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N anniversa ry www.thenationalherald.com A weekly Greek-AmericAN PublicAtioN 1915-2017 VOL. 20, ISSUE 1037 August 26 - September 1, 2017 c v $1.50 Greek Hoop Federation Mike Kentrianakis, Veteran Eclipse Chaser Says NBA Staged Says of the rare astronomical event, Antetokounmpo Injury “You’ll never, ever forget it” TNH Staff The “Greek Freak,” as he is affectionally called because of TNH Staff ATHENS – Having blossomed his above-the-rim skywalking into one of the NBA’s most and all-around versatile play as NEW YORK – Millions of Amer - shown-off young stars after ris - a shooter, rebounder, shot - icans converged on a narrow ing from poverty in Greece to blocker and playmaker had corridor stretching from Oregon the country’s star basketball waved the Greek flag for his to South Carolina to watch the player, Giannis Antetokounmpo, adopted land when he was moon blot out the midday sun son of Nigerian immigrants, said drafted by the NBA and has on August 21 for a wondrous he can’t play for the national been one of the country’s best couple of minutes in the first to - team because of a knee injury, a ambassadors but found himself tal solar eclipse to sweep coast claim harshly disputed by the deflecting suggestions he was to coast in 99 years. Greek hoop federation. faking the injury to protect his Veteran eclipse chasers The Greek organization said contract and looming endorse - warned the uninitiated to get Antetokounmpo was kept from ments as well. ready to be blown away. playing on the national team in “The simultaneous report by Among those veteran eclipse the Eurobasket tournament be - the Milwaukee Bucks and Gian - chasers is Mike Kentrianakis of cause of what it called an “or - nis Antetokounmpo himself, by the Amateur Astronomers Asso - ganized and well-staged plan” phone and social media from ciation of New York and the by the NBA and his team, the faraway China, and not by the American Astronomical Society Milwaukee Bucks, to protect appropriate official manner, of (AAS) Solar Eclipse Project their asset. The league denied his inability to join the national Manager. Kentrianakis was pro - it. men’s team saddens us … but is filed recently in the New York “The NBA and the Milwau - not surprising,” the federation Times along with other experts kee Bucks have followed all ap - said in the statement. about the extraordinary and his - propriate protocol under the “A series of indications…had toric astronomical event. NBA-FIBA agreement,” the NBA convinced us of the existence of “This is the most awesome said in a statement released to an organized and well-staged AP Photo/NAti hArNik astronomical event there is, pe - the Associated Press. “Giannis plan by (Antentokounmpo’s The Great American Eclipse riod. You’ll never ever forget it,” has an injury that has been con - NBA) team, with the full knowl - Kentrianakis said as reported in firmed through multiple exami - edge if not encouragement of People wearing solar glasses watch the solar eclipse in Falls City, Nebraska. The last total solar the Times. He has spent years nations and any suggestion to the NBA that put the athlete on eclipse to cross the United States was in 1918, the next one will be in 2024. pursuing totality, the moment the contrary is false.” the spot and forced him to an - when the moon aligns exactly nounce today that he is no with the sun and darkness de - longer part of the men’s national scends, traveling around the team,” indirectly accusing him world from the jungle in of lying and faking the injury. Trump Mocks Anchor Stephanopoulos Mikongo, Gabon, to the top of Takis Tsagronis, the federa - a mountain in Tianhuangping, tion General Secretary, told state China, and to the frozen wilder - TV ERT that a scan revealed no TNH Staff trate Stephanopoulos’ height. boyish mini-legs were seen dan - ness of Svalbard, Norway. problems with Antetokounmpo’s The chief news anchor’s gling,” the paper wrote. Kentrianakis’ excitement over knee. Jumping on his enemy media height has reportedly been a sen - Then Trump turned up the the “Great American Eclipse” led “We, on our side, did every - soapbox to denounce coverage sitive subject at ABC News, the heat to the delight of a partisan him to travel, beginning in thing not to give the Bucks an of his comments about violence British newspaper The Daily Mail crowd in Arizona, which cheered 2015, the coming eclipse’s en - excuse,” Tsagronis said. “We in Charlottesville, VA, President said. him on as he went after journal - tire path, a total of 3,000 miles, took a magnetic scan of Giannis’ Trump put ABC News’ George Last month it was reported ists and TV stations and the me - as part of his AAS work, the leg and it was clean. What the Stephanopoulos – a former ad - that Good Morning America got dia in general, citing his usual Times reported. Bucks claim is not the reality; visor to the Clintons – in his a redesigned anchor desk earlier mantra of “fake news,” as his The trip was not only to in - something else is happening.” crosshairs, mocking the one-time this summer, with two wide pan - popularity continues to plum - spire interest in the eclipse In his Facebook post, Ante - Democratic operative’s stature, els added to the front side of the met. among the people in the path tokounmpo said he failed to said to be either 5-4 or 5-7. set piece so that Stephanopoulos’ “All the networks, I mean of totality, but also to warn them complete physicals because of Continuing his pattern of dis - legs couldn’t be seen dangling. CNN is really bad but ABC this of the coming crowds of eclipse excessive pain. Antetokounmpo paraging personal insults against “GMA initially thought using morning- I don’t watch it much chasers, he has seen over and is in China to attend, but not those he doesn’t like, Trump sin - an anchor desk with elevated but I’m watching in the morning over wherever a total solar Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis An - gled out ABC and held his hand chairs would help the problem. tetokounmpo Continued on page 7 parallel to the ground to illus - Still awkward, George's little- Continued on page 2 Continued on page 4 TNH Interview Anastasiades Awards Six Cypriots of the Diaspora Dr. Katopodis

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LEFKOSIA, CYPRUS – President Brain Drain Nicos Anastasiades awarded the Fl. Med. Assoc. Outstanding Contribution medal to six honorees of the By Zois Marinos Cypriot Diaspora for their con - By Demetris Tsakas tribution to the promotion of MONTREAL, CANADA – The the rights of the Cypriot people, ORLANDO, FL – Dr. John N. recent report by The National on August 22. The honorees are Katopodis was sworn in and of - Herald on the influx of new im - Nikos Mouyiaris, Antonis ficially assumed his duties as the migrants from Greece to Gerolemou, Andreas Karaolis, 141st President of the Florida Canada, has piqued the interest Costas Nikolaou, George Lazari, Medical Association. The swear - of the President of the Panhel - and Tasos Zambas. ing in, as the vice-president of lenic Veterinary Association, Speaking during the cere - the Association, Dr. Alix Miller Athena Trachili, a member of mony, President Anastasiades pointed out during an interview the Political Committee of New said that their country owes with The National Herald, took Democracy. them much and the award is place during the annual meeting Trachili, told TNH that the nothing but a small gift for their of the Association, on August 5 so-called brain drain, i.e., the contribution. at Loews Sapphire Resort at flight abroad of Greeks with im - Speaking at the Presidential Universal Orlando and was ex - portant degrees and high-level Palace during the reception in tremely moving. education, marks the “slow honor of delegates of the World Dr. Katopodis’ speech was death of the country” and the Conference of the Overseas dedicated to his parents, Nonda current government’s silence on Cypriots (POMAK), the Interna - and Georgia, his wife Evi tional Coordinating Committee Honoree Nikos Mouyiaris at the podium spoke on behalf of the six honorees at the reception in (Paraskevi) and his children, Continued on page 4 Justice for Cyprus (PSEKA) and honor of the delegates of the World Conference of the Overseas Cypriots. and reminded the audience of POMAK Youth (NEPOMAK), the major role the family played Anastasiades noted the "act of cision-making centers in the UK, in which they live, he said, ad - ever they live, around the in shaping the character of the For subscription: respect and the obligation of the the USA, South Africa, and Aus - dressing the issue whenever world,” he said. man and in instilling in him the 718.784.5255 State towards its citizens, who tralia, countries with which the need pushes us to seek support Addressing Hellenes abroad, virtues and values of Hellenism. [email protected] contributed and continue to Republic of Cyprus maintains for a legitimate request. Anastasiades said that “you Dr. Katopodis, a cardiologist, contribute selflessly and without excellent relations.” “Cyprus has huge potential have made yourself a perma - spoke touchingly, and the pres - calculation. He continued, saying that the and offers creative people, as nent ambassador of our national ence of his parents, wife, and “We honor tonight six of our honorees contributed greatly in demonstrated by our sterling problem, our language, our cul - their children Christina, Nikos, distinguished countrymen who shaping their effective orga - compatriots who today we acted and act on important de - nized network in the countries honor, excel everywhere, wher - Continued on page 7 Continued on page 3 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 RI State Senator Leonidas Raptakis Talks to TNH about Greek Issues

By Stavros Marmarinos cilities on Crete and the 115th porter of the Greek language. Combat Wing of the Hellenic Air “It should not be forgotten,” he TAMPA, FL – Rhode Island Force. said. “The issue is how to keep State Senator Leonidas Raptakis Referring to Turkey, Raptakis the Greek language in foreign spoke to The National Herald said Congress “blocked” the pur - countries.” about a variety of issues affect - chase of arms headed to Ankara Referring to tourism in ing the Greek community. for President Erdogan’s body - Greece, Raptakis supported the Among them, the very risky sit - guards, worth about $1.5 mil - need for daily, if possible, flights uation in the Aegean with the lion, requested to be purchased between America and Greece, continuing Turkish challenges, from a New Hampshire com - which would help the economy how Europe does nothing for pany. “The amount is not big, of Greece. Greece, about the need for more but the ban is symbolic, after In this regard, he added that and better "bridges" between the security incidents that the American companies should be Greece and the US, that the Turkish President caused on encouraged to invest in Greece. Greek language must be kept May 16 against protesters out - “Greek laws should help in this, abroad, that US investments in side the Turkish embassy in so we can invest in Greece, from Greece must be encouraged, Washington,” Raptakis ex - the United States, Canada, Aus - and that the Greeks living plained. tralia, and other countries.” abroad should have the right to He further noted that the sit - Raptakis said the company vote in Greek elections. uation in the Aegean, with that owns the Greek grocery The Greek-American politi - Ankara's continued challenges, store, Yoleni's, with its flagship cian returned a few days ago is “very risky.” location in Kolonaki in Athens from Greece, where he partici - During the discussions of has big expansion plans and is pated in the 11th General As - Greek diaspora MPs and sena - preparing to open its first store sembly of the World Hellenic In - tors in Greece, the financial sit - in America and, specifically, in ter-Parliamentary Association uation of the homeland and the Rhode Island. (WHIA) which took place July issues of education were exam - tNh/StAvroS mArmAriNoS “We helped them as much as 24-26. From the United States, ined. Sen. Leonidas Raptakis, center, with Zaneta Markakos and George Poumakis, in Florida, spoke we could with our state govern - nine Greek-American politicians “Unfortunately, Europe does to TNH about relations between the U.S. and Greece. ment to help them begin open - took part. Raptakis is vice-pres - nothing for Greece,” said Rap - ing such shops,” he noted. ident of this organization. takis. Speaking in Athens, he debt. Aircraft violate Greek airspace, and the Middle East, as is Raptakis also supports the Members of the WHIA, com - noted the constructive role of “I also said that since Europe they can stop them.” Greece with its geographical po - voting rights of the Greeks living posed of Greek-born MPs and America towards Greece. In re - is helping Greece so much, then Regarding the visits to Crete, sition, as well as Cyprus and Is - abroad. “I do not understand Senators from various countries, sponse to a Greek MP's obser - why are there are no French or Raptakis pointed out that “we rael. America needs to support why the expatriates cannot go met with the President of the vation that Europe is in favor of German warplanes on Lesbos, said there should be close coop - Greece, not Turkey, and we need to the Greek consulates in Amer - Hellenic Republic, ministers, Greece, Raptakis told him that Chios, Samos, Rhodes, eration between Greece and the to build more and better bridges ica and vote in the elections in committee officers, other offi - in that case why are they not Karpathos, and other Greek is - United States. America plays a between the two countries.” Greece.” cials, and visited the NATO fa - helping to “trim” the Greek lands, so that whenever Turkish major role in the Mediterranean Raptakis is a strong sup - De la Fuente out, Path Clears for Malliotakis to Win GOP Nomination

