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10 hours ago · Greek (Modern Greek: Ελληνικά, romanized: Elliniká, pronounced; Ancient Greek: Ἑλληνική, romanized: Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
10 hours ago · The Greeks are famous for their ancient culture, and while it might not be that old, a Hellenic club in South Australia's Mid North has certainly reached a milestone. This year, SA's oldest Greek ...
10 hours ago · Vegetarianism was a well-known practice in Ancient Greece, Kon explains: ’Vegetables rather than meat are at the heart of any Greek table and the Greeks were some of the earliest vegetarians and vegans in recorded human history… the Ancient Greeks called strict vegetarianism “abstinence from beings with a soul”’.
10 hours ago · Organisers say it aims to infuse ancient Greek values and spirit into modern life. “Olympus is the great journey towards Hellenism. It is the abode of the gods and everything starts from here ...
10 hours ago · A stained-glass panel from Canterbury Cathedral, c. 1175 – c. 1180. It depicts the Parable of the Sower, a biblical narrative. In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD. It is the second of the three traditional divisions of Western history: antiquity, medieval, and modern. Major developments ...
10 hours ago · Here we were born spiritually, and here we will die,” the abbot asserted. He described the police as mere employees carrying out orders and warned against internal conflict: “If the fathers of the monasteries and the police come here to make Greeks fight against Greek monks, they should reconsider. Regardless of the outcome, let them come.
1 day ago · The two previous periods ended ingloriously. The First Republic (1822-1827), during the revolution against the Ottoman Empire, faded when Ioannis Kapodistrias demanded the suspension of the Troezen Constitution. This was followed by 16 years of authoritarian rule (1828-1843) until the Greeks demanded that Otto grant them a Constitution.
