On January 9, 2025, France held a memorial service organized by the Crif to honor the victims of the Hypercacher attack and other acts of anti-Semitism. Political figures including Bruno Retailleau, Gérald Darmanin, and Manuel Valls attended the ceremony where…
On January 11, 2025, the Piraeus Municipality will host a memorial service at the Holy Resurrection Cemetery to honor the victims of the 1944 bombing of the city. American bombers, targeting German infrastructure in Piraeus, were greeted by locals who…
The annual memorial service for Police Officer George Lygkeridis, who was fatally injured by a naval pyrotechnic device thrown by hooligans in a violent incident in Piraeus last December, took place at Saint Basil’s Church in Thessaloniki. Attending the ceremony…
A memorial service marking 40 days since the passing of Vardis Vardinogiannis took place in Rethymno and his hometown of Episkopi. Attendees included local authorities, independent MP Evangelos Apostolakis, and former ministers Andreas Xanthos and Nikos Sifounakis. The ceremonies were…
A memorial service commemorating one year since the passing of the late Metropolitan Alexandros of Mantineia and Kynouria took place in Tripoli. Organized by the Diocese of Mantineia and Kynouria, the event was attended by numerous faithful, clergy, and local…
Two years after the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Roma boy Kostas Fragkoulis by police in Diavata, his father, Pavlos Fragkoulis, commemorates his son’s memory. Following a petrol theft incident that led to a police chase, friends and family gathered to…
On Wednesday, December 4, 2024, the Western Macedonia Lignite Center will honor Saint Barbara, the patron saint of miners, with a series of events at the mining facilities. The day will begin with a Divine Liturgy at 08:30, followed by…
Former First Minister Alex Salmond was honored at a memorial service at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, attended by notable political figures including John Swinney and Gordon Brown. Salmond, who died of a heart attack on October 12, was commemorated…
