GIANY Presents A Shelter for Architecture
NEW YORK – On April 15, the Greek Institute of Architects in New York (GIANY) presented :A Shelter for Architecture,” a unique event at the Consulate General of Greece in New York. Featuring...
View ArticleShakespeare’s Greek Connections
April 23rd marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. The immortal Bard wrote some of the most remarkable works in the English language. His enduring legacy is alive and well in...
View ArticleAthanasia Kyriakakos Named Baltimore’s Teacher of the Year
BALTIMORE, MD – Athanasia (Sia) Kyriakakos of Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School (Mervo) is Baltimore City Public Schools’ 2016 Teacher of the Year. City Schools CEO Gregory E. Thornton...
View ArticleIeronymos: Refugees World’s Problem
BOSTON – His Beatitude Archbishop of Athens and All Greece in a TNH interview said that “the refugee problem is huge and cannot be carried only by Greece alone; the issue should be internationalized.”...
View ArticleSynod Defrocks Gounaris & Ehrs, Suspends Dokos
NEW YORK – The Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America during its spring meeting decided to punish Rev. James Dokos of Chicago with a one-year suspension for stealing money...
View ArticleChristodoulou King of Porsche Dealers
JERICHO, NY – Evan Christodoulou is building the world’s largest Porsche dealership, on Long Island. The new building for the Porsche Roslyn dealership is being constructed at 125 South Service Rd in...
View ArticleMichael Constantine’s Character Career
From the moment Michael Constantine, 88, appears on screen in My Big Fat Greek Wedding we believe in him. He seems eminently authentically Greek as wry, sentimental Gus, head of the Portokalos clan, in...
View ArticleOne Woman’s Fighting Greek Spirit
Xristiana Karathanasi is no ordinary woman. Her extraordinary compassion and energy drive her to make a difference in the lives of countless stray cats in Thessaloniki. As a result, she has improved...
View ArticlePortelos to Run for UFT President
NEW YORK – Working within the system for improvement is the ideal with people for whom a job is more than a paycheck yet are not revolutionaries, but when the system turned against public school...
View ArticleRev. Simones Fights Satan’s Poison
WATERFORD, CT – Retired Greek Orthodox priest Constantine J. “Charles” Simones told the New London, CT newspaper The Day that he considers heroin to be “the poison of Satan.” His perspective comes not...
View ArticleBehrakis on Pulitzer Win
ATHENS – A major distinction for Greece was announced on Tuesday at New York’s Columbia University, as the members of Reuters photography staff Yannis Behrakis, Alkis Konstantinidis, and Alexandros...
View ArticleEvzones Lead Chicago’s Greek Parade
CHICAGO – Hundreds of Greek-Americans in Chicago participated in the annual Independence Parade in Greektown on April 18, organized by the Federation of Hellenic-American Societies of Illinois: Enosis....
View ArticleEaster Books for Young Readers
Easter can be a hectic time in Greek Orthodox households with so many church services to attend and various foods to prepare, we often don’t take time to experience the true meaning of Pascha. For...
View ArticleNational Archon Lenten Retreat 2016
SOUTHAMPTON, NY— The Thirteenth Annual National Archon Lenten Retreat took place on April 15 and 16 at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Christian Church in Southampton. The theme of the...
View ArticleSaviors of God & Cretan Music
The Federation of Hellenic Societies with the Omonia Cretan Society and actress Angelika Sandora presented a special theatrical event at the Stathakion Cultural Center in Astoria on Sunday. The evening...
View ArticleIOCC Brings Greece’s Needy Easter
NEW YORK – This is one of those years when Orthodox Easter falls more than a month after Western Christendom. For the people of Greece that means they celebrate their feast of feasts amid the anxiety...
View ArticleGIANY Presents Shelter for Architecture
NEW YORK – On April 15, the Greek Institute of Architects in New York (GIANY) presented :A Shelter for Architecture,” a unique event at the Consulate General of Greece in New York. Featuring...
View ArticleStephanitsis Keeps the Family Coffee Business Brewing, With Family
The Norfolk Coffee and Tea Co. is a thriving 98-year-old business. Owners Chris G. Stephanitsis and his brother Nick are the third generation in the coffee business. Grandfather Frank, an immigrant...
View ArticleHoly Thursday Services in Upper Darby, PA
Holy Week continues for the Greek Orthodox faithful and all those observing the week leading up to Pascha. The Holy Thursday services of the Sacred Passion and Crucifixion of Our Lord were held at St....
View ArticleTracing Jesus’ footsteps- Good Friday in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM— Greek-Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox pilgrims are commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ by following the path in Jerusalem’s Old City where, according to tradition, he walked on the...
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