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After 50 years, Father Bill Chiganos still remembering the joy
  • John Kass - Chicago Tribune
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  • November 14, 2009
He's done his job for more than 50 years, never takes a Sunday off though he's a big fan of the Chicago Bears, and has absolutely no thoughts of retiring. "Retire? Are you kidding? I'm only 77," jo...
Hunterdon church to break ground on $6 million project in Raritan Township
  • Pamela Sroka-Holzmann - New Brunswick Home News Tribune
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  • October 29, 2009
RARITAN TOWNSHIP, New Jersey — By spring 2010, the Greek Orthodox Parish of Hunterdon County is slated to break ground on what soon will become a more permanent place to worship for the more than 100 ...
Greek Orthodox Parish of Hunterdon buys land in Raritan Township for new building and community center
  • Hunterdon County Democrat
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  • October 27, 2009
RARITAN TWP. — The Greek Orthodox Parish of Hunterdon County has celebrated the purchase of a 12-acre property on Voorhees Corner Road (next to the J.P. Case Middle School) on which to build the paris...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Visits Greek Students in Astoria
  • October 27, 2009
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, right, and Archbishop Demetrios of America enter the Petros Patrides Cultural Center, where they were greeted by the students of the St. Demetrios Greek American Day
Ecumenical Patriarch Visits Greek Orthodox Community of Merrick
  • October 26, 2009
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is greeted by a young girl from the Greek Orthodox Community of Merrick in Long Island, shortly before the Vespers service at St. Demetrios Church in Merrick, on Sunda
D.C. Orthodox church hosts exhibit of religious works, choirs, iconography classes
  • Jordan Buie - The Washington Times
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  • October 23, 2009
Margot Siegel looked at the icon of Christ hanging in the front of Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Northwest Washington and smiled as she recalled a trip she took nine years ago to...
St. John Greek Orthodox Church sues over life insurance program
  • Lee Logan - St. Petersburg Times
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  • October 23, 2009
TAMPA — Roofs leaked chronically over the community center and the 50-year-old sanctuary at St. John Greek Orthodox Church. Money was tight. The church was still paying for an 18,000-square-foot sc...
NYC Mayor Visits Greek Festival in Flushing
  • October 13, 2009
Seen from r. to l. in this commemorative photo from a visit by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to the St. Nicholas Greek Festival in Flushing, NY are: Alexandra Roumbou, Chrysoula Demiris, Larry
Greek church in Centerville celebrates anniversary
  • Jake Berry - Cape Cod Times
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  • October 09, 2009
CENTERVILLE — The birthday gift for St. George Greek Orthodox Church doesn't come with a bow. Instead, it's decorated with a scarlet and gold rug, stained-glass windows and a pair of stone columns. ...
Cherry Hill fest offers taste of Greece
  • October 01, 2009
When Roula Plexidas arrived in Cherry Hill in the early 1980s, she was surprised to find Americans spending so much time cooped up in their homes. In her home village in central Greece, people were a...
Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Long Island Church
  • September 07, 2009
Archbishop Demetrios of America presided over the groundbreaking ceremony of the new St. Markella Church in Wantagh, NY, on Sunday, September 6, 2009. Nick Bouldadakis, Nick Fillas, George Malafis, Ge
Greek Americans line the streets to celebrate the Resurrection
  • April 20, 2009
St. Nicholas Shrine Church Pastor Rev. Paul Palesty leads a seemingly endless crowd of worshipers who gathered midnight Sunday morning to proclaim and honor Christ's resurrection. The thousands of wor
Trespassing ex-parishioner gets probation
  • Lauren Fitzpatrick - Southtown Star
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  • February 27, 2009
A parishioner of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church isn't going to jail for trespassing at the Oak Lawn church he'd been banned from. But he's also not going back to his parish of 40 years. Emanuel...
Parishioner faces imprisonment for violating his priest’s orders
  • Theodore Kalmoukos
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  • February 04, 2009
BOSTON – A Greek Orthodox parishioner from St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox parish in Oak Lawn, Illinois was found guilty and faces up to one year in prison according to the legal guidelines for violating ...
Church Feud Ends In Conviction For Parishioner: Edward Papadopoulos Faces Up To A Year In Prison
  • CBS2 - Chicago
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  • January 29, 2009
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (STNG) ― A worshipper arrested on his priest's orders faces up to a year behind bars after a Cook County jury Wednesday found him guilty of criminal trespass for attending his aunt's ...
Archbishop Demetrios visits Jamaica Senior Center
  • December 31, 2008
The Senior Citizen Center at the St. Demetrios Community in Jamaica, N.Y. held its annual Christmas celebration, which was attended by Archbishop Demetrios of America, along with many of the program's
St George in Springfield damaged in electrical fire
  • February 13, 2008
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Springfield fire officials say electrical problems in a Greek Orthodox church sparked a fire that caused about $325,000 in damage. The pastor of St. George Greek Orthodox ...
Epiphany Cross Dive: Christiana Serban surfaces as the winner of the 33rd annual event
  • January 14, 2008
By Andrew Gant Northwest Florida Daily News (MCT) If it was the Olympics, Christiana Serban would have a gold medal. On Saturday, all she wanted was a warm towel. "It wasn't too bad," the shiveri...
New Role for Familiar Face in Tarpon Springs
  • January 04, 2008
By Elena Lesley St. Petersburg Times TARPON SPRINGS - It would be hard to set foot in St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral without noticing Irene Koulianos. "You see Irene everywhere," said Sofi...
Alkinoos Ioannidis to sing in Greek-American school fundraiser
  • November 08, 2007
NEW YORK (ANA)- Popular singer Alkinoos Ioannidis will give a concert at the NYU auditorium in New York on Friday, participating in the fund raising effort in support of the cultural programs of the H...
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