Church authorities in Greece slap religious ban on local politicians who backed same-sex marriage ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Church authorities on the northwestern island of Corfu accused the two ...

(AP) — Greece violated a prohibition on discrimination by applying Islamic religious law to an inheritance dispute among members of the country’s Muslim minority, the European Court of Human Rights ...

A 600-foot footrace was the only athletic event at the first Olympics, a festival held in 776 B.C. and dedicated to Zeus, the chief Greek god. For the next millennium, Greeks gathered every four years ...

One of the fundamental beliefs of the Ancient Greeks was that their beloved gods were immortal, but were they? How did they ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece — An Orthodox Christian monk was hospitalized following a violent confrontation at a monastic sanctuary in northern Greece, authorities said Friday. The incident is tied to a ...

This class will provide an introduction to what we know about Greek religion, how we know it, and different ways of thinking about it. We will focus most of our attention on a synchronic analysis of ...

A team including UA scientists has uncovered evidence of the worship of a deity on Mount Lykaion in Greece 1,000 years before Zeus was worshipped there, giving new insight into early religious worship ...

A Greek NGO complained that churches in Athens that applied to use school premises to hold creative activities for children are actually using the spaces to teach them religion. Archbishop of Athens ...

The robed and bearded priests of the Greek Orthodox Church exercise unquestioned moral authority from Edessa to Marathon. But Orthodox majorities attract Protestant minorities, and the Greeks are no ...

Many students hope to continue their involvement with faith and fellowship in college, but find it challenging to make the connection between religion and other aspects of their college experience.