O C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek Americans A WEEKLY GREEK AMERICAN PUBLICATION c v www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 11, ISSUE 531 December 15, 2007 $1.00 GREECE: 1.75 EURO CIA Official Victim of Alleged Sex Abuse Opens Up about his Life’s Nightmare Claims U.S. Former Parishioner from Chicago-Area Church: Tortured Scars of Molestation Will Always Be With Me By Theodore Kalmoukos had developed a deep level of trust Special to The National Herald in Mr. Katinas at the time, and was Prisoners therefore an easy target for the al- BOSTON – The man who first re- leged perpetrator, whom he now ported to the Archdiocese that he refers to as NK. Waterboarding is was allegedly molested as a teenag- He felt something was very er by then Rev. Nicholas Katinas, wrong with Mr. Katinas’ alleged ad- Necessary, but Still who is now defrocked, has broken vances and abuse at the time, he his long and painful silence in an said, but did not understand the Torture Kiriakou Says exclusive interview with The Na- full nature and scope of what he al- tional Herald and described his legedly underwent then. By Richard Esposito nearly lifelong nightmare. “I attended the Assumption and Brian Ross The Herald has specific knowl- Greek Orthodox church in Olympia ABC News edge of the alleged victim’s full Fields in the Chicago area with my identity, but at his request, the Her- family when I was a teenager, and I NEW YORK – A leader of the CIA ald will refrain from disclosing his started out being an altar boy. I met team that captured the first major identity at this time, and will in- Nicholas Katinas at that time, al Qaeda figure, Abu Zubaydah, stead refer to him as Olympia around the late 1960’s, at the age of says subjecting him to waterboard- Fields John Doe. Out of respect for 13 or 14. Then I joined the church ing was torture but necessary. this victim, his family, the Church basketball team, and I had a chance In the first public comment by and the Greek American communi- to attend the church regularly and any CIA officer involved in han- ty, the Herald will also refrain from be involved in its religious activi- dling high-value al Qaeda targets, publishing graphic details about ties,” he said. John Kiriakou, now retired, said the alleged abuse. “In retrospect, I didn’t really un- the technique broke Zubaydah in Olympia Fields John Doe, who is derstand what was going on at that less than 35 seconds. identified in the original lawsuit as time. In my teenage years, I was go- “The next day, he told his inter- “DZ,” told the Herald he served as ing through some very difficult rogator that Allah had visited him an altar boy under Mr. Katinas at emotional times, and I didn’t feel in his cell during the night and told the Assumption Church in Olympia comfortable discussing them with him to cooperate,” said Kiriakou in Fields, Illinois. He is a second-gen- my parents. So I turned to NK for an interview that was broadcast on eration American of Greek descent. help and counseling. In the begin- ABC News' “World News With AP/SYMELA PANTZARTZI He is proud of his Hellenic her- ning, he was professional and pro- Charles Gibson” and “Nightline.” Nationwide Strike itage; professionally successful; vided pastoral counseling, but at “From that day on, he answered and happily married today. one point, he crossed the line and every question,” Kiriakou said. Strikers demonstrate in central Athens on Wednesday December 12, 2007. Hundreds of thousands work- His grandparents came from the molested me,” he added, noting “The threat information he provid- ers, journalists, teachers, Olympic Airways personnel and public servants participated in a 24-hour gener- Peloponnese; his parents were bap- that child molesters tend to zero in ed disrupted a number of attacks, al strike in protest of the government's plans to reduce pensions and unify social security funds as part of tized and married in the Greek Or- maybe dozens of attacks.” wide-ranging reforms of the social security sector. thodox Church; and he grew up Continued on page 4 Kiriakou said the feeling in the Greek Orthodox. “My maternal months after the 9/11 attacks was grandmother, especially, was very that interrogators did not have the religious,” he says. time to delve into the agency's bag As a typical young Greek Ameri- of other interrogation tricks. can boy, he was connected, from “Those tricks of the trade re- St. Nicholas Awaits Rebuilding Plan early on in his life, with his local Zack Space quire a great deal of time -- much of church, where he met his alleged the time -- and we didn't have that By Stavros Marmarinos be rebuilt during a memorial at members of the St. Nicholas Greek abuser, his parish priest at that Satisfied with luxury. We were afraid that there Special to the National Herald “Ground Zero” on St. Nicholas’ Orthodox parish in Lower Manhat- time. In the original lawsuit filed was another major attack coming,” Feast Day on Thursday, December tan gathered on the day in the litur- this past April 27 (pg. 7), it says Mr. he said. NEW YORK – A lot of different sce- 6, 2007. gical calendar that honors the Katinas told him “during the abus- Trip to Athens Kiriakou says he did not know narios have been discussed regard- “He reassured me that the Saint namesake of their church. For the es… that he likewise ‘played that the interrogation of Zubaydah ing what is going to be built in the Nicholas Church project is a very seventh year, they had no church in around’ with other altar boys.” was being secretly recorded by the huge area of Lower Manhattan important one for the City of New which to gather. Instead, they wor- Olympia Fields John Doe is not By Dimitri Soultogiannis CIA and had no idea the tapes had where the twin towers once stood. York and will soon be complete,” shiped in a white tent pitched on the only alleged victim. The Special to the National Herald been destroyed. However, it was never an issue the Archbishop told TNH. “And to the south edge of ground zero. It amended lawsuit (dated this past Now retired, Kiriakou, who de- whether Saint Nicholas Greek Or- hear that from a city official’s was as close as possible to the site November 29) alleges there are NEW YORK – Congressman Zack clined to use the enhanced interro- thodox Church, which was also de- mouth I believe is very important.” at 155 Cedar Street where their four more victims. Space (D-OH) participated in a gation techniques, says he has stroyed during the September 11, The Archbishop stated that the tiny church stood until it was The alleged abuse of Olympia State Department and Department come to believe that water board- 2001 attacks would be rebuilt or new church will be a symbol of Or- crushed by the collapsing World Fields John Doe took place “in NK’s of Defense approved Congressional ing is torture but that perhaps the not. John Whitehead of Lower thodoxy not only for New York and Trade Center on September 11. church office almost every time,” delegation to Greece, in order to circumstances warranted it. Manhattan Development Corpora- the United States but for the entire Hung from support poles within Olympia Fields John Doe told the further the security and economic “Like a lot of Americans, I'm in- tion reassured Archbishop world. Herald, noting that he was an emo- interests of the United States. Upon volved in this internal, intellectual Demetrios that the church will soon This was the 91st year that Continued on page 3 tionally vulnerable teenager who his return, Mr. Space spoke to the battle with myself weighing the National Herald after his week- idea that waterboarding may be long trip to Greece. torture versus the quality of infor- “It was a very productive trip,” mation that we often get after using he said. “Greece has been a great the waterboarding technique,” Kiri- U.S. ally for many years now and I akou told ABC News. “And I strug- Still Learning was glad to see that our bilateral re- gle with it.” lations are excellent.” But he says the urgency in the After 35 Years According to Mr. Space, Greece wake of 9/ll led to a desire to do is a modern European country everything possible to get action- which has shown great signs of able intelligence. as a Diplomat progress and development during That began with Abu Zubay- the last few years. dah's capture following a series of When asked about the delega- raids in which Kiriakou co-led a By Theodore Kalmoukos tion’s meeting with Greek Prime team of CIA officers, FBI agents, a Special to the National Herald Minister Costas Karamanlis, Mr. Port Authority police officer named Space was pleased with the meet- Tom McHale and Pakistani police, BOSTON – “The relations between ing. including a SWAT team. Greece and the United States are “We met with the Prime Minister And, in the case of Abu Zubay- multifaceted, mature and based on and we discussed issues concerning da, it ended with waterboarding. trust,” Alexandros Mallias, the international security as well as is- “What happens if we don't wa- Greek ambassador to the United sues concerning the Greek Ameri- terboard a person, and we don't get States. “However, this doesn’t mean, can community,” Mr. Space said. of course, that we always approach In turn, the Greek premier Continued on page 5 various issues the same way Wash- thanked the American Congress, ington does. And these differences the American government and the are absolutely normal and one can American people for their help and see them between London and support this past summer after Washington as well as other Euro- wildfires hit the southern part of pean Union countries. U.S.-Greek the country. Growing New relations however are greatly ma- Mr. Karamanlis also expressed ture. I have to tell you that people in his interest in tighter economic Blood Vessels Washington have been telling me bonds between the two countries that Greece is a factor of stability for and also informed Mr. Space about the greater Balkan region.” the resolution the Greek govern- For the Heart After 35 years in service for the ment is trying to pass so Greek Greek diplomatic core and while he Americans will be able to vote in has reached his third year of service Greek national elections. By Evan C. Lambrou as the ambassador of Greece to the Mr. Space also talked about the Special to The National Herald United States, Mr. Mallias is not EUROKINISSI delegation’s meeting with the new afraid to evaluate himself. Hundreds of mourners packed Evangelistria Palouriotissa Church in Nicosia to pay tribute to philan- U.S. ambassador to Greece Daniel NEW YORK – The ability to grow “I was never a bureaucrat and I’m thropist George Paraskevaides on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 who died last week at the age of 91. Speckhard. new blood vessels, which bypass not going to become one now,” he “I believe Mr. Speckhard is a clogged ones, and the development said. “I always tried to think politi- great American diplomat and I am of new medications which can ac- cally in a way that my actions are positive he will do a great job as tually avert an imminent heart at- not only adjusted to the political re- U.S. ambassador to Greece,” Mr. tack, and even eliminate the threat ality, but so they are a creative polit- Farewell to a Great Philanthropist Space said. “After this trip I can tell posed by clogged arteries in the ical thought.” you that Greeks do like Americans. heart and other parts of the body, According to the Greek ambas- By George Georgiou in their memories,” he added. were Mr. Papadopoulos; Archbish- They might disagree with our for- are among the most promising de- sador, one who produces also makes Special to the National Herald In his tribute, Chrysostomos also op Chrysostomos; major political eign policy but there is no anti- velopments in Medicine over the mistakes. said Mr. Paraskevaides would re- party leaders; former Cypriot Presi- Americanism in Greece.” last 5-10 years, according to Dr. “I have been able to avoid mak- NICOSIA – One of Cyprus’ best- main in everyone’s memory be- dent George Vasiliou; member of When asked why he couldn’t Dennis G. Caralis, professor of Car- ing certain mistakes but, you know, known figures, businessman and cause of his life and work. He de- the European parliament Ioannis make it to Cyprus, as originally diology and Preventive Medicine at it’s better to attempt and make mis- philanthropist, George Paraske- scribed Mr. Paraskevaides as sim- Kasoylides; Vasos Lyssarides, chair- planned, Mr. Space said that he had Rush University Medical Center in takes rather than do nothing and say vaides was laid to rest this past ple, affable, modest and humble, man of the Movement for Social to cancel that trip due to trans- Chicago. you’ve never made a mistake in your Tuesday, December 11, at Evange- but also as an active participant in Democracy (EDEK); former Cypriot portation arrangements as he was Dr. Caralis was in New York last life,” he said. listria Palouriotissa Church in all his undertakings. President Glafkos Clerides; and traveling by himself and therefore weekend to accept the Hellenic Mr. Mallias mentioned that Nicosia. Mr. Paraskevaides died last At the funeral, a message was al- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen traveling between countries was Medical Society’s 2007 Distin- throughout his diplomatic career he week in London, passing away on so read from former President Jim- Harper. The funeral service was al- more difficult. has made mistakes and he has al- December 5 at the age of 91. my Carter, who described Mr. so attended by National Herald A few days prior to his departure Continued on page 12 ways claimed responsibility with The funeral was presided over Paraskevaides as a great man, Publisher Antonis H. Diamataris. for Athens, the Greek American certain actions he has taken. by Archbishop Chrysostomos of adding that he was proud the Mr. Paraskevaides was born in politician told TNH he was going to Mr. Mallias also loves classic Cyprus and attended by the coun- renowned Cypriot had touched his Athens in 1916. His family moved pay out of his own pocket for his To subscribe call: 718.784.5255 philosophers and follows their ex- try’s political leadership, led by Re- own life. to Cyprus, where he grew up. He trip to the Greek capital. He made e-mail: amples. public of Cyprus President Tassos The president of Schriner’s Hos- studied architecture in Milan, Italy. the decision after a Columbus Dis- [email protected] “The bible of a modern politician, Papadopoulos. “We bid farewell to pital in Massachusetts also spoke Following the completion of his patch story that was published in nowadays, is Isocrates’ speech about a person who was the incarnation about Mr. Paraskevaides and point- studies, he was hired as a building mid-November accusing the con- peace,” he said. “I always keep this of humanity, a patriot and a bene- ed out that he had helped 3,000 contractor for defense works, and gressman of using taxpayer money masterpiece on my desk and every factor,” Mr. Papadopoulos said in Cypriot children with orthopedic after the end of the Second World for luxurious hotel accommoda- time I send a report to Athens I’m his eulogy. “The state, society, the problems receive treatment at vari- War, he co-founded J&P LTD, a con- tions in Athens. trying to include certain excerpts.” entire population of Cyprus and ous hospitals in the United States. tracting and civil