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S o C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of E ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek- Americans N c v A weekly Greek-AmeriCAn PuBliCAtion www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 16, ISSUE 814 May 18-24, 2013 $1.50 Sen. Snowe Ieronymos First Greek Prelate to Visit U.S. in Over 50 Years Writes Book Greece’s Archbishop Says that Hellenism About Life Knows No Boundaries In Politics By Theodore Kalmoukos Special to The National Herald She Quit Senate in BOSTON, MA – Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Frustration over Greece is making an official visit to the Greek-American commu - Partisan Bickering nity, the first Prelate of the Church of Greece to visit the TNH Staff United States in more than 50 years. The decision by then-U.S. In an exclusive interview Senator from Maine Olympia with TNH, he praised the Greek- Snowe last year not to seek re- American community and called election after 34 years on Capi - it “a great chapter of our his - tol Hill was a political shocker, tory.” Ieronymos was invited by but in a book on her career and Archbishop Demetrios of Amer - life, she said it was made easier ica, and will be given an hon - by a breakdown in the kind of orary Doctorate of Theology “loyal opposition” that used to from Holy Cross Theological be part of the way Republicans School on May 18. and Democrats worked. He spoke about the crisis in While a member of the GOP, Greece, the Church’s property, Snowe was an independent the Autocephaly of the Church voice, too, and came out of the of Greece, and the relations of old school of bipartisan politics Church and State in Greece. in which it was not uncommon The entire interview follows: for rivals to be friendly and to TNH: Your Beatitude, what work with each and cross the message do you bring to the aisle to support legislation their Greek-American Community? party leaders did not. Ieronymos: The Greek- That has evaporated in a tor - American Community is a great nado of bickering and petty chapter of our history that goes feuds that has undercut the abil - tnh/theodore kAlmoukoS deep into the centuries and it ity of the Congress to work, she Children in Boston welcome and offer flowers to Ieronymos, United States by Archbishop Demetrios of America. It is the said, with rigid ideology coming Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, who was invited to the first official visit by a Greek Archbishop in 50 years. Continued on page 5 to the fore. The release of her book, Fighting for Common Ground, on May 14 coincided with an online push to get voters to turn Safeguarding the Past in an Uncooperative Present PM: Invest up the heat on lawmakers through the Bipartisan Policy Center, a non-profit think tank By Suzanne Daley a 19th-century replica. “Figuring pansion, building the Benaki — pation and the formation of the In Greece, founded by Democrats George The New York Times that out is a little project of and now its six annexes — into modern Greek state. But there mine,” he says. one of Greece’s foremost cul - is also an antique toy collection, ATHENS – His office, in the But it is hardly his only chal - tural institutions. Under his a stunning collection of Greek Tells China basement, feels like a storage lenge these days. tutelage, the Benaki has ac - regional costumes, an annex de - room with stacks of bubble- Mr. Delivorrias has been the quired an additional 60,000 ob - voted to Islamic art and a new wrapped picture frames leaning director of the Benaki Museum jects, books and documents building for temporary exhibits, By Andy Dabilis against the walls. There are here for 40 years. When he took through purchases and dona - cultural events and workshops. TNH Staff Writer piles of books, and catalogs and it over, the display space filled tions. Buildings have been ren - At the age of 76, Mr. Deliv - scholarly papers, too. On this just half the Benaki family’s neo- ovated, exhibits reorganized. orrias might be expected to be ATHENS – Looking for trade, day, a small, graceful statue — Classical mansion. Objects were The Benaki’s permanent col - slowing down, taking time to investments and tourists, Greek a headless female figure — sits crammed in oak and glass cabi - lection now includes a huge savor his accomplishments. In - Prime Minister Antonis Sama - on a table near his cluttered nets — about 37,000 Islamic range of Greek art that traces stead, with Greece’s financial ras, on his first day in China on desk. and Byzantine items, mostly the development of Hellenism crisis, he is in a battle to save May 16, beckoned business Angelos Delivorrias cannot grouped by function. from antiquity through the them, wondering whether he partners and said that despite a help but study her with a critical Since then, he has overseen Byzantine age, the fall of Con - crushing