We Haven't Yet Realized Strength of the Diaspora Dallas Church
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O C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek Americans A WEEKLY GREEK AMERICAN PUBLICATION c v www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 10, ISSUE 503 June 2, 2007 $1.00 GREECE: 1.75 EURO We Haven’t Karamanlis Moved By yet Realized Greek Australians’ Deep Strength of Love For Their Heritage the Diaspora By Antonis H. Diamataris shop – “Nikos,” right in the middle Special to The National Herald of the town – was doing brisk busi- ness since early that morning. We Dora Bakoyanni “How is our community doing tasted their kourabiedes, but found back in the States? Please convey to them a bit dry. Apparently they Shares Her Thoughts them my love and respect. I never knew they would be swamped, and forget them, please tell them.” had baked them a few days in ad- On Visit Down Under vance. My meeting with the Prime Min- The police were not as percep- By George Kakarnias ister of Greece, Costas Karamanlis, tive as the pastry shop owners were, Special to the National Herald was scheduled for 6:30 PM on Fri- however. They anticipated that a day, May 25, in Melbourne, the last crowd of a couple thousand people ATHENS – “Perhaps we in Greece day of his stay in Australia. Right af- would show up to greet the Prime have not fully realized the strength ter our meeting, he was scheduled Minister. Instead, more than 5,000 of the Greek Diaspora,” Greek For- to give the most important speech of people came. eign Minister Dora Bakoyanni said his weeklong visit in Australia in Mr. Karamanlis’ motorcade had while speaking about her recent front of more than 13,000 Greek to move very slowly up Portman trip to Australia, where she accom- Australians who were gathered at Street to avoid running over hun- panied Prime Minister Costas Kara- the Rod Laver Arena to hear him dreds of people converging on it manlis last week. speak. from both sides to get a closer look While in Australia, they had an I was the only correspondent he at him. It was a slow process. When opportunity to visit several Greek received privately during his trip to he finally managed to get out of the communities there and personally distant New Zealand and Australia, car, hundreds of people pushed familiarize themselves with the as the stories in the Athenian press their way towards him all at once Greeks living in that far-off conti- attest. This privilege was granted just so that they could touch him; to nent on the other side of the world. not only because of me personally, have their picture taken with him; Mrs. Bakoyanni’s busy schedule but because of the importance he at- and to talk to him. did not ease up when she returned taches to our community. to Greece this week, as she left His program was exhausting. Continued on page 10 again this past Wednesday to ac- AP/THANASSIS STAVRAKIS Earlier that same day, he had vis- company the Hellenic Republic Getting Ready for the big move ited the Greek town of Oakleigh, President Karolos Papoulias on his where he was scheduled to walk the trip to Russia. A visitor shelters from the sun under a parasol on the Acropolis in Athens, as the new Acropolis Museum streets and visit some of the shops, GREECE IS EVERYWHERE: See But she took some time to speak is seen, right, this past Tuesday, May 29. A huge operation will start in September to remove 300 marble many of which had signs in the story on Prime Minister Costas with the National Herald about her works to a new museum under the Acropolis, scheduled to open next year. The sculptures, weighing up to Greek language like, “Lemnos Karamanlis’ visit to Oceania impressions of the recent visit to 2.5 tons each, were carved in the 6th and 5th centuries BC to decorate the Parthenon and other temples. Butchers” or “Lesvos Market” or on page 7. Australia, as well as Greece’s posi- Most are currently exhibited in a small museum on the Acropolis. See story on page 9. “Orexis Taverna.” The local pastry tion on the name dispute with FY- ROM and the political situation in Turkey. In an interview with the Nation- al Herald, Mrs. Bakoyanni called the Australian trip historic, since it Dallas Church Responds to Lawsuit was the first time a Greek Prime Minister had ever visited Australia. By Theodore Kalmoukos gular, material allegations con- Church and its current pastor, Rev. “The visit was of extraordinary Special to the National Herald tained within Plaintiffs’ pleadings Christopher Constantinides, but significance, and had special mean- and demand strict proof thereof.” those calls had not yet been re- ing and value,” she said. BOSTON, Mass. – Holy Trinity Holy Trinity’s reply also states turned by the time this edition