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Άλωση 1453: Μία επέτειος που δεν τελειώνει
Η επέτειος της Άλωσης της Κωνσταντινούπολης δεν αποτελεί ευκαιρία για μια τελετουργική ανακύκλωση θρήνων. Μπορεί, αντιθέτως, να γίνει αφορμή για...
The «birth» of Agia Sophia – If she were human, she would be blowing out 1,488 candles today!
«... When someone comes to pray, they immediately realize that this work was not done so perfectly, nor by...
Pope Leo II in Phanar for the enthronement ceremony of the Church of Constantinople
The Ecumenical Patriarchate honoured his throne feast today, on the feast day of Saint Andrew the Protoclete, founder of the...
On their way to Nice, Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope Leo XIV
The countdown to the historic meeting in Nice has begun. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew departed from Phanari almost at the same time as the...
The underground structures of Agia Sophia come to light
The Turkish Ministry of Culture is conducting a programme to clean the underground areas of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul with the main aim of making them accessible to the public...
AEK: Today is the 100th anniversary. Documentary (video)
AEK Athens completes 100 years of life and Gazzetta.gr presents a documentary full of emotions and memories. For AEK Athens,...
Erdogan turns the Chora Monastery into a mosque
Almost four years after the conversion of Agia Sophia into a mosque, another Byzantine temple - it seems - will have...
UCL: A final worth €1.584 billion and 244 years of history
Two hundred and forty-four (244) years of history, as many as Manchester City (129/year of foundation in 1894) and Inter (115/year of foundation in 1908),...
On this day in 1453, the Fall of Constantinople
On May 29, 1453, Constantinople fell to the Ottomans after nearly 50 days of siege. Already the once powerful Byzantine...
Imamoglu renovates the Church of the Holy Ascension in Psomathia, Istanbul
On the afternoon of Thursday, January 5, the Hon. Mayor of Megalopolis Mr. Ekrem İmamoğlu inspected the renovation works of the...
N. Androulakis: Priority to keep the heart of Hellenism beating strongly in Istanbul
Two historical educational institutions inextricably linked to the Greeks of Constantinople, the Patriarchal Great School of Genos and the...
Istanbul mayor sentenced to more than 2 years and 7 months in prison
A Turkish court today convicted Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a popular political rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Tayyip...