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Going home to Kourounia
Dimitri C. Michalakis As I get older and the world seems increasingly to implode (climate change, ISIS, US governmental gridlock, the resurgent Russian bear, Greece tied up in another Gordian knot of...
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Tribute Concert for Legendary Stelios Kazantzidis in Astoria
Α tribute concert to the legendary singer Stelios Kazantzidis will take place on Friday, December 12 , at the Stathakion Cultural Center (22-51 29th Street, Astoria, NY), featuring vocalists Eleni...
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Gallo winemaster remembers odyssey from Cyprus
George Thoukis came to study wines in America and decided to stay His father Kyprianos was a distiller of ouzo and brandy in Cyprus and his mother’s family owned vineyards. And when George Thoukis...
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Journey of Hope: Vaccinating Children in Greece
Dr. Demetrios Marquizos On April 2014, the Hellenic Medical Society’s Executive Committee headed by its President, Dr. Nicholas Mezitis, approved the mission of vaccinating underprivileged Greek...
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KOUROUNIA Portrait of a Greek Village
The village of Kourounia in Chios, Greece captured in stunning photographs by native son George Michalakis shows the lost world of the Greek countryside both haunting and beautiful George Michalakis is...
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“Song of My Life, A Memoir” Harry Mark Petrakis
A Memoir In what he calls his coda the quintessential Greek American storyteller revisits his family, faith, home, and heritage With the discipline of a surgeon performing a critical operation,...
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Gene Rossides Awarded Cypriot Parliament’s Highest Honor
President of the Cypriot House of Representatives Omirou presents AHI Founder Rossides with the highest award the House can bestow upon an individual. American Hellenic Institute Founder Eugene T....
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A “Homemade“ FUNDRAISER for Greek Children
Prince Alexander, Princess Katherine and her Sister with Dr. and Mrs. Smith, the hosts of the benefit dinner Dr. Spyros Smith and his wife Litsa hosted a fundraiser for the “Mαζί για το Παιδί” charity...
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Cyprus still Has the Edge in Attracting International Business
Aristos Constantine by Aristos Constantine The world corporate map is beginning to be redrawn in ways that offer us an opportunity to present Cyprus as an advantageous and effective jurisdiction for...
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AHEPA’s Gold Coast Chapter Decks the Halls for its Annual Gala
From right, Peter Mesologites and his wife Kathy with friends and the Ted & Christina Malgarinos couple (left) at last year’s Christmas event Nearly every family has a holiday tradition. Whether it...
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Buying and Selling Real Estate: A Colombos Family Tradition
Nicholas Colombos Despite only covering approximately 22 square miles, the island of Manhattan keeps hundreds of Real Estate agents employed. However, few have had the career and lineage of Nicholas...
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The Eloquence of Humble Architecture: Homes Lost …and Refuge Gained
Alexander Billinis Stone by stone we built, A poor corner. Our lives we enclosed, in Kokkinia (Pireaus) . . . . . . But the evening, when it came, It brought the dreams. It brought us to Pergamum...
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How to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
Dr. Nicholas Kaloudis We all will attend parties and office gatherings to share a few festive moments with family, friends, colleagues and lots and lots of food. But when the holiday season is finally...
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UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS
Endy Zemenides On Tuesday, December 16th, Senator Robert Menendez gave a rousing speech on the floor of the Senate about the violation of international law and human rights on the island nation of...
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Reason’s Greetings
Demetrios Rhompotis This holiday season is good if it makes us focus on the much and many that we have in our lives and gives us some time off to feel grateful and thankful for everybody and...
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Christmas past, present, and future
Dimitri C. Michalakis Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of Christ and new hope in the world and it’s also a time to spend time with family and see kids rejoice not only in their presents but...
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Ophthalmic Society Honors Dr. Petros Konofaos
Dr. Petros Konofaos The American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has presented its 2014 Lester Jones Surgical Anatomy Award to Dr. Petros Konofaos for his outstanding...
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FAITH Announces Summer 2015 Financial Aid Travel Grants to Ionian Village
faith Continuing for the ninth consecutive year, “FAITH: An Endowment for Orthodoxy and Hellenism” will once again sponsor a series of financial aid travel grants this summer to campers participating...
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The Liar and the Lady, 66 Years later
Harry Mark Petrakis by Harry Mark Petrakis On Sept. 30 of this year, my wife Diana and I had been married for 69 years. In the third grade of our Greek parish school, she remembers me trying to...
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Harry Mark Petrakis: A retrospective at 91
by Tina Sfondeles At 91, Greek-American author Harry Mark Petrakis still lives and breathes Chicago. It’s the city’s South Side where he watched his father, a Greek-Orthodox priest, help immigrants...
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