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Greece Athena High School Greece Athena High School is a part of the Greece Central School District serving students in grades 9-12 in Rochester, New York. First built in 1969, Athena is the largest - both in size and population - of the four high schools.
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 Greece was represented by Sakis Rouvas and the song "Shake It" at Eurovision 2004. At first, the Greek broadcaster ERT organized a Final that consisted of a Pop Idol style TV show called 'Eurostar' which started on December 5th, 2003.
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 Helena Paparizou was selected internally by ERT to sing "My Number One" in Kiev for Greece. The winning song was selected through 60% Televoting/SMS and 40% from a professional jury in the national final on March 2.
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Greece’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was Everything performed by Anna Vissi. The Greek national broadcaster, ERT selected the performer internally, choosing Anna Vissi to represent the home country in Athens.
Greece national basketball team The Greece national basketball team for men is the basketball side that represents Greece in international competitions. Greece is generally considered an important power in international basketball and the national team is regarded as one of the best in the world, having won the European Championships twice, the Youth World Championship in 1995 and reached the final four in three of the last four FIBA World Championships (1994, 1998, 2006).
Greece national rugby league team The Greece national rugby league team has been participating in international competition since 2003, and have since become an affiliate member of the Rugby League International Federation. In October 2005, Greece, The Titans, played an international match in Australia against Malta which they lost 24 points to 22 in front of an estimated crowd of 2500.
Greece national rugby union team The Greece National Rugby Union team is one of the worlds newest international rugby playing nations. It has been participating in international competitions since October 2005 playing its first international game in Vienna against Austria.
Greece-Italy pipeline The Greece-Italy pipeline is a planned natural gas pipeline for transportation of natural gas from Caspian region via Turkey and Greece to Italy. The length of Greece-Italy pipeline will be more than 800 kilometres, of which 600 will be built in Greece and 200-300 will be laid on the seabed of Ionian Sea.
Greed Greed is called a selfish desire to obtain money, wealth, food, material possessions or any other entity more than one legitimately needs. Greed is listed as one of the Catholic seven deadly sins, usually by the synonym of avarice.
Greed Island Greed Island is a fictitious video game in the manga/anime Hunter Ă— Hunter. It is played on the "Joystation" video game console, is out of print, and sells at auctions for at least 8 billion Jenis (the currency of Hunter Ă— Hunter).
Greedoid In combinatorics, a greedoid is a type of set system. It rises from the notion of the matroid, which was originally introduced by Whitney in 1935 to study planar graphs and was later used by Edmonds to characterize a class of optimization problems that can be solved by greedy algorithms.
Greedy randomized adaptive search procedure The greedy randomized adaptive search procedure (also known as GRASP) is a metaheuristic algorithm commonly applied to combinatorial optimization problems. GRASP typically consists of iterations made up from successive constructions of a greedy solution and subsequent iterative improvements of it through a local search.
Greedy reductionism Greedy reductionism is a term coined by Daniel Dennett, in the book Darwin's Dangerous Idea, to distinguish between acceptable and erroneous forms of reductionism. Whereas reductionism means explaining a thing in terms of what it reduces to, greedy reductionism comes when the thing we are trying to understand is explained away instead of explained, so that we fail to gain any additional understanding of the original target.
Greek alphabet The Greek alphabet is an alphabet that has been used to write the Greek language since about the 9th century BC. It was the first alphabet in the narrow sense, that is, a writing system using a separate symbol for each vowel and consonant alike.
Greek and Latin roots The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots commonly used in English, along with their English meaning, word origin, and an English example. Roots primarily used in Medicine and Medical Terminology are not listed here but instead in Wikipedia's List of medical roots.
Greek art Greece has a rich and varied artistic history, spanning some 4000 years and beginning in the Minoan prehistorical civilization, giving birth to Western classical art in the ancient period (and developing this during the Hellenistic Period), to taking in the influences of the East and the new religion of Christianity in the Byzantine period, continuing through the Renaissance with figures such as El Greco, absorbing Italian ideas in the Romanticist period (with the invigoration of the Greek Revolution), right up until the Modernist and Post-Modernist periods.The Greeks liked to paint about the body.