By Demetris Tsakas the campaign and until May had publican Party presents a united publican nomination to Joe lion from matching program of the St. John’s university, also in - raised more money than Mayor front going into the elections on Lhota. the Campaign Finance Board. cluding Independent candidate NEW YORK –The New York City de Blasio. November 7. Chamberas pointed out that The incumbent mayor has al - Bo Dietl, other Democratic may - Board of Elections removed Massey and the other candi - Four years ago, the primary Malliotakis managed to visit the ready received $2,579,427from oral hopefuls Sal Albanese and Rocky de la Fuente from the list dates, when they realized that election deprived the Greek neglected areas of the Republi - the program, which is a record Richard Bashner, Comptroller of Republican Party candidates the Republican Party was in fa - community of the opportunity can Party of the city to rally the thus far. Scott Stringer, candidate for for the office of New York City vor of Malliotakis, withdrew to elect the first Greek-American voters. He said they are making On August 22, Malliotakis Comptroller Michel Faulkner, Mayor, giving the Republican their candidacy one by one. mayor, businessman John Cat - efforts to raise at least $60,000 was set to participate in the pub - Public Advocate Letitia James, nomination officially to Greek- This is considered a very pos - simatidis, who had a strong from contributions of $175 and lic forum with candidates orga - and Queens Borough President and Cuban-American New York itive development since the Re - showing in his loss of the Re - less in order to receive $1.5 mil - nized by the Queens Tribune at Melinda Katz. State Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis. The Election Commission's recent hearing announced that the millionaire de la Fuente, In Arizona, Trump Mocks Anchor George Stephanopoulos who came from San Diego, CA, failed to produce even half of later senior advisor for policy counterprotesters, killing one sented without giving a motive. in Virginia. the signatures required to be Continued from page 1 and strategy, before departing in and injuring 20. After that event he had also Trump did not read his state - placed on the ballot in New York December 1996. “I picked up the phone, and I railed against the “failing New ment from Aug. 12 in full and City. and they have little George As someone who was close to had a private conversation with York Times,” “pathetic CNN,” left out his addendum that the De la Fuente challenged the Stephanopoulos talking to Nikki President Clinton and his wife, the president about Char - and the The Washington Post, hatred, bigotry, and violence Commission and asked for the Haley,” Trump said, before re - Hillary, the 2016 Democratic lottesville, and it was taken very which he called a “lobbying tool came from “many sides,” the Malliotakis’ signatures to be peating the nickname “little nominee he stunned in an un - well,” Haley told ABC News. for Amazon.” phrase that set off a social media counted, but her signatures George” who was interviewing likely upset, Stephanopoulos was Haley told the anchor that He also accused the media of storm against him for implicitly were legal, and Malliotakis can the U.S. Ambassador to the UN a target for Trump. The president Trump had clarified his response giving hate groups a platform blaming the protesters who were continue her election campaign. – an institution Trump also has was apparently upset "so that no one can question that and called journalists "dishon - run over. Nicholas Chamberas, who is derided – along with many oth - Stephanopoulos spoke to Haley he's opposed to bigotry and hate est,” adding, "They're bad people. Of his media criticism, the political director in the Mallio - ers on his hit list. about his speech on the war in in this country,” which the presi - And I really think they don't like president told the crowd of thou - takis election headquarters dur - Besides being ABC’s Chief An - Afghanistan before turning her dent tried to do again even after our country. I really believe that,” sands shoehorned into the ing an interview with The Na - chor, Stephanopoulos is a politi - attention back to Charlottesville, being praised by Ku Klux Klan discounting veterans among Phoenix convention center: “You tional Herald welcomed the fact cal correspondent, a co-anchor without mentioning that he has leader David Duke. them and without stating why know where my heart is. I’m only that Malliotakis can focus on the of Good Morning America, the flip-flopped after previously say - Trump opened his political he thinks they’re opposed to the doing this to show you how general election on November host of ABC's Sunday morning ing he would dial down Ameri - rally in Phoenix with calls for United States. damned dishonest these people 7, where she will take on the in - This Week and a regular substi - can involvement but that he now unity and an assertion that “our In Arizona, he reread his ini - are.” cumbent Mayor Bill de Blasio, tute anchor for ABC World News wants to ratchet it up. movement is about love.” Then tial statement on Charlottesville Well after his appearance had who is the leader among the De - Tonight. TOUGH QUESTION he erupted in anger, not love. from a paper he pulled out from ended, Trump sent a tweet on mocrats. Prior to his career as a jour - Stephanopoulos asked Haley He blamed the media for the his suit jacket. his Twitter account saying: “Not When she entered the race, nalist, Stephanopoulos was an about the president’s remark that widespread condemnation of his Claiming the criticism over only does the media give a plat - Malliotakis there were already advisor to the Democratic Party “there were very fine people on response to violence the Virginia his responses was unfair, Trump form to hate groups, but the me - three candidates for the nomi - and was a Communications Di - both sides,” at the Charlottesville rally organized by white su - said he condemned the bigotry, dia turns a blind eye to the gang nation of the Republican Party, rector for the 1992 Presidential demonstration in which white premacists and shouted that he hatred, and violence in the violence on our streets.” including millionaire real estate campaign of Bill Clinton and supremacists protested and a had “openly called for healing, “strongest possible terms” in his . sales executive Paul Massey, then became White House Com - man authorities said was a Hitler unity and love” after the tragedy first statement although, he had (Material from the Associated who had started months before munications Director. He was idolator used his car to run over but claimed he was misrepre - blamed both sides for the trouble Press was used in this report)

