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After being diagnosed with cancer, King Charles called a Greek Orthodox monk on Mount Athos and asked him to pray for his health, as revealed on Tuesday. Elder Ephraim who is currently Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi at...

A brewery run by monks in eastern Germany has developed a new product, the world's first powdered beer. This innovative creation can be easily prepared by adding water, resulting in a foamy and full-flavored brew, complete with a frothy...

The first known instance of a person testing positive for COVID-19, monkeypox, and HIV all at the same time has been documented by scientists. Nine days after his return from a trip to Spain, where he had unprotected sex, the...

Cases of monkeypox, a rare and often mild infection, have spread across to multiple continents after first being reported in the UK in early May. As of Friday, there have been cases reported in the US, Canada, Australia, Belgium, France,...

An Orthodox monk has outdone a number of worldly competitors in a popular Russian singing competition TV show, getting 76 percent of viewers’ votes and creating a stir on social media. Photios, the hieromonk – a monk also serving as...

Mt. Athos' reputation for great food has once again reached the German audience after Gourmet magazine presented a special section on Monastic Cuisine following a food and wine tasting there. Dionysos Greek restaurant in Stuttgart presented Mt. Athos as a...

Athos Holy Mountain's cuisine has already fascinated Greeks, who buy the monks' cook books. But now, Romania will also have the opportunity to taste some recipes coming from the Greek Mountain dedicated to Virgin Mary. Monk Epifanios Mylopotaminos will be tonight's...

Maniots fled to Corsica where they set up their own little Mani, preserving their language, faith and traditions while building a new home.

Throughout history, many Greek scholars became the unsung heroes of the Renaissance, the period that linked ancient wisdom with a new modern era of scientific knowledge. The Renaissance emerged in European history as an opportunity of enlightenment, shining a new...

Nine villages in southern Italy collectively known as La Grecia Salentina (Salentine Greece) or, in the local dialect, Griko have maintained aspects of the Greek language and culture that have survived for centuries. Greek diasporas have been a constant in...

A centuries-old Greek name will be in the top 10 list of the UK's most popular baby names for 2024, according to a report in the Daily Mirror. The name is Anastasia, meaning 'resurrection,' derives from the masculine Greek name...

A letter sent by a former German soldier helped spur the restoration of Agios Dionysios Monastery on Mount Olympus which had been destroyed by the Nazis during WWII. It was one day in 1996 when prior Maximos of the New...

Monster hunters have convened in the Scottish Highlands of the United Kingdom this weekend for a significant endeavor—the pursuit of the perpetually mysterious Loch Ness Monster. This marks the most extensive quest for the fabled creature in over half...

A Greek Orthodox monastery, founded more than one thousand years ago is thriving just south of Rome, Italy in the epicenter of Catholicism. 

King Charles III, whose coronation will take place on Saturday in London, has developed strong links with the Greek Orthodox faith over the last decades. His coronation will include Greek Orthodox chanting as a homage to the king’s late father,...