Pan Gregorian Scholarship Program Accepting Applications
NEW YORK – The Pan Gregorian Enterprises Inc. of America Charitable Foundation (PGEI) at its recent meeting approved the scholarship program for the school year 2017-2018, as well as a $50,000 donation...
View ArticleGreek Vacation Turns to Tragedy for Young Couple
MONTREAL – A vacation in Greece turned into tragedy for a young couple when the 21-year-old Émilie Séguin, a hairstylist, from Repentigny, north of Montreal in Canada, lost control of her rental car on...
View ArticleThe “Panagitsa” of Montreal Will Again Celebrate Her Feast Day
MONTREAL – After two years and four months, the historic Koimisis tis Theotokou Church in Montreal’s Parc-Extension is preparing to rejoice with the Greek faithful. The church, better known in the...
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Danforth Festival in Toronto
MONTREAL – The Danforth Festival is, by and large, the biggest open-air festival in Canada, with over one and a half million visitors each year. “Perhaps more, if one thinks that more than 500,000...
View ArticleFyodor Yurchikhin Grammatikopoulos to Make Six-Hour Space Walk
ATHENS (ANA) – Russian cosmonaut of Pontian Greek descent Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin Grammatikopoulos will make a six-hour walk outside the ISS space station where he is since April. NASA TV will...
View ArticleMadness of Hercules Wows Audience in New York
NEW YORK – In an unusual reversal of the traditional staging of previous New York Euripides Summer Festival productions, Madness of Hercules thrilled the audience in a contemporary setting approach for...
View ArticleGreek Orthodox Church Aims to Block Property Sale in Court
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The Greek Orthodox patriarch in the Holy Land announced Saturday that his church will appeal an Israeli court decision that approved the sale of prime church property to companies...
View Article$393M Mega Millions Winning Τicket Sold at Greek-American Restaurant in Chicago
PALOS HEIGHTS, IL (AP) — The Illinois Lottery states that a suburban Chicago barbecue restaurant sold the winning ticket for a $393 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot. On Saturday, it added that...
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The 4th Annual National Conference on Orthodox Christian Schools in Illinois
DES PLAINES, IL – On Friday and Saturday, August 11 and 12, St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church and Guardian Angel Orthodox Day School, both of Des Plaines, hosted the 4th Annual National...
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Dr. Kardaras Talks to TNH about the Opioid Crisis
NEW YORK – During a recent press conference, President Donald Trump declared the country’s opioid crisis a “national emergency” and promised to spend a lot of “time, a lot of effort, and a lot of...
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American Pickers to Film in New York in September
NEW YORK – Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and their team are excited to return to New York. They plan to film episodes of the hit series American Pickers throughout the region in September. American Pickers...
View ArticleMega Millions Winner May Be Greek-American
PALOS HEIGHTS, IL – The Illinois Lottery states that a suburban Chicago barbecue restaurant sold the winning ticket for the $393 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, the Associated Press reported. On...
View ArticlePanagitsa in Montreal Celebrates Megalochari Feast Day
MONTREAL – On the evening of August 14th, Montreal Hellenism had a double celebration. On the one hand, the Feast of the Megalochari, the so-called “Easter of the Summer” for Orthodoxy, and on the...
View ArticlePanagia Soumela Pilgrimage and Festival in West Milford, NJ
WEST MILFORD, NJ – In recent months, a corner of the New World has been transformed into Pontian land. Twenty to thirty expatriates spent every weekend working from early in the morning, ignoring the...
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Dormition of the Theotokos Celebrated; Archbishop Demetrios’ Encyclical
NEW YORK – The Kimisis tis Theotokou or the Dormition of the Theotokos on August 15, is also known as the Pascha of summer, celebrates the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, the Holy Mother of Jesus Christ...
View ArticleGreek-American Maria Menounos Raises Funds Against Cancer
NEW YORK – Maria Menounos is back to work, this time to help raise funds for the battle against brain cancer. The 39-year-old TV personality recently revealed her own health struggle, undergoing brain...
View ArticleTrump Campaign Adviser Papadopoulos Planned Russia, Putin Meetings
WASHINGTON – Greek-American George Papadopoulos, an energy consultant who was an adviser to President Donald Trump’s campaign in 2016, has emerged as a figure tied to the ongoing probe into Russian...
View ArticleMarcus Lemonis Tells Trump Supporters to Shop Elsewhere
NEW YORK – Marcus Lemonis, who was born in Lebanon and adopted by Greek-American parents, Leo and Sophia Lemonis, is a social entrepreneur and the host of CNBC’s The Profit. He had strong words for...
View ArticlePontic-Greek Cosmonaut Yurchikhin Grammatikopoulos to Make Six-hour Space Walk
(ANA) – Russian cosmonaut of Pontic-Greek descent Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin Grammatikopoulos will make a six-hour walk outside the ISS space station where he has been since April. NASA TV will...
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Greek-Owned Café Nostos Opens in Berkeley, California
BERKELEY, CA – Traditional pies by Alfa, delicious bougatses, as well as Illy coffees, croissants and other Semifreddi’s pastries are at the heart of Café Nostos that Greek owners have opened in the...
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