Greek islands and other vacation spots are famous around the world with tourists flocking every summer, not just for the sun and the beaches, but also for the Mediterranean food. Last summer Greek tourism hit record numbers, with tourists sharing their experiences with local media.

A three-day meeting of the heads of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches was launched at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople.

The Martha Graham Dance Company returns to New York City Center for a four-evening engagement March 19-22, 2014, with the opening night being a Gala Celebrating the Graham / Greek connection.

The volcano on Santorini exploded in the 16th century BC, and not earlier according to new international research that rendered inaccurate the tree ring dating methods on which previous estimates were made and which gave a date a century earlier.