NEW YORK – The Loukoumi Make A Difference Day is Saturday, October 27 with over 100,000 participating nationwide, doing good deeds across the country. The Loukoumi Good Deed Bus will be making stops in Astoria, the Bronx, Manhattan, and New Rochelle where the Make A Difference Day Celebration will be held at Holy Trinity Church.

Bus Stop #1 is set for 10 AM-2 PM at Astoria Park in Queens where the volunteers will help clean up the park. Loukoumi Foundation President Nick Katsoris shared the information with The National Herald, noting that “kids on our bus will start at 10 AM followed by St. Demetrios School students at 11:30. In between at 11 AM, the Queens Library will be reading good deed-themed books on the lawn.  Meet us at the Parking Lot near 19th Street and Hoyt Avenue North. Our bus stop sponsor Ford Lincoln of Queens will be showcasing the all new Lincoln line-up of cars including the Lincoln Navigator. For every test drive, Lincoln has agreed to donate up to $30 per person to The Loukoumi Foundation (up to a total donation of $8,000). Join us to clean a park, read a good book, and drive a great car!”

Bus Stop #2 – 1-3 PM at Fordham University, in the Bronx, NY: “Join us on Family Weekend, together with Fordham Kiwanis and Up ’til dawn, and make a card and donate $1 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,” Katsoris said.

Bus Stop #3 – Broadway’s Come from Away will be honored. The Loukoumi Good Deed Bus will make a stop in Manhattan to present the producers of the Tony Award-winning musical Come From Away with a Loukoumi Make A Difference Award and also to deliver letters to them from the kids for the 9/11 Tribute Museum. Katsoris noted that “this stop is open to bus riders only, but if you would like to make a card please give them to us at one of the bus stops and we will deliver.”

Bus Stop #4 – 6-10 PM: The 4th Annual Make A Difference Day Celebration at Holy Trinity Church 10 Mill Road in New Rochelle features food, fun, and a DJ as well as ways to continue making a difference. Participants can make a card to send to the children at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, color a bookmark to donate with a children’s book, participate in anti-bullying activities, enter the charity basketball free throw competition, and donate items for those in need. Among the items needed are children’s books (new and slightly used), coats, clothing, new white athletic socks, new pajamas (sizes infant-18) and canned goods. More information including a more detailed list of items to donate is available online: loukoumifoundation.org.

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TORRANCE, CA – The Hellenic American Medical & Dental Society of Southern California (HAMDS) holds its 2018 Scholarship award dinner on Saturday, November 10 at the Redondo Beach Marriott. HAMDS invites everyone to join them in recognizing the next generation of Hellenic American talent, and to honor Dr. Chris Thanos, DDS with the HAMDS Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dr. Christos Thanos is currently a Pediatric dentist in Torrance and Moreno Valley. While he is dedicated to helping all children, his passion lies in helping the underprivileged and those with special needs.

In 1964, an American Field Service Scholarship helped Dr. Thanos come to the Unites States and he completed his senior year of high school in Grand Prairie, Texas. He returned to Greece after graduating, and soon after with a Fulbright Scholarship, he returned again to the U.S. and attended Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster Pennsylvania.

He has published peer reviewed articles in many professional journals, on dental materials, orthodontics, and adhesive dentistry. He has lectured in the United States and Central America and organized an international symposium in Greece.

As an international student himself, Dr. Thanos is always available and committed to help guide and mentor students and dentists from Greece, along with Greek-American students, to advance their careers and education.

The HAMDS 2018 scholarship recipients are: Sina Bacol, Dean Furkioti, Jr., Andreas Lazaris, Evangelia Lazaris, Christos Sarantopoulos, Nikolaos Sarantopoulos, Alexander Sherman and Zachary Ellis.

It will be a fun filled night with friends in the field, dinner, and live music by Peter Denef, Greek-American soprano Michele Patzakis, and Nia Matty.

More information is available by phone: 646-286-4332 and online: hamds.org or via email info@hamds.org.

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NEW YORK – Bishop Andonios of Phasiane, Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America recently sent Archdiocesan Councilmember Savas Tsivikos to the Ionian Village in Greece to look into the issue of unpaid contractors who worked on the Camp Center to repair damages caused by the September, 2016 tornado. They have filed lawsuits against the Archdiocese and the Village, whose director Rev. Evagoras Constantinides, is Bishop Andonios’ godson.

The contractors completed the work in May, 2017 but were not paid in full. According to their attorney, Sakis Kotsifas, one is owed €70,600, another €68,500, and a third a “significant amount.”
Tsivikos spoke with The National Herald about the matter. The interview follows:

TNH: What can you tell us about the issue of the Ionian Village?
ST: Everything is fine, there are some issues that we are looking into at the moment. Everything is manageable.

TNH: What is fine? The contractors have gone to the courts to sue.
ST: Fine, you know when you do a project there are differences, you can’t stop someone to do what he wants to do. Our purpose is to see what is the reality and to come to a settlement.

TNH: In what capacity did you go there? Did the Archbishop sent you?
ST: I went as a member of the Archdiocese in cooperation with Bishop Andonios.

TNH: You mean you went there as a member of the Archdiocesan Council?
ST: Yes.

TNH: So you were on an official mission, we can say?
ST: This is my job. Being knowledgeable on these issues, I went to see and to help so we can find what the reality is because someone can say that he did that much and it is another story if he actually did it.

TNH: Would you tell us your findings?
ST: I don’t want to go into details now. I know you chase these things, but there are some things that are not for publicity. What good would it do now to say that there is a dispute between two sides?

TNH: The members of the Church and the Greek-American community have the right to know everything that has to do with money, and, as a matter of fact, everything regarding the Archdiocese.

ST: You are correct. But it is not for the front page, though.

TNH: Leave that decision to us. You do your job. We didn’t ever tell how to your construction job; how can you tell us what to do?
TNH: These people did work based on contracts.
ST: We have to wait to see. This is what they say. Should whoever asks for money be given it without question?

