Andrew (Andy) Makridis was Appointed CIA’s COO
CIA Director Gina Haspel welcomed three senior officers to the Agency’s leadership team with the arrival of Deputy Director Vaughn Bishop, Chief Operating Officer (COO) Andrew (Andy) Makridis, and...
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AP: Russian Spies Tried Hacking Orthodox Clergy (Vid & Pics)
LONDON (AP) — The Russian hackers indicted by the U.S. special prosecutor last month have spent years trying to steal the private correspondence of some of the world’s most senior Orthodox Christian...
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Ungodly Espionage: Russian Hackers Targeted Orthodox Clergy, Patriarch...
LONDON (AP) — The Russian hackers indicted by the U.S. special prosecutor last month have spent years trying to steal the private correspondence of some of the world’s most senior Orthodox Christian...
View ArticleNew York Heat Advisory in Effect Until 9 p.m. this Evening
NEW YORK – With heat index values expected to reach the mid-90’s Wednesday, the National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for much of the region. Meteorologust Tony Ansuini says heat is the...
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NYS Senate Candidate Andrew Gounardes Ηighlights His Vision for the Future
BROOKLYN, NY – Greek-American Democratic candidate for State Senate in Brookyn’s district 22, Andrew Gournardes, faced off against Ross Barkan at the first Democratic primary debate moderated by Kadia...
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Cypriot-American Demos Parneros Sues Barnes & Noble over His Firing
NEW YORK (AP) — The former CEO of Barnes & Noble filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the company, saying the bookseller breached his contract for denying him severance and defamed him by saying he...
View ArticleMalliotakis Endorses Glenn Yost in South Shore Staten Island Assembly Race
NEW YORK – Greek-American Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis joined Senator Andrew Lanza in supporting Glenn Yost to fill the vacancy in the 62nd Assembly District on the South Shore of Staten Island....
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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Grants €1.7 Million to the Hellenic Army Academy
ATHENS – Co-President of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), Mr. Andreas Dracopoulos, and representatives of the SNF attended on Tuesday the tactical exercises at the Hellenic Army General Staff –...
View ArticleArchdiocese of America Launches Creation Care Toolkit
NEW YORK – The Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical & Interfaith Relations of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has launched a Creation Care Toolkit with the goal of helping individuals...
View ArticleSen. Gianaris Introduces Legislation to Protect Tenants
WOODSIDE, N.Y. – Senator Michael Gianaris and Assembly Member Brian Barnwell introduced legislation ending Major Capital Improvements (MCIs) and instituting new protections for tenants. “Too many...
View ArticlePatriarch Bartholomew Urged, Again, Archbishop Demetrios to Resign
BOSTON – His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during the Synodic meeting at the Phanar today urged His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios Geron of America to willingly submit his resignation....
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Cleric: “No Going Back” on Ukraine Split from Russia Church
CONSTANTINOPLE (AP) — A senior official in the Orthodox Church says “there’s no going back” in granting Ukrainian clerics full ecclesiastic independence from the Russian Orthodox Church. However,...
View ArticlePapadopoulos: Trump “Nodded” at Suggestion of Putin Meeting
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump “nodded with approval” at the suggestion of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a court filing Friday night that seeks leniency for a...
View ArticleGreek Acrobats in North America: 1896 to 2009
Since the mid-1820s, Greek circus performers have thrilled American audiences. The multitalented performer known as the Greek Rhigas performed in New York City between the mid-1820s and the 1850s. In...
View ArticleObituaries in Greek-American Community
BOURLOUKAS, SPIROS C., BROOKLINE, MA (from the Boston Herald, published on Aug. 11) – Spiros Bourloukas, age 93, of Brookline, August 7, 2018. Beloved husband of Helen (Collias). Loving father of...
View ArticleOur Everyday Greek: Survival Guide for Greece Travelers: Read the Signs
When travelling in Greece, it is important to be able to read the signs or to ask somebody on your road about the place you would like to reach pronouncing it correct. Herewith we provide a complete...
View ArticleSimotas’ New Law Protects Residential Gas & Electric Customers from Overcharges
NEW YORK – Residential gas and electric customers will be protected from overcharges under legislation sponsored by New York State Assemblymember Aravella Simotas that Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into...
View ArticlePatriarchate Allows Widowed / Abandoned Priests to Remarry
CONSTANTINOPLE – The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate has rendered a historic decision to allow priests whose wives died or abandoned them to enter into a second marriage. Priests who...
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A. Fantis School Starts the New Year with a Blessing (Vid & Pics)
BROOKLYN – With the traditional blessing performed by Father George Anastasiou, on September 5, the lessons began again at the A. Fantis Parochial School of the community of Sts. Constantine and Helen...
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The New School Year Begins at Saint Demetrios in Astoria (Vid)
ASTORIA – The new school year kicked off with smiles and optimism for the Greek community schools. In Astoria, Saint Demetrios School Principal Anastasios Koularmanis spoke to The National Herald and...
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