The Great Fire of Thessaloniki – 1917
On the 18th of August 1917, Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece, home to thousands of refugees and one of the largest and most modern cities in Europe at the time, went up...
Greeker Than The Greeks
Saint Paraskevi – Holy Martyr of Rome – Boiled in Oil and Tar Before Being Beheaded
Saint Paraskevi, considered a healer of the blind, was born in Rome in around 130 A.D, during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. Her Feast Day is celebrated on July 26 Paraskevi’s...
Acanthus Motif – Greek Origins and Meanings
The Greeks have regarded the acanthus as a symbolic, medicinal and healing plant since the times of the ancients. The acanthus, a hardy flowering perennial plant, sometimes also referred to as “bear’s...
The Rise and Fall of Constantinople
How did a small ancient Greek colony, located in an eastern corner of the Mediterranean, known to the Greeks as Byzantion, come to be the capital of the mighty Roman Empire? It’s...
Saints Constantine and Helen – Feast Day May 21
Saints Constantine and Helen share a feast day which is celebrated on the 21st of May. Saint Helen Saint Helen of Constantinople c. 250-328 AD, said to have been...
Nymphs In Greek Mythology
You may think a nymph, in Greek folklore female spirits of nature, is just a nymph, however, when it comes to Greek mythology, nothing is as simple as that! There are a...
Who Destroyed the Sacred Herms of Athens? – An Ancient Greek Mystery
One bright and sunny morning in June, the seventh to be exact, in the year of 415 B.C., the citizens of Athens, awoke to the news, that during the night, all over...
Twin Flames – The Ancient Greek Story of One Soul Split into Two
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” Aristotle – Ancient Greek philosopher Thanks to the internet and social media, more and more people are becoming aware of the twin...
Eros and Psyche – The Greatest Love Story in Ancient Greece
The path to true love can be a rough and rocky road, more often than not it will be scattered with obstacles along the way; your lover’s family hate you, your best...
Plato’s Academy Athens – First University in the World
One of “The Big Three”, the philosopher, Plato, who was a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, founded the Platonic Academy of Athens. The Academy of ancient Athens, the turning point...
