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Apr 27, 2024 | devonlive.com | JOhn Smith |John Smith |John Bett |Oli Smith

We've had a damp start to the year and April has been colder than we might have hoped, but there's good news as a heatwave is predicted to be on the horizon. Britons should see temperatures climb throughout May before basking in "scorching hot" weather, according to one weather expert. The country is set to see temperatures surpass 20C in the first and second week of May.

Mar 19, 2024 | greekreporter.com | JOhn Smith |John Smith

Orthodox and Catholic Easter are usually set on different dates. Greece is slowly but surely coming closer to the great feast of Greek Orthodox Easter, or Pascha—a religious occasion celebrated in Greece with more gusto than in many other Western Christian countries. Unlike most European nations, which will celebrate Easter on March 31st, Greece will adhere to the date for Orthodox Easter, which falls more than a month later this year, on May 5th.

Feb 14, 2024 | greekreporter.com | JOhn Smith |John Smith

Was Saint Valentine Greek? Although much of the historical information on Valentine’s life is somewhat obscure, a community of Catholics on Lesvos has told Greek Reporter there are strong clues that he was either Greek or of Greek origin. This week will see millions of people in Greece and across the world buy red roses, make hurried restaurant reservations and send candy sales through the roof as they celebrate St. Valentine’s Day — the annual feast of love and romance.

Oct 25, 2023 | bozemandailychronicle.com | JOhn Smith |John Smith

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Oct 21, 2023 | greekreporter.com | JOhn Smith |John Smith

A 2,300-year-old tomb in southwest Turkey—once revered as a holy Islamic site—turns out to have been the tomb of ancient Greek boxer Diagoras. Local people in the Marmaris district of Turgut thought the unusual hilltop pyramid tomb was the burial place of a holy figure in Islam, and they treated it as such for centuries, conducting sacred rites at the site.