S O C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of E ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek- Americans N c v A weekly Greek-AmericAn PublicATiOn www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 16, ISSUE 806 March 23-29, 2013 $1.50 Cyprus Struggles to Save its Banks and its Economy Parliament, by Vote of 36-0, Rejected Haircut $227,000 in To Savings Acccounts

Back Taxes By Andy Dabilis Owed by St. TNH Staff Writer ATHENS - After its Parliament, by a resounding 36-0 vote, re - Demetrios jected a demand from interna - tional lenders to confiscate bank deposits to help pay for a By Theodore Kalmoukos bailout, the Cypriot government Translated from the Original scrambled to find another way Greek to save the proposal, including setting up a solidarity fund and JAMAICA – The amount of use gas reserves, church prop - $227,459.88 for outstanding erty and social security funds as property taxes must be paid by collateral. the parish of St. Demetrios in Ja - The Cypriot crisis rattled the maica. The due date is April 1, Eurozone after the island coun - according to the NYC Finance try’s President Nicos Anastasi - Department’s statements, copies ades, in office less than a month, of which were obtained by TNH. suffered a crushing setback If the parish does not wish to when lawmakers voted down pay the total amount due, then the plan to tax bank accounts a partial payment of from 6.75 to 9.9 percent as a $189,465.44 must be made. condition of getting a 10 billion It is a case of outstanding real euros ($13 billion) rescue loan estate property tax, going back from the Troika of the European to 2006, according to the exist - Union-International Monetary ing, detailed city statements in Fund-European Central Bank reference to one particular (EU-IMF-ECB). parish building, which func - The Troika said that Cyprus tioned as a Religious School un - needs 17 billion euros ($21.9 til 1998 and after its closing was billion) to stave off default after rented first as a Day Care Center AP PHOTO/OsservATOre rOmAnO, HO its banks were pushed toward and currently Parson’s Discount History is Made: Bartholomew is the First Orthodox Patriarch to Attend a Papal Enthronement insolvency by bad loans to Store. Greek businesses that went un - Parish Council President Faye Pope Francis greets Bartholomew I, the first Ecumenical Patri - gious representatives from a dozen faiths and traditions who der in that country’s crushing Pappas did not respond to TNH’s arch to attend a papal installation. Pope Francis met with reli - attended his installation Mass. Story on page 8. economic crisis, and holdings of request for comment. Greek bonds that were devalued The parish has named Greek- by 74 percent, costing the banks American attorney Kerry Kat - 4.5 billion euros ($5.82 billion) sorhis as its legal counsel in or - in losses. der to reach an agreement with Huge Fire Damages Chicago’s St. Basil Church The lenders said that Cyprus the city to pay its outstanding could not repay 17 billion euros, property taxes in monthly in - an amount nearly equivalent to stallments. Katsorhis told TNH By Theodore Kalmoukos partment quickly responded, ex - needs. We are going to make a we don’t know what caused it, that “we must enter into a pay - tinguished the fire, and the decision soon, but we are most but damage was done exten - ment plan agreement with the BOSTON – A huge fire severely building was not lost. Neverthe - definitely are going to have sively through the smoke and city’s Taxation Department in or - damaged the Saint Basil Greek less, the damage from smoke Liturgy on Sunday.” the water.” der to pay the taxes.” Orthodox Church of Chicago. and water is considerable and The parish according to Fr. St. Basil Greek Orthodox Katsorhis said that “we must The fire, of undetermined cause, will require major restoration Panteleimon is comprised of Church was built in 1910 as An - remember that the Church pos - broke out around noon, on work. The altar vessels were “190 families, they are all very she Sholom Synagogue. Accord - sesses various buildings, one of March 18, on the North side of kept from harm, but a number supportive and with the grace ing to George A. Lane, “it which is the actual church build - the solea and spread to the bal - of wall icons, the pulpit, and of God we are going to leave housed the intelligentsia of West ing and which is exempt from cony. two stained-glass windows were this behind us and go forward” Side Orthodox Jewry.” De - taxation, other buildings which No one was injured, but destroyed. and he added “this is the gen - signed by architect Alexander were also tax-exempt should not there was extensive smoke and Fr. Panteleimon Dalianis told eral spirit of the parishioners.” Levy, the Greek Revival temple water damage throughout the TNH that “we are looking for a Dalianis said that “the cause Continued on page 8 building. The Chicago Fire De - place to use for our worship of the fire is under investigation, Continued on page 8 Greeks Warm Parade in Chilly Philly

By Constantine S. Sirigos Koula Sophianou, Cyprus the city’s cultural institutions, TNH Staff Writer Counsel General in New York, constant reminders of the im - was one of the Honorary Grand measurable Greek contributions PHILADELPHIA – The clouds Marshals, and Greece’s Consul to civilization. In the distance could not dim the glow of Greek General in New York, George Il - was the magnificent façade of hearts, nor did the humid chill iopoulos, and his wife, Anthousa, the Museum of Art with its Gre - AP PHOTO dampen the spirits of the Hel - also marched. Representatives of cian columns. Cyprus’ new and beleaguered lenes of Philadelphia, young and the Greek Armed Forces joined Young and old were excited. president Nicos Anastasiades. old alike, who turned out to cel - them at the reviewing stand. Little Victoria, just 18 months ebrate the 192th anniversary of The annual event is organized old, did her best to hold up little its Gross Domestic Product the start of the Greek War of In - by the Federation of Hellenic Greek flag she proudly waved (GDP) and insisted on the bank dependence. American Societies of Philadel - and the Veterans of Foreign Wars tax as a way to raise some 5.8 Traditionally, the marshals are phia and Greater Delaware Val - (VFW) Eleftheria Post 6633 al - billion euros ($7.5 billion) to chosen in recognition of the ley, whose banner leads the ways lead the parade. make up the difference from the achievements of individuals or marchers. Dimitrios Rozanites is Two icons of the Theotokos, bailout offer. community organizations, or as the President of the Federation. one of Annunciation, the March But Cypriots enraged with was the case this year, both. The Spyropoulos told TNH that 25 feast associated with the call the notion of having the govern - Grand Marshal was Theodore “We are celebrating today with to Greek to rise up against their ment violate its own law to seize Spyropoulos, Chicago based great pride and joy. We owe a Ottoman oppressors in 1821, money from bank accounts in - businessman, community leader, debt to the world to never forget were carried at the front, fol - sured against loss up to 100,000 and President of the Hellenes our country, and our language lowed by the banner and mem - euros protested so loudly that Abroad in America, SAE, and Dr. and to guard our ethos and tra - bers of the Peloponnesos Society even Anastasiades’ coalition The Greek Revolution Begins on March 25 1821 John Castanis, President and ditions.” – Geros tou Moria – of the partners walked away from him. CEO of Temple University Hos - The parade commenced at Delaware Valley, commemorat - The news agency Bloomberg, After centuries of oppression and decades of rising hopes for pital was the second Honorary Logan Square, wound around ing Peloponnesos’ seminal role. which reported the solidarity tax freedom, Bishop Germanos of Patras blesses the banner of the Grand Marshal. Dr. John Grosso - the circle at its heart, and con - The Order of AHEPA had a plan, said the government may Greek fighters on March 25, 1821 signaling the beginning of manides, Jr. the Supreme Presi - tinued up Benjamin Franklin presence near the front of the the Greek War of Independence. dent of the Order of AHEPA, was Parkway, which is lined with the Continued on page 14 the Honorary Marshal. neoclassical buildings of many of Continued on page 4 Andrew Athens, Hellenism Thessaloniki Advocate, Fondly Honored Jews Recall

By Anthe Mitrakos lowed on Tuesday at 11AM, Deportation presided over by His Eminence CHICAGO, IL - About 200 Archbishop Demetrios. friends and family members “It is very difficult to speak THESSALONIKI (AP)– Jewish gathered on a crisp, cold day to about a man like Andrew residents of this northern Greek bid Andrew A. Athens, co- Athens,” said Demetrios. “Even city gathered Saturday to com - founder of Metron Steel Corpo - if one would read the list of the memorate the 70th anniversary ration and notable advocate of organizations and activities in of the roundup and deportation Hellenism and Orthodoxy, a fi - which he was involved, just the of this city's Jews to Nazi exter - nal farewell. list…we need plenty of time. In mination camps in World War Athens passed away peace - his life he did plenty of key ser - II. fully in his sleep at his Chicago vices to Greece.” Several hundred people home on March 14th. He was Archbishop Demetrios as gathered at the city's Eleftherias 91. On the following Monday, well as Bishop Demetrios of (Freedom) Square, where the visitation took place at Saints Mokissos participated in the cer - first batch of Jews were rounded Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox emony along with 18 other head up by the occupying German Church in the Northern suburb priests and members of Chicago forces on March 15, 1943. of Glenview, IL. His funeral fol - area churches, including Father The crowd held a moment of Nikokavouras of Annunciation silence and then marched to the Cathedral, Father Kaloudis of city's old railway station, where Holy Trinity, Father Sarolas of the first trains departed for the For subscription: St. Demetrios, and Father Botsis Auschwitz-Birkenau concentra - 718.784.5255 of Holy Taxiarhai and St. Har - tion camp complex. A short cer - [email protected] alambos. emony was held at the station “Andrew Athens was first and flowers laid on the tracks. and foremost a faithful son of Speakers included the city's the church, both locally and mayor, Yannis Boutaris, and At the Greek Parade in Philadelphia (L-R) Nicholas Larigakis, Ted Spyropoulos, Erika Continued on page 12 Spyropoulos, John Kastanis, Louis Arvanitis, John Grossomanides, Jr., and Louis Horiatis. Continued on page 13 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 23-29, 2013

GOINGS ON...

n MARCH 23 available to discuss career and NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – “Mano - internship opportunities. Com - los Mitsias Sings for Greece” is a panies in the fields of Insurance, benefit concert in support of Banking, Accounting, Attorneys, charities working to alleviate the Trading, Finance, and many oth - suffering of children in Greece ers will be on hand to meet with and Cyprus. Presented by the job fair applicants. Additional P.G.E.I of American Charitable companies interested in partici - Foundation, The Hellenic Feder - pating, contact: Despina Axio - ation of NJ, and members of Pan takis, Executive Director 201- Gregorian Enterprises. Proceeds 444-5609 or e-mail: to benefit: Hamogelo tou Pediou [email protected]. (The Smile of the Child); Kivotos Admission is Free Refreshments tou Kosmou (Ark of the World); will be served. Apostoli of the Archdiocese of Athens, and the Cyprus Chil - n APRIL 13 dren’s Fund. Saturday, Mar. 23 BAYSIDE – The Hellenic Relief at 7PM and the Nicholas Music Foundation Inc. is announcing a Center of the Rutgers University benefit concert with renowned Douglass Campus. For tickets Greek composer, piano soloist and info call 201-981-5764 or Yannis Spanos. The concert will 908-624-0250. take place at Queensboro Com - Hellenes and Hellenism Shine at the AHI Awards Dinner in Washington, DC. munity College theater 222-05 n MARCH 24 56th Ave in Bayside on Saturday The 38th Annual Hellenic Heritage Achievement and National pher, holding his Hellenic Heritage and National Public Service FLUSHING – Manolis Mitsias will Apr. 13th at 8PM. Yannis Spanos Public Service Awards Dinner of the American Hellenic Institute Award Nick Larigakis, Dr. Anthony Limberakis, center, with present a concert on Sunday, will perform many of his well (AHI) held at the Capital Hilton on March 9 was a great success. the plaque he accepted on behalf of the Order of St. Andrew, Mar. 24 at 5PM at the Lefrak known songs having at his side Clockwise from above left: Dr. Spiros Spireas, Philip Christo - Congressman Michael Grim, center, holds his award. Concert Hall of Queens College the vocalist Hrysoula Stefanaki. at 65-30 Kissena Blvd. in Flush - Tickets are priced at $80, $60, ing. For tickets contact Aphrodite $40 and $20. $ 20 purchases one Daniels at 646-623-0270 or De - package of non perishable foods spina Axiotakis at [email protected]. and home supplies for families Kellari’s Annual “Clean Monday” School Fundraiser in distress. All net proceeds of n MARCH 26 the concert will benefit the mis - MANHATTAN – The Association sion of the Hellenic Relief Foun - TNH Staff of Greek American Professional dation in Greece. Production Women (AGAPW) cordially in - partner Hellenic Public Radio NEW YORK – Although not all vites you to our 2013 Women’s COSMOS FM 91.5 will partici - Orthodox Christians look for - History Month Celebration and pate in promotion, ticket sales ward to Lent, many just can’t “Greek American woman of the and production. Ticket info : Hel - wait for the annual Kathara Year” Award in Honor of Assem - lenic Relief Foundation: (347) Deftera reception and dinner blymember Aravella Simotas. An 201-1821 or info@hellenicre - that benefits the Gennadius Li - Excellence Tuition Scholarship lief.org. COSMOS FM : (718) brary of the American School of will be presented in Honor of As - 204-8900 or Classical Studies in Athens. sembly member Simotas. Please [email protected]. Hellenic The event was hosted on join us in celebrating the life and Relief: Preserving Dignity in Cri - March 18 by the Library’s Board work of our beloved and charis - sis. of Overseers and the food pre - matic young leader Ms. Aravella sented at the Kellari Taverna by Simotas, and the contributions MANHATTAN – The next Greek Chef Gregory Zapantis was of Greek American women to American Writers Association po - Lent-appropriate. our country and community. etry reading hosted by Dean Kos - Guests were greeted and Tuesday, March 26, 6:00- tos features four compelling po - thanked by the Board’s chair - 8:30PM. Suggested donation: ets, all of an Attic disposition: man, Alexander Zagoreos, and $50. Pre-registration is required. Sarah Arvio; Veronica Golos; Maria Georgopoulou, the Direc - For information, please visit Trebor Healey; Lloyd Robson. tor of the Library, spoke briefly www.agapw.org or contact Dr. At the Cornelia Street Café on about the Library and remark - Olga Alexakos at Saturday, April 13, 6 PM, at 29 able programs and collections. [email protected] or 917- Cornelia Street. 212-989-9319. She summed up the spirit of 405-6833. DEADLINE APRIL 15 the evening when she said “fast - ing in Greece is still coming to - n MARCH 31 WASHINGTON, DC – The Amer - gether and feasting,” but she TENAFLY, NJ – The Consulate ican Hellenic Institute Founda - also made a point of inviting the General of the Republic of tion (AHIF) is accepting applica - guests to visit Greece and noted Cyprus in New York, The Cyprus tions for its program that sends that for their parts, the Library Minna Lee and Aspasia and Sotirios Vahaviolos were early arrivals at the reception that preceded Federation of America and The college students to Greece and and the ASCSA are “proud to the annual feast that benefits the Gennadius Library in Athens. International Coordinating Com - Cyprus to better understand the serve Greece any way we can.” mittee Justice for Cyprus-PSEKA core foreign policy issues impor - Georgopoulou spoke to TNH The plight of Greece and TNH that one of the ways the The guests’ palates were first Commemorate on April 1st the tant to community. The program about the importance of Cyprus was on the minds of the Diaspora could help build a new greeted – after wine and cham - 58th anniversary of the libera - is open to Greek American and fundraising outside Greece, es - guests, which included John Greece is by offering financial pagne was offered of course – tion struggle of Cyprus from Cypriot American college stu - pecially in light of the Greek cri - Calamos, a noted money man - support and guidance to young by wonderful lagana flatbread British Rule with a Memorial Ser - dents in good academic standing sis. ager, and his wife, Mae. He told entrepreneurs. and jumbo shrimp, but the food vice at The Greek Orthodox studying political science, inter - never stopped coming, includ - Cathedral of Saint John the The - national relations, etc. The 5th ing “horta” that melted in the ologian at 353 East Clinton Av - annual trip be take place June mouths of the guests. More than enue in Tenafly. 19-July. For information visit: one noted he would be happy ahiworld.org/for-students/pol - to “fast” this way all the time. n APRIL 5-11 icy-trip.html. The deadline to ap - The evening’s guests included MANHATTAN – SMYRNA FILM ply is April 15, 2013. Ambassador Loucas Tsillas, Ex - IN N.Y. THEATER. Maria Iliou's ecutive Director of the Onassis documentary "Smyrna: The De - n APRIL 20 Foundation (USA) and his wife struction of a Cosmopolitan City, ASTORIA – The Hellenic Cultural Penny, Sotirios Vahaviolos scien - 1900-1922" will play a one-week Center and the Mikrokosmos En - tist and founder and CEO of Mis - engagement, April 5-11, at the semble present a historical con - tras Group, a New York Stock Quad Cinema, 34 West 13th cert “Rebetiko …To Perpetuity” Exchange-listed company and Street in Manhattan. Information spanning the history of classical his wife Aspasia the consuls gen - at www.quadcinema.com. Rebetika from Smyrna ….to eral of Greece and Cyprus re - Pireaus…and the Blues of New spectively, George Iliopoulos and n APRIL 7 Orleans with Grigoris Maninakis Koula Sophianou, and Ted and GLEN COVE, NY – The Holocaust and the Mikrokosmos Ensemble. Elaine Athanassiades. Memorial & Tolerance Center of Narration by Stelios Taketzis. Fri - Also present were Nassos Nassau County will present a day, April 19 at 7:30 PM; Satur - Michas, the Library’s Vice Chair - special program on Holocaust day, Apr. 20 at 7:30PM; and Sun - man and his wife April, Phaedon Remembrance Day commemo - day, Apr. 21 at 5PM at the T. Tamvakakis, the Secretary- rating the Jews of Greece titled Hellenic Cultural Center, 27-09 Treasurer, member of the Board “Greece and the Holocaust – Crescent Street in Astoria. Reser - Irene Moscahlaidis, and trustees Devastation, Resistance and Re - vations Mon. – Fri. 10AM-4PM Judith Thomson and Andrew newal.” 90 percent of Greek at 718-626-5111; other times: Bridges. Jews were murdered in the 917- 915-8647. Jack Davis, the former direc - Holocaust, yet many people are tor of the school, enjoyed meet - unaware of this tragedy. We will n APRIL 21 ing old and new friends. honor Greek holocaust survivors, SPRINGFIELD, NJ – The friends After the four course meal, rescuers, and victims. Guest are and family of Peter Markou are the guests were entertained by invited to view a special multi- hosting a pasta dinner to raise Grigori Maninakis and his trio. media exhibit on Greek Jewry. awareness and support Peter's All proceeds from the event, There will also be an exhibit cre - battle with colon cancer. Join his which was sponsored by Alpha ated by the Foundation for the family and friends for “Pasta for Trust, support the Library, which Advancement of Sephardic Stud - Pete.” There will also be a bake contains more than 120,000 ies and Culture titled "Portraits sale, raffle and tricky tray. Tickets rare books, archives, manu - of Our Past," which will include will be sold prior to the event for scripts, and research volumes. artifacts from the Kehila Kedosha $10. Sunday, April 21st from Visitors to the Library’s website, Janina synagogue’s permanent 1:00 - 7:00 PM at IUPAT D.C 711 /www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/ exhibit. Local 1331, 9 Fadem Road in gennadius, can learn more Springfield. For tickets or to about its programs. n APRIL 11 make a direct donation email: A new feature of the dinner MANHATTAN – The 2013 An - [email protected]. was the conversion of its annual nual Career and Internship Fair fundraising auction into a vir - sponsored by The Cyprus-U.S. n NOTE TO OUR READERS tual affair presented on two lap - Chamber of Commerce will be This calendar of events section tops. Supporters of the Library held on Thursday, April 11, from is a complimentary service to the can bid through March 26 at: 4:30 – 6:45 PM at the Holy Trin - Greek American community. All www.charitybuzz.com/sup - ity Cathedral Center Ballroom, parishes, organizations and in - port/ASCSA. 337 East 74th Street (between stitutions are encouraged to e- 1st and 2nd Avenues) in Man - mail their information regarding hattan. Guest Speaker Maggie the event 3-4 weeks ahead of Stavrianidis Human Resources time, and no later than Monday Business Partner. Job seekers of the week before the event, to should come with their resume. english.edition@thenationalher - Company representatives will be ald.com

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When we commemorate Greek Independence Day, we are not simply celebrating the Greek nation’s liberation from its Ottoman oppressors. We are also marking the noble human struggle for freedom against tyranny everywhere in the world, and throughout human history.

As Americans who are immensely proud of our Greek heritage, and with ancestors who actually engaged Ottoman forces in battle, the Rangos Family feels especially cognizant of that struggle and its deeper meaning for humankind.

The Greek Revolution fully demonstrated the greatness of Hellenism and the Hellenic spirit, which has endured from the days of Homer more than 2,800 years ago until well into the 19th and 20th Centuries.

