S O C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of E ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek Americans N c v A wEEkLy GREEk AmERICAN PuBLICATION www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 15, ISSUE 737 November 26-December 2, 2011 $1.50 Isaiah UC Davis Chancellor Censors Linda Katehi Under Church Fire for Pepper Spray

Archons TNH Staff rects any injustices that occurred, revises any polices that may have NEW YORK – University of Cali - led to that unfortunate incident, Denver Metropolitan fornia - Davis Chancellor Linda and grows closer and stronger as Katehi apologized on November one of the world's leading centers Bans Dissenters from 21 for the pepper spray attacks of higher education." by campus police on nonviolent Katehi has resisted calls for Assembly Meeting student protesters on the previ - her to step down. The Associated ous Friday. She also ordered ad - Press reports that that in a letter By Theodore Kalmoukos ministrative leave for the univer - issued Saturday, Nov. 19 the UC TNH Staff Writer sity's Police Chief Annette Davis faculty association called Spicuzza after putting officers for her resignation, saying there BOSTON, MA – Metropolitan that sprayed the students on paid had been a “gross failure of lead - Isaiah of Denver “excommuni - leave over the weekend. ership.” cated” Archons of the Ecumeni - The November 18 incident, According to CBS News , “The cal Patriarchate, a member of CBS News reported, “sparked na - chancellor said that she had Leadership 100, as well as the tionwide anger and controversy. given the order for protestors' father of a professor of the Holy Cameras captured university po - tents to be removed, but gave no Cross Greek Orthodox School of lice spraying pepper spray in the order to police to use pepper Theology. Isaiah placed them faces of non-violent student pro - spray in the manner shown on “outside of the Church.” He did testers sitting with their heads the videos. The campus not allow them to participate in down and arms linked. The stu - spokesman would not comment the Holy Trinity Salt Lake Utah dents were part of the Occupy on who gave that order.” General Assembly on November Wall Street movement that has California State Senate Presi - 20. recently spread to college cam - dent Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg The general assembly voted puses.” declared according to AP "On its 60% to 40% against Isaiah’s Katehi told TNH: "I am truly face, this is an outrageous action wish of Metropolitan and ap - TNH/COSTAS BEJ sorry for the events that occurred for police to methodically pepper pointed the Parish Council to Transfiguation Church in Corona Food Bank November 18 during the peaceful spray passive demonstrators who modify the Parish Regulations protest on our campus. I am cur - were exercising their right to regarding the ownership of the Transfiguration Church of Corona, Queens led by Fr. George Anastasiou, distributes Thanksgiving rently devoting my every waking Holy Trinity Parish’s property Turkeys in a trial program to qualify for New York City funding for a food bank hour to assure that UC Davis cor - Continued on page 4 and assets and also the change of the Parish’s legal corporate name, which would lead to the Parish’s division into two. The vast majority of the AGAPW Hosts Forum on Greek Crisis parishioners are against the split and they had expressed their strong opposition in the past. Of By Constantine S. Sirigos tributed to the problems, shin - tools countries traditionally use 575 voting parishioners, 348 TNH Staff Writer ing a harsh spotlight on the tra - to deal with economic slow - voted for the Uniform Parish vails of latter-day capitalism and downs, such as currency deval - Regulations and 227 voted NEW YORK – The Association global finance as well as the uation to spur exports. against them in what was a of Greek American Professional EU’s and Eurozone’s failures and That left Greece with only tense atmosphere. Six individu - Women (AGAPW) hosted a fo - limitations. the austerity policies imposed als who had filed a lawsuit rum on the Greek crisis at the Dr. Rania Antonopoulos, Se - by the so called Troika – the IMF, against the Parish Council de - Hughes Hubbard & Reed law nior Scholar and the Director of the EU and the ECB – and the manding a temporary court or - firm’s conference facilities in Gender Equality and the Econ - bailout, which she said is much der to postpone the assembly Lower Manhattan’s Battery Park omy Program at Levy Institute, more limited than has been re - and financial accountability on November 17. AGAPW Pres - Bard College, spoke on "The ported. Antonopoulos said were not allowed to enter the ident Dr. Olga Alexakis wel - Sovereign Debt Crisis in Greece: countries like Argentina that room. Among them was Nick comed the guests and speakers. Causes of the Crisis and Pro - have rejected the austerity ap - Bapis, a prominent Utah busi - The presentation was timely posed Solutions – Myths and proach have been more success - nessman Archon of the Ecu - as the crisis had recently taken Realities." She set the evening’s ful. During the Q & A session menical patriarchate and mem - its toll on PASOK leader George serious if not pessimistic tone that followed, she disagreed ber of the Leadership 100. Papandreou, who was replaced by saying the situation in Greece that because Argentina has Ironically, Bapis’ family has do - as Prime Minister last week by is “just at the very beginning,” stronger agricultural and man - nated the entrance to the assem - former European Central meaning there is still more suf - ufacturing economies than BILL PETROS bly room. Nonetheless, Bapis Banker Loucas Papademos. fering that the Greeks will en - Greece does, its measures would Future of Hellenism Explored in D.C. and the other five were kept out Though the speakers all ac - dure. Her first point was that it not have worked in Greece. in the cold. knowledged the need to address was a grave mistake for Greece Antonopoulos also pointed At AHIF’s Future of Hellenism Conference held in cooperation The Church assembly took the shortcomings of both the to enter the Eurozone because out that the neoconservative with the Onassis Foundation (USA), Gene Rossides (2nd from place in heavy police presence Greek people and their govern - by abandoning their own cur - agenda of recent decades (also R) presents Dan Georgakas the Hellenic Heritage Public Service while media provided extensive ment, they also illuminated the rency, the drachma, Greeks de - Award, with Spiros Spireas & Nick Larigakis (R). More photos coverage. Isaiah had send his international forces that con - prived themselves of the policy Continued on page 4 on page 10. own emissaries to storm the as - sembly to persuade the voters, but as the results reveal, the ma - jority of congregants simply dis - regarded them. Froso Beys Talks Real Estate, Athens, and NYC HLA Honors Neither of the priests – Michael Kouremetis and Mathew Gilbert – said a word By Constantine S. Sirigos tate market don’t just spew largest residential real estate said, targeting Greek-Americans Dean Skelos, at the assembly and Neither TNH Staff Writer empty praise like other business firm in New York. Froso re - through their Church and Greek Kouremetis or Isaiah responded teams, they truly complement cruited Anna, who is her philanthropic associations. to TNH’s request for comment. NEW YORK – When you visit each other: in terms of person - cousin’s daughter-in-law. “I kind They also have clients from Nick Katsoris Metropolitan Isaiah in a let - Froso Beys at the Corcoran ality – all of Froso’s friends of pushed Anna,” who is raising Greece. Alexandra joined them ter on November 16 excommu - Group’s real estate offices on know she likes to talk – compe - three children, “into the busi - this year, which Froso says com - nicated the six congregants who Manhattan’s tony Madison Av - tences - Froso has psychology ness by saying she could set her pleted the group’s multi-gener - By Constantine S. Sirigos had filed lawsuits, demanded enue, even if you really just and business degrees, Anna is own schedule… but it doesn’t ational/multi background cre - TNH Staff Writer want to talk to Froso, she is go - an attorney with a flair for inte - work that way,” Froso said, dentials. Anna is Greek on her Continued on page 4 ing to make sure you will gain rior design - and age ranges and given most of their Manhattan father’s side, the most “Ameri - NEW YORK – The Hellenic two new friends: her protégés family backgrounds. Newcomer clients’ frenetic schedules. She can” of the trio, but she too is a Lawyers Association (HLA) held and partners Anna Harovas Xy - Alexandra, with experience as said it’s a seven-day workweek, family connection as Froso’s its twenty-third Dinner Gala on las and Alexandra Papanicolaou. an event planner and a love of with open houses on Sunday, Godmother’s granddaughter. November 18 at the Pierre Hotel Froso’s partners are not interior design focuses on young but being part of a team of three Froso acknowledges that “we in Manhattan. This year's hon - Recalling merely colleagues. Her descrip - professionals. is very good. bicker a little bit,” but that is oree was NY State Senate Ma - tion of their work becomes a les - Froso, born in Greece and si - Anna is Greek-American and common to many creative and jority Leader Dean Skelos. Nick son in the value of building multaneously the quintessential her father Anthony is active in effective partnerships. “We Katsoris was selected as Attorney Delmar great teams. Sometimes family Athenian and New Yorker, is the the Greek Orthodox Church. guide each other and we see of the Year and among the ties help, but that’s not enough. group’s founder. She has been They began working together as who is more suited for each evening’s highlights was the The three women at the top of in the real estate business for relatives and family friends “and awarding of scholarships to nine Gardens Manhattan’s residential real es - 11 years - all with Corcoran, the it worked out very well,” Froso Continued on page 5 distinguished law students – the most HLA has given in one year. Mamie Stathatos-Fulgieri, By Steve Frangos who has served three terms as TNH Staff Writer HLA president and was praised Rev. George for her dedication and leadership In 1903, when Delmar Gar - by numerous speakers, wel - dens opened in Oklahoma City, comed the guests and gave her OK it was the greatest amuse - Papadeas farewell. The Very Rev. Fr. Se - ment park in the entire Okla - bastian Skordallos represented homa Territory. Some writers Archbishop Demetrios, whom he even insist that when Delmar Dead at 93 said was unable to attend, and Gardens opened it was the pre - conveyed his best wishes and mier amusement park West of blessings before offering the the Mississippi River. John By Theodore Kalmoukos benediction. Ambassador Aghi Sinopoulo and Joseph Marre, TNH Staff Writer Balta, Greece’s Consul General who had worked at the original in New York and Koula So - Delmar Gardens Park in St. BOSTON, MA – One of the most phanou, Cyprus’ Consul General, Louis, MO, leased some 40 acres prominent Greek Orthodox were among the honored guests. on the North side of the North priests in the United States, Pro - Stathatos-Fulgieri brought Canadian River at Noble (now topresbyter George Papadeas, her sense of humor. Looking out SW 3rd) and South Western has died at the age of 93. Pa - at the packed hall and announc - Streets. It was Sinopoulo’s orig - padeas was a loving husband, a ing after her formal greetings inal vision that the park should caring father and grandfather, a “this looks like ‘Occupy the be organized around a unifying prolific writer and author, and Pierre,’” she said to articulate but theme that would be evident a TNH contributor. In a phrase, loquacious colleagues: “you may throughout the amusement he was the best of the best. be seated now, but you must not Even at 93 he would drive speak.” The guests’ talkativeness Continued on page 5 halfway across Florida – from reflected their enjoyment of the South Daytona to Ocala – to gathering, however, not the conduct liturgies and administer length of the presentations, sacraments. He served at St. though later on Judge Nicholas For subscription: Demetrios Church in Daytona Tsoucalas was quoted that 718.784.5255 Beach as pastor until "retiring" “lawyers write briefs all the time [email protected] in 1983. but they don’t seem to know EuROkINISSI After his retirement from St. what the word brief means.” The Do MP’s and the Troika Walk Past There? Demetrios, Papadeas established revered judge was praised the Archangel Michael Greek throughout the evening and An apparently homeless person sleeps in Syntagma Square in Athens with the Greek Parliament building in the background. Is the economic crisis tearing Greece’s social safety net? Continued on page 6 Continued on page 10 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 2 2011

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n NOVEMBER 26 COLLINSVILLE, CT - A one-time Fifth District AHEPA’s 22nd Annual Fall Gala WEST BABYLON, MA – The even: Basile, Ellen Karis, and Worcester Epirotic Societies Jim Mendrinos – "The Greek Enosis & Horos tou Zalongou Gods of Comedy" – are coming By Antoinette Marousis- the Foundation. Funding is be - present the Thanksgiving Week - to Collinsville Thursday Dec. 1 Zachariades coming less available for smaller end Dinner Dance on Saturday, at 8PM at Bridge Street Live; 41 research labs in these economi - Nov. 26 at Manor Restaurant 42 Bridge Street in Collinsvile. For EDISON, NJ – The Twenty-sec - cal hard times, which is why West Boylston Street in West tickets call: (860) 693-9762 or ond Annual Fall Gala for the your support is so critical to our Babylon. There will be a full purchase online: www.41bridge Fifth District AHEPA Cancer Re - efforts of cancer research.” course dinner. 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Ro - Arts and Science, in Room 102, thereafter, the Fifth District mas, the 2007 Axios Award re - n NOVEMBER 29 Address: 32 Waverly Place or 31 Daughters of Penelope came on cipient, accepted the grant on ASTORIA – The Hellenic Profes - Washington Place (this venue is board uniting the AHEPA Family behalf of his prostate cancer sional Women, Inc. request the wheelchair accessible). Perform - behind a common cause of phil - study. pleasure of your company at our ing Memory in the Ancient anthropic support of cancer re - Fox Chase Cancer Center 2011 Annual Holiday Gathering World – a dialogue between past search. (FCCC) in Philadelphia, PA for Honoring Dimitra Manis Global and present. The conference is The Foundation’s fundraising a study on ovarian cancer re - Head of HR Professional Divi - free and open to the public. 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The event will take announce that the Consulate of Past Chair Georgette Dr. Biao Luo of Fox Chase Cancer Center and Daughters of finding a cure for cancer, un - place at Ammos Restaurant at Greece in Boston, in co-opera - Boulegeris provided a brief his - Penelope Grand President Nicky Stamoulis. selfishly and devoutly in the Central Lounge located at 20- tion with the Museum of Fine tory of the Foundation, stating name of mankind. This year the 30 Steinway Street in Astoria on Arts, Harvard University Exten - that “since the first grant award, and Daughters of Penelope of Grant Awards, this year four in - award was presented to Fox Nov. 29 from 6:30-10:30PM. sion School, and The Costas and the Foundation has graduated the 5th District for their efforts stitutions that specialize in can - Chase Cancer Center, Philadel - $50 for Members and $60 for Mary Maliotis Charitable Foun - and expanded its giving and has of the past 23 years.” cer research received a total of phia, PA – the first institution to Non-Members. You must RSVP dation, is proudly presenting for exceeded $750,000 in grant Foundation Chairman An - $50,000. To date the Founda - receive this honor. The Founda - to Carol Georgiadis Carol.geor - the first time at the MFA, the awards over the past 23 years.” drew C. Zachariades, Supreme tion has awarded 49 Research tion has a long history with [email protected] or call (917) Greek Film Festival. Modern The Foundation was honored Treasurer, stressed that the Grants to various institutions for FCCC, as it received the first 886-7104 OR Maria Hatgidim - Greek movies produced from to have the Order of AHEPA Foundation’s significance is not cancer research in the states of $5,000 grant award in 1990. Its itriou at [email protected] or 2009 and onwards, distin - Supreme President Dr. John just the grant awards to the re - Delaware, New Jersey, New outstanding research and pa - call (516) 318-5696 Please note guished with foreign awards in Grossomanides, Jr. and Vassos searchers but the achievements York, and Pennsylvania. tient care has made them one that these e-mail addresses are the international film scene, will Chrysanthou, Member of the behind the scenes. 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Fox Chase is moving sical Journey” – A concert with 2012 Oscars, and Yorgos Lanthi - The Foundation was also and Corresponding Secretary, sented to Dr. Vassiliki Karantza towards applying the impacts of Greek Cypriot critically-ac - mos’ latest film Alps , which won honored to have the Daughters Penelope Capetan, PDG lost her for her study on breast cancer research towards patient care, claimed singer Doros Demos - Best Screenplay at this year’s of Penelope Grand President, husband Peter just this week. research. Karantza is also the and with generous support from thenous Wednesday Nov. 30 at Venice International Film Festi - Nicky Stamoulis and Grand Sec - We are here this evening to 2009 recipient of the Daughters Foundations such as yours, can - 7PM The Cathedral Center – val. 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n DECEMBER 3 EAST MEADOW, NY - The Choir of Holy Trinity Orthodox Church will present its annual Christmas Concert at 7PM on Saturday, Dec. 3. The Choir will sing Orthodox hymns and Western carols of the season. Refreshments will be served after the concert. Admis - sion and reception are both free. The Church is located at 369 Green Ave, in East Meadow. For more info, call (516) 483-3649 or visit www.htocem.org. THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 2 2011 COMMUNITY 3 Hazards of Borrowing Money From Hedge Funds

