Category: CULTURE
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The Ark of the World: A Superbrand of Love and Solidarity
Back in the late ‘90s that particular area of western Attica was one of the most difficult regions to live in, troubled by cases of drug trafficking, gang crime and social exclusion mainly for the young. For the 27 year old Father Antonios Papanikolaou, this was the ideal place to take action. “I was watching…
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Greek Movie Ouzeri Tsitsanis in Shanghai International Film Festival
Based on a book under the same title by Giorgos Skampardonis, the film takes place in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1942-43. The city is under German occupation. A love story between a Christian and a Jew, forbidden in these times, is used to describe the brutality and irrationality of racial discrimination. Ouzeri Tsitsanis, a taverna the…
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Tomb of Jesus to undergo restoration after Christian sects put aside religious rivalries
Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches are responsible for maintaining separate sections of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, with each protectively watching over their territory. Although those who work and pray at the church usually do so in harmony, tensions have been known to rise in the past. In 2008 an argument between…
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Athens Cathedral Reopens After 7-Year Restoration
The reopening ceremony was attended, among other officials, by the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs Nikos Filis and Supreme Court President Vassiliki Thanou, who saw the interior of the church and attended the great vespers by Hieronymus Archbishop of Athens. The ceremony started at 7 p.m. with…