May 19th, 2013.-Upper Darby. Tear’s filled the eyes of young and old alike yesterday at the Pontian memorial service. The Pontian “Akritai” (Black Sea Greeks) organization of Philadelphia commemorated the Genocide of 353,000 people and their loss of homeland at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox church in Upper Darby. Pontus (Greek: Πόντος, “sea”) is a historical Greek designation for a region on...
May 9th, 2013, Broomall, Pa. – The Greek Orthodox ladies Philoptochos Society of St. Luke (chapter 1082) hosted it’s annual Bid “N Buy this past week. The theme was a “Lantern Festival” which covered...
May 5th, 2013, Deptford, NJ. Across the Delaware Valley, the Greek-American community of Philadelphia celebrated Easter. The smell of lamb on the spit was a regular scene in many Greek-American backyards. Cosmos Philly visited...
Upper Darby, PA. – Cherry Hill NJ.,- May 4rth, 2013. Yesterday, Cosmos Philly visited 1st Resurrection services at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox church in Upper Darby and St.Thomas Greek Orthodox church in Cherry Hill...
May 3rd, 2013. Philadelphia. – St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Philadelphia was full last night with it’s congregation. Good Friday was celebrated in by the Orthodox community on this spring evening with it’s...
West Deptford, NJ. March 15th, 2013.-The I.O.C.C. (International Orthodox Christian Charities) organization hosted it’s “Second Annual Benefit Banquet”. “The event was sponsored by The Greater Philadelphia Committee for the IOCC”. For many years now, the...
March 2, 2013. Philadelphia.-If you were out gambling this past Saturday evening, you were a winner. But only if you were at the Loews hotel in center city Philadelphia. Roulette wheels, Craps and Blackjack...
February 28th, 2013. Cherry Hill, New Jersey. – Last week, St. Thomas Greek Orthodox church was the scene of a revived Greek-American tradition. Hosted by The A.H.E.P.A. (AMERICAN HELLENIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION) Camden Chapter...
February 17th, 2013. Philadelphia.- “Today is a great day in history, not only for the people from Ioannina, but for all Greeks and freedom lovers all over the world”, declared President Kostas Kravaris of...
January 20 2013,Philadelphia, PA.-St George Greek Orthodox Cathedral commemorated the “Sandy Hook school victims” during church services this past Sunday. A moment of silence was observed while Father Costa read the names of the...
January 12, 2013. Upper Darby, Pa. It will likely be remembered as one of the most memorable days in history for the Greek American community of Philadelphia. It certainly will be for the year...
January 8, 2013. Pennsauken, NJ. And the coin goes to…..WW II Veteran, Apostolos Saffos! Congratulations Apostoli. Last night in Pennsauken New Jersey at the Pan Icarian house, the Philadelphia Hellenic Federation meeting took place. A...
Traditional Epiphany Day celebrations take place across Eastern Europe. Worshipers scramble for wooden crosses cast into the water by priests. Orthodox Christians believe recovering a cross will free them from evil Thousands of young...
December 30, 2012. Drexel Hill Pa. The last Sunday in the year brought the Ahepa chapter members #445 (Thermopylae) together again one last time. The occasion was the annual recognition of the Scholarship recipients...
December 9, 2012. Philadelphia. Philadelphia’s Hellenic University club members came to together for their annual X-mas party this past Sunday night at Estia Restaurant in down town Philly. More than 120 members came out...
November 9, 2012. Philadelphia. Rethink, Reinvent and Reignite. These words were the title of this years National Hellenic Student Association Fall Conference, held in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania. Students from all over...
Novemeber 3, 2012. Cherry Hill, N.J. A ground breaking ceremony took place this past Sunday morning following church at St. Thomas Greek Orthodox church. Some 500 members of the community filled the church parking...
November 3, 2012. Philadelphia. St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral church of Philadelphia held a beef and beer fundraiser last week. Sponsored by the Philoptochos, the event was held in part to fight hunger in...
October 26th, 2012. Upper Darby, PA. St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox church hosted a Thyronixia (opening of the doors) this past week. Although this happened first in 1965 when the church originally opened here in...
Philadelphia, October 20th, 2012. Celebrating their 50th year this past weekend, members of St. Luke Greek Orthodox Church in Broomall Pennsylvania came together at the Hilton Hotel on City Line Ave. A heart warming...
September 2, 2012. Broomall Pa. St. Luke’s Greek School started back up on Tuesday. More than 70 students will attend the Greek school that opened more than 35 years ago. Students, parents and teachers...