Vasilopita and the Lucky Coin: A Greek Custom to Welcome the New Year
Vasilopita, Greek New Year’s cake. Credit: Greek Reporter The story of the Greek Orthodox custom of the Vasilopita, or the New Year’s cake ...
93 Seconds Over Athens: How an Olympic Airways Plane Survived the Unthinkable
The Olympic Airways Plane That Almost Crashed Into Athens. Credits: YouTube screenshot The dramatic near-crash of an Olympic Airways Boeing...
Did Ancient Greeks Reach America Long Before Columbus?
GreekReporter Collage of Uxmal Royal Entrance, Mexico and Ara Paxis, Rome Credit: Dennis Jarvis/Flickr and Andy Hay /Wikimedia commons CC B...
The Zappeion: A Neoclassical Landmark in Athens
The main facade of Zappeion Hall in Athens. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Public domain On October 20, 1888, Athens’ iconic Zappeion Megaron f...
Why Santa in Greece Arrives on New Year’s and Not Christmas Eve
Santa brings presents to kids in Greece on New Year’s Eve rather than on Christmas Eve. Photo of Santa with girl. Credit: vastateparksstaff...
Christmas and New Year’s Carols From All Over Greece
“Kalanta,” Nikiforos Lytras, 1872. Greek Christmas and New Year’s carols are incredibly diverse and bring some tradition to the holiday seas...
Was Helen Really to Blame for the Trojan War – or Just a Scapegoat?
“Helen of Troy,” Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1799. Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons The question of Helen’s involvement in the Trojan War clearl...
Agrafa: The Switzerland of Greece
Plastiras Lake in the morning light. Photo courtesy of Ektypotiki, Karditsa The following story is a tale of philoxenia (hospitality) and b...
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