in the Community
Stories from the Greek-American community, its institutions, events, and people.
Divine Liturgy at St. George Cathedral by Archbishop of America Elpidophoros
The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saint George in Philadelphia, PA, cordially invites all the faithful family and friends on Sunday, August 8, 2021, to the celebration of the Divine Liturgy with the presence of His Eminence…
AHEPA introduces new Supreme Lodge
At the end of its 99th Annual Supreme Convention in Athens, Greece, AHEPA introduced the 2021-2022 Supreme Lodge. Jimmy Kokotas of Brooklyn, NY, has been elected to the position of Supreme President. The election results in…
AHEPA Hellas honors Horiates and Rozanitis
On the 5th day of the AHEPA Family Supreme Convention in Athens, Greece, AHEPA Hellas honored Supreme President George Horiates and the AHEPA District Governor Dimitris Rozanitis.
AHEPA Panel Brings Greek, Cypriot FMs; American Jewish Leaders Together
AHEPA held a panel discussion on trilateral relations in the Eastern Mediterranean that brought together the foreign ministers of Greece and Cyprus as well as leaders of the American Jewish and Hellenic American communities, July 29,…
AHEPA Family Supreme Convention Day 4
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades received the AHEPA Socrates Award, the Order’s highest honor, at the 99th AHEPA Family Supreme Convention Grand Banquet held at the Divani…
AHEPA honours the President of the Hellenic Republic
The 99th AHEPA Family Supreme Convention in Athens continued with two major events on Tuesday evening, July 27, 2021. AHEPA presented the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou with the Order’s highest honor, the AHEPA…
AHEPA Family Supreme Convention Day 2
The AHEPA Family Convention is underway in Athens, Greece, with great success. Last night at a very emotionally and patriotism-filled event was organized at the War Museum of Athens. AHEPA honored Defense Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos and…
AHEPA Family Supreme Convention Κicks off in Athens Greece
Athens, Greece – The AHEPA Greek Bicentennial kicked off in earnest with its official opening ceremony at the historic Grand Bretagne. An overcapacity crowd of AHEPANs, Daughters of Penelope, Sons of Pericles and Maids of Athena,…
AHEPA Supreme President to Lay Wreath at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
On Sunday, July 25, 2021, AHEPA Supreme President George G. Horiatis will be laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece. Dignitaries from around the world will be in attendance for…
Philly’s Historic Greektown Rises Again
“For the Greeks, this area was the mecca of meccas,” said Georgia Generalis in a February 1986 Philadelphia Inquirer interview. Generalis was a well-known member of Greektown, who ran the Hellenic Center on south 10th Street.…
AHEPA Supreme President’s Message on the 4th of July in this Greek Bicentennial Year
On July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American colonies were no longer part of the British Empire. They declared their independence, and from that day, went forth as a…
Federation Holds Its Last Meeting For 2020-2021
On the 29th of June 2021, the Federation of Hellenic-American Societies of Philadelphia and the Greater Delaware Valley had its last meeting for 2020-2021 at the St. Thomas Greek Orthodox Church in Cherry Hill, NJ. At…
