As regional rivalry between Turkey and Israel intensifies—driven by the war involving Iran and Israel’s military focus on its northern front toward Lebanon—Ankara is seeking to weaken the strategic cooperation between Greece, the Republic of Cyprus, and Israel. This trilateral partnership has become a key pillar of stability in the Eastern Mediterranean and strengthens the deterrence capabilities of Athens and Nicosia against major security threats.

Significant damage was reported at the Nea Kydonia High School in Chania when, instead of burning Judas as the custom dictates, the school almost burned down.

The documentary "The Woman Behind Elgin", signed by Mimi Denisi, has completed filming and will be broadcast next season by ERT

Just before midnight on Saturday evening, April 11, clergy and faithful gathered at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York, New York for the Service of the Resurrection, Orthros, and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy of Great and Holy Pascha. Presiding over the service, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America was joined by Cathedral Dean the V. Rev. Archimandrite Chrysostomos Gilbert.