engineering firm Mr. Space repeated, once again, He also stressed the importance every citizen will mourn for him, U.S. Senator Olympia Snow of which went onto become the lead- his commitment to setting a higher and all those who were the recipi- Maine also sent her condolences. Continued on page 3 ents of his kindness will keep him Among others who placed wreaths Continued on page 9 Continued on page 2 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 15, 2007 Greek Children’s Fund Donates $500,000 to Hospital GOINGS ON... ■ DECEMBER 16 among others. He is Assistant Pro- By Dimitri Soultogiannis MATAWAN, N.J. – The Hellenic fessor of Music at the University of Special to the National Herald Link of New Jersey cordially invites Tampa where he oversees the pi- the community to a Christmas Par- ano program. He is also the pianist NEW YORK – The Greek Children’s ty/Dinner at The Buttonwood with the Quartet de Minaret, a pi- Fund (GCF) held a press confer- Manor (845 Route 34) on Sunday, ano quartet in residence at the Uni- ence at Schneider Children’s Hospi- December 16, 2007 at 5 PM. The versity. He began studying music tal-Lonγ Island Jewish Medical Hellenic Link will honor Andreas at the age of seven in Greece, Center on Wednesday, December 5, Comodromos. Santa Claus will vis- where he received his first piano 2007 to present a donation of it with gifts for the children and degree in 1995, studying with the $500,000 to Dr. Philip Lanzkowsky, the Hellenic link of New Jersey distinguished Greek pedagogue chief of staff of Schneider Chil- choir will sing Christmas carols. Yorgos Manessis. The concert pro- dren’s Hospital. Dr. Lanzkowsky ac- Cost will be $50 per person ($15 gram will also feature readings cepted the donation on behalf of for kids 4-12 years old) which in- from contemporary Greek poetry the GCF at Schneider Children’s cludes hot mezethakia, four course read in English and Greek. Pro- hospital. dinner, cash bar and Greek & ceeds from the Flame of Hope con- “This is an important event be- American music. For more infor- cert will assist the overwhelming cause it is the culmination of our mation call 973-386-8741 or 732- relief needs which include housing diligent fund raising efforts,” said 605-7867. and medical assistance for those Sam Matthews, president of the whose homes suffered consider- GCF. “We are planning to make ■ DECEMBER 20 able damage. Tickets are $35. For 2008 another thriving fund raising WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ameri- more information, call Mary at year in order to help as many chil- can Hellenic Institute cordially in- 305-443-0135, Tess at 305-448- dren and their families as possible. vites the community to its annual 3517), or Nancy at 305-665-4608. We look forward to working with Christmas Party at the Institute them to enhance the lives of chil- (1220 16th Street) on Tursday, De- ■ JANUARY 18-21 dren with life threatening illnesses cember 20, 2007 from 5:30-8:30 CANCUN, Mexico – The organizers and their families for many years to PM. RSVP by December 18. For of The Greek Trip cordially invite come.” The founder of the Greek Children’s Fund Stanley Matthews presents a check for $500,000 to the more information call 202-785- the community to this year’s trip to According to Mr. Matthews, the Schneider Children’s Hospital on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 in New Hyde Park, N.Y. 8430 or 800-424-9607. Cancun, Mexico from January 18- mission of the Greek Children’s 21, 2008. The trip is an all-inclu- Fund, which has its headquarters in ■ JANUARY 7 sive stay at the Grand Oasis Resort. Astoria, affiliated with Schneider NEW YORK – The American Hel- Transfers, food, drinks, taxes, tips Children’s Hospital to provide fi- lenic Institute cordially invites the and everything else is taken care of nancial assistance towards the dai- community to forthcoming AHI during the stay at the resort. Ex- ly, non-medical needs of Greek, Business Network Reception and plore the ancient Mayan ruins, or Cypriot, and Greek American chil- Presentation that will be held in use your scuba certification and dren and their families. cooperation with our AHI New view the world's second largest “One of the primary objectives York Chapter on Monday, January barrier reef. Truly breathtaking! that GCF has achieved is an en- 7, 2008 at the Harvard Club in Every night there will be a Greek dowed program that will secure its New York City from 6:30 – 8:30 event of epic proportions. We have services to Greek patients in perpe- PM. The AHI Business Network is a the best entertainment lined up! tuity,” said Mr. Matthews. division of the AHI to reach out to Pricing starts at $529. For more in- Long Island in the early 1960s, the business experience of Greek formation, go to stretching from New York City Americans and to put it to work www.thegreektrip.com or e-mail through Nassau and Suffolk coun- helping other Greek Americans. Its [email protected]. ties, was rapidly changing from rur- purpose is to share business infor- al countryside and suburbia into a mation and contacts. Its concept is ■ MARCH 7-8 major population center. Parents people helping people by sharing TAMPA BAY, Fla. – The American with critically sick children often experience, knowledge, ideas and Foundation for Greek Language had to travel great distances for the learning new methods and ap- and Culture (AFGLC), in partner- specialized pediatric care found on- proaches from experts and col- ship with theInterdisciplinary Cen- ly at a children’s hospital. Many leagues. The overall goals and ob- ters for Hellenic Studies (ICHS) at dedicated people were deeply in- jectives are to provide our mem- the University of South Florida volved in creating the Schneider bers the capability of networking (USF) and the Richard Stockton Children’s Hospital: the Long Is- with Greek American men and College of NJ (RSCNJ) cordially in- land Jewish Center Board of women. The featured speaker will vites the community to “The Hel- Trustees, its administration, profes- be Stelios Hadjioannou, Founder lenic Legacy through the Ages,” a sional staff and a group of con- and Chairman, easyGroup. Spon- conference at the USF campus on cerned parents. These parents, as The Greek Children’s Fund presented the Schneider Children’s Hospital in New Hyde Park with a check for sorship levels and benefits include: March 7-8, 2008. The Conference well as pediatricians and health $500,000 to provide daily, non-medical needs of Greek, Cypriot and Greek American children and their families. Benefactor $1,000 or Supporter will bring together academicians, minded civil leaders, organized the $500. For more information, call scholars, and interested individu- Children’s Medical Fund of New freeze on hospital construction, ten 25 years at Sloan Kettering Memor- these pediatric patients with the 202-785-8430. als who will address a) the long- York. years of negotiations were required ial Hospital and that the organiza- help they so desperately need,” term influence of Hellenism in the “Recognizing the excellence of to gain the necessary approvals. In tion is sensitive to the needs of fam- Stanley Matthews said. “A terminal ■ JANUARY 13 world, and b) the on-going and the large Pediatric Department at November 1983, the 154-bed, ilies coping with life threatening ill- illness such as cancer affects the BRONX, N.Y. – The Agios Athana- projected educational contribu- Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Schneider Children’s Hospital of nesses and provides financial and whole family, not just one member sios Association of Perista cordially tions of the Interdisciplinary Cen- the Children’s Medical Fund joined Long Island Jewish Medical Center emotional support to pediatric pa- and our mission is to make every ef- invites the community to its 23rd ters – which AFGLC has estab- forces with the Medical Center to opened its doors. The generous tients and their families. fort possible to provide assistance annual Artoklasia and Awards Cer- lished in institutions of higher work toward the goal of building a support of Helen and Irving Schnei- According to its founder Stanley to financially distressed families.” emony at the Zoodohos Peghe learning. The cost of the Confer- hospital for the total care of chil- der and their daughters Lynn and Matthews, since its inception the The GCF is committed to provid- Greek Orthodox Church (3573 ence will be underwritten by the dren,” Mr. Matthews said. Mindy was a vital factor in achiev- GCF has established strong ties ing excellent services to patients Bruckner Blvd.) on Sunday, Janu- well-known philanthropists and According to Mr. Matthews, it ing the news hospital. with philanthropic institutions, pri- such as: transportation expenses ary 13, 2008. The awards ceremo- AFGLC benefactors George and was a remarkable accomplishment “Its mission of excellence con- vate organizations and businesses for patient treatments, translation ny will be followed by a luncheon Margo Behrakis. For more infor- to prove to federal and state au- tinues to be enhanced by their un- in the New York tri-state area which services during medical staff visits at The Greentree Country Club in mation, go to website of the Foun- thorities that there was an impera- flagging enthusiasm and concern,” provide the GCF with invaluable as- as well as a part-time bilingual and New Rochelle. The Association dation at www.afglc.org; or con- tive need for this sophisticated pe- Mr. Matthews said. sistance and support. bicultural Greek American social will also be celebrating its 90th An- tact Acting President of AFGLC, Dr. diatric health facility. At a time of He also stated that the GCF has “Our volunteers work intensely worker and program coordinator at niversary. Two $1,000 Scholar- John U. Balis at severe government cutbacks and a assisted families in need for the last in order to raise funds to provide Schneider Children’s Hospital. ships will be awarded to university [email protected], or the students of Peristian heritage, and Conference Program Chairs, Dr. two members will be recognized James Strange at for past service to the Association. [email protected], or Dr. Tom For more information and reserva- Papademetriou at tions call Gregory Chugranis at [email protected]. Congressman Zack Space Satisfied with Trip to Athens 718-585-3061, Gus Kaganis at 718-892-6772 or Teddy Kaltsa at ■ THROUGH MAY 2008 Continued from page 1 mentioned upon his return to friends and allies, and this trip defi- he said. “We attempted to deter- 718-423-2032. NEW YORK – The Children’s Muse- Washington that “the issues that nitely helped us a lot to strengthen mine what happened and how to um of Manhattan cordially invites ethical standard for members of concern Greece are of enormous our bilateral commercial relations,” remedy the situation.” ■ JANUARY 15 the community to “Gods, Myths & Congress. importance to me. I look forward to he said. “Greece and Cyprus have According to Mr. Space, Greece MIAMI – The Greater Miami Hel- Mortals: Discover Ancient Greece,” “Because of my commitment to working with the other members of long been valued partners both and Cyprus are essential American lenic American Women’s Council, an exhibition which allows chil- this principle, I decided to pay for the caucus to make sure that we in economically and strategically in allies and the region has confront- HAWC, cordially invites the com- dren to explore the world of an- this trip personally,” he said. “It’s Congress address issues that are the war on terror, and, due to my ed significant security issues in re- munity to “The Flame of Hope,” a cient Greece at CMOM (The Tisch not something most members of critical to Greece and to the hun- Greek lineage, I believe I am in a cent months. concert to aid the victims of the Building, 212 West 83rd Street). Congress would do, but it’s some- dreds of thousands of Greek Ameri- unique position to further that rela- “After Turkey made threats to devastating wildfires in Greece at Your initial tour guides will be the thing I did in order to exceed the cans who live in the United States tionship. I was honored to be invit- invade Iraq, the importance of the Gusman Concert Hall at the great gods Zeus, Poseidon and public’s expectations and put the today." ed to participate in this trip by the Greece as a strategic military ally University of Miami campus on Athena as they reminisce about focus of this mission where it Mr. Space also talked about the Foreign Affairs Committee.” has become more valuable in the Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 8:00 their powers and responsibilities. should be: on local economic devel- commercial relations between According to Mr. Space, Greece region, and I brought an olive PM. The concert will feature the pi- Learn how the Ancient Greeks be- opment and U.S. security.” Greece and the United States. also has a history of serving as a branch to leaders of an area of the ano artistry of Grigori Zamparas, lieved gods and mortals interacted Even though he did not have the “With dramatic reductions in ex- valuable trading partner to his world that suffers through ongoing who is expected to receive his doc- and take an on-screen personality chance to visit Cyprus, Mr. Space ports from Ohio to Greece and the state. conflict,” he said. toral degree from the University of quiz to determine which mytholog- met with Cypriot President Tassos proliferation of terrorism through- “Ohio’s exports to Greece were In addition to these above is- Miami in December. Mr. Zama- ical character you are most like. 