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  • ChatGPT Update Will Allow ‘erotica’ For Verified Adult Users
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    ChatGPT Update Will Allow ‘erotica’ For Verified Adult Users
    The Eighteen plus symbol (18+) appears on a smartphone screen, and the ChatGPT logo displays as the background on a laptop screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on October 16, 2025. An upcoming version of the popular chatbot ChatGPT relaxes existing restrictions to allow more content, including erotica, for verified adult users, according to OpenAI chief Sam Altman. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto)

     

  • Senior Couple Walking Hand In Hand
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    Senior Couple Walking Hand In Hand
    A senior couple walks hand in hand through the city center of Fulda, Hesse, Germany, on October 12, 2025. The image shows retirees taking a leisurely walk in the historic old town area. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Senior Couple Walking In Autumn Park
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    Senior Couple Walking In Autumn Park
    A senior couple walks through a park surrounded by autumn foliage in Fulda, Hesse, Germany, on October 12, 2025. The weather is mild, and the scene depicts retirees taking an outdoor stroll among colorful fall trees. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Senior Citizens In Autumn Park
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    Senior Citizens In Autumn Park
    A senior man walks along a path surrounded by trees in a park in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on October 8, 2025. The retiree experiences a calm autumn morning in nature with mild weather and soft light. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Senior Couple And Cyclist With Child In Autumn Park
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    Senior Couple And Cyclist With Child In Autumn Park
    A senior couple walks along a pond while a man cycles past with a child in a seat in a park in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on October 8, 2025. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Senior Citizens In Autumn Park
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    Senior Citizens In Autumn Park
    A senior man walks his small dog on a grassy field in a park in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on October 8, 2025. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Senior Citizens In Autumn Park
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    Senior Citizens In Autumn Park
    A senior woman walks along a tree-lined path in a park in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on October 8, 2025. The damp ground and soft light reflect the calm autumn weather and peaceful atmosphere of the season. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Senior Citizens In Autumn Park
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    Senior Citizens In Autumn Park
    A senior couple walks hand in hand along a pond in a park in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on October 8, 2025. The retirees experience the mild autumn weather surrounded by colorful trees and calm nature. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Senior Citizens In Autumn Park
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    Senior Citizens In Autumn Park
    A senior woman walks with walking sticks beside a man along a tree-lined path in a park in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on October 8, 2025. The retirees are surrounded by colorful foliage. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Senior Couple Sitting By The Lake In Autumn
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    Senior Couple Sitting By The Lake In Autumn
    A senior couple sits on a bench facing the lake in a park in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on October 8, 2025. The retirees sit quietly on an autumn day surrounded by trees with changing leaves. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Senior Couple Sitting By The Lake In Autumn
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    Senior Couple Sitting By The Lake In Autumn
    A senior couple sits on a bench facing the lake in a park in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on October 8, 2025. The retirees sit quietly on an autumn day surrounded by trees with changing leaves. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • People Relaxing By Riverside
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    People Relaxing By Riverside
    Groups of people sit and relax by the riverside steps at the Centre-Ville area in Liege, Belgium, on September 6, 2025. Some sit on benches while others gather along the water's edge. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Daily Life In Warsaw, Poland, On 21 September, 2025
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    Daily Life In Warsaw, Poland, On 21 September, 2025
    Daily life in Warsaw, Poland, on September 21, 2025 (Photo by Weronika Kowalska/NurPhoto)

     

  • Daily Life In Warsaw, Poland, On 21 September, 2025
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    Daily Life In Warsaw, Poland, On 21 September, 2025
    Daily life in Warsaw, Poland, on September 21, 2025 (Photo by Weronika Kowalska/NurPhoto)

     

  • Daily Life In Warsaw, Poland, On 21 September, 2025
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    Daily Life In Warsaw, Poland, On 21 September, 2025
    Daily life in Warsaw, Poland, on September 21, 2025 (Photo by Weronika Kowalska/NurPhoto)

     

  • Daily Life In Warsaw, Poland, On 21 September, 2025
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    Daily Life In Warsaw, Poland, On 21 September, 2025
    Daily life in Warsaw, Poland, on September 21, 2025 (Photo by Weronika Kowalska/NurPhoto)