From King Leonidas of Sparta, who stopped the Persian Empire at Thermopylae; to the heroes of 1821, who wrenched Greece free from the fierce grip of slavery after 400 years under brutal Turkish rule; to the Greek Army of the Second World War, which pushed Mussolini’s Forces out of Greece and delayed Hitler’s advance on Russia…

Greece has consistently fought against tyranny time after time. The indomitable Greek spirit has persisted for nearly three millennia. It is simply necessary and right for all of us, Greeks and non-Greeks alike, to honor such tremendous valor. ΖΗΤΩ Η ΕΛΛΑΣ!

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Continued from page 1 one’s concern for the struggles of Greece and Cyprus, he re - parade, and members of the minded that the Theotokos was Supreme Lodge then joined local always helped Greece and will leaders on the AHEPA float. again help her through her diffi - The Odyssey Charter School culties. of Wilmington, DE, established The entire congregation in 2006, was followed by the joined in singing the Greek na - Holy Trinity of Wilmington tional anthem which, resounded parish and its float. in the beautiful basilica-style St. Anna of Flemington, NJ church with its warm brown marched for the first time and wood with gold trim. parishioners of the Annunciation Community leader Michael of Elkins Park carried along a Karloutsos was beaming as three huge Greek flag and the children of his children, Alexander, Kon - of its Greek school were the pride stantina, Michael, Jr. and his and joy of St. Sophia of Valley godson Joshua, participated in Forge. the procession or as altar boys. St. Nicholas of Atlantic City, During the luncheon that fol - Holy Trinity of Bargaintown, NJ, lowed the liturgy, Grossomanides and St. Anthony of Vineland, NJ told TNH that he says in his followed. Evangelismos of speeches “AHEPA was founded Philadelphia proudly flew the to help Americanize Greek im - flags of Greece and Cyprus and migrants, and now we are here the United States and the banner to Hellenize the Americas and of Macedonia, led by its GOYA . every March 25 is a wonderful The parish Greek school, with opportunity to promote Hel - classes from Kindergarten lenism and declare that the through the eighth grade, had a Greek Spirit lives on.” large and proud contingent. Tassos Efstratiades, the Presi - The large group from the dent of the Federation of Hel - Church of St. Thomas of Cherry lenic American Organizations of Hill was distinguished by the New Jersey told TNH, that as spectacular costumes from the their fellow Greeks struggle in regions of Macedonia and Kato Greece, “the Diaspora must help Panagia of Asia Minor worn by them any way they can, includ - its young adults. ing by promoting Greece.” The Greeks of the State of At the Greek Parade, it is almost all about the children, and Nicholas of Atlantic City; the students of the Greek school of Attorney George Horiates said Pennsylvania were out in force. placing Hellenic culture and the responsibility for promoting Evangelismos of Philadelphia, the afternoon Greek school of it is significant that this parade For the first time the Church of and preserving it securely into their hands. Clockwise from St. Thomas of Cherry Hill, and the elegantly-attired young takes place in the birthplace of St. Constantine and Helen of above left: Students hold the banner of the Church of St. ladies that led the St. Thomas contingent. the United States and that Greeks Reading, PA marched in the pa - can celebrate both the liberation rade, joining many parishioners One of the largest and oldest local professors Babis Papachris - One of the highlights was the expressed his appreciation for of Greece and the freedom they – including Greek school stu - organizations in the region is the tou of the University of the Sci - acknowledgement of a donation her dedicated service and urged enjoy in America. Most of all, he dents donning their blue jackets Pan Ikarian Brotherhood, Athena ences, and Constantine Nikolout - of $41,000 by the Federation to the community to continue to said, the parade feeds the devel - – of St. Luke’s in Broomall. Chapter 12, which marched after sos of St. Joseph University. the Metropolis of New Jersey’s fight for Cyprus. oping synergy among all the St. George of Media was also holding its annual dinner dance They gave a clear and distinct Hurricane Sandy relief fund. A SPECIAL CHURCH community’s organizations. present. The parish houses an in - on the eve of the parade. The answer when asked what Metropolitan Evangelos of New Walking down South 8th Paul Kotrotsios, president of dependent Greek School, the Pan Epirotic Association “Omo - brought them out on a cold, Jersey thanked the Federation Street, visitors take in the city’s the Hellenic American National “Hellenic American Academy – nia” of Philadelphia and the cloudy day: “It’s the Greek pa - and noted the Metropolis has pleasant buildings old and new, Council, echoed Horiates’ words Aristotle.” United Chian Society of Philadel - rade and we are Greeks!” raised $150,000 for the victims when suddenly the gleaming and stressed the Federation, play One of the biggest groups of phia, Koraes Chapter 16, and a Bringing up the rear of the of the devastating storm. white walls and Grecian columns an important role fostering the marchers was assembled by the number of chapters from The parade was the Hellenic Motor - Michael Nutter, the mayor of of the Cathedral of St. George unity that is necessary for the Di - Church of St. Demetrios of Upper Pan Macedonian Association also cycles Club, their bikes bedecked Philadelphia, who attends every gain their attention. The little aspora to help Greece, but he Darby, PA and Philadelphia’s St. marched. with Greek and American flags. year, read a proclamation which Parthenon in Benjamin Franklin’s agrees that greater national co - George Cathedral, where the day The community’s commit - Spectator Eirini Staikos told noted the common roots the city Philadelphia symbolizes the ordination is necessary. began with the Divine Liturgy by ment to education was symbol - TNH “We are very proud to be shares with Greece, including the strong ties between the birth - Nick Larigakis, the President Metropolitan Evangelos, was led ized by the participation of many here despite the cold and to re - values of “brotherly love,” for place of American Democracy of AHI and last year’s Grand by Protopresbyter Fr. Constan - college students. At the fore was member the people who fought which it is named. “Greece is a and the homeland of the pa - Marshal along with AHI Founda - tine Costa Christo. the Hellenic Student Association for our freedom.” Her young nation that has contributed to rade’s participants. tion President Spiros Spireas, Many community organiza - of Philadelphia which serves to daughter Eleni noted that “Its our city with its art, literature, Prior to the doxology, there said the celebration “reinforces tions marched on Sunday, fol - united them all. The groups in - helps us remember what they science, math, and philosophy,” was a procession down the the bonds between the two great lowing the parishes and schools, cluded the Villanova University went through.” he added. church’s center aisle of children democracies, The United States including the Hellenic Medical Hellenic Students Association, AT THE REVIWING STAND In lieu of a commemorative in traditional costumes accom - and Greece.” Society of Philadelphia, founded the Greek club of Temple Uni - The ebullient masters of cere - plaque and gift to Sophianou, panying the Greek and American The festivities began the night in 2009, the Pontian Society of versity, the Hellenic Society of monies and announcers, the Hon - the Federation made a donation flags. before with the Federations an - Upper Darby, resplendent in tra - Drexel University, the Penn Hel - orable Judge Harry Karapalides in her name to the Cyprus Chil - The Metropolitan offered an nual dinner and continued after ditional dress, the Cyprus Society lenic Association, and the St. in English and Efstathios Karado - dren fund, which was gratefully overview of the pre-lenten sea - the parade with the traditional of Greater Philadelphia, and the Joseph University Greek Stu - nis, who also served as Parade received by its National Chair - son and prepared the congrega - Greek Independence Day Recep - Hellenic University Club, estab - dents Association. Chairman, in Greek, graciously man and President Savas tion for Lent, which began the tion at the Church of St. lished in 1938. Among the spectators were moved the program forward. Tsivikos. Metropolitan Evangelos following day. Apropos of every - Demetrios in Upper Darby, PA.

ΝΙCHOLAS J. BOURAS summit, new Jersey

The Hellenic national Anthem (A translation in English by Rudyard Kipling in 1918) We knew thee of old, Oh, divinely restored, By the lights of thine eyes And the light of thy Sword

From the graves of our slain Shall thy valour prevail As we greet thee again- Hail, Liberty! Hail!

Lyrics: Dionysios Solomos, 1824 Music: Nikolaos Mantzaros, 1828 Adopted: 1864

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Lyrics: Dionysios Solomos, 1824 Music: Nikolaos Mantzaros, 1828 Adopted: 1864

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By Dan McFeely But it took a tremendous mestic incident, Nick was ar - The Indianapolis Star amount of pressure from the U.S. rested and charged in Hamilton State Department and, eventu - County with domestic battery Like a scene from a TV cop ally, Greek authorities, to get him and felony strangulation. Before show, the Greek police cars sped to give up Leo, whom he had re - he would stand trial on those down the street and pulled up to fused to return from a scheduled charges, he fled to Greece. a surprised father and son who visit in summer 2011, even Alissa Zagaris filed and was were simply walking home. though his ex-wife has legal cus - granted a divorce (without her The police whisked them both tody. husband present) in Hamilton into the back seat and drove The end was swift and a little County. The court granted cus - them to the Ministry of Justice in scary for the 12-year-old. Leo said tody of Leo to his mom, who Athens, where the boy would he was not sure what was hap - moved to Noblesville, where she soon be reunited with his mother pening when the police swarmed still lives and works. — putting an end to the Hoosier’s all over them on that sidewalk in Despite the charges pending 20-month battle to get her son Marathon. against him, the court allowed back. “The worst part was when I for a clause in the divorce decree Saturday night, Alissa Zagaris felt I was getting arrested,” he that not only gave Nick Zagaris and her son, Leo, walked into In - said, moments after getting off visitation rights but guaranteed dianapolis International Airport the Delta flight from New York visits to Greece. — a long flight from Greece and City. “I was walking down the VISITS CUT OFF an even longer international bat - sidewalk with my father; we Twice in 2009 and twice in tle behind them. Both were ex - were just going to go down to 2010, Leo flew to Greece and re - hausted but happy and ready to our house. turned to Indiana. But after that resume a normal life in No - “The police came out and just fourth visit, Nick told Alissa he blesville. took us away. They drove us all could no longer make child sup - “It was just relief and joy,” the way over to Athens. I went Alissa Zagaris and her son, port payments. Alissa Zagaris de - Alissa Zagaris said. “I am over - into a room with a lady, and she Leo, above at Indianapolis cided to stop sending Leo for vis - whelmed. Honestly, I really explained what was happening. Int’l Airport, and right, re - itation trips. But in March 2011,

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and allowed to go to his home in tional battle over his custody. “I him on a plane for Greece so he O her case. The court ruled in her c Marathon, Greece, after he coop - don’t really understand, but I’m could visit his father, as part of a favor. The U.S. was free to re - O erated with police. glad to be home. I just want to divorce decree. Leo had made the T trieve Leo and bring him home. O H

trip four times before without in - P But there were still many de - cident. lays, one of them occurring after This time his father refused to At first Alissa posted heartfelt partment, Office of Consular Af - her ex-husband filed an appeal send the boy back. And that put pleas aimed at Gov. Mike Pence, fairs, and reported what had hap - of that decision. After that Dec. Leo and his mom in the middle asking him to put pressure on pened. Officials urged her to file 13 hearing, on New Year’s Eve, Greek Man Arrested at JFK of a bureaucratic nightmare that Washington to get the ball mov - an application with the Hague the Greek appeals court rejected would involve two nations, the ing and return Leo to Indiana. Convention on the Civil Aspects Nick’s appeal and ruled in favor In Matter of Sexual Assault FBI, Interpol, the State Depart - She even reached out to the of International Child Abduction of Alissa Zagaris again. ment, international treaties and man behind the popular TV show — a necessary step in any case She had been waiting since courts on two continents. “Bounty Hunter” to see if he that spans international borders. then. NEW YORK (AP) — A Greek man has been arrested on charges Until Saturday, the last time would be willing to help. The Hague Convention, de - In the meantime, the FBI filed he used a stun gun to subdue his ex-girlfriend and sexually as - she had seen her son was Dec. According to the Bring Sean signed to make the process work charges that were signed by U.S. sault her in her New York City apartment. 13, 2012, in the village of Home Foundation, founded in more smoothly, is contingent on Magistrate Judge Tim Baker, fil - Authorities say 23-year-old Prodromos Vasilopoulos of Marathon, for a supervised 45- 2009 as a support group and re - both countries agreeing to its ing formal federal charges Athens was picked up Wednesday at John F. Kennedy Airport minute visit that took place on source hub, more than 4,700 terms — which provide a frame - against Nick Zagaris for interna - while waiting to board a flight to London. A stun gun was re - the same day Alissa argued in a American children were ab - work for communicating the facts tional parental kidnapping. covered in his carry-on bag. Greek court that she should be ducted outside the United States of a case and agreeing to abide Those charges were filed with Authorities say the suspect pretended to be a UPS delivery - given her son back. from 2008 to 2010 by a parent by the laws of both countries. Interpol, the international police man to gain entrance Tuesday to the 19-year-old woman's Many of the hundreds of or guardian. Alissa and Nick Zagaris met community made up of 190 apartment in Queens where he allegedly beat and raped her. friends and followers of Alissa’s In the fall of 2011, after in the winter of 2000. Both countries, including Greece, giv - Vasilopoulos is to be arraigned Thursday on various charges, two Facebook pages — her per - months of delaying Leo’s sched - worked at Hellas Cafe, a small ing Greek authorities the ability including predatory sexual assault and criminal possession of sonal page and one she set up to uled return home, where he Greek restaurant on the North - to arrest Nick on those charges. a weapon. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years to life in prison. publicize her son’s kidnapping — about to start Grade 5. Alissa Za - side. But the marriage hit trou - In the end, that was not nec - It was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer. followed the drama as it un - garis realized she needed help. ble. essary. All it took was a little pres - folded over the past two weeks. She contacted the State De - In 2008, after a violent do - sure from the local police.

The Pancretan Association of America is proud to honor our heritage, members and fellow Greeks on Greek Independence Day. U.S. Senator Bob Menendez In the 19th century , the struggle for Independence of Greece, It’s a day to remember too the birthplace of Democracy, inspired the world. the great role of Cretans Today, who fought in the struggle all Americans stand with Greece, a loyal ally, and its people, as they strive to rise to yet another challenge, that allowed us to live in freedom. whose inevitable success will show the world once again that Greece will never die .

I Salute March 25 th , 1821 President John Manos and the National Board of The Pancretan Association of America

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By Theodore Kalmoukos today and tomorrow but also will become irrelevant not only the local Orthodox Churches that he doesn’t forget the past. ecclesiastically but also soci - were caught by surprise when BOSTON, MA – The decision of Thus, he dares to buck the es - etally. Most certainly, alienation the Habemus Papam was an - His All Holiness Ecumenical Pa - tablished structures. leads to marginalization. nounced because his name was triarch Bartholomew to attend Bartholomew also showed Bartholomew’s attending the not even mentioned among the the enthronement of the newly- that he understands that today Pope’s inauguration was done candidates, and they knew very elected Pope Francis of Rome a new world is being remolded for the first by a patriarch in the little if anything at all about the and not be represented by a Pa - at high speeds, which the Or - history of the Christian Church, new Pope form Argentina. triarchal delegation of hierarchs thodox Church should lead. If not merely the first time since Bartholomew appropriately was undoubtedly a historic one. the Orthodox Church simply fol - the schism between the East and invited Pope Francis to meet in It was a move of multiple di - lows along, or merely attaches the West in the year 1054, as January of 2014 at the Holy City mensions: ecclesiastical, geopo - itself to anachronistic and fun - some media sources inaccu - of Jerusalem upon the occasion litical, and certainly public re - damentalist mentalities and rately reported. of the 50-year anniversary since lations. pseudoconservatism, thereby Bartholomew’s initiative will the meeting of Patriarch Bartholomew showed that he excluding the dialogue and the be criticized by those who view Athenagoras with Pope Paul VI, has a sense of the dynamics of communion of persons, then it the Church as an extreme form where they met in person for of Religious ideology and make the first time after five centuries. its canons gun cannons and Francis, the new Bishop of shoot the grace and the love of the old Rome attributed the de - Christ Whom they want to make served honor and respect to “theoretician” of their legalism Bartholomew, the Bishop of the and instinctive obsession of the New Rome, who invited him to ill religiosity. visit it and the Pope gladly ac - Bartholomew’s move can cepted the invitation. only be characterized as a move The use of the Greek language of loving boldness, similar to the at the enthronement and the one of the late Patriarch public pronouncements of the Athenagoras with the mutual Pope that he cares deeply about lifting of the anathemas from the the protection of the natural en - East and the West. The presence vironment and the sacredness of AP PHOTO/OsservATOre rOmAnO, HO of the Bishop of the New Rome the creation of God which is a Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew talk as they walk to the enthronement of the new theme pivotal to Bartholomew’s through the corridors of the Vatican. Bishop of the old Rome showed patriarchy were signs of Papal to the world the different dy - openness and good will towards he wants he papacy to be differ - have the type of chemistry Greek Foreign Minster Dimitris Avramopoulos greets Pope namics of the Orthodox Church, the Orthodox Church. Francis ent of his predecessors. It is likely needed to move East and West Francis in St. Peter’s basilica. His wife Vivian is next to him. especially since the primates of gives the impression thus far that that Bartholomew and Francis in new avenues. NYC Finance Dept. Demands St. Demetrios Church to Pay $227K in Back Taxes

Continued from page 1 paid for the store Parsons, which tarily subsidizes 33% of the Demetrios Church in Queens”, still is listed as a Religious school, property taxes for the 99-Cent excerpts of which follow: have been because they produce and this is has been happening store tenant, in order not to lose “The once-proud St. income. The city came and said for more than seven years. Also, the tenant. Therefore, the Demetrios Greek Orthodox that this building cannot have a there are violations and penal - Church contributes $1,000 per Church in Jamaica, Queens, has tax exempt status, therefore you ties, many of which have not month and the tenant $2,000 been rocked by allegations of owe us this much money, going been paid. There is no Certificate per month towards the property self-dealing, dubious insurance back to the years when these of Occupancy. It remains to be taxes. The tenant remits $10,000 claims and missing cash. buildings produced income and verified how the building is listed total per month to the Church: A parish council member is a the tax exemption could not be for insurance purposes. All these $8,000 rent and $2,000 taxes.” convicted felon; Queens prose - applied.” The parish did not pay issues could have serious legal The Parish Council has not cutors are probing if a sinner the taxes all these years because and financial burdens for the been sworn in yet because the stole money meant for paintings “it received statements with zero Church.” Also, the audit report Archdiocese has not ratified the of saints; the church has failed due and only recently came a requested a detailed audit for the election since the parish has not to pay $208,000 in city taxes; statement asking for the money.” iconography account “due to fulfilled its total annual financial and a church lawyer once faced Last September, TNH had re - great amount of funds.” contribution. a record-breaking city ethics ported extensively on the tax is - This audit report was given The Archdiocese is fully fine. sue as it had been ascertained in the general assembly on Au - aware of the situation at St. Quarterly meetings have de - from the financial audit per - gust 26, but parish officials have Demetrios. Sources told TNH volved into shouting matches, formed in the parish by auditors done nothing about it, as re - that an atmosphere of fear has with curses hurled at elderly Chris Andreas and Helga Gadjis, flected in the General assembly The New York Post now describes the of once-proud parish of been created, which is being cul - members. One church official which had forewarned the com - Minutes of November 18, in St. Demetrios of Jamaica as a "big fat Greek mess." tivated by people who have been spit at a parishioner who tried munity in a timely manner. The which they stated that there was in key positions in the parish for to present an audit report. auditors had written that “the no problem. sponsible for all the expenses of owe any taxes on the 99-Cent very many years, in order to ‘This is atrocious,’ said Euge - rent from the store goes directly Specifically, Pappas said in that building including all prop - store. As of this July 2012, there keep information from reaching nia Katsoudas, 46, who has been to the general account. We found her report that “the 99-Cent erty taxes. Prior to July 2012, is now $36,000 per year in prop - the press, thereby attempting to a church member since she was through the public website that store tenant has a triple net the amount of property taxes erty taxes going forward $3,000 stop the greater Greek-American 11. ‘It’s deplorable what I’ve the property tax has not been lease, so they were and are re - due was $0. The Church did not per month. The Church volun - Community from finding out seen.’ what takes place there. “Longtime parishioners At the general assembly blame the problems on church meeting on March 17, it was management – including presi - mentioned that the parish is dent Faye Pappas and former thinking of obtaining a loan us - president Peter Hirakis. ing, perhaps using real estate “Hirakis, 52, who lives in a property as collateral, in order $1.3 million house in tony Old to pay the back taxes. The idea Westbury, LI, was convicted of of getting into an installments felony insurance fraud in 1991, ΖΗΤΩ plan doesn’t seem to work be - according to court documents. cause the city is asking for 18% “He was accused of staging interest, which is similar to the phony car accidents for insur - Η 25 η ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ amount that most credit cards ance payouts. He was also charge. charged in 1993 with stealing It was said by Parish Council pay phones belonging to a com - 1821 officials that the parish does not petitor, for which he pleaded have the money to fulfill its guilty to a misdemeanor in that obligation towards the property case. tax or for its general operations. Meanwhile, parishioners A special assembly will be called question where the money went in the near future to discuss the from the church’s collection of finances and the possibility of more than $1 million for “icons,” obtaining a loan. The annual paintings of saints for the inter - dues were increased from $350 nal walls. A cash reserve was to to $500. It was said that 170 be put aside for future icon members have paid their annual maintenance, but a 2009 in- contribution thus far. house audit showed some According to a financial audit money was used for other pro - report presented by the ex-pres - jects. ident of the parish council Peter “The Queens District Attor - Coufos to the general assembly, ney’s Office is probing the icon $1,545,557 was collected from fund, according to members 2005 to 2012 for the Church’s who have spoken to the investi - iconography. TNH has obtained gator. The DA’s Office declined copies of the report. The sum of to comment. $380, 054 had come from the Church lawyer Kerry Kat - insurance company because it sorhis said St. Demetrios was was reported that the icon of the “making arrangements” to pay Mother of God known as the taxes and said it was un - Platytera in the Holy Altar had aware of the DA’s probe into the been damaged by strong rains. icon fund. He said he had “no According to the report, more idea” how much was in the fund. than $300,000 were transferred “He called Hirakis an “out - from the exclusive iconography standing parishioner” who saved account to other parish ac - the church money for repairs by counts. No explanation was doing some work at cost. given at the general assembly. “Katsorhis, a former city sher - On March 17, the New York iff, was fined $84,000 in 1998 Post published a revealing article for numerous ethics violations about the parish under the title including practicing law from his “Big Fat Greek Mess at St. government office.” Huge Fire Damages Greek Church St. Basil in Chicago

