What Happened Inside Hagia Sophia the Day Constantinople Fell
On May 29, 1453, as Ottoman forces broke through Constantinople’s walls, thousands of Greek Christians fled to Hagia Sophia. They believed the sacred building…
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Two Greek Women Buried Alive and Thrown to Snakes for Refusing to Convert in 1822
On April 13, 1822, Ottoman forces overran Naousa in northern Greece and carried out one of the most brutal episodes of the Greek War of Independence. In the…
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The Ottoman Sultan Who Burned 3,000 Armenians Alive in a Single Church
In December 1895, Ottoman forces locked roughly 3,000 Armenian men, women, and children inside the cathedral at Urfa and set it on fire. Every one of them…
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Greece Raises the Flag on the Acropolis, 82 Years After Liberation
Eighty-two years ago today, the last German troops pulled out of Athens after 1,264 days of brutal Nazi occupation. This morning, Evzones from the Presidential…
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Cyprus Reports 659 Turkish Violations to the UN
Cyprus formally reported 659 violations by Turkish military aircraft and naval vessels to the United Nations, covering incidents recorded across just two…
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Greece and Albania Both Claim the Fustanella. Here’s Why It Divides the Balkans
The white pleated kilt worn by Greece’s Evzone Presidential Guard outside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens is one of the most recognizable symbols of…
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Irene Papas: The Greek Actress Who Brought Ancient Tragedy to the World
Irene Papas was born Irini Lelekou in 1926 in the small village of Chiliomodi, near Corinth, and died 96 years later as the most recognizable face of ancient…
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Turkey Claims It Was Never Colonized. The Christian Populations It Erased Tell a Different Story.
A viral post on X recently boasted that Turks don’t know English because their country was never colonized. Homer Pavlos responded with two maps of Anatolia…
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One Dead as Flash Floods Sweep Cars Into Sea on Rhodes
A 25-year-old man is dead after floodwaters swept his car into the sea off Stegna beach on the island of Rhodes Wednesday. The man, who worked at a local…
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Greece Eyes Co-Production of Israeli Missile With 500km Range
Greece is in advanced talks to co-produce the Israeli LORA ballistic missile with Israel Aerospace Industries, and the system’s range has now been confirmed at…
