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Issue 648 • Saturday, Mar 13, 2010
Front Page
papandreou meets president obama & secretary clinton in washington
  • Christopher Tripoulas
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:38 PM
Greek Prime Minister Stresses He Does Not Seek Aid, Proposes Reining in Speculators By Christopher Tripoulas TNH Staff Writer NEW YORK - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Tuesday, ...
greek america responds to greece’s big crisis
  • Angelike Contis
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:38 PM
NEW YORK – Greek Americans are concerned and sad about Greece’s current financial crisis. Some are shocked. Some saw it coming. Others are too angry to comment about it on the record. Many say they’d ...
‘the cove’ wins oscar, tries to get message out
  • March 12, 2010, 10:38 PM
NEW YORK- “We made this film to give the oceans a voice,” started the speech that Louie Psihoyos would have delivered at the 82nd Academy Awards on March 7 – had he had the chance to do so. His film “...
greece admitted to u.s. visa waiver program
  • TNH staff
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:38 PM
NEW YORK - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced on Tuesday that Greece will join the Visa Waiver Program. This decision - granting a longstanding request by Greece - is...
faith and visions at st. catherine’s of sinai
  • March 12, 2010, 10:38 PM
This Oct. 15, 2009 file photo shows Saint Catherine's Monastery, founded by the Emperor Justinian the Great in 527, at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt. The Greek Orthodox monastery is a UNESCO World H...
farewell to fr. james moskovites
  • Constantine S. Sirigos
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:41 PM
NEW YORK - There was not a cloud in the sky on the day when family, friends and brother clergy, led by Archbishop Demetrios of America, gathered at the Church of the Evangelismos/Annunciation to bid a...
haba and ‘the greek debt crisis’
  • March 12, 2010, 10:41 PM
NEW YORK - The Hellenic bankers Association (HABA) hosted a presentation and discussion titled “The Greek Debt Crisis” at the Friar’s Club in Manhattan on Thursday evening, March 4. The guests were we...
Editorials
"a church in captivity" also serves to promote dialogue
  • March 12, 2010, 11:02 PM
To the Editor: I thank Mr. Evan Aleviatos Chriss for his letter regarding my review of "A Church in Captivity," a book by George Edmund Matsoukas. My response to his letter, in turn, provides the rea...
this week's editorial
  • March 12, 2010, 11:02 PM
The prime minister of Greece, George Papandreou, who is American born and raised, went to Washington this week as a part of his continuous quest to ease the dire financial crisis facing his country. ...
here they go, again
  • March 12, 2010, 11:02 PM
The White House, for many years and under both Democratic and Republican presidents, has been honoring the community by hosting a reception commemorating the 25th of March. It is an opportunity to str...
Community News
obama hails greek ‘philotimo’ and pledges solidarity with greece
  • Christopher Tripoulas
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:48 PM
NEW YORK - Greece got a moral boost on Tuesday from President Barack Obama, who pledged that "Whether in good times or in bad times, the people of Greece will always have a friend and a partner in the...
Features
rocky amorgos island: magically off-the-beaten track and pristine
  • Robert Hallett - The Epoch Times
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  • March 12, 2010, 11:06 PM
By Robert Hallett The Epoch Times AMORGOS - Amorgos lies at the eastern end of the Cyclades in Greece on an ancient trade route. Old names for the island are Yperia and Melania (also Agoudouras), w...
alternative tourism: greece’s ancient, medieval and byzantine castles
  • March 12, 2010, 11:06 PM
The castles of Greece are linked to legends and tradition from many periods and civilizations. Some sites, like the fortifications of Mycenae, illuminate the pages Greek history and literature like th...
Community News
in the spotlight: sophia aslanis, rd, cdn
  • Eleni Kostopoulos
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:41 PM
NEW YORK – Sophia Aslanis, a registered dietitian with the American Dietetic Association and a New York State Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist, is the founder of Nutrition 4 Life, a New York City-base...
american college of greece celebrates 135 years
  • March 12, 2010, 10:41 PM
Friends of The American College of Greece, comprised of Pierce & Deree colleges, at the NYAC. (l.-r.):?Claudia Carydis, Greg Pappas, Eve Geroulis, Dr. S. Sue Horner, Pres. David G. Horner, Kathleen C...
nj metropolis marks st. basil’s 65th anniversary
  • March 12, 2010, 10:41 PM
The St. Basil’s Children’s Choir performs at a luncheon marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the academy. The event was sponsored by the Metropolis of New Jersey and was held at the Pines ...
celebrating dodecanesian islands’ history
  • March 12, 2010, 10:43 PM
Dancers in traditional costumes dance as Gianis Themelis plays the tsambuna. On Sunday, March 7, The Federation of Dodecanese Societies of America and Canada celebrated the 62nd anniversary of the is...
104 years of ny pan lemnian philanthropic assn.