By Steven M. Davidoff middle-market ones, are finding vided Peter C. Georgiopoulos, General Maritime. Along with hedge fund land. The terms and The New York Times fewer avenues for loans. Hedge General Maritime’s chairman its bankers, the company ap - structures are simply not typical funds are filling this void. and owner of about 6 percent pears to be forcing this transac - of what commercial banks offer. General Maritime, a publicly Hedge fund lending is unlike of its stock, 4.9 percent of the tion down shareholders’ throats Hedge fund lending is a more traded tanker shipping com - traditional bank lending. Hedge profit from the loan. It does not and failing to provide evidence sophisticated game. Part of this pany, is finding out that when funds are sophisticated entities appear that Mr. Georgiopoulos that this is the best deal avail - is because the companies in you play with the big boys, you prone to using creative lending paid for this interest. able. This only makes people need of the loans are riskier be - sometimes get hurt. structures, and they are not Instead, it appears to be a re - more suspicious. cause of their smaller size or dis - The company recently re - afraid of taking risk. Hedge ward bestowed by Oaktree — tress. ceived a $200 million loan from funds are willing to lend when but a reward for what? This is It is also because hedge funds Oaktree Capital Management, other aren’t — a valuable ser - the worst sort of conflict. The General Maritime are willing to push the edge in one of the largest hedge fund vice, to be sure. But hedge funds chairman is making money off terms and structure. Could you managers in the world. General expect higher returns. The de - his company’s distress. Because Corporation’s woes imagine JPMorgan Chase giving Maritime thought the loan sire to take risk and earn higher of the conflict, the company’s highlight the potential a profit participation to General would solve its financing prob - returns has led to complaints independent directors needed to Maritime’s chairman in these lems, but instead it has created that hedge funds take advantage approve the loan, which they hazards when public circumstances? Hedge funds ap - only more trouble. General Mar - of companies and charge exor - did, but this is still poor optics companies borrow pear prepared to push for both itime’s story highlights the po - bitant interest rates. Hedge at best. from hedge funds the most aggressive terms and tential hazards when public funds may also create complex (General Maritime declined to be the actual one making the companies borrow from hedge financial structures, which may to comment for this column, deal. They appear ready to risk funds. turn out to haunt the borrower. saying that because a share - Institutional Shareholder public condemnation to do it. The tanker shipping business This all happened in the case holder vote was looming, Secu - Services, the proxy advisory Smaller and distressed com - is cyclical, and the cycle has of General Maritime. rities and Exchange Commission firm, said on July 27 that the panies may simply lack the ex - been down since the financial General Maritime Corp’s First, Oaktree dictated hard rules prevented it from speak - entire transaction, not just the perience and wherewithal to crisis. There is a glut of tankers founder, Peter C. Georgiopou - terms. The loan terms look very ing. Oaktree also declined to most recent proposal, was “thin deal effectively with hedge these days, as well as a volatile los. much like those only a company comment.) gruel served cold — a clear and funds. They also may be too economy. These forces have on the verge of bankruptcy, and Third, the General Maritime striking failure of governance by stricken to bargain effectively or pushed General Maritime into Allen & Company. General Mar - therefore with few negotiating board is failing miserably in the entire board, not simply its capably. For them I have a warn - survival mode. The company’s itime has declined to disclose options, would agree to. Oak - agreeing to this complex finan - chairman.” ing: Be careful or you will end stock price has declined to 60 how many institutions it ap - tree is getting a right to 19.9 cial deal, taking steps which ac - (On Tuesday, in the face of up like General Maritime. cents from more than $40 a proached for financing. But in percent of the company. The in - tually make the company’s situ - this nonchoice, General Mar - share before the financial crisis. March, the company announced terest rate that Oaktree is charg - ation worse. After agreeing to itime’s shareholders approved Steven M. Davidoff, writing as This year, the company faced that it would borrow $200 mil - ing fluctuates, but in June it was the loan, General Maritime en - the transaction). The Deal Professor, is a com - having to obtain or refinance al - lion in a secured loan from Oak - at 12 percent a year. tered into an arrangement with The General Maritime story mentator for DealBook on the most $700 million in debt. tree Capital. As part of the loan, This is far from your typical Jefferies to sell $50 million is a cautionary tale for compa - world of mergers and acquisi - About $550 million came from General Maritime would pro - subordinated debt deal, where more in stock on the open mar - nies searching for capital in tions. Published Aug. 9, 2011 senior lenders, but the company vide Oaktree the right to acquire a lender simply lends money at ket. still needed another $200 mil - 19.9 percent of the company for a rate of interest. General Mar - The problem? General Mar - lion. a penny a share. itime was in distress, but it also itime shareholders must ap - Here is where things get Hedge fund lending is in - had assets like tankers that it prove compensating Oaktree for murky. An independent commit - creasingly common. Hedge could sell and did not appear to the dilution in share price that tee of General Maritime’s board funds still have large amounts near insolvency. It also had at resulted from the stock sale. If was formed to explore financing of uncommitted capital that least another year before it shareholders approve, Oaktree options and two investment they are looking to put to work. needed to secure this financing. will be issued more stock valued banks were hired, Jefferies and Some companies, especially Second, Oaktree has pro - at about $10 million. If share - holders reject this transaction, then the interest rate on the Oaktree loan rises to 18 percent, possibly costing General Mar - Sarbanes Fights Turkey Trade Deal itime more than $100 million. This is not a choice. It is a gun to shareholders’ heads. TNH Staff principles, is hostile to US com - General Maritime could have mercial activity in the Eastern easily avoided this dilemma by WASHINGTON, DC – Congress - Mediterranean, denies its peo - holding the shareholder vote be - man John Sarbanes (D-MD) is ples the free exercise of religious fore it sold these shares. leading opposition to a measure freedom and human rights, ille - General Maritime chose not approved by the Natural Re - gally occupies EU member to follow this route for unknown sources Committee of the U.S. Cyprus, undermines United reasons. Nor is it clear why Gen - House of Representatives that States foreign policy objectives eral Maritime needs this extra grants special trade preferences in the Caucuses by blockading $50 million or why it didn’t raise to Turkish entities investing in Armenia and promotes hostility the money at the time of the tribal lands that are held in trust on the world stage against our Oaktree loan. by the United States. steadfast ally Israel". It all smells. On the one According to a press release The measure was approved hand, you have Oaktree pushing from his office, Sarbanes de - on November 17, 2011by the aggressively for terms that in - clared "This legislation unequiv - committee after an amendment clude an equity stake and hav - ocally violates our trade treaty offered by Congressman Sar - ing no qualms about allowing Catsimatidis Likes a Romney-Perry Team obligations by offering prefer - banes seeking to expand the an open conflict with Mr. Geor - ential investment incentives to measure to all nations who com - giopoulos’s profit participation. Business Mogul John Catsimatidis shares a thought with Texas Turkey, a country that has not ply with democratic principles On the other hand, you have governor and presidential candidate Rick Perry at the Waldorf. yet fully embraced democratic Congressman John Sarbanes and human rights was put aside upon a procedural point of or - der. "We need to ensure higher QUESTION OF THE WEEK standards for our allies and trading partners, and demand Vote on our website! that they value our democratic The Axion Estin Foundation principles. The legislation You have the chance to express your opinion on our website streamlines investment in tribal on an important question in the news. The results will be pub - lands held in trust by the United Boards of Directors lished in our printed edition next week along with the question States for Turkish entities only. for that week. Turkish entities are inexplicably request the pleasure of your company The question this week is: Are you concerned about the rise handed a profit opportunity of a racist extreme right in Greece? over business interests of any on o Yes other country, " Sarbanes said. Saturday, December 3rd, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. o No He also submitted into the o Maybe record statements by the follow - at The results for last week’s question: Are you planning to ing organizations: The Order of send financial assistance to relatives or friends in Greece for AHEPA, the Armenian National Saint Nicholas-Sarantakos Hall, Flushing, NY Chrismas? Committee of America, the 31 % voted "Yes" PSEKA/Cyprus Federation of featuring the lecture 64 % voted "No" America, the Pancyprian Asso - 5% voted "Maybe" ciation, the Armenian Assembly “Echoes of Constantinople: Oral and Written Tradition of America, and the American Please vote at: www.thenationalherald.com Hellenic Council of California. of the Psaltes of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople” by Dr. Alexander Konrad Khalil THE GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OF NEW JERSEY of University of California, San Diego SAINT ANDREW and a concert GREEK ORTHODOX PARISH on Byzantine Chant & Greek Traditional music with virtuoso chanters of Thessaloniki, Greece 1447 Sussex Turnpike, Randolph, NJ 07869 Τel.: (973) 584-0388 • E-mail: [email protected] Christos Chalkias & Eleftherios Eleftheriadis The Elias Sarkar Ensemble, and We gladly notify the pious Orthodox Christians that on Wednes day, November 30, 2011 The Byzantine Children Choir of the William Spyropoulos School of Saint Nicholas Church, Flushing, New York our parish celebrates the feastday of Saint Andrew, the first called Apostle For more information contact (718) 357-4200. in Randolph, New Jersey.

Tuesday , November 29, at 7 p.m. Great Vespers with Artoklasia officiated by His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey

Wednesday , November 30, the day of the feast Archieratical Divine Liturgy officiated by His Eminence Metropolitan E vangelos

Matins 9 a.m. and Divine Liturgy at 10:00 a.m.

Following the Divine Liturgy the Festive Annual Luncheon will take place at the Community Center in honor of our Metropolitan You are invited to join and celebrate with us From the Community’s Office 4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 2 2011 Metropolitan Isaiah Bans Dissenting Church Members from Assembly

