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A remarkable number of large cutting tools from the Paleolithic Period were identified and handed over to the Ephorate of Antiquities of Lesvos by retired doctor and researcher Vassilis Koumarelas. Koumarelas handed over to authorities chisels, cutters, trihedrals, scrapers, pickaxes, blades, flakes, cores and products of their division, which he …

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The Greek Orthodox tradition to throw a Holy Cross into the waters on the  Epiphany Day remains largely a males-only issue even in the 21st century. Dozens of men, as young as 8 years old and as old as 89, jumped into the cold sea, into a river or a …

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Chubby, with a red uniform, and a shaky laugh, that’s how our children have learned that Santa Claus is. But our “Santa”, the Greek Orthodox Agios Vassilis, is different and comes with his presents in the night of January 1. Our “Santa” comes from Caesaria in central Asia Minor where …

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Famous music composer Mikis Theodorakis made an intervention ahead of the Greek Orthodox Easter and described the tradition of roasting lamb as a ‘national shame.” In a blog post, 93-year-old  Theodorakis said the tradition was “barbaric” and needs to be stopped. “Easter is coming again. The days of the massacre …

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All over Greece, tables over the Christmas and New Year days are set with traditional food savory and sweet, mostly based on recipes going from generation to generation. There are regional preferences depending on local products and customs that one enjoys across the whole country. One of them is Vasilopita, …

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“I had no idea about the tradition until a neighbor pressed two sausages in my hands once and told me to fry them because it was good.” Nadia is a 45-year-old woman from Albania who lives in our neighborhood for the last twelve years. Although she is a Christian by …

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