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Baltimore Bridge Collapses After Being Struck by Ship

A bridge in Baltimore, Maryland has partially collapsed after being struck by a container ship early on Tuesday morning. The Francis Scott Key Bridge crumbled after a vessel crashed into it, prompting the structure to fall apart into the Patapsco...

Historic Greek Orthodox Icon Travels From Rhodes, Greece to Baltimore

The holy icon of Saint Paraskevi, which has resided in the village of Kattavia on Rhodes, Greece or the last 120 years, traveled more than 5,000 miles recently, all the way to Baltimore, Maryland. Faithful from the greater Baltimore area, as...

Greek-American Physician Uses Community Engagement to Help Baltimore Patients

Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos is a second-generation Greek-American whose innovative and groundbreaking work is helping Baltimore's community to thrive. Galiatsatos, the son of two Greeks who came to the US decades ago, was born and raised in Baltimore City. He completed his undergraduate...

Flaming Greek Saganaki Dish Hilariously Sets Off Sprinklers at Baltimore Restaurant

Saganaki cheese is a mouth-watering Greek dish and the staff at the Cava Mezze restaurant in Baltimore wanted to surprise the work party that was in session on April 17. At the end of the meal, they told the party that...

The Angelos Family & Baltimore Orioles Host ‘Nashville’s Music Row Comes to the Ballpark’ Benefit

On Friday, March 17, for the second consecutive year, the Angelos family and the Baltimore Orioles hosted Nashville’s Music Row Comes to the Ballpark – an exclusive, on-field performance at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Florida. Every dollar raised...

A Lifetime of Giving: Friend to Baltimore and Multimillionaire John Paterakis Dies Age 87

  The community of Baltimore has lost friend John Paterakis on Sunday as he passed away from myelodysplasia, a bone marrow disorder at John Hopkins Hospital. The 87-year-old self-made multimillionaire baker was known as a visionary risk-taker who lived a surprisingly...

Meet Peter Angelos and John Paterakis Sr, Inductees into Baltimore Sun’s Hall of Fame

On June 9 the Baltimore Sun inducted 12 men and women for being exceptional in their fields into their Business and Civic Hall of Fame. Of the individuals, two were Greek-Americans, lawyer and Orioles’ owner Peter Angelos and successful baking tycoon and developer John...

Freddie Gray: Baltimore’s Orthodox Churches Release Statement

The Baltimore Council of Orthodox Churches sent a statement to the city of Baltimore condemning violence, but "encouraging the faithful, and all Baltimore citizens, to engage their constitutional rights and to follow their conscience in regard to participation in lawful...

Greek-American Helps Authorities Deal With Chaos in Baltimore

While rioting is ongoing in Baltimore, authorities and institutions are trying to control the situation, while seeking to meet demands of African-American protesters. Greek-American Kaliope Parthemos is on the front lines of these efforts as a member of the...

George Petrocheilos Named Baltimore’s ‘‘40 Under 40’’ Business Leaders

By Maria Ioannides - George Petrocheilos, 22, a Towne Park, Ltd. executive made it among the "forty under forty" winners, making him one of the youngest honorees as well as the first Greek native to ever win the competition. The Baltimore Business...

Greek Gods, Myths and Mortals in Baltimore

Port Discovery Childrens' Musuem in Baltimore will be hosting Gods, Myths And Mortals: Discover Ancient Greece until Jan. 13, 2013, presenting its  visitors with a unique mythology based exhibit that transports them back to the bedrock of western civilization. Created...

Greeks of Baltimore Band Together for Independence Day

Baltimore, Md. — Outside of St. Nick’s Greek Orthodox Church yesterday, music reverberated up and down Eastern Avenue. From the speakers playing traditional Greek songs and issuing announcements, to the tsabouna players and drummers, the excitement was tangible. At every...

Baltimore Greek Week 2012 Begins

The Baltimore-Piraeus Sister City Committee is celebrating Greek cultural heritage and special cuisine with the 2nd Baltimore Greek Week commencing on Sunday, March 18, and culminating on March 25, with a parade in Greektown commemorating Greece’s National Independence Day...

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...

Long-Hidden Writings of Greek Mathematician Archimedes to Go on Display in Baltimore

Long-hidden writings of the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes are ready to go on display at Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum. Teams of scientists and scholars spent 12 years using a variety of methods, including X-rays produced by a particle accelerator at...