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Church Organ Festival | Syros | August 21-26

An event celebrating a great musical instrument, the Church Organ Festival of Syros returns to the capital of the Cyclades from August 21 to 26. Organized by the Catholic Bishopry of Syros and the Syros Greek Catholic Association in the Cathedral of Saint George in the old quarter of Ano Syros, the festival's seventh installment features a roster of respected Greek and foreign organists.

Portraits of the Revolution | Athens | To August 13

On at the National Historical Museum (nhmuseum.gr) through August 13, "Portraits of the Revolution" marks the bicentennial anniversary of the Greek War of Independence, as well as 200 years since Dionysios Solomos wrote the poem that became Greece's national anthem, "Hymn to Liberty." Curated by Iris Kritikou and Iphigenia Vogiatzi who selected pieces from the museum's collection to show beside

Anarchist group claims last month's Kolonaki bomb

An anarchist group calling itself the Iconoclastic Sect has claimed responsibility in a post on a Spanish website for the explosion last month outside the church of Aghios Dionysios in the upmarket Kolonaki district of central Athens.

The post was dated last Wednesday and said that the attack was aimed not only against the Church of Greece but society as a whole.

Anarchist group claims last month's Kolonaki blast

An anarchist group calling itself the Iconoclastic Sect has claimed responsibility in a post on a Spanish website for the explosion last month outside  the church of Aghios Dionysios in the upmarket Kolonaki district of central Athens.

The post was uploaded last Wednesday saying the attack was aimed not only against the church but society as a whole.

Explosive device in Kolonaki made up of containers with flammable liquid

A homemade explosive mechanism that blew up outside Aghios Dionysios church in the upscale Athenian district of Kolonaki on Thursday morning was made up of two containers with flammable liquid, wires and a clock, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.

Police sources cited by the news agency said the explosion, which injured a policeman and a church employee, was small.

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