Kudos to the Herald
I would like to compliment your fine newspaper. The many interesting subjects and wide topics in The National Herald have been enlightening. My children, in particular, enjoy reading about the Olympic...
OCL should redirect its efforts
The action of the OCL (so-called Orthodox Christian Laity) in taking the Archdiocese and the archbishop to court is simply a matter of attempting to “Protestanize” the Orthodox Christian C...
‘The Passion’ and our Church
I was disheartened, yet not surprised to see Archbishop Chrystodoulos and Metropolitan Iakovos make negative comments towards Mel Gibson's movie, “The Passion of the Christ.”...
Karamanlis endorsement
I would like to congratulate you for the editorial, “Help Elect Costas Karamanlis,” published in the National Herald, February 28-29. It was very informative and fair....
Methodios was right on Gay marriage
“But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female, for this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh…&#...
Don’t remake society for the minority
I have just finished reading Zoye Marinopoulou’s letter, “On being gay” (Feb. 28-29 issue). “Humanity” and “compassion” have absolutely nothing to do with the...
On being gay…
I have just finished reading the articles in the February 14-15 National Herald, clarifying the Church’s view on gay lifestyle and same-sex unions, including my fellow Greeks views that gay coup...
No ‘gurus’ at AHEPA
Mr. Soffos’ letter published in The National Herald [February 21-22 issue] contains inaccuracies about AHEPA’s difficult decision not to hold its annual convention in Athens during the yea...
Our self-imposed single life
Recently, Cardinal Egan of St. Patrick's Cathedral expressed his feelings on gay marriage and the Britney Spears of the world. He said it is a desecration when marriage is treated lightly, or ridicule...
Why the Charter was taken to court
For more than the past year members of the group of plaintiffs in the Charter legal action attempted by letters, telephone calls and otherwise to institute a dialogue with the Patriarchate and t...
The lessons of 1821 still inspire
When the banner of freedom was first raised by the Greeks to begin their War of Independence on March 25, 1821, the Greek people had already suffered under Muslim Turkish occupation for 400 years....
Bartholomaios’ bait ‘n’ switch
I am outraged that the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomaios recently was to honor Fidel Castro, the Cuban dictator with the St. Andrew Medal of Honor but instead at, at the last minute, honored him with...
The Herald on my doorstep
We wish to thank you and your staff for the fine service you have given my mother with you newspaper....
Are we really safer now?
So Saddam Hussein was captured! Hooray! Now we are all safe from terrorist threats and there will be no more bombings. Or maybe not....
Congratulations on the ‘new’ Herald
I have been reading the National Herald for almost 20 years, since my very first days in the US as a college student. I remember buying the daily newspapers from Greece and paying a hefty price for th...
Hypocrisy and the New AHEPA “Gurus”
We are an independent group of AHEPANS and proud of our Hellenic heritage. However, we were surprised that the theme of AHEPA’s Biannual Banquet, slated for Feb. 16, in Washington D.C. is, accor...
The Patriarch was right on Cuba
A recent Herald editorial (January 31, 2004) labels Patriarch Batholomaios “Castro’s Ambassador to the world”: if that is the case then I, too, stand shoulder to shoulder with ...
Trouble in our parish
I was a candidate in the elections for Parish council of Holy Cross of Whitestone, New York. The “unified Parish Council Laws” clearly state that we have the right to contest the elections...
The Odd Couple: Castro and the Patriarch
As longstanding, strong supporters of three local Greek Orthodox Churches in areas where we reside, we were shocked and outraged with the recent actions, behavior and statements of Patriarch Bartholom...
Bartholomaios has the right idea
Mr. Theodore Nikolis is to be commended for his insightful and enlightened remarks about our new church in Cuba (Letters, Jan. 31-Feb1 issue)....
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