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Continued from page 1 Tribute WTC Visitor Center a Continued from page 1 21st century diplomats. framed copy of a stunning photo- When asked to say a few words the tent was a large-scale photo- graph by Eric O’Connell that shows of taking responsibility for every sin- about the Greek language, Mr. graphic reproduction of the icon the church in its final moments on gle one of your actions. Mallias said, “In the 21st century it is screen, or iconostasis, that once 9/11, with both towers aflame be- When asked about his recent trip unthinkable to be speaking about stood in St. Nicholas Church. hind it. to Boston and other parts of New the preservation of Greek culture Standing before the screen this af- “It says something in the back- England, Mr. Mallias told TNH without preserving our language.” ternoon, Archbishop Demetrios, ground of what hatred can do, but “When the Herald asked me According to Mr. Mallias, this the primate of the Greek Orthodox it says something in the foreground about my trip here last year I told American turn to Greek classics Church in America, presided over a of what love and faith can do,” said you that we seek cooperation in shows us that we need to strengthen memorial service and the breaking Lee Ielpi, a founder of the visitor three different areas: economy, cul- Greek letters in the United States of bread in the hope of prosperity, center, as he accepted the print. No tural relations and the increase of not only because we are Greek but health and peace. one was bold enough during the Greek official visits to Boston and I also because the Greek language is a The secular half of the ceremony ceremony to predict when con- can tell you that since last year we great asset for anyone, anywhere in began with a bagpipe prelude by struction would begin, but Arch- took action for the fulfillment of the world. Police Officer Tom DuBois of the bishop Demetrios expressed his these goals.” The ambassador also praised the Emerald Society Pipe and Drum simple hope: “May we be deemed More specifically of his visits to Archbishop’s efforts to preserve the Band (and the 33rd Precinct in worthy soon to celebrate not under New Hampshire and Rhode Island Manhattan), playing “Minstrel a tent but in the new church of St. Mr. Mallias said, “The Greek Ameri- Boy,” “Amazing Grace” and “Going Nicholas.” can community is everywhere and Home” — not normally featured in Vasiliki Smyrlis for many years always strong.” Eastern Orthodox liturgical music. used to clean the church, but now TNH/COSTAS BEJ When asked about the way Emphasizing the commitment of she feels pain every time she looks Father John Romas shows some of the few things recovered from Washington views Greece, Mr. government to help rebuild St. at the destroyed area. the site of the collapse of the World Trade Center and Saint Mallias talked about the recent visit Nicholas, the ceremony was at- “I hope one day we’ll be able to Nicholas Church after September 11. by Greek Foreign Minister Dora tended by Deputy Mayor Edward receive communion in there Bakoyiannis to Annapolis, MD and Skyler and Anthony E. Shorris, the again,” she said. Stamford, Connecticut in order to 1991. “In 2001, the Greek commu- her participation in the Internation- executive director of the Port Au- Anna Pavlakos and her family participate in the memorial. nity in the area lost a great symbol al meeting on the Middle East. thority of New York and New Jer- had a special relationship with the “I was here last year as well,” he of Orthodoxy.” “Traditionally, Greece has excel- sey, who thanked his hosts on be- church when in 1926 her husband said. “My faith gets stronger day by Father Ioannis Romas of Saint lent relations with the Middle East half of a boy (he was referring to was baptized there. day.”“In 1993 an explosion in the Nicholas community also ex- and Arab countries and we should himself) whose mother’s family “That’s where my children were garage area of the Twin Towers pressed his hope for the speedy note that during the past 17 years came from Thessaloniki and who also baptized and that’s where I got killed several people but luckily completion of the project. we have established a great relation- grew up eating grape leaves and married in 1959,” she said. nothing happened to the church,” Mr. Ioannis Pitsikaris, president ship with Israel,” Mr. Mallias said. drinking Greek coffee. St. Nicholas Thomas Monos, along with 40 said Alexandros Zaharatos, who of the community said the new According to the ambassador, Church also presented the nearby others, came all the way from helped renovate the church in church will belong to all Greeks. Washington sees Greece’s presence to the Middle East as very useful. The Greek ambassador said that be- fore the meeting in Annapolis there was another important meeting of $800K from Sale of Archbishop Iakovos Home Slated for Repairs all the major factions of the Middle East peace process due to a Greek Ambassador Alexandros Mallias By Theodore Kalmoukos of the late Archbishop Iakovos in The decision to sell the house taxes are now upwards of $36,000. initiative. Special to The National Herald Rye, New York for more than $3 was made on October 29, 2005 His first 11 years as Archbishop, “In September 2006, the U.N. Se- Greek language and culture through million. during an Archdiocesan Council Iakovos resided within Archdiocese curity Council under the Greek pres- Greek evening schools in America. BOSTON – The Greek Orthodox Iakovos, formerly of North & meeting in Boston, and was made quarters. He purchased the house idency discussed the situation in the “A great contributor to these ef- Archdiocese of America will take South America, had lived in the by acclamation of the Archdiocesan on his own for $92,000 in 1971. Af- Middle East, for the first time, with forts is also the Greek Ministry of Ed- $800,000 from the proceeds of the house for more than 25 years. The Council alone. The Holy Eparchial ter 20 years, he sold the house to the presence of Israel as well as all ucation,” he said. When TNH point- sale of the late Archbishop Iakovos’ house was put up for sale shortly Synod of the Archdiocese did not the Archdiocese for the same S.C. members, the Palestinians and ed out the very low salaries of the home in order to repair the roof at after his death in April 2005. Its discuss the issue, at all, though it amount he had originally bought it, the Arabic link,” he said. “It’s obvi- teachers at Greek schools, Mr. Archdiocese headquarters in New value was initially estimated at did not express any official reaction although its value had increased to ous that Greece played a major role Mallias said, “I’m aware of the prob- York City. $4.5 million, but due to fluctua- to the decision to sell. more than $2 million at the time. in these recent developments. After lems and I can assure you the Greek There is a leak on the Archdio- tions in the real estate market, the Iakovos’ wish was for the house to that meeting, Secretary of State Ministry of Education is working cese’s roof which reportedly drips house ended up selling for less be used as the official residence of Condoleeza Rice started a series of along with the Archdiocese so we directly into Archbishop Demetrios’ than. But those who know the Archbishop of America after he negotiations with all parties in- can see an improvement in the near office. Archbishop Demetrios of Archdiocese officials have said the inner workings passed away. volved.” future.” America abandoned his archiepis- in the past that proceeds from the Demetrios refused to live in the According to the ambassador, The ambassador was also asked copal office, and is using another sale were to be used to enhance of the Archdiocese house, saying that the commute to Greek education in the United about his responsibility as a Greek office on the second floor of the Archdiocesan programs and min- doubt the money and from Manhattan, where Arch- States is going through a golden era. representative in the United States Archdiocese. istries. will ever be returned diocese headquarters are located, is He wasn’t only referring to the “Of course I assume responsibility The decision to allocate But Jerry Dimitriou, chief ad- too stressful and time-consuming. Greek American community. for anything I’m in charge of,” he $800,000 from the sale was made ministrator of the Archdiocese, had to the proper account. Demetrios also declines to live in “The Greek classics such as said. during the recent Archdiocesan proposed that some of the proceeds either the apartment at the Arch- Homer, Thoukidides, Aischylos and Mr. Mallias was also asked about Council meeting in Washington this to be applied toward the Archdio- The house is situated in a prime diocese itself, or in one at the Arch- others are very popular in the Unit- Greek American spy Stavros Lalas past October, with the condition cese’s $7+ million debt. Archbish- location on 31 Park Drive South in diocesan Cathedral of the Holy ed States with new books being pub- who recently returned to Greece that the money to be returned to op Demetrios was quick to reject Rye Village, adjacent to the Westch- Trinity’s Cathedral Tower, opting lished every day,” he said. “And the and whether he should be treated as the fund for Iakovos’ home. But Mr. Dimitriou’s proposal, saying ester Country Club. The house was for renting a Manhattan apartment question we pose here is why is the a hero. “He’s Greek the way those who know the inner work- that “they will eat us up from the built in 1929; it is a two-story for more than $110,000 annually. American readership so interested Isocrates defines it,” he said. He de- ings of the Archdiocese express outside,” in reference to strong op- building with a brick exterior. It has The Archdiocese has been paying in these books?” clined to comment on who the doubts that money will ever be re- position from Church faithful and six bedrooms, four bathrooms, an the rent on that apartment since According to Mr. Mallias, Greek embassy official was who turned. community members against the oil heating system and a three-car Demetrios came from Greece eight Thoukidides is the most important leaked Lalas’ cover to the State De- The Archdiocese sold the home sale. garage, and its annual property years ago. book of Diplomatic history for all partment. RAY CATENA PORSCHE

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Continued from page 1 – and was not suspended from the victim, so I started going into thera- Parish Holds priesthood until July of 2006, a few py, and it was during the course of on their intended victims once they days after he retired. therapy over the last decade that I determine their target is vulnera- Concerning Father Kontogiorgis’ developed better clarity about what Anniversary ble. visit, Olympia Fields John Doe said, happened. The two main motiva- “I believe pedophiles ‘choose’ “He wanted to review my ‘story.’ At tions for me going public included Celebration their victims based on the vulnera- the time, I asked my therapist to at- 1) wanting to know if Katinas was bility they detect in a child. I know I tend as a special witness. One of still an active pedophile, and 2) By Mark Frangos was very emotionally vulnerable the reasons I asked my therapist to when I turned 50, I had this revela- Special to the National Herald then, and had developed a deep attend was that this would have tion that I did not want to go to my trust in NK when the abuse oc- been the first meeting I would be grave without taking some kind of CAMARILLO, CA – St. Demetrios curred. I would guess that the other alone with a priest since the abuse an action about the abuse.” Greek Orthodox Church in Camar- victims were also in a vulnerable occurred. Father Michael said he Asked how he felt about people, illo, California celebrated the 30th situation when their abuse oc- had spoken to my high school to include Metropolitan Isaiah of Anniversary of their parish the curred. But NK was not just a pe- friends, and they had verified my Denver, expressing doubts that any weekend of October 27 – 28, 2007. dophile. He was a priest pedophile. story, and he was planning to con- incidents of alleged abuse ever took His Eminence Metropolitan He was supposed to be a represen- front Katinas shortly after my visit place, and whether there were oth- Gerasimos visited the parish for the tative of God,” he said. with him. On April 7th of 2006, I er victims, he said, “I feel angry and occasion, which was marked with Asked whether he protested Mr. had a phone conversation with Fa- shocked at reading that a Metropol- many events and presentations to Katinas’ alleged actions, he ther Michael, and he told me that itan would make such comments. honor this milestone. stressed, “I didn’t fully realize that he confronted NK, and that NK had These comments indicate insensi- An anniversary dinner dance these teenage experiences were admitted to molesting me and a tivity and lack of knowledge about was held on October 27, at which clergy sexual abuse and acts of mo- small number of others who were sexual abuse, and totally invalidate Metropolitan Gerasimos encour- lestation until I started therapy in placed in similar situations like me. the victims. Intellectually, I can un- aged the faithful to “stay the course the mid 1990’s. In 1972, I moved I asked Father Michael what ac- derstand such reactions because and to continue diligently working away from Chicago to start college, tions he was going to take since NK these people loved NK and could in the vineyard of the Lord!” and did not see NK. Upon one of my admitted his guilt. I asked him if not bear the thought that he could That same evening, he bestowed visits back to Chicago, NK tried to the Church was going to defrock be a pedophile. Emotionally, how- the honor of the Medal of St. Paul initiate contact with me again. I felt NK, and whether the Church was ever, these reactions just make me to Christos Pulos, a very deserving very uncomfortable about this, and going to make a public disclosure distrust the Church hierarchy even parishioner of St. Demetrios. Mr. declined to meet with him.” to the parishioners. Father Michael more.” Pulos is chairman of the church’s Asked whether it was because said the Church did not want to What is his response to those festival, chanter, member of the he realized Mr. Katinas had taken take any action until they finished who say that he is coming out now, Project and Implementation Com- advantage of him, he said, “No. TNH ARCHIVES with the investigation, and that after all these years, just to get munity, chairman of the Long There was a part of me that always Archbishop Demetrios, left, tried to prevent (the now former) Rev. they were also going to send Kati- some money? Range Planning Committee, a blamed myself. I was made to feel Nicholas Katinas, right, from being defrocked. nas to a clinic for a weeklong evalu- “These critics are avoiding the member of the Stewardship Com- that it was my fault. Self-blame is ation.” main issue – that NK is a pedophile mittee, and served as a member of part of the wound that is inflicted shame. I was so ashamed and clergy abuse. I mentioned his Asked whether the Archdiocese – and are misplacing the focus by the Capital Campaign Committee. upon a sexually abused victim. guilty, and I always blamed myself name, and I gave them my name offered him any money to keep accusing the victims of greedy mo- He picks up around the Church, he During the course of my therapy, I because I was made to feel it was and telephone number. It was not silent, he said, “No. I went to the tives,” he said, adding that he is not cleans the chandeliers and pro- realized that one of my biggest my fault. The only people at that an anonymous complaint. It was an Archdiocese in October of 2005 for looking to profit from anything duces service booklets for Lenten fears was that NK was continuing time who knew what happened official one. An hour later, (Arch- three reasons: 1) to tell them about monetarily, but is simply seeking to services. to molest boys in his Dallas parish.” were my two best friends in high diocese Chancellor) Bishop Savas what happened to me as a teenag- be reimbursed for past and some Following the Hierarchical Di- Asked if he eventually confront- school. I didn’t discuss the details called back and said he was sorry er; 2) to hold NK accountable for future estimated therapy. vine Liturgy on Sunday, October ed his alleged abuser, he said, “I with them because I was too em- for what had happened, and then his actions, as well as to inform the Asked how he feels about the 28, the primary grades of the Sun- confronted him in 1998 and told barrassed. Then I moved to Califor- we actually talked in detail a week local parishes about him; and 3) to latest amended petition, which de- day School re-enacted the life of St. him that his abuse had caused me a nia in the mid 1970’s. During the later. Then I sent him a written see if they would reimburse me for tails an alleged cover-up by Church Demetrios. Young actors portrayed lot of guilt, misery and shame, and years I lived in California, I just statement detailing what hap- my past therapy costs and some es- officials, he