Cultural Life
Exploring Greek heritage, culture, and identity.
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.
Greek-American Zach Galifianakis Debuts New Netflix Series, ‘This Is a Gardening Show’
Greek-American comedian Zach Galifianakis stars in a new Netflix series, This Is a Gardening Show, premiering April 22, 2026.
National Hellenic Museum in Chicago Announces April Online Events
The National Hellenic Museum in Chicago is hosting a series of online events in April, including discussions, book clubs, and a film screening on Greek history and culture.
Long before ‘detox diets,’ there was fasting: what Lent still is for Greeks
Greek Orthodox Lent is one of the world’s oldest fasting traditions, and it has nothing to do with wellness trends. Here’s what it actually looks like, and why it endures.
Inside the Greek Diners of 1970s New York: A Rare Photo Archive
A rare 1976 photo archive captures Greek diners in New York, revealing the people, spaces, and everyday life behind a defining chapter of Greek America.