Continued from page 1 that “over two thousand Greeks of both sexes, young and old, contained pews upstairs where participated” and that more than women were required to sit, 600 people had to stand in the apart from their husbands, dur - aisles because “the 1,450 seats ing services. By the 1920s the of the church were occupied synagogue was no longer within long before the beginning of the walking distance for most of its ceremony.” The church was des - congregation because so many ignated the first Greek Orthodox Jewish families had moved to Cathedral of Chicago by Bishop PeteR J. & CAtHy PAPPAS the Lawndale neighborhood. Philaretos (1923-1927) who was Anshe Shalom built a new tem - the first Bishop in Chicago. The ple at Polk Street and Indepen - Orthodox Youth Organization of dence Boulevard. Chicago was initiated at St. Basil In 1927, the building was in 1946. Despite a disastrous fire transformed into a Greek Ortho - in 1977, St. Basil has experi - dox Church. In its April 9, 1927 enced a rebirth and it continues account of the dedication, the to be a place of great beauty, Greek newspaper Saloniki noted worship, and activity. THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 23-29, 2013 COMMUNITY 9 Federation Approaches Final Lap of Preparations for New York Greek Parade

By Constantine S. Sirigos parade committees have been calling 718-726-9099. ple of the Greek School Plato in TNH Staff Writer busy for months. To keep the George Paralemos, the pa - Brooklyn, who is serving as co- community informed of their rade treasurer, reported that chair of the journal committee, NEW YORK – The parade that progress and challenges, special fundraising is on track, with is very excited. The school’s celebrates Greek Independence meetings are held on Thursday $41,000 of their target of marching band will once more Day along Manhattan’s Fifth Av - nights at the Stathakion Center $60,000 already collected, but lead the parade and its dance enue is a beautiful annual affair in Astoria. said he expects even more. Rallis troops will again perform at the – the largest in the Hellenic Di - On March 14 TNH was pre - added about the preparation in raising of the Greek flag on his - aspora – because it is a labor of sent at a well-run and informa - general “Greeks are a proud peo - toric Bowling Green at the love for the organizers, the Fed - tive meeting where Dino Rallis, ple and everyone will do what Southern tip of Manhattan on eration of Hellenic Societies of this year’s parade chairman who they have to do.” April 5 at noon. Greater New York, and the vol - also chairs the meetings, kept New York City Mayoral can - There will be two fundraising unteers who work with them. the agenda moving forward. didate John Catsimatidis has dinner dances. At Terrace on the This year’s theme is “Ellada One of the purposes of the meet - once more arranged for TV cov - Park the Federation will honor kai Ameriki, Panta Mazi – Hellas ing is to allow individual mem - erage by led by broadcasters the Greek-American Homeown - and America, Always Together,” bers of the community to share Ernie Anastos and Nicole Petal - ers Association and the president and the big day is Sunday, April their ideas and express their con - ides WWOR/Channel 9. of the Pan Gregorian Enterprises, 7, when the parade will be led cerns. George Kitsios is in charge of George Siamboulis on April 30. by Grand Marshall George Even when the passion and public relations, and along with On the eve of the parade, Venizelos, Assistant Director of intensity of some guests began his co-chair Georgia Kaloidis in - April 6, the Federation’s gala the FBI’s New York Field Office. to bubble over, Rallis and com - vites the community to attend will take place at 7PM at the Athena Dimitriou, wife of the mittee chairs acknowledged the all of the parade-related events. Hilton Hotel on the Avenue of late Dimitri Dimitriou, will be importance of the issues The Miss Greek Independence the Americas, admission $150. the Honorary Marshal. promised to get the proper peo - pageant will be held at the Parade Day will begin with Earlier this year the Federa - ple to speak with them offline. George Venizelos, Asst. Director of the FBI’s New York Field Stathakion Center on March 24 the celebration of the Divine tion announced that New York’s The meeting began with an Office, has been selected to be the 2013 Grand Marshal. at 3 PM. Admission is $25. The Liturgy by Archbishop Demetrios Governor Andrew Cuomo has opening prayer by Fr. Nectarous popular presentations by the re - Holy Trinity Cathedral. There accepted their invitation to be Papazafiropoulos, Dean of St. tive meeting they had with Arch - some recent substantial dona - gions Greek dance troupes will will be a pre-parade reception Grand Marshal next year. Demetrios Cathedral, followed bishop Demetrios that was also tions from groups like the Niar - take place on April 6 at Cretan at the Pierre Hotel at 11:30AM The Federation is especially by the presentation of a delight - attended by Consuls General chos Foundation, which gave Association “Omonia” in Astoria; and the parade itself will com - pleased with the social and cul - ful film on the life of Theodoros George Iliopoulos and Koula $3000, and Leadership 100, admission is free. mence at 1:30PM at 64th Street tural events designed to appeal Kolokotronis produced by a Sophianou. which gave $5000. Public officials love celebrat - and Fifth Avenue. The day will to children and adults that have young Greek student . TNH was The guests were informed Members of the community ing with the Greeks. On March end with formal and informal been scheduled throughout the informed that the meeting begin that with 99 percent certainty can make donations, volunteer, 22 at the Hellenic Cultural Cen - parties, including the annual month leading to the parade. with some kind of cultural pre - after extensive communications and ask to be placed on the Fed - ter of the Archdiocese will be the show of appreciation for the vol - The aim is both to get people sentation designed to get people with the Greek government, the eration’s email list by visiting its scene of a celebration hosted by unteers at the Stathakion Center into the spirit of celebrating the into the spirit of March 25. renowned Evzones Presidential website at www.hellenicsoci - Queens Borough President at 6:30 featuring singer 192nd anniversary of the decla - Among the speakers were Guard will again be marching eties.org. Hellen Marshall, New York State Aphrodite Daniel. ration of Greek independence, Elias Tsekerides, the President of with them on Fifth Avenue. Dimitrios Philippides of New Senator Michael Gianaris and As - Rallis called upon the entire and to unite the community in the Federation, Petros Gala - Raffle Committee chairman Greek TV (NGTV) spoke about semblywoman Aravella Simotas. community to express their love its endeavors both in the United toulas, the Federation’s Secretary Basilios Gournelos reported on the telethon the station will host On April 4, for one last time, for Greece and Cyprus and pre - States, and in support of Greece General, who added his thanks the distribution and sale of raf - on March 31 to benefit the pa - Mayor Michael Bloomberg will pare for the parade by putting and Cyprus during their time of to the volunteers, and Elias Neo - fles. Elleni Psaras, parade co- rade. Those who cannot watch host the community at Gracie up the Greek flag outside their need. fotistos, parade secretary. chair and chair of the commem - on TV between 2PM and mid - Mansion. homes between March 25 and The members of the several Rallis reported on a produc - orative journal committee, noted night can make donations by Eleftheria Ikouta, the princi - April 7. NYC Mayoral Candidate John Catsimatidis Addresses HALC at Power Lunch

By Constantine S. Sirigos to fixing them – which he at - ning.” they know “I feel their pain.” He HALC is a “national network of their members of Congress. TNH Staff Writer tended most of his life. “But my He wants the city he loves to has lived the nightmare of un - advocates & community leaders Among the important recent family felt I need to learn a little remain the greatest in the just summonses and endless de - who advance issues important developments in the commu - NEW YORK – New York may - religion,” said the man who world, but in these times of lays at the buildings depart - to the Greek diaspora commu - nity’s efforts is the creation of oral candidate John Catsima - grew up to be an Archon of the rapid change, he knows that ment. “We must make things nity.” the Congressional Hellenic-Is - tidis was the featured speaker Ecumenical Patriarchate. could slip away without good happen more quickly…and Zemenides earlier reported rael Alliance which Zemenides at the latest power lunch hosted He learned English, like leadership. build bridges between City gov - that a after a year in operation, said was the first regional cau - every month in New York by the many Greek immigrants, by In his view, that mean’s ernment and the people [who HALC is “the number one online cus on Capitol Hill. He looks for - Hellenic American Leadership watching on the family’s televi - avoiding the election of a De - create jobs]. presence in the Greek Dias - ward to working with groups Council (HALC). The gathering sion set. They had a 5-inch mocrat mayor. “New York City Big business has lobbyists to pora,” but he interrupted the ap - such as the American Jewish took place at Meli Restaurant in Emerson. It netted him a re - is a $70 billion enterprise. I was fight for their interests, and Cat - plause to say “I applaud you Committee. Midtown Manhattan on March spectable 490 English score on at a meeting of businessmen simatidis said consumers have guys because it’s been because After welcoming the guests 15. the SAT, but his math score and I asked, ‘if you had to leave advocates in government, but of you.” He noted that com - Zemenides paid tribute to An - Endy Zemenides, the showed his full potential: a per - your company for a year, in there should also be a small pared with 31,000 Facebook drew Athens whom he had had Chicago-based Executive Direc - fect 800. which of the Democrat candi - business advocate,” he said to friends of AIPAC, the top Jewish known since childhood, and tor of HALC, hosted the gather - The man who ended up run - dates’ hands would you leave it applause from the audience of advocacy organization, HALC’s who had just passed away. “He ing. ning numerous and diverse in?’” He said they all laughed. mainly young professionals that 25,000 tally is most impressive. was a giant…We will pick up The invitation described Cat - companies learned business re - Catsimatidis has said that are drawn to HALC. He is most proud of their ability the torch…but let’s hope we can simatidis as “in many ways the alities quickly. As he opened gro - “the Democratic Party left me,” According to its website, to get constituents to contact live up to that standard.” embodiment of the Greek Amer - cery stores, he realized small not the other way round, but ican dream,” and his dream of businesses were at the mercy of even as a Republican he still becoming Mayor came closer to the landlords who could double reveres Bill Clinton. The prob - reality when it was announced the rent and cripple the most lem he has with Obama is that that he has just received the en - successful of enterprises. Catsi - “every day he wakes up and crit - dorsement of former New York matidis started buying the real icizes business people.” Governor John Pataki. estate under his stores and was Catsimatidis believes that a Catsimatidis gave an on his way. business person has the ability overview of his extraordinary He almost took a detour. A to look at a budget and organi - life, which began with his birth candidate for West Point, Catsi - zational structure and deter - on the island of Nisyros after matidis passed on attending mine how to best put the citi - the events that inspired Justine when his mother said to her zens’ money to use. For Fragouli-Argyris’ novel based on only child “Pou tha me afisis – example, rather than cut pre- the life of his mother, Despina where are you going to leave school and after schools pro - Catsimatidis, titled “For the Love me?” He would occasionally grams that he says are vital to of Others.” leave everyone on the ground, communities, he would go right He grew up in modest cir - however, when he took up fly - to the bloated overhead costs of cumstances on 135th Street in ing. After buying his first jet – the Department of Education Harlem, part of his roots in New from Roy Disney, he continued and start cutting high-salaried York’s working class neighbor - the pattern of creating-seizing “top honchos.” hoods and the outer boroughs opportunities. “I can’t promise we’ll solve that constitutes some of his ap - He bought a company with all the problems, but I promise peal to voters: Catsimatidis at - 40 corporate jets. After selling I have ears to listen. I am now tended Brooklyn Technical High it, the company became Nat on a listening tour,” throughout School in Brooklyn, has relatives Jets. One of his pilots made $50 the city. He said the best con - in Astoria, and his “vacation” million when he sold his share gressional office he ever saw during his childhood was trips to Warren Buffett. was Hilary Clinton’s. “Hilary al - back and forth from Staten Is - But life is not only about ways had people to listen to land on the Ferry with his dad. money for Catsimatidis. He be - people’s problems,” he said. His Bronx connection is a lieves strongly that when some - One of his refrains is the few school years at the Greek one succeeds, he must give back need to support small busi - American institute. Catsimatidis to the community, “his church, nesses. He is confident of en - is a strong believer in public his city, etc. It’s time for me to dorsements from groups like schools – and he is committed give back. 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Cyprus, the Greek system, the elevation to the of - on the island. All affairs con - terity of the execution” describ - fice of Archbishop as well as to nected with the Greeks are un - ing it in most graphic terms. Revolution and the that of Bishop had to be sanc - der his immediate cognizance This tragic condition of his tioned by the Sultan’s “berat” and management.” This in - Christian flock caused great an - Archbishop Martyr meaning “diploma,” “distinc - cluded the collection of taxes. guish to the Archbishop that tion,” or “privilege”. This was Under the millet system, the Carne describes as follows: also the case for the Patriarch Archbishop and Bishops were “Highly eminent in his learning of Constantinople. As it tran - responsible for collecting taxes and piety, as well as for his un - spired, shortly after the capture from the Christians on behalf of shaken fortitude, Cyprian was By Dr. Christos P. of Constantinople by the Ot - the Sultan. This vital task was a the last rallying point of the Ioannides* tomans on May 29, 1453, the double-edged sword for the wretched Greeks; he often shed Special to The National Herald victorious Sultan Mehmet II, se - leading clergy because there tears when he spoke of the lected and elevated a well- were Bishops who abused their slaughter of his countrymen. We The Greek revolution of 1821 known judge in the Byzantine tax authority that led to corrup - asked him why, in the midst of was marked by many acts of court and a clergyman, Genna - tion, while others tried to pro - such dangers, he did not seek heroism. The pantheon of Greek dios Scholarios, to the position tect their Christian flock from his own safety, and leave the is - revolutionary heroes is a long of Patriarch of Constantinople, unbearable taxation. Indeed, land; but he declared that he one. In Greek schools, children bestowing upon him certain under the millet system the would remain to afford his peo - usually learn about Kolokotro - privileges. For this purpose, the higher clergy found themselves ple all the protection in his nis, Karaiskakis, Botsaris, Papaf - Sultan issued what is considered in an unenviable position. As power to the last, and would lessas, Bouboulina, Kanaris, and to be the first “berat.” The Sul - Hill put it: “But it must be re - perish with them.” This first- other heroic figures. It is not of - tan’s “berat” recognized Genna - membered that the Bishops hand evidence provided by ten that one finds Archbishop dios Scholarios not only as the were confronted with a difficult Carne, demonstrates Kyprianos’ Kyprianos of Cyprus in this pan - religious, but also the civil task, and were compelled to ex - nobility of spirit and his utter theon. While he did not die in leader of the Greek Orthodox ercise diplomacy, choosing the dedication to his faith and his the battlefield, his death and the faithful under Ottoman rule. In lesser of two evils and keeping flock for which he was willing circumstances surrounding it, return, as Richard Clogg points on the right side of the [Ot - to sacrifice his life. render Kyprianos a genuine hero out in his “Concise History of toman] Governor, which was The fateful day for the Arch - of the Greek revolution. Greece” (Cambridge University easily interpreted as inspired by bishop came on July 9, 1821. When the revolution erupted Press, 1992), “the Patriarch and their own interest. Their critics The Ottoman Governor ordered against the Ottoman Empire in the hierarchy were expected to were more vocal than their sup - all the high ranking clergymen March 1821, its epicenter was act as guarantors of the loyalty porters, and got the ear of for - and many notables to assemble Peloponnese. Gradually it of the Orthodox faithful to the eign residents or visitors.” Con - at the Saray for an important spread to other parts of the Ottoman state.” sequently, Kinneir’s critical view announcement. They suspected Greek mainland and to the is - Thus, upon his elevation to of Kyprianos should be seen in “the treacherous design” of the lands. The spreading of the rev - the office of Archbishop in 1810, the broader context and the cir - Governor but had no place to olution was facilitated by a se - Kyprianos automatically became cumstances that Hill describes. Vasilis Michaelides escape. Among them were Arch - cret society, the “Filiki Etaireia” the Ethnarch of the island’s Shortly after he became bishop Kyprianos and three Met - (Society of Friends). It was Greek Orthodox population, the Archbishop, Kyprianos, being a emissaries, including Demetrios executions of Greek notables ropolitans. Carne, again, de - founded in 1814 at the Russian national leader of his millet (na - visionary, founded in 1812 the Ypatos, monetary and moral and clergymen had started ear - scribes the tragedy: “The next Black Sea Port of Odessa by tion), who would also guarantee Hellenic School next to the support. However, the Arch - lier. This was noted by John day [July 9, 1821] the prelate three Greek merchants. This se - the loyalty of his flock to the Archdiocese in the capital of bishop made it clear to the emis - Carne, who was an English trav - and his devoted flock were as - cret society prepared the ground Sultan. The English traveler and Nicosia. This school evolved to saries that Cyprus was isolated, eler and author visiting the Lev - sembled in the Turkish palace, for the uprising among Diaspora author, John MacDonald Kin - become the most important ed - too far from Greece and too ant (Near-East and Middle-East - in the great square of Nicosia; Greeks as well as among Greeks neir, visited Cyprus in 1814 and ucational institution in the is - close to Asia Minor, Syria and ern countries) at the time, when the governor, having living under Ottoman rule in the described the prevailing condi - land. In 1893, the Hellenic Egypt, all Ottoman lands. In including Egypt and Lebanon. placed guards at the gates in all Greek mainland and the islands, tions at the time, as well as the School was renamed the Pan - other words, the Sultan’s armies He arrived to at the port of Lar - passages, ordered the massacre the Balkans, and Asia Minor. role of the Archbishop in the is - cyprian Gymnasium becoming surrounded Cyprus, and there - naca from Beirut a few weeks to begin. Cyprian, in his trying Emissaries of the Society called land’s affairs. All this is found the first six-grade High sSchool fore, the island could not take before July 1821. He spent con - moment behaved with uncom - “Apostles,” travelled around the in Kinneir’s book, “Journey in Cyprus and symbol of Hel - part in the Greek revolt. Kypri - siderable time in Cyprus be - mon courage and dignity: he de - Ottoman Empire recruiting through Asia Minor, Armenia lenic education of the highest anos feared that a Greek upris - cause he describes places manded of the governor, what members in utmost secrecy. and Koordistan in the Years standards. In the founding doc - ing in Cyprus would result, ac - around the island, including crime these ill-fated men were Among the places the emissaries 1813 and 1814; With Remarks ument of the Hellenic School in cording to Hill, in “pitiless Nicosia, where he stayed for guilty of, that they should suffer visited was Cyprus (under Ot - on the Marches of Alexander 1812, Kyprianos wrote, among slaughter,” an indication of the days. During his stay in Nicosia, so dreadful a fate; recounted the toman rule since 1571), where and Retreat of the Ten Thou - others the following: “One of “sofrosyne” (prudence) prac - Carne met Archbishop Kypri - spoliations and insults they had they initiated several clergymen sand” (London, John Murray, the seven wise men of antiquity ticed by the Church and the anos at the Archdiocese on sev - already endured, declared their and notables. The most promi - 1818). Kinneir describes the as - stated, ‘die for the faith and Archbishop especially. Others eral occasions, sometimes for entire innocence, and that, if nent among them was Arch - cendance of Kyprianos to the fight for the motherland,’ be - however, did not share the supper, and had long discus - nothing but blood would satisfy bishop Kyprianos. Sir John Hill Archdiocesan Throne in critical cause those who fight for faith Kyprianos’ hesitations. Cypriot sions with him. He offers a very the governor’s cruelty, he was writes in his monumental “His - terms. He writes: “From the and motherland, are crowned Archimandrite Theofilos The - different picture of Kyprianos ready to shed his own rather tory of Cyprus: The Ottoman humble situation of an obscure by God and earn the praise of seus, who had gone to Greece than the one painted seven than they should perish. Many Province, the British Colony; deacon, he raised himself, by ex - men.” These words of the Arch - to take part in the revolution, years earlier by his fellow Eng - insulting questions were put to 1571-1948” (Vol. IV. Cambridge traordinary means, to the epis - bishop were prophetic because returned to Cyprus a few weeks lishman, J. M. Kinneir. Carne him [by the Governor]. He University Press, 1952), that in copacy.” Critical again, Kinneir of what his fate and fame turned following its outbreak in order described his stay in Cyprus, his [Kyprianos] requested a few 1818, two emissaries of “Filiki conveys a picture of Kyprianos out to be. to spread the revolutionary mes - meetings with Kyprianos (and moments to spend in prayer. By Etaireia,” Stergios Hadjikostas as being “both in power and af - After Kyprianos joined the sage. The Ottoman authorities the Ottoman Governor) and the this time his beloved people lay and Demetrios Hypatros (or fluence the second personage “Filiki Etaireia,” he promised its found out about his activities, island’s overall state of affairs murdered around him, and he Ypatos) paid a visit to Cyprus but he was able to escape and in his book, “Letters from the knelt down amidst their dead where they met Kyprianos. Ac - returned to Peloponnese to re - East: Written During a Recent bodies, and commended his cording to Hill, “Hypatros en - join the revolution. Then, on Tour Through Turkey, Egypt, spirit in the hands of God.” rolled the Archbishop in the So - June 19, 1821, according to sev - Arabia, the Holy Land, Syria and Archbishop Kyprianos was ciety.” eral sources (including Sir John Greece” (Vo. II, London, Henry hanged on a sycamore tree. The Kyprianos was a remarkable Hill), Greek revolutionary Colburn, 1826). He described three Metropolitans, Chrysan - personality. He was born in leader, Konstantinos Kanaris, the Ottoman Governor Küçük thos of Paphos, Meletios of Ki - 1756 in the village of Strovolos who became legendary for his Mehmed, whom he met at the tion and Lavrentios of Kyrenia near Nicosia. Before he became exploits against the Ottoman Saray (the Governor’s Palace), were beheaded. A general Archbishop, he was known as navy, found refuge at a small as “a most ferocious and sav - slaughter of all the leading fig - Kyprianos Machairiotis because port near Lapithos, in the north - age-looking fellow. He had none ures of the Christian community he was monk at the Machairas ern part of the island. He was of the gentlemanly and dignified followed in what Hill described Monastery, where he received returning from Egyptian waters manners which generally char - as an “orgy of slaughter.” It was his early education. In 1783, as on the way back to Greece. Ka - acterize Turks of rank. We were accompanied, Hill continues, by a deacon, he left Cyprus for naris received warm welcome scarcely seated, before he broke “the confiscation of their prop - Moldovlachia (in present-day by the Greek population in the out in furious terms against the erty, the enslavement of their Romania), then under Ottoman Lapithos area that gave him Greeks, whom he lavished foul families, the plundering of the tutelage, where he stayed for 19 plenty of assistance so he could epithets; he abused excellent property of churches, monaster - years. He became a learned man continue his sail to Greece. In - Cyprian [Kyprianos]; and bit - ies and private persons.” The having studied at the Hellenic formed of all these, Küçük terly menaced a Greek massacres were carried on peri - School of Iasion, in the capital Mehmed, the Ottoman Gover - monastery on the sea-shore” odically for several weeks, some of Moldovlachia that was a very nor of Cyprus, feared that the stating that “those dogs [the say months. Thus, in the second important Greek Diaspora cen - Greeks Cypriots were planning monks] should not possess it part of 1821, the Sultan’s sword ter at the time. While in Iasion, to rebel and join the Greek rev - long. . . . Not long after our de - destroyed Cyprus’ Greek elite, Kyprianos came into contact olution. Subsequently, he re - parture, it [the monastery] was the Church leadership including with some of the Phanariote ported this to the Sultan in Con - attacked and taken possession abbots but also monks, the mer - rulers (educated Greeks ap - stantinople and stated that the by the troops, and all the Fa - chants, the well-educated and pointed to high positions by the only way to prevent the Greek thers were murdered.” At an - anyone who could be consid - Ottomans) of Moldovlachia. It rebellion from spreading to other point in his book, Carne ered notable, who had some was here, in Iasion (known to - Cyprus was to execute all the refers to the executions that wealth and would have posed a day as Iasi), where Alexander leading Christians of the island. took place while he was in threat to Ottoman rule. July 9, Ypsilantis issued his revolution - Sultan Mahmud hesitated, but Cyprus. Several executions of 1821 and its aftermath, left an ary declaration against the Ot - eventually, following the persis - notables took place in the capi - indelible mark on the psyche of tomans in February 1821. Thus, tent demands of the Governor, tal and “the Archbishop de - the Greek population, a mark Kyprianos had a worldview that according to Hill, “gave his ap - scribed the scene [to Carne], that lasted for generations. Folk extended beyond the narrow proval for the execution of those which was quite recent.” This songs about the July 9, 1821 confines of an insular place such Revolution Inspires French Traveler-Artists on Küçük Mehmed’s entire pro - was probably during June 1821. slaughter were transmitted as Cyprus. He returned to the scription list.” Then Carne proceeds to describe orally from one region of the is - island in 1802 and became the “Nicolaos Mitropoulos Hoisting the Flag at the Salona The Ottoman Governor the executions of the Greek no - land to another and from one Steward of the Archdiocese. He Fortress, on the day of Pascha 1821” by French painter planned and carried out the tables at the Saray Square. In generation to the next. Other was elevated to the office of Louis Dupré (1789-1837). Courtesy of the National Historic massacre methodically. It fact, he met their executioner folk songs were written down Archbishop in 1810. Museum, Athens, Greece. started officially on July 9, “who was a Sclavonian soldier, by monks, who kept the manu - Under the Ottoman millet 1821. Evidently, however, the [and] boasted to us of his dex - scripts at monasteries, thus pre -