TNH: You said that you went to Greece sent by Bishop Andonios. Did Archbishop Demetrios know about it?
ST: Certainly, yes. Why not?

TNH: When will you decide to pay the men in Greece?
ST: First we have to see what projects have they done. How much money was given. If the project was done and they should get money they deserve, they will be paid. But I don’t think you or anybody else are of the opinion that anyone who claims he has done something should get the money without examination.

TNH: We never said anything like that.
ST: You said before that they worked. Because someone did a job that costs one dollar and he demands twenty, should the Church pay him?

TNH: Of course not, we never said anything like that.
ST: We are trying to find the truth. Nothing more, nothing less.

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NEW YORK – The Hellenic American Association for Professionals in Finance (HABA) presented Trends in Tech Entrepreneurship featuring Marina Hatsopoulos, Chairperson of the Board and Investor for Levitronix Technologies LLC, on October 23 at Wells Fargo Connections in Midtown Manhattan. The event began with a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception and continued with the fascinating presentation, followed by a Q&A session.

HABA officers Robert Savage, Vice President; Costas Kellas, Treasurer; Sophia Prountzos, Secretary, HABA Directors Emmanuel Caravanos and James P. Gerkis, Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce Vice President George Zapantis, Nick Lionas, and Gigi Van Deckter were among those present.

A writer and entrepreneur, Hatsopoulos was Founding CEO of Z Corporation, an early market leader in 3D printing. The Company was the winner of the “New England Technology Fast 50” for 2001, a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the region, and was listed in the Inc 500 ranking of the nation’s 500 fastest-growing private companies by Inc Magazine. She is currently Chair of the Board of Levitronix Technologies, the worldwide leader in magnetically-levitated bearingless motor technology and Founding Advisor of Inkbit, an MIT startup. Hatsopoulos is on the Advisory Board of the Nantucket Conference, and MIT Enterprise Forum Greece, as well as two acceleration programs in Greece: the EGG and OK!Thess. She is an investor in Codebender and RTsafe, based in Greece, and C2Sense, based in Cambridge, MA.

Hatsopoulos was a Director and investor in Cynosure, a $400 million leader in the laser aesthetics market which was sold to Hologic for $1.65 billion in 2017. She was a Director and investor in Dear Kate, which makes performance apparel, and Tea Forte, a luxury tea brand which was sold to Sara Lee. She served as Director of the GSI Group, a $300 million supplier of laser-based advanced manufacturing systems for the global semiconductor and industrial markets. She was a Director of Contex Holding, a $100 million leading manufacturer of large-format scanners and software. As Chair of the Committee on Finance and Investment of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), she oversaw the budgets and investments of this 120,000-member organization.

Hatsopoulos serves on the Board of The Bridge Boston Charter School and has served on the Board of The Buckingham Browne & Nichols School. She graduated with a B.A. in Pure Mathematics and a B.A. in Music from Brown University in 1987 (Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Mathematics Prize, and Faculty Fellowship). She received her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 1993 (Sigma Xi).

Hatsopoulos was honored with Mass. High Tech’s 2001 All-Star Award for Hardware. She and Z Corp. have been profiled in Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Boston Business Journal, The Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, and Technology Review. She has published articles in Design News and Time Compression Technologies, and contributed a chapter, titled “Product Differentiation from Technology,” to Jumpstart: Launching Your Business Venture, Profitably and Successfully (Aspatore, 2003). Her writing also appears at: windystreet.com.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York state Senate leader Dean Skelos was sentenced to four years and three months in prison Wednesday after his conviction on public corruption charges.

U.S. District Judge Kimba M. Wood announced the penalty for the longtime Republican powerbroker, citing his health challenges at age 70 as reason to reduce his sentence from the five years she gave him previously.

She said she would have given him only four years in prison, except he lied and distorted truth on the witness stand.

The judge said Skelos had caused “immeasurable damage” to the respect New Yorkers have in their state government. She also cited a need to send a message to politicians who might contemplate illegally profiting from power.

Skelos and his son Adam were convicted in July on charges of extortion, wire fraud and bribery. Their 2015 convictions were rejected on appeal after the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed public corruption law as it overturned the conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

Prosecutors had urged at least 6½ years in prison for the elder Skelos while his lawyers said he should get no more than two years.

His son was sentenced Wednesday afternoon to four years in prison, 2½ years less than he received after his original conviction.

The strain of two trials caused a rift between the elder Skelos and his son that they both alluded to in their remarks.

“My son Adam, I love him more today than yesterday,” a choked-up Dean Skelos said. “Although our relationship is strained, I hope it will someday be restored.”

Later in the day, Adam Skelos said of his father: “We don’t talk anymore. That’s a loss I thought I would only experience in death.”

Adam Skelos said he was changed: “I don’t remember the person I once was.”

Dean Skelos and his son were arrested in 2015 when prosecutors alleged that the father abused his public office by pressuring businesses that needed state help to give his son no-show jobs if they wanted to retain his political support.

The men were convicted just weeks after Democrat Sheldon Silver — the former state Assembly Speaker — was convicted on corruption charges in a retrial that also came after the Supreme Court McDonnell ruling.

Silver was sentenced in July to seven years in prison, considerably less than the dozen years he received after his 2015 conviction on charges he earned $4 million illegally in return for legislative favors for a cancer researcher and real estate developers.

At trial, Dean Skelos testified there was never a quid pro quo expected when he reached out on behalf of Adam, 36.

Silver and Skelos were among a trio dubbed the “three men in a room” in Albany, a nod to the longstanding practice of legislative leaders and the governor negotiating key bills behind closed doors. Skelos served in the Senate from 1985 to 2015 and became Senate leader in 2008.

