Οn the occasion of today’s celebrations for the Three Holy Hierarchs, protectors of education and letters, the Greek language is being praised as a key component of the cultural heritage and identity carried by Greek migrants around the world. Migrants in the US have ranked the teaching of the Greek language as one of their [...]
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“Nick the Greek”: The “Gentleman” of Gambling
It’s Christmas Eve 1966, “Nick the Greek” takes his last breathe. Leaving behind his mythical life of the “the gentleman of gambling”. Imagine America at the beginning of the 20th century. Imagine a bar just like the Cotton Club, just picture the club’s characteristics, the rooms that are behind the clubs, just like the ones [...]
There’s No Place Like Home
Being Greek-American is not what it’s cracked up to be. You are torn between the country you were you were born and the country were your family came from. In America you’re not called the “all American boy/girl” and in Greece you are not put in the group like the rest of the Greeks. This [...]
Greek-American Who Fought in WWII Remembers OXI Day 71 Years Ago
Aris Anagnos was born in Greece and came to the States in 1946 after having served in the Greek army in World War II. He was only a young boy in his final year of high school when the war broke out in Greece. It was 70 years ago when the Greek premier Metaksas responded [...]
Greek-Americans Remember Greek Genocide
According to the Times, Greek Americans remembered the Greek Genocide of 1914-1923 with memorial services for the first time on both the East and West Coast, a letter from the Hellenic League of America informs. On September 18th, the Asia Minor Holocaust Memorial Observance Committee, headed by Archon Bill Theodosakis, held their annual commemoration of [...]
Columbus Day: The Theory Supporting that Christopher Columbus Was Greek
The exact origin of Christopher Columbus has been a source of speculation since the 19th century. Recent publications claim that the great admiral might have been Greek.
Chicago’s Greektown Comes Alive with Kouzina
Day 2 of the National Hellenic Museum‘s Kouzina kept the buzz going, as a sold-out crowd gathered for a Premium Dinner, from Food Network star and Owner/Executive Chef of Taxim, David Schneider. The four course dinner, with wine pairings by Ted Diamantis of Diamond Imports, took the senses on a gastronomic adventure. Each dish was [...]
Hidden Writings of Archimedes on Display at Baltimore Museum
The long-hidden writings of Archimedes are the focus of “Lost and Found: The Secrets of Archimedes,” a new exhibition at Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum, running October 16-January 1. An international team of experts resurrected the hidden manuscript of the ancient world’s greatest thinker, Archimedes of Syracuse. In Jerusalem in 1229 AD the greatest works of [...]
Cyprus Documentary to Air on Maryland Public TV
The documentary, “Cyprus Still Divided: A US Foreign Policy Failure,” produced by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, George Veras and made possible by the support of the American Hellenic Institute Foundation, will air on Maryland Public Television on October 17. The one-hour documentary will be available to viewers in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and northern Virginia. The [...]
AHI Commemorates the 89th Anniversary of the Catastrophe at Smyrna
The American Hellenic Institute will host a noon forum in commemoration of the 89th Anniversary of the Catastrophe at Smyrna, on September 27 at the Hellenic House in Washington, DC. “Greeks from Asia Minor: A Remembrance of Things Past,” will be presented by Professor Alice James, Professor of Anthropology, Shippensburg University and Visiting Research Associate, [...]
Greek Restaurant Owner Watched the Towers Go Up and Come Down
John Costalas will never forget 9/11. The owner/operator of Essex World Cafe, adjacent to the World Trade Center, has been in this location for many years. ”I watched the Towers go up,” he shared. And he saw them come down. In this business, customers become like family. “We lost more people than anyone. All the people who [...]
Greek Orthodox Priest Calls Radio Show, Talks 9/11, St. Nicholas
A Greek Orthodox priest, who only identified himself as the priest of the destroyed St. Nicholas Church at Ground Zero, called in to the Sean Hannity radio show this week. The cleric called in during a conversation regarding 9/11. The host of the nationally syndicated radio show respectfully allowed the priest to tell the story [...]
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02 / 04 UN Chief has Full Confidence in Downer
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02 / 04 Greek-American Composer Dinos Constantinides to Perform at Carnegie Hall in NY
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02 / 03 Pamela Pappas To Receive Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Award for Achievement
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02 / 03 “Temenos” Screenings at University of Michigan
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02 / 03 Diamanda Galás to Perform at Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago
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07 / 23 St. Nicholas of Manhattan in Ruins while Mosque Rises
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08 / 03 George Demos Tells Fox News We Must Rebuild St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at Ground Zero
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11 / 27 Greek American Pihakis Busted by Feds for $5.8 Million
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12 / 27 Greek Orthodox Community of America Renounced Anti-Semitic Statements by Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus
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02 / 09 St. George Community of Lynn, Massachusetts, Refuses to Pay its Contribution to the Archdiocese
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