Celebrating Greece… online
Celebrating Greece… Celebrating Greek Independence Day online... What does it mean? How does it really work? Throughout my time working at The Greek Online...
Cyprus remembers and commemorates the Greek War of Independence
By Polyxeni Potter, Honorary Consul of Cyprus
CYPRUS REMEMBERS AND COMMEMORATES the Greek War of Independence because this war is also the island’s own war...
Free Besieged
Nature of freedom
It’s not clear what freedom has become. So many claim it, but so few understand it. We probably connect this virtue to...
Forerunner of 1821 War of Independence
“People without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots”- Marcus Garvey
The Independence 1821 War of an...
That Greece Might Be Free: Thoughts on the Bicentenary of the Revolution of 1821
By Dr. Robert Zaller, Distinguished University Professor of History at Drexel University, Special to the Hellenic News of America
The English poet and nobleman Lord...
Forces Shaping Greek Independence in 1821: Church, Business Class and Ypsilantis Brothers
The Greek Orthodox Church, the merchant class that created the revolutionary organization of the Filiki Eteria, Alexander, and Demetrios Ypsilantis brothers inspired the successful...
Freedom or Death: How Adamantios Koraes transformed Greek thought into the Greek Revolution of 1821
The clerical dilemma
The Turkish conquest of Greece in 1453 was a calamity. The best Greeks left the country for Europe. Resistance to the occupiers...
Tracing American Philhellenism at the 200th Anniversary of Greek Independence
When we revolted, we said first for our Christian Faith and then for the Nation. - Theodore Kolokotronis1
During 1821 and 1822, nothing was done to...
Teotihuacán shrouded by the mist of time
Teotihuacán elicits gasps upon first seeing the towering Pyramid of the Sun at the entrance to this legendary UNESCO World Heritage Site. Then reality...
Pontikas and Pontikos: The two Greeks who achieved world soccer records!
Michael (Michalis) Spanos, Contributor
The history of soccer is full of remarkable accomplishments, outstanding performances, moments of glory, well-renowned players, and long-standing records. The last...
American Philhellenism: 1821 Greek Revolution
2021 is the 200th Anniversary of Greek Independence. Greece came about because of the Philhellenes in America and Europe. Who are the Philhellenes? They...
Divine Wrath
The arrows of Apollo
The case of the plague in Greek history may still give us pose for reflection. The Greeks gave diseases precise names....
February 9th Greek International Greek Language Day in Larissa, Greece
February 9, 2021, has been declared International Greek Language Day in hopes of sparking interest in the language worldwide. The date coincides with Commemoration...
A special event from a School like no other
The teachers from the worldwide Greek School The Greek Online School, recently received the amazing news that all their students who were Ellinomatheia Exams...
Philip and Alexander Matter
The Persian wars
The first golden age of Greek civilization was the aftermath of the Greek victory over the Persian Empire of kings Darius and...
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Αύριο ίσως είναι πολύ αργά…
Είχα τονίσει την περασμένη εβδομάδα ότι «πρέπει να αλλάξουμε μυαλά» για να σώσουμε τον ταλαίπωρο πλανήτη μας. Δύο τρεις μέρες αργότερα δημοσιεύτηκαν στοιχεία που...
Community
Turkey’s Long Persecution Against Pontian Christians
By Uzay Bulut
In the Turkish city Trabzon, where few Christians are left, St. Maria Catholic Church has suffered its second attack this year. A...
In Greek
Ο στρίγκλος που έγινε για λίγο αρνάκι
«Δεν θέλω να συναντηθώ με τον Κυρ. Μητσοτάκη γιατί οι Έλληνες σκότωσαν πρόσφυγες. Τα σύνορά μας δεν κλείνουν και δεν θα συζητήσουμε άλλο αυτό...
Church
Church Forgives $3.5 Million Medical Debt for 2,200 Families
The Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Webster, MA is culminating its centennial celebration by giving back in a major way. It...
Community
The Genocidal Birth of Modern Turkey
By Dr. Robert Zaller, Professor
The word “genocide,” describing the systematic physical or cultural destruction of a people, was coined in 1944 by a lawyer,...