Monday 20 May |

Saint of the Day: Mary, Mother of the Church

Greece

Ikona Matki Bożej na górze Athos w Grecji

Daniel Esparza

You’ve probably never heard of this Marian title

Daniel Esparza

Greek baklava is made with 33 layers of dough – for religious reasons

Daniel Esparza

This cake is the Greek equivalent to St. Anthony’s bread

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J-P Mauro

78 Dead and hundreds missing after ship capsizes off Greek coast

The act of donation of the three fragments of the Parthenon wanted by the Holy Father was signed this morning at the Vatican Museums.

Isabella H. de Carvalho

The Vatican donates three fragments of the Parthenon to Greece

MOUNT ATHOSE GRECE

John Burger

Deacon’s film about monastic life offers guide for a world “turned upside down”

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Pope relies on Greek language to define ‘conversion’ at Mass in Athens

GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH

Philip Kosloski

What is the Greek Orthodox Church?

Giorgos Hatziparaskos

Cerith Gardiner

Meet the inspirational 86-year-old Greek baker still hard at work

Daniel Esparza

Greek words every Christian should know

GREEK NUN

John Burger

This widow found peace as a nun on a Greek island

Daniel Esparza

This papyrus contains the oldest Marian prayer known to date

FAMILY

Theresa Civantos Barber

Bereaved Greek mother gives moving tribute to her family

AGIA DYNAMI CHURCH

V. M. Traverso

The 16th-century Athens church preserved beneath a modern building

WILDFIRE GREECE

John Burger

Families search for missing in wake of Greek wildfires

GREEK COLORS

Daniel Esparza

The forgotten original colors of Ancient Greece

ODDESSY MAP

Daniel Esparza

An interactive map of the Odyssey that’s easier to follow than NYC’s or London’s subway maps

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John Burger

Extreme weather threatening refugees’ lives in Greece, humanitarian groups say

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Edward Mulholland

Greece lives on the edge, and the faithful sons of Aeschylus deserve a medal

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Edward Mulholland

Dispatch from Lesbos: Daily bread? “Feed them yourselves…”

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