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Sarbanes, Hellenic Caucus Leaders Request Update from State Department on Reports of Turkish Violations of Greek and Cypriot Sovereignty
Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) joined the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues and Congressional Hellenic-Israel Alliance in requesting an update from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo...
Chris Zannetos Announces Suspension of Campaign for Congress
Chris Zannetos, candidate for Congress in Massachusetts 4th Congressional District, today announced that he is suspending his campaign.
“I entered this race because our economy...
Maloney, Pallone, and Bilirakis Lead Bipartisan Condemnation of Reckless Turkish Actions in the Eastern Mediterranean
Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), co-chair and co-founder of the Hellenic Caucus, Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) led a group of...
Pallone, Maloney, and Bilirakis Lead Bipartisan Condemnation of Reckless Turkish Actions in the Eastern Mediterranean
Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-14), and Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) today led a group of 16 bipartisan Members of Congress in...
Cookbook author Eleni Saltas shares her favorite recipes with us
Eleni Saltas, a fourth-generation Greek-American living in Salt Lake City, Utah, recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of her cookbook, “All You Can Greek.”Eleni was...
Bicentennial Events Highlight Role of World Diaspora in Greek Independence
The Greek revolutionary war for independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1821 was obviously momentous for Greece.
Few realize, though, the impact the Greek Revolution...
AHEPA, Shrine 500, moves forward in Long Island
By Chris Pappis, AHEPA District 6 Secretary
Shrine AHEPA Chapter 500 held a monthly meeting on August 12, 2020 virtually via Zoom due to the...
The Significance of Panagia in Byzantine Art During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Our Most Holy Lady, Panagia, Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ has inspired Byzantine artists for nearly two thousand years. Her icons and mosaics...
AHEPA protests at Turkish Embassy
Supreme President George G. Horiates joined a delegation of AHEPANS who participated in a Rally coordinated by the Hellenic Cultural Center. The AHEPA delegation...
Menendez and Van Hollen express concern to Pompeo over Turkey’s provocative actions
August 13, 2020
The Honorable Mike Pompeo
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20520
Dear Secretary Pompeo:
In advance of your meeting with Greek...
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine Now on Solid Ground as Construction Restarts
The people close to the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at Ground Zero in New York tend to think of the...
Moving forward, with AHEPA, Brooklyn Chapter 41
Brooklyn AHEPA Chapter 41 held a monthly meeting on August 5, 2020 virtually via Zoom due to the COVID pandemic. On the agenda was...
Antonios (Tony) Malitas of Philadelphia has passed away
Malitas, Antonios (Tony) was born on January 15, 1940, in Epirus, while it was under the communistic rule of the Albanian government. Harlambos, (Harry)...
Η Αγία Σοφία, οι Συμβολισμοί και η Τουρκία ως Καταστροφέας Πολιτισμών
Γράφει ο Ιωάννης Μπαλτζώης
O Τούρκος δημοσιογράφος Ραμί Τουράν σε ένα τολμηρό του άρθρο στην εφημερίδα Σοτζιού της 14ης Ιουλίου έγραφε: «Οι οικονομικές κρίσεις και...
The destruction of civilization, the other side of the Conqueror and conquest
By Ioannis Mpaltzois
There are more mosques in Turkey than there are schools. To the existing 84,684 mosques, one more was added. Hagia Sophia became...