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St. Luke’s GOYA Raises Funds For Juvenile Diabetes
Broomall, PA – Five Greek Orthodox churches participated in a dodgeball team contest and dance fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation this past Saturday. Hosted by the St. Luke GOYA (Broomall), some 100 kids from around…
St. Thomas Agora, Weekend Greek Food Festival
Stroll through the aromatic pastry shop and sip on a hot Greek coffee. It’s fall and the biggest Greek festival, known as the Agora, is going on this weekend. St. Thomas Greek Orthodox church is…
Philadelphia Greek Basketball Season Opens
St. Demetrios looked like the town square last night. Between the basketball gym and the church small hall, the Greek community mingled and watched opening night of the PGBL. The Philly Greek Basketball League, now…
GOYA Basketball 2014-15 Season – Week 1
Broomall, PA – St. Thomas and St. Luke kicked off the Delaware Valley Greek Orthodox basketball league on this side of the river last Sunday. St. Thomas dominated in both the Boys and Girls Varsity…
Meet Dimitris Iliadis And His Dream Team
Washington Twp, NJ – More than 30 friends of the Iliadis family joined together and walked at the BUDS (Bringing Up Down Syndrome) Buddy Walk on Sunday, in South Jersey at Washington Lake Park. The event…
Loukoumades Lovers Line Up, St. George’s A Taste Of Greece
Media, PA – A Taste of Greece Greek food festival kicked off the 41st year at St. George Greek Orthodox church on route 352. The four day annual event brings together the best of Greek…
Byzantine Iconographer Papastamatiou Returns To Paint At St. Luke
Broomall, PA – Nearly eighteen years (1995-1996) have passed since Iconographer George Papastamatiou painted the dome and roof of St. Luke Greek Orthodox church. This past month Papastamatiou began a three stage project that begun…
Danielle Kousoulis, Her Spirit Continues To Touch Our Lives
Williamstown, NJ – A Photograph of Danielle Kousoulis sat at the corner of the banquet room, as golfers, family and members of the Greek-American community celebrated her life which was lost at 9-11 in NY.…
A Dining Experience To Remember, Kuzina By Sofia
Kuzina by Sofia hosted its second annual Dinner and Glendi on The Farm – al fresco. The food was all farm fresh and locally grown, right down to the lamb and all from right here,…
Jerry Kahrilas, Rubbing Elbows With The Stars
Broomall, PA – How many famous people have you ever had a meal with? For three decades, from the 1960’s through the 1980’s, in Philadelphia, Jerry Kahrilas perhaps met and had dinner with more of…
Evangelos Frudakis, An Artist’s Journey
Port Richmond Section, Philadelphia, PA – His journey as an artist has been life-long. From the age of 8, he recalls his first visit to Greece in 1929 on a ship that took days to cross…
It’s Authentic At Evangelismos Greek Food Festival
From Spanakopita to shish kebab, it really doesn’t matter. It just taste better at My Big Fat Greek Festival on Bustleton Ave. in Philadelphia. And why you ask? Well, it’s obvious, the parishioners do it…
