ACS Athens Opens the Suheil Sabbagh Media Studio
ATHENS, GREECE – A state-of-the-art media studio facility is the new addition to the ACS Athens (American Community Schools of Athens) campus, a unique element for K-12 educational institutions. The...
View ArticleGreek-American Poet Stephanos Papadopoulos Talks to TNH
By Eleni Sakellis The gifted poet Stephanos Papadopoulos was born in North Carolina to a Greek father and American mother and was raised in Paris and Athens. The author of three books of poems: Lost...
View ArticleEaster Memories
When we think of Easter, we often think of church, family, and food. There is an excitement and wonder to the season, spending time with loved ones and creating new memories to share. We asked our...
View ArticleThe Bible Readings for Great and Holy Pascha
Prokeimenon. Mode Plagal 4. Psalm 117.24,29 This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Verse: Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endures forever. The...
View ArticleGreek-American Rapper “Stitches” Katsabanis Arrested On Multiple Charges
MIAMI – Multi-tattooed rap artist Nickolas Katsabanis, who performs as “Stitches,” was arrested in January on a series of charges including having marijuana, a gun, bullets and Oxycodone. Katsabanis,...
View ArticleGeorge Behrakis’ Dream for Stopping Smoking among Greece’s Youth
By Theodore Kalmoukos BOSTON, MA – Esteemed businessman and philanthropist George Behrakis has a dream and he is pursuing it decisively. He wants to make the children of Greece stop smoking cigarettes....
View ArticleThe Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom
(Editor’s Note: The Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom is read just after midnight on Easter morning in all Orthodox churches around the world. Chrysostom, universally considered one of the greatest...
View ArticleThe Patriarchal Encyclical on the Holy Resurrection of Christ
CONSTANTINOPLE – His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in his annual Paschal Encyclical – also called “Apodeixis” in the original Greek – greets the entire Pleroma of the Orthodox Church...
View ArticleOur Everyday Greek: At Easter Dinner Clink Red Eggs and Speak Greek
By Dimitra Pontoporou Βάφω means dye and τσουγκράω or τσουγκρίζω means clink, or crack together. At Greek Easter we dye red eggs and we crack them together at dinner saying Χριστός Ανέστη (hriSTOS...
View ArticleGreek Professor at Long Island University Says Greece Coming Back
NEW YORK – With many analysts believing Greece will take decades to recover from a crushing economic crisis, a Greek economics professor at LIU Post in New York wrote in Forbes that it will rise again....
View ArticleTheo Yianni’s Greek Restaurant at a New Location in Weirton, WV (Video)
WEIRTON, WV – For authentic Greek cuisine, Weirton residents should visit Theo Yianni’s Restaurant, 322 American Way, off the Colliers Way exit, its new location. With homemade Greek favorites as well...
View ArticleChristians Celebrate Easter Across Conflict-torn Mideast
JERUSALEM (AP) — Christians celebrated Easter on Sunday across the Middle East, where many are struggling to maintain their embattled communities in the face of war, religious violence and...
View ArticleGreedy Girl in Cleveland Heights Combines Indian and Greek Food
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Chef Eustathea Kavouras owes her cooking techniques to the mix of her Greek upbringing and observing street food vendors in Bombay later in life. So it’s no surprise her Greedy Girl...
View ArticleGreek Heritage Olympus Piano Trio Make Local Debut in Reading, PA
READING, PA – The Olympus Piano Trio – named for the home of the ancient Greek gods on Mount Olympus will make their local Reading debut at the WCR Center for the Arts on Friday, April 21 at 7:30 PM....
View ArticleGreek Artist’s Painting Sold for $132,000 in London
LONDON, ENGLAND – The Girl with a Pair of Dovesby Greek painter Angelos Panagiotou, aka Angelos, was auctioned off for the top price of £106,250 including premium in The Greek Sale at the British...
View ArticleHoly Week and Holy Pascha Celebrations (Videos)
NEW YORK – The Greek Orthodox Churches of America and Canada on the night of the Anastasi were filled with the faithful who attended the services with devotion and reverence and sang aloud Christos...
View ArticleSNF to Make Large Donation to St. Demetrios HS, St. Michael’s Home
NEW YORK – The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) has informed The National Herald that it will make a significant donation of several million dollars both to the St. Demetrios High School in Astoria –...
View ArticleA Different Easter Message – By Dr. Constantina Michalos
By Dr. Constantina Michalos HOUSTON, TX – Each year on Good Friday, the provost of my university carries a cross on his shoulder from our campus to the co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart 2 ½ miles away....
View ArticleFresno, CA, to Commemorate Greek Asia Minor Genocide
By Vasilis Papoutsis FRESNO, CA – On May 19 in Fresno, CA, the Greek community will commemorate the victims of the Greek Genocide known as the Asia Minor Disaster. The event will take place at the...
View ArticleCarytown, Va, Greek Restaurant Expands Adding 80 Seats
RICHMOND, Va. — Like the fillings in its gyros, a Carytown restaurant is spilling over – into more space next door. Greek on Cary at 3107 W. Cary St. has leased its adjacent storefront, where it’s...
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