Support for Elpis Hospital in LA
By Vasilis Papoutsis LOS ANGELES, CA – Elpis Hospital Managing Director Dr. Theodore Giannaros received a warm welcome from the Greek-American community of Los Angeles at his recent visit to raise...
View ArticleHELLENIC HAPPENINGS
FROM COAST TO COAST WASHINGTON, DC – GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, Chief Anchor of ABC News and host of that network’s Sunday morning political show THIS WEEK is now the senior anchor among the Sunday...
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They Are Missed, But Their Legacies Enrich us Forever- Some We Bade Farewell...
In 2015 the community felt the loss of many prominent and beloved members. Excerpts from their obituaries follow. Many more are worthy of separate articles, and we print their names here. Everlasting...
View ArticleG.A. Institute’s Reader’s Day at Hit
BRONX, NY – The Pelham Bay-based pre-Kindergarten to eighth grade school Greek American Institute recently celebrated its twelfth annual Reader’s Day dedicated to the principles of Hellenism, the...
View ArticleLet’s Get Ready to Dive!Tarpon Bayou 1/6
TARPON SPRINGS, FL – The most celebrated Epiphany cross dive in the United States takes place on January 6 at 12 Noon at the historic Spring Bayou of America’s “Epiphany City,” Tarpon Springs, on the...
View ArticlePop Star Kalomira Expecting Her Third Child
NEW YORK – Pop singing star Kalomira Sarantis, known to the world as “Kalomira “ was thrilled to announce via Facebook and her blog: “Three Months Pregnant!…Making the family a little bigger! Happy...
View ArticleYoung Arcadians Celebrate Holidays, Plan for New Year
NEW YORK – The Youth Holiday Mixer hosted by the “Geros tou Morea – the Elder of Morea” chapter held under the auspices of the Pan Arcadian Federation of America (PFA) has become a nice way in New...
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Epiphany Cross Dive Champ’s Post Victory Talk with TNH
TARPON SPRINGS, FL – The morning of January 6 was warm and breezy – with temperatures in the mid-60s and a partly sunny sky – at the Spring Bayou, the site of the annual Epiphany Day Cross Dive in...
View ArticlePontian New Year’s Carols Resound
NEW YORK – In these times of homogenized languages in all countries, it was a joy to hear traditional Greek carols sung in the delightful dialect rooted in ancient Greek of the Black Sea region of...
View ArticleLeo Michaels is Mourned
LEO MICHAELS, beloved husband, father, grandfather and father-in-law from Kokora, Greece died on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. He was 85 years old Leo Michaels, born Leonidas Giorgios Mihalopoulos on...
View ArticleAn Epirotic New Year in Astoria
NEW YORK – Some of things that enrich Greek-American community life are thanks to the efforts of its institutions and organizations, but much of what makes it wonderful to be a Greek in America...
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Galanis Talks of “Warmth, Serenity, and Friendship” of Tarpon Springs’ AHEPA
TARPON SPRINGS, FLA. – On Epiphany Eve, January 5, at dusk, the Tarpon Springs Bayou – to be filled with thousands of onlookers for the following day’s Cross Dive – was as peaceful as could be. Yet if...
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Kydonieus Builds Up From the Law
NEW YORK – Organizations like the Greek American Chamber of Commerce in New Jersey have no difficulty finding community standouts to honor at their annual galas like their most recent Executive of...
View ArticleWe Can Change Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis Tells The National Herald
ATHENS – Kyriakos Mitsotakis , one of the two candidates for president of the New Democracy party, has chosen to address the Greek-American community just a few hours before Sunday’s runoff election...
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AHIF Examines Future of Hellenism
WASHINGTON, DC –The American Hellenic Institute Foundation’s (AHIF) Fourteenth Annual Conference on the Future of Hellenism in America recently held in Baltimore, MD perpetuated its mission of...
View ArticleGreek Films Featured in Washington, DC’s National Gallery
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, in association with the New York City Greek Film Festival, is presenting “Athens Today: New Greek Cinema,” a series of six films to be...
View ArticleGreek-American Father and Daughter Battle Cancer Courageously
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Manolis Hajiantoniou and his 11-year old daughter have surprised doctors with their courage in dealing with terminal pancreatic cancer and a brain tumor, respectively. His wife,...
View ArticleOf Saints and Singers
Given the central role of the Orthodox Church in the lives and identities of Greeks in the United States, it is curious that we know so little about the history of liturgical music in this country....
View ArticleA Touching Liturgy and Vasilopita at Sts. George & Demetrios in N.Y.
NEW YORK – One of the first vasilopita cuttings of the year is likely to be among the most touching, drawing past parishioners and friends to join with those who strive to maintain the historic...
View ArticleHELLENIC HAPPENINGS
FROM COAST TO COAST LOS ANGELES, CA – E! host MARIA MENOUNOS, who is also an actress, journalist, and even had a stint as a professional wrestler, sent a photo of herself from an undisclosed tropical...
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