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The National Hellenic Student Association and the Greek America Foundation Co-host the 2018 National Innovation Conference
The National Hellenic Student Association (NHSA) of North America, Inc. collaborated with the Greek America Foundation to host the National Innovation Conference and Forty Under 40 Awards this past May in Philadelphia, PA at Temple University. The...
- Posted July 8, 2018
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In the Spirit of Heroic Greek Marathoners, Pancreatic Cancer Survivor Jimmy Pantelidis Conquers Modern World’s Oldest Marathon
When Jimmy Pantelidis was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in February of last year, he handled it as he does most other challenges in his life: full-on. Not only did he vow to beat cancer…he vowed to run the following...
- Posted July 8, 2018
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Argyris Papathanasopoulos raised the greek flag in North Pole
The greek champion talks to NEO about his remarkable experience By Kelly Fanarioti It began as an almost irrational thought, but over time it became a challenge as demanding as few things in life. Extreme weather conditions...
- Posted July 7, 2018
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Cathedral School Students Excel with Hellenic Education
The Cathedral School gathered June 11th at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan to celebrate the graduation exercises of its 8th grade class. Distinguished television producer Michael Karzis spoke to the graduates and attendees,...
- Posted July 7, 2018
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The American Hellenic Council Holds 44th Annual Gala in Los Angeles
On March 31st, the American Hellenic Council held its 44th Annual Awards Gala. This year, the Council honored two distinguished Greek-Americans and one Philhellene for their outstanding professional accomplishments and contributions to Hellenism. The event, which attracted...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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Illinois Tech Invests J.D. Trout as John & Mae Calamos Endowed Chair in Philosophy
Illinois Institute of Technology recently invested J.D. Trout as the John & Mae Calamos Endowed Chair in Philosophy—the university’s first endowed chair in philosophy. Trout was most recently employed as a professor of philosophy and psychology at...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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Greek-American Leaders to Meet with Top US Policymakers in Washington, DC
The highest-level US administration officials who formulate US policy toward Cyprus, Greece and Turkey and over 30 key US Senators and Members of Congress who play a major role in US policy will be meeting with Greek-American...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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NYC Based Singer / Songwriter Annamaria Crowned “Miss Greek Independence 2018”
NYC’s 2018 Greek Independence Day Parade will feature the newly crowned talent, celebrating the 197th Anniversary of Hellenic Independence, on Sunday, April 22nd, along Manhattan’s 5th Avenue. Having kicked off a phenomenal 2018, NYC based Singer/Songwriter Annamaria...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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The Federation of Cypriot American Organizations to Host 2018 National Convention
The Federation of Cypriot American Organizations (FCAO) will host its National Convention on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at Terrace on the Park, 52-11 111th Street, Flushing Meadows Park, New York. The Keynote Speaker for this year’s convention...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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The National Hellenic Museum to hold Annual Gala
The National Hellenic Museum (NHM) will hold its Annual Gala “Connecting Generations” Saturday, May 12, at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile. The NHM Gala has always been a great opportunity for hundreds of Greek Americans and...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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Striking gold in Greece with honey – and 24-karat edible gold!
by Kelly Fanarioti The story of Yiannis Karypidis and his wife Stavroula Theodorou could be a script for a Hollywood movie. Seven years ago, because of the economic crisis, they were ready to leave Greece and emigrate...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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Does Antigone Act Alone?
By Marina Angelopoulos* For thousands of years, scholars have pondered, prodded, and attempted to unravel the grand work that is Sophocles’ Antigone. Provocative, political, transcendent, Antigone has been categorized, classicized, and reimaged through countless lenses. Whether Antigone...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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Maria Tzompanaki Appointed Director of the New York City Greek Film Festival
The Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce (HACC) proudly announced the appointment of Maria Tzompanaki as the organization’s next Director of the New York City Greek Film Festival (NYCGFF). Mrs. Tzompanaki, Cultural Ambassador of the region of Crete,...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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Eclipses Group Theater NY presents The Greek Play Project New York
In artistic collaboration with Dramatist Irene Mountraki and under the Auspices of the A.S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies at NYU & The National Theater of Greece, the Eclipses Group presents the The Greek Play Project New...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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The Writer in Old Age
by Harry Mark Petrakis At my present age of 94 the afflictions of aging assail me like the onslaught of an army bent on my destruction. Each week seems to bring a new, unwelcome impairment. My chest...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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Judge Nicholas Tsoucalas In Memoriam
The Honorable Nicholas Tsoucalas, of Weston, MA, formerly of Rego Park, NY, died peacefully after complications from pneumonia on March 22, 2018. Beloved husband of the late Catherine (Aravantinos) Tsoucalas of 63 years. Devoted father of Georgia...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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Avra Madison & Chef Argiro Barbarigou Offer a New Take on a Time Honored Seasonal Dish
Greek eatery Avra Madison has teamed up with Celebrity Chef & Greece’s Best-Selling Cookbook Author Argiro Barbarigou to bring a LIMITED-EDITION traditional and time honored Greek dish to Manhattanites this Easter. With the goal of modernizing the...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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At the National Hellenic Museum judiciary panel and citizens affirm ancient practice of trial by jury
A jury composed of community leaders, academics and journalists, along with an audience of hundreds, presented their verdict of guilty to a presiding panel of federal and state court judges in the National Hellenic Museum’s Trial of...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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Hilton Athens: More than a Grand Hotel; a Modern Landmark
by Kelly Fanarioti ”A hotel of immense wealth is going to be erected in Athens”, the great newspapers of the time wrote in the late ’50s. And they did not exaggerate. The construction of the chain’s first...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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Greece Research Trip by the Hellenic Classical Charter School
The four selected students for this year’s National History Day Fair, and research trip to Greece, have begun to diligently work on their research, and have already decided that under this year’s theme of “Conflict and Compromise,”...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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Turkish policy on Cyprus: What we stole from you is ours and what we haven’t stolen from you, you must share!
This is in effect Turkey’s position with regard to the hydrocarbon energy resources of the Republic of Cyprus, an independent member state of the British Commonwealth, Council of Europe and European Union. Having ethno-religiously cleansed more than...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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Nicole Petallides, Anchor FOX Business Network, to Receive Cyprus-US Chamber of Commerce Award
The Cyprus-U.S. Chamber of Commerce (cyprususchamber.com) announced that Nicole Petallides Tsiolas, Anchor, FOX Business Network is the Chamber’s 2018 Distinguished Merit Award recipient. Bestowed annually, the Award honors corporations and individuals who have raised the profile of...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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Hellenic American Academy Hosts 2018 Annual Gala Honoring George D. Behrakis and Peter Maroutsos
The Hellenic American Academy (HAA) hosted its spectacular 2018 Annual Gala at the Loews Chicago O’Hare. This year’s Gala, themed “The Time is Now” celebrated the school’s evolution and its future. “The Time is Now” theme was...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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MidAmerica to Produce Opera-Oratorio on Nicholas Gage’s Memoir “Eleni”
Impresario Peter Tiboris announced today that he has commissioned acclaimed composer Christopher Theofanidis and poet and librettist J. D. McClatchy, a 2003 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, to create an opera-oratorio based on the international bestseller “Eleni”,...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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The Great Counterfeiting of History: Myth of a ‘Macedonian’ nation
by Nicholas L. Moraites, Ph.D.* Most of humanity is generally unaware of the fact that has been a reinterpretation of Balkan history, counterfeiting of historical myths, and artificial nationality and language by the “Sclavineaes”. Further, most are...
- Posted March 11, 2018


































