PETROS GIANNAKOURIS

Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew speaks during his meeting with Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in Athens, Thursday May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Orthodox Church leader says faith is humanity’s safeguard against the ‘impending robotocracy’
The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians has warned against the unchecked rise of artificial intelligence and automation, calling it an “impending robotocracy.”
 
In this picture with a slow shutter speed is seen the cliffside Hozoviotissa Monastery under the starry night sky on the island of Amorgos, Greece, Thursday, March 27 , 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Photo Gallery: From Greek monastery on island cliffside, prayer lift up wonders of the night sky
The tall, whitewashed complex is a speck about half-way up the precipitous mountain that plunges into the Aegean Sea. Except for a few small chapels scattered among the rocks, no other structure is in sight — and no light pollution to dim the swirl of stars as it increasingly does around the world.
 
The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, carved into a cliffside high above the Aegean Sea is illuminated by the sun in Amorgos island, Greece, on Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
PHOTO ESSAY: In a Greek island monastery, a monk has kept together faith and community for 50 years
The daily rhythm hasn’t changed much since he joined the monastery straight out of high school in the summer of 1971. Father Spyridon, another monk and an assistant also maintain the buildings, cultivate the fields, care for their animals, and receive the steady stream of pilgrims.
 
Revellers dressed in animal skins and heavy bronze bells, prepare to take part in carnival celebrations in Distomo, a village in central Greece, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Animal skins, bells, ritual chaos: Ancient burnout remedy is still at the heart of Greece’s carnival
The ancient tradition of the Bell People in the Greek village of Distomo marks the end of carnival. Revelers clad themselves in animal skins and heavy bronze bells.
 
Firemen and policemen stand around the body of missing British TV presenter Michael Mosley on the island of Symi, Sunday, June 9, 2024. The family of missing British TV presenter Dr. Michael Mosley have confirmed his body has been found on a Greek island. Mosley’s wife said Sunday in a statement that her husband had gone for a hike and took the wrong route and collapsed in a place where his body couldn’t easily be seen. (AP Photo/Panormitis Chatzigiannakis)
British TV host Dr. Michael Mosley reached millions by being his own guinea pig
Greek police say there is no sign of foul play in the death of British television host Dr. Michael Mosley. An autopsy was underway Monday on the Greek island of Rhodes.
 
A woman stands in a street of the storm-hit city of Volos, Greece, where power and water outages remained in some districts, on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Bad weather has eased in central Greece leaving widespread flooding and infrastructure damage across the farming region that has been battered by two powerful storms in less than a month. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Storm eases in Greece but flood risk remains high amid rising river levels
Bad weather has eased in central Greece, leaving widespread flooding and infrastructure damage across the farming region that has been battered by two powerful storms in less than a month.
 
A man walks next to a damaged car after floods in the town of Agria near the city of Volos, Greece, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. A second powerful storm in less than a month hammered parts of central Greece Thursday, sweeping away roads, smashing bridges and flooding thousands of homes. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Storm Elias slams into a city in central Greece, filling homes with mud and knocking out power
A second powerful storm in less than a month has hammered parts of central Greece, sweeping away roads, smashing bridges and flooding thousands of homes.
 
A man watches the fire burning a forest in Vati village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Tourist hotspot Rhodes burns as successive deadly heat waves ravage Greece
As wildfires scorched the land, tourist and residents worked to extinguish fires by seaside resorts. By Friday, temperatures eased somewhat, and calmer winds helped firefighters contain the blazes.
 
A helicopter fills water from the sea during a wildfire, near Gennadi village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Thursday, July 27, 2023. The wildfires have raged across parts of the country during three successive Mediterranean heat waves over two weeks, leaving five people dead. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Wildfire in Greece triggers explosions at an ammunition depot and the relocation of fighter jets
A wildfire has triggered a series of massive explosions at an air force ammunition depot in central Greece.
 
A Turkish firefighter works to extinguish a forest wildfire in Beykoz, outskirts Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Water-dropping planes, helicopters and firefighters were also deployed to fight a blaze that broke out Wednesday at a forest near the district of Beykoz, in Istanbul, where temperatures reached 43 C. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Deadly wildfires in Greece and other European countries destroy homes and threaten nature reserves
Major fires raging in Greece and other European countries have advanced. The flames have caused additional deaths, destroying homes and threatening nature reserves during a third successive wave of extreme temperatures.
 
A damaged car stands in front of a burned tree near Loutraki 80 Kilometres west of Athens, Greece, Monday, July 17, 2023. Two wildfires threatened homes in areas outside Athens, where strong winds made the flames difficult to contain. Most of southern Greece, including greater Athens, was an elevated level of alert for fire risk, while more extreme temperatures are expected later this week. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Wind-fanned wildfires force thousands to flee seaside resorts outside Greek capital
Wildfires outside Athens forced thousands to flee seaside resorts, closed highways and gutted vacation homes Monday, with high winds pushing flames through hillside scrub and pine forests parched by days of extreme heat.
 
Greece in mourning as floods kill at least 14 near Athens
Greece declares national day of mourning as floods on the outskirts of Athens leave at least 14 dead, flipping over cards, smashing into homes, and cutting off highway traffic.