NYU Historian Katherine Fleming: Greece has Given Me a Great Deal
NEW YORK (ANA) – History, identity and her own feelings about what it means to be Greek were all topics touched on in an interview with distinguished historian and academic Katherine E. Fleming, during...
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AHI Celebrates 42nd Anniversary with Awards Gala in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) celebrated its 42nd anniversary with its annual Hellenic Heritage Achievement and National Public Service Awards Dinner at the Capital Hilton in...
View ArticleWarren’s Kalymnian Michael N. Pontikos Passed Away; He Was 84
COLUMBUS – Michael N. Pontikos, born in 1933, formerly of Warren passed away Saturday, March 11, 2017 in Mount Carmel St. Ann’s in Columbus OH. He was born the son of the late Nicholas and Helen...
View ArticleGreek-American Michael Kratsios Named Deputy CTO in Trump WH
WASHINGTON – Michael Kratsios, former chief of staff at investment firm Thiel Capital, has been named as the White House’s deputy chief technology officer, TechCrunch reported Friday. “I have a passion...
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The Legend of Chora Sfakion and the Songs of the Cicadas
By Aurelia Smeltz It is not often that a village offers a throne for a king or a queen, but there is a legend that such an offer was made several years by inhabitants of the tiny village of Chora...
View ArticleStefanos Polyzoides the Godfather of New Urbanism
By Vasilis Papoutsis Stefanos Polyzoides is an award-winning architect and urban planner who has brought an innovative approach to urban development that emphasizes mixed use sustainable structures,...
View ArticleAncient Greek Poems Were The Original Tweets; March 16 Lecture by ASU Professor
PHOENIX – What does Twitter, one of today’s biggest social media sites, have to do with ancient Greek poetry that was written more than 2,000 years ago? The connections are broader than one might...
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Dodecanese Unification with Greece Celebrated at St. Demetrios
By Eleni Sakellis ASTORIA – The Federation of Dodecanese Societies USA celebrated the 69th anniversary of the unification with Greece on Sunday, March 12 at St. Demetrios Cathedral in Astoria. The day...
View ArticleThree Greek-Americans Among 12-Person Theft Ring Indicted in NY (Video)
NEW YORK – George Athanasatos, George Rapatsouleas, and Gregory Anastasiou are members of a 12-person ring accused of stealing over $12 million in high-end Electronics & Ink Cartridges From...
View ArticleA Eulogy for Dawson, New Mexico
By Steve Frangos Rubble is all that marks what was once Dawson, NM. As such, there is too little there to even call it a “ghost town.” Yet, what does remain aside from the odd mound of debris is the...
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Antigone by Sophocles on Theatre Row
By Aria Socratous NEW YORK – A merciless sun blazes over Thebes in Eftychia Loizides’ doom-steeped production of Sophocles’ Antigone, which opened on March 9 on Theatre Row in Manhattan. The play sold...
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Artwork by Andreas C Chrysafis Artist/Author/Writer
Andreas C Chrysafis is a prolific artist, a published author, and a writer of over four hundred articles. Born in the village of Agios Ambrosios, Kyrenia, Cyprus, he began painting at a young age....
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Prof. Cosmopoulos Inducted into European Academy of Sciences and Arts
By Theodore Kalmoukos ST. LOUIS, MO – Greek-American professor Michael Cosmopoulos was inducted into prestigious European Academy of Sciences and Arts. Dr. Cosmopoulos is the Hellenic...
View ArticleA Jordanian Cooks Moussaka at The Greek Spot in Yonkers
YONKERS, NY – Abdel Khatib may not have envisioned owning a Greek restaurant in Yonkers when he arrived in the United States from Jordan, but he seized opportunities as they came his way, The Journal...
View ArticleMarcus Lemonis: Don’t Start Your Own Business Unless Ready to Sacrifice Joys...
Family. Friends. Sleep. Time to play. For many people, these are the fundamental joys of life. But if you dream of being a entrepreneur, get ready to sacrifice them all. That’s according to self-made...
View ArticleEncyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for the Greek Independence Day Parade –...
To the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the Distinguished Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate,...
View ArticleFrom Agnostic to Orthodox Believer in Miracles: Markides Shares His Testimony
By Stephanie Nikolopoulos “I came to the conclusion that real spirituality was found outside of the Church – that was my prejudice,” Dr. Kyriacos Markides confessed in his Lenten lecture My Personal...
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Indiana Passes Resolution in Support of Religious Freedom for the Ecumenical...
The Indiana State Senate Judiciary Committee has recently adopted SR2, a religious freedom resolution in support of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Once the resolution has been adopted by the Indiana...
View ArticlePrisoners in UK to Get Lessons in Greek and Latin
LONDON – Prisoners at three jails in UK have trialed out a radical language improvement scheme Inmates, including those serving life sentences, were taught Latin and Greek, Daily Mail reports. The...
View ArticleOpa! TOH’s First Greek American Heritage Ceremony March 22
As Greece prepares to observe 196 years of independence later this month, the Town of Hempstead is getting ready to host its first ever Greek American Heritage Ceremony. Supervisor Anthony J. Santino...
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