Strofades

Deputy Environment Minister Giorgos Amyras has instructed relevant local authorities to adopt urgent protection measures to tackle spring poaching against the turtle dove in the Ionian Islands.

Η χιουμοριστική προσέγγιση μιας ψυχοθεραπεύτριας.

Εργασία και χαρά!

Εμφανίζεται χωρίς ίχνος μακιγιάζ μπροστά στην κάμερα και λάμπει!

A moderate quake, measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale, occurred in the Ionian Sea off the Strofades islets shortly before 6.30 a.m. on Wednesday, according to the National Observatory of Athens' Geodynamic Institute.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2 has struck off the western island of Zakynthos, but no injuries or damage have been reported.

The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the quake occurred at 1.41 a.m. on Friday in the Ionian Sea south of Zakynthos, between the island and the Strofades island cluster, at a depth of 10.7 kilometers.

A light earthquake was recorded off the coast of western Greece on Thursday morning, according to the the Athens-based Geodynamic Institute.

At approximately 9.30 a.m. local time, a magnitude 4.3 earthquake was recorded 53 kilometres west of the islands of Strofades in the Ionian Sea, at a depth of 15 kilometers.

No damages were reported.

Following its publication in Greek last year, "The Last Monk of the Strofades: Memories from an Unknown Greek Island" is now available in English from Abbeville Press.

The bitter truth is that it often takes a natural disaster to appreciate our history. The recent earthquake on the Ionian island of Zakynthos, for example, drew attention to the fortress-like Monastery of Strofades, which sustained significant damage in the 6.4-Richter quake.

American photographer Robert McCabe and Greek journalist Katerina Lymberopoulou present "The Last Monk of Strofades: Report from an Unknown Ionian Island," a book published by Patakis that pays tribute to a historic Byzantine monastery on an islet off the coast of Zakynthos. The book holds special significance as the monastery was destroyed by an earthquake last month.