The Island St. Paul Didn’t Write To
There may be no “Epistle to the Lesbians” but Mytilini, with its infinite variety, is something to write home about.
Article Selection
Mount Athos: Where Heaven Rests on Earth’s Back
Personal reminiscences of a pilgrimage towards spiritual awakening through the monastic enclave sometimes called the Holy Garden of the Virgin.
Grabbing Greece Where it Lives: The Folk Art Museum
The seventy-year history of this very special institution is the heart-warming story of how a people who scorned their past came to love and respect it.
Lindos’ one-man historical society
Mihalis Mavrikos’ private collection of Dodecanesian memorabilia
of the 19th and early 20th centuries tells the story of a lost, but still valued, way of life.
Was Napoleon Greek?
The Greeks of Corsica always claimed Bonaparte was descended from the aristocratic Kalomeros family. Whatever his origins, however, the emperor was a philhellene: he was a close friend of’ Prince’Demetrios Comnenos.
The Tower by the Sea
For sixty years the Tower of Prosforion at the entrance to the Holy Mountain was the home of Joice and Sydney Loch. In Greek ‘prosfora’ means offering. The lives of the Lochs were offerings made in the service of mankind and they are remembered by many as legends in our own time.
A Case for the Patriarchate
The patriarchate – and even the Patriarchy – are threatened by neglect and the dwindling ranks of Orthodox ‘Turks’, but the attention of statesmen and laypeople, and timely renovation, are reviving this diminished Christian citadel.
The Plunder of the Past
Greek marbles have enriched the great museums of London, Paris and Munich, but left a gaping hole in the Greek psyche… not to speak of the Parthenon.
The Duchess and the Mountain
When the eccentric Duchess of Plaisance died intestate in Athens in 1854, her American and French relatives showed little interest in her property. So a big slice of today’s central Athens and land on Mount Penteli was purchased for a pittance by Parliament. Some say it was the wisest act the legislative body ever passed. Sophie de Marbois of Philadelphia, however, would not have been pleased.
The Abduction of the General
One of the most dashing exploits of World War II was the kidnapping of General Kreipe from Crete, but its cliff-hanging and colorful details are very little known.