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Church in America on TNH Staff education, and better living sign program is breaking ground within the Detroit community,” in terms of preparing students DETROIT – Greek-American Pe - the release noted. to work in the global fashion in - Charlottesville ter Karmanos Jr. and his wife Shinola/Detroit LLC supports dustry. This generous gift will Danialle, philanthropists and the FAD program with dona - help us recruit and support the metro Detroit community lead - tions of leather and other mate - most talented students from TNH Staff forgiveness of sins, and deliver - ers, are donating $1 million for rials, Holden said, as reported around the country and the ance, pardoning their every the Fashion Accessories Design by Crain’s. The A. Alfred Taub - world, and educate them to be SYOSSET, NY – The following transgression, whether voluntary (FAD) program and student man Center for Design Educa - the next generation of great de - is the statement of the bishops of or involuntary…” scholarships at the College for tion building in New Center is signers," Aki Choklat, professor the Orthodox Church in America We reject hatred and violence, Creative Studies (CCS) in De - the home of both Shinola and and chair of the fashion pro - - the only self-governing canoni - and as Orthodox Christians we troit. The school made the an - CCS. gram, said in the statement an - cal Orthodox Church in North are also committed to the min - nouncement on August 16, as “Peter Karmanos, Jr. is the nouncing the donation. America, on the recent events in istry of reconciliation. We encour - Crain’s Detroit Business re - son of Greek immigrants and “Aki Choklat is a brilliant and Charlottesville, VA. age our clergy and faithful to ported. believes strongly in education creative innovator and CCS is “For by Him all things were hold fast to the Christian message The donation is a match to as a tool for success. He is the lucky to have him," Danialle created that are in heaven and of healing, salvation and love of - sponsorship dollars raised for founder of Detroit-based Com - Karmanos said in the statement. that are on earth, visible and in - fered by Christ, who is the Way, the 36th Detroit International puware, and served as CEO and She continued, “Aki’s work is visible, whether thrones or do - the Truth and the Life. At the Wine Auction, chaired by the executive chairman until his re - what inspired Pete and I to chair minions or principalities or pow - same time, we exhort our clergy Karamanoses. The annual event, tirement in 2013. He is a vision - the Wine Auction this year and ers. All things were created and faithful to reject any at - which takes place on October ary credited with sparking a to engage our fashion-minded through Him and for Him. And tempts by individuals or groups 21, raises money in support of downtown Detroit renaissance friends in the Greek American He is before all things, and in to claim for themselves the name undergraduate CCS student as the first CEO of a major cor - community, like John Varvatos Him all things consist. And He is of “Orthodox Christian” in order scholarships and free art pro - poration to move their head - and Tom Kartsotis, who are the head of the body, the church, to promote racism, hatred, white grams for Detroit youth. Nina GreGG Forwerck/cAroliNA hurricANeS quarters downtown. Pete has partly responsible for the auc - who is the beginning, the first - supremacy, white nationalism or Holden, vice president of insti - Peter Karmanos, Jr. been a major player in the tion's success this year.” born from the dead, that in all neo-Nazism. This is in keeping tutional advancement at CCS, comeback of Detroit as a world- Danialle Karmanos, a CCS things He may have the preemi - with the Holy Gospels, the deci - said last year's event raised $3.4 strong creative development to class city. His latest business trustee, founded Danialle Kar - nence.” Colossians 1:16-18 sions of the Holy Councils and million, as Crain’s reported. knowledge of manufacturing, venture is guiding and investing manos' Work It Out, which has To the Clergy, Monastics and the experience of the Saints. According to the school’s trend forecasting, market re - in businesses impacting metro helped over 10,000 children re - Faithful of the Orthodox Church We remind the faithful that press release, “The Fashion Ac - search and merchandising for a Detroit’s economic landscape duce their anxiety through yoga in America, the Orthodox Church in America cessories Design program was comprehensive view of the in - through his new enterprise, and education concerning does not restrict membership to developed in collaboration with dustry. Fashion accessories de - MadDog Technology as well as healthy eating. She and her hus - those of a particular race or na - Shinola and is the first and only sign is a $51 billion business an - other investment vehicles. He band also donated $5 million to We reject hatred and tionality and has historically wel - of its kind in the Midwest. The nually in the U.S. alone.” also keeps his competitive juices create the Karmanos Center for violence, and are also comed all, going back to the program educates students in The Karmanoses “have in - flowing as owner of the Na - Natural Childbirth at Beaumont committed to Alaskan Mission which embraced the design and manufacture of vested millions of dollars, along tional Hockey League’s Carolina Hospital, a one-of-a-kind center the indigenous peoples of that products such as footwear, with their time and energy, sup - Hurricanes,” the press release that combines the comfort of reconciliation. land and continuing to this day handbags, leather goods and ac - porting many causes specifically stated. natural home birth with the se - in the multicultural and multi- cessories hardware. It links related to better health, better “Our Fashion Accessories De - curity of a medical setting. Recent tragic events in Char - ethnic context of North America. lottesville, VA have highlighted Brothers and sisters, Saint the presence of un-Christian Justin Martyr, writing at a time rhetoric and violent actions when Christians were persecuted within our communities. At the in the second century, said, "We Dr. John Katopodis, New Pres. Florida Med. Assoc. same time, the response to these used to hate and destroy one an - events by our civil leadership has other and refused to associate unleashed a nationwide debate with people of another race or Continued from page 1 that has created a certain moral country. Now, because of Christ, ambiguity, which in turn is fos - we live together with such people and Nonda, as well as mother- tering further division. Such a cli - and pray for our enemies." May in-law Chrysanthi Nikolaou and mate requires a clear response that same spirit be ours today as sisters-in-law Demis, Cleopatra, from the Church. well. and Michelle, who sat in the The Holy Synod of Bishops of With our paternal love and first row, made the ceremony the Orthodox Church in America blessings, even more moving. joins people of faith and good The Most Blessed TIKHON, Most of the was about his will across the United States, Archbishop of Washington, Met - grandfather, Pericles Katopodis, Canada, and Mexico in unequiv - ropolitan of All America and who was a doctor and managed ocally, unreservedly and unam - Canada to save thousands of lives, as biguously rejecting words and ac - The Most Reverend well as his own father in the dif - tions which perpetrate, support NATHANIEL, Archbishop of De - ficult years of the German oc - or encourage hatred, violence, troit and the Romanian Episco - cupation and the Greek Civil racism, white supremacy, white pate The Most Reverend NIKON, War. Katopodis’ father in 1955, nationalism or neo-Nazism. As Archbishop of Boston, New Eng - convinced that there was no fu - Orthodox Christians, we believe land and the Albanian Archdio - ture for him and his children in that every human being is a child cese Greece, boarded a boat and set of God, created in His image and The Most Reverend BEN - off for Halifax, Canada, having likeness, and therefore we are all JAMIN, Archbishop of San Fran - only $18 in his pocket and his brothers and sisters whatever our cisco, and the Diocese of the West degree in chemical engineering, race, nationality or creed. The Most Reverend ALEJO, Katapodis told TNH. At the same time, we also re - Archbishop of Mexico City and He got a job at a meat factory ject the climate of condemnation the Diocese of Mexico as a quality controller and with of the individuals carrying out The Most Reverend his efforts managed to bring his these heinous activities. Indeed, MELCHISEDEK, Archbishop of wife and two children to Jesus rebuked his disciples when Pittsburgh and the Diocese of Canada. Although married with they suggested that he violently Western Pennsylvania two children, he decided to un - retaliate against his enemies. The Most Reverend MARK, dertake postgraduate studies at “You do not know what manner Archbishop of Philadelphia and McGill University. Left to right: Outgoing president Dr. David Becker, Dr. John Katopodis sworn in as the new of spirit you are of. For the Son the Diocese of Eastern Pennsyl - His master’s in chemical en - President of the Florida Medical Association with his wife Evi (Paraskevi) by his side. of Man did not come to destroy vania gineering allowed him to come men’s lives but to save them.” The Most Reverend IRÉNÉE, to the United States legally, and fees in cash for both himself and his term is one-year and ends in Medical Association, which is (Luke 9:55-56). The Church of - Archbishop of Ottawa and the the family settled in Stamford, his older brother Pericles and to 2018. made up of over twenty thou - fers to all – without exception – Archdiocese of Canada CT. His father worked at the attend the University of Penn - The presidency of the Asso - sand doctors. not condemnation but a path to The Most Reverend Memorial Sloan Kettering Hos - sylvania. ciation is co-chaired by the Dr. Katapodis practices in forgiveness and peace in Christ. MICHAEL, Archbishop of New pital. Over the years, he set up Katopodis referred to the role newly elected president, Dr. Tallahassee, FL. He graduated As the Orthodox prayer of York and the Diocese of New York his own laboratories under the of the Florida Medical Associa - Corey Howard, who will take from New York University confession says: “O Lord God, the and New Jersey name "Dianon" (Diagnostic tion and to what he has learned over the presidency next August School of Medicine in 1984 and Salvation of Thy servants, gra - The Most Reverend ALEXAN - Nonda) where he and his wife over the last 15 years as an ac - for the year 2018-2019, vice has been in practice for 33 cious, bountiful and long-suffer - DER, Archbishop of Toledo, Dal - worked as lab technicians. tive member. president Dr. Ronald Giffler, the years. He completed a residency ing, who forgives us concerning las, the South and the Bulgarian After a few years, it was ac - A special performance by the secretary, Dr. Michael Patete, at University of Michigan Health our evil deeds, and desires not Diocese quired by Lab Corp for over half dance group of St. Katherine and Treasurer Dr. Jason Gold - System. the death of a sinner, but rather The Right Reverend DAVID, a billion dollars. Greek Orthodox Church of Mel - man, among others. He is a member of the South - that he should turn from his way Bishop of Sitka and Alaska Referring to his parents' pas - bourne, FL was a highlight of Dr. Miller praised the Greek- ern Medical Group in Tallahas - and live: Show Thy mercy upon The Right Reverend PAUL, sion for education, Katopodis the event. American President's speech and see, and also teaches at the Uni - Thy servants and grant unto Bishop of Chicago and the Mid - also pointed out that they fully Katopodis was elected presi - noted that he would undoubt - versity of Florida School of them an image of repentance, west covered the costs and the tuition dent at the previous assembly, edly do his best for the Florida Medicine.

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At the conclusion of the Καλώς σε βρήκαμε ( kaLOS SE VREEkame ) is the response to service, the fanouropites are Preheat the oven to 350 de - welcome, when we meet one person. shared among those in atten - grees. Grease a 13 by 9-inch Καλώς σας βρήκαμε ( kaLOS SAS VREEkame ): is the response to dance. According to tradition, baking pan with oil, dust lightly welcome, when we meet many persons. at least nine people should have with flour, and set aside. In a a piece of the delicious and nis - large bowl, whisk together the Try to match the phrases in English with their translation in tisimo cake. flour, sugar, baking powder, Greek: Saint Fanourios the Martyr is baking soda, cinnamon, and 1. Καλώς τη Μαρία! 1. Petros, welcome! also known as the Newly-Found salt. Make a well in the center 2. Καλώς τον Πέτρο! 2. Nice to see you! 6. Αύριο θα φάμε αρνάκι με πατάτες; 6. Grandma, what since his icon was first discov - and add the orange juice, olive 3. Καλώς ήρθατε! 3. Welcome, Maria! are we going to eat today? ered in the year 1500 on the is - oil, and ouzo. Stir until just 4. Καλώς σας βρήκαμε! 4. Welcome (many persons)! land of Rhodes. The icon de - combined. Fold in the walnuts BASIC VOCABULARY picted the saint in the garb of a and raisins. Pour the batter into 2. INTRODUCTIONS Greek word Pronunciation Meaning Roman soldier holding a cross the prepared baking pan and Pappou and yiayia love to introduce their relatives to their Αυτός afTOS he, this (male) of martyrdom in his left hand sprinkle with sesame seeds. friends. When introduced to someone, we can use one of these Αυτή afTEE she, this (female) and a lit candle in his right hand Bake for one hour or until a two phrases: Είναι EEne is along with twelve scenes from skewer or cake tester inserted Χαίρω πολύ! (HΕro poLEE ) Nice to meet you! Ο εγγονός o egoNOS grandson his martyrdom. From his cloth - in the center comes out clean. Τι κάνετε; (TEE KAnete? ) How do you do? Η εγγονή EE egoNEE granddaughter ing and the severity of the tor - Cool completely and cut into Μου ΜΟΟ my tures he suffered as a Christian squares or diamond shapes to Give your response in Greek, when introduced to a friend, some - Χαίρω πολύ HΕro poLEE Nice to meet you at the hands of the Romans, serve. one’s grandpa or grandchildren, like in the given example: Ο φίλος O FEElos friend Saint Fanourios is thought to If preferred, cognac, such as Αυτός είναι ο Πέτρος. Χαίρω πολύ! Τι κάνετε; TEE KAnete? How do you do? have lived some time in the sec - Metaxa, can be substituted for Το καφενείο TO kafeNEEo traditional Greek café ond or third century A.D. The the ouzo, chopped almonds for 1. Αυτός είναι ο φίλος μου. Τι TEE what saint is often called upon to help the walnuts or half walnuts and 2. Αυτός είναι ο Δημήτρης. Θα THE will (future) find lost things after which a half almonds, golden raisins or 3. Αυτός είναι ο εγγονός μου. Σε, σας SE, SAS you (singular, plural) 4. Αυτή είναι η εγγονή μου. Θα σε/σας κεράσω THA SE/SAS keRAso I will buy you a drink 5. Αυτός είναι ο παππούς μου. Ένα Ena one (masculine grammatical gender) Μία MEEa one (female) 3. KERASMA (OFFERING A DRINK) Η πορτοκαλάδα EE portokaLAda orange juice Pappou will invite you to the kafenio to offer you drinks. Try to Ο φραπές O fraPES Greek ice coffee match the phrases in English with their translation in Greek: Γιαγιά yiayiA grandma Τι κάνεις; TEE KAnis? How are you? 1. Καλώς τα παιδιά. 1. Maria, I will buy you some orange Τι TEE what juice. Μαγειρεύεις mayiREvis you cook 2. Θα σε κεράσω ένα φραπέ. 2. What shall I offer you? Τα γεμιστά TA gemiSTA stuffed vegetables 3. Μαρία, θα σε κεράσω μία πορτοκαλάδα. 3. Welcome, guys. Για yiA for 4. Τι θα σας κεράσω; 4. I will buy you a frappe. Σήμερα SEEmera today Θα THA will (future) 4. AT GRANDMA’S KITCHEN Τι θα φάμε; TEE THA FAme? What shall we eat Ask grandma what she cooks. Try to match the phrases in English Θα φάμε THA FAme we will eat with their translation in Greek: Το αρνάκι TO arNAki lamb Η πατάτα, -ες EE paTAta, -es potato, -es 1. Γιαγιά, τι κάνεις; 1. Are we going to eat stuffed vegeta - Ο φούρνος O FOOrnos oven bles today? Στο φούρνο STO FOOrno in the oven 2. Γιαγιά, τι μαγειρεύεις; 2. Are we going to eat lamb with pota - Αύριο Avrio tomorrow toes tomorrow? 3. Γιαγιά, τι θα φάμε σήμερα; 3. Grandma, how are you? 4. Γιαγιά, τι θα φάμε αύριο; 4. Grandma, what are we go - PRONUNCIATION KEY ing to eat tomorrow? i (idiom), ee (needle), e (energy), o (organism), oo (boot), y 5. Σήμερα θα φάμε γεμιστά; 5. Grandma, what do you (yes), h (helium), th (theory), d (the). The capitalized syllables cook? are accented.

