A Timeless Stage for Sport and Culture

A Timeless Stage for Sport and Culture

The Panathenaic Stadium, often called Kallimarmaro (which means “fantastically marbled”), is one among Athens’ most spectacular and traditionally wealthy landmarks. Its origins are deeply rooted within the grandeur of Historic Greece, and it has developed right into a...
Sacred Solitude: Inside the World of Greek Orthodox Monks

Sacred Solitude: Inside the World of Greek Orthodox Monks

Within the pre-dawn hours, a lone monk strikes silently by way of the shadowed corridors of a monastery on Mount Athos (Aghion Oros, or the “Holy Mountain”), the self-governing monastic republic in northeastern Greece. The scent of burning incense lingers within the...