Is this the Spring we are waiting for?
“You can cut all the flowers, but you can’t stop Spring from coming,” wrote Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda. This is the power of the sweet season of the year, when all of creation comes back to life...
Category Archives: Δώρα Επί Γης
Wine the beneficial
by the oenologist Antigoni Karamvali Wine contributes to our good physical and mental health and is an essential accompaniment to the Mediterranean diet. Since 2200 BC there are testimonies recommending its use for c...
What does the Greek flag symbolize?
By Dimitris Polimeros The National Flag of Greece consists of nine (9) horizontal parallel lines of equal width, five (5) blue and four (4) white, in succession, so that the first and the last are blue. In the upper left-ha...
Two Hundred Years of the Greek Soul ….
1821 – 2021 In 1821, Hellenism proved that despite years of enslavement, it remained alive and vigilant, looking for the right moment to light the flame that would lead the nation to freedom. We honour this indefatigable Gre...
200 YEARS OF HISTORY – Traditional Celebrations with custom
“[The Greeks] … relied on the Christian religion and the deep-rooted remnants of the Creed of Ancient Greece to survive. These elements constituted the historical continuation of the Greeks. Elements that are […]...
Local festivals of agricultural products – Autumn smells an
During the harvest of agricultural products, the people of the countryside used to celebrate the good harvest that they had obtained with hard work and effort. Today, in many parts of Greece, such customs are revived with a variet...
Herbs / Natural… medicinal
Valerian (centennial)Valerian is used as a central nervous system depressant and is anxiolytic. Its name has its roots in the Latin word valere which means health and strength. It is mainly found in Northern and Continental ...
