Greece News News Greece » Religion: Halloween, Hekate and the Ancient Greeks
Hecate was a goddess for ancient Greek religion and mythology, and not a witch as some associate her with Halloween.
News Greece » Religion: Does Halloween Have an Ancient Greek Origin?
Halloween famously comes from the Celtic festival of Samhain, but does Samhain itself come from an Ancient Greek festival?
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: 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: Greece abolishes religion from ID cards; church protests
ATHENS, Greece - The Greek government issued a decree Monday formally abolishing religion from state identity cards - a decision the powerful Orthodox Church has said it will fight with all means at ...
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: Greek Church protests baptism for celebrity same-sex parents
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided at the July 9 ceremony near Athens while in Greece on a private visit. ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Orthodox Church says it will ...
News Greece » Religion: Religion at the Olympics, from ancient Greece to London
A picture dated June 3, 2011 shows players of the Iranian national women's football team entering the stadium in Amman, moments before they were barred from playing an Olympic qualifier against Jordan ...