LITERARY REVIEW Nikos Dimou’s On the Unhappiness of Being Greek fanouropita is baked and shared By Eleni Sakellis 14, 1974, the day Attila II cut loved three years before the in - as a thanks-offer - Cyprus in half. Hearing the vasion.” ing. Nikos Dimou wrote his fa - news on the radio, I had an im - In his book, Dimou chal - Among the mous book On the Unhappiness age of Cyprus being stabbed, lenges the reader to have an many churches in of Being Greek during the mili - and visualized the Attila line as open mind about what it means the New York area, tary junta and published it after a slow flux of blood ebbing to be Greek which can be diffi - Holy Cross Greek its fall. It became an interna - down the island. I was the cult for those who love their cul - Orthodox Church tional bestseller and was trans - owner of an advertising agency ture, heritage, and language so of Whitestone’s lated into several languages. It - I called my art director Dimitri profoundly. In the 2012 post - Great Vespers of was published in a paperback Georgiopoulos, gave him a map script for foreign editions of the Saint Fanourios English edition by Zero Books of the island and the copy. The book, he wrote, “People who en - and the blessing of in 2013. As relevant today as it rest is history. joy reading this book are prob - the fanouropites was when it was first published “We printed a few thousand ably not Greek. For a Greek this begins at 7 PM on in 1975, the book still inspires stickers, send them out to the book is painful. He may smile August 26. The Di - an emotional response from media and we were over - at some aphorisms, even laugh vine Liturgy on readers who either love what whelmed with requests for sometimes, but closing it, he will Saint Fanourios’ Dimou has to say or hate it. more. We printed as many as feel well …unhappy. It portrays Day takes place on In recent years, the Athens- we could afford, gave out copies the basic problem of his exis - the 27th, begin - born writer became a member of the artwork to anybody re - tence, his urge for more and his ning with the Or - of To Potami (The River) party us as one and the same,” Dimou questing the right to print, pre - inability to cope with less. Con - thros at 7:30 AM. but resigned after his controver - said in a statement in 2014. pared translations in many lan - flicts undermine his identity, The following sial remarks about Holy Fire at “That is how the party and I guages (Greek students all over make him uncertain and easy-to-make Easter and the cost of having a wound up in trouble.” the world asked for them). We changeable. He is divided be - recipe to share and enjoy in dried cranberries for the raisins, private plane fly from Jerusalem Perhaps best known for his received hundreds of letters - tween his glorious past and his honor of Saint Fanourios can be and slivered almonds for the to Athens to bring it to the faith - non-conformist attitudes and re - the most important being one meager present, between his modified to personalize the sesame seeds. Powdered sugar ful caused an uproar. As The Na - signing from mainstream media by Archbishop Makarios. Eastern mentality and his Euro - cake. can be used instead of sesame tional Herald reported, he said 11 times, Dimou, who speaks “This symbol has now prac - pean aspiration – torn asunder seeds as a topping for the cake, he felt he had to step down from four languages (Greek, French, tically become public domain - by forces of tradition (like the Fanouropita just omit the sesame seeds and the party because of the nega - German, and English) also de - very few people remember its Orthodox Church) and moder - allow the cake to cool com - tive publicity that his comments signed the famous Never Forget origins. But for me it remains nity. His is a difficult fate.” 3 1/2 cups unbleached, all- pletely before sifting the pow - had attracted. Cyprus image during his time in something very personal: a trib - On the Unhappiness of Being purpose flour dered sugar over the cake. If us - “I was just a simple member advertising. On his official web - ute to the parts of Cyprus - Kyre - Greek by Nikos Dimou is avail - 1 cup sugar ing powdered sugar as a of the party but my name is well site, he said, “The “Den Xehno” nia, Bellapais, Salamis, Fama - able online and in bookstores 1 teaspoon baking powder topping, use only 1/2 cup of known and the media identified symbol was created on August gusta - which I had visited and and libraries. 1 teaspoon baking soda sugar in the cake recipe.

GREEK AMERICAN STORIES The Real Truth

By Phyllis (Kiki) Sembos married as revenge for those that what I want to see when I yourself face to face with your Special to The National Herald who made bets it wouldn’t last. wake up on a beautiful morn - ‘partner for life’; trying to find Then, we read about couples ing?” You could be asking your - something to say before he or Every Sunday, the local who decide to renew their vows. self, “When did that nose get so she begins thinking you are a newspaper features couples re - Why? I didn’t know they expire. big?” Or, “Oh, God! Are those mindless bozo with the IQ of a cently engaged to be married, Like a driver’s license? I’d better her teeth in that glass?” turtle. couples already married and a check the expiration date on my Then, get a physical. You Boredom could spell doom. few – very few – couples cele - license. I could call a meeting have to be stronger than you be - It’s when he starts to find the brating their umpteenth wed - and draw up some new rules. lieve in order to carry that bride cashier at the super market sud - ding anniversary followed by a I suspect, especially in Greek over the threshold - unless you denly fascinating, her glib photo of the original day of their marriages, Greeks tend to re - want to start off married life tongue, that nose pierce, the nuptials. In the original we see main married the longest be - seeing a chiropractor or wearing purple hair, her tattoo of an ex- an ecstatic couple ducking a cause getting the applications, a brace. Then, there’s taking out prisoner. Or, somehow she finds shower of rice, holding hands making the preparations, choos - the garbage, carrying the bills the repair man irresistible – and leaping into a car that takes ing a Koumparo, the guest list, out of the mail box, walking the those muscles, his expert ‘know- them away. Then, beside it is a the paraphernalia and expense babies at two or three o’clock in how’ with the pipes in the base - recent photo of the same couple, that follows plus the threatening the mornings to get little cutie ment, all those fascinating tools. a lot older, serious and not run - looks by the suspicious in-laws pie to sleep. Hey! You two On a happier note, I want to ning anywhere. The reporter is so intimidating that the bride promised to share everything, express my hope that when next asks the husband, “what is the or groom decides to stay in the have to shell out, finding an signing that lifelong contract remember? The wife can’t do all you read the society column in secret to having been married situation “for better or for apartment to live in, and/or if things might have been recon - that, y’know, and then expect next Sunday’s newspaper you’ll so many years to Jeanne?” He worse,” till death do them part. children are involved it gets a sidered with more reality. If you breakfast later? Next, find a look at the announcements with looks up and asks, “Who?” Or whatever comes first. hell more complicated, he’d re - are contemplating that huge hobby. That could really save a more discerning eye and say, The real truth is I’ve come to In many cases, the wisest think the matter and realize it’s leap into the unknown, let me your marriage. There will be ‘Yeah, yeah’. Then, look across believe there is truly no such husbands are those who view cheaper to keep her. Hence, the give you some sound advice be - times when you’ll have to find at your spouse who is now, thing as “and they lived happily the situation with a more prac - marriage contract receives a vol - forehand. First, have your eyes something to say to the person probably, overweight, saggy and ever after.” That’s an exagger - tical or philosophical eye. When untary or involuntary, reprieve. checked. Remember you have you’ve said everything to in the toothless, is as sexy looking as ated fairy tale ending created to they sit down and consider the Now, that’s being real smart! to wake up and see that person first five years of marriage. The a walrus and tell yourself, “Hey! make the story more palatable. cost of a divorce – the lawyer, If only the couple involved every morning for a very very long, deafening silence could I didn’t do so badly!” That’s the The real truth is the couple stays the scandal, the alimony he’d considered taking a test before long time. Then ask yourself, “is get very scary when you find real truth! 6 OBITUARIES/CLASSIFIEDS/ GREECE THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 CLASSIFIEDS Greek-Russian Yurchikhin Grammatikopoulos in Space

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DEATH NOTICES n EFSTATHION, CHRIS member of St. John the Divine nephews: Terri Tsagaris, John band, father and grandfather grated to the United States, set - ditional food for loved ones PALATKA, FL (from the Florida Greek Orthodox Church in Jack - Tsagaris (wife Patricia), Despina who worked hard to provide for tling in Poughkeepsie, NY. It was each holiday for all to gather. Times-Union published on Aug. sonville, FL. He served in the Tsagaris, Miles Bennett, Theo his family and was a loving fam - there that she raised her two She also would enthusiastically 17) – Chris Efstathion passed United States Navy during the Tsagaris, Phoebe Tsagaris, ily man. He was predeceased by children and lived for 55 years. make Greek cookies and pastries away on Sunday August 13, Korean War. Chris received the Theodore Efstathion, Denise Ef - his father George Georgiou and Over these years, she had for friends, neighbors, and 2017 after a recent hospitaliza - distinctive 65-year pin from the stathion Hayes (husband, his mother Elizabeth Georgiou. worked at Bond Clothing Com - coworkers during the holidays, tion. He was 86. Chris was born Palatka Masonic Lodge #34 Corey), and Brett Efstathion; He is survived by and lovingly pany, Schatz Federal Bearings, as she was a talented baker and in 1930 in Palatka, FL; Palatka F&AM. He was a member of the and cousin James Efstathion remembered by his beloved wife and IBM East Fishkill, from that was one of her passions. is his lifetime home. He was the Morocco Temple and Putnam (wife, Cheryl Efstathion). In lieu Fanoula (Frances) Georgiou of which she retired. She was a de - Her later years were blessed oldest son of Chris and Eva Efs - County Shrine Club, Ancient of flowers, a donation can be 46 years, his three sons, George voted servant of Kimisis Greek with twin grandchildren whom tathion, who emigrated from and Accepted Scottish Rites. He made to the St. John the Divine with his wife Amanda and Orthodox Church, attending ser - she loved dearly. To her family, the island of Cyprus (Greece). will forever be remembered for Greek Orthodox Church Build - granddaughter Lyla, Evan Geor - vices, making prosforo for the she was the pillar and heart of He graduated from Palatka High his gruff front that could not ing Fund in Jacksonville, FL. giou and Michael Georgiou. Fu - October liturgies, and volunteer - the home, providing a warm School and attended both the hide his big heart. He was one neral Service will be held at St. ing to bake pastries and make and loving life. Even in the years Citadel and the University of of a kind, a devoted husband n GEORGIOU, PAvLOS John's Greek Orthodox Church, loukoumades for each festival of her declining health, her pres - Florida. Chris married Despina and father, creative and fun-lov - SCARBOROUGH, ON (from the 1385 Warden Ave., on Wednes - for the community to enjoy. ence alone brightened the day J. Tsagaris in December 1953. ing grandfather, and a loyal Toronto Star, published on Aug. day, August 16th. When she was not working, she and lightened the load of every - They have three children: Evie, friend. He will be more than 14) – Pavlos Georgiou 1948 - was always busy creating a com - one who interacted with her. Chris, and Leah. After high missed. Chris was preceded in 2017 Passed away peacefully n KAPOGIANNIS, SOFIA fortable home for her family, She continued to convey and school, college, and serving in death by his parents, Chris and with his family by his side on POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (from the who brought great joy to her show her love with her warm, the Navy, Chris returned to Eva Efstathion; and his younger Friday, August 11, 2017 at the Poughkeepsie Journal, pub - life. She tirelessly prepared tra - expressive eyes and smile. She Palatka and at age 26, decided brother, Theodore Efstathion. age of 69 at Scarborough Gen - lished on Aug. 15) – Sofia Ka - is survived by Theodore, her to open his own store. Chris His is survived by his wife of 63 eral Hospital after a courageous pogiannis passed peacefully in this is a service husband of 55 years, her daugh - learned about the retail business years, Despina T. Efstathion; his battle with cancer. He was born her sleep at her home on Sun - to the community. ter Maria of Poughkeepsie, her from working at Belks in three children, Evie Efstathion on May 20, 1948 in Florina, day, August 13, 2017 in Pough - Announcements of deaths son Chris and daughter-in-law Palatka. Chris, along with his Bodine (husband, Robert Bod - Greece. He was a devoted hus - keepsie, NY. She was born in her may be telephoned to the Demetra of Lagrange, and pre - wife Despina, served the com - ine), Christopher Efstathion, beloved mountainous village of classified Department of cious grandchildren Theodore munity for 60 years through (wife, Ann Efstathion), and Levidi, Tripolis, Greece on the National herald at and Sophia. She is also survived Kiddie Kampus and has been a Leah Efstathion; grandchildren: Days and dates of funerals, March 23, 1935, the fourth of (718) 784-5255, by her sister Aggeliki, of Tripolis, vital part of Palatka and Putnam Erin Efstathion, Evan Bodine memorials, and other events di - four children. The daughter of monday through Friday, Greece, and many beloved sis - County. He and his wife were (husband, Carl Feather), Jen - rectly correspond to the original Maria and Theodore Kallimanis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. eSt ters-in-law, brothers-in-law, recently honored as Grand Mar - nifer Colvin (husband, Ryan), publication date, which appears she married Theodore Ka - or e-mailed to: cousins, nieces and nephews, in shalls in the 2016 Palatka Rachel Efstathion, and Christo - at the beginning of each notice. pogiannis in Levidi, Greece on [email protected] both the United States and Christmas Parade. Chris was a pher Efstathion; nieces and March 26, 1961, and immi - Greece. THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 GREECE CYPRUS 7 Anastasiades Says Turkey Will Never Rule Cyprus, Blames “3rd Parties”

