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Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts
Monday, October 23, 2023

A Critical Examination of an Announcement on Halloween by Orthodox Christians in Greece

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The Metropolis of Kifissia, Amaroussion and Oropos and the Metropolis of Piraeus are metropolises under the jurisdiction of the Church of Gr...
Friday, February 26, 2021

Chapel of Saint Theokletos the Sorcerer in Messolonghi

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  Messolonghi is the capital of Aitolia-Acarnania in western Greece, and is the location of the Metropolis of Aitolia and Acarnania. In the ...
Tuesday, January 5, 2021

The Exorcism That Led to the Building of a Chapel in Honor of Saint Seraphim of Sarov

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  On 2 January 2021, Elder Gabriel, abbot of the Monastery of Venerable David in Evia, together with the fathers of the Monastery, celebrate...
Thursday, October 29, 2020

The Case of a Greek Orthodox Nun Who Experienced A Terrifying Poltergeist in 1933

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    One of the strangest mental phenomenas is the mysterious stoning of houses and the unexplained movement of objects, which usually are i...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020

"On Those Who Burn Vampires" (A Greek Orthodox Christian Manual from 1867)

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    In 1867 a popular 82 page manual for Greek Orthodox Priests was published to aid them in the administration of Holy Confession. This bo...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

The 1933 Appearance of the Ghost of an Orthodox Priest Dressed in White in Thessaloniki

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    In the summer of 1933, the Depot district of Thessaloniki was in turmoil. After more than 35 years of rest and invisibility, the ghost ...
Monday, October 21, 2019

On the Belief in Vampires in Greece During the Ottoman Occupation (An Essay From 1844)

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The Vroucalaca (Published in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction   on Saturday, February 24, 1844) The Vampire, of which...
Friday, October 18, 2019

The Exhumation of a Vampire on the Island of Mykonos in 1700: An Eye-Witness Account

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Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656–1708) was a French botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for ...
Friday, October 4, 2019

Relics of Ancient Superstitions in Modern Greece (An Essay from 1856)

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By Prof. Henry Martyn Baird (1832–1906) Author of Modern Greece, A Narrative of a Residence and Travels in that Country (1856) It is not ...