economic crisis there eye. She could be Roman or just a steady modernizing and ex - stantinople, the Ottoman occu - Continued on page 11 are good deals and opportuni - ties to be had. Keeping up his mantra of up - beat assessments for Greece, he told an audience at the Chinese NJ Metropolis Ends Assembly with Grand Gala Academy of Sciences: “I know that China is investing every - AP Photo/ClArke CAnfield where - invest in Greece.” The cover of former U.S. Sen. By Constantine S. Sirigos “The Greek comeback is al - Olympia Snowe's new book. TNH Staff Writer ready apparent. I would not be here if we hadn’t managed to Mitchell and Tom Daschle and GARFIELD, NJ – The Metropo - turn the ship,” Samaras said. He Republicans Bob Dole and lis of New Jersey held a produc - invited Chinese interests to con - Howard Baker. Weinstein tive Clergy Laity Assembly and sider developing strategic net - Books, a member of the Perseus Philoptochos Convention at the work industries such as ports, Books Group, is donating a por - Venetian catering and confer - airports and railways, and tion of her book revenues to the ence center in Garfield, NJ on stressed that Greek companies organization. May 13 which culminated in a were seeking collaborations in “It’s a place to gather frus - Grand Banquet in the sumptu - logistics and tourism. trated Americans who want to ous ballroom. “Whatever has yielded re - make change in the way gov - Metropolitan Evangelos of sults so far in our relationship ernment works and to be a cat - New Jersey also celebrated the we shall reinforce. Whatever 10th anniversary of his en - Continued on page 7 thronement, but he turned the Continued on page 11 spotlight of the Metropolis’ 8th annual banquet on the more than 100 people including priests and lay persons honored Catsmatidis for their dedicated service to Proposal to their churches and community. Father Kosmas Karavellas, Meets Greek- Protopresbyter and pastor of the Hire Greek Church of Sts. Constantine and Helen of Anapolis, MD, who was Cypriot-Ams. later cited by the Metropolitan Temps in US for his pioneering work in the church’s youth and athletics pro - By Constantine S. Sirigos grams, welcomed the guests be - TNH Staff TNH Staff Writer fore handing the reins of the tnh/CoStAS BeJ Metropolitan Evangelos of, who celebrated the 10th anniversary of his enthronement, speaks WASHINGTON, DC – “Unem - NEW YORK – Greek- and Continued on page 4 at the Grand Banquet of the Clergy Laity Assembly and Philoptochos Convention. ployed young Greek citizens Cypriot-Americans are excited may have an opportunity to about having one of their own work for a year in America,” Ted running for Mayor of New York, Spyropoulos, Chairman of the but the leaders of the commu - Ad Hoc Committee on Tempo - nity’s professional organiza - Lecture at Port Wash. Parish’s Greek Night Out rary Employment of Greeks in tions, fully grasping the impor - America (TEGA), announced. tance of John Catsimatidis’ MMA About This week the U.S. Senate’s candidacy, invited their mem - TNH Staff Preschool. were kept flowing by the bar - Judiciary Committee unani - bers and friends to a “Meet and Ammos and Central is the tenders, servers, and the musi - mously adopted the TEGA Greet” reception in the Holy Crete Ruins ASTORIA – The Archangel site of many community events cians, which included vocalists amendment to America’s immi - Trinity Cathedral. Michael parish of Port Washing - that are graciously and gener - Thomas Vretos, Vikentios Cava - gration reform legislation. If it The buzz and enthusiasm ton invited the community to ously hosted by the Neocleous lieratos, and Anthi Angelou, becomes law, it will allow were palpable in the crowded By Constantine S. Sirigos their annual “Greek Night Out” family. It was heartening to local Rhodell Fields on keyboards, Greek-Americans to employ ballroom on May 8. Catismatidis TNH Staff Writer at Ammos Estiatorio & Central Greek- and Cypriot-Americans George Moutsis on bouzouki, large numbers of Greek citizens thanked the organizers and the Lounge in Astoria on May 10. to see communities like Port Jef - Christos Haliyiannis on Clarinet, in the United States for a year. attendees and declared “We NEW YORK – The archaeolo - The flourishing community ferson, whose members repre - and drummer Manos Papayian - Greek citizens taking advan - don’t have fundraisers, we have gist’s dream is that the years of comprises many young families, sent the massive Hellenic migra - nakis. tage of the opportunity will be friend raisers.” toil leads to discoveries that so when the guests explained tion to the suburbs, return to The event’s co-chairs, Eleni required to provide some part- Peter Kakoyiannis, one of the transform humanity’s under - where they were going to their support the establishments of Bapis and Maxi Vasiliades, time tutoring in conversational cohosts, greeted the guests with standing of its past.