Continued from page 1 parish and grant it an official Charter of the Archdiocese. them to submit written apolo - Demetrios, on April 12, 2010 gies to him, and to go to Holy wrote that, “We have received confession. He wrote: “the fol - your letter requesting the grant - lowing Parish members who in - ing of the Official Charter of the stigated the lawsuit against the Archdiocese to the Greek Ortho - Church and its canonical Parish dox Church of Prophet Elias in Council, as well as the attorney Holladay, Utah, a community of who presented their case, may the Archdiocese and specifically not attend the General Assem - of the Holy Metropolis of Den - bly. They are Mr. Nick M. Bapis, ver..” Mr. Constantine Skedros, Mrs. In a letter to the Salt Lake Kaliope Sargetakis. Mr. Yiannis priests, Kouremetis and Gilbert, Armaou, Mr. James Kastanis, dated Oct. 6, 2010, Isaiah an - and Mr. Nick Colessides.” Isaiah nounced the split of the parish also wrote that “after they sub - into two. On October 24 a spe - mitted written apologies or have cial meeting took place attended afforded themselves the Sacra - by 450 people, 97% of whom ment of Holy Confession for go - voted against the split and de - ing to secular courts, which Members of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Salt Lake City, meeting. Metropolitan Isaiah of Denver did not allow certain cided on a Call to Action. Saint Paul condemns (1 UT wait to enter the Church hall for a parish general assembly “excommunicated” members to participate on Nov. 20. A MIRACLE? Corinthians 6:4-7), they will be An icon of Christ was said to recognized by me as faithful case. The court refused to dis - the Parish Council who were not explained that “Mr. Constantine by Greek pioneer immigrants in exude oil on Oct. 17, 2010 dur - members of the Parish. I am miss the lawsuit and ordered the elected but appointed by the Skedros, who is among the ‘ex - 1905 and now has approxi - ing the Divine Liturgy, which hopeful that they will exercise defendants to produce copies of priest.” Armaou added “we communicated’ ones is the fa - mately 1,300 families. To better Isaiah declared a miracle. In a humility and repentance and the Parish’s records, but also de - never said anything against the ther of Holy Cross Greek Ortho - serve its members, in 1969 the letter to Kouremetis on October thereby eliminate the scandal nied the plaintiffs’ request for a doctrine of the Church, the Pa - dox School of Theology parish built a nave (church) 20, he wrote: “The Lord has an - they have caused against the temporary restraining order. triarchate, or the Archdiocese.” professor James Skedros”. As far Prophet Elias in the area of Hol - swered our prayers asking Him parish.” Armaou, who is among the Armaou refuses to send any as the attorney who presented laday. Of the eight members of to resolve the confusing situa - A few weeks ago the “excom - “excommunicated,” told TNH written apology to Isaiah: the case, Armaou said “we have the current Parish Council, only tion in the Salt Lake City area municated” ones, having ex - that “I feel disappointed because “Never. I’ll never do that, be - three attorneys: two are Jewish two were elected by the Parish regarding the two parishes.” hausted all ecclesiastical av - Metropolitan Isaiah as our arch - cause I have not done anything and one is either Episcopalian members, while the rest were On Mar. 24, 2011 Demetrios enues and means, filed a lawsuit pastor should have been here to wrong.” or Presbyterian.” appointed by the priest. sent a letter to Isaiah informing in the 3rd District Court in Salt resolve this issue, not through Regarding Isaiah’s demand Isaiah’s plan to split the In March 2010, Prophet Elias him that the Synod had revoked lake City against the Parish letters.” Armaou also said that for confession, Armaou said “if Church into two parishes disre - was organized as a separate re - the new charter that the Arch - Council, seeking financial trans - “Metropolitan Isaiah does not Fr. Nicholas Katinas [he was ac - gards the majority’s wishes and ligious corporation and regis - diocese had granted on April 12, parency, a temporary restraining allow us to participate in the cused of pedophilia and was de - defies the decision of the Holy tered in Utah without informing for Prophet Elias. The arch - order of the November 20 Gen - general assembly and places us frocked] was alive I would pre - Eparchial Synod of the Archdio - the membership of the Greek bishop also wrote that “the Holy eral Assembly, restoration of the outside of the Church claiming fer to go to him since he cese and Archbishop Demetrios Orthodox Church of Greater Salt Synod in its meeting on March process for an open general as - that we filed a lawsuit against belonged to the Denver Metrop - who agreed that “the Salt Lake Lake. 17, 2011, reached consensus sembly, and free parish council the church; that is wrong.” He olis, but now I have no other community will remain as one At that time, Isaiah requested and agreed, the Salt Lake com - elections. The Parish Council re - explained that “we filed the suit choice but to go to Fr. Demetrios united parish”. that the Archdiocese recognize munity will remain as one quested the court to dismiss the against those eight members of Rekachinas in Connecticut.” He The Parish was established Prophet Elias as a separate united parish.” UC Davis Chancellor Takes Heat for Campus’ Pepper Spray Incident

Continued from page 1 dent took to the small stage and to ensure proportional law en - friend were pepper-sprayed Fri - described their ordeal. Katehi's forcement response to non-vio - day. "I had my arms around my peacefully protest at UC Davis… arrival to the stage drew boos as lent protest." girlfriend. I just kissed her on the Chancellor Katehi needs to im - well as cries of ‘Let her speak!’ ‘I During an appearance on forehead and then he sprayed us. mediately investigate, publically am here to apologize,’ she said. Good Morning America on Mon - Immediately we were blinded… explain how this could happen, ‘I feel horrible for what hap - day when she said, "I really feel So I was sitting there blind, suf - and ensure that those responsible pened.’" confident at this point the uni - focating. My girlfriend was are held accountable." The Huffington Post reports versity needs me. There are so writhing in pain. I wanted to Meanwhile Katehi said she that before the assembly ended many critical issues to be ad - touch her but my hands were asked the district attorney's office on Monday, “the crowd voted dressed and we really need to covered in pepper spray…He just to investigate the department's and decided to hold a campus- start the healing process and sprayed us again and again and use of force. CBS News reported wide strike on Nov. 28, with a move forward." CBS News re - we were completely powerless to that “She said she's been inun - meeting of the University of Cal - ported that “Her appearance on do anything… This was my first dated with reaction from alumni, ifornia governing board.” the quad Monday came as criti - protest. I've never seen any police students and faculty and also The AP reported that on Sun - cism of her leadership increased. brutality in person like that.” would speed up an investigation” day, “UC President Mark Yudof It is almost certain that her ac - According to AP, “federal by a special task force that was said he was ‘appalled’ by images tions as well as those of the cam - courts have ruled on such cases. to have taken three months. THE of protesters being pepper- pus police will be looked at in At the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of AP reports it will be comprised sprayed and plans an assessment days to come. Leaders at UC, Appeals, which covers courts in of students, staff and faculty, and of law enforcement procedures state politicians, and national ed - nine Western states, case law says will be chosen this week. on all 10 campuses.” AP quoted ucation organizations have con - that if protesters weren't in ‘active Katehi said in a statement Yudof, who heads the 10-campus demned the incident. The Los An - resistance,’ if they were sitting Sunday "I spoke with students UC system, “Free speech is part geles Times reports that there is peacefully, the use of pepper this weekend and I feel their out - of the DNA of this university, and no consensus among those on- spray was excessive.” rage…I am deeply saddened that non-violent protest has long been campus about what should hap - The incident reverberated this happened on our campus, University of California Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi. central to our history...It is a value pen with Katehi. Many feel she well beyond the university, with and as chancellor, I take full re - we must protect with vigilance." should step down, while others condemnations and defenses of sponsibility for the incident… dents were subjected to and I more than 1,000 students and Yudof said it was not his in - think she should stay in her posi - police from elected officials and However, I pledge to take the ac - vow to work tirelessly to make apologized. The Los Angeles tention to "micromanage our tion, but not without some sort from the wider public on Face - tions needed to ensure that this the campus a more welcoming Times reports that before she campus police forces," but he said of reprimand.” book and Twitter. does not happen again. I feel and safe place." spoke, “several students who all 10 chancellors would convene David Buscho, a UC Davis se - very sorry for the harm our stu - On Monday she stood before were pepper-sprayed in the inci - soon for a discussion "about how nior, told the AP he and his girl - [email protected] Greek American Professional Women Host Forum about Greek Crisis

Continued from page 1 the repeal of FDR’s 1933 Glass- larger. Some guests, however, brightest. “The people under 35 Steagall Act, which separated thought the two nations’ relative years old, who are well-edu - called Thatcherism or Reagan - commercial banks from invest - efficiency and effectiveness cated, are desperate. Forty per - ism) of curtailing government ment banks in order to prevent must be taken into account. cent are actively seeking jobs undermined the power of states the former from using their de - Neither is Greece’s debt load abroad,” she said. Still, she be - to head off economic booms and posits for speculation. overwhelming if the “total eco - lieves “the crisis could be a cat - busts and to end recessions. She The main problem in Europe nomic indebtedness” of the alyst for [positive] change.” believes only the state can look today, according to Antonopou - country is taken into account, Andreas Kalyvas, associate out for the well-being of its citi - los, is that there are some, she said, and prefers is the term professor of Political Science at zens and society as a whole and mainly the German government, “austerity crisis” for what the the New School for Social Re - that relying on market forces to preventing the ECB for playing country is now going through – search, presented: "Ten Theses allocate resources, create jobs, one of a central bank’s most crit - with unemployment approach - on the Current Political Situa - and end recessions is cata - ical roles, lender of last resort. ing 20 percent overall and much tion in Greece." strophic. The ECB can ease the debt crisis worse numbers among young He declared that the recent Antonopoulos bemoaned the by printing more euros and buy - adults. political events that culminated world economy’s “financializa - ing bonds of countries whose She mentioned reports of in the rise of Loucas Papademos tion,” which she said played a yields are rising to dangerous men who wore business suits as prime minister marks the fail - key role 2007-2010 financial cri - levels, like Spain and Italy. She when they were employed now ure and complete discrediting sis, where financial markets says the relevant EU treaties can showing up at soup kitchens. of the ruling elite as “corrupt, tend to dominate over the tra - be amended to make the ECB a Antonopoulos strongly advo - divided, incompetent, egoistic, ditional industrial and agricul - true central bank. cates for Greece leaving the and shortsighted.” tural economies.” Financializa - Antonopoulos acknowledged euro and telling creditors they He said “The dying existing tion has had a deleterious effect that Greece must address struc - must wait, the nation needs political system cannot solve the on jobs creation by diverting in - tural problems but presented time and breathing space. crisis…the only purpose of the vestment from more productive statistics that show that the Nefeli Lygerou, MA, a Greek new [government] is to make and job-intensive sectors of the Greek public sector’s size and sociologist, journalist, and TV sure the current elites remain in economy. Dr. Olga Alexakis, President of the Assn. of Greek American social spending amounts are not and film producer, discussed power.” As an example of bad neo - Professional Women (AGAPW) welcomes guests at an infor - the crisis’ causes, noting that "Greece: Black Sheep or the Kalyvas noted the increase in conservative policies, she cited mative forum on the Greek crisis in Manhattan on Nov. 17. Germany’s public sector is Weakest Link?" She said the political violence with trepida - problem is only secondarily eco - tion as he said it has prompted nomic and primarily political, some to speak of the need for calling to task Greece’s political emergency rule, while the de - elite for creating the “model of cline of EU support or Greece is ATHENS LAW FIRM false growth” and pushing the accompanied by calls there for Greek society over the edge of what he called neocolonial prac - the cliff. The crisis’ economic tices. MARIA M. MANOLAKA & KONSTANTINOS A. PETRATOS component “is not a circumstan - “The only solution is a polit - INTEGRATED LEGAL SERVICES THROUGHOUT GREECE tial but a structural one.” Re - ical one, rooted in Democratic garding the world economy, principles: the convening of a Lygerou said globalization made constituent assembly” to write it too easy for production to mi - a new Constitution after discus - mESOGEION AVE 451, 15343 AG. 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The organization is seeking to Greeks are enduring wave upon expand career opportunities and • LAND REGISTRy CASES wave of austerity measures. promote community and lead - • PENSIONS The survival of the middle class ership building among Greek- • CIVIL AND COmmERCIAL LAw is at stake, small and medium- American professional women • PuBLIC AND CRImINAL LAw sized businesses all going bank - by forging collaborations among • COmPANy LAw rupt. At first, people accepted them and establishing partner - sacrifice e and austerity but over ships with other organizations time they have lost faith in the inside and outside the Greek- politicians.” American community. TNH Bookstore [email protected] She is deeply concerned that Greece may lose its best and [email protected] THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 2 2011 COMMUNITY 5 Froso Beys Talks to TNH about Real Estate, Athens, and New York City

Continued from page 1 the United States. Froso, an only priciest they’ve sold so far is a child, was among them, and she sprawling pre-World War Two client, ” she said. Anna tends to and her family were involved in apartment on Fifth Avenue that stick to the client’s guidelines. shipping until the mid-1980s. sold for $12 million. Alexandra is somewhere in be - Froso got into real estate in Froso likes the prewar build - tween and “keeps the peace.” the late 1990s. “Shipping was ings. She now lives in a smaller Although she has only been a wonderful, very lucrative, but apartment but it has a fantastic partner for a few months, they very stressful. There was a lot of view of Central Park. The interior have all worked together on economic uncertainty, one good is simple she says, but the view projects over the past two years. year for seven bad years.” Of is everything. Alexandra likes the When she was asked if she real estate she says “I love this charm and beauty of prewar but saw herself essentially as a sales - business. We bring people to - she also likes updated apart - person, Froso said yes, but not gether people who have certain ments. the stereotypical aggressive kind. needs and everybody seems to When she goes to Greece, It is a combination of things that be happy. Part of our success is Froso says she parks herself in makes her successful – her ebul - that we love what we are doing.” Athens, which she loves, but it’s lient personality, her psychology For forty years she was also also where her cherished family studies – she loves to talk, but involved with the church and memories still live. With Athens she is a great listener - and her various charities. Her father was as a base she also travels the is - business background. “Working a close friend of Archbishop lands with her friends. Alexan - with friends and relatives I try Iakovos. She was a member of dra’s favorite Greek summer va - not to be the pushy broker. I tell the Archdiocesan Council and is cation spot is Mykonos, though them the pros and cons of every now on the board of Leadership she also loves Athens. situation and they decide. In 100. Regarding the situation in some instances it works nicely, She said she put her heart Greece, Froso said “I think we in others they need that little ex - and soul into church work – are getting a little bit of a bad tra push, but that’s not my per - working for a family business she rap. The problem is worldwide, sonality. So far so good. They Froso Beys (L) and her real estate team at Corcoran: Attorney Anna Harovas Xylas (C) and made the hours work, and after but I do think they didn’t take it come back for more and recom - Alexandra Papanicolaou (R) who has a special events background and loves interior design. the business closed she had extra seriously early enough.” She mend me to others.” time to devote, but at one point feels good about new Prime Min - Froso says that some people strict herself to the clients’ initial It is all intuition as she had and Italy in Asia Minor. Her she wanted to make money on ister Loucas Papademos, how - come in knowing what they limitations. “Of course if I see no background in real estate be - mother is from Kardamila, Chios her own. ever, and she bases her optimism want, while others don’t. She is they get annoyed, I go back to fore joining Corcoran. Froso was , one of seven sisters and two Alexandra comes to Corcoran on Greece’s youth, who are well- currently working with someone what they asked for.” born in Athens and in 1954 she brothers. The family moved to from a background in special educated and have studied and who had a definite idea about In general, Froso says her came to America, where she Athens and Froso is very proud events planning, which she worked abroad, so she believes what he wanted Froso said: “No, team is more careful than most. completed all her studies. She that her mother was one of very loved, but she was very business- substantial change is imminent. the first two times we go out you They are not as aggressive in us - earned her psychology degree at few Greek women to study at the minded and also had an appre - Regarding the New York real are going to see anything and ing ads because their friends are Finch College, which was then a University. Her parents met ciation for design. Real estate estate scene, Froso said “It’s everything.” She knows the value private people and don’t like ad - private women’s school. Busi - there, which is where her father combines the two. Anna has the never going to die. There’s al - of that approach both from her vertising their homes. They are ness was definitely in the genes. also became friends with Alexan - keenest eye of the trio, going into ways demand, and it exceeds time as a salesperson and from very discrete “in the Greek com - Thirteen years after graduating dra’s father, Sophocles Papani - an apartment and immediately supply even now, especially in her personal experience. munity everybody knows every - college, Froso went to Pace for colaou, a self-made man who rearranging the furniture to the higher price ranges. When “When I was looking for my body else.” Told she is almost like her master’s in finance. rose to be economic advisor to bring out the best in the space. she first went into the business, apartment about 30 years ago, I a diplomat, Froso agreed. And Froso’s parents met the Uni - three Greek kings. They deal in both rentals and it was almost like a hobby, so she had the idea I would not go when a close friend is shy about versity of Athens. Her father was Froso’s parents started a phar - sales, but prefer sales. Since they made a vow to herself not to lose North of 79th street,” but she showing her their financial doc - a lawyer and a member of the maceutical business – her mother work with friends and relatives friends over it. Froso is very wound up purchasing some - uments, she finds them another Alexakis shipping family with studied pharmacy – but her they will not turn down anyone happy that it has all worked out thing on 85th street – it was a good broker at Corcoran. “Dis - roots in Smyrna. Her grandfa - mother’s brother, who became who comes to them. “Whether . spectacular deal and since it cretion is one the biggest things ther was a diplomat who repre - successful shipping, began to it’s a $9 million or a $2000 rental worked for her, she doesn’t re - in our business,” she said. sented the interests of England bring his nieces and nephews to they get our full attention.” The [email protected]

