Category: CULTURE
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First-ever legal bid for return of Elgin Marbles to Greece thrown out by European Court of Human Rights
The court ruled that because the alleged theft of the sculptures from the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple took place more than 150 years before the UK signed up to the human rights convention, it did not have the power to consider the lawsuit. Campaigners for the return of the sculptures pointed out that the court had…
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The Ark of the World: A Superbrand of Love and Solidarity
Back in the late ‘90s that particular area of western Attica was one of the most difficult regions to live in, troubled by cases of drug trafficking, gang crime and social exclusion mainly for the young. For the 27 year old Father Antonios Papanikolaou, this was the ideal place to take action. “I was watching…
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Greek Movie Ouzeri Tsitsanis in Shanghai International Film Festival
Based on a book under the same title by Giorgos Skampardonis, the film takes place in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1942-43. The city is under German occupation. A love story between a Christian and a Jew, forbidden in these times, is used to describe the brutality and irrationality of racial discrimination. Ouzeri Tsitsanis, a taverna the…
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Tomb of Jesus to undergo restoration after Christian sects put aside religious rivalries
Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches are responsible for maintaining separate sections of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, with each protectively watching over their territory. Although those who work and pray at the church usually do so in harmony, tensions have been known to rise in the past. In 2008 an argument between…