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How could I place the noose and the beheading of the three around the neck of my people? Bishops. The poet’s verses about Instead of shedding the blood of Romiosyni that were uttered by Liberty Rising many, the Archbishop before he was better for their Bishop to offer put to death were meant to be Greece’s National Poet his. an affirmation of the identity of the Greek Orthodox of Cyprus K: Köroglu again says: Oh by their leader, the Ethnarch. Bishop, I feel pity, This identity was one and the By Sophia Stratakis Huling for if the sunrise finds you in the same with Romiosyni defined by TNH Staff Writer city the poet as φυλή ( fyle ), mean - the first head to roll is yours. ing race: the Greek race. In this way, Archbishop Kyprianos It may come as a surprise to many that Dionysios Solomos A: Köroglu , I thank you so merged the fate of the Greeks (1798-1857), who composed the Greek National Anthem during much, the Archbishop says, of Cyprus, the Romioi, to the the Greek Revolution, did not personally experience “Tourkokra - I can see what good milk you fate of Romiosyni. From 1911 tia,” or rule by the Turks. He was born in Zakynthos, one of the received at your breastfeeding. onwards, Michaelides’ poem be - Ionian islands, which were Venetian colonies and were never a But rush and leave, less you’ll be came ubiquitous, especially the part the Ottoman Empire. seen, and traitor be branded. 18th stanza about Romiosyni. Solomos was the illegitimate child of a wealthy count, Niko - Six decades later, the great Yian - laos Solomos, and his housekeeper, Angeliki Nikli. His father K: If you do not want to go far nis Ritsos, known as the “Poet married his mother a day before he died in 1807, legitimizing away from this dome, of Romiosyni,” gave us his im - come with me, don’t stay, let’s mortal, “ Τη Ρωμιοσύνη μην την go closer, to my home. κλαις ( Ti Romiosyni min tin kles ), ” Do Not Cry for A: Köroglu , I decided, I am Romiosyni: staying here, to die. Do not cry for Romiosyni, Köroglu had been trying to do when you think she is dying an act of goodness, with her neck under the knife, alas, his efforts went nowhere, behold, there she is wasted they were. once again rising There was no more time for him (Author’s liberal to stay, translation) and left with his heart in sorrow and also in pain. In this way, both Michaelides and Ritsos, draw upon the trials Köroglu Pasha offered Kypri - and tribulations of the Greek anos the opportunity to escape, people. Through their lyrical thereby saving to save his life. and powerful verses on Archbishop Kyprianos In a spirit of self-sacrifice and Romiosyni, they sing of her mil - utmost courage, and mindful of lennial essence: She will live for - serving them. nor and other Pashas, protecting his Greek Orthodox ever. JULY 9, 1821: VASILIS Michaelides describes how even flock, the Archbishop makes the While no rebellion took place MICHAELIDES’ EPIC POEM Muslims felt sorrow for the ultimate decision: “I am staying in Cyprus, in the aftermath of Several decades after the slaughter. There is a scene in here to die,” he utters. Having the July 9th tragedy with the British took over the island, the the poem when an Ottoman of - refused to flee, Archbishop Christian population being lead - memory of the July 9, 1821 ficial, Köroglu Pasha, tries in Kyprianos is brought to the erless for a while, a considerable tragedy was still lingering. In - vain to convince the Archbishop Seray before the Governor, number of Cypriot volunteers deed, ninety years after that to flee, offering him his cart to Küçük Mehmed. The poet has went to Greece and fought date, in 1911, the renowned take him to safety. On his part, the Ottoman Governor accusing along with the other Greek rev - Cypriot poet Vasilis Michaelides the Archbishop appears deeply the Archbishop of fomenting olutionaries. Several of them (1849-1917) composed the epic touched by Köroglu’s efforts to revolution. Then the Governor distinguished themselves, fight - poem “ Η 9η Ιουλίου του 1821 ” save him. At the first part of the threatens to kill as many Greeks ing under chieftains like (The 9th of July 1821). It was poem the following exchange as he could. The poem (18th Kolokotronis, Nikitaras, this poem that established him takes place between the Arch - stanza) has this exchange taking Karaiskakis, Tzavellas and oth - as the national poet of Cyprus. bishop (A) and Köroglu (K) (Au - place between the Governor, ers. A number of Cypriot volun - In addition to the epic poem of thor’s translation): Küçük Mehmed, referred to as teers fought and several died Dionysios Solomos “July 9th 1821,” he composed the Musselim Agha (M), and during the siege of Mesolongi. “Χιώτισσα“ ( Chiotissa ), the Girl THE 9TH OF JULY 1821 Archbishop Kyprianos (A): In his memoirs, General his two children with Nikli: Dionysios and Dimitris. Solomos from Chios, a long historic poem (ExCERPTS) M: Do not deny Bishop, that you Makryiannis mentions several studied Italian during his childhood in Zakynthos and continued taking place in whose topic is It was after midnight, just and the monks, Cypriot volunteers by name, in Italy from 1808-1818, achieving much literary success there. the immediate aftermath of the before light appeared, have sent your people to villages, commenting their bravery. He returned to Zakynthos in 1818. Inspired by the revolution Spring 1822 massacre of Chios. and Köroglu whose soul was giving around leaflets, In final analysis, the Greek against Turkish rule declared in 1821, Solomos composed his urging the Romioi to get to arms, revolution reverberated in poem “Hymn to Liberty” two years later. In a sense, his native be ready and to go Cyprus, finding expression in language was not even Greek, but Italian. Nevertheless, he as soon as you give them the the tragic events of July 9, 1821. learned to write in Greek – not the “pure” or “katharevousa” word to start to kill us all... As such, the events of this fate - Greek which was the language of the educated class, but in the ful day had a long-lasting effect. demotic, or language of the people. He is Greece’s national A: Oh, Musselim Agha, I already In terms of the role of the poet, not only because he composed its national anthem, but told you, Church in Cypriot society, the also because he is the first poet to write extensively in demotic for all these you are accusing us, fact that it was clergymen who Greek, influencing dozens of writers after him. our heart is clear... suffered the most in 1821, the Solomos wrote 158 verses for the anthem, in which freedom Church was embraced even is identified with Orthodox Christian Greece. The topics include M: Bishop, my opinion, I will closer by the people. the ancient splendor, the suffering of slavery, the impact of the never change, The annual commemorations struggle, the highlight of the battles of Tripoli and Messolonghi, and whatever you might invent, of July 9th especially through the victorious sea battles and finally, liberty’s heartbreaking I will place no faith. memorial services in churches, pleas to the Greeks for concord and brotherhood. The great What I have in mind, Bishop, is the teaching of Vasilis composer Nicholas Mantzaros, a personal friend of Solomos, to slaughter and to hang, Michaelides’ epic poem in composed music for 24 verses. The first two verses were legally and if I could, I would clear schools, the reciting of folk po - designated the national anthem of Greece in 1856. Cyprus of Romioi, ems at “panegyria” (religious The Hellenic National Anthem, “Hymn to Liberty,” by Diony - and even further I would go, festivals), were all combined to sios Solomos (Editor’s liberal translation): would rove around the globe, keep the memory of July 9th I would slaughter all Romioi, not 1821 alive. Archbishop Kypri - I know thee by the terrible leave one soul. anos and the other Bishops who edge of thy sword, were executed by the Ottoman I know thee from thy sweeping A: The Romiosyni is a race rulers, were elevated by the peo - vision that boldly measures The Hellenic School, founded in 1812 by Archbishop Kyprianos [“fyle”] as old as the earth, ple to the status of “ethnomar - the earth. (renamed Pancyprian Gymnasium in 1893). no-one has been found to bring tyres” (martyrs for the nation), it to an end, those who sacrificed their lives Drawn from the sacred bones Michaelides also wrote many kind, really very kind, no-one, for it is God, who from for the sake of the faith, their of the slain Hellenes, love poems. However, he did there arrives in secrecy, wakes above protects it. flock and the Greek nation; And as valient as at the not live to see his elevation to up the Bishop, The Romiosyni will be gone, when those who died for Romiosyni. beginning, Cyprus’ national poet. Sadly, he sits next to him and starts the the earth will vanish. Hail, O Liberty! Hail! ended up an alcoholic and died following to say. Slaughter us all and our blood * Dr. Christos P. Ioannides is Di - in 1917 in utter poverty before might flow very deep, rector of the Center for (Sources: University of Athens website, www.uoa.gr; he acquired recognition. K: A firman arrived for our people might be killed as if Byzantine and Modern Greek Ohio State University website, www.osu.edu; Michaelides’ poem was writ - Musselim Agha, it came from they were sheep. Studies at Queens College, Romilly Jenkins, “Dionysius Solomos”) ten in the Cypriot dialect. It is a the Porte But you should know that when CUNY. long poem as it consists of 56 and last night, suddenly, their a poplar is cut down, stanzas, 10 lines each. It ap - [Pashas’] gathering took place. three hundred sprouts will rise peared in the form of a dialogue And now your dark fate is all over around its ground. between Archbishop Kyprianos plainly in his hands... When the share ploughs the and Küçük Mehmed, the Ot - Leave, leave now, for if the earth, toman Governor, known as Mus - morning finds you here it thinks the earth is eaten up, selim Agha, who carried out the you will die, you will be hanged but it is the share which is slaughter. The poem vividly or die on the pole. wasted, paints a picture of a martyr: Come, Kyprianos, let’s rush; my it is the share that is worn out. Archbishop Kyprianos, who will - cart is at the gate… We join Hellenes everywhere ingly sacrificed his life for the Then, Michaelides’ poem Christian faith and for his Greek A: Köroglu , I won’t leave, for if I graphically describes the man - Orthodox flock, the Romioi. leave now, ner in which the Archbishop and celebrating the anniversary While the poem illustrates the death will come upon Romioi all the Bishops were put to death, cruelty of the Ottoman Gover - over in this land. the hanging of the Archbishop of Greek Independence.