ALL HISTORY Delmar Gardens: Greek-Owned Amusement Park from Days of Yonder

Continued from page 1 Gambulos, recalled that in 1906 ers Public Market. THE SUNDIAL the park drew 600,000 people. AFTER DELMAR GARDENS In 1978 the John Sinopoulo complex. To handle the cash flow from all Although the Delmar Gardens House, also known as the Sun - Not a person of half-measures, the customers “they used to take closed, the Sinopoulo Brothers dial, was placed in the United the Greek immigrant’s new con - the day’s receipts home with them never stopped expanding into a States Register of Historic Places cept saw expression across Del - in paper sacks!” truly incredible array of business (#78002251). Designed by mar Gardens’ vast array of amuse - The prairie river brought mos - ventures. Initially, they were in Chicago architect John Eberson, ments that included a 3,000-seat quitoes and annual spring flood - the theater business, and by 1909 it was begun in 1915 and com - theater, a dance pavilion, a swim - had an interest in the Hinton The - pleted in 1919. The Sinopoulo ming pool, an exotic animal zoo, ater of Muskogee, OK. In 1910, House is located in Oklahoma a baseball field with its own pro - they purchased the Overholser City and is a Mediterranean villa, fessional team, a tranquil board - Opera House in Oklahoma City, with fourteen rooms on four lev - walk, an elaborately-lit railway, a renovating it and renaming it the els. Twenty acres of gardens de - blue-ribbon horseracing track, Orpheum Theater. They owned signed to resemble the Versailles various cafés as well as a multi- venues such as the Folly Theater, Gardens in France are also part storied restaurant, a floating wed - the Lyric Air Dome Theater, the of the overall property. When the ding chapel, the most sophisti - Dreamland Theater, the Empress House was completed it was sit - cated amusement rides then When Delmar Gardens was opened in Oklahoma City, OK in Theater, and they built the Lyric uated among fruit and nut trees, available – including a giant cir - 1903 by John Sinopoulo and his partner Joseph Marre, it may Theater. an extensive vineyard, goldfish cular swing, Ferris wheel, and the have been the premier amusement park West of the Mississippi In 1913, all three Sinopoulo and lily pond, formal gardens, first rollercoaster in OK – a festive River. brothers (including James) were and passageways that included a penny arcade, an outdoor beer involved in the Sinopoule Oil quarter bridge. Essentially, the garden, a roller skating rink, an DELMAR GARDENS, spite film showings at the Delmar Company. House is a two-story rectangle automobile raceway, and a hotel. THE GLORY DAYS having proven successful, man - The Sinopoulo Foundation with stone balustraded terraces, Since George Pangalos Sinopoulo’s vision of Delmar agement preferred to continue was established to improve con - arched windows, and some stain brought the Midway Plaisance to Gardens was singular: “elaborate mainly as a two-a-day Vaudeville ditions in Greece. The Foundation glass windows. There is a large the Columbian World Exposition Art Nouveau styling that blended venue, with only an occasional built a park, cemetery, library, 18 x 28 living room with a Span - at Chicago in 1893 and various blissfully with the surrounding movie thrown in at the end of a school, church, and hospital near ish-style fireplace. A library on the other Greeks established theaters, wooded acreage.” Sinopoulo in - weak show. One advantage for their birthplace in Magoula. Both second level (to the North) over - refreshment booths, and other di - sisted that the park’s look be Vaudevillians appearing on the John and Peter were knighted by looks the living room. In 1929, versions at Coney Island (which maintained throughout the family oriented Delmar stage was ing, which presented sustained King Paul of Greece. The an additional art studio for opened the following year) Hel - amusements. As a case in point, that they could also present “adult problems for Delmar Gardens Sinopoulo Family was also re - Katherine Sinopoulo was built lenes have been at the very center the Delmar Garden Theater inte - material” in late night sketches at that were never solved. In 1907, sponsible for helping to establish above a bedroom. The Sinopou - of that entertainment field rior was designed in intricate Vic - the Delmar saloon (http://cine - OK became a state and its Con - and build the St. George Greek los’ lived in this house until their broadly known today as “amuse - torian gingerbread, with Art Nou - matreasures.org/theater/16488/ stitution’s regulations prohibited Orthodox Church of Oklahoma deaths in 1976 and 1977. The ment parks.” With Coney Island’s veau accents. Orchestra seating ). individuals from engaging in cer - City. Curiously little documenta - property was left to Byron and success, the idea of amusement held leather upholstered opera Delmar Gardens drew thou - tain activities on a Sunday, such tion is publicly available on Patricia Gambulos. It remains a parks swept the nation. The num - chairs, box seats contained com - sands of visitors per year. Its as drinking alcohol or attending James, other than he married Ella private residence. ber of parks grew rapidly as urban fortable wicker chairs and opening coincided with the ap - a movie theater. All of those fac - Ruth Hubatka and died in 1941. In the accounts of the areas adopted the use of electric loveseats, and three horseshoe pearance of the first trolley line tors contributed to the park’s clos - Peter and his wife Ruby had two Sinopoulo Brothers one finds they power to light homes and build - shaped balconies were equipped in Oklahoma City. Ten packed ing in 1910. The entire complex daughters, Patricia and Mary Beth are frequently referred as “cul - ings. Also essential to understand - with steep pitch bleachers. While streetcars a day rolled to and was razed to the ground the fol - Jane. He died on April 15, 1955. tural entrepreneurs.” This could ing why this piece of history is the auditorium had soft glass from the park. Among the per - lowing year. At that time there John and his wife Katherine had be said of a whole generation of timeless and relevant is a study lighting, the heavily-draped stage formers regularly featured at Del - were more than 2,000 amuse - no children. On April 25, 1977 Greeks in North America. These about the Mount Olympus Water was brilliantly illuminated by mar Gardens were Buster Keaton, ment parks in the United States. John died at age of 101. In 1995, fellow Hellenes, now largely for - and Theme Park in the Wisconsin electric switchboard lighting. John L. Sullivan, Lon Chaney Sr., Today, nothing remains of the John and Peter Sinopoulo were gotten by our community, quite Dells conceived, owned, and Built to be a Vaudeville house, Jenny Lind, Jack Dempsey, Delmar Gardens except a histori - posthumously inducted into the literally helped create the popular managed by Nick Laskaris. Delmar Garden Theater also in - Geronimo, and many others. Dur - cal marker said to be at the loca - Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Unex - “American” culture that continues The complicated personal his - stalled film equipment in 1903 to ing an interview for Oklahoma tion of the Delmar Gardens The - pectedly, the Sinopoulo Family to inspire the entire planet. tories of John, Peter and James feature The Great Train Robbery , Today in 1986, Peter Sinopoulos’ ater, which in time became the has left us yet another historical Sinopoulo in entertainment in which ran for eleven weeks. De - daughter, Patricia Sinopoulo site of Oklahoma City’s old Farm - structure. [email protected] Oklahoma City and elsewhere provides a case study in the in - novations and direct influence earlier generations of Greeks had in the very creation of American popular culture. 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Continued from page 1 while still fulfilling his duties at And on St. Paul’s 50th An - Moreover, Papadeas orga - thodox Clergy Fellowship of the Cathedral. niversary, Papadeas wrote a con - nized and served the first sys - Central and East Florida in Orthodox Church in Lecanto, Ordained a Priest on March cise history of the parish’s ori - tematic Eastern Orthodox Parish 1982, and was elected as its first FL. And he was conducting the 18, 1945, Papadeas served as an gins. at the USAF Base Hellenicon president. same type of initiative in Ocala. Assistant Priest under the Fr. In cooperation with Nicholas Athens, in order to serve the Since assuming his duties as Moreover, there is virtually Basil Efthimiou, a luminary of Andromidas, who wrote an spiritual needs of the Orthodox St. Demetrios’ Pastor, Papadeas no Greek Orthodox parish in the the Greek Orthodox Church, un - "Easter Miracle Play,” Papadeas military and the U.S. Embassy initiated the Annual Memorial United States without a copy of til September 1, 1950. participated in presenting the personnel stationed there. Service in New Smyrna Beach, his Holy Week Services bilingual He was assigned by Arch - first national Orthodox Easter Together with Fr. Leonidas FL, the site where 500 Greeks book, which Papadeas complied bishop Michael on September 1, program in the U.S. program Contos, Papadeas in 1964 be - landed in 1768. decades ago. 1950 to organize the first Greek in 1957. came the first Greek-American Also very notably, Papadeas Born in 1918 in Altoona, PA, Orthodox Church on Long Is - The starring role was played priest to receive the Gold Cross compiled, translated (into Eng - Papadeas was the son of a con - land, St. Paul’s in Hempstead. by William Shatner of Star Trek of the Phoenix from King Con - lish), and published The Greek- fectionery owner, and the Truly a monument to Ortho - fame. stantine of Greece. English edition of The Divine grandson of an immigrant who doxy in America, St Paul's be - Appointed by Archbishop And along with Fr. Constan - Liturgy of St. John The Chrysos - after making his fortune re - came one of the nation’s five Iakovos as the Dean of the Arch - tine Volaitis, Papadeas was cho - tom widely used in the pews of turned to Greece and bought a leading parishes. The Sunday diocesan Cathedral in New York sen by Iakovos to visit the Or - Orthodox Churches worldwide. farm, on which he planted School had swelled to 1200 stu - City on September 1, 1963, Pa - thodox Patriarchates of He also translated and pub - 1,000 orange trees. dents, with a staff of 125. padeas spearheaded the major Constantinople, Antioch, lished The Akathist Hymn, with Papadeas was first Greek- While serving there, Pa - task of its reorganization. Jerusalem, Alexandria, and the The Brief Compline (used dur - American graduate of the Holy padeas published a complete se - Papadeas managed of all as - Church of Greece to procure ing the first five Fridays of Lent). Cross Greek Orthodox School of ries of Sunday School Books for Rev. George Papadeas. pects of the development and Icons and other religious histor - And those are but a few of Theology on March 25, 1942. Grades K-12. construction of The Ionian Vil - ical items to exhibit at the 1964 the seemingly endless accom - He was assigned as the Deacon, As St Paul's pastor, Papadeas the 40th Anniversary of The lage Camp in Bartholomio, World's Fair in New York City. plishments that adorned this re - Sunday School Director, and presided over the blessed Man - Weeping icon of the Theotokos Greece, and was its organizer He organized the Eastern Or - ligious giant’s life. Greek School Teacher at the ifestations of three Weeping at St. Paul’s, Papadeas penned for the first two years. He was Cathedral in New York City. Icons of our Holy Mother of and published Why Did She Cry, also Iakovos’ representative and Papadeas served as the Dea - God, the first of which was on the in-depth, firsthand account - chief liaison to the Church of con to Archbishop Athenagoras March 16, 1960. ing of The Miraculous Manifes - Greece and the Greek govern - CLASSIFIEDS of Blessed Memory until 1945, In 2000, on the occasion of tations. ment.

