Greece News News Greece » Religion: Greek court: Orthodox students cannot be exempted from religion classes
ISTANBUL (RNS) — In an ongoing struggle between the Atheist Union of Greece and Greece’s Ministry of Education, Greece’s Council of State ruled this month that Greek Orthodox students cannot be ...
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: Church authorities in Greece slap religious ban on local politicians who backed same-sex marriage
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 ...
News Greece » Religion: The Gods in Greece
IT has become a commonplace that much that is beautiful, enlightening, and progressive in our modern civilization is an inheritance from the ancient world, — a rich inheritance brilliantly transmuted ...
News Greece » Religion: How the Virgin Mary Took the Place of Greek Goddess Athena as the Ancient World Faded
The passage from worship of the goddess Athena to devotion to the Virgin Mary reveals a fascinating chapter in Greek religious history.
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 ...
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: 3. What do ‘nones’ think is religion’s impact on society?
“Nones” are adults who describe themselves religiously as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular.” This report uses the terms “nones” and “religiously unaffiliated” interchangeably. Negative ...