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Dennis Mehiel, a prominent Greek American Democrat from New York, is funding the "Show Up 2018" campaign whose goal is to convince American voters to register for the midterm elections. The campaign aims at the approximately 140 million Americans who...

The Hellenic Initiative's (THI) 11th Annual New York Gala raised more than $2.5 million for humanitarian and economic development programs in Greece. Held on Saturday, December 2nd, the Gala became the most successful fundraising event not only in the organization’s...

The Hellenic Initiative’s (THI) 10th anniversary New York Gala took place on December 3rd, raising $2,248,000 to be deployed in Greece to support Greek economic and entrepreneurial development and humanitarian programs. Since its founding, THI has become the largest Greek...

Early on Monday morning, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, with the faithful and other members of the clergy present, consecrated the rebuilt St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine, the only place of worship destroyed in 9/11. After an extraordinarily...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams met on Tuesday with Archbishop of America Elpidophoros and other leaders of the Greek-American community in New York. Among those present were businessmen Michael Psaros and John Catsimatidis, Chairman of the Friends of St....

Hellenic Public Radio – COSMOS FM presented its prestigious Phidippides Award for Passionate Advocacy of Hellenism to Andy Manatos at their 26th annual Gala in New York City on December 2. Previous recipients of this award have included: His Eminence...

Saint Nicholas Shrine, the church that was built on the site of the only church that was demolished in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, will be illuminated on Friday night like a beacon of light going into...

The Friends of Saint Nicholas announced on Monday that the total of the fundraising on behalf of the Shrine has reached $95 million.

The launch of Turkey's SpaceX Turksat 5B satellite in the second quarter of 2021 is raising concerns by NGO's in the US. The Hellenic American Leadership Council and the Armenian National Committee of America signed a joint letter to the...

Biden highlighted the story of Greece’s #OXIcourage which he learned through his participation with the Washington Oxi Day Foundation.

Five prominent Greek Americans have published a sponsored editorial in the New York Times asking the US administration to stop Turkey from escalating tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean. They also request that Washington endorse Greece’s position in favor of adherence...

Thousands of people from the US, Greece and around the world are expected to tune in for the 10th annual OXI Courage and Service Awards ceremony, which will be streaming live on October 28 from Washington D.C. at 12...

In a message released to donors and other friends of St. Nicholas Shrine at Ground Zero on Tuesday, Archbishop Elpidophoros announced that great strides have been made recently in the reconstruction of the church and the conceptualizing of its...

The long-stalled construction of the new St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at the World Trade Center is back on track, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday. The announcement followed a meeting with Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elpidophoros of America....

Greek entrepreneurs John Calamos and Dean Metropoulos were honored at the National Hellenic Society’s (NHS) Heritage Weekend in Las Vegas, during a conference that brought together hundreds of prominent Greek Americans. The co-honorees received the George Marcus Excellence Award in recognition...