TNH Staff Swiss resort of Crans-Montana signaling Turkey isn’t ready to he was willing as part of a unity was I – but at the same time it fore Turkey refused to take its in July over Erdogan’s insistence come back to the bargaining deal to let a Turkish-Cypriot to was not possible – for the sake army off the island. With signs Cyprus could be on keeping a standing 35,000- table. rule the island every other term. of any settlement – to return If Anastasiades had agreed, headed toward permanent par - strong standing army there and Speaking in the village of Pa - “I am willing to compromise with a solution that would serve that would have led to a foreign tition after unity talks collapsed, the right to invade further, as it phos the night of Aug. 19, Anas - if I feel that our country is truly only those who wanted perma - country with an army in a Euro - President Nicos Anastasiades did in in 1974, unlawfully seiz - tasiades said he will willing to independent and sovereign and nent military presence, perma - pean Union country. Cyprus is a said it will not become a protec - ing the northern third of the is - try again but would not surren - it is not controlled, and will not nent guarantor and intervention member of the EU but the north - torate of Turkey as that country’s land it still occupies. der Cyprus to Turkey. be controlled by Turkey, and that rights,” Anastasiades said. ern third is not and nor is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkey’s EU minister has just “It is unthinkable that some (a settlement) will serve the in - Turkey, along with Greece Turkey, which has been trying is said to want. said as well that the talks, which believe Cyprus could become a terests of Cypriots and not of any and the United Kingdom, the for years to get in but refuses to Talks between Anastasiades the United Nations brokered and protectorate of Turkey,” he said, third country,” he said. former Colonial ruler, which still recognize the legitimate govern - and Turkish-Cypriot leader hopes to resurrect were not sus - the Cyprus Mail reported, even “I know that many have been has a military base on the island, ment and bars Cypriot ships and Mustafa Akinci fell apart at the pended or frozen but are “over,” though there were reports that disappointed by the results – so are guarantors of security, but planes. only Turkey wants to keep that He said at the end that designation as Erdogan said its Turkey will willing to reduce the army will be “there forever.” number of its troops to 1,800 Migrants Protest A member of Cyprus’ techni - but would relent no further, a cal negotiating team, Erato Koza - prospect he said he couldn’t in Athens kou Markoulli, told the Greek abide and that he offered an in - newspaper Kathimerini there ternational police force instead The refugee crisis continues won’t be a resolution any time to replace the UN peacekeeping with reports that more soon and said her side wasn’t to force there for 43 years. desperate people are making blame for the talks failure, which Anastasiades told a gathering the dangerous journey also led UN Special Envoy Espen of Cyprus’ Diaspora in the coun - crossing the sea to reach Barth Eide to throw in the towel try’s divided capital that unity safer shores on the islands of and quit, the latest in a long line talks aimed at bringing the is - the Aegean while Afghan of diplomats to give up. land together again 43 years af - S i migrants who live in Greece Instead, she said, it was the ter Turkey invaded failed be - r u protest in central Athens Turkish-Cypriot side which ex - cause outside interests o k

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Continued from page 1 Cypriot Hellenism and have people.” made the greatest contribution “Love for the homeland is a ture, and our traditions” while to community affairs, said Fo - way of life,” said Mouyiaris and “transferring your Cypriot origin tiou. called on those who could to into a title of honor along with Significant factors for honor - help financially in the efforts of the ethos that this title encom - ing them are their action in the expatriates. Noting the ex - passes.” highlighting the national prob - ample of Jewish organizations Speaking earlier, the Com - lem and their unselfish contri - abroad, he said that “we need missioner for Humanitarian Af - bution to the struggle to resolve money to organize profession - fairs and Overseas Affairs Fotis it, he concluded. ally in America, London, Brus - Fotiou said that “we are honor - Speaking on behalf of the sels, and elsewhere” to influence ing six of our respected overseas winners, Nikos Mouyiaris gave decision-makers. compatriots today” within the thanks for the honor that, he Also present at the reception framework of the institution es - said, belonged to all the Greeks were representatives of political tablished over the past two abroad, while making special and state leadership, deputies, years for the award of honor by reference to PSEKA President and state officials. the President of Cyprus Republic Philip Christopher and his con - It was preceded by the brief - for the Outstanding Contribu - tribution to Cyprus and Greece. ing of the Central Council of the tion medal to important person - “We struggled and will con - Overseas by President Anastasi - alities. tinue to struggle for a free and ades and the placement of These people, through their independent Cyprus,” said wreaths at the statue of the first personal and longterm activities Mouyiaris, adding that we all President of the Republic of abroad, have worked tirelessly need to work together, “left, Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios with perseverance and determi - President Nicos Anastasiades, awarded the medal for Outstanding Contribution to Nikos right, centrist, and independent, III, in the prefecture of the Pres - nation to defend the rights of Mouyiaris and five other Cypriots of the Diaspora at the Presidential Palace in Lefkosia. for the good of our country and idential Palace. Fading Prime Minister Tsipras Wants Do-Over for Faltering SYRIZA