Greek battleship Hydra The armored battleship Hydra (Greek: Θ/Κ Υδρα), named for one of the Saronic Gulf islands which played a key role in the war at sea during the Greek War of Independence, served in the Hellenic Royal Navy from 1889 - 1929.
Greek battleship Kilkis Kilkis (Greek: Θ/Κ Κιλκίς) was a 13,000 ton Mississippi-class Greek battleship (θωρηκτό) named for a crucial battle of the Second Balkan War. Laid down for the United States Navy in 1903, she served in that navy as the USS Mississippi (BB-23) from 1908 until 1914, when both Mississippi-class ships were purchased from the United States by Greece.
Greek battleship Limnos Limnos (sometimes Lemnos) (Greek: Θ/Κ Λήμνος) was a 13,000 ton Mississippi-class Greek battleship (θωρηκτό) named for a crucial naval battle of the First Balkan War. Laid down for the United States Navy in 1904, she served in that navy as the USS Idaho (BB-24) from 1908 until 1914, when both Mississippi-class ships were purchased from the United States by Greece.
Greek battleship Psara The armored battleship Psara (Greek: Θ/Κ Ψαρά), named for one of the Aegean Sea islands which played a key role in the war at sea during the Greek War of Independence, served in the Hellenic Royal Navy from 1889 - 1929.
Greek battleship Spetsai The pre-dreadnought battleship Spetsai (Greek: Θ/Κ Σπέτσαι), named for the Saronic Gulf island of Spetses which played a key role in the war at sea during the Greek War of Independence, served in the Hellenic Royal Navy from 1890 until 1929.
Greek Buck Greek Buck are a Canadian musical duo, consisting of Don Pyle (formerly of Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet and Phono-Comb) and Andrew Zealley. They are best known for "Spunk", the theme song to the American television series Queer as Folk.
Greek Byzantine Catholic Church The Greek Byzantine Catholic Church is a particular Church within the Catholic Church and uses the Byzantine liturgical rite in the Koine Greek and modern Greek languages. Its membership includes inhabitants of Greece and Turkey.
Greek cruiser Elli Elli (Greek: Κ/Δ Ελλη) was a 2,600 ton Greek light cruiser (in greek Εύδρομο (interwar period term) or Ελαφρύ Καταδρομικό (World War II terminology)) named for a naval battle of the First Balkan War in which Greece was victorious.
Greek cruiser Elli II Elli (Greek: Κ/Δ Έλλη) was a 10,000 ton Greek light cruiser (in Greek Καταδρομικό) named for a naval battle of the First Balkan War in which Greece was victorious. She was the second ship of the Royal Hellenic Navy to bear this name.
Greek cruiser Navarhos Miaoulis Navarchos Miaoulis (Greek: Κ/Δ Ναύαρχος Μιαούλης) was a 1,820 ton Greek masted cruiser (in Greek Εύδρομο) named for a naval commander Andreas Miaoulis of the Greek War of Independence from 1821-1829.
Greek cuisine Greek cuisine is the cuisine of Greece and of the Greeks which is related to the cuisine of neighboring countries including Italy, Turkey, Bulgaria, Armenia and Lebanon, drawing on a common Mediterranean, Byzantine and Ottoman heritage.
Greek Catholic Church The Greek Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church. Historically this sui juris particular Church represents a schism and was part of the Eastern Orthodox Church but it came into communion with the Vatican.
Greek Civil War The Greek Civil War () was fought between 1946 and 1949, and posed as the first example of a post-war Communist insurgency. The victory of the government anti-Communist forces led to Greece's membership in NATO and helped to define the ideological balance of power in the Aegean for the entire Cold War.
Greek Constitution of 1822 The Greek Constitution of 1822 was a document adopted by the First National Assembly of Epidaurus on January 1 1822. Formally it was the Provisional Regime of Greece (Προσωρινό Πολίτευμα της Ελλάδος), sometimes translated as Temporary Constitution of Greece.
Greek Constitution of 1864 The Second National Assembly of the Hellenes took place in Athens (1863-1864) and dealt both with the election of a new sovereign as well as with the drafting of a new Constitution, thereby implementing the transition from constitutional monarchy to a Crowned Democracy.
