Yiannis Amanatidis

The first International Congress of UNESCO Geoparks in Greece and Cyprus will take place in Athens on Thursday and Friday.

Ancient texts from St Catherine's Monastery in Sinai, Egypt, that were concealed for centuries under other texts until they were revealed through the use of state-of-the-art technology will go on display for four days starting on Monday at the Greek Foreign Ministry.

Greece has appealed to UNESCO to intervene after Muslim prayers were read at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul on Wednesday, provoking the religious sentiments of Christians around the world.

The Greek government has appealed to UNESCO to intervene after Muslim prayers were read at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul on Wednesday, calling it an affront to the religious sentiments of Christians around the world.

Works for the erection of an Islamic Mosque at Votanikos are expected to start within the next days. The Greek Navy had granted an abandoned building to this end, which will be converted into a religious site for thousands of Muslims currently residing in Athens. The building of the Mosque is estimated to cost 887,000 Euros to the Greek taxpayer.

The Holy Fire from Jerusalem arrived in Athens by airplane at 8 p.m. on Saturday, ahead of Easter celebrations in Greece.

The flame was received with the protocol reserved for heads of state after Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem had been handed it to a Greek delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Amanatidis.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will visit Israel and Palestine to hold bilateral talks and strengthen Greece’s mediatory role in the region at a ver crucial time for the Middle East.

Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Amanatidis met with Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Ieronymos following the international conference held on the initiative of the Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in Athens.

They talked about the joint actions implemented by the Church of Greece and the State to help in the refugee crisis, and Church’s contribution to the interfaith dialogue.

Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Amanatidis will represent Greece at the 38th General Conference of UNESCO.

The General Conference, which is held every two years, aims to establish the “road map” of the organization for the fulfillment of the targets adopted at the Headquarters of United Nations in New York.

Greek Education Minister Nikos Filis is a persona non grata following comments made on private STAR TV where he refuted the occurence of the Pontic Genocide that resulted in the slaughter of tens of thousands of Pontic Greeks of the Black Sea region by Turks almost a century ago.