The True Meaning of Fasting in The Greek Orthodox Catholic Church
By Philip Kariatis* When we think of fasting in the Orthodox Church today, our mind almost immediately goes to certain rules relating to what we can and cannot eat. Moreover, this practice is...
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American Hellenic Council Earthquake Relief Arrives in Lesvos
The American Hellenic Council, a Los Angeles-based Greek-American advocacy organization, announced the successful delivery of $15,000 in earthquake relief to the village of Vrisa on the island of...
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The Great Counterfeiting of History: Myth of a ‘Macedonian’ nation
by Nicholas L. Moraites, Ph.D.* Most of humanity is generally unaware of the fact that has been a reinterpretation of Balkan history, counterfeiting of historical myths, and artificial nationality and...
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MidAmerica to Produce Opera-Oratorio on Nicholas Gage’s Memoir “Eleni”
Impresario Peter Tiboris announced today that he has commissioned acclaimed composer Christopher Theofanidis and poet and librettist J. D. McClatchy, a 2003 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, to create...
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Hellenic American Academy Hosts 2018 Annual Gala Honoring George D. Behrakis...
The Hellenic American Academy (HAA) hosted its spectacular 2018 Annual Gala at the Loews Chicago O’Hare. This year’s Gala, themed “The Time is Now” celebrated the school’s evolution and its future....
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Nicole Petallides, Anchor FOX Business Network, to Receive Cyprus-US Chamber...
The Cyprus-U.S. Chamber of Commerce (cyprususchamber.com) announced that Nicole Petallides Tsiolas, Anchor, FOX Business Network is the Chamber’s 2018 Distinguished Merit Award recipient. Bestowed...
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Turkish policy on Cyprus: What we stole from you is ours and what we haven’t...
This is in effect Turkey’s position with regard to the hydrocarbon energy resources of the Republic of Cyprus, an independent member state of the British Commonwealth, Council of Europe and European...
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Greece Research Trip by the Hellenic Classical Charter School
The four selected students for this year’s National History Day Fair, and research trip to Greece, have begun to diligently work on their research, and have already decided that under this year’s theme...
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Hilton Athens: More than a Grand Hotel; a Modern Landmark
by Kelly Fanarioti ”A hotel of immense wealth is going to be erected in Athens”, the great newspapers of the time wrote in the late ’50s. And they did not exaggerate. The construction of the chain’s...
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At the National Hellenic Museum judiciary panel and citizens affirm ancient...
A jury composed of community leaders, academics and journalists, along with an audience of hundreds, presented their verdict of guilty to a presiding panel of federal and state court judges in the...
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Top Gun Demetries Grimes, a Naval War Hero, Runs for Florida’s 26th CD
How does a man who served his country so well in the military take the next step to serve his country and complete his mission in civilian life? For Demetries Grimes it means running for Congress in...
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Avra Madison & Chef Argiro Barbarigou Offer a New Take on a Time Honored...
Greek eatery Avra Madison has teamed up with Celebrity Chef & Greece’s Best-Selling Cookbook Author Argiro Barbarigou to bring a LIMITED-EDITION traditional and time honored Greek dish to...
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In Confronting Turkey, History is on our Side, but Historical Lesson is from...
Alexander Billinis Another Greek Independence Day has come and gone. It’s a time for parades, poems, and speeches, recalling the heroes of that era. This year, the Evzones came to Australia, as they...
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Holy Week
by Dimitri C. Michalakis For the most part I grew up in Brooklyn and I was an altar boy at two of its churches: Holy Cross and Kimisis. Kimisis was the older church on 18th Street and the one that most...
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Judge Nicholas Tsoucalas In Memoriam
Judge Nicholas Tsoucalas The Honorable Nicholas Tsoucalas, of Weston, MA, formerly of Rego Park, NY, died peacefully after complications from pneumonia on March 22, 2018. Beloved husband of the late...
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The Writer in Old Age
by Harry Mark Petrakis At my present age of 94 the afflictions of aging assail me like the onslaught of an army bent on my destruction. Each week seems to bring a new, unwelcome impairment. My chest...
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Eclipses Group Theater NY presents The Greek Play Project New York
In artistic collaboration with Dramatist Irene Mountraki and under the Auspices of the A.S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies at NYU & The National Theater of Greece, the Eclipses Group presents...
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Maria Tzompanaki Appointed Director of the New York City Greek Film Festival
The Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce (HACC) proudly announced the appointment of Maria Tzompanaki as the organization’s next Director of the New York City Greek Film Festival (NYCGFF). Maria...
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Does Antigone Act Alone?
By Marina Angelopoulos* For thousands of years, scholars have pondered, prodded, and attempted to unravel the grand work that is Sophocles’ Antigone. Provocative, political, transcendent, Antigone has...
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