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Andreas Barkoulis, Greek Cinema Icon of the ’60s, Dies at 80
Athens – Andreas Barkoulis, one of the brightest stars of Greek cinema’s golden age, passed away today at Agia Olga hospital in Athens. He was 80 years old and had been hospitalized with heart and…
Eleonora Valko
Eleonora Valko, born in Sparta, lived in Athens, Greece, before immigrating to the United States. After graduating, she worked as a paralegal in a Piraeus Law office in Greece. Married in Athens in 1963 to…
The Center for Orthodox Thought & Culture Opens at Eastern University
The Agora Institute at Eastern University, St. David’s PA. has initiated the Center for Orthodox Thought & Culture, an intellectual and spiritual home for Orthodox students that focuses on Eastern Orthodoxy’s broad, deep cultural and…
Winners Of The Cosmos Philly Summer Reads Giveaway
Congratulations to Chris Stavrou (Chicago, IL), Ted Stathakos (Toronto, ON, Canada) and Mary Giddens Davenport (Norristown, PA). As part of our summertime Cosmos Philly Summer Reads Giveaway, they have been selected to receive a copy…
George Kalaitzis
George P. Kalaitzis, a resident of Blue Bell, died August 13, 2016, at the age of 79. He was the beloved husband of the late Mary. He is survived by brother-in-law Bill Mackrides and sister-in-law…
Tinos, Greece, 1996
Pilgrims crawl through the main port town of Tinos to the landmark Greek Orthodox church of Panagia Evangelistria. Each year, on August 15th, Tinos becomes a place of worship on the Dormition of the Virgin…
Trabzon, Turkey, 2010
Greek Orthodox pilgrims gather at the historic monastery of Panagia Soumela in Eastern Turkey along the Black sea coast. The historic region known as Pontos, was home to the Pontian Greeks who colonized the region…
Local Pan-macedonian Chapters Call For NBC To Clarify Truth
Philadelphia, PA – The Pan-Macedonian Association USA, Philadelphia Chapters denounce the NBC news anchors who made a gross historical error during the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Opening Ceremonies. To an audience of 26.5 million viewers,…
AHEPA Dismayed With Nbc’s Historical Inaccuracies During Opening Ceremony Of Olympic Games
Washington DC – The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), is dismayed profoundly by the egregious misappropriation and botching of historical facts about Alexander the Great presented by the producers of NBC Olympics during the…
AHI Appalled By Nbc’s Olympics Opening Ceremony Reporting
Washington, DC – The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) is outraged at NBC as its commentators – Matt Lauer, Hoda Kotb and Meredith Vieira – linked Philip II of Macedonia and Alexander the Great to the…
Xanthi, Greece, 1998
In the Eastern Province of Thrace, along its border with its neighbor Bulgaria, ethnic Pomak women gather to shop at a street bazaar. Pomaks are Slavic Muslims inhabiting Bulgaria, northeastern Greece, and northwestern Turkey. Image…
St. Luke Greek Affair 2016
It’s the Greek Affair from September 21st through the 25th at St. Luke Greek Orthodox Church in Broomall Pennsylvania. Tour of our Byzantine church, shop at our flea market and clap along to traditional folk…
