Plate smashing is one of the well known customs of Greece; usually breaking plates happens during weddings and celebrations ...

After all, I knew one of his relatives was getting married outside the church. “I want the Greek Orthodox wedding experience,” my boyfriend sighed. He wanted his marriage to be blessed by the ...

The royal wedding of Prince Nikolaos of Greece to his new love ... as crowns are held majestically above their heads. In Greek Orthodox weddings, crowns (called ‘stefana’) are exchanged and worn by ...

Perhaps less well known is the city’s deep, historic ties to the Greek Orthodox Church, which established its first North American congregation—Holy Trinity Cathedral—in New Orleans more ...