greek House this week following an invitation by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. While mainstream political parties hailed the move, ...
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