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Eleftherios Kostans
Pontians host 1st ever Apokriatiko Glendi
The Pontian Society “Akritai” of Philadelphia hosted their first ever Apokriatiko glendi on Saturday evening. Apokriatiko Glendi means farewell to meat… it’s one of the last days for Greek Orthodox Christians to indulge in eating…
George Venizelos Receives Achievement Award At Hellenic University Club Gala
Philadelphia, PA – George Venizelos, was awarded the Achievement award at the Sheraton Society Hill, this past weekend, by the Hellenic University Club of Philadelphia. Venizelos is assistant director in charge of the New York…
Icarians Come To Philadelphia, “Atheras” 75th Jubilee
Cherry Hill, NJ – Icarians from around the country came out to share in 75th anniversary of the Pan Icarian Brotherhood “Atheras chapter’s jubilee event. The annual dance was hosted at the Danielle Kousoulis Center…
2013-14 PGBL Season – Week 18: On To The Championship!
Upper Darby, PA – The gym was packed last night at St. Demetrios to watch the PGBL final playoffs round. The Macedonian dance troupe played between two exciting games that produced the big matchup for…
GOYA Champs Repeat!
Upper Darby, PA – They did it again. Holy Trinity of Egg Harbor and Annunciation of Elkins Park repeated their victory marches to the championship and brought it home in consecutive years. In fact, Elkins…
2013-14 PGBL Season – Week 17: Kings and Sixers Advance
The Kings and Sixers advanced to the playoff finals on Thursday night. The Sixers showed why they are still the champs by dominating Rip city. The Kings looked a little off but managed to put…
Tsipouro Unites Epirotes
Upper Darby, PA – Hosted again this past weekend at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox church, The Epirotes Society chapter, “Omonia”, celebrated 75 years as a member of the Philadelphia Greek community. Their annual Tsipourovrathia event…
2013-14 PGBL Season – Week 16: Regular Season Ends, Bring On The Playoffs
Upper Darby, PA – The final week of regular season play for the PGBL concluded last night at Saint Demetrios. The match ups set the tone and line up for the playoffs that will start…
2013-14 GOYA Basketball Semi-final Playoffs: Heart Stoppers
This past weekend, the Delaware Valley basketball league hosted it’s 2014 semi-final playoffs to a packed gym that left everyone on the edge of their seats throughout the afternoon into the evening. Three of the…
40 Year Dance Tradition Continues At Saint Thomas
Cherry Hill, NJ – Mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, the generations came together this evening to dance and celebrate forty years of the Hellenic Heritage Dance Group.
2013-14 PGBL Season – Week 15: Winding Down To Final Week
Upper Darby, PA – It was the second to last week for regular season play for the PGBL league yesterday. The power outage must have kept people home, because the gym was very quiet. Six…
2013-14 GOYA Basketball Quarterfinal Playoffs
Upper Darby, PA – The first round of the GOYA basketball league playoffs were hosted this weekend at Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox church. The community was treated to four match ups, that kept folks cheering…