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By Constantine S. Sirigos tell Manatos over and over that health clinics Athens helped es - After successfully leading his TNH Staff Writer “I’ve never been to a political tablish. “He was a one-man band troops to their rendezvous point, event that was better than Andy on that. People lost interest, they he jumped on his motorcycle to NEW YORK – Names have spiri - Athens’.” wouldn’t fund it, but Andy would see her again, and they started tual, not etymological signifi - Later Senator Eagleton would not let that go.” He was also one dating. Within a year they were cance. The meaning of “Andrew tell Manatos “I’ve been in politics of the initiators of International married. After the war was over, A. Athens” is the love and gen - for a long time and I’ve never Orthodox Christian Charities and he again demonstrated his ability erosity and excellence that he met anybody as good as Andy Leadership 100. to connect with people. Manatos manifested in life. Andy Manatos Athens.” Manatos said Athens The story of how he met his said “he was in charge of Ger - can personally attest to the man’s leapt out at everybody that way. beloved wife Louise is right out man prisoners. It was Christmas greatness and humanity. “Every president, every commit - of Hollywood. and they wanted to see their Manatos, the President of the tee chairman would put their Athens dropped out of college families. Andy said he would let Coordinated Effort of Hellenes arms around him. They just to fight in World War II, upset - them go if they promised to Athens help found with him, loved the guy.” ting his father. Athens told him: come back, and they all re - spoke to TNH about their friend - After watching Athens “You left the safety of America turned. He was such a rare per - ship. through the years, Manatos said to fight in the Balkan wars and I son.” He first came into contact the key was, “his sincerity, num - am going to do the same for my Athens stayed in Europe and with Athens in 1974, during to ber two his commitment and country.” started his steel business, selling fight to impose an arms embargo conviction, and number three his His distinguished military ca - U.S. Army surplus steel there be - on Turkey. Manatos was then on intelligence.” reer included becoming an Army fore returning to America. Senator Thomas Eagleton’s staff During WW II, Andrew Athens rose to the rank of Captain and “Because of his charm and his boxing champion. When he was Athens was married to Louise helping to coordinate the na - was honored with the Bronze Star and the U.S. Army Com - ability, he was able to do good leading his troops through Bel - – who now mourns him with his tional response to Turkey’s illegal mendation Medal for his outstanding military service. things in our community, in the gium, they were in a difficult sit - son Paul, daughter Jacqueline, invasion and occupation of public policy area and then with uation as the sun was going and numerous grandchildren. Cyprus. tion and the positive impact of cans like Andy Athens, Mayor World Council of Hellenes (SAE), down. When he knocked on the Manatos concluded by saying Athens was one of the people Athens’ with a story about a George Christopher of San Fran - Manatos said. Regarding the lat - door of a home, “out came “He just brought this magical, who was mobilizing the Chicago meeting Eagleton’s office. The cisco, and Eugene Rossides sup - ter group, Manatos told another Louise, the woman who would unsurpassed thing to our com - community (in response to being Greek junta had just fallen and ported him, to the detriment of touching story. become his wife,” Manatos said. munity. He was just amazing.” asked to do so in his behalf by one man got up and declared “I their standings in the Republican At a SAE gathering a left-wing Archbishop Iakovos) and Man - refuse to be in the same room” Party. Then, in the words of Man - representative was railing atos was in frequent contact with with a man he claimed was a atos, “Carter naively listened to against the United States. When him. junta supporter. the Turks when they said ‘if you Athens followed him, he told the CLASSIFIEDS Manatos noted that prior the Athens soon came to the fore lift the embargo we will leave story of meeting a person whose Cyprus invasion the community “with his unique ability to be the Cyprus.’” mother had her tongue cut out was very divided, with organiza - umbrella, without offending any - When Ann Wexler in the East by an occupying army because HELP WANTED LEGAL NOTICE tions seeing themselves more as one,” to help coordinate their ef - Room of the White House told she spoke Greek. The man then rivals than allies. forts, Manatos said. him “we’ll bring in the Greeks came up to Athens and put his FALLS CHURCH, VA/DIRECTOR CREATIVA NEW YORK, LLC Articles of Org. Ironically, Manatos took part When Cyprus was invaded, and explain it to them and they’ll arms around him, sobbing, be - OF EDUCATION, for Saint filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/10/13. Of - fice in Kings Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC in a meeting five months before the process to introducing a bill understand,” Manatos replied, cause the same thing happened Katherine Hellenic Education upon whom process may be served. SSNY the invasion with Eugene T. Ros - in Congress to cut off aid to “You’re nuts.” to his own mother. Center (HEC). Submission Re - shall mail copy of process to 369 Grand Ave., Apt. 3, Brooklyn, NY 11238. Purpose: sides, who would later establish Turkey began with a Sense of the Manatos said that at one “That’s what Andy could do. quirements: 1) A Curriculum Vi - Any lawful purpose. Principal business lo - the American Hellenic institute Congress resolution. Things were point the Carter-Mondale cam - With that sincerity, charm, and tae (CV), 2) a one page descrip - cation: 56 Bogart St., Ste. 3J, Brooklyn, NY (AHI) and they agreed “that looking good after Congress im - paign needed to put together a commitment, people fell in love tion of objectives, describing the 11206. there really should be something posed an arms embargo and big Greek event in Chicago and with him.” candidate's approach to teaching 272575/10801/04-27 in Washington representing Jimmy Carter was elected. As a they were told Athens was the Manatos also noted the many Greek as a second language in LEGAL NOTICE Greek American interests.” candidate, he took such strong only one who could pull it off. lives that have been saved in the the US, and 3) Three references. He illustrated both the situa - position on Cyprus that Republi - Vice President Mondale would former Soviet Union through the E-mail "soft copy" to: NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LI - ABILITY COMPANY. NAME: CG&C #2 [email protected], "hard PRIME MEAT MARKET, LLC. Articles of Or - copy" to: St. Katherine Greek Or - ganization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/15/13. thodox Church c/o Mr. Jim Office location: Kings County. SSNY has Stoucker, Parish Council President been designated as agent of the LLC upon Andrew Athens Remembered by Greek-American Leaders 3149 Glen Carlyn Rd, Falls whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the Church, VA 22041 (Due Date for LLC, 8008 18th Avenue, Brooklyn, New TNH Staff York 11214. Purpose: For any lawful pur - broader society. I will always Submission: April 30, 2013). E- pose. treasure the kindness Mr. Athens mail questions to cachris2@hot - 272563/17973/04-20 Numerous Greek-American showed to me whenever we were mail.com. leaders and organizations imme - together. He made time for 117146/18500/03-30 FUNERAL HOMES diately issued tributes to Andrew everyone and we are all the better LITRAS FUNERAL HOME A. Athens. Excerpts from their for it. When we remember Andy ARLINGTON statements follow: Athens, we will think of someone LEGAL NOTICE Archbishop Demetrios said: who exhibited philotimo in its BENSON DOWD, INC "Andrew Athens was a giant and every dimension.” 1 MPC LLC, a domestic LLC currently FUNERAL HOME known as 1 MCP LLC, Arts. of Org. filed 83-15 Parsons Blvd., a champion of offering to the Ec - Andrew Athens’ light shone with the SSNY on 1/28/13. Office location: umenical Patriarchate, to the outside the community as well. Kings County. SSNY is designated as agent Jamaica, NY 11432 Omogeneia, to Greece and The American Jewish Com - upon whom process against the LLC may (718) 858-4434 be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The Cyprus and to Hellenism in gen - mittee (AJC), the global Jewish LLC, 155 3rd St., Brooklyn, NY 11231. Gen - • (800) 245-4872 eral. His passing creates a void advocacy organization, noted that eral Purposes. that is hard to fill. His example of “AJC honored Athens and his pi - 272569/10709/04-20 APOSTOLOPOULOS long-lasting and unselfish offering oneering work to advance Greek- Apostle Family - and service to Orthodoxy and Jewish and Hellenic-Israeli ties Gregory, Nicholas, Andrew - Hellenism is worth emulation." more than once. The most recent LEGAL NOTICE Funeral Directors of The Order of Saint Andrew Friends and family filled the church of Ss. Peter and Paul of occasion occurred in recognition RIVERDALE the Apostle expressed “our heart - Glenview, IL. to bid farewell to the mortal remains of Andrew of Athens' 90th birthday before Real Estate Properties Management LLC FUNERAL HOME Inc. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Sec of State felt condolences to the beloved Athens. His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Metropolitan AJC's National Board of Gover - (SSNY) on 1/22/13. Office: Kings County. 5044 Broadway family of Archon Maestor Andrew Iakovos and Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos participated in the nors and invited guests from the SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon New York, NY 10034 whom process may be served. SSNY shall (212) 942-4000 A. Athens on the passing of this ceremony with 18 other head priests. political and diplomatic commu - mail process to: c/o Dustin Bowman, Esq, extraordinary Archon who leaves nities, in his hometown of 125-10 Queens Blvd, #218, Kew Gardens, Toll Free 1-888-GAPOSTLE a global legacy of good works and “the community is poorer through cyprian Association of America Chicago in 2011.” NY 11415. General Purposes. CONSTANTINIDES 272565/18351 FUNERAL PARLOR Co. unparalleled philanthropy.” the death of the man who has said: “There are no magic words Jason Isaacson, Director of (718) 745-1010 “Andrew Athens was an ex - written so many pages of its his - and no expressions I can use to Government and International Af - LEGAL NOTICE Services in all localities - ceptional American and tremen - tory. He passionately devoted his describe the meaning and signif - fairs American Jewish Commit - Low cost shipping to Greece dous Hellene,” said AHI Founder entire life to his two countries, icance of Andy Athens to the tee, worked with Athens for some Exigo Transport Systems LLC Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on Gene Rossides , “I admired his Greece and America. His name is Greek-American community. He 20 years. He told TNH “of all the 12/4/12. Office: Kings County. SSNY des - ANTONOPOULOS passion for Hellenism and his un - synonymous with SAE, which was not only our patriarch but no leaders of communitIes the AJC ignated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: FUNERAL HOME, INC. selfish work on behalf of Hellenic named him President Emeritus one in the history of the Greek has worked with, Andy was the 40 Exchange Pl, #1602, NY, NY 10005. Konstantinos Antonopoulos - causes and the Hellenic commu - because of his tireless efforts and American community has done first among them in terms of ef - General Purposes. nity worldwide.” continuous travels to be with Hel - more than Andy Athens. In par - fectiveness and vision .” 272564/18351 Funeral Director Retired Senator Paul Sar - lenes in every corner of the ticular we express our gratitude U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D- 38-08 Ditmars Blvd., banes said “I wish to join with Earth.” for his unbelievable support and IL) paid tribute to Athens on the Astoria, New York 11105 member of the Greek-American Dr.Olga Sarantopoulos, Sec - love for Cyprus through the Senate floor. “Andy Athens was a LEGAL NOTICE (718) 728-8500 community, Hellenes throughout retary of World SAE , called years.” civic institution in Chicago. He Not affiliated with any the world and the citizens of Athens “Father of Hellenism Congressman John Sar - was a brilliant business leader. He Notice of Formation of ANNA CORINNA other funeral home. DESIGNS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. Chicago in expressing heartfelt abroad…a great Patriot, a tireless banes : Andy Athens lived a life was also “the Dean” of the Greek of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/20/13. Office sympathy to his gracious wife Fighter for Hellas, Cyprus and Or - few could match. The scope of American community…“Andy location: Kings County. Princ. office of LLC: 34 Sharon St., Brooklyn, NY 11211. SSNY Louise and to the family of An - thodoxy. My sincere and deepest his commitment to a myriad of Athens was a global ambassador designated as agent of LLC upon whom REAL ESTATE drew Athens for their loss and sympathies are with his wife important causes was breathtak - for the shared values on which process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Anna Sellinger at the princ. deep appreciation for his extra - Louise and all his family.” ing. He combined a gentleness of Hellenism and America are office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful ac - ordinary life of service and phil - “Andrew Athens was an ex - spirit, with the fierce determina - based: freedom, democracy, hu - tivity. Eleni Malliaros, SFR anthropy.” ceptional American and tremen - tion to make a difference. The man rights and human dignity, 272549/17976 Realtor Lic. VA & WV Sarbanes continued: “He was dous Hellene,” said AHI Founder Greek community in the United and service to others. He and the LEGAL NOTICE a close and valued friend and that Gene Rossides, “I admired his pas - States, in Greece and throughout organizations he helped to estab - Cell: 703 -999 -3253 V & N Enterprise LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. Office:571-271-6246 friendship was invariably built on sion for Hellenism and his un - the vast Diaspora, owes him a lish have brought, hope, oppor - of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/07/13. a commitment to the finest ideals selfish work on behalf of Hellenic special debt of gratitude for his tunity, justice, and the priceless Office location: Kings County. SSNY is des - ignated as agent upon whom process of our shared Hellenic and Amer - causes and the Hellenic commu - boundless generosity. He was the gift of health, to millions of peo - against the LLC may be served. 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He was always Nikos Mouriaris , member of were Consul General Ioanna the room…it was like a magnet. generous, kind, warm and com - the Board of Directors of The Efthimiadou and former State He had the magical ability to passionate…that’s what I re - NAPLES FLORIDA REAL ESTATE Cyprus-U.S. Chamber of Com - Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias. evoke affection out of everyone member the most,” he said. merce , told TNH: “it is with great Foundation leaders present in - he met. That was a phenomenal Athens, who served as the sadness that we heard of the pass - cluded PanHellenic Scholarship skill that he put to good use,” first President of the World ing of Andy Athens. His was per - Foundation Chairman Chris said Andy Manatos, president of Council of Hellenes Abroad and haps the most significant voice Tomaras, American Hellenic In - Manatos and Manatos, a Wash - is known for having created Vicky Lewis for the rights of Hellenism not stitute President Nick Larigakis, ington DC-based government health clinics in the Hellenic realtor only in the United States, but the World Council of Hellenes relations and public policy firm. communities of Armenia, Geor - rest of the world. His love and Abroad, SAE Coordinator “Andy was just phenomenal gia, Ukraine and Albania, was passion for Hellenism and for Or - Theodore Spyropoulos, Hellenic in terms of the volume and the buried at Memorial Park Ceme - thodoxy will stay with me forever. American Leadership Council Ex - depth of his contributions to tery. In addition to having co- Andy always gave time and ecutive Director Endy Zemenides, Hellenism and Orthodoxy. It re - founded Metron, he was also co- 7

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Holocaust survivors. "The commemoration is an honor for the city of Thessaloniki. But some people look upon this era nostalgically and are bringing back the old Nazi symbols," said David Saltiel, leader of the city's Jewish community. He was refer - ring to the emergence of the ex - treme right wing Golden Dawn, a party with neo-Nazi roots that swept into Parliament for the first A file photo shows a ship time last June on an anti-immi - docked at the Lavan oil refin - grant platform. ery quay on Lavan Island, Iran. On that day in March, 2,800 departed for the concentration camp. "We were packed 80 to a Administration train ... when we arrived, they sent a number straight to the crematoriums and kept some of Crackdown on us for work. We were beaten of - ten by the guards," recalled Iran Embargo Holocaust survivor Moshe Hae - lion. Another survivor of the Involves Greek camps, Zana Santicario-Saat - soglou, described how, for many years, she was unable to tell her AP PHOTO/nikOlAs GiAkOumiDis By Joby Warrick and story. "My children used to ask Several hundred people gather on Saturday, March 16, at Thessaloniki's Eleftherias (Freedom) Square, Greece,where the first Anne Gearan me what that number on my batch of Jews were rounded up by the occupying German forces on March 15, 1943. Jewish residents in this northern Greek city Washington Post arm was," she said, referring to have gathered to commemorate the 70th anniversary from the first roundup and deportation of Jews to Nazi extermination the identification number tat - camps in World War II. By August 1943, 46,091 Jews had been deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Of those, 1,950 survived. The Obama administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on a Greek shipping magnate ac - cused of secretly helping Iran sell its petroleum in defiance of in - ternational restrictions on Iranian oil exports. The Treasury Department identified Dimitris Cambis, owner of a Greek shipping company, as a central figure in a scheme that allegedly enabled Iran to disguise its oil to evade international sanc - tions and an oil embargo. U.S. officials said Cambis and his businesses purchased at least eight oil tankers on Iran’s behalf, filled them with Iranian oil and sold the crude to international customers who were unaware of its origins. Some of the oil was transferred ship to ship in open seas, in tankers that carry up to $200 million worth of crude at a time, the officials said. “Today we are lifting the veil on an intricate Iranian scheme that was designed to evade in - ternational oil sanctions,” said Holocaust survivor Soultana Taraboulous escorted by grandson Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras speaks at the city's Monastiriotes Synagogue in the David S. Cohen, the Treasury De - David, left, lights a candle at the city's Monastiriotes Synagogue. northern port city of Thessaloniki, on Sunday, March 17, during the ceremony. partment’s undersecretary for ter - rorism and financial intelligence. tooed on Auschwitz-Birkenau Jews had been deported to ity, after returning from the slight majority of the city's in - who emigrated after 1492 to es - Cohen said the administration prisoners. "I told them it was my Auschwitz-Birkenau. Of those, camps, emigrated to Israel. To - habitants, numbers fewer than cape persecution from Spain would “continue to expose de - old phone number in Thessa - 1,950 survived. Fewer than day, the Jewish community in 1,000. which, in that year, had driven ceptive Iranian practices and to loniki." 5,000 of the 80,000 Jews living Thessaloniki, which, until the The Jews of Thessaloniki the Arabs out of the southern sanction those individuals and By August 1943, 46,091 in Greece survived. The major - early 20th century formed a were mostly Sephardic Jews, Iberian Peninsula. entities who participate in these schemes.” A phone message requesting comment from Cambis’s Athens office was not returned. In recent interviews, Cambis has acknowl - edged expanding his oil-shipping business but denied that he was working with Iran. In an interview with Bloomberg News on Thursday, Cambis dismissed the U.S. alle - gations as “very bad rumors cre - ated by our competitors because we are trying to take market share.” A senior Obama administra - tion official familiar with the scheme said Cambis essentially went to work for one of Iran’s largest oil companies. The scheme “was designed to hide the fact that the tankers were prop - erty of the Iranian government,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the investigation. “This was a major, not a mar - ginal, step in enforcing our sanc - tions,” said the official, who added that the punitive measures would not affect the Greek gov - ernment, which had a “great partnership” with the United States in the international effort to isolate Iran. Iran, which has seen its oil ex - ports cut in half since the impo - sition of harsh sanctions last sum - mer, is known to have employed a variety of schemes to circum - vent the measures. Last year, in - ternational regulators reported that Iran was turning off the nav - igational transponders on some of its oil tankers at sea, making them harder to track as they search for customers in ports across the Pacific. The restrictions are part of a series of U.S.-backed measures intended to pressure Iran into agreeing to scale back its nuclear program. So far, Iran has refused to accept limits on its nuclear fa - cilities, insisting that its pursuit of nuclear technology is peace - ful. President Obama on Thursday reiterated his pledge to “keep all options on the table” in seeking to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. In an interview with Israel’s Channel 2 television, he said Iran is likely to not pos - sess the capability to make a bomb until 2014. “We think that it would take over a year or so for Iran to actu - ally develop a nuclear weapon, but obviously we don’t want to cut it too close,” said Obama, who gave the interview ahead of a scheduled visit to Israel next week. But now, he said, the pre - ferred path is negotiations. “If we can resolve it diplomat - ically, that’s a more lasting solu - tion,” he said. 14 CYPRUS THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 23-29, 2013 A Small Island Geographically, Cyprus Has Played Big Role in History

The EU and Russia are hav - Cyprus was embroiled in the ally recognized, Greek-speaking ing one of their biggest spats in Crusades, becoming a launching south and a breakaway Turkish- recent times over the future of pad for Christian armies aiming speaking north in 1974 — when the Cypriot economy. It's not the to reclaim the Holy Lands from Turkey invaded after a coup by first time that the Mediter - Muslims. England's King supporters of union with ranean island nation of barely a Richard I — "the Lionheart" — Greece. Tens of thousands be - million people has been home invaded after the Cypriot ruler came refugees after they were to the intrigues of much bigger made the mistake of trying to displaced from their homes. A powers. Here's a look at how imprison Richard's sister and the series of attempts to reunify the small Cyprus has played an out - English monarch's betrothed. island have all ended in failure, sized role in history: Richard eventually sold the is - most notably in 2004 when land to fellow crusader Guy of Greek Cypriots voted in a refer - ANTIQUITY: In ancient Lusignan, the displaced king of endum against a proposed times, Cyprus' strategic location Jerusalem, in 1192. The Lusig - peace deal. between three continents guar - nan dynasty lasted for three cen - anteed it a role in flourishing turies and marked a period of TODAY'S SPAT: Cyprus' en - trade routes, and made it a cov - prosperity, with the island's try into the European Union in eted prize. Alexander the Great elites profiting from growing 2004 and adoption of the euro in 333 B.C. captured the island trade with Venice and Genoa. four years later were meant to as part of his campaign against Average Cypriots, however, put it on the path of stability and the Persians. After Alexander's chafed under these feudal times prosperity. Instead the eurozone death, Cyprus was embroiled in and few became rich. debt crisis has upended Cyprus' the power plays of his generals, dreams. The island's shadowy before enjoying a period of sta - VENETIAN POWER BASE: and outsized banking system bility under the Ptolemy dynasty In 1489, the streetwise Vene - and its over-reliance on Russian during which Greek culture be - tians took control of Cyprus, money have turned it into the came dominant. As the sup - maintaining the unpopular feu - latest country needing a bailout posed birthplace of Aphrodite, dal system as they used the is - AssOciATeD Press to avert collapse. In an unprece - the Greek goddess of love, land as a defensive military base This file image released by the Cyprus Police on Monday Jan. 25, 2010, shows antiquities dented move, the EU said last Cyprus gained cult status in the against the rising power of the seized from smugglers in the southern city of Limassol, Cyprus. The current spat between the weekend that depositors would Hellenic world. Then the Ro - Ottoman Empire, which had al - EU and Russia over the future of its economy underlines the small Mediterranean island has have to cough up funds for the mans invaded in 58 B.C. and ready captured Constantinople, played an outsized role in history. country's bailout — effectively held onto Cyprus for nearly five the Byzantine capital, and much amounting to a seizure of sav - centuries, interrupted by a short of mainland Greece. The Vene - system and engaged with the British took control of the island included acts of terror eventu - ings. That has infuriated Russia, period under Cleopatra of tians' struggle to prevent the Christian Orthodox representa - in exchange for military aid in ally forced Britain out. Instead which has billions deposited in Egypt. Roman rule brought a Turks from attacking the island tives of the island. But the era the Ottoman fight with Russia. of becoming part of Greece, Cypriot banks — much of the measure of stability and the forms the backdrop to "Othello," was also largely one of stagna - Britain then annexed Cyprus at Cyprus was made independent money believed to be laundered economy flourished. When the one of Shakespeare's greatest tion. In the early part of the the start of World War I when in 1960 — and became a focus illegal gains. The EU's calls for Roman empire split in two at tragedies. Cyprus was eventu - 19th century, the Greek inde - the Ottomans sided with Ger - of Cold War politics. depositors to effectively pay for the end of the 4th century, ally conquered by the Ottomans pendence movement started in - many against Britain. It became a large chunk of Cyprus' bailout Cyprus was part of the Byzan - in 1571 after the Venetian chief spiring the island's ethnic Greek a prized European asset for the MODERN GREECE AND have not only raised fears of dis - tine empire and a generally Marcantonio Bragadin was cap - majority. Reprisals against those British Empire, as the island TURKEY: Independence didn't astrous bank runs; they have more chaotic era began. tured and flayed alive in the accused of conspiring with the helped defend Britain's crucial make things quieter. By 1963 also put Europe on a political port city of Famagusta. Turkish Greek rebels fed a growing de - trade routes to India and safe - the acrimony between Greek collision course with an increas - CRUSADES: From the mid - rule would remain for about sire for union with the expand - guard its interests in the Middle and Turkish Cypriots had turned ingly assertive Moscow. Cyprus dle of the 7th century, Cyprus three centuries. ing modern Greece. East. Britain transformed to violence. The following year has also recently discovered sig - suffered wave after wave of Cyprus, introducing its legal the United Nations arrived to nificant off-shore gas deposits — Arab raids before the Byzantine THE AGE OF SULTANS: THE BRITISH: As the Ot - code and driving development. keep the peace. More than a that means it will likely remain emperor re-established a firm Turkish influence under the Ot - toman empire faced a raft of na - But as the years went by, calls half-century on they're still in the gaze of big powers for grip on one of his prized assets tomans has had long-term tionalist movements, the British for union with Greece grew there, mainly patrolling the so- decades to come. toward the end of the millen - repercussions to this day. The saw their chance to gain a from the majority Greek popu - called "Green Line" buffer zone. nium. From the 11th century, Ottomans got rid of the feudal foothold in Cyprus. In 1878, the lation. A guerrilla campaign that Cyprus split into an internation - Source: Associated Press Eurozone Officials Acknowledge that They are “In a Mess” about Cyprus