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By LARRY NEUMEISTER , Associated Press

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ATLANTA, GA – A young man with his hands crossed in a prayerful stance, his wife and their three children were waiting in line reverently to receive Holy Communion at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Atlanta a few weeks ago, during the visit of Mount Athos’ Vatopaidi Monastery’s Abbot Elder Ephraim and his entourage. The man, recognized by many in the congregation, was none other than Emmy Award-winning actor Jonathan Jackson, who won that honor five times, all in his most recognizable role, on General Hospital as Lucky Spencer, the son of the soap opera world’s most famous couple, Luke and Laura.

Jackson has appeared in numerous films, such as William Hurt, Sir Ben Kingsley, Al Pacino, and Michelle Pfeiffer, and is a singer/guitarist/songwriter in the rock band Enation. He was featured in People magazine’s lists of Most Beautiful People and Sexiest Men Alive. He is also a writer; his latest book, a collection of poems, is titled Book of Solace and Madness. The interview follows.

TNH: What attracted you to Orthodoxy?

JJ: So much. A lot of me began by reading Christian history and helped me start to understand where this tradition came from that it goes all the way back to Christ and to Apostles and the Orthodox Faith has remained the same for 2000 years, which was very impressive and it did something in my heart to see this. Also the worship, the prayers, the hymnography, the lives of the Saints, all of these things came into play and to me Orthodoxy was so beautiful and there is no other place I want to be. I was Protestant before. My whole family, thank God, were baptized Orthodox in 2012.

TNH: How did you get to know Abbot Elder Ephraim?

JJ: It has been a special honor and blessing for all of us, because we went to Greece on a pilgrimage and my family stayed in a Monastery on the mainland, and I took my older son, Caleb who was 11 years old at the time, with me to Mount Athos that is when I first met Geronta Ephraim.

TNH: What made you to dedicate your Emmy Award to the Vatopaidi Monastery?

JJ: I won the Emmy Award in 2012 and when I gave my acceptance speech, I thanked the Holy Trinity, my family of course, and at the end I thanked the monks on Mount Athos for continually praying for the world. And it was a mysterious thing for me because I had not been to Mount Athos yet, but I had read a lot about it and I felt their prayers were with me and I felt their prayers upholding the world in a sense. So I had 30 seconds to say something and I wanted to thank them for their prayers. And then some years later I went to the Holy Mountain and I wanted to dedicate the Emmy Award to Panagia and to her Garden. I went there specifically for the Vimatarissa Icon and Geronta Ephraim.

TNH: When you worshiped at Vatopaidi and all the Services were in Greek. How did you feel?

JJ: I loved it, although I didn’t understand. We go every Sunday to an English speaking- church, so when I visit churches whether is in Greek or Russian or Romanian or Serbian, I feel like I still experience it because it is not just about the mind, it is about the heart. And even if I don’t understand all the words at the moment the beauty of the music, the incense, the iconography, the prayers, and the presence is very moving.

TNH: How do you feel about Hellenism?

JJ: I have fallen in love with the Greek People, I fallen in love with Greece, with the Holy Mountain, this is family for us.

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NEW YORK – The Order of the Archons of St. Andrew of the Ecumenical Patriarchate will honor Protopresbyter Alexander and Presbytera Xanthi Karloutsos with the Athenagoras Human Rights Award on Saturday, October 27 at the New York Hilton Hotel.

More than 1,300 guests are expected to attend, more than any other Archon event in the past except the one in honor of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew some years ago. Metropolitan Emmanuel of France will represent His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.

In an interview with The National Herald Fr. Karloutsos said, “God has blessed us to serve the Archdiocese and the Greek American Community all these years,” adding that “I am not worthy of this honor but my presbytera is.”

Fr. Karloutsos who is one of the most distinguished and well-known priests not only in the Archdiocese of America but throughout the world always speaks very highly of his Presbytera Xanthi who is his valuable coworker in everything and for everything.

Fr. Karloutsos was ordained in 1970 and serves the Holy Altar for 48 years. He said, “I feel it is an honor and a blessing whenever you serve. I don’t distinguish between the Archdiocese, the parish, and the Patriarchate, we are all one Body of Christ.”

Fr. Karloutsos has so many and such great achievements. He said, “All these things were my duty, diakonia, I don’t feel that I did something special; I don’t like to say what I do, it is not in my character.”

When we asked if Fr. Karloutsos is the priest of the Holy Altar, the man who does fundraisers, opens the doors of the White House, he answered that “if it wasn’t for the Holy Altar I wouldn’t be a priest. I never asked for any position; the only position I had requested was to be ordained.”

Fr. Karloutsos spoke with reverence and nostalgia about his parents. He lost his beloved mother when he was 9 years old and his priest father assumed the responsibility to raise all his six children by himself. Speaking about his mother he said, “I remember her love, her compassion, her hug, her embrace.”

He said, “My father was telling me very often to be proud that I am Greek, to love the Omogeneia of America, to respect my name, and be proud that I am the son of a priest.”

He added, “I had always that pain about my father, how he was going to survive and raise his children. He made it with nothing. When he went to Nebraska to serve, his salary was $300 a month and the congregants used to bring him tomatoes, vegetables, to feed his children.”

When asked about the Archdiocese of America, the largest and the most prominent Ecclesiastical Eparchy of the Ecumenical Throne,which is in today’s dire condition financially, administratively, spiritually, and also about the Theological School in paralysis, Fr. Karloutsos said, “I think the biggest problem is the indifference that we have as priests and as lay people. It is the acedia [spiritual or mental sloth; apathy] as the Fathers of the Church say. We should be more spiritual, more sincere, to say the truth with love and so we can achieve miracles.”

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WASHINGTON (AP) — George Papadopoulos made his first appearance Thursday before congressional investigators, part of an effort to clear his name after pleading guilty in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.

