HCHC Starts Again With New President
BOSTON – Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC) started the new academic year with a new President Rev. Christopher Metropoulos and a larger number of students. This...
View ArticleOval Office Welcome for Skarlatos And Two Friends Who Thwarted France Attack...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has welcomed to the Oval Office the three young Americans who thwarted an attack on a Paris-bound passenger train last month. The three subdued a man with ties to...
View ArticleTNH Survey Hails Greeks Abroad
Based on the data of the second TNH/GPO poll, the September 20 election’s outcome remains uncertain. A lot can happen in the remaining days, for sure. The important thing is: who will be prime...
View ArticleHellenic American Chamber Presents “Elegance Retrospective – Stavropoulos”
NEW YORK – Elizabeth Taylor, Barbra Streisand, Maria Callas, Diana Ross, Lady Bird Johnson. The world’s top designers begged them to don their clothes, but they chose to wear the creations of George...
View ArticleCheyenne Greek Festival to Feed and Delight Thousands Sept. 18-19
CHEYENNE, WY – The members of the Saints Constantine and Helen Church have been preparing for their parish’s annual fundraising food festival for weeks. Thousands will go to the Frontier Park...
View ArticleCivil War Rages and Lincoln Appoints Benachi Greek Consul in N. Orleans
“He is the worst president ever! He tricked us into supporting a senseless war that has claimed the lives of thousands of our troops. He is a war criminal who should be impeached and convicted.” These...
View ArticleHellenic Times Scholarship Fund Awards $150,000, Honors Gov. Dukakis
NEW YORK – Former Massachusetts Governor and 1988 Democratic Presidential Nominee Michael Dukakis, accompanied by his wife, Kitty, was honored on September 10 by the Hellenic Times Scholarship Fund....
View ArticleProf. Stathis Kalyvas of Yale: What Happened to Greece, What’s Next?
NEW YORK – Dr. Stathis N. Kalyvas of Yale University has followed the Greek crisis closely. He recently published “What Really Happened in Greece – And What Will Come Next” on foreignaffairs.com. In a...
View ArticleSan Juan Capistrano Church Prepares for September Festival
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – The Church of Saint Basil Greek is preparing for the annual San Juan Capistrano Greek Festival that will be held from Friday, Sept. 25 to Sunday, Sept. 27, “The free weekend-long...
View ArticleVintage Greek-American Humor
One of the seriously-overlooked areas of Greek life in North America is humor. Jokes, humorous songs, word-plays, satirical political ditties, and comedy written for the stage are just a few of the...
View ArticleLIC’s Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer Begins Participatory Budget Hearings
SUNNYSIDE, N.Y. – City Council Majority leader Jimmy Van Bramer began the first of a series of participatory budget hearings on September 14 at the Community Services building in Sunnyside. The hearing...
View ArticleElias Bournias, 12-Year-Old Student-Athlete Top of His Baseball Class
NEW YORK – Because baseball is an art and a science and not just a game to 12-year-old Elias Bournias, his favorite team was not dictated by family, friends, or happenstance of residence. Because the...
View ArticleTHI’s 2015 Charitable Gala Promises to Be a Moving Experience
NEW YORK – The Hellenic Initiative (THI) will host is third annual charitable fundraising gala for Greece on September 30 in at World Trade Center 4. The special event space of the Ground Zero tower...
View ArticleNew Rochelle’s Holy Trinity Buys Plot for Retirement Home
NEW ROCHELLE, NY – The historical community of the Holy Trinity of New Rochelle recently purchased two adjacent parcels in order to create a recreation area for youth, with the ultimate goal of...
View ArticleGreek Festival Honors 9/11 Victims
By Michael Kakias STATEN ISLAND – The Holy Trinity – St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Staten Island held its annual festival September 11 to 13 It is the largest festival of any kind in the...
View ArticleMiss America’s Mom, Tassie Cantrell, Shares her Joy With TNH Readers
NEW YORK – “It was wonderful from start to finish…It was very exciting. We were sitting on the edge of our seats” Tassie Cantrell, Miss America’s mom, told The National Herald about the experience in...
View ArticleHABA Features Fireside Chat with Dr. Vassalou, on Fed, Eurozone, Greece
NEW YORK – The Hellenic American Bankers Association (HABA) launched the community’s fall season of events with a timely “Fireside Chat” between CC Track Solutions CEO Bob Savage and Dr. Maria...
View ArticleGeorge Marcus, Benefactor and Visionary, to be Honored by THI
NEW YORK – Real estate mogul George Marcus is among the three benefactors of The Hellenic Initiative (THI) who will be honored at its annual charitable fundraising gala in New York on September 30. THI...
View ArticleArchdiocese Greetings to Pope at WTC, Demetrios Participates in Prayer Service
NEW YORK – When Pope Francis visits the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero on September 25, he will greeted by a huge banner with a message from Archbishop Demetrios and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of...
View ArticleGreek Day at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts
Translated from the Original Greek BOSTON, MA – The Museum of Fine Arts organized a Greek Community Day on Sept. 19, celebrating Greek art and culture, and the one year anniversary of the opening of...
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