Greek American Community
Ready for prime time? Greece should take great care as to who it sends to the United States
By ENDY ZEMENIDES Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos welcomes Democratic Senator Bob Menendez at the Presidential
The Church of America was Autonomous (1922-1930): Conspiracies, Forgeries, and Lies!
By PANAGIOTIS MAKRIAS Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkoi, Patriarch Bartholomew’s representative at the Clergy-Laity Congress in Boston, stated in his address to the Archons that the Church of America is “a creation of the Mother Church of Constantinople – ‘bone of its bones and flesh of its flesh!’ It is not merely one of its eparchies, […]
Saint Nicholas, an Ecumenical Saint
By Nick Stamatakis “An endless fountain of divine gifts”, as the Orthodox Hymn to Saint Nicholas poetically says, may the new Church and Shrine at the hollowed space of Ground Zero be.
Who Ought to be the Next Archbishop of America
By Efsthatios Valiotis NEW YORK – I foresee a new period of tribulations ahead for the Greek Orthodox Church in America with unpredictable consequences in store for its unity and future, if the Ecumenical Patriarchate does not show some serious decision making. I am alluding to the fact that, sooner or later, Archbishop Demetrios’ tenure […]
The Survival of the Hellenic Diaspora: A Current Issue
By Justine Frangouli-Argyris Hellenism in North America is living a reality that is forcing it to increasingly succumb to its melting pot surroundings. Its distant roots, the cessation of immigration from back home, the mixed marriages and the education systems of the host countries are all contributing to a day-by-day mitigation of the Greek conscience […]
A Greek paradox: leveraging Sharia to promote religious freedom
By Simon Davis I will cop to being a relative newcomer to the world of Greek international relations. It is something that interests me, and seeing as how I reside in Washington, DC I do try to be in the loop regarding the activities of the Greek-American community. However, I will readily acknowledge I am […]
International – or Bi-National – Religious Freedom?
By Endy Zemenides On December 4-5, the Archons are holding their second annual International Religious Freedom conference. Their first conference – in 2010 – caused quite a stir in the Greek-American community as they honored Egemen Bağış – Turkey’s Minister for EU Affairs. They could not have picked a more dishonorable awardee, as Bağış has […]