Turkish authorities say a 5.8-magnitude earthquake shook the Mediterranean coastal town of Marmaris. At least seven people were injured while trying to escape homes in panic. No major damage has ...

While traveling the Greek world in the 2nd century CE, the geographer Pausanias visited the statue of Zeus at Olympia. The ...

In ancient Greece, as early as the 8th century BCE ... to build bridges between cultures and religions, to push back misunderstanding, intolerance, and to advance peace and justice." ...

Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. On his first papal trip, he went to the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good ...

Most of Simonos Petra’s 65 monks hail from European countries where Orthodoxy is the predominant religion, such as Romania, Serbia, Russia, Moldova, Cyprus and Greece. But there are others from China, ...

Belief in an afterlife, God and spirits in nature is widespread globally. Older adults are more likely than younger adults to ...

The addition of the Point of Sale (POS) device in the Cathedral Basilica of St Dionysius the Areopagite is the first in a Greek church, even though their use is common elsewhere, including in Africa.

ATHENS - Devout regulars attending Athens's main Roman Catholic church that honours a first-century saint have discovered a 21st-century update: Their donation box is now hooked up to a digital ...