AHEPA’s Galanis Focused on Present and Future
NEW YORK – A brief conversation with AHEPA’s Supreme President John Galanis confirms that he pours all his energy and heart into this beloved organization on behalf of his brothers and sisters in the...
View ArticleEmily Beys – From Megara to Candidate
NEW YORK – Emily Drenis Beys’ path from her birthplace in Megara to candidate for membership on the Town Board of North Hempstead, NY is a map of the American dream and giving back through civic and...
View ArticleHeere She Comes…to the Greek Festival
MACON, GA – Greek-American Betty Cantrell, recently crowned Miss America, returned to her home parish, the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Macon, GA. She was there to visit the Greek Festival...
View ArticleOXI Foundation Honors Princess Alice
“This year, the person we received to select the award is Princess Alice,” Washington OXI Day Foundation Andy Manatos said, regarding the Foundation’s Metropolitan Chrysostomos Award, the Daily Express...
View ArticleHelen Dallas Moskovites is Mourned
NEW YORK – With a heavy heart and a great sense of loss those who knew Helen Moskovites, nee Dallas, learned that she departed this life after a valiant fight against multiple illnesses. On...
View ArticleSingas Questions Opponent on Skeloses
HEMPSTEAD, NY – With Election day one week away, Acting Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas held a news conference outside Town Hall in Hempstead to shine a spotlight on Hempstead Town...
View ArticleJohn Rangos Honored at Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital’s 125th Anniversary
By Evan C. Lambrou PITTSBURGH, PA – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, one of ten pediatric hospitals listed in U.S. News & World Report’s 2014-2015 “Honor Roll for America’s Best Children’s...
View ArticleAmb. Tsilas Invites Audience to Make Oxi Day History
NEW YORK – Amb. Loucas Tsilas was the keynote speaker of the 10th Annual Demetrios Contos Memorial Program in Celebration of the “OXI DAY” – October 28th 1940” that was held in the ballroom of the...
View ArticleThe Hedge Fund Priest Who Relies on God and Underpaying
The Rev. Emmanuel Lemelson, now serving in the small New Hampshire town of Keene, says he has a gift from God: a double visionary who works for the Greek Orthodox Church and is adept enough at...
View ArticleNY Times Endorses Singas for Nassau DA
In an October 29 editorial, the New York Times endorsed Madeline Singas for Nassau County District Attorney. The election is on November 3. The editorial follows: The suburban county of Nassau on New...
View ArticleWashington Oxi Day Foundation Marks 75th Anniv. of the Very Day
WASHINGTON, DC – On October 28 the Washington OXI Day Foundation celebrated the 75th anniversary of the heroic moment in 1940 when Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas rejected the Italian Ambassador’s...
View ArticlePsaros Donates 100K to Archons
NEW YORK- Greek-American businessman Michael Psaros donation $100,000 to the Order of Archons of Saint Andrew of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in order to start an initiative in social media. This...
View ArticleKids Have Fun and Do Good on Make a Difference with Loukoumi Day
NEW YORK – More than 50,000 children across American participated in Make a Difference with Loukoumi Day on October 24, an exercise in good deeds inspired by the Loukoumi children’s book series...
View ArticleArchdiocese Told About Problems
NEW YORK – Steve Anagnos, a former treasurer of the St. Spyridon parish in the Upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City, made several accusations about the parish’s finances...
View ArticleHeeere She Comes…Miss America Visits Hometown Festval in Macon, GA
MACON, GA – Greek-American Betty Cantrell, recently crowned Miss America, returned to her home parish, the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Macon, GA. She was there to visit the Greek Festival and...
View ArticleHeirless Decedent Leaves Big Donation Boston Metropolis
BOSTON, MA – George Grinis of Melrose, MA bequeathed large amounts of funds to various churches and other institutions, but the lion’s share went the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston, which...
View ArticleSingas, Murray Neck-and-Neck for Nassau County District Attorney
Democrat Madeline Singas, who was endorsed by the New York Times, has picked up momentum in her race against Republican Kate Murray for the Nassau Country District Attorney’s race, closing a six-point...
View ArticleA Brief Account of Alexander Wilkins
Most of what we know about the life of Alexander Wilkins is an uneven mix of family recollections and scattered documents. Yet these memories and documents are the very touchstones of family kinship...
View ArticlePanepirotic Federation Holds Convention, Re-Elects Nicholas Gage
PHOENIX – Author and film maker Nicholas Gage was re-elected President of The Panepirotic Federation of America at its 39th biennial convention which was held in Phoenix, AZ from October 30 to November...
View ArticleGreek-American Library Essentials
Greek writers have been inspiring Western civilization since ancient times. From Homer and Herodotus to modern Greek poets, including Giorgos Seferis, there are writers for every taste and temperament....
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