said, “I feel so angry Demetrios, Nestor, Liaus and King that I needed to know he was no mentioned it to a few close friends, pened. Bishop Savas was busy be- timated future therapy costs. So that these Church officials – who "Max" (Maximian) in the produc- longer abusing boys in Dallas. He so for most of my life, the abuse has cause of Christmas and the holi- when I met with Father Kontogior- had the power, authority and legal tion. said he was sorry for what had hap- been a secret that I’ve carried as a days, so I asked him if he could del- gis, he said that there were two sep- obligation to report NK’s sexual “By practicing the play we got to pened between us. He said he heavy emotional burden. I should egate a trusted member of his staff arate issues; 1) to do further inves- abuse to the parish community and learn about the life of St. couldn’t explain what happened, have known better. Over the last for my case. Then in February tigation on Katinas in order to find police – took no action. It’s uncon- Demetrios. This is something I will and that he did stupid things back decade, I’ve been going to therapy, 2006, he told me he was assigning out more details about what hap- scionable, and goes against the never forget,” said Adam Sander- then. He said he has a different life and I’m slowly dealing with the Father Michael Kontogiorgis, the pened, and 2) to evaluate the fi- teachings of Jesus Christ. The Arch- son, a second grade student that now, and that I should pray for him. emotional issues surrounding the assistant chancellor, to my case.” nancial request I had made about diocese is not being forthright or played the role of King “Max.” He also said that he feared his fam- abuse.” Rev. Kontogiorgis paid him a vis- therapy. He said once the Church transparent in their handling of The community gathered after ily finding out about his wrongdo- Asked when he first communi- it on March 6, 2006. Mr. Katinas and I agreed upon a figure, I’d have clergy abuse cases. The Church the play in the community hall for a ings.” cated with the Archdiocese about continued to serving as parish to sign an agreement releasing the teaches all its children to act in an luncheon prepared and hosted by Asked if he ever said anything to the problem, he said, “I called their priest of Holy Trinity Church in Dal- Church from all future liability. The honest manner, but the Church el- the Ladies of Philoptochos. his parents and his sister, he said, “I hotline on October 14, 2005 and las, Texas – to which he was trans- release agreement had an exclu- ders are not walking their talk.” The day concluded with a spe- did not, because I felt too much told them I was a survival victim of ferred from Olympia Fields in 1978 sion that I can still sue Katinas.” He also said, “Recently, the Dal- cial presentation from the St. Asked, when his parents found las parish sent out a letter to all of Demetrios Greek School in obser- out what allegedly happened to its parishioners asking them to do- vance of OXI day, with students him, he said, “My father never nate money to help pay legal fees reciting poems of the firm stance found out because he died in 1998. for the lawsuit against NK, Holy Greece took by saying no to the in- Met. Iakovos: Katinas Was Gone I didn’t tell my mother until April of Trinity Church, the Metropolis of vading Italians. 2006 because I felt such incredible Denver and the Greek Orthodox During the early 1900s several shame. I was afraid the truth would Archdiocese of America. Greek families moved into Ventura By the Time I Became the Bishop break her heart. I finally built up Now that the Church’s involve- County, California, primarily to the the courage to tell her. She was ment and cover-up has been ex- cities of Ventura and Oxnard. The BOSTON, Mass. – In statements to “When I came to Chicago, Kati- devastated, and couldn’t believe posed, how will Holy Trinity, the closest Greek Orthodox Church the National Herald, Metropolitan nas had gone, so I did not have any what she heard. She was totally Metropolis and the Archdiocese re- was in Los Angeles; however, after Iakovos of Chicago said he wanted communication with him, or any shocked. She was also very sup- spond? Will they admit that there the Second World War, a Church to clarify his position on the pe- knowledge about him. All these portive of my attempts to heal my- was past guilt and settle the lawsuit was started in Santa Barbara. dophilia scandal allegedly involv- years, I did not hear anything either self. I wish I had the courage to tell with the victim, or will they contin- The Ventura County Greeks ing Nicholas Katinas, who has been from priests or laity, nor from Dal- my parents what happened much ue denying any involvement and played a substantial role in the fi- defrocked. las or from anywhere else – not earlier in my life, but I have to re- dig in their heels? The present lead- nancing and organizing the Saint Mr. Katinas is the former long- even one word,” Iakovos said. mind myself that telling mom later ers of the Church need to acknowl- Barbara parish. With a church in time pastor of Holy Trinity Church Asked if there was any corre- in life was better than never telling edge the wrongdoing of those lead- Santa Barbara, the faithful forefa- in Dallas, also served as parish spondence in the Chicago Diocese her, at all.” ers who came before them. In addi- thers only had to go 40 miles in- priest at the Assumption in about Katinas, Iakovos said, “When Asked why he didn’t go public tion, the Church has not yet offi- stead of 60 miles for church. That Olympia Fields, Illinois. He is ac- I look into the archives here, there earlier, he said, “First of all, the cially announced the defrocking of was before major highways con- cused of sexual misconduct with was only one letter written by the amount of shame and guilt I felt Mr. Katinas. This is a tremendous nected Los Angeles and Santa Bar- minors. late Bishop Timothy of Rodostolos, prevented me from taking any ac- disservice to the victims because bara. It was still quite a chore to at- Metropolitan Iakovos rejected who had bestowed upon Katinas tion. I felt numb mostly, and disso- the Church’s silence is telling every- tend church without freeways. Dur- allegations that he knew about Mr. the offikion of economos (honorary ciated from the feelings of the one that it’s not important to let the ing the 1960’s, a movement began Katinas’ alleged sex abuse of young title, steward of the Church), and abuse. Whenever I was able to victims and parishioners know that to bring some of the attributes of an boys, and that he attempted to cov- he was praising him as being the think about the abuse, I just ended the Church does not tolerate NK’s Orthodox Church into Ventura er up Mr. Katinas. best priest.” Metropolitan Iakovos of Chicago up blaming myself. It wasn’t until pedophilia.” County. Liturgy was held from time Iakovos, who is the senior bish- The Metropolitan of Chicago in the mid-90’s when I met my wife. Olympia Fields John Doe went to time at various halls within the op of the Holy Eparchial Synod of emphasized that he did not have the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s offi- She kept asking me why I was tak- onto college. He got married and area. the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of “any contact with Katinas whatso- cial letter of Mr. Katinas’ defrocking ing all the blame for what hap- has a successful life as an individual Plans for a new church pro- America, said Mr. Katinas had al- ever, neither with his parish be- this past July, Iakovos said knew pened. She said NK was the adult – and professional, but said he be- gressed in early 2007 and Gary ready left the Chicago Diocese by cause the man had left when I about the defrocking, “but I do not he was the priest, and he was lieves the scars of clergy sexual Heathcote & Associates were se- the time he became bishop of came.” have the Patriarchal letter. It is filed wrong. At that point, I finally came abuse will stay with him until he lected as the architects for the Chicago. Asked if he has in his possession at the Archdiocese.” to some realization that I was the dies. parish’s future site.

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Continued from page 1 we didn't want these false confes- BETHESDA, Md. – From humble be- sions. We didn't want wild goose ginnings in a simple white frame that nugget of information, and chases,” Kiriakou said. house to its present complex of there's an attack,” Kiriakou said. “I And they were faced with men church, school and multi-purpose would have trouble forgiving my- like Abu Zubaydah, Kiriakou says, buildings, Saint George Greek Or- self.” who held critical and timely intelli- thodox Church in Bethesda, Mary- The former intelligence officer gence. land has grown into a parish of over says the interrogators' activities “A former colleague of mine 750 families. This year is the 40th were carefully directed from Lang- asked him during the conversation anniversary of its founding by a ley, Va., each step of the way. one day, 'What would you do if we fledgling group of 28 families. The “It wasn't up to individual inter- decided to let you go one day?' And milestone was recently celebrated rogators to decide, 'Well, I'm gonna he said, 'I would kill every American with festivities on the church prop- slap him.' Or, 'I'm going to shake and Jew I could get my hands erty in Bethesda, a suburb of Wash- him.' Or, 'I'm gonna make him stay on...It's nothing personal. You're a ington, D.C. up for 48 hours.' nice guy. But this is who I am.'“ The accomplishments of a church “Each one of these steps, even In that context, at that time, Kiri- whose time had come were roundly though they're minor steps, like the akou says he felt waterboarding was celebrated. Festivities began with a intention shake, or the open-handed something the United States needed Taverna Night that was later fol- belly slap, each one of these had to to do. lowed by a banquet with an invoca- have the approval of the deputy di- “At the time, I felt that water- tion by His Eminence Metropolitan rector for operations,” Kiriakou told boarding was something that we Evangelos of New Jersey. His Emi- needed to do. And as time has nence also was the keynote speaker. passed, and as September 11th Michael Emmanuel of Fox News in- has, you know, has moved far- troduced the honored guests and re- ther and farther back into histo- marks were made by Reverend ry, I think I've changed my Demetrios Antokas, as well as parish- mind,” he told ABC News. ioner Leon Andris who coordinated Part of his decision appears “The First 40 Years, Our Founders, to be an ethical one; another Our History, Our People” celebration. part, perhaps, simply pragmat- The milestone culminated on Char- Saint George Greek Orthodox Church in Bethesda, Md., celebrated its 40th anniversary. The parish ic. ter Member Sunday with the Hierar- began with a group of 28 families and currently has over 750 families. “I think we're chasing them chial Divine Liturgy led by his Emi- all over the world. I think we've nence Metropolitan Evangelos. ca,” by parishioner Marilyn Rouve- Hampshire, at the request of Arch- Soviet Republic of Georgia. Father had a great deal of success Forty years ago, Archbishop las. The book earned local and inter- bishop Iakovos. A new era of pas- Nick Despotides and Presbytera chasing them...and, as a result, Iakovos listened to the founders’ national praise and recognition with toral leadership and development Moscha have been dedicated mem- waterboarding, at least right dream and supported their efforts to sales of over 66,000 copies, and now began. It ushered in the energetic bers of Saint George since its begin- now, is unnecessary,” Kirikou build a new church. He challenged is in its 12th printing. spirit and action needed to finally nings. Father Nick was ordained a said. the group to find 50 new members In June 1967, Saint George break ground for a full fledged priest after serving the church as a Kiriakou was asked if he felt unaffiliated with any other area Greek Orthodox Church received its church building. This occurred in psalti and then a deacon for many that waterboarding compro- Greek Orthodox church and to have charter. Church services were ini- 1978, with Bishop Silas and the Am- years. Among those clergymen who mised American principles, $50,000 in the bank. “Then come tially accommodated at nearby bassador of Greece present for the supported the vision and creation of save American lives or both. back to me,” His Eminence said at Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church. ground-breaking ceremonies. The the Saint George community from “I think both” Kiriakou said. the time. The emerging new community of church building was completed and the beginning and until his death in “It may have compromised our The group met the challenge of Saint George welcomed Father Tim- opened its doors for services in 2000, was Bishop Silas of the Me- AP PHOTO/ABC NEWS principles at least in the short both goals. Jimmy and Thelma De- othy Andrews who was on tempo- 1979. Another major structure, a tropolis of New Jersey. He was a In this undated image taken from term. And I think it's good that oudes had already agreed to sell rary assignment from his post as li- multi-purpose hall for meetings, so- constant friend and inspirational video and provided by ABC News, for- we're having a national debate their house to the nascent communi- brarian of the Holy Cross Theologi- cial and athletic activities, was com- leader to the community. mer leader of the CIA team that cap- about this. We should be debat- ty. The property had considerable cal School, working at the Library of pleted in 1992, and named the Pres- Today Saint George thrives as a tured Abu Zubaydah, John Kiriakou ing this, and Congress should acreage and had become of prime Congress and the first liturgy was bytera Maria Grand Hall to honor Greek Orthodox church community speaks during an interview first be talking about it because, I value in Bethesda. With documenta- held in September 1967. In May the late Presbytera who died in No- and takes pride in its outreach pro- broadcast on ABC's World News Mon- think, as a country, we have to tion in hand, a contingent of 1968, Father Stephen Vlachos was vember 2005. grams. The church’s proximity to the day Dec. 10, 2007. Kiriakou said the decide if this is something that founders went to New York City to assigned to serve as Saint George’s After his Presbytera’s untimely National Institutes of Health in- waterboarding of Zubaydah, a major we want to do as a matter of meet with the Archbishop. The full-time priest. He led the organiza- death, Father George became eligi- spired the idea of becoming a re- Al-Qaida figure, got him to talk in less policy. I'm not saying now that group included George Seymore, tion of the church choir and estab- ble for elevation to the Episcopy and source for families from Greece who than 35 seconds. we should, but, at the very John Glakas, Bill Condrell, Pete Col- lished the Ladies Philoptochos Soci- subsequently became Bishop of the need support when they come to the least, we should be talking lis, Mike Cherigos, Jerry Latos, Neo- ety. Father Stephen kept the com- Diocese of New Jersey, which in- NIH for medical attention. The gen- ABC News. about it. It shouldn't be secret. It fytos Tsangaris, Brad