Papadopoulos, who admitted lying to the FBI and was sentenced in September to two weeks in prison, met behind closed doors with two GOP-led House committees for roughly seven hours. Republicans leaving the meeting said it raised more questions about the start of the FBI’s Russia investigation in 2016, further fueling their suspicions that there was bias against then-candidate Donald Trump at former President Barack Obama’s Justice Department.

Papadopoulos spoke briefly to reporters as he left. “I answered as truthfully as I possibly could,” he said.

The interview is one of several the GOP-led House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform panels are conducting as part of their investigation into the Justice Department. Democrats say the investigation is an attempt to undermine Mueller, who was appointed last year to take over the FBI probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

“I see this whole thing as a footnote to a sideshow of a wild goose chase,” said Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, who attended the interview.

Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian intermediaries during the 2016 campaign. Since he was sentenced, he has been eager to talk publicly. He has spent many nights on Twitter, along with his wife, venting anger with the FBI and implying that he was set up in the investigation.

He tweeted before the interview that he would like to talk to Congress about his “suspicious encounters” with an Australian diplomat and a professor who were links to his case. His lawyer sent a letter to the committees this week in which he listed nine people related to his case that he wanted to discuss, including both of those men. Neither Papadopoulos nor lawmakers leaving Thursday’s interview would say what was discussed, citing committee rules on confidentiality.

Republicans said they learned new facts from Papadopoulos but wouldn’t detail what they learned. They repeated their claims, echoed by Trump, that the Justice Department made mistakes in 2016 as it cleared Democrat Hillary Clinton in an investigation of her emails and started a probe of Trump’s Russia ties.

“These facts continue to lend themselves to the narrative that there were folks in the Obama FBI and Justice Department that prejudged Hillary Clinton’s innocence, and prejudged Donald Trump’s guilt or involvement with the Russian government and potential collusion,” said Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe.

Papadopoulos, who served as a foreign policy adviser to Trump’s campaign, has been a central figure in the probe dating back before Mueller’s May 2017 appointment. He was the first person to plead guilty in Mueller’s probe and the first Trump campaign adviser to be sentenced. His case was also the first to detail a member of the Trump campaign having knowledge of Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election while it was ongoing.

According to a sweeping indictment, Russian intelligence had stolen emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign and other Democratic groups by April 2016, the same month Papadopoulos was told by the professor, Joseph Mifsud, that Russian officials had told him they had “dirt” on Clinton in the form of “thousands of emails.” According to a New York Times report last year, Papadopoulos then told the Australian diplomat, Alexander Downer, who tipped off the FBI. It was that tip that triggered the FBI’s Russia investigation.

Papadopoulos later lied about those contacts. He told a judge during sentencing that he was “deeply embarrassed and ashamed” of his lies.

The interview was sparsely attended by lawmakers, who are on recess in the weeks before the November election. Republican and Democratic staffers were in the room.

Papadopoulos has also said he wants to talk to the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. A House Intelligence Committee investigation wrapped up earlier this year, with Republicans saying that there was no evidence of collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump’s campaign.

By MARY CLARE JALONICK , Associated Press

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BALTIMORE, MD – International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) continues relief efforts in East Attica after July’s deadly fires, now offering vouchers for school supplies, basic furniture, and kitchen appliances for families whose homes were badly damaged or destroyed.

IOCC in cooperation with Apostoli, the humanitarian arm of the Archdiocese of Athens, is providing prepaid school-supply cards according to affected families with limited income and school-age children. These cards allow recipients to shop at a large office-supply and bookstore chain for the specific items they need as the school year gets underway.

Families with limited income whose houses were badly damaged by the fires are also eligible for assistance purchasing items such as cooktops, washers, beds, tables, and chairs to help make their homes livable again.

“We’ve got and used the school-supply vouchers,” one mother of two young students in Mati wrote to staffers via text message. “You have a very big ‘thank you’ from all of us and especially from our children… Through these hardships, we are being taught great solidarity lessons.”

She concluded, “I am grateful for the smile and the emotion of relief I saw on my children’s faces.”

In addition to this new assistance, IOCC continues supporting access to food with prepaid grocery cards, also distributed through Apostoli, so families affected by the fires can shop a local chain on their own for essentials like Greek-grown produce, dairy, and meat. Many families are also using the assistance to buy much-needed cleaning supplies for their damaged homes. The cards allow recipients to determine what their most immediate needs are and to address them with flexibility and independence.

Complementing support for individuals and families, IOCC is helping communities regroup after the fires, supplying trash bins to the municipalities of Rafina-Pikermi and Marathon. The new bins replace those that were destroyed by intense heat and flames. Having them in place means that waste collection can resume, making cleanup easier for residents.

Those wishing to support IOCC’s response to the Attica wildfires can do so with a financial gift online (iocc.org/greecefires) or by phone (877.803.4622).

IOCC is the humanitarian and development agency of the Assembly of Canonical Bishops of the United States of America. Since its inception in 1992, IOCC has provided more than $661 million in humanitarian relief and sustainable development programs in over 60 countries worldwide. Today, IOCC applies its expertise in humanitarian response to man-made and natural crises in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the United States, offering assistance based solely on need.

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NEW YORK – Alexander George Anagnos, of Fort Lee, NJ and Halcott Center, NY, died peacefully at his home on October 23. Alex was born on July 3, 1926 in Leominster, MA and was raised in New York City.

Alex was married to the late Zografia (Jo) for 60 years. He is survived by his loving children: George (Melanie), Maria Pierce (Bob), and Steven (Vicky) and his beloved grandchildren Alexandra, Steven, Johnny, Michael, Tommy, Christine, Alexander and Arianna. He is predeceased by his parents, George and Marigoula.