  • March 12, 2010, 10:43 PM
The Lemnian “Hephaestus” society celebrated its 104th year at the Terrace on the Park l. to r. Dr. Constantine Kasapis, honorees Grigoris Maninakis, Zoe Collaras and Dr. George Constantinou and the s...
allegations of anti-greek discrimination in new york federal lawsuit
  • TNH staff
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:48 PM
NEW YORK - “Lazy Greeks”, “Hairy Greeks” and “off-the-boat Greeks” were among the slanders allegedly hurled at four New York brokers working at Independent Financial Group Inc (IFMG)/LPL Financial Cor...
bay ridge: snapshot of the old melting pot
  • Evangelos Limpantoudis
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:52 PM
BROOKLYN - As I am walking through the streets of my neighborhood, Bay Ridge Brooklyn, I come across the intersection of 82nd Street and 5th Avenue, and find myself staring at a 15’x20’ photograph ser...
community dismayed by narrow genocide vote
  • Eleni Kostopoulos
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:52 PM
NEW YORK – Greek American and Armenian members of the District 13 community in New York City have expressed indignation regarding the vote cast by U.S. Representative Michael McMahon (D-NY) opposing t...
the fight for the return of the parthenon marbles to greece lives strong
  • Eleni Kostopoulos
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:52 PM
NEW YORK – The struggle for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to their native home has been a long, arduous one, fought by Greeks here and overseas since 1811, after a negotiation arranged by Lord E...
baking with olive oil remains a golden rule in traditional greek cuisine
  • Georgia Kofinas
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:52 PM
ATHENS - When I work with the culinary arts students in my Mediterranean Cuisine class, one of the first things I stress is the importance of olive oil in Greek cooking. It is easy enough to convince ...
19th hermes expo gears up for green innovation and networking
  • TNH staff
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:52 PM
NEW YORK - Doing business in Greece and the U.S.A., networking, promoting Greek American and Greek enterprises and learning about green issues are the plan for the 19th Hermes Expo and Green Symposium...
Features
music festival honors chopin’s 200th birthday
  • Eleni Kostopoulos
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:56 PM
NEW YORK - March 1 marked the start of Chopin 200, a weeklong piano extravaganza in honor of what would have been the famous composer's 200th birthday. Pianist Eleni Traganas was among the 35 professi...
eurovision: harmlesss child of globalization?
  • March 12, 2010, 10:56 PM
NEW YORK - For the past 20 years I have been spending my summers in Greece, at a place I consider my hometown, Myrina, the capital of the North Aegean island of Lemnos. Compared with other Greek islan...
xenakis & japan: modern dance set to edgy music
  • Grigoris Maninakis
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:56 PM
NEW YORK – It’s rare to go to a performance where the audience doesn’t make a sound, where even in between pieces there is no sound of shuffling chairs or coughs. Silence, darkness and a sense of awe...
Greece
secretary of state clinton backs george papandreou’s crisis solutions
  • Christopher Tripoulas
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:56 PM
NEW YORK - Greece's prime minister is hoping his trip to Washington will boost efforts to get his country out of a financial crisis. But Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that Greece is n...
body of former cyprus president recovered
  • March 12, 2010, 10:56 PM
The body of ex-president Tassos Papadopoulos was found on Tuesday, March 9, three months after a grave robbery, Cyprus police said on Tuesday, March 9, following a tip-off call in "broken Greek" amid...
papers
  • March 12, 2010, 10:59 PM
The life of an immigrant isn't easy in Greece and they are routinely stopped and asked to produce identification and residency papers, and sometimes are taken to police stations without cause for que...
Obituaries
father james moskovites - “fr. jim” in eternal memory
  • March 12, 2010, 11:04 PM
The Parish Council and community of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Manhattan mourn the passing of our beloved Protopresbyter, Father James Moskovites, who died on March 2, 2010 after a bri...
christina kakava, 49, of fredericksburg, va is mourned
  • March 12, 2010, 11:04 PM
FREDERICKSBURG- Christina Kakava, 49, of Fredericksburg died Saturday, February 20 of brain cancer. She was born in Halkida, Greece, to the late Yiannis Kakavas and Erasmia Kakava. Christina graduate...
andromalos, william h.
