The Greek women's water polo team staged a comeback against the Netherlands, securing a historic victory to reach the World ...

The keys of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the operation of its doors have been entrusted to two Muslim families for centuries ...

Orthodox Christians filled a Jerusalem Church to celebrate the Holy Light ceremony, before it is transported to Greece to ...

What is the origin of Easter eggs? Do they derive from authentic Christian traditions, or do they come from ancient pagan practices?

Thousands of locals and tourists gathered on Saturday on the Greek island of Corfu to watch the spectacular tradition called ...

Holy Saturday, the day before Greek Easter on Sunday, marks the last day of Holy Week for Orthodox Christians.

Lord Byron is one of the first and best-known philhellenes who actively participated in Greece’s War of Independence.

Greek Easter is full of unique traditions, celebrations and customs, followed faithfully throughout the millennia across Greece.

Scientists say tailored clothes, ochre-based sunscreen, and cave shelter helped Homo sapiens survive a magnetic shift 41,000 ...

Around 41,000 years ago, a powerful magnetic shift weakened Earth’s natural shield against space radiation, and early humans turned to simple survival tools – using ochre as a natural sunscreen, ...

New research reveals a long-overlooked female organ may be essential for egg development and reproductive function relating ...

Egyptian archaeologists uncovered the tomb of Pharaoh Userkaf's son in Saqqara, revealing a rare pink granite false door and ...