Greek Constitutional amendment of 2001 The Amendment of 2001 constituted the most important amendment of the Constitution of 1974. The Amendment of 1986 was much more limited, as it led to the modification of just a few articles concerning the President's powers.
Greek Crown Jewels When Otto of Bavaria became the first King of Greece in 1832 when the great European powers forced the militarily chased Ottoman empire to formally accept its independence, he brought with him from Bavaria some of his ancestral Wittelsbach dynasty crown jewels, a crown, orb and sceptre which he declared to be the Crown Jewels of Greece.
Greek Cypriot diaspora The Greek-Cypriot diaspora refers to the Greek Cypriot population of Cyprus, or people who are of Greek Cypriot origins, who live abroad because of either economic reasons, or were part of the Greek population that was uprooted from their homes in Northern Cyprus by the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus when the island was divided, de facto, into the Greek-Cypriot controlled southern two-thirds and the Turkish-occupied northern one-third in 1974.
Greek Cypriots Greek Cypriot refers to the ethnic Greek population of Cyprus. They form the island's largest ethnic community, nearly 80 percent of the population, with the second largest ethnic community being the Turkish Cypriots.
Greek dance Greek dance is a very old tradition, being referred to by ancient authors such as Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch and Lucian.Raftis, Alkis, The World of Greek Dance Finedawn, Athens (1987) p25, There are many different styles and interpratations from all of the islands and surrounding mainland areas.
Greek destroyer Adrias Adrias () was a Hunt III class destroyer that was originally built for Royal Navy as HMS Border (L67) but never commissioned. Before her completion, she was loaned to Royal Hellenic Navy on July 20, 1942 and commissioned as Adrias (L67) on August 5, 1942 in order to relieve heavy losses of ships sustained by the Royal Hellenic Navy during the German invasion of 1941 and throughout the war.
Greek destroyer Hydra (D 97) Hydra () was a Greek destroyer of the Dardo class, which served with the Hellenic Navy during the early stages of the Second World War. It was named after the Saronic Gulf island of Hydra, which played an important role in the Greek War of Independence, and was the fourth ship to bear this name.
Greek destroyer Kountouriotis (D 99) Kountouriotis () was a Greek destroyer of the Dardo class, which served with the Hellenic Navy during the Second World War. It was named after the admiral and politician Pavlos Kountouriotis, who was the commander of the Greek Fleet during the Balkan Wars, as well as serving twice as President of the Second Hellenic Republic.
Greek destroyer Nafkratousa Nafkratousa (Greek: Α/Τ Ναυκρατούσα) was a Thyella class destroyer that served in the Royal Hellenic Navy (1906 - 1921). It was named after an ancient ship of the Greek-Egyptian colony of Naucratis.
Greek destroyer Psara (D 96) Psara () was a Greek destroyer of the Dardo class, which served with the Hellenic Navy during the early stages of the Second World War. It was named after the Aegean island of Psara, which played an important role in the Greek War of Independence, and was the fourth ship to bear this name.
Greek destroyer Sfendoni I Sfendoni I (Greek: Α/Τ Σφενδόνη, "Slingshot") was a Thyella class destroyer that served in the Royal Hellenic Navy (1907-1945). It was the second ship of that name in the Hellenic Navy, but the first destroyer-type vessel bearing the name.
Greek destroyer Spetsai (D 98) Spetsai () was a Greek destroyer of the Dardo class, which served with the Hellenic Navy during the Second World War. It was named after the Saronic Gulf island of Spetses, which played an important role in the Greek War of Independence, and was the fourth ship to bear this name.
Greek destroyer Vasilefs Georgios (D 14) Vasilefs Georgios () was a Greek destroyer, the lead ship of its class, which served with the Royal Hellenic Navy and the German Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. The ship was named after King George I, and was the second ship to bear this name.
Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga (D 15) Vasilissa Olga () was a Greek destroyer of the Vasilefs Georgios (modified G) class, which served with the Royal Hellenic Navy during the Second World War, becoming its most distinguished and successful ship until her loss in 1943. She was named after Queen Olga of Greece, the wife of King George I, and was the second ship to bear this name.
Greek dialects Ancient Greek, in classical antiquity before the development of the Koiné as the lingua franca of Hellenism, was divided into several dialects. Likewise, Modern Greek is divided into several dialects, most of them deriving from the Koiné.
