Cultural Life
Exploring Greek heritage, culture, and identity.
Tina Fey Turns 56: Upper Darby, Greek Roots, and a Comedy Career
Tina Fey turns 56 today. Born Elizabeth Stamatina Fey, the Upper Darby-raised comedian has Philadelphia-area roots and a Greek family story.
What Amphipolis’ Water System Tells Us About the Life Beneath the Monuments
A Spanish-led project is mapping Amphipolis’ ancient water system, revealing how hydraulic infrastructure sustained the city across Classical, Roman, and Byzantine periods.
Who Gets to Reimagine Homer? Nolan’s Odyssey and the Fight Over Casting
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey has sparked debate over Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy, raising questions about Homer, Greek culture, Hollywood, and myth.
The Onassis Yacht Christina O Is for Sale Again, but Its Value Goes Beyond Steel
Aristotle Onassis’s legendary yacht Christina O is for sale at a reduced price. Its story runs from World War II to Churchill, Kennedy, Maria Callas, Jackie Kennedy, and Greek shipping history.
Pontus, Memory, and the Black Sea: What an Overlooked Council of Europe Project Still Tells Us Before May 19
Ahead of May 19, an overlooked Council of Europe history-education project helps place Pontic memory inside the wider Black Sea world that shaped it.
Digital Imaging Restores Lost Pages of Early Christian Manuscript Linked to Mount Athos
Researchers have recovered the text of 42 lost pages from Codex H, a sixth-century manuscript of St. Paul’s Letters whose later history passed through the Great Lavra Monastery on Mount Athos.
A Fragment of Homer’s Iliad Was Found Inside a Roman-Era Mummy in Egypt
A papyrus fragment from Homer’s Iliad has been identified inside a Roman-era mummy at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, an unusual discovery that places Greek literature inside a funerary context.
Boston Symposium Brings Pontian and Anatolian Christian Heritage Into Focus
A Boston symposium at Hellenic College Holy Cross examined Pontian, Armenian, and Assyrian-Chaldean heritage, memory, and history through scholarship, faith, and culture.
The Man Who Ran for Greece, and the Man Who Changed the Race
In 1946, Stylianos Kyriakides ran the Boston Marathon for a starving Greece. In 1975, Bob Hall made it possible for wheelchair athletes to compete. Their runs changed the race forever.
Three Paths: Manos, Economopoulos, and Canaj at the Thessaloniki Photography Museum
Photographer Vasiliki Eleftheriou reflects on “Three Paths” at Thessaloniki’s Photography Museum, featuring Manos, Economopoulos, and Canaj.
Metropolitan Cleopas Reflects on Persecution and the Meaning of Suffering in Orthodox Tradition
Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden traces how the Orthodox Church has understood persecution and suffering across centuries during a catechumens’ seminar in Stockholm.
Revisiting 1821 Through Its Women: A New Exhibition in Detroit
An exhibition titled #WeAreGreekWarriors opens at the Hellenic Museum of Michigan, featuring paintings by Ramona Pintea inspired by women of the Greek Revolution.