TNH Staff promises they rarely keep. Tsipras reportedly wants to which has fallen to 10 percent in state who can’t afford to pay. for the premier who swore “not He’s got a fragile balance to keep his coalition intact until his polls. The newspaper, however, said another euro more of austerity,” ATHENS – Disputing polls show - deal with as, while the hardcore term runs out in 2019, which sur - After conceding to the Capi - he also cautioned his team that it a pledge which turned into 13.5 ing he’s fading toward into obliv - in his party have bent to his will veys show he will lose badly, pre - talists and bankers in return for may be necessary to call early billion euros more. ion, Prime Minister and Radical to cave in to the lenders they are dictions he said are wrong even the release of 8.5-billion euros elections and as he’s said to be He also failed to get debt relief Left SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras said to be disgruntled and unsat - as he said he wants to reverse a ($10 billion) more from a stag - anxious the IMF, which has stayed as he said he would and as his is said to be preparing a plan to isfied with his coalition partner, slide he said he’s not on, contra - gered, delayed third rescue pack - out of the third bailout, may call coalition is nervous it won’t meet persuade voters he can lead them the marginal, pro-austerity, jin - dicting himself. age of 86 billion euros ($101.14 for more the austerity measures fiscal targets in 2018, which to recovery, while he wants a goistic Independent Greeks Breaking his vows, he agreed billion) he sought and accepted the agency admitted hasn’t would trigger more automatic bump up in popularity. (ANEL) led by Defence Minister to more devastating pension cuts in July, 2015 after saying he worked but wants more of to be spending and pension cuts and Tsipras has paid a heavy po - Panos Kammenos, a frequent and taxes on low-income families would do neither, Tsipras and imposed. tax hikes that could spell the end litical cost for repeatedly reneg - government critic. as well as earlier to letting banks SYRIZA have put their Leftist hats That would be, a backbreaker of SYRIZA and Tsipras. ing on anti-austerity promises in He also has to convince foreclose on homes of people who on again in an apparent strategy surrendering to international Greeks he did the right thing to can’t pay because of big pay cuts, in which they opposed what they creditors even though he said the save the country by employing a tax hikes, slashed pensions, and said they were forced to do while polls are wrong. tactic he criticized former gov - worker firings he continued. they try to woo back their base. Kathimerini said aides told ernments for: doing the bidding Three international bailouts of The reports indicated Tsipras Greek Hoop Federation Says NBA him to shake up his Cabinet again of the Troika of the European 326 billion euros ($383.37 bil - believes he can return to power – a tactic he tried before without Union-European Central Bank- lion) will run out in the middle in 2019 if the economy gets back success – and act before the an - European Stability Mechanism of 2018, after which Greece must on track despite alienating voters Staged Antetokounmpo Injury nual September Thessaloniki In - and Greece’s other creditor, the try to return to the markets or and having tax authorities freeze ternational Fair (TIP) which DC-based International Monetary face a fourth bailout, a likely 930,000 banks accounts to con - Continued from page 1 treatment and rehab to be ready politicians use to make wild Fund. death knell for his government fiscate funds from debtors to the for Bucks’ training camp, which play in, a basketball tournament begins in roughly five weeks. in Shanghai, as an NBA ambas - Horst said the Bucks con - sador. tacted the Greek national team This Week in Greek History He was to have rejoined after Antetokounmpo reported Greece after his China tour to the injury and they requested By Eraklis Diamataris to enact the reforms that the officers de - the first of two brothers to parents who mi - prepare for the Eurobasket start - that the forward stop on-court manded as he too sought a liberal-progressive grated from Southern Turkey to Greece fol - ing on Aug. 31, but his knee running and jumping for a pe - AUGUST 28: On this day in 1909 (August agenda with foreign policy guided by the lowing the Greco-Turkish war of 1919-1922. problems, which forced him to riod to rest. The Bucks’ team 15 with the old calendar) a bloodless military Megali Idea. The military humiliations of the At the age of 13 Kazantzidis’ father was tor - miss all but one of Greece’s physician spoke with his coun - coup d’état took place in Greece at the army wars against Turkey pre-1910 and govern - tured to death by far-right extremists during warmup games, alarmed the terpart on the Greek national barracks located at Goudi just outside of ment corruption had left Greece embarrassed the Greek Civil War. Bucks, who administered the team and Antetokounmpo con - Athens. The coup took place as a result of on the national stage and bankrupt. Because This forced the young Stelios to seek em - physical in China. tinued to sit. army officers acting on the already tense at - of the reforms carried out by Venizelos, Greece ployment at an early age where he would “It is by far the biggest dis - Bucks strength and condi - mosphere in Greece following the failed was more adequately equipped for the coming move from job to job until he landed at a tex - appointment in my career,” An - tioning coach Suki Hobson then Greco-Turkish war of 1897. The officers were Balkan wars and for World War I. Initially tile mill near his home. His life and Greece’s tetokounmpo posted, in Greek. put Antetokounmpo through a demanding reforms that the shaky govern - Venizelos and the crown got along because laïk ó genre of music changed when one day “I must deal with the problem. series of exercises to evaluate ment couldn’t act on. There was even disillu - the King considered Venizelos and his re - his manager at the textile mill heard him Last year, I could ‘freeze’ the the knee while in China, where sionment with how the public felt about hav - formist agenda to be a pivotal tool to stem singing and gifted him a guitar. He devoted deal on my new extension con - the player traveled recently for ing a monarchy. The coup d’état would be a the tide of anti-monarchism that had surfaced endless hours to learning how to play the gui - tract. This year, I have no an appearance. turning point in the history of Modern Greece following Greece’s embarrassing military de - tar and began making public appearances at choice.” Hobson reported that Ante - as it did away with the old political system feats to the Ottoman Turks. Whilst George I night clubs in the early 1950s and 1952 he As if anticipating the ques - tokounmpo was still “experienc - and allowed for the arrival of Cretan revolu - lived (1845-1913) he and Venizelos agreed made his first studio recording under the Co - tions over his absence, Antetok - ing significant pain on basic tionary Eleftherios Venizelos. that military reform was paramount to lumbia studios record label with the feature ounmpo added: “I ask everyone movements,” the Bucks said, and The coup began with inspiration derived Greece’s national security. song being, “ Για μπάνιο πάω ”. His initial song not to make of my absence more it was at that point that the team from the revolutionary actions of the Young In 1911 alone, 50 constitutional amend - gained almost no traction but from there on than it already is, and focus in - doctor recommended that Ante - Turks in the Ottoman Empire who sought to ments were made due to the far reaching re - out he then released a cover of Giannis Pa - stead on the guys who will fight tokounmpo return to Milwaukee change their empire from an absolute monar - forms as a result of the coup d’état and the paioannou’s “ Οι βαλίτσες ” which was a huge at the Eurobasket for a success for more evaluation and rehab. chy to a constitutional monarchy. Junior offi - subsequent competent leadership of Venizelos. hit and from there on out chasm see this one that has eluded us for years.” “While he is very disap - cers in the Greek military founded an organi - Agriculture education was expanded so that record and many more heads and would ap - Antetokounmpo’s new four- pointed that he will not be com - zation in secret called the Military League farmers may know better how to use the land pear at the biggest clubs of his era. In addition year, $100 million contract with peting for his national team at with Colonel Nikolaos Zorbas as their leader. that they had, farming cooperatives were cre - to having many hits and singing and perform - the Bucks begins in September. this time, we agree with our On the night of August 28, 1909 the group atead, civil service posts were filled by public ing at the best clubs, he got to work with Last season in the NBA, he medical staff’s recommendation released a notice to the government demand - examination and not just done as a means of some of the greatest Greek composers of the finished in the top 20 in total and feel this is in Giannis’ best ing that Greece modernize its armed forces patronage, child labor was abolished, women modern era like Manolis Chiotis, Manos Had - points, rebounds, assists, steals, interest,” Horst said. and to commence a comprehensive turn - no longer were forced to work the evenings if jidakis, Vassilis Tsitsanis and Mikis Theodor - and blocks and was a human Antetokounmpo averaged around of the country’s ailing fortunes. The they didn’t want to and Sunday was made a akis. Kazantzidis’ voice was marked by a deep highlight film, even amazing his 22.9 points, 8.8 rebounds and monarch, King George I, sought to appease day of rest. baritone with the ability to hit notes in the peers with his flying acrobatics 5.4 assists in 2016-17, leading the rebelling officers by replacing Prime Min - Additionally, primary education was free higher ranges and with a profound sense of and above-the-rim play as well the Bucks to a second playoff ister Dimitrios Rallis with Kyriakoulis and mandatory, a social insurance system was anguish. as his generalship on the floor. appearance in three seasons. He Mavromichalis but the change did little to put into place for the first time and and tax His musical style and voice made him a The Bucks agreed with their was named the NBA’s Most Im - sway the officers. evasion was curbed allowing Greece to report beloved son of Greek migrants in the mid and medical staff’s recommendation proved Player. Following the rejection of the monarch’s a surplus in 1911 and 1912 after decades latter 20th century because they believed him for Antetokounmpo not to play, Even with him, Greek youth replacement Prime Minister, the revolting of - upon decades of deficit which allowed Greece to be the singer most capable of capturing General Manager Jon Horst teams couldn’t win world titles ficers reached out to Eleftherios Venizelos who to borrow once more from the markets. The their sorrow and sense of longing for leaving said. The All-Star forward re - and the 2016 national team agreed to come to Athens from Crete on the Goudi Coup of 1909 fundamentally changed the homeland. Kazanztidis along with his con - ported to the Bucks that he was failed to qualify for the premise that free elections would be held. He the legal system of Modern Greece and indeed temporary Grigoris Bithikotsis are considered having right anterior knee pain Olympics and has fallen to 13th agreed to run the country so long as the elec - Modern Greece itself. the male benchmark pillars of singing excel - following certain movements in the world after several years tions were fair and democratic, they were and lence in the laïk ó genre. Kazantzidis died of a but no details were given. of poor results. Venizelos became Prime Minister. AUGUST 29: On this day in Nea Ionia, brain tumor on September 14, 2001 at the Antetokounmpo is now Venizelos became Prime Minister of Greece Athens legendary Greek Laïk ó genre singer age of 70 in Athens and he was given a na - scheduled to return to Milwau - (Material from the Associated in November 1909 and immediately began Stelios Kazantzidis was born. Stelios was born tional funeral. kee this week to begin daily Press was used in this report) 8 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

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If she wins, she will make history in at least three different ways, as she would become the first woman, the first Latina, In our August 19 issue we both sides” seems problem, to her, is like neo-Nazis and the KKK to and the first Greek to be elected mayor of New York. published a Letter to the Editor to stem from his in - a nation in which be the epitome of absurdity. In the world of sports, Giannis Antetokounmpo, the basket - that criticized my frequent de - nate desire not to institutional racism Suppose, for example, that ball star who plays for the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, routinely fense of President Trump, along excuse the extreme has flourished for Billy and Bobby are playing in makes headlines throughout the country – not just in the Mil - with my response. I appreciated left. But the time to centuries, and the den. Billy takes a flair waukee and Greek media. the letter as well as the barrage do it was not in the though there has marker and writes his name on Part of the reason Greeks are rising to high-profile positions of comments that followed on immediate after - certainly been im - the wall, once. Bobby takes a in American society faster than ever is because of how many of our website (“Editor’s Reply on math of Char - provement since letter opener and carves his them are perched at the level immediately below, therefore giv - Criticism”). Even though most lottesville. the days of slavery, name into the wooden furniture ing them ample opportunity to make just one more jump in or - were critical, they were respect - Next, because of Jim Crow, and seg - all over the den. He also spray- der to reach the limelight. Analogously, it is like a president’s ful in tone and seemed to be his anathema to - regated schools, paints his name all over the appointment of federal judges. The high-profile appointments quite sincere. A good, healthy, ward violent leftist life for non-whites walls. The adult (who should are those made to the Supreme Court, but the foundation for difference of opinion is essential protesters, his in - by CONSTANTINOS E. continues to be a have been watching them) those is built by the appointments to the lower federal courts. to getting closer to “the truth” – stincts failed him in SCAROS daily struggle. comes into the room and says: Similarly, that today’s Greeks are entering all sorts of profes - whatever that may be. terms of how dam - She too con - “You are both to blame for this sions means that in the years ahead we will see more and more Also, more than a week has aging it was to Special to demns the violence mess!” To blame Billy consider - Jennifer Anistons, Nicole Malliotakises, and Giannis Antetok - passed since the unspeakably blame “both sides.” The National Herald on the other side, ing the context of the entire ounmpos making news on a regular basis. horrific events in Charlottesville, Most Americans but thinks that mess is wrong. But to equate In some ways, it is hard to imagine the day when we will VA, and so reflection in the in - are good, sensible people who compared to white suprema - blaming Billy with defending not be particularly excited when a Greek rises to great heights. terim, coupled with the numer - condemn violence of any kind cists, the left’s smashing win - and supporting Bobby’s actions But if that happens, it will mean that such an occurrence has ous comments about the presi - and acknowledge that the ex - dows and roughing up people is preposterous. become commonplace, and that is the most exciting part of all. dent stemming from the letter treme right and left are both wearing “Make America Great Finally, racism is not going and my reply, have prompted guilty of engaging in it. But Again” hats are rare and ran - to be eradicated by a president, me to write this follow-up piece. there is a deep divide among dom. whether perceived by the elite Erdogan’s Dangerous A group of people were them about which is worse, Though I cannot be certain, media to be an instigator, like granted a permit to protest the removal of a statue of Confed - Interference erate General Robert E. Lee from Emancipation Park (for - The ever-growing crisis in Turkish-German relations interests merly Lee Park) in Char - us, for obvious reasons. lottesville, and many showed up Recently, an issue arose between the two countries, concern - to the rally brandishing clubs, ing whether a nation has the right to ask its expatriates how to guns, torches, and white su - vote in elections in the country in which they now reside. In premacist signs. A group of other words, to use its emigrants as a Trojan horse. counterprotesters also showed Specifically, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked up, and soon enough, the two Turkish immigrants living in Germany to vote against incumbent sides began to clash, violently. Chancellor Angela Merkel in the upcoming election. As the chaos mounted, police Merkel’s reaction was immediate: she asked Erdogan to re - were practically powerless to spect the basic principle underlying relations between countries. halt the mayhem, which tragi - In other words, not to interfere in Germany’s internal affairs. cally culminated in the death of To bring the message home, consider what would happen if a woman who was hit by a car Prime Minister Tsipras called upon Greek-Americans to vote rammed into a crowd of people against a presidential candidate, or if president Trump called by a driver linked to white su - upon our community to ask our friends and relatives in Greece premacist groups. to vote against a political party and leader. To suggest that there is a Erdogan, I am afraid, has opened a dangerous chapter in moral equivalency between the immigrant story. He probably gave ammunition to the op - these two specific groups of peo - ponents of immigration, and those set against the equal treat - ple who were there on August ment of immigrants, essentially rendering them second-class 12 is profoundly wrong. One citizens and, of course, being against their right to vote. group clearly spewed hate of What Erdogan did sets a dangerous precedent likely to favor people (blacks, Jews, etc.). The his plans in the short run. However, it can have a long-term other group spewed hate not of negative impact on Turkish immigrants in Germany, and on im - people (e.g., whites) but of migrant communities worldwide. racism itself. There was also no violence AP Photo/JohN bAZemore, File equivalency. The protesters were This June 23, 2015 file photo shows the carving depicting Confederate Civil war figures Disgraceful Misinformation the clear instigator via their Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, in Stone Mountain, Ga. Following the hateful and bellicose language. deadly violence surrounding an Aug. 12, 2017, white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., a We don’t know who threw the Democratic candidate for Georgia governor said the carvings should be removed. I felt shame watching the refusal of the Minister of Justice, first punch, but it doesn’t mat - Transparency and Human Rights of Greece to send a delegation ter. It was the fault of the haters. which is more prevalent, and I suspect Donald Trump falls Donald Trump, or a healer, like to a conference, entitled "The heritage in the 21st century of President Trump never sug - where the priority should be in more into the first category, and Barack Obama. Our hope for the crimes committed by communist regimes". gested that there was a moral terms of eradicating it. those outraged by his “blame ridding our nation of the "We believe," writes the Minister, "that the initiative of orga - equivalency, but did blame A typical white, male, rural- both sides” comments fall more scourge of racism is for there to nizing a conference with the specific content and title, sends a “both sides” on more than one dwelling Trump supporter, who into the second. be more conversations between wrong and dangerous political message ... revives the Cold War occasion for the violence. That is not racist and knows of no I have long defined racism as that proverbial rural white man climate that brought so much suffering in Europe, contrary to triggered a firestorm of criti - racists among his circle of ac - hatred toward and/or feelings and urban black woman, so that EU values and certainly does not reflect the perspective of the cism, some of it warranted, but quaintances, surely understands of superiority over another race. they can better understand the Greek government and the Greek people, which is that Nazism much of it completely out of that neo-Nazis and the KKK con - By that definition, I have no rea - problem by viewing it through and communism could never exist as the two sides of the same line. tinue to exist, but thinks of those son to believe President Trump one another’s eyes. equation." Let us begin with where the groups as fleeting and insignifi - is a racist, and I consider the The issue of course is not the historical truth about the com - president was wrong. At times, cant in this day and age. The notion that his refusal to exclu - Constantinos E. Scaros' latest munist regimes which has long been documented beyond any he is, unfortunately, a clumsy real problem, as he sees it, are sively blame white supremacists book, Grumpy Old Party (about doubt. speaker, and often shows reck - some members of Black Lives for Charlottesville and not to the 2016 presidential election), The point is the incredible position espoused by the Minis - less disregard for the accuracy Matter who chant “What do we disavow white supremacy in is available for purchase on ter. or consequences of his words. want? Dead cops! When do we every single speech he makes to amazon.com and in bookstores However there is another unpleasant dimension to this that That, by the way, does not make want them? Now!” in the mean that he advocates groups nationwide. should trouble us: it appeals to a significant, statistically speak - him a liar, as some suggest, but streets. ing, percentage of public opinion. That’s the whole point. nonetheless leaves a good deal Compare that to an urban It is absolutely revealing, if we want to see the reality, of the to be desired for the existence African-American woman who major problems facing the country and is a prerequisite for the of a filter between his mind and is also not a racist and does not GUEST EDITORIALS situation it finds itself in. his mouth. He has on numerous associate with racists, who con - And this, dear readers, is the problem. And let me say that it occasions blasted leftist extrem - tinues in this day and age to feel the National herald welcomes manuscripts representing a variety of is a serious problem because it shows that a part of the Greek ists for violence and destruction, discriminated against because views for publication. they should include the writer’s name, address, society for many reasons is vulnerable to disgraceful misinfor - such as at Berkeley in protest of of the color of her skin. She is and telephone number, and be addressed to the editor, the National mation and unprincipled political exploitation. the speaking invitation ex - followed by security when shop - herald, 37-10 30th St., long island city, Ny 11101. they may also And this the government Tsipras has turned it into an art. tended to Milo Yiannopoulos. ping in department stores. She So rather than discussed ways of dealing with the dire situ - He has also seen the left vio - notices that cabdrivers won’t be e-mailed to [email protected]. we reserve the right ation in which the country and instead of saying, as required, lently disrupt his rallies, includ - stop when she hails their taxis. to edit any manuscripts that we publish, and we do not return or where did the Prime Minister spend his holiday and disappeared ing one in Chicago in 2016 that She senses “the look” she gets otherwise acknowledge unpublished ones. Due to considerations of for nearly ten days, they offer a fig leaf to ... communism. had to be canceled for public from whites who are uncomfort - space we enforce a strict 850-word upper limit. safety reasons. His “blaming able in her presence. The real THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 VIEWPOINTS 9 The Vicious Cycle of The Greek Alphabet in the World’s Languages

