Arsenios
Crime
Vatopedi Monastery Trial Continues: Abbott Ephraim Says He Acted on Legal Counsel
Abbot Ephraim and Monk Arsenios of Vatopedi Monastery of Mt. Athos testified regarding contentious real estate exchange. With their testimonies, the case concerning land deals with the public sector is heading towards its final lap following appeals against earlier...
Greece
Vatopedi Monastery Land Scandal Trial to be Adjourned
The trial for the Vatopedi Monastery land swap scandal started on Monday without any of the politicians allegedly involved standing trial. However, it was adjourned for March 23 because the courtroom was deemed not sufficient.
The main defendants are the...
Europe
Hellenism Honors Memory of Mauthausen Victims
Hellenism will honor the memory of 3,700 Greek victims of the Nazi World War II atrocities at the former concentration camp in Mauthausen, Upper Austria, on May 12.
Thrice Holy, call of the dead, speeches, wreath laying and presentation of...
Culture
Intercultural Association Macedonia Cuts Vasilopita
The customary cutting of the Vasilopita (Greek New Year’s Cake) was celebrated in an event of the Intercultural Association Macedonia in Vienna. The Secretary of SAE, Olga Sarantopoulos referred to the Association’s goal as perhaps one of the biggest...
Europe
Vast Greek-Orthodox Presence in Vienna’s ‘Long Night of Churches’
The two Greek-Orthodox churches located in the historical Greek Community in central Vienna, the church of the Holy Trinity and Saint George, participated in this year’s “Long Night of Churches” (Lange Nacht der Kirchen) Friday, June 1. It is...