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Hellenic College Holy Cross Hosts More Than A Thousand Clergy-laity Delegates
Brookline, MA – Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology hosted a special day for delegates to the 44th Clergy-Laity Congress on July 3, 2018. More than a thousand delegates, some with their…
Summer of AHEPA in Delaware Valley, Supreme Convention in 2 Weeks at Harrah’s AC
The final plans have been made. Flights are booked from Greeks all over the globe as AHEPA celebrates its 96th anniversary with it’s Supreme Convention in two weeks. Harrah’s Atlantic City will be the place…
Philadelphia America’s First World Heritage City
The Philadelphia World Heritage City film is a 28-minute documentary written and narrated by University of Pennsylvania Professor of History of Art, David B. Brownlee, Ph.D., FSAH, and produced and directed by filmmaker Sam Katz.…
Hellenic College Holy Cross – Appointment of Interim Deans
Brookline, MA – Hellenic College Holy Cross is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Bruce Beck as interim Dean of Hellenic College and Rev. Dr. Thomas FitzGerald as interim Dean of Holy Cross. These…
Dr. George S. Ahtaridis, The Physician To The Community
Dr. George S. Ahtaridis was born and raised in Greece. After having received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, he arrived in Philadelphia in 1972. Philadelphia was supposed to be…
Alexander Hionis
Accomplished businessman, philanthropist, and devoted family patriarch, Alexander Hionis, age 81 of West Chester, PA, passed away on June 23, 2018, after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Cephalonia, Greece,…
Georgios Baxevanidis
Georgios Baxevanidis passed away peacefully on June 22, 2018. He is the beloved husband of Vaia. Loving father of Theodore (Debbie) and Maria (Mario). Devoted Christian, Giorgio, Alex, and Zachary. Georgios was a quiet man…
Greek Heritage Night at the Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia, PA – From the moment Anastasia Zannis took the microphone and led us in the singing of the National Anthem. It was apparent from the start that this was going to be a big…
Philadelphia Federation Elects New Leadership, Breaks New Ground
Upper Darby, PA – The Federation of Hellenic American Societies of Philadelphia and Greater Delaware Valley broke new ground last night at their summer elections meeting. For the first time in the organization’s history, two…
Gabriel Mprinias
Gabriel Mprinias, born in Corinth, Greece, passed away on June 12, 2018, at the age of 78. Gabriel was the husband of Niki, father of Constantine, and brother of Dimitra Stephanopoulos, Calliope Critikos and Vasiliki…
Perfect Bougatsa Served at Evangelismos Greek Festival
Philadelphia, PA – It’s the best “Bougatsa” outside of Greece, and it’s made at the biggest little Greek Festival in Philly. Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Church on Bustleton Avenue has a long tradition of making their…
Round and Round they Go, Gyro at Holy Trinity’s Greek Festival
Egg Harbor Twp, NJ – Anyway you slice it up, it’s a Gyro. Like synchronized swimmers, these parishioners continued cutting row after row of their famed beef and lamb gyro meat, while visitors poured into…