Alex was a graduate of New York University and NYU Business School. He was an Executive Director of American Securities, LP before his retirement. His lifelong commitment and love for the Greek Orthodox Church led him to many roles, including President of the Parish Board of Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church, President of the Saint Spyridon School Board, a member of the Board of Directors of St. Michael’s Home, a member of Leadership 100, Treasurer of the Archdiocesan Council of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and an Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

He was a treasured resident of the Halcott Center community, where for 90 years he happily spent his summers with his parents, children, grandchildren and many other relatives and friends. Everyone will fondly remember Alex as the “Pied Piper” as he enjoyed his long walks around the beautiful Halcott valley with grandchildren and friends. He also enjoyed his many family trips to Greece visiting relatives, and especially enjoyed being in Deskati, where his parents were born. He loved to travel with family and friends, and thoroughly enjoyed roads trips to Chicago, Maine, Florida and around the United States.

Alex was a loyal friend and had diverse interests. He was an avid reader and collector of books; he particularly liked visiting The Strand Bookstore in NYC. For over fifty years he played pinochle virtually every week with his childhood friends from Inwood; and, he, with other Greek friends, started an Investment Club that also lasted for years. Alex loved playing backgammon, and would do so for hours with relatives. But his greatest joy was being a Papou and spending as much time as possible with his grandchildren. He will be remembered by all for his kind, loving and generous spirit.

Visitation is Sunday, October 28 from 4-8 PM at A.K. Macagna Funeral Home, 495 Anderson Ave., Cliffside Park, NJ. Funeral Services will be held at Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church, 124 Wadsworth Avenue, NYC, Monday, October 29 at 9:30 am. Donations may be made to the Greek Division of the Ronald McDonald House, 405 East 73rd Street, NY, NY 10021 or Saint Michael’s Home, 3 Lehman Terrace, Yonkers, NY 10705.

(From the Riverdale Funeral Home)

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SEATTLE, WA – Preserving our Culture in a Changing American Environment was the topic of a panel discussion sponsored by the Greek-American Historical Museum of Washington State on October 14 at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption in Seattle. Focusing on the role of the Church, academic institutions, fraternal organizations and others as caretakers of our ethnic heritage, the lively discussion was moderated by Founder and President of the Museum John Nicon and included panelists John T. John, Seattle attorney and key supporter of Hellenes of the Northwest and the University of Washington Hellenic Studies program; Steve Frangos, one of the most prolific historians and authors of Greek-America, including regular feature articles in The National Herald; and Elizabeth Economou, Seattle-based journalist, writer, and editor, as well as a former adjunct professor at Seattle University.

More information about the Greek-American Historical Museum of Washington State is available online: greeksinwashington.org.

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (from the San Francisco Metropolis, published on Oct. 17) – Theodoros Aristotelis (Ted) Laliotis, reposed in the Lord on October 12 at the age of 79. Ted was an active member of the Metropolis Council, the Metropolis Real Estate and Insurance Committee, assisted with the technology infrastructure at Saint Nicholas Ranch, and was a tireless supporter of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as Archon Hartophylax in the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle.

His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco stated that “Ted was committed to the Church and always willing and eager to serve. He was especially passionate about preserving and promoting our Hellenic ancestry and instilling in the next generation a deep love, understanding and respect for the countless contributions that Greeks have made to our society and world.”He added that “Ted’s passing came swiftly but his legacy will remain with us through his good works, and the many initiatives he established to support the advancement of Hellenism. I convey my deepest sympathy to Evangelia, Ari, Tony and their entire family who are deeply mourning his passing.”

The Services for Ted’s eternal rest was held at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church, 900 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, CA. The Trisagion took place on October 21 and the Funeral on October 22.

Laliotis was born in Epidavros, Greece on March 21, 1939, to parents Aristotelis and Anastasia Laliotis. He was the youngest of four children. At the tender age of 12, he left home and moved to the nearest village to complete grammar and high school. Ted immigrated to the United States at 19 to pursue a college degree. He lived with his aunt Eleni Chagalakis (memory eternal) in San Francisco and attended San Jose State University and UC Berkeley. He received his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. In 1966, Ted married Evangelia Cochila and moved to Los Altos to begin their lives together.

They raised their two sons, Ari and Tony, in Los Altos. While raising his children, Ted worked as an electrical engineer and tech executive at different companies in Silicon Valley. From 1977 to1996, he was the Director of Emerging Technologies at Hewlett-Packard. He was honored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering as a Lifetime Fellow, later receiving their Centennial Medal of Honor, and spent many years lecturing, writing, and planning conferences in his field. After his retirement, Ted worked as an independent real estate broker and investor, pursuing his passion for entrepreneurship.

A dedicated public servant, Ted spent many years serving his local community, sitting on City Council for almost 10 years, and serving as the Mayor of Los Altos from 1991-1992.

Ted’s contributions to the Greek community were immeasurable– a member of a number of societies and organizations, he worked tirelessly for the preservation of Greek Heritage and the Greek Orthodox Faith. Among other organizations, Ted served as President of the Hellenic Federation of Northern California; a founder, board member, and past Vice-President of the Elios Society; Metropolis Council member of the Metropolis of San Francisco; member of the USA Region of the World Council of Greeks Abroad; and board member of the Hellenic Journal.

His contributions to the Greek community were celebrated through many recognitions and awards, including the Axion award in 1993, the Elios Cultural Award in 2009, and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2005. In 2012, Ted was invested by His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew as an Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Ted loved spending time in Lake Tahoe and Greece, fishing, skiing, and listening to Greek music. He will be remembered for his love of life, generosity, and dedication to his family.

Ted is survived by his wife Evangelia, sons Ari and Tony, daughters-in-law Kristy and Lisa, and grandchildren Emily, Katy, Grace, Anthony, and Isla Laliotis.

Donations in memory of Ted Laliotis may be designated to: Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church – Building Fund, 986 Chapman Street, San Jose, CA 95126; or to the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral – Building Fund, 245 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.