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By Andy Dabilis the demand, paychecks and re - miliate the conservative leader Greek question has still not been TNH Staff Writer duced Christmas bonuses for and harm the party, according cleared up because we have not Greek workers, and benefits for to Kathimerini. seen the criteria met for the pay - ATHENS – With Greece rapidly pensioners are at stake. Political Asked about recent skirmish - ment of the next tranche” of running out of money, a delayed analysts said Samaras wants to ing between moderate and bailout loans. Greece needs the $11 billion loan as part of a first distance himself from the aus - hardline members of New $11-billion pay-out by Decem - round bailout of $152 billion, terity measures ahead of the Democracy, Kranidiotis said the ber 15 to avoid bankruptcy and and a proposed second rescue election which he has said he party leadership must punish Merkel pressed Samaras. “We package of $175 billion to keep believes he can win a majority “anyone who violates the rules need not only the signature of Greece from going bankrupt, to govern Greece alone. Polls and (damages) the party’s the Greek prime minister, but was being held because New show New Democracy ahead prospects.” He suggested that also the signatures of the parties Democracy leader Antonis but unlikely to be able to form liberal politicians such as Kyri - that have formed a government Samaras, whose party is part of a majority government. Sama - akos Mitsotakis and Sotiris in Greece, otherwise there can a tripartite temporary coalition ras, a Harvard-educated econo - Hatzigakis were a largely mar - be no payment of the next government, has refused to sign mist, has long opposed the tax ginal force inside the party. tranche,” she said. an agreement to keep the hikes and spending cuts backed Hatzigakis, a veteran conserva - While the political wrangling money coming. Samaras, who by Papandreou, his bitter rival tive deputy, was ousted from the was going on, Greeks continued agreed to drop his opposition to and former college roommate, party for suggesting that “far to be rocked hard by the aus - the bailout schemes this month arguing that Greece needs pro- right elements” were influenc - terity measures, that have cre - in return for the coalition gov - growth policies, but he hasn’t ing New Democracy’s decision- ated 18.4 percent unemploy - ernment, has nonetheless stood suggested any. making - a thinly veiled refer - ment and closed more than against the austerity measures Without the $11 billion ence to Kranidiotis, among 100,000 businesses while creat - that come with the money and pending loan, Greece will run others. ing anxious fear about how peo - said his word should be good out of money to pay them, and Papademos said he was con - ple could survive if the crisis enough for the Troika of the Eu - Samaras’ position has infuriated fident Samaras and Karatzaferis worsens. hat has especially an - ropean Union-International some Greeks who say he is play - would come around. “I believe gered Greeks is a wave of tax Monetary Fund-European Cen - AP PHOTO/VIRGINIA mAyO ing politics for his self-aggran - party leaders will fulfill their hikes, including on the poor, tral Bank that is lending Greece Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, left, and European dizement while jeopardizing duty. I’m optimistic that a solu - and a so-called “emergency” the money to stay solvent. Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso participate in a their economic lives. One letter tion will be found soon,” he property tax put into electric Under pressure, Samaras media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, on Monday, to Kathimerini said: “A ‘word’ said. Papademos, who spoke bills under the threat of having late on Nov. 23 wrote a letter to Nov. 21, 2011. Papademos is on a one day visit to meet with has no future legal force. If it with US President Barack power turned off, wages gar - the international creditors say - EU officials. did, I would not be required to Obama by telephone and met nished and property seized for ing he backs the bailout deals sign my loans. The bank would with European Central Bank non-payment, a tactic adopted and the austerity measures he Karatzaferis, who earlier said he includes a condition of more pay just accept my ‘word’ and my President Mario Draghi in to curtail tax evasion in a coun - said he’d opposed, but it was would do “everything neces - cuts, tax hikes, slashed pensions, ‘dignity’ would be intact – until Frankfurt pushed again for is - try where the country has lost unclear whether that was sary” to secure crucial loans, and scores of thousands of lay - the bank comes to repossess my suance of Eurobonds to ease the more than $60 billion to people enough of a commitment for the said he wouldn’t sign either and offs that have precipitated social home.” debt crisis, but that has been who won’t pay taxes. Troika to accept as a written instead would write a letter in unrest. On Dec. 1, the labor SQUEEZING SAMARAS adamantly opposed by German But union leaders at the Pub - guarantee as it was not a con - his party’s newspaper as proof union that represents Greek pri - Dutch Finance Minister Jan Chancellor Angela Merkel and lic Power Corporation said they tract. Samaras said New Democ - he would support the deal. . vate workers will hold a general Kees de Jager said his country French President Nicolas won’t obey the turn-off orders racy is now behind the agree - Jean-Claude Juncker, leader strike and the public labor union would bar further aid unless Sarkozy, whose countries are and works occupied the com - ment but he did not say whether of the Eurozone of the 17 coun - ADEDY said it might follow suit, Samaras gives in. “We want to putting up most of the money pany’s offices last week, knock - he would sign it. The letter was tries using the euro, which in - which could again tie up trans - see a signature from Mr Sama - to save Greece, and whose ing out a computer system that made public after EU leaders, cludes Greece, said written portation and shut down the ras… otherwise, as far as I am banks could be hit hard if processes payments. That meant led by German Chancellor An - proof of the commitment of the center of Athens and create dif - concerned, they will get no Greece defaults. that tax monies collected were gela Merkel, gave him a stark coalition is necessary to release ficulties in the country’s second- money. Absolutely not.” He In a wide-ranging speech in not being passed on to the gov - warning the money pipeline the delayed loan and for a sec - largest city, Thessaloniki. added: “It has to be clear that the Bundestag Lower House of ernment, compounding the would be shut off unless he pro - ond bailout, which also provides Sources in Brussels told the there is also commitment from Parliament, Merkel said: “The problem. vided written guarantees. Greece a 50 percent reduction newpaper Kathimerini that the the largest opposition leader Troika officials have said that in much of its debt. “Would EU decided to send Athens the (Samaras) to implement. . . re - unless he signed by Nov. 29 that there be no cross-party agree - ultimatum after talks between forms. Saying that words are the money would not be re - ment, that disbursement of European Commission President enough, we have passed that leased, even as he insisted they course could not take place,” Jose Manuel Barroso and New stage. We want a signature from were insulting Greece’s national Juncker said. That could cause Democracy’s Vice President this Mr Samaras. Otherwise they dignity by asking for written Greece to default and maybe Stavros Dimas, who is also For - (Greece) won’t get money.” guarantees. When New Democ - topple the rest of the Eurozone eign Minister and a former Eu - But New Democracy racy was in power from 2004- and roil European, American, ropean Commission minister, spokesman Yiannis Michelakis 09 under former Premier Costas and world markets. failed to move Samaras. Sama - said Samaras didn’t care what Karamanlis, the government “Our partners demand writ - ras was reportedly told by Bar - the Troika wanted. “I have noth - submitted false data to the EU, ten commitments. They want roso on Tuesday to quit playing ing to add on the issue of the hiding Greece’s real economic political leaders to send a letter “political games” and drop his signature that is being asked of crisis, precipitating the current of commitment over the policies refusal to pledge written sup - Samaras,” he said. Failios Krani - dilemma. which will be implemented in port for Greek budget cuts as a diotis, a close aide to Samaras, Samaras’ stance has created the coming years,” Papademos condition for the next slice of also urged him not to sign, even a contretemps, pitting him said after talks with Juncker in international aid. “For the Eu - if it means Greece will go broke. against the Troika while interim Luxembourg. “There is enough ropean Union and IMF to sup - “If you don’t put the brakes on Prime Minister Lucas Pa - money for another 20 days,” a port, they need to be sure that this, then more will come,” he pademos, a former European senior Greek government offi - this is for a sustainable effort,” told SKAI TV, saying the warn - Central Bank Vice-President cial said on Nov. 22. “Without Barroso said in a press confer - ings from the Troika were “pa - who is negotiating with the the loan tranche we will default ence with Papademos in Brus - per threats.” Kranidiotis, a hard - lenders, is trying to keep his on the 2.8 billion euros bond sels, putting the interim leader liner, has been skeptical of the fractious coalition of former PA - payments in December and we in a tough spot. He will rule party’s decision to back a crisis SOK ministers, New Democracy, won’t be able to pay out salaries only until new elections in Feb - coalition government with PA - and the far Right-Wing LAOS and pensions. The situation is ruary and PASOK and New SOK to try to keep the country party together. Samara is being very serious and this issue has Democracy are trying to jockey going. He said that ongoing AP PHOTO/PETROS GIANNAkOuRIS backed by LAOS leader George to be settled …” for position to try to win back pressure on the party to sign a Consumers of Public Power Company, DEH, wait in a line to Karatzaferis, adding to Pa - MORE AUSTERITY HANGUPS power. pledge has been orchestrated by pay pay the new emergency property tax in central Athens, on pademos’ problem. But the second bailout also While Samaras is resisting domestic rivals in a bid to hu - Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. Cyprus’ Troubled Economy Pins Hopes on Oil and Natural Gas Exploration

TNH Staff Cyprus was split into a first license for exploration from eign investment if it makes any Greek-speaking South and a the Republic of Cyprus “last changes to its ‘favorable’ tax en - NEW YORK –Cyprus finance Turkish-speaking North in 1974 week said its preliminary esti - vironment, according to a group minister Kikis Kazamias said last when Turkey invaded after a mate put the gas deposit's size representing international banks week that his country will al - coup by supporters of union at between 3 to 9 trillion cubic operating in the country. If the most certainly need a bailout with Greece. Although the is - feet of gas, with a 60 percent overall tax burden continues to from its eurozone partners if land joined the European Union chance it will successfully re - increase, ‘some of our members tougher spending cuts and tax in 2004, only the internation - cover it…Exploratory drilling will begin with layoffs, which hikes aren't taken right now. On ally-recognized South enjoys began in September, and will put additional pressure on November 21 Cyprus president membership benefits. The dis - Cypriot officials said they will the existing unemployment cri - Dimitris Christofias focused on pute also is a key obstacle to formally announce firm esti - sis, and eventually consider al - the future as he visited a gas Turkey's own troubled EU mem - mates early next month. Com - ternative jurisdictions to drilling rig off the Southern bership bid. Turkey engineered merce Minister Praxoulla Anto - Cyprus,’ the Association of In - coast of Cyprus and defended the declaration of an indepen - niadou has said that a trillion ternational Banks said in a state - the Republic’s right to explore dent state by the Turkish Cypri - cubic feet of gas would be ment,” this week. for oil and gas in its exclusive ots in 1983 which only Turkey enough to meet the country's The business group repre - economic zone (EEZ) in the face recognizes and maintains energy needs for three decades,” sents 24 lenders and considers of threats from Turkey. 35,000 troops on the island, fur - according to the AP. contributions to a proposed fi - "My presence here under - ther complicating negotiations. “Christofias said the drilling nancial-stability fund “designed scores the Cyprus Republic's The reunification talks are of - is ‘going well’ and that a second to help troubled banks as an ad - sovereign rights which we are ten reduced to bickering as licensing round for exploratory ditional tax. It could increase determined to exercise," Christofias has “accused the drilling elsewhere inside Cyprus' the overall tax burden for banks Christofias said on the rig Turkish side of backtracking on 17,000 square-mile (51,000 ‘with substantial obligations’ to owned by U.S. company Noble key issues, including how power square-kilometer) exclusive eco - up to 16 percent of their annual Energy, according to the Associ - will be shared under a federa - nomic zone would be an - earnings. ated Press (AP), which noted tion while the Turkish Cypriots nounced ‘shortly.’” The AP re - ‘The favorable tax environ - “Christofias' remark was di - accuse Christofias of dithering ported, adding that “Regional ment of Cyprus has been stable rected at Turkey which disputes and rejecting all their propos - tensions were stoked recently for many years and this has at - Cyprus' oil and gas search be - als,” according to the AP. The after Turkey dispatched a war - tracted a large number of inter - cause it doesn't recognize the is - focus has been on the intercom - ship-escorted research vessel to national banks’ and other in - land as a sovereign country.” munal aspects of the dispute look for gas deposits in the area vestors…’This stability is now Turkey has also warned that rather than on Ankara’s illegal in retaliation to the Cypriot gov - under considerable attack’” the drilling may jeopardize the cur - invasion and occupation. ernment's move. Ankara also association said according to rent round of UN-sponsored It is unclear what effect the signed a maritime accord with Bloomberg. talks, which have been going apparent hydrocarbon windfall the Turkish Cypriots and said it Meanwhile, “Cyprus Air - fruitlessly four years, to reunify will have on the talks. would pursue its own drilling ways, the country’s state-con - the island nation that was di - “Christofias and a small group which Christofias denounced as trolled carrier, said it carried 15 vided after the 1974 Turkish in - of senior government officials "actions outside international percent fewer passengers in the vasion. Christofias repeated on flew by helicopter to the rig for law." first 10 months of the year after Monday that the potential oil a firsthand look at the rig situ - Analysts warn Cyprus should cutting capacity by 17 percent. and gas wealth could act as an AP PHOTO/PRESS AND INFORmATION OFFICE, HO ated about 115 miles (185 kilo - not count its chickens before Passengers dropped by 210,000 incentive to a solution for the Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias, center, talks with a meters) off the island's south they hatch, or rather, should from the year-earlier period, af - decades old dispute because worker employed by Noble Energy, at the company's offshore coast,” the AP reported and take care of the chickens it now ter the number of seats available Turkish Cypriots would share oil and gas rig, some 115 miles (185 kilometers) off Cyprus' noted that last week Houston- relies on. Bloomberg News says was cut by 336,000 amid lower the wealth. south coast, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. based Noble, which won the “Cyprus is at risk of losing for - demand,” Bloomberg reported. "I want to tell our Turkish Cypriot compatriots that, God ($479 million) as part of an ap - to cut its deficit to under 3 per - willing, this effort will succeed proach to prevent the country cent next year and to balance and I want to stress that this is from joining Greece, Ireland and its budget by 2013 but those tar - a challenge to Turkey to change Portugal in seeking a bailout — gets are threatened by Europe’s its stance so we can solve the it's already getting a cheap loan economic weakening. Kazamias DON’T MISS Cyprus issue the soonest," from Russia to see it through said the balanced budget target Christofias was quoted by the the coming months. He also has been pushed back a year to AP. wants to introduce a scaled sur - 2014. DANGER WARNINGS tax on private sector salaries LOTS OF BALLS IN THE AIR Our annual Christmas Special Earlier this month Olli Rehn, above €2,500 and an additional Christofias’ government is the EU's Monetary Affairs Com - levy of 0.5 percent on domestic struggling on multiple fronts as missioner warned Cyprus about company turnover. The new it prepares both for the assump - DECEMBER 24, 2011 sanctions under new EU spend - proposed measures are on top tion of the EU presidency on ing rules if Nicosia does not act of a €840 million ($1.1 billion) July 1, 2012 during perhaps the get the budget under control. austerity package included in most critical period in the According to the AP “Kikis the 2012 draft budget that aims union’s history, and for a sum - Kazamias says his ministry is to shrink the deficit from its cur - mit meeting on a Cyprus solu - Members of the community who wish to send Holiday greeting s are welcome to place an ad. looking to freeze government rent 6.5 percent of gross domes - tion that UN Secretary General To advertise or to obtain rates: tel: (718) 784-5255 ext. 101, workers' salaries for two years tic product.” Ban Ki-moon has called for Jan - e-mail: [email protected] and save a total €355 million Cyprus has promised the EU uary 2012. 8 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 2 2011

