The Christian and Byzantine Museum presents 50 representative works of painter Gregoris Balogiannis’ career, the man and artist who devoted his life to Byzantine and post-Byzantine painting.  The presentation is complemented by a documentary video about the life of the artist, directed by Christos Konstantopoulos. Gregoris Balogiannis was born in Grevena, was raised in an orphanage and graduated from the School of Fine Arts of Athens in 1963 with...

  Bethlehem, a small town of Palestine, was the place of birth of many great men mentioned in the Old Testament.  Perhaps the most important of all is David, the King of Israel. However, the name Bethlehem has been associated with Jesus Christ, because there was the cave that gave shelter to the Virgin Mary and the newborn infant.  The cave was known from the earliest years of Christianity. In...

Icons illustrate faith, talk about the faces and the scenes they depict and conceal dozens of symbolisms through the work of art of the icon painter. The icon of the birth of Jesus depicts the most important moment of Christendom.  The moment that God sends to the people His son, the one who has shouldered the enormous burden of developing a new conception, a new world, a world of love...

  The European Centre for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments offers to all those interested, through its website dealing with the education and the promotion of Byzantine culture, the possibility of distance learning about the culture that is linked with the development and the spread of Christianity.  The thematic essays of the exploringbyzantium website are divided into various categories, such as Cities in Byzantium, Social Life in Byzantium, Science and Technology,...

The traveling exhibition “Treasures of the Middle Ages” will open on December 15 at the Byzantine and Christian Museum. The exhibition which has been presented at several European cities in Germany, Finland, Poland, Ireland, and Norway puts on view 445 objects dating mostly between the 11th to the 13th century. The exhibits, mainly jewelry, were discovered in excavations in Belarus, Ukraine, and Poland. The exhibition has 11 thematic units depending...

Christmas marks the birth of hope, the sharing of love, the feeling of caring and offering. Christmas is associated with the dream of a world seen through the eyes of children, a world which is made for them.  With this in mind, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center organizes for children the narration of tales by great actors and singers. In a dreamy Christmas setting that is the perfect scenery...

An exciting book with a story which is unknown to most of us. A book with a lot of photographic material, that enchants us and takes us to a place which is so near and yet unknown.  “The last monk of Strofades” was a real person who dedicated his life to preserving a fortified monastery complex with a standing church for more than seven centuries. The place is called Stamfani...

The Region of Central Macedonia and Thrace has ensured the necessary funds for the significant infrastructure needs of the monasteries of Mount Athos, but also for the necessary flood protection works. So far, an important part of these works has been carried out in Xenophontos, Philotheou, Karakalou monasteriesand others. However, the protection and the enhancement of Mount Athos, the monument that is part of the World Cultural Heritage, is imperative...