Pittsburgh Celebrating 125th Anniversary of Greek Immigrants’ Arrival
PITTSBURGH, PA – This December marks 125 years since the arrival and settlement of the first fifty Greek immigrants to the City of Pittsburgh in 1893. Fifteen years later, the first significant wave of...
View ArticleAHEPA Chapter #64 Harrisburg Welcomes Supreme President George E. Loucas
HARRISBURG, PA – AHEPA Chapter #64 of Harrisburg welcomed Supreme President George E. Loucas to administer the Rite of Initiation and deliver the Oath to the 12 approved candidates for admission to the...
View ArticleJim Logothetis’ Exclusive Statement to TNH about Holy Trinity’s Chicago Events
BOSTON – Immediately after the story broke that the 121-year-old historic Holy Trinity Church of Chicago received a judgment of foreclosure by the MB Financial Bank, that same parish filed a lawsuit...
View ArticleEleni Daferera’s In More Ways Than One Opens at Greek Consulate in NY
NEW YORK – The art exhibition In More Ways Than One by Eleni Daferera opened at the Consulate General of Greece in New York on December 4. Art lovers from all walks of life enjoyed the dynamic works on...
View ArticleA Revolutionary Therapy Reduces Need for Blood Transfusions to Patients with...
SAN DIEGO, CA – A new drug can significantly reduce, even at half, the need for blood transfusions to patients with thalassemia. In seven out of 10 patients, the revolutionary therapy reduced the...
View ArticleInternational Friends of ELEPAP Reception in New York
NEW YORK – People with disabilities are an integral part of our society. Most people cannot understand that no one can be considered immune from the possibility of diminishing abilities, and how this...
View ArticleArchdiocese Announces “Significant” Steps for St. Nicholas
NEW YORK – The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America declared in a news releasef that significant steps have been taken towards the completion of the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National...
View ArticleThe Priest of Anchorage Alaska’s Transfiguration Parish Speaks to TNH about...
BOSTON – The Transfiguration Greek Orthodox parish in Anchorage, AK survived the recent strong earthquake with minimal consequences and damage according to its presiding priest of seven years Fr....
View ArticleMichael Dukakis Credits George H.W. Bush with Helping to End Cold War
BOSTON (AP) – Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, who lost to George H.W. Bush in the 1988 presidential election, said Saturday that his former political foe’s legacy was his effort to help end...
View ArticleDrexel Remembers Galanos, the Quiet King of Fashion
He was for decades after World War II perhaps the best of the greatest of American fashion designers but the brilliance of James Galanos, who died in 2016 at 92, seemed to have faded from memory but is...
View ArticleChicago’s Holy Trinity Church Receives Judgment of Foreclosure
ΒΟSΤΟΝ – The historic 121 year-old Greek Orthodox parish of Chicago has somnambulated into bankruptcy. As a result, the MB Financial Bank will take its nave, the school building and the rest of the...
View ArticleNYC Taxi Board Sets Minimum Pay for App-Based Drivers
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City taxi regulators approved new pay standards for app-based car services Tuesday that they say will raise drivers’ annual earnings by $10,000 a year, making it the first U.S....
View ArticleFr. George Kaloudis Priest of 57 Years at Holy Trinity Chicago Speaks to TNH
BOSTON – Father George Kaloudis is priest emeritus of the Holy Trinity parish in Chicago after pastoring there for more than half a century –since 1961. In a telephone interview with The National...
View Article“Greek” Opera Based on Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex at BAM
BROOKLYN – Mark-Anthony Turnage’s groundbreaking and profane 1988 two-act opera, Greek, is now a cult classic in the modern chamber opera repertoire. Composed and set in Britain’s Thatcher era, and...
View ArticleGreek-Australian Doctor Reconstructs Jaw for Cancer Patient
MELBOURNE, Australia – A life-changing procedure for a cancer patient was performed by Greek-Australian Dr. George Dimitroulis, a Melbourne-based maxillofacial surgeon, 9News reported. The world’s...
View ArticlePapadopoulos Released from Federal Prison
OXFORD, WI – Former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos was released from federal prison on Friday morning after serving 12 days of his two-week sentence at the minimum security...
View ArticlePancretan Association of Melbourne Welcomes Metropolitan Myron of New Zealand
MELBOURNE, Australia – A dinner was held in honor of His Eminence Metropolitan Myron (Ktistakis) of New Zealand and his team hosted by the Pancretan Association of Melbourne at the Cretan Village...
View ArticleHABA’s Members-Only Holiday Soiree in Manhattan
NEW YORK – The Hellenic American Association for Professionals in Finance (HABA) held its Members-Only Holiday Soiree on December 6 at the Yale Club in Manhattan. The festive event featured wine and...
View ArticleSt. Nicholas: Letter from Port Authority to Archbishop Demetrios
NEW YORK – The Executive Director of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (“Agency”), Richard Cotton, wrote a letter dated November 6, 2018 to Archbishop Demetrios of America and Ecumenical...
View ArticleBillionaire Copper King Mistakidis Leaving Embattled Glencore
Billionaire Aristotelis Mistakidis, the so-called “King of Copper” and head of the Swiss-based Glencore’s copper division, is going to retire as the company has come under a growing number of...
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