SHOWING RESULTS FOR:
OLD KARDAMYLI, THE KAPATANIO AND THE MARCH THAT SPARKED THE 1821 WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
BY AURELIA
Edited by: Mariekaty Athanasea Georgota,
Resident of Kardamyli and Fulbright Scholar
Kardamyli, a small Village with a claim to being over 3,000 years old and...
Men Who Drink from a Different Fountain: Giorgomichalis Kolokotronis and Patrick Leigh Fermor
By Aurelia
There is something mysterious about the Mani area of Greece that attracts those who drink from a different fountain—those who follow the path...
THE STORY OF UNLIKELY PARTNERS: HOW A FAMILY FROM VIENNA AND A NETWORK OF WEST MANI FAMERS PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY, ORGANIC OLIVE OIL
BY AURELIA, Special to the Hellenic News of america
In the late 60's and early seventies when highly creative people chose to lead unconventional lives,...
Diros Caves in the Peloponnese what the ancients called “the gateway to Hades.”
By Aurelia, Special to the Hellenic News of America
At the world-famous Diros Caves in the Peloponnese region of Greece, I waited with others to...
VisitPittsburgh Invites Greek Americans
To Visit Pittsburgh, PA.
“New waves of transplants are arriving from
Philadelphia, New York, and beyond, lured
by a quality of life that consistently earns
Pittsburgh a perch...
Kardamyli: Agamemnon’s Gift to Achilles and The Muses Gift to Us
By Aurelia Special to the Hellenic News of America
“Seven well-peopled cities will I give him, The first of which is Kardamyli Neigh to the...
SFAKIA: WHERE THE MOUNTAINS MEET THE SEA
By Aurelia, Contributing Editor
Sfakia, located South of Chania and surrounded by the Lefka Ori or “white mountains,” is one of the most...
Bouboulina: Giving All for the Sake of Her Nation
By Aurelia, contributing editor ...
THERMAE SYLLA SPA WELLNESS HOTEL: WHERE GUESTS EXPERIENCE A METAMORPHOSIS
A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings…
Hippocrates (c.460 - 400 BC)
By: Aurelia
In ancient times Edipsos was known, aptly,...
The Sofitel Athens Airport Hotel Prepares You for Your Journey Home
An oasis that pampers all of your senses
By: Aurelia
"Maid of Athens,
‘ere I part
give or give
me back my heart”
...
Nancy Phyllis Horton Dies in Athens at 103
By: AURELIA
The occasion was a poetry reading on January 16, 1999 in the Cornelia Street Café, New York City, by...
SAILING TO BYZANTIUM—AN INWARD JOURNEY
By: Aurelia
“And therefore I have sailed the seas and come to the holy city of Byzantium.” - W.B. Yeats
I don’t remember the exact date...
ICARIANS: THE JOY OF GIVING BACK
By Aurelia
“They were ordinary people who did extraordinary things.”
Joanne Melacrinos, Archivist
Pan-Icarian Brotherhood of America
The “ordinary people” of whom Mrs. Melacrinos speaks are the Icarian...
CHRISTOS TSAKONAS: THE MAN AND HIS REMARKABLE ODYSSEY
BY MR. CARAVASOS AND AURELIA**
Christos Tsakonas arrived in the United States on March 8, 1873, on the S.S. Anglia and soon became an independent...
THE CHRISTMAS STORY TOLD EVERY YEAR IN SFAKIA
BY AURELIA word count: 610
All the women in Sfakia (and the men, if truth be told), agree that Manoussos’ wife, Maria, (God rest...