A Vassilopita recipe and the tradition of the hidden coin
Far from what the case is in the rest of the western world, the Greek version of Santa Claus, St Basil (St Basil the Great, St Vassileios, Agios Vassilis), brings […]
Category Archives: Greek culture
A post about coffee you don’t want to miss!
Yesterday it was International Coffee Day, so to celebrate the occasion I made myself this cup of Greek coffee, then I had the notion to blog about it. I thought […]
The Greek War of Independence and the Athens military parade
A post about the Greek War of Independence. In 1821, Greece was enslaved to the Ottoman Empire for a period of four centuries. Thanks to the Ypsilantis brothers, both princes […]
Why is Lord Elgin an abomination to the Greeks?
To the Greeks, the name Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, is an abomination, the likes perhaps, of only Lucifer himself. Lord Elgin, as he is more famously known, is […]
Goddess Athena and Her Sacred Temple, The Parthenon
Today, I’m reblogging a guest post that I wrote for the awesome site, Eagles and Dragons Publishing. It’s owner, Adam Haviaras, is a Greek-Canadian author and historian who weaves his […]
How to dye Easter eggs the way your granny used to
I just love the Greek custom of bumping eggs together, seeing who will crack the eggs of everyone in the family. The secret apparently is to choose one that’s smaller […]
Easter Celebrations in Corfu, Greece: A unique experience!
Easter in Greece is a special time of the year. Unlike the rest of the world that favors Christmas and the New Year in this respect, the Greeks seem to […]
Reblogged: Scotland’s role in an Elgin Marbles mystery
The following post made me particularly mad. This has nothing to do with its writer, the lovely Marjory McGinn, who has done a remarkable job introducing the Elgin family and […]
WHAT ARE THE PARTHENON MARBLES TO THE GREEKS?
The best answer to this question so far is perhaps the one given by Melina Mercouri during her famous speech to the Oxford Union in 1986: “You must understand what […]