Greek diaspora Greek diaspora is a term used to refer to the communities of Greeks living outside of the traditional Greek homeland, namely Greece, Cyprus, and parts of Albania, Turkey and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Greek Dark Ages The Greek Dark Ages (ca. 1100 BC–750 BC) refers to the period of Greek history from the presumed Dorian invasion and end of the Mycenaean civilization in the 11th century BC to the rise of the first Greek city-states in the 9th century BC and the epics of Homer and earliest writings in alphabetic Greek in the 8th century BC.
Greek economic miracle The term (modern) Greek economic miracle has been used to describe the impressive rate of economic and social development in Greece from the early 1950s to the mid-1970s. Indeed, between 1950 and 1973, the country had an average rate of economic growth of 7%, second in the World only to Japan’s during the same period.
Greek electronic game ban In 2002 the Greek government, ostensibly in an attempt to fight illegal gambling, passed the ambiguous and controversial law 3037/2002 which effectively banned all electronic games, including those running on home computers. The bill was formulated after a member of the ruling PASOK socialist party was videotaped in an illegal gambling establishment, resulting in public hysteria that was fueled by sensationalist reporting on the press and television.
Greek euro coins Greek euro coins feature a unique design for every one of the eight coins. They were all designed by Georgios Stamatopoulos with the minor coins depicting Greek ships, the middle ones portraying famous Greeks and the two large denominations showing images of Greek history and mythology.
Greek exonyms Below is a list of modern day Greek language exonyms for European places outside Greece. Place names that are not mentioned are generally referred to in Greek by their respective names in their native languages, or at the closest pronunciation a Greek speaker can get. Toponyms in italics mean that although their 'proper' name in Greek is the given one, a direct transliteration —and thus pronunciation— is much more widespread.
Greek East The term Greek East is used to define the territories of the Greek-speaking, Orthodox peoples of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, centered around the Byzantine Empire. This is in contrast to the Latin-speaking peoples of Western Europe who were of the Catholic faith.
Greek Expeditionary Force (Korea) In response to the United Nations appeal for assistance on the Korean Peninsula, Greece responded with the dispatch of a reinforced Army infantry battalion and a RHAF flight of transport planes which would thereafter be called the Greek Expeditionary Force (GEF). Altogether, the GEF comprised 1,263 personnel.
Greek festival A Greek festival or Greek Fest is an annual celebration of Greek culture presented by many ethnic-Greek communities and organization in the United States and Canada, particularly Greek Orthodox churches. Typically, these events are intended for attendance by the general public.
Greek fire Greek fire was a burning-liquid weapon used by the Byzantine Greeks, typically in naval battles to great effect as it could continue burning even on water. "Byzantine fire" was largely responsible for many Byzantine military victories, and partly the reason for the Byzantine Empire surviving as long as it did.
Greek fusion orchestra The greek fusion orchestra was a sextet created in 1976 by members of the ERT's Contemporary Music Orchestra. The group was performing for 30 minutes every week in a live radio broadcast until 1978, when it was broken up as a regular group.
Greek Fir Greek Fir (Abies cephalonica) is a fir native to the mountains of Greece, primarily in the Peloponnesos and the island of Kefallinia, intergrading with the closely related Bulgarian Fir further north in the Pindus mountains of northern Greece. It is a medium-size evergreen coniferous tree growing to 25-35 m (rarely 40 m) tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m.
Greek Font Society The Greek Font Society (Εταιρεία Ελληνικών Τυπογραφικών Στοιχείων) is a non-profit organization in Greece, founded in 1992, devoted to improving the standard of Greek digital typography.
Greek Football Amateur Cup Greek Amateur Cup (Greek: Κύπελλο Ερασιτεχνικών Ομάδων Ελλάδος) is one of the most known competitions for amateur teams in Greece. The participants are only semi-amateur or amateur teams from the Greek Fourth Division.
