Tag: Christina Flora

Postage Stamps of Mt. Athos Presented

OCP- October 9, 2013

Christina Flora - 9/10/13 Greek postage stamps issued from 1927 until today which depict images of Mount Athos were presented at a special event organized by ... Read More

Patriarch Bartholomew Meets With President of Estonia

OCP- September 8, 2013

Christina Flora - 8/9/13 Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew had a meeting with the President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves. His All-Holiness is paying an ... Read More

What’s In Elder Paisios’ Lucky Bread?

OCP- August 22, 2013

Christina Flora - 21/8/13 Elder Paisios of Mount Athos, a well-known Eastern Orthodox monk from Farasa, Cappadocia, had made a recipe for Lucky Bread and a ... Read More

Temporary Truce On Mt. Athos

OCP- August 14, 2013

Christina Flora-14/8/13 Monks on Mt. Athos fighting an eviction order have come to a truce with authorities for the meantime, officials said, although it was ... Read More

Crete’s Archdiocese Offers Land For Jobless

OCP- July 23, 2013

23/7/13- Christina Flora Archbishop of Crete Eirinaios said the Church is proposing to give farmland to people without jobs to help them during a crushing economic ... Read More

Mount Athos Monks Won’t Move Out for EU

OCP- July 20, 2013

Christina Flora -20/7/13 According to information, there has been unrest in Mount Athos since the night of July 17, as police forces with two patrol cars ... Read More

Putin to Visit Mount Athos

OCP- June 27, 2013

Christina Flora - 27/6/13 Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is going to visit the Aegean on the yacht of an entrepreneur friend. Although it is difficult to ... Read More

Proposal to Exhibit Mount Athos Treasures

OCP- March 6, 2013

  Christina Flora 5/3/13 The state of Victoria and Greece are going to discuss on the update of the memorandum signed in the early 90′s ... Read More

Turkish Smuggler Wants Cypriot Treasures

OCP- January 16, 2013

Christina Flora - January 2013 According to a report by the German newspaper Abendzeitung, Aydin Dikmen, a Turkish smuggler of artworks, is going to the courts ... Read More

Stolen St. Nicolaos Icon Found in German Gallery

OCP- October 12, 2012

Christina Flora 12/10/2012 An icon of St. Nicolaos, stolen eight years ago from the Goudovasdas Monastery in St. Paraskevi, in Kalomira, and the Kalambaka area ... Read More