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro obviously too emotional and and to ensure there was no con - Financial markets have zone finance officials acknowl - will not decide on anything, if tagion to Greece. largely taken the problems in edged being "in a mess" over Cyprus does not even feel that One issue repeatedly raised Cyprus in their stride, perhaps Cyprus during a conference call they can attend the call it is a on the call was the risk of large calculating that any collapse of on Wednesday and discussed big problem for us," the French outflows of capital once Cypriot an economy worth only around imposing capital controls to in - representative said, according banks reopen, probably on Tues - 17 billion euros, will have only sulate the region from a possible to the notes seen by Reuters. day. The ECB representative said a limited impact, or that a solu - collapse of the Cypriot economy. "We have never seen this." the situation was being closely tion will be found in the end. In detailed notes of the call The German representative monitored and "technical prepa - "Markets believe that we will seen by Reuters, one official de - raised the need to learn more rations" were being made to try find a solution and that we will scribed emotions as running about capital outflows from to limit the amount of any out - provide more money and this "very high", making it difficult Cyprus to Russia and Britain, flow. might not be the case," one of to come up with rational solu - and emphasized that "we stand "Some additional laws need the participants on the call said, tions, and referred to "open talk ready to find a solution imme - to be passed. Overall we are in according to the notes. in regards of (Cyprus) leaving diately" as long as the parame - a very difficult situation," the of - In wrapping up the telecon - the euro zone". ters of the bailout agreed among ficial said, according to the ference, the chairman described The call was among mem - euro zone finance ministers on notes. "(We're) trying to do the situation as "foggy" and ex - bers of the Eurogroup Working Saturday are respected. everything within the powers to pressed concern about Cyprus's Group, which consists of deputy The official also referred to limit any unauthorized out - decision not to take part in the finance ministers or senior trea - the need to resolve the issue of flows." call. sury officials from the 17 euro Cyprus's two biggest banks, both Cyprus's finance minister con - "The economy is going to zone countries as well as repre - AP PHOTO/PeTrOs GiAnnAkOuris of which are close to collapse, tinued discussions in Moscow on tank in Cyprus no matter what," sentatives from the European Achilles, a shoemaker, works in his shop in capital Nicosia, and mentioned the possibility of Thursday to see whether a way the notes quoted him as saying. Central Bank and the European Cyprus, Thursday, March 21 Cyprus leaving the euro zone. can be found to involve Russia "Restrictions on capital will Commission. The group is In the event of an exit, the in the bailout so that large de - probably be imposed," he said, chaired by Austria's Thomas part in the call, a decision that wider confusion surrounding official said steps needed to be positors in Cypriot banks, many adding that further conference Wieser. several participants described as the island's predicament. taken to "ring-fence" the rest of of whom are Russian, are not hit calls would be organized in the Cyprus decided not to take troubling and reflecting the "The (Cypriot) parliament is the euro zone from the impact with a one-off levy. coming days. No Painless Solution Evident as Cyprus Struggles to Save Banks, Economy

Continued from page 1 avoid the banking collapse and help the country stand on its also be asked to come back to own feet.” Parliament with a revised offer He said Parliament had made to give account holders a so- the right decision in rejecting called “haircut,” which means the original bailout terms “and some of their deposits could be sent a clear message to Euro - seized. peans that they should learn to Cypriot banks, as well as respect smaller countries.” their branches in Greece, were Even if a solution were ordered to remain closed until found, fears remained that de - March 25 amid fears there could positors, having lost trust in the be a run on the banks as depos - government and the island’s itors feel their accounts are no banks, would make a run on longer safe and they could lose them and clean out their hold - even more if the crisis worsens. ings. With the ECB threatening to An ECB representative, the cut off liquidity to Cyprus’ cen - news agency Reuters reported, tral bank on March 25 unless an said the situation was being agreement is reached on a closely monitored and “techni - bailout and alternate plan to cal preparations” were being raise the 5.8 billion euros, the made to try to limit the amount Cypriot government, in a frantic of any outflow. “Some addi - meeting, reportedly came up tional laws need to be passed. with the plan for the solidarity Overall we are in a very difficult fund. situation,” the official said, ac - Cyprus is sitting on possibly cording to the notes. “[We are] huge gas reserves off its coast, AP PHOTO/PeTrOs GiAnnAkOuris trying to do everything within a lucrative prize that has drawn People queue at an ATM outside a closed Laiki Bank branch in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, March 21, 2013. the powers to limit any unau - interest from investors, includ - thorized outflows.” ing the Russian government, itary presence in a European against the requirements of re - more fair approach to the way German Finance Minister which was asked by Cyprus to Union country. maining in the Eurozone. the levy is structured.” Wolfgang Schaeuble, who was restructure a 2.5 billion euros Russian Prime Minister “We cannot reject any form THE HAND OF GOD said to have wanted as much as ($3.22 billion) loan. Dmitri Medvedev warned that of help but we are in the euros Earlier, there were fears that 40 percent of Cypriot bank de - ARE THE RUSSIANS the European proposal of a tax and we need the continue sup - the crisis could worsen and even posits to be seized, said he “re - COMING? on bank deposits could itself port of the ECB for liquidity,” he lead to Cyprus being pushed out grets” the Greek Cypriot deci - With Russians holding some precipitate “a new series of local said. “Any support is welcome of the Eurozone if an answer sion, and said measures had 30 percent of the 68 billion eu - financial crises.” He said that but we should not forget that weren’t found. It was so desper - already been put in place ros ($87.7 billion) in Cypriot what happens ultimately could we are in Europe and we need ate that Archbishop Chrysosto - against fallout for the rest of the banks – and speculation from affect relations between Russia European institutions to stabi - mos II, went on television to Eurozone from the rejection of EU officials that Cypriot banks and the EU. lize our economy.” It is thought propose putting all of its prop - the bailout plan. are being used to launder Finance Minister Michalis Cyprus Popular Bank (Laiki) – erties up as collateral so that the The Cypriot defiance was money for rich Russians and Sarris, who at one point was re - the island’s largest lender - state could issue a new round welcomed by some Greeks, mobsters, there was reluctance ported to have resigned or been would not be eligible for emer - of government bonds to raise weary of constant pay cuts, tax to give Cyprus a full bailout. fired, went to Moscow hoping gency funding under the ELA money. hikes, and slashed pensions im - That led Cyprus to look to - to gain funds and to convince terms as it would be deemed in - He suggested that all of the posed by their government on ward Russia as a possible savior officials there to invest in the solvent. Church’s dioceses, parishes and orders of the Troika in return in case negotiations with the wealth fund to be set up by Eurozone chief Jeroen Djis - monasteries — which are also for $325 billion in two rescue Troika broke down but the Rus - Cyprus. selbloem said he felt a solution big investors — could then buy packages to prop up the coun - sians were said to be asking not The deputy leader of Anas - including some kind of deposit a portion of the bonds to help try’s debt-crushed economy. just for gas reserve collateral, tasiades’ conservative DISY levy would be found. “I’m not the country at a time of need. “See what Cyprus did? We but to buy a Cypriot bank and party Averof Neofytou, whose sure that this package is com - Describing the church’s hold - are proud of them,” Fey Pa - even establish a naval base on members abstained from voting pletely gone and failed, because ings as “huge,” without specify - padopoulou, 22, a university the island where England has on the deal put forth by their I don’t honestly see many alter - ing a number, the archbishop student, told Reuters. “They one. That gave the crisis a leader, said that Cyprus would natives,” he said. “There is of said it would “put all its prop - AP PHOTO should be an example for our geopolitical dimension with the welcome Russian assistance but course a different way to do the erty is in the country’s disposal Cyprus Finance Minister politicians, who have suc - prospect of Russia having a mil - still needed to balance this levy, and we’re very open to a in order to support the people, Michalis Sarris. cumbed to every demand.” THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 23-29, 2013 GREECE CYPRUS 15 Meanwhile, back in Greece …Nation is Ready for New Round of Talks with Troika

By Andy Dabilis Stournaras for not resisting calls TNH Staff Writer at the Eurozone meeting of fel - low finance ministers to demand ATHENS – Overshadowed by the confiscation tax in Cyprus. the Cypriot economic crisis that “Greece is not behaving like threatened to topple the island the motherland for Cypriots, but country’s economy and banks, like the step mother,” Tsipras Greek Prime Minister Antonis said during a conference at his Samaras is readying for a return SYRIZA party headquarters. of envoys from the same inter - “When Stournaras says 'We' national lenders working in he means the Eurogroup, the Cyprus, who want a faster pace lenders and the Greek govern - of reforms in Greece. ment,” said Tsipras of the Greek Greek Finance Minister Yan - finance minister while criticizing nis Stournaras, the point man in Samaras for being “absent” dur - negotiations with the Troika of ing the Cypriot crisis and not the European Union-Interna - readying for possible ramifica - tional Monetary Fund-European tions of a Cyprus default. Central Bank (EU-IMF-ECB) said Tsipras, who has pledged to Greece had a backup plan to scrap Greece's bailout deal deal with absorbing Cypriot should SYRIZA come to power, bank branches. hailed the Cypriot Parliament's He said that Greece was “for - decision saying it was the first tified” against the repercussions reaction “against neoliberal poli - of a possible failure by Cyprus cies in Europe.” He added that, to find the funds to protect its “It has opened a window of op - banks, adding that Athens had portunity,” he said. SYRIZA has an alternative plan for Cypriot taken a slight lead in opinion banks in Greece. “There is a Plan AP PHOTO/nikOlAs GiAkOumiDis polls although Samaras remains B for Greece, which I cannot re - Cypriot university students gather during a rally, against the as riot police guard Cyprus' Consulate in the northern Greek a runaway favorite as Prime veal you to now,” Stournaras plan to seize a part of depositors' bank savings in their island, port city of Thessaloniki, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Minister. told Parliament’s European Af - fairs Committee. Troika officials a revised version takes of their banks and govern - Samaras’ ruling conservative of plans for streamlining the ment and would not bow to for - New Democracy party has been Greek civil service, the newspa - eign lenders. cautious in responding to the per Kathimerini reported. The “See what Cyprus did? We Cypriot crisis especially after the Troika wants the hugely bloated are proud of them,” Fey Pa - Parliament on Cyprus voted 36- public workforce reduced by padopoulou, 22, a university stu - 0 to reject a demand from the 150,000 within three years, in - dent, told Reuters. “They should Troika to confiscate up to 9.9 cluding 25,000 this year. be an example for our politi - percent of bank accounts to help Despite constant demands for cians, who have succumbed to pay for a bailout. reduction of the workforce for every demand.” Greece has been relenting to three years, the government has “The Cypriots set an example Troika demands for three years yet to fire a single person while to follow,” left-leaning Eleft - for pay cuts, tax hikes and adopting pay cuts, tax hikes, and herotypia said in its leading ed - slashed pensions. While giving slashed pensions that have cre - itorial. “How can the Cypriots support for Cyprus, the Greek ated 26.4 percent unemploy - say ‘no’ and we can’t even reject government didn’t directly criti - ment in the private sector and a single property tax?” ran a cize the proposal by the Euro - closed more than 68,000 busi - headline on Greek television zone for a bank tax. nesses since 2010. channel Antenna. “Cyprus said Evangelos Venizelos, who THE BIG NO ‘no’ on our behalf too,” said leads the PASOK Socialists, one Greeks and opposition parties Odysseas Panagiotou, a 45-year of the two partners in the coali - emboldened by the Cypriot re - old clerk. “It’s about time that tion government in Greece along jection of an unpopular bailout our traitors – politicians – say a with the tiny Democratic Left deal have urged Athens to stand big ‘no’ to the Troika demands.” (DIMAR,) said Cypriots had up to foreign lenders whose de - Successive Greek govern - shown “political unity” in their mands have resulted in repeated ments have ignored protests, rejection of the same onerous rounds of austerity that have strikes and riots against the aus - conditions that Venizelos has pushed some 20 percent of terity measures but the Cypriot supported. Greeks into poverty. stance could ramp up the pres - Venizelos said that Greece For three years, Greece has sure on Samaras’ government has no alternative, despite the relented to austerity measures and more social unrest. Cypriot stand, to keep doing as and slashed pensions in return “If Cyprus goes bankrupt, the Troika bids. Samaras is brac - for $325 billion in two packages then the government’s argument ing for the return of Troika in - of bailout loans to prop up an that we must stay on the auster - spectors early in April. The talks economy burdened by hundreds ity path will be reinforced, but AP PHOTO/THAnAssis sTAvrAkis are expected to focus on a de - of thousands of needless work - if it wins better bailout terms the Bank of Cyprus employees sit in front of riot police during a protest outside Greece's Finance layed overhaul of the civil ser - ers hired by political administra - main opposition’s arguments Ministry as the bank remains closed for third day in central Athens, Thursday, March 21, 2013. vice, one of several pledges tions in return for votes. Greeks will be stronger,” Thomas Ger - Shares on the Athens Stock exchange rebounded Wednesday from heavy losses suffered over made by Greece in a bid to rallied in Athens to show their akis, head of Marc pollsters, told Cyprus' financial crisis, as a political spat erupted in Greece over whether the government is clinch a 2.8 billion euro ($3.6 support for Cyprus. Reuters. being too compliant with demands by its own rescue lenders. billion) loan installment that Cyprus’ Parliament, by a 36- A LEFT HOOK was supposed to be disbursed in 0 vote, rejected lender demands Greece’s major opposition March. to seize up Cypriots said they party, the Coalition of the Radi - The government has sent did not want to pay for the mis - cal Left (SYRIZA) accused Sama - ras and Stournaras of bowing to the austerity demands of Ger - man Chancellor Angela Merkel. “After the Cypriots’ proud Unemployment in Greece Has ‘no,’ Mr. Samaras and Mr. Stournaras are the most faithful adherents of Ms. Merkel’s strat - Reached New Record of 26% egy,” said a SYRIZA statement. “The Cypriot parliament shows ATHENS (AP) – Unemployment the under 25 age group, unem - the way of real negotiation, in debt-crippled Greece rose to ployment was 57.8 percent. which no pro-bailout govern - a record of 26 percent in the last The rate for women was 29.7 ment in Greece even consid - quarter of 2012, as austerity percent, compared with 23.3 ered,” the statement added. measures combined with a deep percent for men. With March 25 the national recession took a harsh toll on Greece's economy has been day of celebration for Indepen - the workforce. The figures were falling apart over the past three dence Day in Greece, the gov - worse than the previous quar - years, savaged by its financial ernment could face intensified ter's 24.8 percent, and 20.7 per - crisis. protests. Meanwhile, SYRIZA cent a year earlier. The country is surviving on leader Alexis Tsipras was asked The national statistical au - international rescue loans, re - by the head of the Independent thority said Thursday that 1.29 leased on condition it keeps up Greeks, a minor party in Parlia - million people were out of a job a tough program of spending ment, to try to get enough sup - in October-December 2012. In cuts and tax hikes. port in Parliament to censure

AP PHOTO/inTime AEK Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis raises his hand in a Nazi style salute, as his teammate Roger Guerreiro looks on, as he celebrates scoring the winning goal in a Greek league game against Veria in Athens' Olympic Stadium, Saturday, March 16, 2013. AEK won the game 2-1. Life Ban from Greece Teams for Nazi Salute

ATHENS (AP) – AEK Athens tality." meaning of the salute. midfielder Giorgos Katidis has The 20-year-old Katidis gave AEK and the Greek league been banned from any Greek a Nazi salute after scoring the are also considering separate national team for life after giv - winner in AEK's 2-1 victory over sanctions. AEK could also be pe - ing a Nazi salute while celebrat - Veria on Saturday. His action nalized. ing a goal in the Greek league. provoked an immediate and Hardcore AEK fans have is - Greece's football federation overwhelmingly negative re - sued a statement demanding said Sunday in a statement that sponse on social media. Katidis Katidis' dismissal from the team. the player's gesture "is a deep apologized on TV and Twitter, Katidis has played for Greek insult to all victims of Nazi bru - pleading ignorance about the junior teams. 16 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 23-29, 2013