     

  • Underwater Shots In Tropea, Italy
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    Underwater Shots In Tropea, Italy
    (EDITOR’S NOTE: photo was taken with diving equipment in the Tropea seabed) Fishes are seen in seabed of Tropea, Calabria, Italy, on September 9th, 2025. (Photo by Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto)

     

  • Underwater Shots In Tropea, Italy
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    Underwater Shots In Tropea, Italy
    (EDITOR’S NOTE: photo was taken with diving equipment in the Tropea seabed) A group of Saddled seabream (Oblada melanurus Linnaeus) are seen in seabed of Tropea, Calabria, Italy, on September 9th, 2025. (Photo by Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto)

     

  • Underwater Shots In Tropea, Italy
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    Underwater Shots In Tropea, Italy
    (EDITOR’S NOTE: photo was taken with diving equipment in the Tropea seabed) A group of Salema porgy fishes (Sarpa salpa) is seen in seabed of Tropea, Calabria, Italy, on September 9th, 2025. (Photo by Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto)

     

  • Underwater Shots In Tropea, Italy
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    Underwater Shots In Tropea, Italy
    (EDITOR’S NOTE: photo was taken with diving equipment in the Tropea seabed) A group of Salema porgy fishes (Sarpa salpa) is seen in seabed of Tropea, Calabria, Italy, on September 9th, 2025. (Photo by Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto)

     

  • Daily Life In Krakow
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    Daily Life In Krakow
    KRAKOW, POLAND – AUGUST 27:
    A 'Happy Hour' sign outside a bar advertises discounted beer from 4–7 pm in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, on August 27, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)

     

  • Daily Life In Bialogora, Poland
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    Daily Life In Bialogora, Poland
    Daily life in Bialogora, Poland, on August 15, 2025 (Photo by Weronika Kowalska/NurPhoto)

     

  • Daily Life In Bialogora, Poland
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    Daily Life In Bialogora, Poland
    Daily life in Bialogora, Poland, on August 15, 2025 (Photo by Weronika Kowalska/NurPhoto)

     

  • Daily Life In Bialogora, Poland
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    Daily Life In Bialogora, Poland
    Daily life in Bialogora, Poland, on August 15, 2025 (Photo by Weronika Kowalska/NurPhoto)

     

  • Daily Life In Bialogora, Poland
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    Daily Life In Bialogora, Poland
    Daily life in Bialogora, Poland, on August 15, 2025 (Photo by Weronika Kowalska/NurPhoto)

     

  • Demonstration against federal takeover of DC police
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    Demonstration against federal takeover of DC police
    D.C. police relax on benches in Lafayette Park while hundreds of people protest the federalization of police, deployment of the National Guard and federal law enforcement agents, and clearing of unhoused encampments in Washington, D.C., U.S., on August 16, 2025. US. President Donald Trump cited the false claim that violent crime is at an all-time high in the nation’s capital to justify these actions. Violent crime in D.C. has dropped 26% in 2025, reaching a 30-year low. (Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto)

     

  • Daily Life In Lisbon
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    Daily Life In Lisbon
    People relax in the shade in a green area of Eduardo VII Park in Lisbon, Portugal, on August 6, 2025. Portugal faces a summer marked by high temperatures, with thermometers exceeding normal values and putting cities, rural areas, and tourists to the test, while authorities issue warnings about the risk of fires and severe heat. (Photo by Jorge Mantilla/NurPhoto)

     

  • Gazans Struggle Amid Heatwave
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    Gazans Struggle Amid Heatwave
    Displaced Palestinians relax outside their tents amidst soaring temperatures in western Gaza City, on August 13, 2025, during a heatwave. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto)

     

  • Daily Life In Quebec City
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    Daily Life In Quebec City
    People picnic along the Plains of Abraham with the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac visible in the distance in Old Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

     

  • Daily Life In Quebec City
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    Daily Life In Quebec City
    The view from the Plains of Abraham shows the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac visible in the distance in Old Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

     

