Spyropoulos School of St. Nicholas in Flushing Welcomes New School Year (Vid...
FLUSHING – Parents, students, and teachers at the William Spyropoulos School of St. Nicholas in Flushing gathered for the first day of the new school year on September 4. Principal Mary Tzallas who...
View ArticleAt Long Last, Hampton Bays Getting Greek Restaurant
NEW YORK – Mike Dzanoucakis is getting Hampton Bays, NY, way out on Long Island, a place for people to get Greek food, everything from traditional souvlakis to other fare too, including burgers,...
View ArticleThe New School Year Begins at Hellenic Classical Charter School
BROOKLYN – The first day of the new school year began with smiles and optimism at the Hellenic Classical Charter School (HCCS) in Brooklyn on September 5, with teachers, students, and parents wishing...
View ArticleVasilis Kreatsoulas Talks to TNH about Greek Sticker App Kalimojis
NEW YORK – Vasili Kreatsoulas created a Greek-themed iPhone sticker pack called Kalimojis, graphics that you can send to your parea via Apple’s iMessage. Currently based in Long Island where he works...
View ArticleTheological School, St. Nicholas Shrine, Autocephaly Discussed in the Synod
CONSTANTINOPLE – At the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s recent Holy Synod, Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey said there is a serious problem at the Hellenic College Holy Cross School of Theology (HCHC),...
View ArticleMetamorphosis Greek Orthodox School in Toronto Begins the School Year
TORONTO – On September 4, the Metamorphosis Greek Orthodox School in Toronto welcomed students and their families for the new school year at its newly expanded building complex. The new building is...
View ArticleAHEPA Canoutas Lecture Commemorates the Septemvriana of 1955
NEW YORK – The Istanbul Pogrom/Septemvriana of September 6-7, 1955 A Historical Remembrance was the subject of the 2nd AHEPA Seraphim Canoutas Lecture Series hosted and sponsored by EMBCA with the...
View ArticleThe Story of Georgios Takos: 9/11 Prompted Some to Leave NYC for New Lives
The Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks prompted many people to quietly move away from their lives near the hijacked-plane strikes that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, the Pentagon and a...
View ArticleAHEPA Supreme President, in Athens, Speaks with TNH
ATHENS – AHEPA Supreme President George E. Loucas led a delegation that arrived in Athens to visit with victims of July’s wildfires and to meet with Greek government officials, before going to the...
View ArticleEx-Trump Campaign Adviser George Papadopoulos Sentenced to 14 Days in Prison
WASHINGTON (AP) — Greek-American George Papadopoulos, the Trump campaign adviser who triggered the Russia investigation, was sentenced to 14 days in prison Friday after he told a judge he was “deeply...
View ArticleObituaries in Greek-American Community
KONTOS, NICHOLAS CHICAGO, IL (from the Chicago Tribune, published on Sept. 3) – Nicholas J. Kontos, of Park Ridge, passed away on Thursday, August 30, 2018. He was born in SellasiaSparti, Greece the...
View ArticleNew Members Appointed to Holy Synod
CONSTANTINOPLE – Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew appointed the new members to the Holy Synod. The new synthesis is done every six months. Metropolitans of New Jersey Evangelos and Chicago Nathanael of...
View ArticleThe 41st St. Demetrios Festival in Union, NJ (Video)
UNION, NJ – Crowds of people attended the 41st annual festival at St. Demetrios in Union, NJ which took place September 4-9. Members of the community and local residents enjoyed traditional food and...
View ArticleEcumenical Patriarchate Granting Autocephaly to Orthodox Church in the Ukraine
CONSTANTINOPLE (ANA/A. Robopoulos) – The Ecumenical Patriarchate has begun proceedings to give autonomous status to the Orthodox Church in the Ukraine, it announced on Friday. “It is announced that in...
View ArticleThe Celebration of John Catsimatidis’ 70th Birthday (Vid & Pics)
MANHATTAN – September 7th at 7pm in the historic and magnificent West Lounge of the Metropolitan Club, billionaire John Catsimatidis celebrated his 70th birthday. The Greek-American entrepreneur,...
View ArticleNYS Senate Candidate Andrew Gounardes Talks to TNH about His Campaign
BROOKLYN – Upgrading the public education system, reducing property tax, improving public transportation, public security, and eliminating social inequalities are the most important issues for the New...
View ArticleThessaloniki-Native Markakis Honored at Princeton University
Thessaloniki-native Markos Markakis is among the undergraduates honored at Princeton University’s opening exercises. Markakis shares the George B. Wood Legacy Sophomore Prize in recognition of...
View ArticleConstantinople’s Historic Orphanage, Used to Host Greek Children, Awaits...
BUYUKADA ISLAND, Turkey (AP) — Each morning, Erol Baytas checks for further damage on the imposing but derelict timber building on an island off Istanbul that for decades housed orphans from the...
View ArticleSen. Gianaris Wants Regular Testing for Lead in Schools, Parks
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York state lawmaker is proposing new rules for the testing of lead in drinking water at schools and parks. Democratic Sen. Michael Gianaris of Queens announced his proposal on...
View ArticleCatsimatidis’ Gristedes Joins Allegiance Retail Services, LLC
NEW YORK & ISELIN, N.J. (BUSINESS WIRE) – Gristedes Food’s, Inc and Allegiance Retail Services, LLC announced September 5 that the Gristedes supermarket chain with 23 stores in the New York metro...
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