Leadership 100, one of the major Greek American charitable membership organizations that supports the National Ministries of the Greek Orthodox Church of America, will proudly present the renowned business leader and philanthropist, Peter G. Peterson, to its members and guests as the featured speaker in its first Forum on Business and Philanthropy to take place [...]

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The names of Greeks in Boston are being displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston. The couple, Mr. Lykourgos and Evanthia Kontakis are the donors of the wing for ancient classical artefacts, whilst George Behrakis has entirely financed the new wing of the historical American museum.
Evanthia Kontakis, walking around the Museum halls and [...]

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On Monday former Governor George Pataki, NY-1 congressional candidate George Demos and Bishop Andonios -who represented Archbishop Demetrios called a press conference at the former site of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church.  The conference was an attempt to help rebuild the St. Nicholas Orthodox church that was destroyed on 9/11.
“I’m calling on the Port Authority [...]

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A security breach of credit and debit card purchases connected to a local restaurant chain is causing problems for some Austinites, police say.
A police spokesman said officials think a computer network between Tinos Greek Cafe and its New Jersey-based credit card clearinghouse, Heartland Payment Systems , was hacked, triggering fraudulent charges for some customers of [...]

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“Good Morning America’s” George Stephanopoulos defended the construction of a mosque near Ground Zero as a monument to tolerance. Talking to conservative radio host Laura Ingraham he stated: “This is a country founded on the notion of religious freedom. What better way to say they [the terrorists] haven’t won?” Ingraham rejected the plan on its [...]

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The President of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias welcomed Vasiliki Scotes, 102, to the Presidential Palace last month, congratulating her on her book A Weft of Memory: A Greek Mother’s Recollection of Folksongs and Poems.

The book had been presented at the Hellenic American Union on November 10, 2008. On that occasion, [...]

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 Greek-American Conservative Republican Candidate for Congress in the First District of New York George Demos appeared on Fox News recently.  Demos called on The Port Authority’s Executive Director Chris Ward to immediately stop his bureaucratic roadblocks and that the rebuilding of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at Ground Zero must be a top priority.
Demos stated that it was [...]

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The late Archbishop of North and South America Iakovos wrote two volumes of work which have just been published, to complete his twelve volume series of books.
Archbishop Iakovos was born in 1911 and passed in 2005.  He was The Former Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America.  Iakovos was ordained to the Priesthood [...]

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Hundreds of supporters and protesters came out this afternoon hoping to catch a glimpse of President Barack Obama during his visit to Edison, NJ.
The President went to Tastee Sub Shop located at 267 Plainfield Avenue and met with several local small business owners, which included Dave Thornton who is a co-owner of the eatery. Thornton met his [...]

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Greeks in America honored the Ambassador of Cyprus Andreas Kakouris who completed his successful term in Washington and will now return to Nicosia after four years.
The dinner for the Ambassador and his wife Careen Kakouris, who took remarkable actions regarding the Cypriot issue, was organized by AHEPA, The American Hellenic Institute, SAE (World Council of the Hellenes abroad) and The [...]

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