by Tim Grahl
In 2015, the book publishing market generated over $113,000,000,000 dollars [1]. That’s billion. $113 billion!
And here’s the thing…
It’s growing!
It’s estimated to break through $120-billion by 2020.
That’s a huge amount of money! In fact, it’s so big, it’s hard to really grasp it. So let’s compare it to something.
If you ask the average person, which makes more money… movies or books, they would probably answer “movies.” But they would be wrong.
The global box office revenue for 2016 was a mere $38-billion [2]. That’s only a third of the book industry.

1. Facts, U. (2018). Topic: Book Industry. [online] www.statista.com. Available at: https://www.statista.com/topics/1177/book-market/ [Accessed 7 May 2018].

2. Facts, F. (2018). Topic: Movie Industry. [online] www.statista.com. Available at: https://www.statista.com/topics/964/film/ [Accessed 7 May 2018].

Sinai became widely known, particularly in Europe, with the spreading of the fame and cult of St. Catherine. Symeon Metaphrastes contributed greatly in making the life of the Saint known to the laity when, in the 10th century, he wrote on “the martyrdom of the great Martyr and in the name of Christ victorious Saint Catherine”.

This is the Booklet's relevant video containing the unknown talk for Radio New Zealand by writer, painter and official War Artist, Peter McIntyre (1.1.1945) along with many of the rare photos taken, by his historical visit (Nov. 1945) with two other New Zealand servicemen to Mt. Ahos, in order to present Citations to various monasteries for their crucial and instrumental help to countless Allied fugitives during WWII.
The material came to light by Peter Howorth & George G. Spanos 70years later, during their search on the Greek version of Sandy Thomas book, 'Dare to be Free' Με Τόλμη για την Ελευθερία. All rights reserved, Athos Press & National Library of New Zealand.

Harry Radliffe, CBS Producer of "60 Minutes" described his story on the unique community of Christian Orthodox monasteries as a "visit to another world" and explained why he was eager to return.

Radliffe, the first African American to head a CBS News bureau and an award-winning 60 MINUTES producer for 26 years, died today. Radliffe was 66 and died at his home in Stamford, CT, of colon cancer. He was first diagnosed in 2008.

Written by WorldwideGreeks.com

Most Christians are familiar with the Bible. It’s a place where we can learn about God and His church. Within its pages, we read about the life of Jesus Christ, the early days of His church, and everything that happened in the Old Testament before Christ was born. Most families have at least one Bible in their homes. However, few realize that the Orthodox Bible is actually a little different than those used by other denominations.

*Instanbul or Constantinople are both Greek definitions and toponyms

(Reuters) - Patriarchs of the world's 250 million Orthodox Christians ended a rare summit in Istanbul on Sunday calling for a peaceful end to the crisis in Ukraine and denouncing violence driving Christians out of the Middle East.

Twelve heads of autonomous Orthodox churches, the second-largest family of Christian churches, also agreed to hold a summit of bishops, or ecumenical council, in 2016, which will be the first in over 1,200 years.

The Istanbul talks were called to decide on the council, which the Orthodox have been preparing on and off since the 1960s, but the Ukraine crisis overshadowed their talks at the office of spiritual leader Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.