Profitis Ilias

Firefighters battled a blaze burning in three active fronts on the island of Rhodes on Sunday, while Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was being briefed on developments constantly.

Four villages and a hotel are being evacuated on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes as strong winds continue to stoke a wildfire that broke out in the early hours of Wednesday near the village of Apollonas in the western mountains.

A man has died from the strong earthquake of 5.8 Richter in Crete.

The victim is one of the three people reported to have been trapped in the church of Profitis Ilias in Arkalochori.

According to the information of protothema.gr, the dome of the church collapsed, as a result of which a person was fatally injured.

The Romanian military firefighters currently on mission in Greece have ensured, throughout Tuesday, until the early hours of Wednesday, protection against the wildfires for the Profitis Ilias Monastery in the area of Vilia. They deployed to the area with a fire engine, a cistern, an offroad vehicle, an utility terrain vehicle (UTV), and a drone.

Romanian military firefighters on mission in Greece acted on Monday to limit the spread of flames in the Vilia area, as well as to maintain a line of protection between the fire front and the unaffected areas. "Moreover, at the request of the Greek authorities, the Romanian fire brigades supplied the fire trucks of their Greek colleagues.

Acclaimed Greek tenor Mario Frangoulis will perform tracks from his latest CD, titled "Galazia Limni" (Blue Lake), and crowd-pleasing melodies from the Greek and international ballad and musical theater repertory at the Veakeio Theater on Wednesday, July 10. The show starts at 9.30 p.m.

Two British nationals died on the Greek holiday island of Santorini on Sunday after falling down a cliff with a dune buggy, the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office was reported by British media as confirming on Thursday.

The Rematia Theater is hosting a tribute to Manos Eleftheriou, the acclaimed Greek poet and songwriter who passed away last week aged 80, leaving behind an incredible canon of work that includes popular songs written for numerous Greek composers. The show starts at 9 p.m. and admission is free of charge, though organizers encourage donations of non-perishable foodstuffs for the needy.

Respected Greek tenor Mario Frangoulis is on tour this summer presenting a program of ballads from the likes of Lucio Dalla, Astor Piazzolla, Nino Rota, Nicola Piovani, Jose Maria Cano and Manos Hadjidakis, as well as contemporary Greek composers Lina Nikolakopoulou and Aris Davarakis. On Tuesday, July 24, he will be making a stop at the open-air Veakeio Theater in Piraeus.

Enduring Greek rock act Vassilis Papaconstantinou is on a summer tour and will be stopping at Piraeus's Veakeio Theater on Monday, July 23. His summer 2018 concert presents highlights from a successful 45-year career that has influenced hundreds of younger Greek rockers. The show starts at 9.30 p.m.