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But, as the irony of fate would have it, this graduate of the Athens Polytechnic Insti - EU’s Hubris is Turning Europeans into Europeons tute, where no policeman was permitted to step foot since the junta years, was forced last Friday to order the UC Davis campus police to destroy the tents that student protesters had set up on Of all the people who claim cates a loss of con - Hubris from the they might threaten not to let campus as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. However, as to be democratically minded – tact with reality and EU’s paymaster, Santa use their reindeer because the entire world saw for itself on video, one police officer used especially politicians – how an overestimation Germany, is at he hasn’t paid his VAT taxes on pepper spray on a number of students. That was a sadistic and un - many really make good on their of one's own com - least semi-explain - all those toys. necessary act. word and fight to uphold demo - petence or capabili - able. In addition to Then there’s Rehn’s prede - The video caused an international outrage and it brought about cratic principles? In today’s day ties, especially the German insis - cessor, Joaquin Almunia, who the exact opposite results of what Dr. Katehi would have wanted: and age, sadly, the number when the person ex - tence that they’re now serves as Competition instead of weakening the protesters’ cause, the UC Davis police’s seems to be ever decreasing. hibiting it is in a po - always right about Commissioner and Vice Presi - actions garnered public support for the Occupy Wall Street move - Take a look around you and sition of power. everything, and of dent of the Commission. He’s ment. you’ll see that never have so And nowhere course their obvi - the one that blocked a merger Dr. Katehi says she assumes full responsibility. The UC-Davis many pains been taken to avoid does one find a ous historical…re - between Olympic Air and faculty however issued a statement calling for her resignation, and exercising such a popular no - group of individuals curring problems, Aegean for fear that it would be termed her leadership a "gross general failure." Who knows what tion. There’s no hemisphere, more out of touch by Christopher Germans may also a monopoly. Meanwhile, it ap - is really behind this move? continent, or country that is im - with reality, more TRIPOULAS feel entitled to parently hasn’t dawned on him On her part, Dr. Katehi told ABC’s Good Morning America that mune to the growing aversion haughty and inso - Special to bossing everyone to explain how the price of a "I really feel confident at this point the university needs me.” to democracy. lent, than in the Eu - The National Herald around because bottle of water in Greece went She shouldn't be too confident... This situation is reminiscent of You could point to New York ropean Union. For a they’re footing the from 50 drachmas to 50 cents another sad story involving Dr. Peter Diamandopoulos, ex-president City’s three-term mayor who bloc of nations that lacks any biggest part of the bill. (Al - (170 drachmas) overnight. of Adelphi University on two-timed the citizens by one- genuine constitution, common though they are also profiting Wouldn’t you think that tripling Long Island. The faculty association turned against him for ba - upping everyone and changing defense policy, definitive geopo - proportionately because they’re the price of everyday goods and sically their own labor interests, but they hid behind allegations of the election law for a single-in - litical orientation, and popular lending money to their “part - groceries is far more adverse for financial impropriety. Ultimately, he lost the fight. stance – his own election, deci - mandate for its statutory repre - ners” at usurious interest rates the economy than two relatively Can Dr. Katehi weather the storm of public outcry? Probably mating people’s purchasing sentatives, the EU’s politicians and peddling their products small airlines merging? If you not. Not because she did anything wrong. On the contrary, accord - power with an onslaught of surely have got some nerve. unimpeded to the world’s rich - do, now you know why EU ing to the law, she was obliged to clear the campus of the tents. As taxes, fines, and tickets while How else could they– appointed est single market.) But where Commission President Manuel head of the University, nonetheless, she is responsible for everything the tetrarchy of bankers, specu - officials – have the gall to ob - do the rest of these guys get off Barosso and EU Council Presi - that happens - good and bad alike. lators, lobbyists, and politicians struct (impede, adulterate, ig - being so smug? dent Herman Van Rompuy (two It is a shame that yet again a Greek-American university presi - eat the thrice-blessed working nore) the mandate of the people Take Olli Rehn, for instance. presidents?) haven’t considered dent has found herself in the eye of a media storm without being man out of house and home… in sovereign countries. Coun - He’s the EU Commissioner for offering you a position on one at fault. You could, but it’s too much tries where the citizens spilled Economic Affairs. He has repeat - of their seemingly infinite com - fun watching his much sought- blood at one time or another to edly made statements demand - missions. after and plainly hypocritical defend their homeland from in - ing that Greece’s ruling and op - Say what you will about Sil - third-term end up being a total vasion, maintain territorial in - position parties jointly agree to vio Berlusconi’s philandering What Wasn't Said washout, so let’s overlook him tegrity, fight tyrants, and uphold the terms of the memorandum ways, but at least his partners for now and turn our attention basic freedoms. The only blood (including signing a statement of were reportedly well-compen - to the reigning champion of EU technocrats have ever spilled allegiance), dictated policy to the sated. On the contrary, that’s Archbishop Demetrios and Vice President Biden had a lengthy feigned democracy: the Euro - comes from the paper cuts they government, and the opposition. more than the people of Greece discussion at the Archdiocese last week, as we reported. pean Union. get pushing around documents It’s hard to say what’s more dis - and some other weaker EU Oddly enough, they didn't go in front of the TV cameras to The comedy of errors that all day long. Oh, and of course, concerting: the fact that a mem - states can say about their deal - make a statement, as is customary. has accompanied the handling the blood of foreigners that ber of the European Commission ing with today’s philembolic Eu - The main topic of discussion revolved around issues dealing of the Greek crisis by the boys they’ve shed while participating (none of whom are elected offi - rocrats. with the Ecumenical Patriarchate. That's all well and good. in Brussels has pretty much in military operations in the cials) openly and unashamedly Until it can respect and fol - The Greek-American community has a duty to do whatever pos - turned it into a tragedy. But like Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan, and wants to do away with the par - low the democratic process, the sible to make sure that the Patriarchate is able to exist and operate every good Greek tragedy, those Libya. (Count the number of of - liamentary process (allowing an EU should stop attacking the freely and safely. who commit hubris end up pay - fensives participated in by EU opposition party to actually op - sovereignty of its member However, that is not enough. The community’s interests clearly ing for it in the end, because states since the Maastricht pose government policy when it states. Otherwise, as these past extend beyond the Patriarchate, especially nowadays. hubris always goes hand in Treaty in 1992, and it’s no won - disagrees with it), or that he has two years have amply proven, Today, the Greek people are being rocked by a deep financial hand with nemesis (retribu - der why there’s an immigration the audacity to say all this despite the consequences of their hubris and social crisis. It is a crisis that could even threaten the nation's tion). Hubris is associated with problem in Europe. They keep the fact that he comes from Fin - will come back to haunt them. very existence if left unchecked. Therefore, it would have been ad - extreme haughtiness, pride, or wrecking foreigners’ home - land – hardly a world power, ex - visable to take advantage of this ceremonial visit by Vice President arrogance. Hubris often indi - lands!) cept on Christmastime, when [email protected] Biden to the Archdiocese – the previous day members of the com - munity hosted two fundraisers for the Obama-Biden team – and turn it into the long sought-after opportunity to revisit the issue of COMMENTARY aiding Greece with its financial problems. This meeting could have served as the catalyst for the announce - ment of some sort of program of direct or indirect support to the struggling Greek people, i.e. more lax immigration policies for Sitilides Discusses Church, Faith, Family, and Philotimo Greeks wishing to relocate to the U.S. for the next two years. And they could have made this announcement directly to the media through a press conference. Remarks of John Sitilides at St. faith. But how do we, as parents word – and for the many here home, philotimo is the sense of Instead, the results of this meeting proved once again that the George Greek Orthodox Church and as adults, do so effectively who do not speak Greek, it is responsive gratefulness and the religious nature of the Archbishop's role is not suited for repre - in Bethesda, MD, on Sunday, in a world in which we are bom - difficult to translate with preci - eager doing of good deeds in senting the Greek-American community before civic and political Nov. 13 as part of the steward - barded by the passions? Well, sion – which I will posit is the honor of God, the God of mercy, leaders. ship campaign. we find ourselves refreshed and most proper description of the the God of love, and the God of Nevertheless, those responsible for making the meeting happen renewed, and our love for God code under which we as Chris - forgiveness we all – as fallen deserve to be congratulated. A little more than four years and for all humanity reinforced tians strive to live: philotimo . creatures – need and seek in our ago, after we moved to McLean, – as Christ commanded – by our Technically, philotimo is the lives. Angela and I needed to decide communion with Christ and our unselfish love of honor. Com - It is right to offer our deepest where our older sons would be - worship of thanks to God in the bined with the individual pur - thanks to God for the life that is Choppy Waters gin to attend Sunday School, presence of this Church, our suit of excellence, philotimo is within us, for the love that ani - where they would forge rela - Church, our home. the surest path to a life well- mates our lives, and for the tionships that could last their In Orthodoxy, our faith and lived. Excellence may be the en - spectacular blessings with which Once upon a time, General Maritime Corporation's stock shares lifetimes, and where we as a our Church are inseparable. deavor of the individual, but just being alive endows us. were worth $40 apiece and the company was valued at $5.35 bil - family would build new friend - They are one. And as we sustain philotimo is the lifeblood of a As Christians, we practice lion. Once upon a time, Peter Georgiopoulos was billing himself as ships and renew those with and care for the houses in which virtuous community. good and honorable acts not be - the next Onassis, and dreamed of owning the largest fleet of con - friends who already attended we live, protecting our bodies Philotimo entails the funda - cause we are supposed to, but tainer ships in the world. Sadly, his company went bankrupt this the church. from the forces of nature, we mental understanding that the because we know them to be past Thursday. It, too, fell victim to the major economic crisis af - … sustain and care for the home greater entity to which the indi - the right things to do. fecting the entire world. We had known for many in which we worship, to vidual belongs, be it family, As one learned theologian so In recent years, a whole slew of relatively young Greek shipown - years Father Dimitrios and Pres - strengthen our souls in our con - neighborhood, country or eloquently stated, “Everything ers made unimaginable profits from the shipping business. Obvi - bytera Maria and were excited stant struggle against tempta - church, involves a higher behav - else is a natural consequence of ously, however, they considered the advice of old captains and to welcome them to this region. tion and against evil. ior and responsibility, based on the good that fills our souls shipowners to be outdated. The latter knew from experience that We felt an innate comfort here How do we then provide for knowing right from wrong and without having asked for it. This the shipping sector is highly sensitive to economic fluctuation, and among all of you as fellow the well-being of this house of acting accordingly. way, good has dignity.” that as a result, one needs to be very careful before making major parishioners, and we believed God, in which we ask the Holy It involves fulfilling one’s In this way, my brothers and investments, like Georgiopoulos did. Not surprisingly, then, the that our children would find an Spirit to consecrate the bread duty to do what we know in our sisters in Christ, we live in dig - talk on the market is that other Greek shipowners are also going enduring place of love, friend - and wine with which we com - hearts to be right, not immedi - nity and in virtue, providing for through major problems. ship and Christian fellowship mune with the living Christ? ately or necessarily for our - our faith and therefore for our It is evident that the Greek shipping sector is weathering a here. These are mysteries of God selves, but right for our family, Church. major storm; a "perfect storm," to be more precise. Part of that process also en - which occur right here, at this neighborhood, country or In this way, we stand tall as The economic crisis which we are all too familiar with has not tailed educating and explaining very altar, within our midst, church. parents living our faith before victimized only the Greek working man. The major Greek industries to our children what it means to while we are present! Philotimo carries not only the eyes of our children. – shipping and tourism – are fighting for dear life as well. Regarding be good Christians. After all, if Pause for a moment, contem - that code of honor, but also of And in this way, we lead lives tourism, despite the figures that are being released by the tourism we believe Holy Tradition and plate that momentous act and responsibility, duty, self-respect of honor, of philotimo, grateful ministry – which are obviously deceptive – a recent study has Holy Scripture, this Church is di - experience again the awe of and Christian fellowship , based that we have been granted by shown that the damage to Greece's image in the U.S. is so wide - rectly descended from the what we partake every Sunday! on the intense and constant feel - God his gift of life, and have spread that only 11 percent of Americans would choose to vacation Church that was founded on Pen - And so it becomes our re - ing of deep appreciation and been blessed by God to experi - in Greece... tecost just under 2000 years ago. sponsibility to honor the Holy heartfelt gratitude for God’s ence his love in so many joyful, And that is critical, because the only steady flow of income to … Trinity in this humble, earthly many gifts, compelling the soul wondrous and extraordinary Greece comes from the pockets of Greek-Americans. And as Christian parents, we home. to freely and thankfully re - ways. would teach our children to be There is an exceptional idea spond. I thank you, and wish you all HAPPY THANKSGIVING! responsible for nurturing our for which the Greeks have a In this Church that is our a blessed day. THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 2 2011 VIEWPOINTS 9 LETTER FROM ATHENS Amb. Kaskarelis Speaks about the Concept of Hellenism

