For centuries, monks have sought solitude and isolation on their path to spiritual enlightenment, choosing some of the most remote places on the globe to construct their monasteries. Some of these ...

Professor Christian de Vartavan shares groundbreaking insights into the search for Alexander the Great's tomb and the fate of ...

Rising from the lush Thessaly plains near Kalambaka like giant dollops of Play-Doh, the Meteora – with its weird and wonderful sandstone pillars housing 24 Byzantine monasteries – is one of ...

There is a Greek proverb: ‘A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they ... We were reluctant to leave Greece and decided to spend a few more days visiting the monasteries of ...

The holy, glorious Martyr Haralambos lived at the time of the Emperor Septimus Severus (194-211) in the city of Magnesia on ...

This is neither new nor necessarily bad. “Presidents who go down in the history books as ‘great’ are those who reach for power, who assert their authority to the limit,” the presidential ...

Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from ...

From the iconic white-and-blue landscapes of Santorini to the ancient wonders of Athens and the party vibes of Mykonos - here ...