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The Philadelphia Smyrna Symposium
Cherry Hill, NJ – The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle – Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in America – sponsored “The Philadelphia Smyrna Symposium” on November 19, 2022. The Greek Orthodox Church of St.…
Documentary Journey Through Smyrna Premieres At 2016 NYC Greek Film Festival
Journey Through Smyrna will be making its North American premiere at the 2016 New York City Greek Film Festival on October 2, 2016, at 4 pm. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with…
Journey Through Smyrna – New Documentary By Chrysovalantis Stamelos
In 1922, the light of cosmopolitan Smyrna was extinguished by war. 93 years later, her light returns with the power of music, faith, and friendship… The documentary Journey Through Smyrna by Greek-American filmmaker Chrysovalantis Stamelos…
First Epiphany in Smyrna since 1922
Izmir, Turkey – Epiphany Day was celebrated today in Smyrna (Izmir) for the first time since the Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922. The Greek Orthodox community received permission from the Turkish authorities to perform the…
Book Review: “The Great Fire”, By Lou Ureneck
Smyrna’s (Izmir’s) destruction by fire and sword during the horrible month of September 1922, in the wake of the retreating Greek Army has been the subject of many a book. While many are the heroes…
Lecture About The Burning Smyrna In Philadelphia Today
Lou Ureneck will speak about the burning of Smyrna and the American rescue of Greek refugees today at 7:30 p.m. at the Free Library in Philadelphia. In September 1922, the richest city of the Mediterranean was…
Greek Orthodox Church Conducts Liturgy in Smyrna after 92 years
In the city of Smyrna (Izmir) in Turkey, the Greek Orthodox Church of Agios Voukolos recently performed its first liturgy in 92 years. The church is located in the Basmane district of Smyrna and has historically…
Smyrna: The Destruction Of A Cosmopolitan City Is Screening Tonight In Philadelphia
Tonight at the University of Pennsylvania the film will be featured for the first time in Philadelphia. Director Maria Iliou will be present to talk about the film. Also present, will be Professor Alexander Kitroeff…
Ghosts of Smyrna in Izmir
There is something about travel to our lost homelands that creates spectral yearnings in me. I have had the great fortune to visit and to experience nearly every country bordering Greece, or where the Byzantine…
Smyrna, A Theatrical Production
Last month, the Hellenic University clubs of Wilmington and Philadelphia co-sponsored via Drexel University’s Greek Studies program “Smyrna” an original docu-drama. The theatrical/multi-media event explored “the themes of genocide and population displacement through the prism…