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The National Herald A weekly publication of the NATIONAL HERALD, INC. Bidding a Fond Farewell to recessions, concerning mostly (ΕΘΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΗΡΥΞ), His Friend Andrew Athens southern countries of the EU, a reporting the news and addressing the issues of paramount interest supposed remedy of extreme to the Greek-American community of the United States of America. To the Editor: austerity and reforms. In as It was with great sadness and much as reforms are necessary Publisher-Editor Antonis H. Diamataris a heavy heart that I received the in many cases, harsh austerity Assistant to the Publisher, Advertising Veta H. Diamataris Papadopoulos news about the passing of my is a monster that can devour hu - Ass ociate Editor Constantinos E. Scaros close personal friend, Andy man lives and societies. Senior Writer Constantine S. Sirigos Athens. It is becoming increasingly Production Manager Chrysoula Karametros Andy was a great Greek- apparent that the Eurozone Webmaster Alexandros Tsoukias American, a giant in our com - structure is quite weak. What munity who genuinely cared comes to mind is the statement The National Herald (USPS 016864) is published weekly by about Greece and Greek issues. of President Bill Clinton when The National Herald Inc. at 37-10 30th Street, LIC, NY 11101-2614 He was a tireless advocate on asked about the EU woes: "the Tel: (718)784-5255, Fax: (718)472-0510, our behalf. He traveled con - EU has created a common cur - e-mail: [email protected] stantly to Washington as well as rency before creating a struc - all over the country and over - ture." Given that truism, the eco - Democritou 1 and Academias Sts, Athens, 10671, Greece seas to support and promote nomic devastation that followed Tel: 011.30.210.3614.598, Fax: 011.30.210.3643.776, e-mail: Hellenism. 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Ice - hilation and degradation of a which is a cultural and historical On line subscription : Subscribers to the print edition: 1 year $34.95, 6 months $23.95, 3 months $14.95; Non subscribers : 1 year $45.95, 6 months $29.95, 3 months $18.95 republics formerly under the land broke the money game and nation is unfathomable, ap - ornament of the Mediterranean. now-defunct Soviet Union. did not play by the rules. But palling, with a sense of will to Ruins left behind, such as un - Periodical postage paid at L.I.C., N.Y. and additional mailing offices. He was a good Christian with after tearing up the monetary somehow survive the collapse. employment, suicides, and im - Postmaster send change of address to: a golden soul. He deeply loved policy rule book, Iceland let its Greece, being deprived of its poverishment can constitute the Greek Orthodox Church and banks fail and focused on sup - own currency by joining the Eu - even genocide. Human sacri - THE NATIONAL HERALD, 37-10 30th Street, LIC, NY 11101-2614 faith. He staunchly defended the porting its social model. Today, rozone, has been at the mercy fices are demanded by the vo - Ecumenical Patriarchate of Con - Iceland is experiencing an eco - of its creditors who are threat - racious gods of European aus - stantinople and ably served the nomic renewal, which seemed ening that the ax of bankruptcy terity. Church in America. He also impossible after the crash. will fall swiftly, sending the Not even one single loss of stood firm in helping me estab - Robbing your people, country to a financial cliff and human life can be justified by Cyprus Snafu lish International Orthodox Cyprus, by taking their money total demise. the means, and it's not a matter Christian Charities, now a to placate German legislators European officials and their of morality or who is right and In Brussels, the capital of the European Union, newly-elected crown jewel of Orthodox Chris - and the IMF is putting banks be - advocates insist that their poli - who's wrong. Cyprus President Nikos Anastasiades was made an offer he could tianity worldwide, and worked fore your people. Shame on the cies are the long-term answer There are clear and present not refuse: either accept one of these three plans he was told, or hard to help people abroad re - Cypriot government. Shame on to stability, growth, and pros - dangers ahead, ugly monsters there wwould be no bailout money. ceive much-needed healthcare the Cypriot banks. Shame on the perity. However, current reality created by this new genre of po - The plan he accepted provided for a total of seventeen (17) through Hellenicare. Troika. points to a different direction litical actions, namely: civil billion euros, six billion of which would have to come out of a Above all, Andy was a true George D. Pappas which raises a number of signif - wars, radical groups and self- haircut in the bank accounts. Specifically a levy of 6.75% would friend to the Greek-American Asheville, NC icant issues. The conundrum is destruction. The present tactics be applied to accounts under 100,000 euros and 9.9% for accounts community and a wonderful twofold in the case of Greece. must be stopped because not over 100,000 euros. family man who was pure of Greece is a country whose only will Greece one day be held There was also a plan under which a levy would be applied heart. His passing is a tremen - Nation Under Deluge problems are known and well accountable by its children, but only to accounts of more than 100,000. In that case, the amount dous loss to all of us. May we Amid Dysfunctional EU documented over the years. In - this moment in history will spell naturally would exceed the 9.9% to make up for the difference. all extend our sincere condo - flicted by poor leadership, deep the dark era of a nation. Anastasiades chose the plan that would hit the under-100,000 lences to the Athens family. corruption and burdened by Diogenes G. Lallos accounts also, so as not to provoke the ire of the Russians, which Everlasting be his memory. To the Editor: hideous bureaucracy, we find a Athens, Greece have used the island as a safe haven for years and had transferred We now exist in a world of dubious pattern that has forever a substantial amount of money there, some say as much as one John G. Rangos, Sr. global economic upheaval and plagued the country at an in - third of Cyprus’ total deposits. Boca Raton, FL reclassification of societal levels, creasing rate. The news of the agreement provoked an uproar in the capital, whereby money and power is Following its auspicious TO OUR READERS Nicosia, unlike any it has seen in the past 40 years. The people de - concentrated on certain world - emergence, the so-called "EU" The national Herald welcomes manded that they be spared this levy. They called the agreement Cyprus Should Have wide groups of oligarchy. Within came along to accept Greece as letters from its readers in - unfair, without precedent, a break of a sacred trust that if imple - Learned from Iceland the framework of globalization, a member country albeit the un - tended for publication. They mented would be used in other financially-troubled countries as along with other Southern Eu - derlying deficiencies. Worse yet, should include the writer’s well. ropean Union (EU) countries, the nation later wrongfully and name, address, and telephone Anastasiades said this was the worst crisis since the invasion The Cypriot bailout is not Greece has been singled out for illegally entered the Eurozone number and be addressed to: and he agreed with the demonstrators, but had no choice but to only daylight robbery, but the past few years to be the vic - of the common currency, as a The editor, The national Her - accept the deal so that his country would avoid a bankrupcy the wrong. Cyprus could have tim of an "immoral experiment" player in the "big leagues." ald, 37-10 30th street, long next morning. looked to Iceland, which said no according to the well-known The Greek people fell victim island city, ny 11101. letters It did not sway public opinion. If anything, it fanned the flames to saving its reckless banks. Just economist Paul Krugman. to the pandering needs of an oli - can also be faxed to (718) 472- of the people’s anger. The Parliament shot down the agreement. like Cyprus, Iceland's bank The vehicle being used to ac - garchic niche, joining the Euro - Even the president’s own party abstained. made really bad loans. Unlike complish this task, which is zone under false pretenses. This 0510 or e-mailed to Meanwhile, a bank holiday was declared and was extended as Spain or Ireland, Iceland did not counterproductive and to the is another chapter of folly in the english.edition@thenational - things got progressively worse. As of this writing, the banks are force its people to pick up the detriment of any society, is the book of political corruption, ar - herald.com. we reserve the scheduled to open again on Tuesday March 26. tab for the banks. implementation of extreme aus - rogance, and inadequacy. right to edit letters for publi - The news rattled the markets but seemingly only momentarily. Instead, Iceland instituted terity serving the interests of the On the other hand, the EU cation and regret that we are The Eurozone countries, especially Germany, are insisting that their capital controls to prevent the EU leaders in a monetary war has come up with the ideal and unable to acknowledge or re - tax money do not go to bail out the Russian plutocrats. flight of money from its country, of the global realm. only solution, according to turn those left unpublished. People in Cyprus and in Greece greeted the news of the Parlia - did not pay back foreign depos - Witnessing the gradual anni - them, for the ailment of deep ment rejecting the agreement with enthusiasm. The situation got so silly that one who might not have been aware of what had hap - pened would have believed that the Greeks had scored a major COMMENTARY battle victory over the Turks. The Archbishop of Cyprus for one offered all the assets of the church to the state in order to stand up to the Europeans. The Greek press demanded that the Athens government follow Cyprus Has Become the Center of “All Things Gone Awry” Nicosia’s brave footprint. Meanwhile, the banking system was shot down. In addition, the minister of Finance was send urgently to Moscow to negotiate By Paul Krugman a deal with Vladimir Putin. New York Times If the West would not cooperate, they were suggesting, then there were others places to turn. At this point the Cyprus situ - German Chancellor Angela Merkel lost no time in warning Anas - ation is pretty clear — and clar - tasiades not to allow powers outside of the EU to intervene in its ity does not bring reassurance. affairs. In fact, it looks as if Cyprus has In any case the Cypriot vote might prove to be politically correct managed to combine in one but might have done a great damage to the national interests. place everything that has gone And unfortunately at this time there is an underlying negative wrong elsewhere. bias in Europe – and in America – against Cyprus, related to two 1. Runaway banking. Cyprus facts: first, their past rejection of the Annan Plan and second, that has a huge banking system — Cyprus was transformed into a financial safe haven mainly for the assets around 8 times GDP — Russians, who have seen their influence on the island as a result based on a business model of grow considerably. attracting offshore money with As an example of how this is being perceived, the Financial high rates and good opportuni - Times wrote: "The political leaders of Cyprus do not have much ties for tax avoidance/evasion. political capital in Europe. Many European leaders were very re - I’ve done some asking luctant to accept Cyprus into the EU in 2004, prior its reunification. around, and cleared up some - But Greece threatened to veto EU enlargement …if Cyprus was thing that was puzzling me. Of - not part of it. Reluctant EU leaders yielded to the blackmail. ficially, only about 40 percent But the episode has left a bitter taste, especially when the people of the deposits in Cypriot banks of Cyprus rejected the Annan plan in a referendum." are from nonresidents, which One way or another, the current events are as dramatic as few would imply resident deposits AP PHOTO/PeTrOs kArADJiAs others Cyprus has seen. of almost 500 percent of GDP, People queue to use an ATM machine outside of a Laiki Bank branch in Larnaca, Cyprus, Satur - What is one to expect out of this? Where will the 6 billion euros which is crazy. But the answer day, March 16, 2013. come from for Cyprus to get the bailout money? is that I do not think that word As of this writing, there is a lot of talk about a plan B, but there “resident” means what you means lots more losses to come. ots. Europe didn’t want an ex - to implode, there’s still a huge do not seem to be any real alternatives. think it means. Some of the And the combination of the real plicit bank resolution, which problem of competitiveness The Russians are in play to create problems. It would be unimag - money is from wealthy expats estate bubble and the income would among other things have (made worse because one major inable for them to be allowed to buy up half of the banking sector living in Cyprus; much of it is from dodgy banking also led to: given clear seniority to small in - export industry, banking, has of Cyprus as well as port facilities for their fleet now that the from rich people who have res - 3. Massive overvaluation, sured deposits; instead, it just gone to meet its maker), Syrian regime is in disarray. ident status without, you know, with Cypriot prices and costs wanted this essentially fictitious and the bailout will leave There seems to be only one realistic alternative: to go back to actually living there. So we having risen much more than in tax scheme. Meanwhile, the Cyprus with Greek-level sover - the rejected plan, provided that only deposits of 75,000 and above should think of Cypriot deposits the rest of the euro area. In Cypriot government still has the eign debt. are levied. as mainly coming from non- 2008 the current account deficit illusion that its banking model So then what? As a number That is the only realistic choice, under the circumstances, and Cypriots, attracted by that busi - was more than 15 percent of can survive, and wanted to limit of people have pointed out, one that we believe Europe will accept. ness model. GDP! the hit to the big overseas de - Cyprus is arguably better posi - And the business model only What can be done? First off, positors. Hence the debacle of tioned than Iceland to do an Ice - works until there’s a big loss Cypriot banks cannot honor the small-deposit tax. land, because devaluing a rein - Ζήτω Then, Ζήτω Now somewhere; since Cypriot banks their debts, which unfortunately In the end this probably troduced Cypriot currency could were investing in Greece and in overwhelmingly take the form comes, in some version, to what bring in a lot of tourism. But their own domestic real estate of deposits. it should have been from the will the Cypriots — who haven’t It is really tragic that the anniversary of the independence of bubble, doom was inevitable. So a default on deposits is start — a big haircut on deposits even reconciled themselves to Greece from the Ottoman Turks find the two Greek countries facing Which brings me to: inevitable. over 100,000. the end of their round-tripping serious if not existential problems. 2. Big domestic real estate As I now understand it, the But even then the situation business — be willing to go Greece is in the thick of an economic storm shaking it to its bubble, Spain or Ireland-sized. initial screwup was a joint error is by no means under control. there? core, while Cyprus is facing a possible banking meltdown and its Not yet fully deflated, which of the Europeans and the Cypri - There’s still a real estate bubble Truly awesome stuff. exit from the Eurozone at the same time that almost half of its ter - ritory is under occupation. Are the Turks watching all of this and thinking that Greece and Cyprus were better off under Turkish occupation? We hate the tendency that goes back to the rebirth of the Greek • Mail Delivery service is available from • Classified services available with a wide state to blame the others, the foreigners, for what goes wrong in Services to our readers: coast to coast. 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Austerity or Alexis Tsipras? Nothing else makes sense. The that it could no ments could close corporate tax rate and lax finan - troika (the EU, the European longer afford to loan down banks before cial oversight that has made Central Bank and the IMF) struck any more money to the panic with - Cyprus the principal destination By Bhaskar Sunkara ing to organize on a mass basis, a deal on Saturday to hand worthless southern drawals began. To - for Russian money. As a hint that In These Times albeit with little success thus far. Cyprus a bailout (really a loan) Europeans. There - day, you can sit at this is indeed the case, the agree - The differences between the worth €10-billion, but demanded fore it insisted that your computer and ment allows the EU to install an Syriza is now the main party defenders of immigrants and their the Cypriot Government confis - the depositors put move millions in office in Cyprus to that country’s of opposition, threatening to over - oppressors should be easy to dis - cate up to ten percent of all de - up half the money. seconds. If you have adherence to the EU's anti-money take the center-right and forge its cern. But the mainstream me - posits in its banks forfeit. The The Cyprus banking deposits in Cyprus laundering regulations. own governing coalition. Syriza dia—in Europe and in the United proposed levies on deposits are system needs an im - you will reach for The Government of the new calls for an end to austerity, rene - States—has been quick to draw 9.9 per cent for those exceeding mediate infusion of the keyboard as President of Cyprus Nicos Anas - gotiation with the European Cen - analogies between the two “ex - 100,000 Euros and 6.7 percent about Euros 17 bil - soon as you hear tasiades, a moderate fiscal con - tral Bank, and Keynesian mea - tremisms” that Greek workers are on anything below that. Amaz - lion. Half of that will by AMB. PATRICK N. the news. If you servative by reputation, appears sures to stimulate demand. drawn toward. CNN.com contrib - ingly, International Monetary come from confisca - THEROS have deposits in any to have been stampeded into ac - When I met Alexis Tsipras in utor Roman Gerodimos even Fund Managing Director Chris - tion of accounts held other country that cepting these terms in a late night late January at a small gathering compared the situation to the tine Lagarde, who attended the by depositors in Special to might possibly need session driven by a group of in The Nation’s New York offices, Weimar Republic in the days be - meeting, said she backed the deal Cyprus's banks. This The National Herald help in the future, bankers who got their training it was immediately clear he was fore Hitler’s rise—a period where and would ask the IMF board in move protects the you will start mov - from Tony Soprano. Hopefully, no ordinary politician. The 38- the decay of moderate forces led Washington to contribute to the bondholders and shareholders in ing money out almost as fast. his decision to delay a vote of year-old former civil engineer and to a struggle to the death between bailout. the banks and gives Mrs. Merkel Why stick around and wait and Parliament from an unprece - current leader of Syriza, the main the Stalinist Left and the Nazi The troika gave Cyprus a another opportunity to tell Ger - see if Mr. Dijsselbloem can con - dented Sunday session to Mon - opposition party in the Greek par - Right. It is an attempt to relegate bailout loan but imposed a man voters that they don’t have fine his larceny to one tiny coun - day will permit him to have re - liament, introduced himself un - Syriza (which, according to opin - bizarre condition that is a throw - to carry those bums. As we have try whose banks hold the money considered by the time this article certainly to the room of journal - ion polls, is as popular among back to the 1930s. A quick seen in Greece and elsewhere of mostly Russian depositors? He sees the light of day. The point, ists before pouring some coffee Greeks as the governing New Google search revealed that the paying off the creditors takes and his coconspirators can do it however, is not whether or not into a plastic cup, which he held Democracy party) to the political US ordered seizure of all pri - precedence over all other consid - to anyone else in the Euro zone this bizarre action takes place but uncomfortably for a few moments margins and bestow legitimacy vately held gold in 1933 but the erations. Bankrupting 90% to desperate enough to go along. rather what the consequences before someone dashed to find on only the two austerity parties single prosecution that followed save the 1% seems to be the rule. And do not fear, depositors world - will be worldwide. Could the ge - him a better-insulated paper cup. of the center—parties that voters failed on appeal in court. Nazi Words fail me to describe the wide have already taken notice. niuses entrusted with the finan - Not the smoothest of initial im - have justifiably lost all confidence Germany confiscated accounts lunacy of this action. The EU has The financial wizards running the cial system of the world actually pressions. Tsipras, who rides to in. Yet one question asked by held by Jews and other “unde - just officially decided that folks Eurozone and IMF are gambling be such imbeciles as to think they parliament on a BMW motorcy - mainstream commentators de - sirables” before World War II. A who put their money in the banks with the fate of the world’s econ - could pull this off with conse - cle, would be ill-suited for the serves attention: What would semi-fascist government in Ar - for safekeeping can be forced to omy. If depositors in just one quences. baby-kissing pageantry of Ameri - Syriza do if in power? gentina seized bank accounts bail out the bankers who made more country facing severe finan - can politics. Nor would he be Tsipras says that Greece lacks twenty years ago. Greece froze the unwise and unsafe loans in cial problems conclude that the The Hon. Ambassador Theros is comfortable with the vague plat - an industrial base, making an exit all bank accounts after the Italian the first place. Euro Group Presi - western world has decided that president of the U.S.-Qatar Busi - itudes commonplace here. Tsipras from the Euro difficult, but he attack in 1940. That allegedly ra - dent Jeroen Dijsselbloem actually the most important lesson learned ness Council. He served in the came across as intelligent and thinks Syriza would be more ef - tional finance professional would stated that this was a one-time during the Great Depression – U.S. Foreign Service for 36 well-rounded, impressing even fective at renegotiating Greece’s agree to such an action in today’s event that will be confined to protecting the integrity of bank years, mostly in the Middle East, the conservatives in the room debt with European officials be - interconnected world raises real Cyprus and have no effect on deposits – can be ignored than and was American Ambassador with his grasp of the economic cause of its harder line and out - questions as to their qualifica - banks elsewhere in the world. we are all in very deep trouble. to Qatar from 1995 to 1998. He situation and the balance of po - sider status. Yet he is careful to tions to do anything more com - One should ask Mr. Dijssel - I wonder if there are other also directed the State Depart - litical forces in his country. To the impress observers with a tem - plicated than dish out fast-food bloem what world he inhabits? motives at work as well. Are Ger - ment’s Counter-Terrorism pleasant surprise of some, and the pered understanding of his coun - hamburgers. In the 19th century slow commu - many and other countries so irri - Office, and holds numerous U.S. disappointment of others, Tsipras try’s options. He is, after all, on a Apparently, the troika decided nications guaranteed that govern - tated by a combination of a low Government decorations. didn’t present a revolutionary world tour to gain the legitimacy platform, but rather a new social with the international power elite democratic common sense—a that he has already won with Left alternative to austerity that much of his own public. Earlier LETTER FROM ATHENS could serve as a guidepost for in January, he met with German other nations in Europe’s periph - Finance Minister Wolfgang ery. The movement wasn’t exactly Schäuble. In Washington he met on the ascent in the late 1980s, with the IMF and the Treasury Standing Tall Against the Troika’s Great Cyprus Robbery but Tsipras joined the Communist Department. And in New York, Youth of Greece when he was in he was interviewed by the New After Greece surrendered to sters were squirrel - said he would op - demands even more concessions high school anyway. At the time, York Times editorial board, to its international lenders faster ing away their cash pose them. Uneasy from Greeks who’ve lost 46 per - the Greek Left was concentrated whom he said: “They say I am than the French army to the in money-launder - lies the head that cent of their disposable income in Synaspisms, an electoral coali - the most dangerous man in Eu - Nazis in WWII, and Cypriot’s ing banks, but at wears the dunce to pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed tion between the hardline pro-So - rope. What I feel is dangerous is newly-elected President Nicos last check none of cap. pensions. viet Communist Party of Greece the policy of austerity in Europe.” Anastasiades was about to do the them had about 100 This plan was When the Troika told Samaras and reformers in the Communist Syriza may not be the first— same, it was left to Cypriots to euros in the bank, nothing more than and former prime minister and Party of Greece (interior). The lat - or even second or third—choice raise their hands painted with a which would have the next social ex - then PASOK Socialist leader ter was formed in the 1960s, by of international capital, so Tsipras’ big black “No,” and force their been taxed too un - periment by banks George Papandreou to throw socialists inspired by the example pitch went, but it would be able government to reject a bank rob - der the original and governments to down their arms, they said, “Ok,” of the Italian Communist Party, to administer a state without im - bery plan that would have seen half-baked idea. see how much they but it was Cypriots who said which advocated more democra - ploding the entire Eurozone. up to 9.9 percent of their bank The EU doesn’t can squeeze out of “Malon Labe,” come and take tic forms of social transformation It seems possible that Syriza accounts stolen to help pay for a mind, however, if by ANDY workers, pensioners them, handing the lenders their in Western Europe free of the “So - is offering both Greeks and Euro - bailout and an economic crisis people – including DABILIS and the poor while first defeat. viet model.” peans an alternative, governing their banks created. Greeks who are letting the rich es - Unlike Greece, where the fi - Following the collapse of the the state without administering The no was a big “Na” to the evading taxes – hide Special to cape. Financial nancial crisis was caused by Eastern Bloc, Synaspisms came more cuts: European Social Troika of the European Union-In - their money in The National Herald managers of Cypriot decades of wild overspending to be dominated by these reform - Democracy 2.0 in the age of aus - ternational Monetary Fund-Eu - money-laundering banks would have and packing public payrolls with ers. When, in 2004, Synaspisms terity. And this possibility would ropean Central Bank (EU-IMF- havens such as Luxembourg, lost nothing, as in zero, tipota, hundreds of thousands of need - came together with other small provide a model to those strug - ECB) which offered a 10 billion Lichtenstein, Switzerland, and while Cypriots scraping together less workers in return for votes, parties to form an alliance called gling in places like Portugal and euros ($13 billion) rescue pack - London. nickels every week for 30 or 40 Cyprus’ was caused by its own the Coalition of the Radical Left Spain, struggles that Tsipras sees age but only if the government It wouldn’t mind either if for - years would have had some of banks. And, as happened in the (Syriza), Tsipras was there with as being merely “two years or so confiscate money from bank ac - eigners holding 27.2 billion euros their money stolen right out of United States when banks and them. An unfailingly charismatic behind the situation in Greece.” counts, 6.75 percent for those ($35.13 billion) of the 68 billion the till. This wasn’t about num - insurance companies and invest - leader, he quickly rose through But many of those in Syriza with under 100,000 euros, and euros ($85 billion) in Cypriot bers, but an attempt to break the ment firms were brought to the the ranks. Today, he is poised to have ambitions more radical than 9.9 percent for those above that banks – most of them Russians – sanctity of savings as the govern - edge of ruin by their own hand become the youngest prime min - social democracy. Tsipras has threshold. then transferred their accounts ment would have violated its and saved with taxpayer money, ister in the EU. The terrain was plenty of answers as to how he There was no difference, to other EU money-laundering own law protecting and guaran - the Cypriot banks wanted the fertile. Greece has a radical past, would minimize capital flight and none, between that plan and banks instead, which would have teeing bank accounts under government and their own de - with even the unabashedly Stal - the subversive actions of the what four alleged anarchists did happened if the tax had gone 100,000 euros ($130,000) from positors to pay. I thought banks inist Communist Party of Greece Greek oligarchy, but few about in Greece earlier this year when through and created a run on the losses. The EU, in another shame - were supposed to pay interest, (KKE) -which refuses to work how the party would respond to they were charged with walking banks. less move, said the accounts were not take it. with others on the Left- maintain - work occupations and the spon - into banks with AK-47s and rob - Anastasiades during his cam - guaranteed against loss – but not The EU threatened to cut off ing a measure of mass support. taneous militancy of the extra- bing them. paign swore up and down he from being seized by the govern - liquidity to Cyprus’ central bank Syriza, however, was the upstart. parliamentary Left once it is in Who thought up this cocka - would reject the idea of having ment which put up the guarantee if the confiscation tax failed, but It surprised in the 2007 election, power. It will be a hard task to mamie scheme? It hasn’t been re - depositors pay for their banks against loss. That’s what happens didn’t of course and Eurozone of - winning 5.6 percent of the vote, reassure international capital that ported who in a meeting of Eu - mistake in holding Greek bonds when you have appointed nin - ficials the day after being humil - but was still a marginal force. Syriza can manage a state with - rozone finance ministers in that were devalued 74 percent compoops in power, none of iated like Anastasiades were in - Then came the flood. The out turning on the radical forces Brussels raised a hand late on the by former Greek finance minister whom had any money in a sisting on seizing part of Cypriot story of Greece’s economic col - that the party owes its rise to. In night of Friday, March 15 – with Evangelos Venizelos. Three Cypriot bank, of course. bank accounts so maybe they did - lapse is by now familiar. One of defense of Tsipras’ pragmatic ap - a three-day holiday looming in weeks after getting into his seat, Make no mistake: if the n’t see the news. They lost, 36-0, the first casualties was the coun - proach, tiny Greece cannot move Cyprus and Greece – and said he got off it and knelt before the Cypriot Parliament hadn’t voted which is what we Americans call try’s once-dominant center- left. in a more socialist direction alone. “Hey, I’ve got a great idea! Let’s EU and accepted what he said he 36-0 (with 19 cowards refusing a butt-kicking of the highest or - The Panhellenic Socialist Move - What is needed is a radical shift steal money from people who’ve would reject, much the same way to vote and abstaining) against der. Willie Sutton said he robbed ment (PASOK) was the political across Europe and the developed been saving all their lives and Greek Prime Minister and fellow legalizing political bank robbery banks because “that’s where the organ of the Greek working class, world as a whole. And for many putting their money in banks to Conservative Antonis Samaras it would have happened in money is,” but politicians are bet - but its austerity agenda, enacted Greeks, an end to austerity and help their country!” did when he relented to the aus - Greece, where Samaras now, ter at it. in implicit agreement with, and an end to the suffering seems like The rationale behind the plan terity measures the Troika de - thanks to the Cypriots, has some later in coalition with, the cen - more than enough. was that rich Russians and mob - manded in his country after he ammunition to use as the Troika [email protected] ter-right New Democracy party, led many to look for alternatives. Syriza is now the main party of opposition, threatening to over - take the center-right and forge its Lasciate Ogne Speranza, Voi Ch’intrate: Dante Meets Pandora in Cyprus own governing coalition. Should that happen, Tsipras will become prime minister. Syriza calls for an In Dante’s Inferno, the poet in the 2005-2008 pe - Here is a prelim - Cyprus has built in its service sec - to me the confiscation as another end to austerity, renegotiation is guided in the underworld by riod. The hellish cir - inary list of con - tor. Along with its banks, its ac - invasion (recalling the invasion with the European Central Bank, the great Roman poet Virgil. As cle of anger followed cerns that we have counting, trust, and insurance they suffered in 1974) and Keynesian measures to stim - he enters the gate of Hell (In - when the sins of the with such an un - businesses will suffer When the gods created Pan - ulate demand. But another alter - ferno) the inscription reads “Las - Southern frontier precedented deci - • As Cyprus follows Greece dora, they endowed her with an native for disgruntled Greeks is ciate ogne speranza, voi ch'in - (Greece, Spain, Por - sion to confiscate into a depression, its debt prob - “all-giving” jar that contained all the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn, a trate” i.e. “abandon all hope tugal, and Italy) deposits: lems will worsen and as the latter kinds of evils, plagues, and dis - party, in Tsipras’ words, of “ex- those who enter.” It seems that were revealed. • No one can takes place it will turn out to be eases. The Greek poet Hesiod says nightclub-security guards.” He’s the European Union (EU) lead - The circle of guarantee that an - unsustainable, something that that all gods contributed to her quick, however, to point out the ers in the early hours of last Sat - anger was followed other round of de - was tried to be avoided with the creation by giving her a unique savviness and intelligence behind urday (March 16), not only did by the circle of posits’ confiscations confiscation scheme gift to be released to mankind. the rise of the group, which is they cross a red line and broke heresy by the ECB will not occur • Rather than using Cyprus as When Pandora finally closed the now polling at 11.5 percent. the cardinal rule of banking, but (European Central by JOHN again. Given the the basis (pilot program) for the jar, she only left hope inside it. Operating in true fascist tra - they also crossed their own Ru - Bank) with its un - CHARALAMBAKIS Greek experience much advertised EU-wide Bank - The EU-schemes/bailouts are la - dition, the Golden Dawn roams bicon in an effort to test another precedented commit - that it has gone ing Union (where Cypriot banks beled as hopes. the streets, at times physically at - circle of the inferno they have ment to save the dys - Special to through three would have borrowed directly Let us trust but also question tacking progressive demonstra - started with their new math functional Euro “at The National Herald rounds of austerity from the stabilization fund and whether such hopes are real and tions. But it also lifts whole pas - where additions take place all costs”, i.e. when it measures, the nor - thus the local government would do not affirm Nietzsche’s fears sages from the Left’s critique of through subtractions. confused means and ends, mak - mal thing to expect is that more not be burden with more debt) in his Human, All Too Human European austerity, painting itself Dante’s poem is called “Divine ing the survival of the Euro the confiscations are forthcoming the EU leaders chose a path that where he says "Zeus did not as an anti-establishment force. Comedy” and portrays the soul’s fetish that Euro zone members • When you violate the cardi - may destabilize the Euro zone want man to throw his life away, But where Tsipras points out that journey toward redemption. The must bow to and worship. nal rule of banking, fear increases while destroying a member-coun - no matter how much the other the battle raging in Greece is part poem that the EU leaders are Last Saturday’s decision to and thus a relapse to the EU debt try evils might torment him, but of a global one between capital drafting (especially since the confiscate deposits in the Cypriot crisis may take place • The expected drop on gov - rather to go on letting himself and labor, Golden Dawn traffics bailouts schemes started) might banking system is the violence • Contagion in the banking ernment revenues and local GDP be tormented anew. To that end, in more nationalist rhetoric. Its be called Hellish Tragedy. In phase of this Hellish Tragedy. It systems of Italy, Spain, Greece, will increase unemployment and he gives man hope. In truth, it vitriol is often directed against Dante’s Inferno the author him - violates faith and the basic prin - and Portugal may shake the foun - discourage foreign investments at is the most evil of evils because German bankers, the same forces self experiences the nine circles ciples of how credit markets have dations of the already shaky a time when the economy needs it prolongs man's torment." that brought Greece to ruin dur - of Hell (limbo, lust, gluttony, used the anchor called banking banks in the EU them the most We will be waiting for the next ing World War II. They even want greed, anger, heresy, violence, deposits. When the anchor is • Capital flight from Cypriot • As the Cypriot banks are be - two circles of this Hellish Tragedy war reparations, full coverage of fraud, and treachery). abandoned, we are abandoning banks (reports as of yesterday talk ing destroyed, the economy will to unfold. It would be interesting Greek debt and another $200 bil - In the Hellish Tragedy of the hope (recall Inferno’s inscription). of demands of more than $15 bil - only have its energy sector to rely to see what fraud (circle #8) and lion in punitive payment. The EU it seems that we have to ex - On January 26 of this year, we lion to be transferred out of upon, and the government may treachery (circle #9) will look Oedipal irony of this message perience nine circles, too. The ex - (The BlackSummit Financial Cypriot banks when the GDP of be forced to sell its rights to it like. coming from a neo-Nazi party is perience in 1992 (when the Eu - Group) published a commentary the island-country is just $22 bil - pretty cheap lost on many. ropean Monetary System was (http://blacksummitfg.com/1589 lion) • Geostrategically the country Dr. Charalambakis is Chief Econ - More in the spirit of its Ger - tested) was the limbo period. ) where we discussed the existen - • The shock in the Cypriot is weakened at a time when it omist, Blacksummit Financial man predecessor are Golden Then lust took over in the 1995- tial risks in the EU. Among them banking system may create a could have played a vital role in Group Inc.,and Adjunct Professor Dawn’s attacks on immigrants 2000 period. Lust turned to glut - we listed Cyprus and Italy. Unfor - tsunami of capital flight away the greater Mediterranean devel - of Economics, Patterson School and migrant workers, constituen - tony in the 2001-2004 period, tunately, the unfolding events from Cyprus and thus destroy the opments (see our March 6 com - of Diplomacy, University of Ken - cies that Tsipras says Syriza is try - which was converted into greed seem to justify our concerns. competitive advantage that mentary). Some locals described tucky. 18 FEATURE THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 23-29, 2013