Venizelos’ Turkish Tax By Vassilis Kaskarelis concerned with the actual harsh economic restructuring. vestments from other countries, reality on the ground; a reality The actions that will secure such as the United States. And It is important that we take that dictates that my own life, Greece’s financing for the com - so I do not mislead you, this will Leaves People without Power stock from time to time of where the life of my family, my friends, ing years are clearly set forth in take a minimum of three to four we stand and what direction we of all people in Greece, and the the decisions of the October 26 months, provided, of course, are heading in, not only in our future of my children and all Eurozone Summit. And the main that other measures are effec - Before he re - first, and that even personal lives, but also as a com - Greek children, are negatively task of this government is to im - tively implemented. versed himself, a before the ink dried munity. This conference, “The and detrimentally impacted for plement these decisions and ap - We must remember that this difficult task in it - on his fiat, the mea - Future of Hellenism,” serves pre - a long time to come. ply the economic policies con - is a difficult time not only for self as it makes a sure he said would cisely that purpose and I hope it And since I own and accept nected with them. Greece, as this is an interna - beeping sound like be a one-off tempo - will continue to do so. these reactions as my own, I More precisely, on October tional economic crisis, that have a truck backing up, rary tax was already The concept of Hellenism is can’t very well tell you that you 26, the leaders of the Eurozone affected economic giants like the Greek Finance permanent and not a tangible one, nor can it be have no right to yours. countries decided to further fi - United States, and other Euro - Minister Evangelos Greeks in 2111 will clearly defined. Anyway you de - And yet, I am hopeful; I am nance Greece with the amount pean countries like Italy, France, Venizelos showed be paying it. He’d fine it, however, it is undeniable hopeful precisely because of the of 130 billion euro, on top of the Portugal, and Ireland. he knows Greek like it to be in euros that these Hellenic values and values and principles that make 120 billion euro previously dis - The difference is that in the history well at least bearing his likeness, principles have carried the Greek up this uplifting notion of Hel - pensed, covering Greece’s finan - case of Greece, the crisis un - when he issued a so just picture him in people through many historical lenism; the values that saw us cial needs for the next three veiled its decades-long misman - decree that the by ANDY a turban. phases of intense hardship, in - through the devastation of years. This is the largest loan agement of its affairs, making people (except the DABILIS Desperately short vasions, war, poverty and strife. World War II, the Civil War, the that any country anywhere has evident systemic flaws and a rich and big busi - of cash the rich need These values also character - 1967 dictatorship, and other ever received. concentration on growing public ness) shall have to Special to because the govern - ize Greek communities all over shattering events; more than They also agreed that private administration rather than fos - pay an “emer - The National Herald ment coffers they use the world, keeping their mem - once, Greece has overcome banks and insurers be asked to tering entrepreneurship, compe - gency” property tax as a personal ATM bers connected and creating a against all odds; and I am cer - voluntarily accept a 50% haircut tition, industrial strategy or com - to be put into electric bills under are drying up, and the Troika of sense of belonging. tain that Greece will do so again. of the Greek debt, instantly lead - petitive advantages. the threat of having power the European Union-International And, however frustrated and Events of the last ten or so ing to a 70-80 billion euro re - Up to now, the Greek State turned off, wages garnished or Monetary Fund-European Central even disappointed you may be difficult days have reinforced my duction of Greece’s public debt. has been a state of big inefficien - property seized for non-payment Bank is making the unfair de - with what has been happening cautious optimism. The two ma - Difficult and painful negotia - cies; a huge bureaucracy that (except the rich and big busi - mand of wanting to be paid back in Greece lately, it is also unde - jor political parties, as well as tions with private banks are al - wreaks havoc in the daily lives ness). the first bailout of $152 billion niable that Hellenism has and LAOS, have come together in a ready in progress. of its citizens, thwarting their as - This kind of heavy taxation they are lending to keep the coun - always will be grounded in consensus/unity government, Obviously, this requires a se - pirations, diverting their capa - was a favorite tactic of the Turks try from going bankrupt, and the Greece. Consequently, the fu - appointing as Prime Minister, a ries of concrete steps which must bilities, as they squander their during the 400-year Ottoman Oc - promise of a second rescue of ture of Hellenism is intimately renowned economist, a man of take place in the immediate fu - energy and time navigating this cupation, which didn’t seem $175 billion being paid, the gov - intertwined with the future of integrity, with much needed eco - ture of the next few weeks. labyrinth, often resorting to nearly as long as the combined ernment said the electric property Greece. nomic expertise, placing on him There must be an immediate bribes to simply “get it over destruction of the country by the tax would raise $2 billion. I know you all have a senti - the great responsibility of meet - activation of the privatization with.” anti-Capitalist PASOK party and That will go a long way to - mental attachment to the moth - ing critical deadlines and over - process, a further reduction of In other words, the Greek their rival Ultra-Capitalist New ward paying off $327 billion in erland of your ancestors; I also come what up to now seemed the public sector and the dereg - people are the first and foremost Democracy ideological enemies. bad loans and $460 billion in know that you, just as I, have unsurpassable hurdles. ulation of restricted professions victims of this situation; they are Greeks called it a “haratsi,” debt. Because businesses are too been watching events unfold In the face of Prime Minister among others, measures that the ones who ultimately pay the and when Sultan Venizelos found big to have their power turned with fluctuating and mixed emo - Lucas Papademos, this new in - will lead to the increase of pro - price. himself short of cash one morn - off - a trick they learned from tions. terim government has received ductivity, development and in - This is what I think about ing he simply imposed the tax banks - the Venizelos Measures, As Greece’s Ambassador, this a confidence vote by the over - vestments. when I hear the negative re - that is aimed, like most of the a term that forever after shall re - has been an exceedingly difficult whelming majority of the Greek Furthermore, the European marks making the rounds about others he has put forward, on the place Draconian Measures as a period, as I am called upon to Parliament. And, the process of Union is prepared to grant the the Greek people lately; and I most vulnerable in society. At barometer of harshness, were tar - defend, explain and nullify the leading the country out of its sum of 30 billion euro for infra - must confess they trouble me least when the Socialists take geted at workers, the poor, and impact of all these events on deadlock has been set in motion. structure projects, making an ex - greatly. over, this stuff will stop, but pensioners. Those are the same Greece’s image and other serious The task ahead is daunting. ception for Greece, changing the Greeks have to wait until the in - people he has already put under issues. Greece is at a particularly critical rule that requires a euro-to-euro Remarks by the Ambassador of terim disunity government of PA - the sword with a list of other As a Greek, it pains me to see crossroads. And, yes, a positive match normally required. Greece to the United States, Vas - SOK, New Democracy and the taxes even the Turks didn’t think my country in this state; as a hu - outcome does depend on This measure could be en - silis Kaskarelis, on the occasion Right-Wing loonies of LAOS, who of, including penalties on people man being who must think of whether or not it chooses to con - hanced and bring about out - of the 10th Annual Conference harbor among them former making $6,700 a year. Republi - the human cost involved, I am tinue on this path of reform and standing results if there were in - on the Future of Hellenism. members of Golden Dawn, who cans would love this guy. make the KKK look like the As a phony show of symbol - NAACP, have a whack at bringing ism to convince weary Greeks the down the country first. law applies to everyone (it Sultan Venizelos, who sets the doesn’t), the government has American Investors Get A Lesson In Greek Politics financial rules although he has gone after a few scapegoats in a no real background in the field, brief crackdown against tax should have studied some Amer - evaders (except the rich and big Wall Street is not a particu - had reached a deal to What, the sol - markets will return to celebrating ican history and underlined the business) and arrested a few un - larly stable or predictable envi - keep Greece afloat. diers have just good times. As Thucydides un - part about “No Taxation Without lucky people who apparently did - ronment these days, though that Much like Congress stormed Nor - derstood (speaking of Greeks), Representation,” the Colonial up - n’t think of paying off tax inspec - has very little to do with the Oc - here at home did in mandy Beach? history repeats itself. And after rising that brought down the tors or ran out of “fakeloi,” the cupiers marching in the streets the summer, the Well tell them to all, economic cycles are part of British. little envelopes into which bribes outside and everything to do with Greeks averted de - turn around, history, too. are stuffed. At least stationery the stock market’s volatility. fault. The American there’s been a ref - The day will come – and stores are doing good business in For investors seeking an un - markets responded in erendum. The hopefully sooner than later, for Greece. remarkable but steady and reli - kind, posting formi - Apollo 11 has al - the sakes of Greek citizens and The real unlucky, though, are able long-term rate of return on dable multiday ral - most reached the global markets alike – when news ordinary Greeks who suddenly their holdings, now many not be lies. moon? Well put it about Greece will no longer ap - got “emergency” property tax the time to glance at their port - But the streak was in reverse, because pear on the front pages of major bills stuffed into the envelopes folios; they might be better off not to last too long, by CONSTANTINOS E. President Nixon international newspapers. In - sent by the electric company and just letting things ride for another as Papandreou SCAROS just polled the stead, Greece will revert to its rel - told they had to paid within a year or two. But for the high- shocked the world American people atively low-key role on the inter - few weeks, and that a second in - risk/high-yield thrill-seekers – (except for those of Special to and they said no. national stage, reinforcing the old stallment would due the next who would place a bet in a five- us who already un - The National Herald Not too happy adage that “no news is good month. The bills were supposed ant race on which insect would derstood Greek poli - with President news.” to be based on the size and age scamper on all six legs and reach tics) and declared that he would Obama? Well, why be so formal That in itself will not be of a property but a subjective cri - a dollop of honey 20 feet across put this new agreement to a vote and wait until next November to enough to allow stockholders to TNH ARCHIVES teria simply let the state decide the room first – this is the time among the populace. The deal, it vote him out of office? Let’s just rest easy, however. Just as Greece Greek Finance Minister Evan - how much your property was to buy and sell. seemed, hung by a thread and hold elections now – maybe a begins to fade from the limelight gelos Venizelos. worth and they cranked it up big The Dow Jones and NASDAQ the markets promptly resumed week or two before the holiday and ease back into some sem - time, so much that even the Fi - exchanges – as well as many of their downward spiral. season – that’s always a quiet blance of stability, another mad - The signs were evident when nance Ministry said some 30 per - their counterparts around the Those silly and naïve Ameri - time. cap character that is no stranger electric company workers said cent of bills are wildly overin - world – seem to move nowadays can investors. What did they As absurd as any of those no - to chaos will emerge to give they would not obey his orders flated and that a special appeals almost exclusively on news com - think Greece was, anyway, the tions might seem to Americans, American capitalists a whole new to turn off people’s power be - process would be set up to con - ing out of Europe. And what bet - United States or something? they are by and large par for the set of fits. Say hello to this mar - cause even he had gone too far, sider reviewing them and ex - ter breeding ground for economic At least Americans make de - course in zany ol’ Greece. What’s ket-rumbling catalyst – that can although they first turned off the empting people who can’t pay. instability is there – than Ireland, cisions – whether good ones or a red-blooded American financier give Greece a run on most out- lights at the Health Ministry, The rich and big business don’t Italy, Portugal, Spain, and, of bad ones – that typically do not to think? Never mind all of the of-control-nation any day of the which, like most government pay so they are already exempt. course, Greece? run the risk of being reversed surefire can’t-miss investment week, that just installed a new agencies and some big busi - This may have come a bit late Known as the Cradle of days later. Take the numerous strategies, the pricey analysis re - emergency leader too, and whose nesses, just doesn’t pay electric for one woman, a 92-year-old Democracy, a more apt moniker monumental initiatives in Amer - ports, and the hot stock tips. bonds are just as junky as its bills because there are no conse - bedridden pensioner who re - for Greece these days would be ican history: the War for Inde - Haven’t they heard, this is neighbor’s East of the Adriatic – quences for not doing so. In what ceives $1,200 a month and got a the Cradle of Volatility – music pendence, the Louisiana Pur - Greece we’re talking about. named Italy. other alleged civilized country in bill to pay her monthly electric to a short-term trader’s ears. But chase, the abolition of slavery, But, take heart, Wall Street Rest easy, day-traders: plenty the world can one man simply fee of $80 – plus another $1,500 with volatility comes political in - guaranteeing women the right to movers and shakers, Greece has of volatility and high risk await. issue a tax of any amount that in the first installment of the stability and unpredictability, as vote, Social Security, the two been around for thousands of Buy low, sell high. But don’t get he made up in his head or wrote Venizelos Tax. All she really has many investors have recently World Wars, landing on the years and has always bounced caught in the middle, as you down on a napkin? Although his to do, of course, is stick a certain found out – the hard way. moon, and countless others. back, so don’t count her out yet. might wind up sharing the same napkin is very big indeed. percentage of that in a small en - When then-Prime Minister Now, imagine if a few days into Eventually, things will stabilize fate as the countries that caused And just how does a property velope and hand to the right per - George Papandreou agreed to the their implementation those ini - over there, and a calming ripple all the hullabaloo in the first tax bill belong in your electric son. Now, that’s power. EU’s plans for a new bailout, tiatives were called off because effect will cross the Atlantic to place. bill? This is a surcharge, a second American investors breathed a the people simply changed their our shores, all the way to Lower property tax bill on top of the [email protected] sigh of relief. Europe, it seemed, minds. Manhattan – where our own [email protected] One Year to the Presidential Election: Has President Obama Met Expectations?