  • Daily Life In Quebec City
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    Daily Life In Quebec City
    People relax along the Plains of Abraham overlooking the St. Lawrence River in Old Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

     

  • Daily Life In Quebec City
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    Daily Life In Quebec City
    People picnic along the Plains of Abraham with the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac visible in the distance in Old Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

     

  • Breuninger Department Store
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    Breuninger Department Store
    People relax on a grassy slope with the Breuninger department store building in the background in Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on July 30, 2025. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto)

     

  • Spain  Daily Life
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    Spain Daily Life
    Spanish youth relax in the evening on a meadow near Palacio Real of Madrid. Spain, Friday, August 8, 2025 (Photo by Danil Shamkin/NurPhoto)

     

  • Daily Life In Lithuania
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    Daily Life In Lithuania
    A woman in a beach chair is seen watching the sun set over the Baltic sea near Karkle, Lithuania on 24 July, 2025. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto)

     

  • General Strike By Lifeguards On Barcelona Beaches.
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    General Strike By Lifeguards On Barcelona Beaches.
    Tourists relax on the sand at Barceloneta beach during the general strike by lifeguards in Barcelona, Spain, on August 1, 2025. (Photo by Marc Asensio/NurPhoto)

     

  • Dubai Travel
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    Dubai Travel
    March 16, 2025 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Asia: A man is seen lying in the sand taking a nap on the Jumeirah Beach. The iconic Burj Al Arab luxury hotel stands in the distance. (Olaf Schuelke / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
    Olaf Schuelke

     

  • Travel Argentina
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    Travel Argentina
    March 23, 2024 - Ushuaia, Argentina: Lake Escondido, a remedy for body and soul! Regarding Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego is known as the southernmost city in the world. It is said about this place: "Donde la tierra se acaba" which means"where earth finishes". Ushuaia marks the southernmost point of the American continent and, perhaps, one of the purest airs on the planet. The nature of Patagonia awakens the senses. Unlike other regions of the country where the culture has to do with the roots of the place, here, with the disappearance of the original towns, this transmission was interrupted. The knowledge of the ancient cultures did not reach the current generations. The society of emigrants still needs to establish a deeper sense of belonging or connection. We are few kilometers from Ushuaia, where migration, the housing crisis, urban decay, and environmental destruction have led to a state of chaos. The remedy for the fear of further ruin—caused by rising poverty, unemployment, homelessness, and hunger due to far-right government policies and strict austerity measures in Argentina—is the harmony we find in Mother Earth, in nature. (Maro Kouri/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
    MARO KOURI

     

  • Travel Argentina
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    Travel Argentina
    March 22, 2024 - Ushuaia, Argentina: Women enjoy the breeze and the droplets from the waves during a relaxing floating excursion through the Beagle Channel, passing by the Les Eclaireurs lighthouse. (Maro Kouri/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
    MARO KOURI

     

  • Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
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    Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
    April 17, 2017- Selegoudi, Taygetos mountain, Laconia, Peloponnesus, south Greece: Sygklino, red eggs, kourabiedes, cheeses, tzatziki, and other traditional dishes are offered on Clean Monday after the forgiveness at the monuments of the cemetery, as the procession of forgiveness goes from house to house. All the followers of the procession are welcome at the table with the treats, and in the afternoon, the procession ends in the village square, where the circle of forgiveness takes place with hugs and kisses, one by one, to cleanse from the vendettas of the past. Afterward, the auction of the Easter bread with the red eggs collected by the procession from the houses takes place, and with the money raised from the auction, the magnificent frescoed interior of the church, including the iconography of Saints Theodoros and more, is maintained. The tradition ends with all the traditional treats brought by each household to the village's municipal cafe, where the priest and the youth become DJs, and the dance with a view of Taygetus finishes the night. (Maro Kouri/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
    MARO KOURI

     

  • Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
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    Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
    6, April 2018 - Aeropoli, Mani, Lakonia, Peloponnese, south Greece: According to the tradition, every year of the Holy friday, children and adults follow the Epitaph in the church. (Maro Kouri/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)

     

  • Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
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    Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
    April 17, 2017- Selegoudi, Taygetos mountain, Laconia, Peloponnesus, south Greece: Sygklino, red eggs, kourabiedes, cheeses, tzatziki, and other traditional dishes are offered on Clean Monday after the forgiveness at the monuments of the cemetery, as the procession of forgiveness goes from house to house. All the followers of the procession are welcome at the table with the treats, and in the afternoon, the procession ends in the village square, where the circle of forgiveness takes place with hugs and kisses, one by one, to cleanse from the vendettas of the past. Afterward, the auction of the Easter bread with the red eggs collected by the procession from the houses takes place, and with the money raised from the auction, the magnificent frescoed interior of the church, including the iconography of Saints Theodoros and more, is maintained. The tradition ends with all the traditional treats brought by each household to the village's municipal cafe, where the priest and the youth become DJs, and the dance with a view of Taygetus finishes the night. (Maro Kouri/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
    MARO KOURI

     

  • Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
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    Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
    April 6, 2018 – Mani, Lakonia, Peloponnese, Southern Greece: The preparation of the Epitaph's litany with wildflowers by the old priest and faithful people. People follow the Epitaph on the night of Holy Friday, singing the Epitaph hymns. Four men traditionally hold the flower-decorated statue of the Epitaph, which travels around the village's houses and ends at the sea to bless the sailors and captains. (Maro Kouri/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
    MARO KOURI

     

  • Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
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    Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
    June 2009 - Corfu city, Corfu island, Region of Ionian Islands, west Greece: Old castle with fireworks during resurrection. (Maro Kouri/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)

     

  • Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
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    Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
    April 14, 2018 – Mystras, Lakonia, Peloponnesus, Southern Greece: Nuns serve plates with spaghetti, preparing the Easter lunch with red eggs, in the beautiful Pantanassa Monastery, which is located in the Byzantine castle-town of Mystras. Mystras, like a miniature replica of the majestic Mount Taygetos, rises above the verdant valley of Eurotas. Historically, the medieval fortress town of Mystras gained prominence after the Fourth Crusade in 1204, when the Crusaders established the Latin Empire (1204-1261) and other states in the Byzantine lands they conquered. The Peloponnese region was occupied by the Frankish knights and became the Principality of Achaea under the Villehardouin family. William II of Villehardouin fortified Mystras and built the castle on the hilltop to subdue the unruly mountain dwellers of Taygetos and secure the defense of the fertile Lacedaemon. The castle had barely been completed when the Prince of Achaea, defeated by Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus at the Battle of Pelagonia in 1259 and made prisoner, was forced to cede the three strongholds of Peloponnese, including Mystras, to the Byzantines as ransom. Mystras soon evolved into a major center of the Byzantine Empire, second only to the capital, Constantinople. It was here that Byzantine art and literature flourished for the last time before the spread of Ottoman conquests in the mid-15th century. This cultural flourishing, coupled with the revival of classical letters and philosophy, became known as the Palaeologan Renaissance. (Maro Kouri/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
    MARO KOURI

     

  • Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
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    Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
    April 17, 2017- Selegoudi, Taygetos mountain, Laconia, Peloponnesus, south Greece: Sygklino, red eggs, kourabiedes, cheeses, tzatziki, and other traditional dishes are offered on Clean Monday after the forgiveness at the monuments of the cemetery, as the procession of forgiveness goes from house to house. All the followers of the procession are welcome at the table with the treats, and in the afternoon, the procession ends in the village square, where the circle of forgiveness takes place with hugs and kisses, one by one, to cleanse from the vendettas of the past. Afterward, the auction of the Easter bread with the red eggs collected by the procession from the houses takes place, and with the money raised from the auction, the magnificent frescoed interior of the church, including the iconography of Saints Theodoros and more, is maintained. The tradition ends with all the traditional treats brought by each household to the village's municipal cafe, where the priest and the youth become DJs, and the dance with a view of Taygetus finishes the night. (Maro Kouri/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
    MARO KOURI

     

  • Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
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    Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
    April 14, 2018 – Mystras, Lakonia, Peloponnesus, Southern Greece: Nuns serve plates with spaghetti, preparing the Easter lunch with red eggs, in the beautiful Pantanassa Monastery, which is located in the Byzantine castle-town of Mystras. Mystras, like a miniature replica of the majestic Mount Taygetos, rises above the verdant valley of Eurotas. Historically, the medieval fortress town of Mystras gained prominence after the Fourth Crusade in 1204, when the Crusaders established the Latin Empire (1204-1261) and other states in the Byzantine lands they conquered. The Peloponnese region was occupied by the Frankish knights and became the Principality of Achaea under the Villehardouin family. William II of Villehardouin fortified Mystras and built the castle on the hilltop to subdue the unruly mountain dwellers of Taygetos and secure the defense of the fertile Lacedaemon. The castle had barely been completed when the Prince of Achaea, defeated by Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus at the Battle of Pelagonia in 1259 and made prisoner, was forced to cede the three strongholds of Peloponnese, including Mystras, to the Byzantines as ransom. Mystras soon evolved into a major center of the Byzantine Empire, second only to the capital, Constantinople. It was here that Byzantine art and literature flourished for the last time before the spread of Ottoman conquests in the mid-15th century. This cultural flourishing, coupled with the revival of classical letters and philosophy, became known as the Palaeologan Renaissance. (Maro Kouri/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
    MARO KOURI

     

  • Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
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    Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
    may 2011 - Mani, Messinia, Greece: Old woman with donkey. 300 km approximately southeast from Athens, is one of the most picturesque destinations for authentic holidays, villages with traditional architecture, virgin and wild landscapes that combine sea and mountain, paths to walk and reach to unique spots, fairytale caves and gorges, people hospitable who cook, drink and dance in their ancient feasts (named 'panigiria' in Greek), with accomodation special to relax and logic prices (Maro Kouri/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)

     

  • Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
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    Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
    April 14, 2018 – Mystras, Lakonia, Peloponnesus, Southern Greece: Nun Agni holds plates with spaghetti, preparing Easter lunch with red eggs, in the beautiful Pantanassa Monastery, which is located in the Byzantine castle-town of Mystras. Mystras, like a miniature replica of the majestic Mount Taygetos, rises above the verdant valley of Eurotas. Historically, the medieval fortress town of Mystras gained prominence after the Fourth Crusade in 1204, when the Crusaders established the Latin Empire (1204-1261) and other states in the Byzantine lands they conquered. The Peloponnese region was occupied by the Frankish knights and became the Principality of Achaea under the Villehardouin family. William II of Villehardouin fortified Mystras and built the castle on the hilltop to subdue the unruly mountain dwellers of Taygetos and secure the defense of the fertile Lacedaemon. The castle had barely been completed when the Prince of Achaea, defeated by Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus at the Battle of Pelagonia in 1259 and made prisoner, was forced to cede the three strongholds of Peloponnese, including Mystras, to the Byzantines as ransom. Mystras soon evolved into a major center of the Byzantine Empire, second only to the capital, Constantinople. It was here that Byzantine art and literature flourished for the last time before the spread of Ottoman conquests in the mid-15th century. This cultural flourishing, coupled with the revival of classical letters and philosophy, became known as the Palaeologan Renaissance. (Maro Kouri/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
    MARO KOURI

     

  • Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
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    Celebrating Orthodox Easter in Greece
    April 17, 2017- Selegoudi, Taygetos mountain, Laconia, Peloponnesus, south Greece: Sygklino, red eggs, kourabiedes, cheeses, tzatziki, and other traditional dishes are offered on Clean Monday after the forgiveness at the monuments of the cemetery, as the procession of forgiveness goes from house to house. All the followers of the procession are welcome at the table with the treats, and in the afternoon, the procession ends in the village square, where the circle of forgiveness takes place with hugs and kisses, one by one, to cleanse from the vendettas of the past. Afterward, the auction of the Easter bread with the red eggs collected by the procession from the houses takes place, and with the money raised from the auction, the magnificent frescoed interior of the church, including the iconography of Saints Theodoros and more, is maintained. The tradition ends with all the traditional treats brought by each household to the village's municipal cafe, where the priest and the youth become DJs, and the dance with a view of Taygetus finishes the night. (Maro Kouri/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
    MARO KOURI

     

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