Greek Gospel of the Egyptians The suppressed Greek Gospel of the Egyptians, (which is quite distinct from the later, wholly Gnostic Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians), written in the second quarter of the 2nd century, was already cited in Clement of Alexandria's miscellany, the Stromata, where quotations give us many of the brief excerpts that are all that remain; it was also mentioned by Hippolytus, who alludes to "these various changes of the soul, set forth in the Gospel entitled according to the Egyptians" and connects the Gospel of the Egyptians with the Gnostic Naasene sect. Later, that fourth-century collector of heresies, Epiphanius of Constantinople, asserts that the Sabellians made use of this gospel; though it is unlikely that he had any firsthand information about Sabellius, who taught in Rome in the mid-2nd century, his connection of the gospel with Sabellius would confirm a date early in the 2nd century, whereas the euphemism, the Word logos, as an appellation of the Saviour, which appears in the gospel, betokens the influence
Greek chorus In early tragedy, no actor played a single part; because the actor left the stage often to change roles, the chorus was especially dominant. It is thought to have numbered approximately 50 singing and dancing members (choreutai) circa 508.
Greek island affair The Greek island affair was an Israeli political scandal involving David Appel, Ariel Sharon, at the time a minister in the Likud party, and others close to Sharon. The scandal consisted of charges, later dropped, that Appel had obtained favourable treatment from Sharon and his allies, which would help him and his fellow investors purchase the small rocky island of Patroklos at the tip of Attica, in the town of Palaia Fokaia, for the purpose of building a multimillion-dollar resort complex.
Greek legislative election, 1920 The legislative elections of 1920 were probably the most crucial elections in the modern history of Greece, influencing not only the few years afterwards, including Greece's defeat by Kemal AtatĂĽrk's Turkish reformed army in 1922, but setting the stage for Greece's political landscape for most of the rest of the 20th century. It had been nearly 6 years since the last General Election, a period during which all democratic procedures were suspended, when Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos announced that the legislative elections would take place on October 25, 1920.
Greek legislative election, 1923 After the defeat of the Liberals in 1920, Venizelos left the country, King Constantine I returned and Greece was soundly defeated by the newly-reformed Turkey in the war in Asia Minor. After the death of King Constantine, his eldest son George was proclaimed King George II.
Greek legislative election, 1951 The Greek legislative election of the 9 September 1951 resulted in an ambivalent outcome, consisting a narrow and pyrrhic, as proven later, victory for the ruling center-liberal parties of Sophoklis Venizelos and Nikolaos Plastiras.
Greek legislative election, 1963 The Greek legislative election of the 3 November 1963 resulted in a narrow victory for the Center Union of Georgios Papandreou after three consecutive victories of Constantine Karamanlis and his National Radical Union party and after 11 years, during which the conservative parties (Greek Rally and its successor, the National Radical Union) ruled Greece.
Greek legislative election, 1977 In the Greek legislative election, 1977, Prime Minister, Constantine Caramanlis, called for early elections. His party, ND, suffered a significant loss of power, but, nevertheless, Caramanlis managed to secure an absolute majority in the Parliament.
Greek legislative election, December 1915 The Greek legislative election of December 6, 1915 were notable for the nonparticipation of Eleftherios Venizelos and his party, the Liberal Party. This was the outcome of a very fiercful confrontation with King Constantine I about Greece's participation in World War I.
Greek life at the University of Georgia Greek Life at the University of Georgia comprises more than three dozen active chapters of fraternities and sororities. While most of the groups are chapters of national organizations, including members of the North-American Interfraternity Conference, National Panhellenic Conference and National Pan-Hellenic Council, independent groups and those with other affiliations also exist.
Greek love Greek Love is a modern expression intended as a euphemistic reference to male sexual relations as practised in Ancient Greece. The term is thus a synonym for pederasty, though it has also been loosely applied to homosexual behaviour in general.
Greek magical papyri The Greek Magical Papyri (papyri is plural of papyrus) (commonly abbreviated to PGM from the Latin title Papyri Graecae Magicae) is a collective term for a collection of texts, mostly in Ancient Greek (but also in Coptic, Demotic Egyptian, etc.), found on papyrus in the deserts of Egypt, which cast light in some way on the magico-religious syncretistic world of Greco-Roman Egypt and the surrounding area.