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LOS ANGELES – At an event jointly held by the Hellenic University Club of Southern California and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture on October 21, UCLA Dean of Humanities David Schaberg presented Peter and Vivi Demopoulos with a crystal Bruin in recognition of the establishment of the Peter and Vivi Demopoulos Endowed Graduate Research Fellowship.

The Demopoulos Fellowship will be awarded to graduate students to travel to Greece for research.

Peter and Vivi Demopoulos, who were both born in Greece, came via different routes to Los Angeles, where they eventually met in the late 1970’s. Peter’s family roots in LA go back to 1905 when his paternal grandfather, Andreas, left Greece and arrived after a short stay in Ogden, Utah, where he had worked on the railroads with many others from his village.

Planning to save money and then return to his family in Greece, Andreas had left behind his pregnant wife and his 2-year son, Peter’s father. He liked Los Angeles, however, and convinced his three younger brothers to join him.

He worked as an independent produce retailer and was successful enough to buy several acres of land near what is now Imperial and Vermont. Peter’s maternal grandfather returned to Greece to find a wife and possibly return to the United States. Unfortunately, the Balkan Wars and World War I spoiled these plans since travel from Greece between 1912 and 1919 was impossible.

Peter’s mother was born in Greece and was orphaned at a young age when her mother died in 1917 during the Great Flu epidemic. At the end of World War I, the army in Greece drafted Peter’s father. By the time he was released from service, the United States had passed a new immigration law barring practically all new immigrants.

The only one from the family who successfully immigrated to the US was Andreas’ young daughter, Peter’s aunt, who had married an American sent to Greece by her father. During the Great Depression, Peter’s grandfather got a job at the LA Harbor shipyards. Unfortunately, he was badly injured in a job accident and died without ever seeing his wife and son again.

Meanwhile, Peter’s father married in Greece and had four children. Peter was born when German and Italian forces invaded Greece in the summer of 1941, and his early memories are about the war. His mountainous birthplace in Greece, Kalavryta, was a hotbed of resistance and in December 1943 the Nazis committed one of the worst atrocities in Greece by indiscriminately killing all males over the age of 14 and destroyed all dwellings. Fortunately, Peter’s family survived by hiding in the nearby mountains.

During the civil war, Peter’s older brother and sister, in their mid-teens came to the United States as “displaced persons” and lived with their aunt. The family was reunited in 1956 when Peter, then 14, his younger brother, and his parents successfully joined their two older siblings. The family settled in Pasadena and Peter quickly learned English.

He graduated from Pasadena High School, and then entered UCLA where he received a BS in Engineering in 1964, followed by an MS in Electrical Engineering from Caltech in 1965. After graduation, he joined Hughes Aircraft Company and worked on exciting aerospace programs. His first job was to participate in testing the communication system of the Surveyor Spacecraft, the first man-made object to land on the Moon.

After his retirement, he consulted on advanced engineering projects and in parallel invested in real estate and the stock market. He says, “Aside from science classes, I enjoyed classes in Classics and History at UCLA, and a very useful Business Economics class at Caltech. The best time of my life was when I was at UCLA. At that time the UCLA Engineering Dean, Llewellyn Boelter, was very enlightened and required that students take 30% of their classes in the Humanities. Looking back, I believe this exposure to the humanities enriched the rest of my life.”

Vivi Demopoulos grew up in Athens and, after graduating from high school, worked for a short time before marrying her first husband, Aristides Alexopoulos, who was a student in Michigan. She joined him at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and they had one child, Yorgo.

After her husband graduated, they moved to Southern California where Aristides found a job and Vivi worked at UCLA as a Grants Administrator. Unfortunately, her husband died of cancer a few years later. Peter and Vivi met in Westchester, where they both lived, and were married in 1980. They have five children, Maria, Nicholas, Katherine, Yorgo and Stephen, and four grandchildren, Aris, the twins Penelope and Henry, and Aristides.

(Biographical information reprinted with permission from the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and Peter and Vivi Demopoulos.)

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1. Ο,ο or Ω,ω?
EXERCISE
Complete the words with οor ωby applying the grammatical rules below.
Εγγράφ . =I write
Εγτρέχ . =I run
Εγπίν. I drink
OΠάνς = Panos (name)
ΟΧρήστς =Chris (name)
Τοσχολεί . =the school
Τοκαφενεί =the café

RULE ONE
Action verbs, that is all verbs of active grammatical voice, always end in Ω,ω in the Present tense, first person Singular. Also, the word ΕΓΩ, εγώ, ends in Ω, ω.Εγώθέλω (= I want), εγώτρώω (= I eat).
RULE TWO
Neuter grammatical gender words, nouns and adjectives, that usually refer to objects or animals are written with Ο,ο in the final syllable: Τοψυγείο (= the fridge), Το καλόούζο (= the good ouzo).
RULE THREE
Masculine grammatical gender nouns and adjectives end in -ος: Ο καιρός(= the weather), Ο καλός καιρός(= good weather).
RULE FOUR
The names of men which end in -ος are always written with Ο,ο: ΟΓιώργος(= George), ΟΠέτρος(= Peter)

2. Whichi: Ι,ι, Η,η, Υ,υ, ΟΙ,οι, orΕΙ,ει?
EXERCISE
Complete the words with the correct i, by applying the grammatical rules below.
Πίν- .= he/ she/ it/ drinks.
Γράφ . = he/she/it writes.
η Καίτ- . = Kate (name)
η Αντιγόν . Antigone (name)
η Νίκ .= Nike (name)

RULE ONE
Neuter grammatical gender words, nouns and adjectives, which end in the singular number in the sound -i are always written with Ι,ι: Το παιδ-ί (= the child), το σπίτ-ι (= the house)
RULE TWO
The feminine grammatical gender article in the singular number is Η,η.Αll Greek feminine names as well as all feminine grammaticαl gender nouns and adjectives in the singular number, nominative case,ending in the sound i are always written with Η,η: ΗΕλέν-η, ηαυλ-ή, ηκαλ-ή.
RULE THREE
The feminine and masculine grammatical gender article in the plural number is ΟΙ, οι: οιγιαγιάδες (= the grandmothers).
RULE FOUR
Masculine grammatical gender nouns and adjectives in the plural number, nominative and votive cases, end in OI, οι: οι καλοίάνθρωποι (= the good people).
RULE FIVE
The third person singular of the active voice verbs always ends in ει: κάν-ει (= he/ she /it does), τρώ-ει (= he/ she/ it eats).