Peavy, Bill Pro- munity focused on construction of a cludes Saint George. He was the first erosity of a parishioner enabled the “The cable traffic back and forth should be out there as part of the na- copiow and Nick Andris, as well as multi-purpose building on the married priest to ascend to Bishop in construction of Kollecas House, a was extremely specific,” he said. tional debate.” Mrs. Condrell, Mrs. Chirigos and church property. This was realized the history of the Greek Orthodox housing facility on church property “And the bottom line was these were A CIA spokesperson declined to Mrs. Latos. The Archbishop gave his in 1971 with the completion of a Church in America. Saint George used for the extended stays of the very unusual authorities that the specifically address Kiriakou's com- approval and his blessing for the structure that accommodated Sun- has been served by a number of families of NIH patients. Spearhead- agency got after 9/11. No one want- ments. new church and fundraising activity day school and Greek language beloved priests who are part of its ed by Father George Papaionnou, ed to mess them up. No one wanted In a statement, the CIA reiterated began in earnest. Many events fol- classrooms, a kitchen and a fellow- rich legacy. Today the community Saint George and other area Greek to get in trouble by going overboard. its long standing position that “the lowed, including a horse show on ship and worship area that could be has Father Demetrios Antokas as its Orthodox churches raised $175,000 So it was extremely deliberate.” United States does not conduct or the acquired property and other converted into a venue for larger spiritual leader who together with for needed heart surgery performed And it was always a last resort. condone torture. The CIA's terrorist more traditional functions. The sim- events. Presbytera Maria and their two sons on “Vasilaki,” a young girl who re- “That's why so few people were interrogation effort has always been ple frame house became administra- Early 1971 marked the start of joined the Saint George community turned to Greece healthy after suc- waterboarded. I think the agency small, carefully run, lawful and tive headquarters and a Greek lan- Father George Papaioannou’s 27 in August 2006. Father Demetrios cessful treatmenr. Other ongoing has said that two people were wa- highly productive.” guage school. In later years a major years at Saint George. With his Pres- arrived after serving as Director of community projects include such ef- terboarded, Abu Zubaydah being source of fundraising was the publi- bytera Maria and their three daugh- Leadership 100. Father Demetrios is forts as Feed the Hungry, Race for one, and it's because you really ABCNews.com published the cation and sale of “A Guide to Greek ters, Father George moved to assisted by Father George Khitiri the Cure, Walk for the Homeless and wanted it to be a last resort because above on December 10. Traditions and Customs in Ameri- Bethesda from Manchester, New who is originally from the former Christmas caroling programs. 6 BOOK THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 15, 2007

BIBLIA: A BOOK REVIEW COLUMN Maria Callas’ Personal Items Who are the Macedonians? One Book Answers that Question Auctioned for By Alexandros K. Kyrou guages or primary literature. fundamental yet overarching issue Special to The National Herald Moreover, no apparent effort has of ethnogenesis, or the Yugoslav $2.4 Million been made to compensate for this state’s manufacturing of an official Hugh Poulton. Who Are the shortcoming by pursuing an ex- “Macedonian nation.” Poulton ac- Macedonians? Bloomington and haustive examination of the Eng- curately identifies the principal By Marie-Louise Gumuchian Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Uni- lish-language sources on the sub- mechanisms used by Tito’s regime versity Press, 1995 (Second, re- ject, a fact made evident by the au- to create and promote a distinct MILAN (Reuters) – Love letters, vised edition published concurrent- thor’s sketchy citations and non-ex- Macedonian nationalism to replace jewelry, dresses, photographs and ly in paperback by Indiana Univer- istent bibliography. the authentic, historic Bulgarian other memorabilia that belonged to sity Press and C. Hurst & Co. of The central thesis of the book’s identity of the majority of Slavs in Maria Callas fetched 2.4 million dol- London, 2000). Pp. xvii, 218. fifth chapter is remarkable for its Yugoslav Macedonia. However, he lars at an auction on Wednesday, $29.95, hardback. banality and simplicity. In effect, does not show how the process op- December 5, 2007, 30 years after Poulton argues that the interwar erated, nor does Poulton present an her death. PART II period in the Bulgarian, Greek, and effective argument that Skopje’s as- Bidding was hectic as admirers Moving past the introductory Yugoslav components of geograph- sertion of Macedonian nationhood across the world tried to snap up chapters on ancient and medieval ic Macedonia was characterized by is the product of anything more treasures from the life of the Greek Macedonia, in chapters three and policies of state terror and coercive than state fiat, fabrication, and the American opera star whose voice four of his book, High Poulton assimilation aimed at what he iden- appropriation of history from oth- enchanted millions, said Sotheby's shifts attention to the period of the tifies as the region’s native popula- ers. auction house in Milan. “She came Ottoman Empire and the struggle tion. This view, of course, implies A separate chapter explores the back to be more popular than be- for control over Macedonia among that Macedonia’s native population status of “Macedonians” in the fore,” Sotheby's representative Iris the Balkan successor states. While was not Bulgarian, Greek, or Ser- countries bordering FYROM. Al- Fabbri said after the auction. devoting considerable space to a bian, and hence presumably one of though this section offers a fairly The items released by the estate review of Islam and the Turks’ theo- “Macedonian Slavs.” Albeit ad- rigorous analysis of organizations of Callas's late husband Giovanni cratic system of administration in vanced indirectly, Poulton’s posi- in Bulgaria that espouse Skopje’s Battista Meneghini unlocked as- the late Ottoman Balkans, Poulton tion is in any event contradicted by official position in geographic pects of the life Callas shared with does not sufficiently explain the his subsequent acknowledgement Macedonia, the author all but dis- the man she left for Greek shipping connection between these institu- of the prevalent Bulgarian identity misses the far more numerous and magnate Aristotle Onassis. tions and the emergence of nation- of the Slavs in Bulgarian and Yu- larger regional Macedonian organi- Many items sold for more than alist identities in Macedonia. It is goslav Macedonia. Curiously, zations identifying themselves as their pre-auction estimates, but 63 in these sections, too, that most rather than focusing on Yugoslav part of the Bulgarian nation. letters written to Meneghini, an Ital- readers will find this effort at an Macedonia, where the large major- Counting on predictability, the ian industrialist 28 years her senior historical-religious-institutional-cul- ity ethnic Bulgarian population reader will likely expect the author who was also her manager, went for tural-ethnic account difficult and was, in fact, subjected to a policy of at this point to condemn Greece for only $55,993 compared with their sometimes baffling. The author’s Serbianization, Poulton’s work em- its supposedly harsh treatment of estimate of approximately $100,000. language is excessively descriptive phasizes charges of systematic sup- some real or imagined Slav minori- Written between 1947 and 1950, and the ideas are clearly intended pression of Greece’s small Slavic ty. Such expectations are fulfilled. they showed her affection for him to impress rather than inform. minority during the same period. Poulton’s hyperbolic claims, how- and desire for a child. The most distressing feature of The author lays the foundation ever, quickly lose any semblance of Meneghini's diary recounting his the Ottoman chapter is its abrupt, for this allegation by attacking the credibility in a morass of unsub- separation from Callas after she and unqualified use of the label Slav Greek presence in Macedonia. stantiated melodramatic tales, in- Onassis became lovers went under Macedonian to designate a group Drawing from what the author trigue, secret documents, and a the hammer, together with legal distinct from ethnic Bulgarians. In claims to be one of the most de- litany of anecdotal complaints. documents on their split and wed- the preceding chapters, separate tailed population studies supposed- The book’s ninth chapter assess- ding rings. sections are devoted to describing ly completed just before the First es the general state of affairs in FY- Callas's temper and turbulent life the origins and presence of the Al- Balkan War in 1912, Poulton as- sources. Outside the categories of fantastic: “Most Slavs living west of ROM. Although the section that kept her constantly in the spotlight, banians, Bulgarians, Greeks, Jews, serts that in the area that would deliberate distortion of data and, the Vardar-Axis river [sic], espe- addresses the serious Albanian as did her affair with Onassis. She Roma, Serbs, and Vlachs in geo- soon become Greek Macedonia or, basic research incompetence, it cially in the area bordering Yu- problem that threatens Skopje’s fu- became a recluse in later years. graphic Macedonia. The respective there were approximately 370,000 will be difficult for most readers to goslavia, chose to remain. Howev- ture viability is informative, it is A bowl given to Callas by U.S. histories of these groups are re- Christian and Muslim “Macedo- find another explanation behind er, those who were seen as actively doubtful that even the most patient President John F. Kennedy at his viewed and merged in a common nians,” 290,000 Turks, and only such a patently misleading presen- pro-Bulgarian were deported and of informed readers will reach birthday celebrations in 1962 sold regional context. In contrast, the 250,000 Greeks. There are several tation of population in Greek Mace- settled far away in the islands, es- these last pages before turning for $39,246. so-called Macedonian Slavs appear problems here. Nowhere in his text donia prior to the Balkan Wars. pecially in Crete” (p. 86). It is not away in frustration. Bidding was heavy for a 13th- out of nowhere, without back- does Poulton identify the detailed Indeed, albeit, a self-proclaimed surprising that this claim is not sub- The tenth chapter, a two-page 14th century "Madonna and Child" ground or discussion and are population study that is the sup- expert on populations and minori- stantiated nor that it is made with- conclusion, is a bewildering yet re- painting which fetched $250,495. A placed on the ethnological stage as posed source for his figures. Fur- ties in Southeastern Europe, Poul- out any reference to a source, for markably representative distilla- portrait of Callas sold for $42,731. a given. The inconsistent and un- thermore, the author states that ton is apparently unfamiliar with such a policy of settling Bulgarians tion of the author’s general ap- The New-York born soprano, even approach of these sections ex- these statistics were also based on the exhaustive and published de- or other Slavs in Crete or elsewhere proach to his subject—politically who performed at Milan's La Scala tends throughout the work, and is contemporaneous, pre-1912 Bul- mographic studies for the pre-1923 in interwar Greece never existed accusatory in tone, unencumbered opera house, became one of the compounded by countless histori- garian and Greek sources. It is, population exchange period com- except, it would appear, in the au- by scholarly standards or methods, 20th century's best-known musical cal inaccuracies and distortions. however, preposterous to suggest pleted by the League of Nations. thor’s fertile imagination. and free of meaningful analysis or figures. She was widely credited Typical of the serious method- that either Bulgarian or Greek as- These studies unequivocally identi- Despite its predilection for mis- reflection. Regrettably, Hugh Poul- with the almost single-handed re- ological deficiencies that permeate sessments of population would use fied Greeks, even before the com- takes and distortions, Poulton’s ton not only fails to answer the vival of Italian bel canto opera. the text, Poulton’s discussion of the the label Macedonian, as an ethnic pulsory population exchanges with work offers two relatively reliable question posed by the title of his Her metronome, with a price tag pivotal period between the 1878 one, as Poulton does, when both re- Turkey, as the largest ethnic group chapters dealing with the Second book, he does not even seem gen- of $1,500, went for more than Treaty of San Stefano and the out- garded the designation as an exclu- in Greek Macedonia, followed by a World War and the establishment uinely interested in doing so. $25,041. break of the First World War de- sively geographic term. Moreover, large Turkish minority and a small of the Socialist Republic of Macedo- Born Maria Kalogeropoulos, rives largely from an unpublished in the citation for these statistics, Slavic (then regarded as Bulgarian) nia within Tito’s communist Yu- Alexandros K. Kyrou is Associate Callas first performed in Greece master’s thesis. Furthermore, the the book refers to an officially minority. Flaws in Poulton’s use of goslav federation. However, even Professor of History at Salem when she was 18. She died in Paris author makes no use of any state-sponsored publication pro- population studies aside, some of where the book is at its best, too State College in Salem, Massachu- at the age of 53 in 1977. archival materials whatsoever. duced in Skopje in 1972 rather the author’s examples of the Greek much remains insufficiently exam- setts, where he teaches on the “We are closing the year of the Poulton demonstrates no knowl- than to any contemporary, pre- state’s oppression of Slavs within ined. For example, only four pages Balkans, Byzantium, and the Ot- 30th anniversary in maybe the most edge of any of the region’s lan- Balkan War Bulgarian or Greek its borders are nothing less than of the entire text are devoted to the toman Empire. respectful way,” said Fabbri. THE NATIONAL HERALD BOOKSTORE

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RESTAURANT REVIEW Thalassa Restaurant Brings the Taste and Smell of the Sea to the Middle of New York