Greek military ranks Modern Greek military ranks are based on Ancient Greek & Byzantine terminology, even though the ranks correspond to those of other Western armies. For example, ancient hoplite unit of approximately 100 men, the lokhos, is today the name for a company of soldiers; its commander, as in ancient times, is a lokhagos, while his lieutenants are called ypolokhagoi - literally, "sub-captains" - a modern neologism.
Greek miracle The term Greek economic miracle has been used to describe the impressive rate of economic and social development in Greece from the early 1950s to the mid-1970s. Indeed, between 1950 and 1973, the country had an average rate of economic growth of 7%, second in the World only to Japan’s during the same period.
Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and their own cult and ritual practices. Modern scholars refer to the myths and study them in an attempt to shed light on the religious and political institutions of ancient Greece and, in general, on the ancient Greek civilization.
Greek mythology in western art and literature The widespread adoption of Christianity would not curb the popularity of the myths and their continual recycling in art, music and literature. With the rediscovery of classical antiquity in Renaissance, the poetry of Ovid became a major influence on the imagination of poets and artists and remained a fundamental influence on the diffusion and perception of Greek mythology through subsequent centuries.
Greek Military Police The Greek Military Police (Greek: Ελληνική Στρατιωτική Αστυνομία (ΕΣΑ), generally known in English by the acronym ESA (Ellinikí Stratiotikí Astinomía) was the main security (secret police) and intelligence organisation during the Greek military junta of 1967-1974.
Greek Muslims Greek Muslims, also known as Greek-speaking Muslims, are Muslims of Greek ethnic origin, and are found primarily in Turkey, Cyprus and Greece, although migrations to Lebanon and Syria have been reportedBarbour, S., Language and Nationalism in Europe, Oxford University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-19-823671-9. The vast majority of the autochthonous Muslim minority in Greece (including the Greek-speaking Muslims), most of whom are fluent in Turkish, espouse a Turkish national identity. Historically, Greek Orthodoxy has been associated with being "Rum" (روم) and Islam with being "Turk" (Τούρκος), despite ethnic or linguistic references.
Greek National Council for Radio and Television The Greek National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) (Greek: Εθνικό Συμβούλιο Ραδιοτηλεόρασης, Ethnikó Simvúlio Radhiotileórasis, ESR) is an independent supervisory and regulatory administrative authority of the radio and television market. It was founded in 1989.
Greek National Opera The Greek National Opera, the national opera company of Greece, is the only lyric opera company in the country and is located at 18a Charilaou Tricoupi Street in Athens. It is a public corporation under the supervision of the Greek Ministry of Culture and administered by the Board of Trustees and the Artistic Director.
Greek National Road 13 Greek National Road 13 is a highway that links Katerini with the GR-3 at Mikro Eleftherohori (8 km north of Elassona). Traffic is mainly unused is nainly between low and moderate use which includes its highways in the Greek islands.
Greek National Road 3 Greece National Road 3 is a highway that is the old national road from Eleusis to Larissa, and near Tyrnavos to Elassona and the new national road up to the border with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia near Niki and links with the M3. It is also E65 north of Larissa.
Greek National Road 33 Greek National Road 33 is a highway that runs from Patras, originally at Dimitris Gounaris Street, now begins at the beltway, and had a branch ending at Olympia, and ends near Vytina, and LevĂ­di, and some think it still ends at Ellinikon near Andritsaina and Megalopolis. Its length is about: 130 km, 170 km with the second branch, and 200 km with both, and 175 km from Patras to S of Ellinikon.
Greek National Road 37 Greek National Road 37 (Tripoli - Sparta - Gytheio - Areopoli) is a south to north highway linking Tripoli with the GR-7/E55 along with GR-33 and GR-74 at the Tripoli Bypass, Sparta and Areopoli in the Mani Peninsula. The highway begins in Areopoli (Mani's provincial capital) and intersecting with the Kalamata - Areopoli and down to the southern end of the Mani peninsula, the highway later runs through the forested-grassy southern part of the Taygetus ranges and runs into the eastern half of Mani.
Greek National Road 42 The Greek National Road 42 is a highway in the northern part of the Aitolia-Akarnania and the Lefkada prefectures that link with the center of Lefkada as well as the rest of the island and ends with the GR-5/E55 (Antirrio - Arta - Ioannina) in Amfilochia via passing through the town of Vonitsa. After all the construction of bypasses in Greece throughout the 20th century and the early and mid 2000s, the highway has no bypasses and also serves as a highway to Preveza.