of Regarding the topics of discus- Church in Dallas, which is at the that “Defendant hereby, in accor- the Herald had goner to press. sion between the Greek and Aus- center of the pedophile scandal al- dance with Rule 216 of the Texas Legal experts told the Herald tralian Governments, she said, legedly involving Rev. Nicholas Rules of Civil Procedure, demands that Holy Trinity’s reply is a stan- “There were meaningful discus- Katinas, its former pastor of 28 a trial by jury. Simultaneously with dard legal procedure in order for sions both between both prime years, has replied to the lawsuit the filing of this demand, a jury fee the Plaintiffs to secure their options ministers, as well as the private ses- launched by two of his alleged vic- is being paid on behalf of this De- for a civil trial or out-of-court set- sion between me and my counter- tims against the parish; the Greek fendant.” tlement in a timely manner, but part.” Orthodox Metropolis of Denver and The Dallas parish community’s that the reply is not binding. All matters involving bilateral Metropolitan Isaiah; the Greek Or- reply was filed this past May 22. The allegations against Father relations between the countries thodox Archdiocese of America and It was not yet determined at Katinas, who has been accused of were discussed, she added, with an Archbishop Demetrios; and Father press time whether the rest of the sexual misconduct with minors, AP/MISS UNIVERSE LLP/DARREN DECKER emphasis on initiatives supporting Katinas personally. defendants had also filed similar and who was considered one of the Charming the crowd the Greek Australian community. The parish, through its attor- replies. most prominent priests of the Arch- Mrs. Bakoyanni singled out the neys Douglas D. Fletcher and The National Herald left phone diocese, have shaken the Church Doukissa Nomikou, Miss Greece 2007, autographs a guitar at the new social security agreement be- Richard G. Miller, has stated that messages this past Monday, May 28 and the Greek American communi- Hard Rock Café in Mexico City a few days prior to the pageant this tween Greece and Australia, which “Defendant (Holy Trinity Church) with the Law Offices of Mr. Fletch- past Monday, May 28. Many expected her to be in the final. See sto- secures pension and health insur- denies each and every, and all sin- er, as well as with Holy Trinity Continued on page 4 ry on page 9. ance rights for Greek Australians returning to Greece and vice versa. This long-awaited deal was signed after years of negotiations, and will help about 60,000 Greek Aus- tralians claim their pensions, Mr. Judith Nathan’s Pre-Giuliani Hellenic Romance How Did Karamanlis explained during his press conference with his Aus- By Penelope Karageorge Manos did not discuss how Judith – when we shared the poets’ podium recorder running as we brain- Those Greek tralian counterpart, John Howard. Special to The National Herald now a potential First Lady – at a reading given by the Greek stormed the program. But some- She could not help but feel danced on the tables in Greece; American Writers Association at how, the conversation kept coming NEW YORK – Psychologist Manos that she was the muse for his poet- the Cornelia Street Café in Green- back to Judith. While not exactly Festivals Get Continued on page 9 Zacharioudakis, 44, loves nothing ry; and that she wanted to marry wich Village. We would remain crying in his retsina, Manos kept better than to talk, frequently in him, but the timing was off. friends, and spent an afternoon to- reiterating that he “didn’t want to paragraphs. But responding re- Who is Dr. Manos Zachari- gether just before his return to talk about it,” but he did. Started In cently to newsmen from his home oudakis, the man Judy Nathan Greece, after he and Judith had I had met Judith with Manos, in Volos, the charming, articulate lived with for five years between separated. when he brought her to a reading Manos was the soul of discretion – her second husband and Rudy Giu- Ostensibly, we were discussing a of his own poetry at the Cornelia. I America? Rigas Appeal almost – about his intense, five- liani? A gadfly and lightning rod, lecture to be sponsored by the Hel- found her friendly, unpretentious year, live-in relationship with Ju- he often moved at the epicenter of lenic University Club of New York, and fun. Typical of Manos – a ge- By Steve Frangos Rejected By dith Nathan, now married to for- controversy in the world of Greek- “Sex and the City: Dating Rituals of nius at arousing controversy, and Special to The National Herald mer New York Mayor Rudolph Giu- Americana, despite his abundant Greek Americans,” a somewhat seemingly relishing the experience liani, the current Republican 2008 smarts and sensitivity.