Ellopos Blog

Books are precious. If a time came when all of us would use only a screen to read, in homes without any books at all, our thinking would have suffered a great damage. The words, the texts, of course are the same - and yet, they are not! A word is different when you bend your head to read it ::More

The European Commission’s annual progress report on Turkey, focusing on the ‘casus belli’ issue stresses that the resolution ratified by the Great Turkish National Assembly in 1995 continues to be in force, and reminds of the conclusions reached by the European Council in ::More

Hardly a week goes by without somebody claiming that Muslims and Westerners have a “shared cultural heritage.” I strongly object to this claim. The only “shared history” Europeans have with Muslims is being at the receiving end of more than 1300 years of Jihad warfare. The ::More

After the international optimism, even enthousiasm, on Obama’s election, it is right to speak about “our” hope, although I don’t include myself in this “our”. Not that with McCain the situation would be different. This is precisely the problem, - and racists, ::More

A visitor of Byzantine Walls did not like a comment of mine about the Orthodox Fathers (see A Unique Spirit). Mr. John Katrakis writes: I just read an opinion on your website that I took to mean that the writings of the Three Hierarchs are more important than the Bible. I am a Greek Eastern ::More