St. Demetrios High’s Best Return – And Go On
- Eleni Kalogeras - TNH Staff
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- June 10, 2013
ASTORIA, N.Y. - The Petros G. Patridis Cultural Center of the Greek-American community of St. Demetrios of Astoria was flooded with parents, teachers, parishioners who defied the weather forecast and ...
St. Nicholas Graduates Glow with Pride and Joy
- Demetris Tsakas
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- June 10, 2013
FLUSHING, N.Y. – The graduation ceremony of The William Spyropoulos Greek-American School of the Church of St. Nicholas on June 7 sent optimistic messages out to the community about the future of Gree...
B.U. Greek Studies Gets $2.5M Gift
BOSTON - A 1962 alumnus of Boston University has given the school a $2.5 million donation to support a faculty member with scholarly and teaching expertise in the classical period of Greek history.
B...
Hellenic Times Scholarship Fund Gala Rocks
- Constantine S. Sirigos
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- May 12, 2013
NEW YORK – The 22nd Annual Hellenic Times Scholarship Gala packed the ballroom of Manhattan’s Marriot Marquis hotel, pumped everyone with ‘kefi’ and filled the guests with pride in the achievements an...
N.Y Teacher Wants Orthodox Good Friday Holiday
- Constantine S. Sirigos
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- April 26, 2013
NEW YORK – Despite a sizeable Orthodox Christian population in New York City, public school teachers are not permitted to take Good Friday off with full pay, as is the case for Roman Catholics, and fo...
Stony Brook’s Hellenic Studies Gets $3 Million
STONY BROOK, N.Y., - Stony Brook University has received 3 million in donations to enhance course offerings in Greek language and culture, with the immediate goal of creating curricula leading to a ba...
Greek Parochial Schools Celebrate Graduation Day
- Demetris Tsakas
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- June 15, 2012
NEW YORK – Messages of optimism and resolve regarding the future of the Greek language and the strengthening of Greek education in America dominated graduation ceremonies at the High School of St. Dem...
Psomiades is Honored at Queens College
NEW YORK – The annual Certificate of Achievement Awards Dinner of the Center for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies of Queens College is always a special event for the Greek-American community in New ...
Greek Letters Are Alive and Well in Lowell Massachusetts
- Theodore Kalmoukos
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- February 02, 2012
BOSTON, MA – More than 700 parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, and other relatives of the Day Hellenic American School students of the historic Holy Trinity parish of Lowell, MA attended the ...
Investing in Greek Education in the United States
- Constantine S. Sirigos
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- January 26, 2012
NEW YORK – Greeks know what a foundation is. After all, they have been builders for 4000 years. Greek-Americans appreciate that the community has built its success on the bedrock of education, includi...
Jamaica’s Greek Day School Faces Large Deficit
- Theodore Kalmoukos
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- January 05, 2012
JAMAICA – The Jamaica Day School of the Greek Orthodox Parish of St. Demetrios in Jamaica is facing an acute economic problem, which, if not addressed timely and effectively, could even threaten its e...
New Center for Hellenic Studies at Princeton
- Constantine S. Sirigos
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- December 01, 2011
NEW YORK – Princeton University has established the Stanley J. Seeger '52 Center for Hellenic Studies to consolidate and expand the activities of its renowned Program in Hellenic Studies, supported by...
Immigrants from Greece Flock to US Schools
- Christos Papastephanou
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- October 20, 2011
NEW YORK - St. Demetrios High School in Astoria, founded in 1979, has been somewhat of a staple for Greek immigrants who have come to America. It is the largest Greek-American day school and only Gree...
Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building Opens
- Paul Mattis
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- October 13, 2011
For 14 years Constantine “Taki” Papadakis, the late President of Drexel University, successfully persuaded wealthy philanthropists to lend their names to major Drexel buildings. Buildings like the Da...
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