Greece News News Greece » Religion: Church authorities in Greece slap religious ban on local politicians who backed same-sex marriage
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Church authorities on the northwestern island of Corfu accused the two opposition lawmakers of committing “the deepest spiritual and moral error” in voting for the law, which was ...
News Greece » Religion: Human rights court rules against Greece in Sharia law case
(AP) — Greece violated a prohibition on discrimination by applying Islamic religious law to an inheritance dispute among members of the country’s Muslim minority, the European Court of Human Rights ...
News Greece » Religion: Greek Monasteries Abound in History and Beauty
Greek monasteries are an important element of Greek Orthodox Christian heritage and have a long history. These monasteries have played a significant role in preserving religious, cultural, and ...
News Greece » Religion: Religion at the Olympics, from ancient Greece to London
A 600-foot footrace was the only athletic event at the first Olympics, a festival held in 776 B.C. and dedicated to Zeus, the chief Greek god. For the next millennium, Greeks gathered every four years ...
News Greece » Religion: Greek monk hospitalized after monastery clash linked to decades-old dispute
THESSALONIKI, Greece — An Orthodox Christian monk was hospitalized following a violent confrontation at a monastic sanctuary in northern Greece, authorities said Friday. The incident is tied to a ...
News Greece » Religion: Greek religion S12
This class will provide an introduction to what we know about Greek religion, how we know it, and different ways of thinking about it. We will focus most of our attention on a synchronic analysis of ...
News Greece » Religion: UA experts help find pre-Zeus religion in Greece
A team including UA scientists has uncovered evidence of the worship of a deity on Mount Lykaion in Greece 1,000 years before Zeus was worshipped there, giving new insight into early religious worship ...
News Greece » Religion: Greek Churches Accused of Using School Premises to Teach Religion
A Greek NGO complained that churches in Athens that applied to use school premises to hold creative activities for children are actually using the spaces to teach them religion. Archbishop of Athens ...
News Greece » Religion: Religion: Letter from Greece
The robed and bearded priests of the Greek Orthodox Church exercise unquestioned moral authority from Edessa to Marathon. But Orthodox majorities attract Protestant minorities, and the Greeks are no ...