ALL HISTORY Remembering Byron Vazakas: TheWalking Poet of Reading, Pennsylvania

By Steve Frangos City to Alfred and Margaret (nee Byron always referred to as his month, we'd read at each other's TNH Staff Writer Keffer) Vazakas. Little is readily "Edwardian childhood." Then, homes and criticize each other's available on Alfred. We do know unexpectedly, during Christmas work (Reading Eagle May 1, CHICAGO- Although Byron that he was born on September week 1912, Alfred Vazakas died 1983)." During this same pe - Vazakas is still much admired in 24, 1879 and that he arrived in suddenly of pneumonia leaving riod, Vazakas received, on four international literary circles, he the United States in 1895. Al - the family destitute. occasions, fellowships to sum - is all but forgotten in Greek- fred had been sent by his father A time of considerable tur - mer retreats for artists. America. That is especially who was a medical doctor in moil and economic troubles fol - In 1961, Vazakas’ The Equal strange since Greek intellectuals Athens. Already a linguist, in lowed. By 1922, the Vazakas Tribunals, poems (New York, of the last generation made short order he taught at Colum - Family finally settled in the Kef - Clarke & Way) was published. every effort to draw Vazakas bia University, later founding his fer Family home in Reading. By On the recommendation of into their gatherings. own language school. Around the time young Vazakas arrived Archibald MacLeish, Vazakas re - Far from a difficult task, this same time, Alfred married in Southeast Pennsylvania, his ceived the Amy Lowell Traveling Vazakas associated with fellow personality and lifestyle had Scholarship for 1962-1963 and Greeks his entire life. A prolific been well-established. After the then again for 1963-1964. Trav - poet, Vazakas saw his work pub - eighth grade, Vazakas never at - eling mostly on foot, Vazakas lished in an array of publications tended school again. That did spent the majority of his time in across the country, including not prevent him from daily fol - Southern Europe. The literary many Greek-American periodi - lowing, what he called his Three result of this rambling was The cals. Yet, since the late-1970s, Rs: reading, writing and ram - Marble Manifesto; poems (New Vazakas has somehow faded bling. While, by his own ac - Grave marker of the poet Byron Vazakas, born on September York: October House, 1966). from the pages of the Greek- counts and the recollections of 24, 1905. Two volumes of his work contained 1500 poems. Rather than return to Boston or American press. That is espe - others, Vazakas was a vibrant, partake in New York City’s liter - cially distressing since Vazakas engaging individual in everyday Such was Vazakas' feeling about they could now forge a thor - ary circles of Vazakas chose to often insisted, "my poetry is my life – the persona Vazakas pre - this advancement that he never oughly American idiom, as op - spend the rest of his life in Read - biography." sented of himself – in his poetry, claimed authorship of the two posed to adopting the Angli - ing. Vazakas' verse, still very from this time onward was one historical publications and he cized idiom of a T.S. Eliot." In Far from a forgotten recluse, much in print, can certainly of isolation. asked a friend to destroy all 1947, Transfigured Night was in the 1970s and 1980s Vazakas stand on its own to reflect and As we see in his poem, copies of the 1,500 poems. nominated for the 1947 Pulitzer took part in reading programs reveal what is organically con - "Grief”: An advocate for what he Prize. When the award went to especially across Southeast tained within its stanzas. In for - "I am known, termed organic poetry, for ex - Robert Lowell, Vazakas said, "He Pennsylvania. On September 30, mal terms, academics contend to winds that moan, ample, poetry based on his per - deserved it. But I did, too." 1987, Byron Vazakas died in that Vazakas' career and poems in grey clouds; sonal observations and experi - In 1946, Vazakas moved to Reading Hospital, after a brief extend from the Modernist era in crowds ences Vazakas, by the Cambridge, MA (although he al - illness, only a few days after his well into the Postmodern. Given I am alone" mid-1940s, was well-known ways maintained close ties to 82nd birthday. Vazakas' private Vazakas' themes and the self- As his literary skill deepened, among American poets. Carlos Reading) where he gave occa - papers and unpublished manu - conscious emotional distance he New York-Born Byron Vaza - Vazakas was to be for his gen - Williams, whom many consider sional lectures and readings at scripts of poetry and stage plays places between himself and kas. eration of American poets, the the premier 20th century Amer - Harvard University. were deposited at Albright Col - many of those themes has ultimate outsider. Vazakas’ total ican poet, found a publisher for Vazakas spent the next 17 lege. It is said that five volumes prompted the academic commu - Margaret, the daughter of for - commitment to his art was com - Vazakas' first book, Transfigured years in the circle of poets of autobiographical poetry re - nity to label him, "Poet of the mer Pennsylvania state legisla - pletely supported by his family. Night (1946), and wrote the in - around Harvard, saying of this main unpublished. Of his ulti - Outsiders." While to his fellow tor, Aaron T. C. Keffer, who was Vazakas was never forced to troduction for the volume. In period "I was known there, and mate legacy ,Byron Vazakas of - citizens, of Vazakas' hometown always careful to note that he work even during the darkest that introduction Williams I only had one book. It was a ten reported that "unhappily, the Reading, PA, he was known as was a descendant of Henry Clay. hours of the Great Depression. called Vazakas “that important wonderful golden era, and I was connection between my life and "the Walking Poet" for his con - By 1906, Alfred Vazakas became Of this choice, Vazakas said that phenomenon among writers, right in the middle of it. It just my work probably will not be stant rambling about the town a naturalized citizen. Two other "he chose to live life rather than and inventor," and that he had seemed a normal sequence of recognized except posthu - and immediate countryside. sons were born to the Vazakas to make a living." While uncon - created "a new poetic form, free events, from writing to publish - mously." Fortunately for Greeks, Coming to some terms with couple: Alexander (1906) and ventional, Vazakas was far from of the old inherited English con - ing and being with people in the today, these connections can still Vazakas' life and writings is yet Donald (1912). lazy. Two nonfiction historical stricts of rhyme and meter, and field. be read in the published vol - another of the many pleasures Throughout his life, Byron publications, a pamphlet and a still yet disciplined--and mea - Then we had a little group. umes. As will the more precise found within the uncharted Vazakas held positive memories book along with 1,500 com - sured in an almost musical fash - It wasn't enough that you could senses of this poet's identity in realms of Greek-American stud - of his early New York City child - pleted poems, were behind ion." Vazakas' new "auditory teach at Harvard or even have the work he left us that still ies. hood. Byron and Alexander at - Vazakas before he felt he found measure...signaled a new era of some books published. You had awaits publication. Vazakas was born on Sep - tended a Montessori School dur - and had perfected (to his own freedom-within-form for Amer - to be this particular status that's tember 24, 1905 in New York ing these early years, which satisfaction) his poetic voice. ican poets. Thanks to Vazakas, a subtle thing. About once a [email protected]

GREEK AMERICAN STORIES Painful Decisions

By Phylis (Kiki) Sembos And, where is he located?” anesthesia costs extra.” der his breath as the others Special to The National Herald “Thirty dollars, I think. But, “Naturally!” John sipped his watched and waited. Thirty dol - being his uncle, I get a cheaper coffee. “But, at least, with lars the visit, forty dollars tooth Yiannis walked into Dixon’s rate,” he sounded apologetic. Stavros, you’ll know you’re in pulling – no twelve dollars anes - like he was following a funeral “He’s located three blocks from good and efficient hands.” thesia … comes to seventy dol - procession, getting his coffee your house, Yiannis. Not far!” “Huh! Looks like dentists can lars and, maybe, another reduc - and seating himself in silence as “THIRTY DOLLARS!” his charge because they know tion if John speaks to him on the others wondered what was shout caused rubbernecking you’re suffering and need them. my behalf. Sipping his coffee, up with their friend. Pushing the from the other tables. “Thirty Huh!” After a while, he ap - slowly, his brain busily calculat - plate of donuts toward him, dollars?” he said, more calmly. pealed to John, “Can you… ing like a doctor preparing for Kipreos asked what was wrong. “Well, one compensation is, at maybe…talk him into reducing major surgery, he pondered … “Got a problem,” he re - least, it’s walking distance. How the cost…for a good friend… a ‘one hundred and forty dollars sponded. Looking up he asked much to remove a tooth?” WWII vet?” at Dimos’ dentist – less twelve John, “Isn’t your nephew, “About forty,” shrugged “I can try.” John said, con - dollars if Dimos tells him I’m a Stavros, a dentist?” John nod - John. “Depends on the situation, scious that a toothache can be a veteran of WWII, could come to ded, “And, a good one, too. My I think.” painful affliction. Trying to be $128. One hundred and forty wife and I go twice a year.” “Forty dollars is a good helpful he added, “A tooth ex - dollars is out of the question. “Tooth problem, Yiannis?” price!” Dimos clarified, hoping traction without anesthesia, Decision finally reached, he George asked with feigned con - to ease Yiannis’ objections. “A Yiannis, would be twelve dollars lifted his head. “O.K. Make an cern. “Costs money to go to a visit and tooth extraction, at my less. But, can you take it? Then, appointment with your dentist, you know.” dentist costs $140. But, it in - costs less. And, you get enter - the tooth. And, his receptionist you’d not want to walk home nephew.” John, taking out a pad “I know that!” he snapped. cludes, anesthesia if not Novo - tainment, too.” Yiannis showed can do a dance.” afterwards. Consider taking a and pencil, asked, “When will “I tried to ignore it but…” turn - caine.” thorough disgust. George “Cut the comedy, George!” taxi!” you be able to go?” ing back to John. “How much “Forty dollars just to walk quipped, “Maybe, Stavros can pouted Yiannis. Turning his at - Ignoring the part about a “Oh, it’s not for me! It’s for does Stavros charge for a visit? into his office? A theater ticket sing a song while he removes tention back to John, “I suppose taxi, he calculated the costs un - my wife, Areti.” At Lucky’s Café, Bloomberg Promises to Fight Big Soda Even after He Leaves

By Dana Rubinstein mayor's office. nervous-seeming Anagnos - The beverage industry capitalnewyork.com Lucky's Cafe owner Greg topoulos, a tall man who tow - promptly cried foul and filed Anagnostopoulos had a message ered over the mayor. "At the end suit, arguing that it had over - In late May, the same day the for her to deliver to Bloomberg: of the day, this is about...helping stepped its bounds. news broke that Mayor Michael He loved the big-soda ban idea make a change in this country." The lower court judge agreed Bloomberg was planning to ban and was going to implement it, "If we offer you a 64-ounce and Bloomberg, who called the large servings of sugary drinks even before the Board of Health [soda], and you drink it all, I decision a "temporary setback," in city-regulated food establish - approved it later that year. think that's the worst thing you is filing an appeal. ments, Haeda Mihaltses, his di - On Monday, a lower court could do," he said. "You know, Today, he had supporters of rector of intergovernmental af - struck down the mayor's big- it's like shoving a cake down the policy speak to the press. fairs, had her gall bladder soda ban, arguing that he your throat, a whole cake." Among them was Montefiore removed at NYU Langone Med - should have obtained City Last year, the Board of Hospital C.E.O. Steve Safyer. ical Center. Council approval first, and on Health, which the mayor con - "Unfortunately, we have Her husband, meanwhile, re - Tuesday morning, the mayor, trols, passed a new regulation watched the Bronx, where Mon - paired to the nearby Lucky's dozens of reporters, and sup - barring restaurants and movie tefiore is situated, witness one Cafe on 34th Street and First porters of the mayor's soda pol - theaters and other food estab - of the worst epidemics we have Avenue, and following her icy packed into Lucky's Cafe for lishments it regulates from serv - ever faced," said Safyer. "Thirty- surgery, he returned with his a press conference. ing sugary drinks in portions four years ago, I went to the wife in tow, according to the "It's not about money," said a larger than 16 ounces. Bronx to take care of patients. I

OPPORTUNITY ΙΝ SYROS! TnH/cOsTAs beJ The owners of Lucky’s Café in Brooklyn, Lucky (L) with his son Greg. They like Mayor Bloomberg’s big-soda ban.

was in the early days of beverage industry,opposes the HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. ban. That was a real challenge, but On the other hand, Public it does not compare to what Advocate Bill de Blasio, who's www.GreekKitchennyc.com we're seeing now with obesity." also a running for mayor (in his "This is a disaster," agreed case on a largely anti- Harlem Children's Zone presi - Bloomberg platform), today dent and C.E.O. Geoffrey stood next to Bloomberg and Canada. "This is not just simply called his record on public land lot 10.000 sq.m. at megas yialos adjacent to st. Anthony’s a bunch of words. I have to look health "exemplary." at children every day who are "Let's look at the reality—our church, unobstructed views, sandy beach, jetty nearby, separated suffering from an epidemic that children are exposed to all man - to ten plots of about 1000 sq.m each. construction permits for did not exist when I began my ner and sort of unhealthy prod - 3-5 maisonettes totaling 400sq.meters in each plot obtained. career...Children drink as much ucts," said de Blasio. "And that soda as is in front of them." proliferation ... is something we Sells all together or by plot, Even if a higher court ends have to confront." Built upon request on a separate contract up agreeing with the Bloomberg Asked if the issue of sugary administration, the soda ban's soda portion sizes and excessive For more information: fate remains unclear. consumption of empty calories chryso A.stamou [email protected] Council Speaker Christine was one he would pursue even Quinn, the front-runner in this after he left office, Bloomberg Tel. (01130) 6974-125-925 year's mayoral election and a re - responded, "You can take it to cipient of donations from the the bank." THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 23-29, 2013 19

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