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Constantine Palaiologos: What the archaeologist who discovered his portrait says

"I kept looking at him, looking at him, and I knew who I was looking at. I knew what had been discovered in that moment—it’s a staggering experience to make such a discovery," said archaeologist Anastasia Koumousi

Ministry of Culture: Portrait of the last Byzantine Emperor, Constantine Palaiologos, discovered

Found during restoration work at the Catholicon of the Old Monastery of Taxiarches in Aigialeia, near Aigio

Who was Lord Elgin: He lived as a plunderer, died pursued by his creditors

The life of the Scottish aristocrat who went down in history as the perpetrator of the barbaric theft of the Parthenon Sculptures, simply because...he wanted to lend an ancient grandeur to his ancestral estate

Celebration today: For whom Saint Spyridon is the patron saint

Today, Thursday 12 December 2024, our church commemorates the memory of Saint Spyridon the Wonderworker

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