3. ΑΙ,αι or Ε,ε?
EXERCISE
Complete the words with the correct e, by applying the grammatical rules below.
Εγώκοιμάμ . (=I am sleeping)
Εσύκοιμάσ . (=You are sleeping)
Ο Πέτροςκοιμάτ . (=Petros is sleeping)
Τα παιδιά κοιμούντ . (=Thekidsaresleeping)
Εμείς τρώμ . (=We eat)
Εσείςτρώτ . (=You eat)

RULE ONE
Ε,ε is more common in Greek words than ΑΙ,αι, except for the passive voice verb endings. The final syllable of the first (I), the second (you) and the third (he/she/it) person in the singular number as well as the final syllable of the third person plural (they) of the verbs’ passive voice, are always written with αι: Εγώ πλέν-ομαι (=I wash myself), Εσύ πλέν-εσαι (=You wash yourself), Η Μαρία πλέν-εται (=Maria washes herself), Τα παιδιά πλέν-ονται (=The kids wash themselves).
RULE TWO
In the first- and second-person plural (we, you), both in the active and passive voice the final syllable is always written with ε: Εμείς πλεν-όμαστε (=We wash ourselves), Εσείς πλεν-όσαστε (=You wash yourselves), Εμείςτρώ-με (=We eat), Εσείςτρώ-τε (=You eat).

PRONUNCIATION KEY
i (ill), ee (beer), e (ever), o (organ), oo (boot), y (yes), h (helium), th (theory), d (the). The capitalized syllables are accented.

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BOSTON, MA – The Boston University Philhellenes (BUPh) will host a special event on November 8 with Ioanna Lalaouni, Director of the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum (ILJM).

BUPh Director Kelly Polychroniou told The National Herald that the event is “warmly supported by the Consulate General of Greece in Boston.” Lalaouni, in her lecture titled “A Tribute to Ilias Lalaounis: Hellenic Beauty – Ancient and Modern,” will discuss her father’s career, the ILJM’s mission, and the origins of “this extraordinary jewelry.”

Prof. Polychroniou said that “Ms. Lalaouni is an alumna of Boston University, holding an MA degree in Art History from there. She has worked closely with BUPh, hosting the group for a special tour of the ILJM at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens. The Museum features a spectacular collection of Lalaounis pieces from the designer’s storied career, as well as demonstrations of the techniques recreated or invented by Lalaounis (which transform historic techniques, patterns and motifs into pieces art, and are renowned throughout the world) to produce his masterpieces inspired by ancient jewelry.”

The November 8 event, she noted, will feature a raffle of two pieces of jewelry from ILJM, and that proceeds would support BUPh, “which promotes the study of Greek language and culture through events, scholarships, and an annual Summer Study in Greece for college students.”

ILJM, which was Lalaounis’ original workshop, was the first museum in Greece accessible to individuals with special needs, for which it offers programs, and also offers courses and internships for jewelry students.

More information about the November 8 event is available by contacting Director Polychroniou at kpol@bu.edu.

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NEW YORK – “Collaboration is at the heart of what we do,” Andreas Dracopoulos, Co-President of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), says in a new interview.

The interview appears in the first annual edition of Beyond Borders, a publication of Citi Private Bank.

“We aren’t trying to replace the state. Society’s problems – in Greece and elsewhere – are much too big for the government, or private sector, or for philanthropists to tackle alone. Collaboration is the only way forward and philanthropy can play a bridging role, providing ideas and funding.”

The article highlights SNF’s largest grant to date, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center  (SNFCC) in Athens, which was delivered to the Greek people in February of 2017. “That’s the true spirit of dimokratía,” said Mr. Dracopoulos, “where the people are the ultimate owners.”

The vision for the SNFCC and 4,000-odd other grants awarded since the foundation’s beginning grew out of the thinking of the late Stavros Niarchos, whom the article also profiles. His parents had emigrated from Greece to the United States, but returned to Greece shortly before his birth. From this bi-cultural background, his worldview only expanded through his global shipping business.

“For him, the best way to express his global citizenship was through philanthropy,” said Mr. Dracopoulos. “The classical Greek meaning of philanthropy is ‘the love of mankind.’ And that is the true spirit of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.”

Το read the full interview click here.

Citi Private Bank, which published the article, also produces a Global Citizens video series, which featured Mr. Dracopoulos in March. The video also explores how the philosophy of the founder continues to influence the work of SNF.

Source: SNF.org.

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Apropos of the Oxi that was declared not only by Greek Premier Ioannis Metaxas that fateful October 28 but by the entire Greek nation that rose in unity to fight for its freedom and against the Axis powers, three AHEPA chapters in the Athens area united to send a holiday message to their brothers and sisters in the Ahepa family in the United States, and to all Greek-Americans.

The message begins: “28th of October 1940 isn’t only the first day of Hellenic Glory with respect to the Hellenic role in WWII. It is something more.

“Greeks through the ages have demonstrated that some events in history generate legends that reverberate in time and also shape the future. In the Greek language we call it Athlos. Hellas spread such legends on numerous occasions and today they are echoes from its ancient history.

“Greece repeated the defiant Molon Lave, once hurled at the Persians atthe Italian demand that it open its borders to Italian troops. It was the 28th day of October of 1940.

“Being Free means that we are ready to pay the greatest price to protect liberty from tyranny, civilization from barbarism, democracy from chaos, the light from darkness.