By Nick Mavrakis greens and drizzled lightly with Special to The National Herald olive oil and a vinaigrette. All appetizers come with an ob- Thalassa Restaurant vious eye towards nouvelle cuisine, 179 Franklin Street where presentation is just as impor- New York, NY 10013 tant as taste. Your food will be brought in exquisite arrangements: $40-$80 per person a little saffron-infused sauce here, a (appetizer & entrée) small olive-oil dabbing there. In this case, everything offered really Tribeca, venue of the famous does taste as good as it looks. film festival, and a stone’s throw For main courses, fish is the away from the financial capital of foremost choice. Loup de Mer, Fa- the world, is also the home of Tha- gri, Dover Sole, Pink Snapper, and lassa; a beautifully designed Greek others are all available, by the restaurant specializing in seafood pound, to be cooked in the tradi- and innovative variations on tradi- tional Greek way; that is, lightly tional recipes. This upscale dining grilling and seasoning with lemon establishment, which recently cele- and olive oil. The idea is that fish so brated its 5th year of business, is fresh needs no pretension in its known for accommodating both preparation; the taste of the fish the rich and famous of discerning speaks for itself. Whole fish is tastes; from the big gun executives served with steamed vegetables of Wall Street, to entertainers such and lemon potatoes. as Billy Crystal, Robert De Niro, Al The seafood trio, consisting of 3 Pacino and Mike Myers. skewers of shrimp, tuna, and Originally a warehouse (storing salmon kebabs, are all grilled with Greek foods, perhaps not so ironi- mixed greens for a more “souvlaki” cally) Thalassa, meaning “sea” in style that Greek cuisine is (in)fa- Greek, is clearly designed (by inter- mous for. The Spetsiotsa is a clay- national architect Jean-Pierre Above: Blue lighting and elegant pot, oven-baked dish that takes Heim) with its name in mind. As sails give customers at Thalassa American snapper, and slowly you enter, you’ll see the long, Restaurant the feeling of sailing cooks it in white wine with toma- curved marble bar, with blue light- the Greek Islands. Urns from toes, onions, and fresh herbs. ing engulfing the surrounding Tripoli once used to store olives There are also meat dishes avail- lounge area; complete with sofas and olive oil ages ago now over- able such as the lamb shank, slowly and lounge chairs, for you to relax flow with fresh flowers as they sit braised in a wine sauce; or the An- whilst you sip on one of their sum- atop hand-made Iroko wooden gus rib-eye, cooked with lemon mer-themed cocktails: the Ouzo tables from Mykonos. Right: A potatoes, oyster mushrooms, and Mojito, for example, which puts a full table of a delicious meal at string beans. For the best of both Greek spin on this Cuban classic. Thalassa accompanied by one of worlds, go for the surf & turf: fillet As you walk further in, a selec- the restaurants 2,500 wines minion and snapper, served with a tion of fresh fish imported from awaits anyone that wants to eat mushroom risotto, and topped with around the world is on display, rest- in trendy Tribeca in downtown a garlic almond mousse. ing on a bed of crushed ice. From Manhattan. Dessert at Thalassa has some of here, pick one of the day’s catch, the conventionals, with twists: and watch it be whisked away to mon Hellenic cheeses. However, baklava with sorbet, galakto- the nearby large, open kitchen; you’ll also find some rarer varieties bouriko using a citrus flavored fill- where Thallasa’s chefs work on (in the United States, at least), such ing, and ekmek (kataifi and custard their craft for all to see. as metsovone, the smoked cheese mixture). The ekmek I had was ab- At this point, perhaps you’d like from Metsovo in northwestern solutely delicious, wrapped com- to choose a wine; in this respect, Greece; or ladotiri, an oil-cured pletely in a Valhrona chocolate cas- Thalassa doesn’t disappoint. Down- cheese produced in Crete. ing that had to be cracked by spoon stairs, you’ll find the restaurant’s For dining, you’ll be seated in to get to the goodness inside, all very own wine bar, where you’ll be the main hall, where modern furni- topped with toasted pistachios. able to choose from a selection of ture and lighting combine with the When asked about the philoso- over 2500 wines from their cli- elegance of flowing curtains, rustic phy behind much of Thalassa’s “fu- mate-controlled cheese and wine redbrick walls, and leather lashed sion” cuisine in regards to Greek cellar. Greek, American, Italian, support beams. food, a member of the manage- French, and other international A basket of fresh, horiatiko ment team said, “our chefs are 2nd variants are all represented here. bread and an assortment of appe- and 3rd generation Greeks. They Should you have trouble deciding, tizers will be brought the table. out of it. with feta, pine nuts, tomato, and Maine Diver scallops, which use know all the traditional recipes the wine menu even has tips and Olives, olive oil for dipping, fava Although you can find some of oregano, and grilled to perfection. kataifi (normally used for desserts) from their parents and grandpar- suggestions on Hellenic equiva- spread, and one of my personal fa- the more popular appetizers on the The resultant plate comes with the as an ingredient, in addition to ents, but want to bring something lents of popular wines. vorites, tyrokafteri. The tyrokafteri, menu, such as spanikopita and ty- calamari standing upright, only re- sheep’s milk butter, to add a crunch new to the table.” In this respect, As cheese and wine go hand in which literally means “burning ropita, many of the first courses at vealing what it holds once you cut to the dish. The saganaki is the clas- they have succeeded. With the ba- hand, it’s only proper that Thalassa cheese”, is a spread which has a Thalassa are inventive variations of into it. The ingredients work beau- sic shrimp-feta saganaki that also sic fundamentals of Greek cuisine offers a selection of fine Greek wonderfully bright orange color, some classic Greek mezedes. The tifully together, all the while con- adds mussels and scallops into the and ingredients, combined with a cheeses. Barrel-aged feta, Cretan achieved by mixing hot red peppers calamari, for example, isn’t simply forming to traditional Greek cui- mix, slowly baking it in a Kefalon- flair of originality, Thalassa offers graviera, kasseri, and kefalotiri are with feta cheese. It’s not too spicy, fried squid with lemon. Instead, the sine. ian wine sauce. The octopus is ex- something new and, more impor- all available from the more com- but just enough to get a small kick calamari is taken whole and stuffed Other appetizers include the tremely tender, coming with baby tantly, appetizing for everyone. The Mount Athos Menu: A Foolproof Anti-Cancer Diet... with Just One or Two Drawbacks

By John Carr over the past 1,043 years. Breakfast Church, in which a strict vegan diet The Times is hard bread and tea. Much of the Wonders of Athos is prescribed for weeks at a stretch. day is taken up with chores – clean- Michalis Hourdakis, a dietician If you want to avoid cancer, live ing, cooking, tending to crops – fol- • Most of the associated with Athens University, like a monk. That is the inescapable lowed by a supper, typically of monasteries on Athos said: “This limited consumption of conclusion from research into one lentils, fruit and salad, and evening run on “Byzantine calories has been found to lengthen of the world’s most renowned prayers. time”, with the clock life. Meat has been associated with monastic communities. Some of the seaside monasteries resetting at sunset intestinal cancer, while fruit and The austere regime of the 1,500 specialize in catching octopus, a • Legend has it that vegetables help ward off prostate monks on Mount Athos, in north- delicacy that is softened up by women were banned cancer.” ern Greece, begins with an hour’s bashing on the rock. Fish also feeds because the monks The lack of air pollution on pre-dawn prayers and is designed the Athos cats, protected by the became too frisky Mount Athos as well as the monks’ to protect their souls. monks for their mouse-catching with shepherdesses hard work in the fields also played Their low-stress existence and prowess. Of all domestic animals, • Vatopedhiou, Prince their part, the researchers said. simple diet (no meat, occasional only cats are exempt from the ban Charles’ favoured There was no mention, however, of fish, home-grown vegetables and on females. Some of the monks live retreat, claims to whether the absence of women had fruit) may, however, also protect in hillside huts or cliff-side caves have saints’ bones, any effect on the monks’ renowned them from more worldly troubles. perched above the sea as satellites the whip used to spiritual calm. The monks, who inhabit a of the main establishments, per- scourge Christ, St SALAD DAYS peninsula from which women are haps the closest that modern Chris- Stephen’s ear, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and banned, enjoy astonishingly low tianity gets to medieval hermits. fragments of the True Thursday rates of cancer. They depend for their sustenance Cross, and the Virgin Breakfast: Hard bread, tea Since 1994, the monks have on handouts of bread and olives. Mary’s chastity girdle Lunch: Pasta or rice,vegetables, been regularly tested, and only 11 On holidays and feast days such olive oil have developed prostate cancer, a as Christmas and Easter, when oth- Dinner: Lentils, fruit and salad, rate less than one quarter of the in- er Greeks are feasting on roast scattered over the Athos peninsula, all year round, on Mondays, appears to have no religious signifi- olive oil. Red wine ternational average. In one study, meat, the monks prefer fish, their said: Wednesdays and Fridays, we don’t cance, but is a way of eking out Monday, Wednesday and Friday: their rate of lung and bladder can- only culinary luxury. Father Moses “We never eat meat. We produce use olive oil on our food.” their supplies. no olive oil cer was found to be zero. of the Koutloumousi monastery, most of the vegetables and fruit we The olive-oil routine, which also All the monks stick to the rigor- Holidays and feast days: Fish and Haris Aidonopoulos, a urologist one of the 20 organized cloisters consume. And we never forget that applies to wine and dairy products, ous fasting periods of the Orthodox seafood at the University of Thessaloniki, said that the monks’ diet, which calls on them to avoid olive oil, dairy products and wine on Mon- days, Wednesdays and Fridays, helped to explain the statistics. “What seems to be the key is a diet Tutoring: Internet/Telephone that alternates between olive oil and nonolive oil days, and plenty of plant proteins,” he said. “It’s not only what we call the Mediter- Special Features: ranean diet, but also eating the old- fashioned way. Small simple meals 1) Phonetic method at regular intervals are very impor- 2) Personalized: tant.” Meals on the peninsula, which Lesson-plans; Quizzes the Prince of Wales has visited reg- 3) Two telephone lessons ularly and which can only be reached by boat, are ascetic and per week repetitive affairs that have changed 4) Simple, easy, quick. little over the centuries, although there are variations between the 20 Phenomenal results monasteries. a b 5) References available The monks sit in silence while, from a pulpit, passages from the Bible are read in Greek. They eat at HELEN DUMAS speed – as soon as the Bible passage About the Author is over, the meal is officially com- Helen Dumas is the authority in teaching pleted. Speak Greek in 2 Months Greek as a second language. She was the The staples are fruit and vegeta- plus higher level courses for children and adults bles, pasta, rice and soya dishes, Director of Hellenic Education and Culture for and bread and olives. They grow the Western United States for 25 years. Helen received special recognition awards from the much of what they eat themselves. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Agioritiko red wine is made locally Greek government for teaching Greek to the from mountain grapes. Dairy prod- X/MAS GIFT Call: (310) 373-0808 or non-Greek-speaking in the "most original and ucts are rare – female animals are FOR LIFE effective way!!". Her unique teaching method banned from the autonomous se- E-Mail: [email protected] is the result of 30 years of research, field- mi-state. Website: www.speakgreeknow.com testing, and development. Life on Athos has changed little 8 OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 15, 2007 Andrew Ladis, 58, Art Historian at University of Georgia George Tsounis, 85, World War II

By Rebecca McCarthy deputy director of the museum. adored him, colleagues said. Dr. Zuraw said Dr. Ladis had an Veteran and POW in Nazi Camp The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "They made everyone feel wel- Fluent in several languages, Dr. ability to communicate with and to come, and their home seemed al- Ladis wrote and edited 14 books, love dogs of all sorts. By Bill Bleyer march. ATLANTA – Andrew Ladis had a most an extension of the museum." many of them prize-winning, and "I told him once that he was han- Newsday "They zigzagged as they passion for antiquing. He would pe- Dr. Ladis, 58, of Athens died of published many articles and lec- dling his cancer with such grace marched to avoid the Russians," ruse roadside shops, junk stores cancer at St. Mary's Hospice Dec. 2. tures. His book on Giotto's Arena and pluck that he was making it George Tsounis never told his Christopher Tsounis said. Those and antique markets in and around The body was cremated. The Chapel in Padua is coming out next hard for the rest of us," Dr. Zuraw children about his harrowing expe- who dropped out of line were shot. Athens finding the treasures amid memorial service will be 2 p.m. spring. said. "He was a brilliant scholar and riences as a crewman aboard a They ended the trek at Stalag 357 the clutter. Jan. 12 at the UGA Chapel. Bern- Dr. Ladis was a fine scholar, said a great teacher. But after all that, World War II Army bomber and as a in Fallingbostel in north-central Once, at Scott's Antique Market, stein Funeral Home is in charge of Hayden McGinnis, an art history he was a sensitive, loving person." prisoner of war. Germany. The average POW lost a he pulled friend Shelley Zuraw to- arrangements. professor at McMaster University in Dr. McGinnis said Dr. Ladis had "He wanted to come back and third of his body weight during the ward a group of blackened paint- Born in Greece, Dr. Ladis moved Hamilton, Canada. Dr. Ladis as- a hard time refusing anyone any- live a normal life," said his son march. Tsounis was eventually lib- ings "that looked like they had been to the U.S. with his family as a child sembled scholars of 14th-century thing and once agreed to be pro- Christopher. "I knew he was a POW erated by British troops. burned in the Civil War," she said. and grew up in Richmond. Italian painting from around the filed as a celebrity cook in a news- because my mother told me." A memorial for the POWs now Dr. Ladis, an art historian at the He earned undergraduate and world in Athens for conferences. paper. The profile included a recipe Tsounis, 85, of Mattituck, died stands in Poland on the former site University of Georgia, began lick- doctorate degrees from the Univer- Although the Renaissance was from Italy and a photo of Dr. Ladis Nov. 21 in a veterans home in Stony of Stalag Luft IV. ing a painting, telling Dr. Zuraw sity of Virginia and did extensive his academic specialty, Dr. Ladis be- at the cook top. Brook. He was among hundreds of Tsounis was discharged as a that "it's the only way to know if it's research in Italy throughout his ca- came well-versed in Southern art "All his friends knew he couldn't Allied prisoners forced to march staff sergeant and received a Purple a good painting. And he was right, reer. and amassed an amazing collec- boil water, but he couldn't say no," more than 600 miles over 86 days Heart for injuries he suffered in the it was." Dr. Ladis