Greek National Road 67 The Greek National Road 67 (short or common GR-67 and Thessaloniki - Nea Moudania Road) or the Diagoniki Odos? is a highway or route that links the city of Thessaloniki with Nea Moudania and to southern Chalkidiki.
Greek National Road 76 Greek National Road 76 (Pyrgos - Andritsaina - Megalopoli) is a west to east highway linking 2 km W of Krestena with GR-9/E55, Andritsaina and SE of Megalopoli (until 2003, in Megalopoli). The highway west to Andritsaina is unofficially designated as GR-76 The west to east highway runs in the western and the central part of the Peloponnese.
Greek National Road 8 Greek National Road 8 is an old highway linking the cities of Patras, Corinth and Athens. Until the 1960s when the toll road named GR-8A opened, it was the major and the only route for Athens and the Peloponnese as well as Corinth and Patras.
Greek National Road 82 Greek National Road 82 (Pylos - Kalamata - Sparta) is a west to east highway linking Pylos with the GR-9/E55, Kalamata and downtown Sparta with GR-37/E???. The highway begins in downtown Pylos and runs through the southwestern part of Messenia and through curvy roads and through Lykodimos and intersects with a road linking to Petalidi and Koroni.
Greek National Road 8A Greek National Road 8A, sometimes Greek National Road 8 is a toll road running from Kifissou avenue, in Athens up to the northeast of Patras. It is a motorway from Kifissou avenue up to Corinth, for about 85km and the rest is an undivided highway with just one lane per direction.
Greek National Road 95 Greek National Road 95 is the one of the main arteries on the island of Rhodes and is the only one recorded as a National Highway. It begins from the south part of Rhodes City and ends in the village of Lindos.
Greek National Socialist Party The Greek National Socialist Party (Greek: Ελληνικό Εθνικό Σοσιαλιστικό Κόμμα, Elliniko Ethniko Sosialistiko Komma), was a minor Nazi party founded in Greece in 1932 by George S. Mercouris, a former Cabinet minister.
Greek Old Calendarists Greek Old Calendarists (Greek: Παλαιοημερολογίτες, Paleoimerologites) are groups that separated from the Orthodox Church of Greece or from the Patriarchate of Constantinople, precipitated by disagreement over the retention of the Julian Calendar.
Greek Orthodox Church Greek Orthodox Church can refer to any of several hierarchical churches within the larger group of mutually recognizing Eastern Orthodox churches. Any Eastern Orthodox church that is ethnically Greek and uses a Greek liturgy may be considered "Greek Orthodox".
Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria The Orthodox Church of Alexandria is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches. Its head bishop is the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, who like the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, claims to have succeeded the Apostle Mark the Evangelist in the office of Bishop of Alexandria, who founded the Church in the 1st century, and therefore marked the beginning of Christianity in Africa.
Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch The Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, also known as Antiochian Orthodox Church claims to be one of the five churches that composed the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church before the Great Schism. As an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church, it claims to be the sole legitimate successor to the Christian community founded in Antioch by the Apostles St.
Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem The Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, properly called the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, is regarded by Orthodox Christians as the mother church of all of Christendom, because it was in Jerusalem that the Church was established on the day of Pentecost with the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus Christ. From Jerusalem the gospel of Christ was spread to the world.
Greek plebiscite, 1920 The Greek plebiscite of 1920 ensured and affirmed the dominance of the anti-Venizelos parataxis. King Constantine I returned, after achieving an obviously overwhelming majority, albeit questioned by the supporters of the Liberal Party, while Eleftherios Venizelos, maintained his silence, being in voluntary exile abroad.
Greek Picnic The Greek Picnic is an annual week-long event during the month of July in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Originally designed as a reunion celebrating African-American college fraternities and sororities, it later gained popularity among a large population that do not attend college due to its various popular social activities.
Greek Primacy Greek Primacy is the view that the Christian New Testament and/or its sources were originally written in Koine Greek. It is generally accepted by most scholars today that the New Testament of the Bible was written primarily, if not completely, in Koine or common Greek.

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