The ship opened its creaky steel doors and lowered the gangplank. We stepped out into warm, ankle-deep seawater. In small groups, we splashed our way across to Balos Beach. The beach is a narrow strip ...

The challenge: Find a reasonably priced European hiking vacation for the first week of April. That was the task at hand when my husband, Walter, and I started planning an inn-to-inn adventure with ...

CRETE is a land of citrus groves, vines, sandy beaches, spectacular mountains, picturesque fishing harbours, fascinating history and, just as important, warm hospitality. This is a rare opportunity to ...

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ISLE OF CRETE, Greece – I turn the first page of Zorba the Greek, the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis, as my flight to Europe takes off from O’Hare International, and find myself there – in Greece – even ...

MOSCOW, June 16. /TASS/. Delegations of national (local) Orthodox Churches gather on the Isle of Crete on Thursday to attend the Holy and Great all-Orthodox Council that opens later on the same day.

The stumbling block is the content of draft documents that the Holy and Great All-Orthodox Council is expected to adopt MOSCOW, June 13. /TASS/. The Russian Orthodox Church will not take part in the ...