Apokries means Carnival Season in Greece, and Patras Carnival is the biggest. Inspired by Dionysus, influenced by Venice and France, it has a nearly two hundred year history of Masquerade balls, parades, a near-diplomatic crisis, arson, and treasure hunts. Καλές Απόκριες!

Patras Carnival 2019

Patras Carnival 2023 - TV spot

Carnival in Naoussa / Apokries Naoussas

APOKRIES IN ATHENS

Patras Carnival website

απόκριες thessaloniki

Jews have been in Greece since classical times. After thousands of years, these Greek citizens were nearly wiped out during the Holocaust. Join us in honoring the Greek Jews. Never forget.

My People Official Trailer

The Secret of Ereikoussa/The Greek Island that Hid Jews from Nazis

Holocaust Survivor Testimonies: Deportation from Greece

Once, the Twelve Days of Christmas didn’t mean turtledoves and gold rings to the Greeks, but hordes of vicious goblins causing mayhem. We’ll explore the history of the kalikántzaroi, and how to protect yourself during the most wonderful - and scariest - time of the year.

Greek Christmas Trolls: Kallikántzaroi

Λάχανα και Χάχανα - Καλικάντζαροι | Official Music Video

Καλικάντζαροι

Closing music: Kalikantzari (feat. Pediki Horodia Spirou Lambrou), from Hristougenniatika Lahana Ke Hahana; Hahana Kids & Tassos Ioannides

He rescued children, averted a famine, and was the patron saint of sailors, brides, and pirates. Nearly 1,700 years later St. Nicholas continues to inspire the best in us.

Could Ancient Bones Suggest Santa was Real? U of Oxford

The Bones of the Real-Life Santa Claus

The Real St. Nick is a Far Cry From the Santa we Know

Inside NYC's National Shrine: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

In the early days of Greco-Italian War, as their region was being invaded, and their villages attacked by the Italian army, the women of the Pindus stepped up to fight back and keep the Greek army going.

Women of Epirus

Γυναίκες Ηπειρώτισσες (Women of Epirus) Monument

Women of Epirus and Their Social Status from Ancient to Modern Times

Women of the Pindos/Paul Vrellis Museum

Why the understanding of what it is to be Greek has changed over time. And why I’m here for it!

Greek Identity White Paper

Greece has always been a land of gods and monsters. But who knew there are more species of vampires in Greece than anywhere else in the world? We’ll dive into our tales of Greek man-eaters, murder and mayhem.

Modern Greek Folklore & Ancient Greek Religion

Oxi Day - October 28, 1940 was the day Greece took a stand against a powerful fascist army and put a crimp in Hitler’s grand plan for world domination. In the months that followed, Greece inspired war-ravaged Europe, and diverted and delayed the Italian and German armies long enough to impact the course of World War 2. Ζήτω η Ελλάς! Long Live Greece!

How Greece saved Europe in world war 2

28 October 1940 - "Heroes fight like Greeks"

How Greece Helped the Allies Win WW2

We’re going to follow the Parthenon Marbles, damaged and orphaned, to their new place of residence, in England. And discover how a government claiming it was based on justice, abetted one of the biggest heists of all time. Give them back!!

Parthenon Battle?National Geographic

How the Parthenon Marbles Ended Up in the British Museum

The Parthenon and its spectacular marbles survived for two thousand years. Then Ottoman Occupation enabled an opportunistic British diplomat to run amok among Greece’s greatest monuments, and pillage the symbol of Greek civilization and democracy.

The Unexplained: Sacred Greek Temple is an Optical Illusion

Phidias, Parthenon Sculptures