Ideological Fixation By Dimitra Pontoporou bination of magnitude and position. Stars the holiday Christmas, Xmas. with the omicron designation include Omi - In finance, beta is a measure of invest - Tourists reading signs in Greek? Yes, de - cron Andromedae, Omicron Persei. In pop - ment portfolio risk. In the world market, History – espe - upstart SYRIZA spite the common expression “It’s all Greek ular culture the last one is well known as a Greek letters have been chosen by compa - cially that of Mod - party, which was to me,” many seem familiar to reading and setting in science fiction (Star Trek). Besides nies as part of logo or trademark, or as ern Greece – is re - propelled from the recognizing letters of the Greek alphabet. Omikron the words or the letters Alpha, model names, examples being Delta Air - plete with tragedies fringes of the polit - This is not only due to the fact that the Beta, Delta, and Omega occur in science lines, Kappa Airlines, Omega Watches, Al - arising from ideo - ical spectrum where Greek alphabet is the basis of the Latin, fiction movies. Memory Alpha is a collabo - pha Bank, Ypsilon car model. In English, logical ankyloses. In it dwelled since its Gothic, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic and many rative project to create the most definitive the noun Alpha is used as a synonym for the name of ab - formation in the other writing systems, so that Eastern Eu - and accessible encyclopaedia for everything beginning, or for the first in a series. The solute adherence to late 1980s to be - ropeans and Western World citizens do rec - related to Star Trek. term alpha also denotes position in social political or other come Greece’s rul - ognize some Greek letters. Greek letters are In other disciplines Greek letters indicate hierarchy (alpha males), or the best in terms ideologies, the indi - ing party on a pop - used all over the world in many fields and concepts, measurements and phenomena. of quality. vidual qualities be - ulist platform in social culture. hind human re - promising to repeal Greek alphabet let - sources are by Christopher the hated memo - ters are familiar to stu - flagrantly over - TRIPOULAS randum responsible dents in the United looked as pragma - Special to for the nation’s States and other coun - tism and reality take The National Herald plunge into an eco - tries, because university a back seat to the nomic abyss sur - and college fraternities subjective preferences of ideo - passing even the Great Depres - use a set of identification logues. The arrival of September sion, has, like its predecessors, symbols including Greek and the infamous anniversary of opted to implement every irra - letters, which are some - the Asia Minor Catastrophe re - tional directive issued by Greece’s times written on the dor - sulting in the final chapter of the lenders, who seem intent on liq - mitories’ walls. Besides genocide of Asia Minor’s indige - uidating the nation rather than the student societies, the nous Christian populace and vi - rebuilding it. names of the Greek let - olent uprooting of the millennia- However, in order to retain ters are widely used in old presence of Hellenism there some semblance of their political the scientific terminol - by the army of Hitler’s idol Kemal identity and not admit that they ogy. All over the world Ataturk serves as an all too fa - have eradicated whatever notion kids at school are taught miliar reminder. remained of the left in the 21st various concepts of Ernest Hemingway, then a century, and so as to compensate mathematics and physics young war correspondent, sums for their neo-liberal shift in eco - which are represented it up perfectly in his piece for the nomic policy, the current govern - by Greek alphabet let - Toronto Daily Star published on ment is trying to cater to the ide - ters; They are used in Nov. 3, 1922, entitled “The Greek ological whimsies of the most these disciplines as inter - Army’s Betrayal:” "The Greek sol - extreme elements in its party ap - national symbols. Some of them are used in Computer Sci - Finally in the New Testament God de - diers were first-class fighting paratus by handing over the all- Greek letters are used in the terminology ence, example being the term beta meaning clares himself to be the “Alpha and Omega”, men," Captain Wittal said. "they important areas of education, of engineering, in computer science, in soft - the last testing release or the preview re - “the beginning and the end." Alpha, the first were well officered by men who public sector management, and ware in chemistry, pharmacology and biol - lease in the software release life cycle before letter of the Greek alphabet and Omega the had served with the British and justice as lambs led for slaughter ogy, in cosmology and orbital mechanics, the final release version. In oceanography last. French at Salonika and they out - on the altar of their ideological in meteorology and in other fields. Below the small Greek H is the measurement of Consequently Greek alphabet letters do classed the Kemalist army. I be - hangups. Patriotism and histori - are some examples of both well known and sea-level height above or below the mean cross ethnic boundaries, can bridge lan - lieve they would have captured cal conscience are branded as na - less known elements and concepts denoted sea-level at that same location. In meteo - guage barriers and link cultural horizons. Angora (Ankara) and ended the tionalism, pursuit of excellence with the Greek letters. Among the best rology Greek letters like Beta, Gamma, Zeta Not to mention the Greek words that exist war if they had not been be - is billed as elitism, cronyism tri - known are the Gamma radiation from nu - were used as hurricane names during the in the terminology of the world languages. trayed. "When Constantine came umphs as political affiliation clear physics and the geographical term 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. In neuro - The truth is that world citizens use in their into power all the officers of the trumps effectiveness, violence river delta. It has been named after the let - science the letters Alpha, Beta, Delta, and own language vocabulary thousands of army in the field were suddenly and vandalism are protected as ter Delta because its triangular shape ap - Theta indicate a brain signal frequency Greek words, without even knowing it. scrapped, from the commander- freedoms of expression, etc. Of proximates the upper-case letter delta. ranging from 4–8 Hz. In psychology and Therefore they can easily become familiar in-chief down to platoon com - course, Greece’s previous govern - Greek letters are widely used in cosmol - psychiatry the letter Kappa indicates a mea - to their transliteration and meaning in manders. These officers had ments were guilty of much the ogy and astronomy. For instance the term sure of diagnostic reliability. Sometimes in Greek. many of them been promoted same…The only thing that the beta angle describes the angle between the sports, like in rock climbing, Greek letters Wouldn’t the development of classes of from the ranks, were good sol - current government’s political orbit plane of a spacecraft or other body define actions. For instance the term beta simple Greek language lessons that would diers and splendid leaders. They ethos has proven is that youth and the vector from the sun. Εpsilon is in refers to advice on how to successfully com - integrate the Greek cultural tradition in the were removed and their places and a clean political slate do not astronomy the fifth-brightest star in a con - plete a particular climbing route, or crux unique landscape of the land, where the filled new officers of the Tino constitute someone immune to stellation and the name for Uranus' most sequence. evolution of the Greek language and the (Constantine) party, most of the mistakes of the past. In fact, distant and most visible ring. Omicron is The most commonly used Greek letter development of concepts originated, be at - whom had spent the war in having been weaned on the frequently used to designate the fifteenth in everyday English is X. Pronounced as Chi tractive for the world citizens? Do we realize Switzerland or Germany and had mores of the very same system star in a constellation group, using a com - is used to abbreviate the name Christ, as in that our alphabet is a precious asset? never heard a shot fired. That of corruption and cronyism, their caused a complete breakdown of sudden rise to power and fear of the army and was responsible for returning to their former diminu - the Greek defeat. Captain Wittal tive state makes them perhaps LETTER FROM ATHENS told me how artillery officers who more likely to abuse their power than their predecessors. To top it all off, with no serious reformist agenda being offered by the po - Letting Greece Burn, Even if it Kills People litical opposition, who are con - tent on merely presenting them - selves as better managers of the The fires that tore across and there’s no law were “well- “avoided the worst,” which suicidal memorandum being Greece this summer were obvi - yet prohibiting that, founded suspi - those living or vacationing near lethally injected into Greece by ously, as the ruling Looney Left encouraging the ar - cions of foul play.” the waterfront and wooded area its lenders, the prospect of elec - SYRIZA believes, a conspiracy son-for-profit You can dismiss of Kalamos which burned down tions – whenever they may arrive to discredit them – not really schemes. Kontonis, a Com - might dispute. – appears as grim as ever. possible given how far they have It goes hand-in- mie lover unless Government spokesman But as usual, the Greek Dias - fallen in anti-popularity polls af - hand with the noto - you count Stalin as Dimitris Tzanakopoulos belit - pora is not exempt from the same ter reneging on anti-austerity rious and condoned he apparently is tled criticism of Tsipras for not pitfalls. Whether manifested in promises. practice of letting one of those far going to the fire scenes until af - the royalists vs. republican rivalry That cockamamie claim isn’t people unlawfully Leftists in SYRIZA ter they had been put out, say - that once cause a major division the despicable part. That be - build homes on who still adore the ing the Premier had been in con - in the Diaspora, the destructive longs to Prime Minister Alexis state land and in Communist days stant contact with Citizens’ tNh ArchiveS role of para-ecclesiastical organi - “The Great Reneger” Tsipras parks and forests by ANDy but not one of its Protection Minister Nikos A photograph taken by an zations that are protestantizing who said the horror of the 2007 and pretty much DAbILIS chief heroes. Kon - Toskas. American onboard a ship, the Church, including theological infernos that killed 84 people anywhere they tonis wouldn’t The phone conversation shows the crowds pouring to associations like Zoe and Sotir, were the fault of his now major want, with the gov - Special to even go to a Euro - must have gone something like the shores of Smyrna after independent Bible-study groups, rival, the New Democracy Con - ernment then legal - The National Herald pean Union con - this: Turks set fire to the city. or lay organizations like OCL (for servatives who were in power izing it later if a fine ference on Com - TSIPRAS: “Can you describe more information on this read at the time. is paid, which reportedly has al - munist crimes, which, if the fires to me?” had no experience at all took Christos Yannaras’ highly infor - Just when you thought he lowed nearly a million unlawful catalogued properly, would have TOSKAS: “Not really sure as over the command of batteries mative work Orthodoxy and the couldn’t go any lower. Shame - structures to now be legal. been a three-month affair at I’m not there either, but I heard and massacred their own in - West: Hellenic Self-Identity in the less. “I didn’t kill anybody but The conservation group least. they’re big and hot.” fantry. He told about infantry of - Modern Age), or the general lack you did, yanna nanna nannna WWF Hellas and the National Not wanting to get soot on TSIPRAS: “Okay, keep me ficers who used powder, face of meritocracy in many of our es - na!” That’s the answer a Prime Agricultural Research Founda - his suit – the same way he didn’t posted. I’m going to lunch.” powder not gunpowder, and tablished institutions, Hellenism Minister gives? tion tracked fires between 1983- want to get it wet when he vis - Here’s what they forgot and rouge, and about staff work abroad has suffered many set - Tsipras was still in short 2008 and concluded there was ited the island of Lesbos and really don’t care to think about which was criminal in its igno - backs because of the ideological pants then, an obscure figure in an average of 1,465 a year, saw refugees struggling for their or hear about if it interferes with rance and negligence.” fixations of its leadership. a more obscure party until a Kathimerini reported, with the lives offshore in rubber dinghies going swimming or creating Of course, one might be hard- Since the Diaspora appears to New Democracy gaffe – putting loss of 1.235 million acres a without pulling over to see if conspiracy theories to downplay pressed to hold an historical dis - imitate the Greek metropolis, one up one of its own to be Greek year. they needed help – Tsipras their ignorance: people died in cussion on this topic with the av - has to look no further than the President – led to early elections There’s little doubt many stayed on vacation and waited horrible ways because no gov - erage Greek adolescent, because education crisis. Despite all the and SYRIZA’s rise. fires, this year and in 2007, until this year’s fires were out ernment has really given the in addition to the royalist or self-aggrandizement surrounding As dozens of fires raged were arson as investigators before surveying the scene. At Fire Services the staff and equip - Venizelist renditions of history, supposed Greek-American entre - across Greece, what used to be found evidence, including gas least he didn’t have to worry ment they need, preferring to the last few decades have seen preneurial genius, the condition a kind of annual tradition so canisters next to lenses to inten - about ruining a tie from the use the money, as Tsipras has, the rise of the internationalist re - of our Greek community schools that developers could build on sify the sun’s heat. smoke smell. to hire unqualified hack cronie visionist approach – perhaps the reveals a very different, harsh re - burned-out land and get rich But Kontonis said it went be - As firefighters were on yes-men friends as Special Ad - most tragic version of all, since ality. Likewise, to satisfy the cu - while stepping over the charred yond arson to gain land for standby after struggling to put visers, and for personal and denial is the final stage of geno - riosity of a reader questioning the bones and ashes of families and buildings and that that the mul - out dozens of blazes – many sus - party gain. cide – with this historic genocide recent characterization of Holy other victims, Justice Minister tiple fronts on the island of Za - pected to be arson, a popular You can spread the blame being downplayed as a simple Cross Seminary/Hellenic College Stavros Kontonis and other offi - kynthos were “planned” to cre - tool for those who then want to around as easy as spilling gaso - “crowding” of ethnic Greeks in as a money pit, considering the cials said it was a conspiracy of ate social disarray, while build on burned-out land – line in a forest and having signs the port of Smyrna, waiting to 180 some-odd students com - fire against SYRIZA as it tum - Greece’s Fire Service said there Tsipras said Greece had ready saying: Coming Here Next take the next boat to Greece to manding its annual $12 million bled in the polls. Year, Luxury Properties. complete the population ex - budget, the unwillingness to re - “We had 15 fronts at the In 2007, then-Premier and change... cruit top theologians like Metro - same time on Zakynthos. If this New Democracy leader Costas Sadly, the ultimate irony of politan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos is not an organized plan of ar - “The Invisible Man” Karamanlis the purportedly leftist govern - to the faculty, or the insufferably son, then what is?” he told said the killer fires must have ment being used as the perfect poor knowledge of Greek exhib - Kathimerini. been set. “So many fires break - instrument for the implementa - ited by its graduates, even in What is an organized plan of ing out simultaneously in so tion of the cruelest and most in - comparison to non-Hellenic (and arson is what people who cov - many parts of the country can - humane neo-liberal agenda far more affordable) schools like eted forest land have been al - not be a coincidence,” Karaman - Greece has ever seen follows the St. Vladimir’s, stands as further lowed to do with impunity for lis said in a TV address, adding: same vicious cycle of ideological evidence of the damage that ide - years because there’s money to “The state will do everything it absolutism that has plagued ological ankyloses can cause. be made. can to find those responsible modern Greece since its national Fires were set to get around and punish them.” He didn’t. rebirth in 1821. 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By Dr. Anthony and the opposing groups became help of dolphins to carry him on totle, in the Poetics, claimed that Paraskevopoulos reconciled to one another. Con - their backs and away from his the various musical modes (or cerning the dominion over ele - enemies. scales, to use the modern corre - Music therapy today can be ments of nature; the Greeks Many of the first mortal mu - late) produced differing effects traced back many years. The could express their uniqueness sicians were poets who had been on the listener. Some “depress,” modern purpose of music ther - as creative beings by reaffirming blinded as a sort of reward/pun - some “enfeeble the mind,” some apy is to improve and restore their alliance with the gods. ishment by the gods. In The produce a “settled moderate mental and physical health. But, In the year 620 BC, Sparta – Odyssey, for example, Homer mood,” while some “inspire en - the roots and branches of its again – was struck by a plague. (himself blind) describes the sit - thusiasm.” healing power on our personal The people of the city went to uation of the poet, Demodocus. It is no surprise; therefore, health – and behavior towards the poet Thaletas for help. With “The muse loved him above all that music was taken quite seri - one another – stem from Ancient his beautiful hymns, he ap - other men and gave him both ously as an educational force Greece. peased the gods and the plague good and evil. Of his sight she whose elements were a matter of state policy. Thus, we learn that in Arcadia, music education was required of all citizens up to age 30, while in Athens, Sparta, and Thebes, the playing of the aulos and participation in the chorus was the duty of all conscientious citizens. But per -