A legend has always its accompanying virtues. The story of the 28th of October constitutes a hymn for Unity because ‘United we stand.’

“Unity is a substantial principle for AHEPA family.Today, AHEPA Solon HJ-04, AHEPA Alexander the Great HJ-03 & AHEPA Argonauts Magnesia HJ-13 (D-25 AHEPA HELLAS) are celebrating with our brothers and sisters in the USA who raise the Greek flag in a country that hosts our Greek valueswith love and respect. Many happy returns to our brothers and sisters and to all Greek- Americans.”

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WASHINGTON, DC – Supreme President George E. Loucas issued the following statement on the 78th anniversary of “Oxi Day” when Greece issued a defiant “No” to the fascism of the Axis powers, opting instead to say “Yes” to freedom on October 28, 1940.

The Greeks successfully fought the Italian army, pushing the invaders back into Albania after one week. It would prove to be a costly military campaign for the Axis powers.

“On this day, 78 years ago, the citizens of Greece took a courageous stand against tyranny and fascism and fought heroically to defend their autonomy,” Loucas said.

“President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had been an AHEPA member of Delphi Chapter 25 since 1932, took note of the gutsy defensive stand the Greeks made of their beloved homeland against the Italians, and eventually the Germans, when he told the AHEPA Supreme Lodge in an April 25, 1941 meeting: ‘The heroic struggle of the Greek people to defend their liberties and their homes against the aggression of Germany after they had so signally defeated the Italian attempt at invasion has stirred the hearts and aroused the sympathy of the whole American people.’

“Today, the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, of which many of its members, including members of its Junior Order, the Sons of Pericles, fought heroically behind enemy lines in Greece during World War II, commemorates the 78th anniversary of ‘Oxi Day.’ It is a day to celebrate freedom, justice, liberty, and the passion of the Hellenic spirit.

“Please take a moment to pause and reflect on this remarkable moment in our Hellenic history.”

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Founded in 1922 in Atlanta, Georgia, on the principles that undergirded its fight for civil rights and against discrimination, bigotry, and hatred felt at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan, AHEPA is the largest and oldest grassroots association of American citizens of Greek heritage and Philhellenes with more than 400 chapters across the United States, Canada, and Europe.

AHEPA’s mission is to promote the ancient Greek ideals of Education, Philanthropy, Civic Responsibility, and Family and Individual Excellence through community service and volunteerism.

For more information, please visit www.ahepa.org.

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The commemoration of Oxi Day is as significant today as it was during World War II, and perhaps even more so now, when we see the continuing oppression and persecution of people around the world. As one by one the nations of Europe fell under the heel of Axis oppression, no one expected Greece, a relatively small nation, to stand up and derail the enemy forces.

On October 28, 1940 at 3 AM, the Greek Prime Minister faced the demand for Greece’s surrender and gave the one-word answer, Oxi, and in a matter of hours, the Axis forces descended on Greece. Expecting an easy victory, they underestimated the Greeks and were pushed back.

News of Greece’s victory against the fascist Italian forces in the mountains of northern Greece and Albania spread quickly via radio and soon covered the front pages of newspapers around the globe.

The victory was not just for the people of the Hellenic Republic but also for Hellenes of the diaspora, especially those in the United States, and for the entire world.

Greece gave hope to all the nations that had fallen under Axis oppression, forcing Hitler to change his plans, delaying the invasion of Russia (then-Soviet Union), and essentially turning the tide of the war. The valiant effort by the Greeks inspired the now famous quote from Winston Churchill, “Hence, we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks.”

Greek-American children grow up learning about the meaning of Oxi in Greek school with the annual celebration, the songs and the plays, and especially the poems we memorized and practiced over and over again. The story was a profound one and made us proud of our heritage, but the fact that more people, outside of the Greek community, do not know about Oxi Day is a shame.

Thankfully, there are individuals and organizations trying to solve this problem.

The Washington Oxi Day Foundation hosts a series of events each year to honor the Greatest Generation and commemorate Oxi Day and all those who fight for freedom and justice around the world. As noted on the foundation’s website, “Today’s heroes around the world who – in the spirit of Oxi Day – courageously battle Goliaths for freedom and democracy are nominated by America’s policymakers and opinion leaders to be honored before international and national leaders convening in Washington, DC each October for the Annual Washington Oxi Day Celebration.”

The Washington Oxi Day Foundation is dedicated to informing American policymakers and the public about the profound role Greece played in bringing about the outcome of World War II and celebrating modern day heroes who exhibit the same courage as the Greeks did in continuing to fight to preserve and promote freedom and democracy around the world.

AHEPA’s Oxi Day Commemoration takes place on October 27 at Ellis Island. Lectures by Anna Koulouris, the communications advisor and journalist for the Patriarchate of Jerusalem who will speak about Religious Persecution in the Holy Land, and Vassilios Chrissochos, AHEPA District 6 Director of Hellenism, on the Historical Significance of Oxi Day.

A screening of The 11th Day, the story of the men, women, and children of the Cretan civilian Resistance movement and the relentless battle against Nazi occupation forces from 1941 to 1945 will also be held. More information is available at oxiday.com.

In this special issue, we commemorate that historic day and hope to continue to honor the memory of those who sacrificed all for freedom.

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BROOMALL, PA – His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos gave the oath of office to the Federation of Hellenic American Societies of Philadelphia and Greater Delaware Valley on Sunday, October 14 at St. Luke Greek Orthodox Church in Broomall.  Protopresbyter of St. Luke Church, Fr. Christ Kontos, assisted Metropolitan Evangelos. Federation President Georgia Halakos and Vice President Georgia Chletchos, Dimitris Rozanitis, George Choriatis, George Maniatis, Panagiotis Papadeas, George Halakos, Demitris Halakos, and George Kletsos, were among those present.

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