Less than a year from now continues; help to address con - Patriarchate. Unfor - to Prime Minister Erdogan smart with our contributions. Americans will be going to the • Provocations in the Aegean cerns about sustain - tunately, public “Obama’s second best friend.” In Let’s make sure we get a candi - polls to vote. Up for election are Sea continue as Turkish military ing a line of succes - statements calling addition, at the recent G20 Sum - date’s commitment so we can the office of president, the entire aircraft violate Greek national air - sion for the for the immediate mit the president supposedly re - make our contribution count. If House of Representatives, and space with frequency. The Turk - Ecumenical Patri - reopening of the served the “biggest hug” for the we don’t like what we hear, let’s one-third of the Senate. This pro - ish threat of war ( casus belli ) if arch. With respect to Halki Seminary and Turkish prime minister. This support the candidate that will. vides an opportunity for the Greece exercises its legal rights those two positive full recognition, would appear to indicate the This message is especially im - Greek-American community to in the Aegean Sea under the Law developments, how - support, and pro - president is not willing to press portant for those who will be run - become actively involved in se - of the Sea Treaty and interna - ever, the question of tection of the Ecu - Turkey on issues of concern to ning for president. In the case of curing support for issues affecting tional law remains in effect. how influential of a menical Patriar - the Greek-American community. Obama, we need to hold him ac - U.S. relations with Greece and Turkey continues to claim sover - role the Obama Ad - chate were absent. Turkey’s aggressive behavior countable to his campaign state - Cyprus. eign rights in the Aegean Sea ministration played At separate in the region is well-documented, ments. President Obama swept into which are unfounded and devoid is debatable. by NICK venues during press ranging from airspace violations Can we count on Obama to victory three years ago proclaim - of any legal basis; In 2008, candi - LARIGAKIS conferences in of Greece, continuing occupation communicate a hard-hitting mes - ing: “The time for change is • The Halki Patriarchal School date Obama’s cam - Turkey, opportuni - of Cyprus, saber-rattling rhetoric sage to Ankara over continuous now!” Whatever changes have of Theology remains closed and paign statements on Special to ties to call for the as Cyprus and Israel explore for irresponsible and destabilizing occurred, it is up to the readers the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s the community’s is - The National Herald immediate removal gas and oil, support of Iran in the actions? After all, if the United to decide how they have been af - rights, freedoms, and security sues were frankly of all Turkish occu - UN Security Council, and a dis - States cannot feel secure and fected personally. As it relates to continue to be threatened in vio - the most favorable ones that we pying troops in Cyprus or to call pute with Israel, to name a few. confident enough to express can - issues of importance to the lation of the U.S. International have seen in quite some time for an end to provocative acts by Yet, the Obama Administra - didly to a fellow NATO ally with Greek-American community, Religious Freedom Act; and from a presidential hopeful. Turkey against Greece in the tion is pushing for a $111 million whom “… our bonds are sound, however, one thing is for sure: • The Former Yugoslav Re - However, the community must Aegean were missed. Will Vice arms sale to Turkey during a time our friendship is sure, and our nothing has changed signifi - public of Macedonia (FYROM) remind the president that his President Joe Biden’s December when that country is acting in - alliance is strong,” and, “Our cantly. In some instances one can continues with its intransigent campaign statements have visit to Turkey be any different? creasingly belligerently in the partnership is rooted in our long claim the community’s issues and provocative actions against largely gone unfulfilled during Although it seems that Obama Eastern Mediterranean and history and very long list of mu - have even digressed. One exam - Greece refusing to negotiate in his first term. finds it difficult to express public threatening U.S. allies. Frankly, tual interests, but most impor - ple is Turkey’s recent increase in good faith to resolve the name And the opportunities for support for the Ecumenical Pa - that is unacceptable, irresponsi - tantly, it is rooted on our com - provocative actions and ex - issue. Obama administration to fulfill triarchate or allies Greece and ble, and disappointing. mon democratic values,” tremely belligerent rhetoric di - Granted, we have seen slight them have been there! Obama Cyprus, The Los Angeles Times re - Our community needs to send [emphasis mine] as Clinton pro - rected at Cyprus. progress on certain issues that and Secretary of State Hillary ported in October that Obama a strong message. One way to claimed on her visit to Turkey in A quick review of issues par - deserve acknowledgment. In Clinton have visited Turkey. has placed more calls to Prime convey a strong message will be July, then to whom can we say ticularly important to Greeks and March 2010 Greece entered the There, they did make some im - Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan through our wallets as election it? Greek-Americans since Obama U.S. Visa Waiver Program. Turkey portant gestures, including the than to any other world leader season kicks in. In a tough polit - President Obama has another came to office reveals the follow - did return an illegally-confiscated president’s visible meeting with this year, next to British Prime ical environment, fundraising will year to show us whether he is ing: orphanage as ordered by the Eu - His All Holiness Ecumenical Pa - Minister David Cameron, be at a premium and every can - willing to send that message. • The illegal occupation of ropean Court of Human Rights triarch Bartholomew I, and in prompting former New York didate will be looking to outreach Cyprus, now in its 37th year, by and granted citizenship to a num - Clinton’s case a meeting with His Times Istanbul Bureau Chief to as many ethnic groups as pos - Nick Larigakis is president of the more than 40,000 Turkish troops, ber of Orthodox clerics that will All Holiness at the Ecumenical Stephen Kinzer to jokingly refer sible to gain an edge. Let’s be American Hellenic Institute 10 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 2 2011 AHIF’s 10th annual The Future of Hellenism in America Conference

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PHOTOS: BILL PETROu The American Hellenic Institute Foundation’s 10th annual The Future of Hellenism in America Conference, presented in coop - eration with the Onassis Foun - dation (USA) and co-sponsored by the Stavros Niarchos Foun - dation, was held at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC. Pho - tos Clockwise. All subjects ap - pear L-R: 1) Andreas Akaras, Endy Zemenides, Manny Rou - velas, Nick Larigakis, Amb. Patrick Theros. 2) Amb. Vassilis Kaskarelis, Nick Larigakis, Amb. Loucas Tsilas 3) Nicholas Karambelas, Melanie Maron Pell, TNH Publisher Antonis Diamataris, John Sitlides 4) Amb. Loucas Tsilas, Executive Director of the Onassis Foun - dation (USA). Dan Georgakas' keynote speech at the awards 3 dinner was titled: The Now and 4 Future Greek America. Johns Hopkins Hellenic Students Association Celebrates Archimedes

By Theodore Kalmoukos Greeks from Greece and Greek meetings and phone conversa - Archimedes is a tribute to hu - Americans’’ and ‘‘our club is con - tions, I got their permission, in man inquisitiveness. Petrochei - BOSTON, MA –The Johns Hop - sidered among the most active early September.” los’ enthusiasm and incredible kins University Hellenic Students cultural organizations on cam - The event began with a light networking ability rallied a sig - Association, with its President pus.’’ reception and continued with a nificant cross-section of Balti - George Petrocheilos at its helm, Petrocheilos is a junior, ma - very interesting speech by the more’s Greek-American Commu - recently projected a unique joring in Economics and minor - curator, William Noel. Then, all nity to attend the lecture and Archimedes writing, the famous ing in Entrepreneurship and of the guests enjoyed a guided see the impressive exhibition. Palimpsest: an original manu - Management. He has also devel - tour. The exhibition included the This was a gathering of elected script of the world-known math - oped an impressive personal net - actual Palimpsest as well as pho - officials, industry leaders, acad - ematician, inventor and innova - work not only in Baltimore, but tographs, graphs, and drawings, emic leaders, community lead - tor. also in the rest of the United explaining what techniques the ers, and regular citizens from The Johns Hopkins Greek States. museum’s scientists used in or - throughout Baltimore’s Greek students cohosted an evening at Petrocheilos played a very der undercover the original writ - Community. A real accomplish - the famous Walters Art Museum, significant role in the Palimpsest ings of Archimedes,’’ Petrochei - ment by Mr. Petrocheilos.” in Baltimore, MD, which in - event. Specifically, Petrocheilos los added. Sarbanes added: cluded a speech by the curator, said that ‘‘In June 2011, Mrs. The Museum administration “Archimedes' contributions to William Noel, a guided tour to Anna Z. Pappas [a longtime pa - had asked the Hellenic Students mathematics, physics, engineer - the exhibition, and a light recep - tron of the Walters museum] Association to invite up to 50 ing, astronomy, invention, and tion. The event attendees ranged called me and asked me to at - people, as the exhibition room innovation have helped shape from college students to promi - The Johns Hopkins University Hellenic Students Association tend a Board of Directors meet - was not very big, but more than the course of human history. To nent elected officials, business hosted an event about the Walters Art Museum exhibit on the ing at the museum. The topic 70 people ended up coming. study the great accomplishments leaders, and professors. Archimides Palimpsest. (L-R) Michael S. Kosmas, George was the Archimedes Palimpsest Hon. Aris Melissaratos, former of extraordinary thinkers such The Palimpsest contains Petrocheilos (the HSA president), Aris Melissaratos, Chrys P. exhibition that the museum was Maryland Secretary of Business as Archimedes inspires all of us seven treatises by Archimedes. Kefalas, and Jason Filippou. planning to launch. At that point & Economic Development, at - to reach beyond the impossible. Namely, two of those treatises in time, I found out that the tended the event. ‘‘Mr. The exhibition celebrates the are the "Stomachion’’ and the on the manuscript, folded many The Association at Johns book was almost destroyed by Aris has been our greatest great influences of Classical ‘‘Method’’ and do not exist any - of its pages, and allegedly used Hopkins was founded in 2006, Byzantine priests who wrote sponsor and my personal men - Greece in art, science and phi - where else in the world. The is as a prayer book at the St. but became active in 2009, prayers on it. While sitting in the tor,’’ Petrocheilos said. ‘‘He is al - losophy and reminds us all to be book has a great history as it Savas Monastery in the Judean when Petrocheilos arrived and meeting, I was convinced that it ways approachable and willing cognizant of historic and scien - reaches the Third Century BC Desert. along with other students revi - would be amazing if we, the to help and support us, in any tific truths. George Petrocheilos and it is the most authoritative On October 29, 1998 at a talized it. Johns Hopkins Greek students, way he can.’’ and the Association of the Johns source of diagrams Archimedes Christie’s auction in New York, Petrocheilos, who was born could host a private event at the Congressman John P. Sar - Hopkins University deserve pulled onto the sand of Syra - an anonymous art collector bid and raised in Athens, created a Walters where we could promote banes and Nick H. Tsakalos, co- recognition for their enthusiastic cuse. Paleographic studies of An - $2 million and acquired the great network of prominent the works of Archimedes, who owner of the H&S Bakery, were promotion and support of this cient manuscripts place the Palimpsest. The collector gave it Greek-American businessmen, is a big part of our Hellenic cul - among the guests as well. Melis - outstanding exhibition.” Palimpsest’s writing around the to the Museum and asked that professors, politicians, and other ture, to the Greek American saratos said “The Archimedes In January the Museum will second half of the Tenth Century, high-technology methods be elected officials, as well as with Community.’’ Exhibition was a fantastic exam - have to return the Palimpsest to probably in Constantinople, as used in order to undercover the other Greek-related organiza - Petrocheilos also said that ‘‘It ple if modern science making it its owner, the anonymous art it was the only place where texts original Archimedes writing. It tions both in Maryland and the was not easy to make this hap - possible for scholars to discover collector. Petrocheilos told TNH of Ancient Times and the Middle took the Museum eight years to rest of the United States. pen. At the beginning the Mu - such classic writings from sev - that ‘‘as a Greek, I believe that it Ages were copied and preserved. do so, and since last October the According to Petrocheilos, seum administration did not eral thousand years ago. The is not nice that a Greek treasure, Some Byzantine era monks and Palimpsest has been exhibited ‘‘the Association consists of ap - seem to be that enthusiastic ability to look at the real writ - will be from now on in the house priests wrote prayers vertically there. proximately 40 students, both about it, but after a series of ings of someone as important as of an American art collector.” HLA Honors Skelos & Katsoris at Annual Gala, Awards Scholarships

Continued from page 1 Fletcher, Kalliope Kefallinos, An - will hold together the commu - dreas Koudellou, Stephanie nity far into the future. Stathatos-Fulgieri noted that the Lagoudis, Nicole Lapsatis, Maria Katsoris said the community HLA would not exist but for his Zachariadis, and Irene Zoupani - “must continue doing what is has efforts. otis. been doing by supporting its Among the HLA’s achieve - Eleni Paraskevas-Thadani youth. There is nothing like giv - ments for 2011 was their effort was sworn in as HLA’s new pres - ing students a pat on the back to establish a national Hellenic ident by Tsoucalas, whom she and helping them to believe in Bar Association. Stathatos- served as a law clerk. She once themselves. That’s something Fulgieri noted an important asked him why he established that will follow them for the rest meeting held under the auspices the HLA and he told her “I of their careers.” of Congressman John Sarbanes. wanted the Greeks to help each Attorney Peter Kakoyiannis, She also declared her pride in other.” She marveled at the Chairman of the Board of the the Greek-Americans who have “brain power and generosity” in Cyprus-US Chamber of Com - become judges, and expressed the room before her and ex - merce, believes that events like support for those who ran for pressed confidence that HLA will the HLA gala, “reaffirm our judgeships for the first time and follow up its substantial accom - roots, and show how far we have made good showings such as plishments “with bigger and bet - progressed…but we need even Carmen St. George and Kate ter things.” more judges and legislators.” Christoforatos, who was the She introduced the two hon - Stathatos-Fulgieri acknowl - leading vote-getter among Re - orees, beginning with Skelos. edged Aravella Simotas, elected publicans running for the She excitedly noted “His con - last year to the New York State Supreme Court in heavily-Demo - stituents have elected him to the Assembly and representatives of cratic Queens County. State Senate 14 times,” enabling other leading Community orga - She urged the audience to him to rise to the top of the PHOTOS: TNH/COSTAS BEJ nizations, including John hold their applause until she fin - state’s Republican leadership. He Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (podium) praised his family and the achievements of his Stratakis of the Hellenic Ameri - ished reading all the names of is the first Greek-American follow Greek Americans in a hall packed with judges and attorneys at the Pierre Hotel. can Chamber of Commerce, the judges in the house, but the elected to the NY State Assembly Kakoyiannis of the Cyprus Amer - strong feelings of love caused re - and Senate and he worked for plish.” He added how proud he author of the Loukoumi series of best lawyers you can be, and to ican Chamber of Commerce, and sponses as each was named, in - the rebuilding of St. Nicholas at is to be a Greek-American. popular children’s books and co- make a difference in this world.” Costas Kellas of the Hellenic cluding Judge Harriet George – Ground Zero. His plaque read When Paraskevas-Thadani, a founder of the Hellenic Times New York State Senator American Bankers Association. who endowed one of the schol - “For your remarkable career of Fordham Law alumna , intro - Scholarship fund. Michael Gianaris congratulated She also acknowledged her fa - arships in honor of her late hus - public service, commitment and duced Attorney of the Year Nick Katsoris said that when he Stathatos-Fulgieri and Katsoris, ther, Peter Stathatos, the VP of band, the esteemed Judge Nor - dedication to the law and the le - Katsoris, she first thanked his fa - told his father that Skelos – and praised his colleague from the Greek American Home - man George – and Judge Peter gal process, and for upholding ther, Constantine N. Katsoris, whose uncle is Katsoris’ Godfa - the other side of the aisle in the owner’s Association, which is Skelos, the brother of the the highest standards of our legal who has taught at the Fordham ther – was also being honored, Senate and the Skelos family preparing for its annual charita - evening’s honoree. profession.” School of Law for 48 years, for the professor quipped “well I “who have done our community ble Thanksgiving meal. Christoforatos, The HLA Skelos' speech was character - bringing him in to the Fordham guess we have to go now.” He proud.” Paraskevas-Thadani thanked Board Chair, announced the ized by warmth and generosity, fold. The younger Katsoris, who laughed knowing good things He told TNH that by gather - Stacey Pappas for her work or - scholarship winners and also in - praising the achievements of his was also one of Tsoucalas’ many happen at HLA galas: That’s ing together Hellenes who excel ganizing the gala. The guests troduced Judge George, who ex - follow Greeks, and modesty. “My Greek-American law clerks, was where he met his wife, Voula, 14 in their professions, organiza - danced to live music by the Al - claimed “I love all of you,” to the family is the strength of me per - appointed general counsel for years ago. Katsoris advised the tions like the HLA, the Hellenic pha Orchestra. students: Alexia Aravantinos, sonally and the foundation for the Red Apple Group conglom - law students in attendance to Medical Society, and the Hellenic Elias Demopoulos, Maria what I have be able to accom - erate at age 28. He is also the “use your law degree to be the America Chamber of Commerce [email protected]