Pope Leo XIV marks a high point of his his first foreign trip to Turkey with a pilgrimage to the site where early Christian church leaders met 1,700 years ago under the auspices of the Roman Emperor Constantine to host the Council of Nicaea.
A private car plunged into the sea under unclear circumstances at the port of Piraeus on Friday morning, authorities said.
Authorities in the southern Athens suburb of Moschato resorted to improvised measures on Friday, deploying a municipal pickup truck to help residents cross streets flooded by Storm Adel.
Something is changing in an otherwise quiet corner of Christianity in the United States, one that prides itself on how little it has changed over time. Priests are swapping stories about record attendance numbers. Older members are adjusting — or not — to the influx of new attendees. Parishes are strategizing about how to accommodate…
A 46-year-old woman who has confessed to killing her partner’s 75-year-old mother on the island of Salamina is expected to testify on Friday, police and legal representatives said.
Pope Leo will meet in Turkey on Friday with Christian leaders from across the Middle East, and is expected to urge unity among denominations divided for centuries during his first overseas trip as leader of the global Catholic Church.
An expert advising Greece’s Regulatory Authority for Waste, Energy and Water (RAAEY) is urging the declaration of a state of emergency for drought conditions in the Attica region, citing persistent water scarcity and the need for rapid protective measures.
A powerful weather system named Adel swept across much of Greece on Friday, bringing relentless rain, thunderstorms and frequent lightning to Athens from the early hours of the morning.
Piraeus Financial Holdings SA informed the investment community that its subsidiary, Piraeus Bank SA, has concluded the acquisition of the total shares of the parent company of Ethniki Insurance, from CVC Capital Partners Fund VII and National Bank of Greece.
The Thessaloniki-Skopje oil pipeline will return to operation by the end of the year after 12 years of inactivity, North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said on Wednesday.