The Ancient Greeks found their music to be extremely in - spirational not only in times of war but, in peaceful ones as well. It was considered to be ganized city-states emerged, the haps the greatest testimony to “therapeutic” to their body, to The modern purpose of mythological theories of music the vital presence of music in the their social interactions with one music therapy is to were replaced with ones more lives of Ancient Greeks was the another, to the dominion over suited to the needs of the times. fact that the musicians and poets elements of nature and, perhaps improve and restore The Greeks did not find their were not honored by merely a most importantly, to their minds. mental and physical mythological beliefs to be infe - small group of educated and cul - As far back as 200 AD accord - rior to their scientific ones. In tured elite who had the means ing to Athenaios, persons sub - health. But, the roots and fact, the mythical powers and and time to appreciate such an jected to the disease sciatica branches of its healing even the magical properties of esoteric form of expression. Like (neuritis of the hip and thigh) power on our personal music were felt by the Greeks of the best athletes and warriors would always be freed from pain the Periclean era (the Golden who lent their physical efforts to if pipes were played in the Phry - health – and behavior Age) just as strongly as they the glory of the state, the best gian mode over the affected towards one another – were felt in archaic times. This of these spiritual victors were body parts. In social interactions, is evident in Plato's Republic. also crowned with the laurel according to a well-known myth, stem from Ancient Greece. Music was always a powerful wreath and became national he - the famous music master Ter - force in Greek life. roes in the eyes of their coun - pander, was called to Sparta was lifted. Orpheus subdued the deprived him, but gave him the blinded as a result, but who According to the Greeks of trymen. upon the request of the city's beasts of the forest with his gift of sweet song.” And we read, were, at the same time, en - the fifth century BC, when this council to eliminate the animos - songs and accompanied by his later, of two more poet-musi - dowed with musical talent. doctrine was most widely pro - Anthony Paraskevopoulos ity that prevailed among the var - lyre playing -- he was able to en - cians, Tiresias and Thamyris. As Greek civilization devel - mulgated, music had the power holds a doctorate in music & ed - ious factions in that city. As in - ter Hades. Arion through his They incurred the anger of the oped and the character of the to influence the will or character ucation from Columbia Univer - structed, he played his Kithara wonderful singing enlisted the muses in some way and were country as a nation of highly or - of mankind in several ways. Aris - sity. The National Herald Bookstore Books to add to your Reading List Discount up to 50%

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