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Bingo Bags And Baklava
Cherry Hill, NJ – St. Thomas Greek Orthodox Church will host a special fundraiser for its Youth Ministries on Friday, November 1, 2013. The event will feature an evening of bingo with designer handbags as…
Greek Hip-Hop Artist Murdered Ties to the Greek Golden Dawn Party
On Wednesday, September 18, 2013, while watching a soccer match with his girlfriend and some friends, in a small café outside of Athens, the leftist anti fascist activist was stabbed to death by a 45…
IOCC Response To The Crisis In Syria
International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) supports one of the largest established networks to deliver life-saving humanitarian aid inside Syria where more than 7 million people are currently in need of assistance.
Kastoria, Greece, 1994
A rare scene in Greek culture today, Milk is delivered in stainless steel containers through the city streets of Kastoria, Greece. Although Greece is seeking out new methods of survival in the economic crisis that…
Panagia Soumela, Turkey, 2010
The Soumela Monastery (Turkish: Sümela Manastırı, Greek: Μονή Παναγίας Σουμελά, Moní Panagías Soumelá) is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary (Panagia, meaning “All Holy” in Greek). It is built into the face…
Asbury Park, Nj, Usa, 2010
His Eminence, Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey throws out a wooden cross into the Atlantic Ocean at Asbury Park beach. This annual Greek Orthodox tradition brings together the Greek Orthodox community from the New York…
Friends and Parishioners gather for St. Luke Golf outting
Greenville, DE – It was a perfect day for golf. The parishioners and friends of St. Luke came out on September 9, 2013, for an afternoon of fun and a bit of socializing. It was…
IOCC Aid Helps Newly Displaced Families In Syria As Need Continues To Grow
Throngs of displaced Syrians crowd before the gates of an Orthodox church in the coastal governorate of Tartous, awaiting their turns to register for humanitarian assistance at one of the four offices IOCC and the…
City Bar & Grill Presents: Bouzoukia Live With Seizmos!
Philadelphia, PA – Seizmos is back! The Greek community’s first big end-of-summer concert kicks off on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at City Bar & Grill. Seizmos will perform a high-energy mix of the latest and…
Welcome To The Greek Affair At St. Luke
The 2013 Greek Affair will be held on September 18, 19, 20, 21 & 22, 2013. The community of St. Luke Greek Orthodox Church in Broomall, PA is proud to host this Philadelphia area tradition,…
Philly Panatha Fan News
It has been a busy summer for Panathinaikos fans, and things may get even busier for the “greens” in the Philadelphia area with the prospect of a Panathinaikos youth soccer school being established. In Greece,…
Greek austerity cuts threaten arts
Although Greece is one of the European Union’s poorest countries, culturally it is one of the richest. But the country’s debt crisis is having a crippling impact on the arts. The cash-strapped Ministry of Culture…