was the Franklin Pro- tion, said friend Peggy Galis. Dr. McGinnis said. "We used to from one German camp to another forced march. Such devotion to detection fessor of Art History at UGA's An Athens resident who has laugh about that article." in the winter of 1945. Survivors He lived in Astoria after the war, helped Dr. Ladis find beautiful Lamar Dodd School of Art, a posi- long been involved with the Geor- Survivors include a sister, Maria called it a Death March. opening a grocery store and marry- things and turn the house he tion he held for more than 10 years. gia Museum of Art, Mrs. Galis said White Davis of Mount Sterling, Ky. Tsounis, who was born in ing his wife, Cleo, in 1947. shared with partner William Ei- He was a world-renowned Dr. Ladis "was the most generous Aliquippa, Pa., was 8 when the Later he owned a luncheonette land, director of the Georgia Muse- scholar in Italian Renaissance art, spirit I've ever known. He was ac- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution steel mill where his father worked in Queens Plaza before retiring to um of Art, "into a gracious, elegant specifically Florentine painting of cessible to everyone and could talk published the above on Decem- closed. So young George delivered Mattituck more than 20 years ago. space," said Annelies Mondi, the 14th century. His students to anyone." ber 10. newspapers and gave the money to His home was destroyed by a fire his mother. Feb. 5 and he suffered smoke in- "He was a hard-working, giving halation. guy," his son said. "He supported his In March he was moved to the whole family right up to the day he Long Island State Veterans Home in got married. He never spent money Stony Brook. John S. Politis, 72, Popularized Greek Music in Cleveland on himself." Tsounis was a member of the After graduating from Aliquippa Free and Accepted Masons of New By Wally Guenther to." perform in nightclubs. Two years with the popular Stigma band once High School, Tsounis enlisted in York and the Disabled American Cleveland Plain Dealer Politis was born in Pireaus, later, he moved to Chicago, in an- a week. 1944 in the Army Air Corps and be- Veterans. He cofounded the Trans- Greece. He went to war-torn other large Greek community, ap- Although he retired about four came a gunner on a B-24 Liberator. figuration of Christ Greek Ortho- LAKEWOOD, Ohio – John Politis, schools in his younger years during pearing in nightclubs and on occa- years ago, he continued playing On June 26, 1944, his B-24 was hit dox Church in Mattituck. 72, a native of Greece who became the country's occupation by Ger- sional television shows. part time at area events. He en- by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. Besides his son Christopher of a pioneer in popularizing Greek many during World War II. Politis settled in Lakewood in joyed playing at various Greek fes- The crew parachuted safely. Hicksville, Tsounis is survived by music in Greater Cleveland, died After Greece was liberated in 1974. He was the co-owner of the tivals around the area. His family received a telegram sons Thomas and Nicholas of Matti- on Sunday, December 12, 2007 in the mid-1940s, Politis discovered Grecian Gardens on East Fourth He also taught bouzouki, a stating he was missing in action. tuck; daughter Catherine Siolas of his Lakewood home. He had can- the guitar and fell in love with the Street and Huron Road, from 1976 Greek stringed instrument, to His fate was unknown until the Red Bayside; four grandchildren; a cer. instrument. By the early 1950s, he thorough 1979, where he was the youngsters at his Lakewood home. Cross reported several months later brother, Gus, of Hudson, Fla.; and His strong, rich voice was a fa- was singing in nightclubs through- star attraction. Politis and his wife, Sophia, that he had been sent to Stalag Luft two sisters, Christine Pangiloles of miliar one at Greek nightclubs out Greece and writing music for While his family remained in were married in Greece in 1962. IV, a camp administered by the Ger- Fitchburg, Mass., and Helen Tsou- throughout the community since some of Greece's popular artists, his Lakewood, Politis went on a U.S. He is survived by his wife man air force, according to the mil- nis of Pennsylvania. the 1970s. He often accompanied son said. tour in 1980 and 1981 with the Sophia; his sons Peter of Rocky Riv- itary records obtained by his son. He was buried in Calverton Na- himself with a guitar, and some- Politis also recorded several "Holiday in Greece" production. He er and Angelo of Lakewood; his On Feb. 6, 1945, with Russian tional Cemetery next to his wife, times with a band. He also wrote songs in Greek with Columbia and sang, wrote and played the guitar three grandchildren; two brothers; troops approaching from the east, who died in 2002. scores of songs. RCA record companies. He ap- in performances in nightclubs, the- and one sister. the prisoners were ordered out of "He was from the original school peared in singing scenes in several aters and many arenas. The funeral was held on Decem- the camp. With only the food they Newsday published the above on of Greek music, with ties to all the Greek movies. After the tour, he continued ber 12 at St. Demetrios Greek Or- could carry, they were forced to December 7. famous Greek singers," said a son, His popularity reached the large playing in nightclubs and restau- thodox Church in Rocky River. Angelo, of Lakewood. "When there Greek community in Montreal, rants in the Cleveland area, which were any questions about Greek Canada. In 1967, the community included Plaka, the Trojan Horse The Cleveland Plain Dealer pub- music, my father was the one to go helped bring Politis to Montreal to and Theo's. At Theo's, he played lished the above on December 12. CLASSIFIEDS

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Burial her husband George Christ; her sis- dependent reported that Pres- thodox Cemetery in Biddeford. was at Eglingon Cemetary in ters Fotini (Haralambos) Ezanidis bytera Anna Spirtos, 86, passed Memorial donations to Holy Trinity NAME: ...... Clarksboro, N.J. Memorial dona- and Cleo (Hercules) Stamatiadis; away on Sunday, December 9, Church (133 Pleasant Street Port- ADDRESS: ...... tions to Holy Trinity Greek Ortho- her brothers Christos Michaelides 2007 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Com- land, ME 04101). CITY:...... STATE: ...... ZIP:...... dox Church, (808 North Broom St., and Seraphim Michaelides; and munity, after a brief illness. She is TEL.: ...... E-MAIL:...... CELL...... Wilmington, DE 19806). her sisters-in-law Aretoula survived by her husband Anthony PLEASE SEND A GIFT SUBSCRIPTION TO: Michaelides, and Evangeline Spirtos; her nephews Nicholas NAME: ...... ■ BUZANIS, THEODORE Michaelides. She was an elemen- (Virginia) and Michael; her grand- This is a service REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – The tary school teacher in Greece and nephews William and Thomas Bal- ADDRESS: ...... Los Angeles Times reported that immigrated to the United States in las; and her sister-in-law, Helen to the community. CITY:...... STATE: ...... ZIP:...... Dr. Theodore Charles Buzanis, 82, 1930. She was very proud to be a Ballas. She was predeceased by her Announcements of deaths TEL.: ...... E-MAIL:...... CELL...... passed away on Tuesday, Decem- United States citizen and gave the sister Venetia Stratas; and her may be telephoned to the Please specify method of payment ber 4, 2007 after a brief illness with commencement speech for her brother William Ballas. She was Classified Department of I enclose a check/money order for $ ...... made payable to: his loving family by his side. He is class of 300 newly naturalized citi- born in Campbell, Ohio on Septem- The National Herald at The National Herald, Inc., 37-10 30th Street, Long Island City, NY 11101 - 2614 survived by his wife and compan- zens in 1945, the first class after ber 12, 1921 to the late Nicholas or please debit my ❏ Mastercard ❏ Visa ❏ American Express ion of over 54 years Katherine; his the end of World War II. She Loved and Nomiki (Tsagaris) Ballas, of (718) 784-5255, Monday through Friday, CARD NUMBER: ...... daughters Maria and Jan; his son the Lord, and was an active mem- Youngstown. She was a member of EXPIRATION DATE: ...... SIGNATURE:...... Charlie; his granddaughters Ryan, ber of The Annunciation Greek Or- St. Haralambos Greek Church. Was 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST Samantha, Kristina and Sophia; his thodox Cathedral. She taught Sun- chairwoman of Unicef for nine or e-mailed to: grandsons Charlie and Jake; his day School, Greek School, sang in years in Rochester, MN. (St. [email protected] sons-in-law Steve and Dave; and the Byzantine Choir, served as First Anaigyioi Church; Secretary of So- THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 15, 2007 GREECE CYPRUS 9 Tens of Thousands March in Athens as Greece Grinds to Halt in General Strike, 7 Injured in Clashes with Police

By Elena Becatoros job, canceling television and radio Associated Press news programs. The three state- run television stations were broad- ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Tens of casting only a text stating their sup- thousands of demonstrators port for the strike. No Thursday jammed central Athens and the newspapers were to be published. northern city of Thessaloniki on Bystanders applauded uni- Wednesday as a general strike to formed Olympic Airlines pilots and protest government plans to reform flight attendants who joined the the country's debt-ridden pension march. The transport minister said system brought Greece to a stand- recently that the debt-ridden flag still. carrier was unlikely to survive in its A police helicopter flew over- current form. A decision on its fu- head as tens of thousands of people ture is expected next year after - with some estimates putting the meetings with EU officials about number at 80,000 - marched hundreds of millions of euros of il- through central Athens in two sepa- legal state aid to the airline. rate demonstrations. In Thessaloni- “We are ... fighting for the savior ki, 30,000 people marched through of the national air carrier of Greece, the center, police said. fighting along (with) the other em- Shopkeepers rolled down their ployees” against the government's AP PHOTO shutters and bystanders raced for planned reforms, said airline em- Moving Along cover as riot police fired tear gas in ployee Dimitris Papadimitriou. brief clashes in Athens. Groups of More strikes are expected next A Culture Ministry employee carries a ladder beside a caryatid, at the youths hurled rocks at police, set week, with medical professionals new Acropolis Museum, in central Athens, Saturday, December 8, garbage cans on fire and set a walking off the job for 24 hours on 2007. Engineers moved the ancient statue from the Acropolis to the parked car alight. Wednesday and courts shutting museum. More than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artifacts Four police were injured and down on Wednesday and Thursday. will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by a series of three three demonstrators were de- Labor unions oppose govern- cranes to the glass-and-concrete structure near the foot of the ancient tained, authorities said. At least ment efforts to reform Greece's hill. The long-awaited museum is due to open to the public in 2008. one demonstrator was also injured. fractured pension system, includ- He sat by the side of the road using ing attempts to unify the country's tissues and an empty plastic bag to roughly 170 pension funds. Many bandage his head. fear the reforms could cut pensions The strike shut down hospitals, and raise retirement ages. Still, re- banks, schools, courts and all pub- cent opinion polls suggest that Mourners Bid Farewell to lic services. Archaeological sites, more than three quarters of Greeks including the Acropolis, were support some form of pension re- closed, and even some telephone form. a Great Philanthropist directory inquiry lines, motorcycle The funds face estimated future couriers and pizza delivery men deficits collectively of between 120 walked off the job. billion euro and 400 billion euro Continued from page 1 Award of the Pan-Cyprian Associa- “The rallies in Athens and in (U.S. $165 billion and US$550 bil- tion of America. other cities had unprecedented lion) - sums that are expected to af- ing contracting company in Cyprus, In 2001, President Clerides participation,” said Yiannis EUROKINISSI fect the budget within a decade. eventually receiving international awarded him the Medal of Excep- Panagopoulos, head of GSEE, one Strikers demonstrate in central Athens, Wednesday December 12, Giorgos Skiadotis, who handles acclaim. tional Contribution. In a speech of the two major unions that called 2007. Tens of thousands of workers, teachers, Olympic Airways per- union issues for Greece's main com- Mr. Paraskevaides served as a placed on the Congressional the strike. “It was at least double sonnel and public servants participated in a 24-hour general strike in munist party, the KKE, said that board member of a large number of Record on June 1991, Congress- that of 2001” – when another at- protest of the government's plans to reduce pensions and unify social “workers should not pay for the companies and organizations. To- man Edward Feighan of Ohio said, tempt at reforming the pension sys- security funds as part of wide-ranging reforms of the social security mistakes and mismanagement of gether with his beloved wife, Thel- “Mr. Paraskevaides has often been tem sparked massive demonstra- sector. past governments in handling the ma, he established their own chari- offered the highest official posi- tions and almost brought down the pension funds.” table foundation, which has pro- tions in Cyprus, but has continu- then socialist government. systems operated for about five night Tuesday. Hospitals were ac- Skiadotis accused Greece's con- vided help for individuals requiring ously refused them because of his Some private-run banks were hours to help strikers get to the cepting only emergency cases. servative government of attacking medical treatment, as well as offer- belief that he can better serve his open, but public transport, includ- demonstrations. Courts were shut for a second day the country's social security system. ing scholarships and funding to- country through his business asso- ing boats connecting mainland Planes were grounded as air after lawyers and judges began a “We must all stand together ... to wards preserving the cultural and ciates and his international rela- Greece with the islands, ground to traffic controllers joined the 24- 48-hour strike on Tuesday. defeat this attack,” he said as he architectural heritage of Cyprus. tions. His idea that his Cypriot em- a halt. The capital's metro and tram hour strike, which began at mid- Journalists also walked off the joined the demonstration. He was awarded the title of Grand ployees overseas constitute ambas- Benefactor by the College of Cyprus sadors of their country is a lesson Studies and the Medal of Saint for all of us interested in fostering Mark by the Pope. international cooperation and SPORTS The brilliance of Mr. Paraske- goodwill. And it is our fervent hope vaides’ illustrious career is further that the message they bring about magnified by his dedication to the Cyprus will educate more people, service