Derailment Cleared in New York’s Penn Station, Delays Ease
NEW YORK (AP) — An empty New Jersey Transit train derailed early Wednesday in Manhattan’s Penn Station, causing some delays at the beginning of the morning rush hour. An Amtrak crew was moving a New...
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Pontians of America Celebrate Panagia Soumela (Video)
NEW YORK – Three generations of Pontians participated in the 34th annual religious feast of Panagia Soumela, which organized by the homonymous Holy Foundation on Pontian Land in West Milford, NJ. The...
View ArticleAlaska’s Greek Festival- A Great Success! (Pics&Vid)
ANCHORAGE, AK – Alaska’s Greek Festival was a hit this year, in both the sunshine and in the rain. The Last Frontier’s sole Greek Festival is hosted by Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church, in...
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Sacco, Vanzetti and Greek-American Governor Michael Dukakis
BOSTON (AP) — Ninety years ago Wednesday, Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston after one of the most notorious criminal cases of the...
View ArticleRaging Trump Belittles “Little George” Stephanopoulos in Anti-Media Rant
US President Donald Trump, jumping on his enemy media soapbox to denounce coverage of his comments about violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, put ABC TV’s George Stephanopoulos – a former advisor to...
View ArticleDemetrios, Hierarchs Travel to Phanar, Aim to Reverse Patriarchal Chicago...
BOSTON, MA – His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America and members of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America will travel to the Ecumenical Patriarchate in...
View ArticleOur Everyday Greek: This Summer We Speak Greek with Pappou and Yiayia
Review: MAIN PHRASES WELCOME GREETINGS Upon arrival your relatives in Greece will welcome you with one of the phrases below. Note that they all have the same meaning. Καλώς τον/την (kaLOS ton/teen),...
View ArticleNikos Dimou’s On the Unhappiness of Being Greek
Nikos Dimou wrote his famous book On the Unhappiness of Being Greek during the military junta and published it after its fall.It became an international bestseller and was translated into several...
View ArticleIOCC Responds to Devastation of Hurricane Harvey
BALTIMORE, MD – The National Weather Service predicts an additional 50 inches of rainfall in the Houston area, potentially causing more loss of life, extensive property damage, and hardship for the...
View ArticleEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew οn the Natural Catastrophe of Hurricane Harvey
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew released the following statement on the natural catastrophe of Hurricane Harvey: “The ongoing devastation of Hurricane (now Tropical Storm) Harvey in...
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The Strange Saga of John Patsalos: Killer of US Nazi Commander Rockwell
The violence that erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia when white supremacists clashed with protesters opposing what they called the demonstration of hate stunned Americans with its ferocity and...
View ArticleUnhappy Trump Fires George Gigicos Over Poor Rally Turnout
Notoriously short on patience and quick to pull the trigger when he’s unhappy, President Donald Trump pushed out George Gigicos, his organizer for post-election events, after a Phoenix arena had empty...
View ArticlePresident Nikias Welcomes Community to USC Village
LOS ANGELES, CA – The University of Southern California(USC) celebrated the opening of its Village in grand fashion. President C.L. Max Nikias led the festivities that attended by thousands of...
View ArticleAndrea Catsimatidis Sees Manhattan GOP Comeback
NEW YORK – Her dad took on the tough task of running for New York City Mayor as a Republican underdog and Andrea Catsimatidis thinks the GOP, shut out of public office in Manhattan, can rise again....
View ArticlePatriarch Bartholomew Gives Time Extension to Archbishop Demetrios
BOSTON – The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate presided over by His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew held on Wednesday, August 30 a joint meeting with the Holy Eparchial Synod of...
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Greek-American, Houstonian Alex Triantaphyllis Assisting Victims of Hurricane...
HOUSTON – The latest weather forecast delivered hope to Houston after five days of torrential rain submerged the nation’s fourth-largest city: Less than an inch of rain and perhaps even sunshine. But...
View ArticleUnbeatable Maria Menounos Brings Greek Food to Red Sox Fenway Faithful
BOSTON – She’s an actress, journalist, beauty contest winner, TV host, star celebrity, an erstwhile professional wrestler who beat brain cancer, and now Maria Menounos is bringing organic Greek food to...
View ArticleGreek Orthodox Patriarch Targeted in Land Sales Complaint
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A lawyer says more than 300 Palestinian Christians and associations filed a complaint against the Greek Orthodox patriarch for allegedly selling property to Israelis. The...
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Sold-out Blue Dream Gala Raises $300K for Charities (Video)
SOUTHAMPTON, NY – The annual Blue Dream Summer Gala, one of the largest charitable fundraisers of the Greek-American community held its annual event – a sold-out dinner and celebration – on August 26...
View ArticleHarvey Ravages the Greeks of Houston
HOUSTON, TX – “Few and rather fortunate are those who have not been affected in one way or another by Hurricane Harvey,” former AHEPA Supreme President Anthony Kouzounis told The National Herald. Case...
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