in the Community
Stories from the Greek-American community, its institutions, events, and people.
2013-14 PGBL Season – Week 7: A Race to the Top
Midseason Heat: PGBL Tightens at the Top They say it’s lonely at the top — but not at St. Demetrios. In the Philadelphia Greek Basketball League, several contenders are battling for that number one spot, and…
2013-14 PGBL Season – Week 7: Wolfpack Ties for 1st Place
The Wolfpack made a statement last night, by beating Rip City and tying for 1st place. The Sixers finally got their whole team on the court and walked all over FOB, while the Kings played like…
AHEPA’s Growth Toward It’s 100th Year
AHEPA should depart from an archaic system of a state or group of states constituting a district. Structuring newly organized districts along population centers and regions is more sensible. In those areas where population density is…
Pontian Youth Take Reins At Annual Dance – Video Highlights
Upper Darby, PA – Seventy-four years later, the Pontian Society Akritai of Philadelphia, appear to be going stronger than ever. This past weekend they did it again, they hosted the biggest dance of the year, at…
Hands Held High At Pontian Akritai Dance In Philadelphia
It was a Pontian Thanksgiving weekend in Philadelphia. The Akritai hosted it’s annual dance at Saint Demetrios church in Upper Darby. With lights dialed down low, the Greek community showed up on Friday night at the…
A GOYA Thanksgiving Service Project
Cherry Hill, NJ – One of the Delaware Valley GOYA community service projects took place this past weekend. St. Thomas Greek Orthodox Church hosted the Fisher House Foundation Wounded Warriors gift wrapping project.
Goyans Wrap Baskets For Wounded Soldiers
Cherry Hill, NJ. GOYA chapters from across the Philadelphia area came together this weekend to make gift baskets for America’s wounded soldiers. The 100 baskets will be delivered on Monday to the Walter Reed National Medical…
Cyprus Society Of Greater Philadelphia “Makarios III” Celebrates Consul General Of Cyprus Sofianou
Berlin, NJ – It was an evening filled with great pride at the annual dinner dance of the Cyprus Society of Greater Philadelphia (Makarios III). Two events highlighted the evening, the Cypriot Dancers of Greater Philadelphia…
Philadelphia’s Cypriot Society honors Consul General Sofianou at their annual dinner dance
Berlin, NJ – Throughout the evening, Consul General of Cyprus, Koula Sofianou smiled as she reached out, humbly shaking hands and thanking the Cypriot and Greek community of Philadelphia for their continued support and hospitality to…
Tsipouro, A Homemade Greek Elixir In Philadelphia
Broomall, PA – George Karamitopoulos knows a little something about making Tsipouro. For more than 50 years he has been fine tuning his own process he brought from his hometown in Kozani, Greece.
AHEPA Chapter 445 Thermopylae Inducts New Members
Broomall, PA – AHEPA Chapter 445 Thermopylae met this past week for their annual fall meeting. President Bill Karayannis spoke about the spring track meet and upcoming scholarship projects AHEPA is working on. The evening was…
2013-14 PGBL Season – Week 6: Scrappy Play (Video)
Upper Darby, PA – Week 6 Recap: Scrappy Play and Shifting Momentum Week 6 of the PGBL season was marked by gritty, hard-fought matchups across all three games — each with playoff implications as teams continue…