  • March 12, 2010, 11:04 PM
PITTSBURGH, Penn. – The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that William Andromalos, 81, passed away peacefully on March 2. He was born September 29, 1928 to Haralambos and Eliophotisti Andromalos in Lem...
nicholas, paris
  • March 12, 2010, 11:04 PM
TALLAHASSEE, Fl. – The Tallahassee Democrat reported that Paris J. Nicholas, 85, passed away on February 27. He was born in 1915 in Drosia, Greece. She is survived by her daughter Eleni Vaughn; dau...
nikas, myrondora
  • March 12, 2010, 11:04 PM
MONTREAL, CANADA – The Montreal Gazette reported that Myrondora Nikas, 75, passed away peacefully on February 8. She is survived by her beloved husband, Christos Nikas; her daughters, Maggie (Henry Da...
peroulas, james
  • March 12, 2010, 11:06 PM
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that James Peroulas, 94, passed away on January 27 at Parkwest Hospital. He was born on October 1, 1915 in Ditiki Fragista, Evrytania, Greece. H...
petalas, john
  • March 12, 2010, 11:06 PM
ALBANY, N.Y. – The Albany Times Union reported that John P. Petalas, 77, passed peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on March 3. John was born on February 23, 1933 in Agathopoli, Greece ...
Goings On
community shocked as greek american leaps to his death in queens
  • Stavros Marmarinos & Christopher Tripoulas
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:48 PM
NEW YORK - The Community was left stunned by the suicide of 38-year-old Anastasi Calatzis. The Greek American from Queens, a top salesman for Lexus of Queens, was despondent over his ill mother and po...
march 12 – march 19
  • March 12, 2010, 10:43 PM
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Church of the Annunciation presents its annual lenten lectures, titled “What Do the Church Fathers Say About....” on Fridays during Lent after the salutation services and a lenten...
march17
  • March 12, 2010, 10:43 PM
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Hellenic Medical Society of New York invites you to a Dinner Symposium on "Carotid Disease - Controversies in Diagnosis & Current Management" with guest speakers Peter Faries, M.D...
march 18
  • March 12, 2010, 10:43 PM
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Hellenic Lawyers Association is co-hosting the Rev. Basil S. Gregory Memorial Lecture on the occasion of the observance of Greek Independence on "The idea of Greece: Literary Phil...
march 18
  • March 12, 2010, 10:45 PM
CHICAGO, Ill. – Professor of Modern History at the University of the Peloponnese, Christina Koulouri, with the World Council of Hellenes Abroad, will be presenting an intriguing panorama of how variou...
march 20-21
  • March 12, 2010, 10:45 PM
ASTORIA, N.Y. – The Hellenic Cultural Center Theatre will be hosting a unique concert featuring the best Greek songs from the Byzantine and Asia Minor tradition to Rebetiko, the golden sixties and the...
march 21
  • March 12, 2010, 10:45 PM
East Brunswick, N.J. – The nationally famous Hellenic Dancers of New Jersey will celebrate Greek Independence Day on March 21 at East Brunswick Vocational School with a performance of traditional Gree...
march 24
  • March 12, 2010, 10:45 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Hellenic Institute in cooperation with Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), the co-chairs of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus, are presenting a C...
march 25
  • March 12, 2010, 10:45 PM
ASTORIA, N.Y. – The Greek Independence Day Celebration hosted by Assemblyman Michael Gianaris and Queens Borough President Helen Marshall will be held at the Hellenic Cultural Center on March 25 at 6:...
march 26
  • March 12, 2010, 10:48 PM
ASTORIA, N.Y. – The Annual Greek Independence Day Parade Dinner Dance will be held at the Stathakion Center on March 26. The Stathakion Center is located at: 22-51 29th Street, Astoria, N.Y. will be h...
Viewpoints
one year after obama: what’s changed on our issues?
  • Nick Larigakis
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:59 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. - As I wrote in my last commentary, it has been more than twelve months since President Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. I asked, “In that time wh...
the golden age of greece gives way to the tin cup
  • Andy Dabilis
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:59 PM
What is this, the aftermath of World War II, when a bankrupt Greece needed the world’s help to survive, and had to depend on Stylianos Kyriakides, the 1946 Boston Marathon winner, to come back to Athe...
“the true believer”: a book about responsibility
  • Amb. Patrick N. Theros
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:59 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C.- What do Scott Tiller, Paul Hill, Nidal Malik Hasan, James von Brunn, John Patrick Bedell, Timothy James McVeigh and Joseph Stack have in common? They have all murdered, on their own ...
is it morally indefensible to discriminate among acts of immoral behavior?
  • Constantinos E. Scaros
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  • March 12, 2010, 10:59 PM
SCHAEFFERSTOWN, Penn. - In a recent editorial, the New York Times condemns the law that imposes harsher sentences on individuals who possess crack cocaine than on their counterparts who have the cocai...
Commentary
denial is not just a river in egypt... or in turkey
  • Eleni Kostopoulos
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  • March 12, 2010, 11:02 PM
NEW YORK- Denial is most often defined as the disbelief in the existence or reality of something. Alcoholics usually deny their addictions. Criminals frequently deny their wrongdoings. Bill Clinton de...
valuable soul searching in times of economic crisis
  • Dr. ALEX - Pattakos
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  • March 12, 2010, 11:02 PM
SANTA FE, NM - You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to uncover clues that our country, as well as many other nations around the world, like Greece, are going through difficult times. The unfolding po...
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