Pope Francis, Vatican, funeral, St. Peter’s Basilica, Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Christos Anesti, Greek hymn, resurrection ...

Nothing is more quintessentially Greek than a large, loud function with too much food.  And, in my big Greek family, any ...

After collapsing mid-interview and undergoing emergency surgery, Neos Kosmos's Fotis Kapetopoulos reflects on mortality, ...

Fifty heads of state and government, 170 foreign delegations and over 250,000 faithful solemnly attended the funeral ceremony ...

On Easter Sunday ... Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church will glow with the sights of candlelight, and the sound of a hymn proclaiming the rise of Christ, called "Christos Anesti," is sung during ...

Two families of mixed Catholic and Orthodox Christian members are looking forward to celebrating Easter together on ... “We say, ‘Christos Anesti!’ [‘Christ is Risen’].

Greek Orthodox Easter is deeply spiritual ... Families greet each other with "Christos Anesti!" ("Christ is risen!") and crack red-dyed eggs, symbolising the blood of Christ and rebirth.