of others. He has continu- and help to create an atmosphere ously demonstrated his deep con- that will soon end the tragic divi- Olympiakos Beats Werder, Advances to Second Round cern for his fellow citizens through sion of that beautiful island.” financial assistance for medical Leading Greek American organi- ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Ieroklis treatment, his promotion of Cypri- zations also expressed their pro- Stoltidis scored two goals and set ot culture, and his establishment of found sympathies and deep re- up another Tuesday to send the International Sports Center in grets. Olympiakos to the second round of Cyprus. “Our thoughts and prayers are the Champions League after beat- The George & Thelma Paraske- with the Paraskevaides family. Over ing Werder Bremen 3-0. vaides Foundation has formed links the years, he has shown us the true Stoltidis scored in the 12th with Shriner’s Hospital in Spring- meaning of kindness and hospitali- minute, sending a volley from out- field, Massachusetts and the Chil- ty, and we will be forever grateful. side the area past Bremen goal- dren’s Heart Fund Hospital in Min- He will be missed, but never forgot- keeper Tim Wiese. Darko Kovacevic neapolis, Minnesota and has pro- ten. May his memory be eternal,” added another in the 70th, heading vided numerous scholarships for said AHEPA Supreme President Ike in a free kick from Stoltidis. less fortunate Cypriots. Gulas. AHEPA established the Four minutes later, Stoltidis Mr. Paraskevaides also founded George E. Paraskevaides Philan- scored his second, turning on the the Cyprus Kidney Association, the thropic Award in 2006. ball to beat Wiese from close range. Surgical & Transplant Foundation “It was with deep sorrow that “I think we deserved it. We've and, most recently, the Cyprus Heart we learned of the passing of George been playing well throughout the Association. He has received several Paraskevaides of Cyprus… Words tournament, even when we didn't prestigious honors from sources are inadequate to express what he get the results. We always believed throughout the world, including the has meant to the American Hellenic in ourselves - that was key for us,” Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) Institute since its inception in 1974. Stoltidis said. by Queen Elizabeth II; the Order of His support over the past 30 years, “We have to keep playing at this Oman III, Class Civil by Sultan Qa- and his unyielding commitment to level and who knows what we can boos of Oman; the Rotary Founda- our efforts in support of a free do.” tion Medal; the Medal of Merit of Cyprus within the context of the Olympiakos also beat the Ger- the Lions International Club of rule of law during these years, has man side 3-1 in the first leg in Octo- Nicosia; the St. Paul’s Medal by the not only helped to sustain us, but ber. Greek Orthodox Archbishop of has been the catalyst that has Real Madrid and Olympiakos North & South America; and the St. helped us to grow and expand our ended with 11 points in Group C, Marcus Medal by the Pontific. scope and content. His belief in the Bremen was third with six points Mr. Paraskevaides was an hon- importance of the role of the Unit- and Lazio, which lost 3-1 to AP PHOTO/ANDRZEJ SOKULSKI orary citizen of Nicosia and re- ed States in achieving a just and vi- Madrid, came last with five. Olympiacos' Kovacevic, right, scores against Werder during a Champions League Group C soccer game be- ceived the Golden Apple Award able settlement of the Cyprus prob- It was the first time in eight tween Olympiacos and Werder Bremen in Piraeus, Greece, on Tuesday Dec. 11, 2007. from then Mayor Ed Koch of New lem was central to his thinking. years that Olympiakos advanced to York. He was presented with George’s love for his beloved the knockout stage. In 1999, the Pi- Bremen came close to leveling major scoring opportunity. League games and we got deserved AHEPA’s Aristotle Award, 1986 Cyprus was pure and deep… He raeus club reached the quarterfi- in the 32nd, when a header by Nal- The visitors twice came close in results,” Olympiakos manager Man of the Year by the Hellenic fought tirelessly and championed nals before losing 4-0 to Juventus. do off a corner by Diego nicked the second half, before Kovacevic Takis Lemonis said. American Neighborhood Action every effort over the past 34 years Olympiakos made a strong start goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis' headed on target and Stoltidis put “This is a new era for us ... We Committee, Distinguished Hellene that had the unification of Cyprus and took an early lead with Stol- right post. the game out of reach for Bremen. beat a great team,” Lemonis said. Award by the Hellenic Medical So- as its goal,” said AHI President & tidis' powerful low shot off a pass Four minutes before the end of “I think we have put in a tremen- “We could have settled for a draw, ciety of New York and the Freedom Founder Gene Rossides. by Lomana LuaLua. the period, Kovacevic squandered a dous effort in these six Champions but we played for victory.”

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An alliance is an agreement be- The National Herald welcomes never persecuted in Greece. Koch, implied that the Greek peo- tween two countries to advance letters from its readers intended I was proud to be Greek when I ple cooperated with the Nazis in common goals, and to secure or ad- for publication. They should in- learned from a survivor of rounding up their Jewish popula- vance common interests. In the Inaction is no option clude the writer’s name, address, Auschwitz who kept the tattoo on tion for deportation to the concen- case of Greece, the United States For readers of this newspaper who live thousands of miles away from his arm when he related to me a sto- tration camps. was pursuing policies which would and telephone number and be Greece, and even further in terms of mindset, a general strike in Greece ry about the Greek Jews. He told me In a letter to the New York Post, be considered totally disloyal. addressed to: The Editor, The Na- which “froze” Athens this week might appear totally foreign and beyond that the only Jews who loved their October 1, 1986, Rabbi Joshua A. Historic facts indicate that the tional Herald, 37-10 30th Street, their interests, or remind them of things which happened in the past, but not country were the Greek Jews. He Kreindler, editor of the Journal of belief of a secure and reliable al- Long Island City, NY 11101. Let- today. said in the camp at night, the Greek the American Institute for the liance between Greece and the ters can also be faxed to (718) Yet the strike is significant because of what it reveals about the problems Jews would cry out, “patrida mou, Study of Middle Eastern Civiliza- United States is based more on fic- 472-0510 or e-mailed to facing contemporary Greek society, its political class, and the direction the patrida mou,” “my country, my tion, answered Mayor Koch’s accu- tion rather than fact, as it relates to english.edition@thenationalher- country is taking. country.” He asked me why. He said sation: “Mayor Koch’s article insults Greece. ald.com. We reserve the right to This past Wednesday morning, the day of the general strike, it was cloudy he hated the country he came from anyone who knows Greek Jewish Steve Lalas paid the price by and chilly – a typical Greek winter day. But even though it was a regular as did Jews from other European history.” Rabbi Kreindler also re- showing, or informing the Greeks, edit letters for publication and re- workday, Athens looked deserted. A strong police presence guarded the countries because they were perse- vealed that the Chief Rabbi of that its so-called ally, the United gret that we are unable to ac- Ministries and Parliament. The stores were open, but there were neither cuted and discriminated against. Athens escaped to the mountains in States, was pursuing policies which knowledge or return those left people nor cars in the streets. I thought about his question and the Archbishop’s car. Mayor Koch could be considered treacherous, unpublished. The silence was more deafening in the electronic media. Television and answered that I believed it was be- apologized for his statements on instead of loyal, in relation to radio stations were playing old films and music. Not one word was uttered about the day’s major story. One would assume that reporters and editors would be at their posts, ready and able, given the fact that they had known about the strike a couple of weeks in advance, to bring the country news of COMMENTARY the strike. Instead, they went on strike, too. Anyone daring to break the strike would be expelled from the powerful journalist’s union. Thus, while the outside world learned about the strike in Greece through the work of foreign correspondents stationed in Athens, the Greek citizenry The Future is Now for SAE to Live Up to Expectations would not learn about it until the next day. The strike was called to demonstrate against the Greek Government’s By Christopher Tripoulas mate viability is going to depend on main mission. The argument can be a specific goal (education, athletics, proposed changes to Greece’s social security system. Special to The National Herald it. During their first year in office, made that the merit of the individu- the arts, etc.)? Each of these organi- Most Greeks agree that the 160 or so social security funds – if they are sol- the new officers had to understand- als spearheading these projects had zations has a distinct mission state- vent, at all – are near insolvency and need major restructuring. All prior ef- This weekend marks the one- ably familiarize themselves with as much to do with their success as ment. SAE needs to be clear if it will forts to do so either failed or were taken off the table – due to adverse public year anniversary of the election of a their positions, while also deal with the organization backing them. follow an organization model seek- reaction making a dire situation even worse. new board for the World Council of the catastrophic forest fires in Twelve years after its inception, ing to form distinct networks of or- Without question, the issue is very serious, and affects almost the whole Hellenes Abroad – known by its Greece. These two issues must be SAE needs to clarify several things if ganizations with matching goals, or of Greek society. The overwhelming majority of people who depend upon a Greek acronym SAE. The election kept in mind when rating this new it is to realize its mission statement if it will follow some other model in- social security check for their livelihood upon their retirement – how will was important because it helped re- administration, but standards and (as listed on its website): a) to unite stead. they cope? Or how do those receiving around 600 euros ($881) a month get vitalize an organization that has ex- expectations should not be lowered and promote Hellenism so it devel- Another question that remains to by? How is this going to be resolved? isted for over a decade (formed on for even an instant. SAE’s leadership ops into a significant influential be answered is precisely what na- To save social security funds entails merging them into one or two at the May 30, 1995), but is in many ways should keep one very important force around the world; b) to sup- tional/international projects can most. But some of them are sounder financially than others, and resist shar- still trying to find itself. thing in mind. Twleve years into its port the efforts of Hellenes to meet SAE promote – and through which ing their resources with the others. And almost everybody is against working Something fairly interesting hap- existence, most people still do not their needs and improve their eco- local “partners” – so that its pres- a few more years before they can begin collecting their social security pened last December. Outgoing really understand the purpose of nomic, social, and political position; ence becomes relevant, or better checks. Greek American President Andrew SAE. c) to inspire and encourage every yet, necessary to Hellenes all over It’s nonetheless painfully obvious that major changes are needed for the A. Athens was succeeded by Ste- Sit quietly in any Greek café and Hellene and Philhellene to partici- the world. Countries with a much system to prevent it from going bankrupt. fanos Tamvakis, a resident of listen-in on conversations around pate and join in SAE’s efforts. more limited cultural repertoire – Thus, while the majority of people agree on the need for a major over- Alexandria. The move was surpris- you. Amidst the seemingly endless These are admittedly lofty goals, whose scope is far less “ecumenical” haul, they disagree on what needs to be done. They all agree on one condi- ing to many considering that the rambling, the uninitiated listener is but imperative if SAE is ever going – have managed to successfully put tion, however: that their benefits should not be touched. largest and arguably most (econom- likely to get dizzy as he or she hears to define itself in the hearts and together world-renowned institu- That’s just not possible. But whose benefits will be curtailed? ically) robust Greek Community of overcaffeinated “Achaeans” acrimo- minds Greeks all over the world as a tions that advance their cultural Those who participated in the general strike were public sector employ- the Diaspora is located in the United niously argue about why people like vital ingredient in the future of Hel- agenda, e.g. the British Council, the ees; state-controlled companies; all teachers at the primary, secondary and States – hence, many say this is the Papandreou, Mitsotakis or Kara- lenism. Insitut Français, and the Goethe-In- university levels; doctors; dentists; pharmacists; bank employees; attorneys, region where the World President manlis should be extolled as mod- The greatest good that SAE can stitut. engineers and journalists. should come from. ern-day demi-gods or dysfunctional do is serve as a forum to help clearly It would not be an understate- Who among those groups will accept changing their “earned” benefits? Perhaps the greatest value of not demagogues. Even proponents of define and prioritize the needs of ment to say that the future of SAE Some, but not many. And that’s the problem the Government is contending having a Greek American World long-gone regimes like the royalty Hellenism around the world. For in- lies in the hands of this current ad- with. President (speaking generally of or the junta come out of the wood- stance, the main webpages for both ministration. Too much valuable Inaction is not an option, however. That’s why, regardless of the mass course, with no reference to individ- work to add their two cents. SAE’s Executive Committee and its time has already been lost. The next strike, the Government must move to implement a carefully planned reorga- ual candidates) is that it exposes the Now, you have an opportunity to USA Region list Greek-language ed- few months will serve as a gauge. Ei- nization for the social security program – for the good of all those who de- large and wealthy Greek community do the unimaginable: bring deafen- ucation as a top priority. We should ther SAE will finally live-up to its ex- pend on it in their retirement years. in America to different viewpoints ing silence to a Greek café. All you expect then, that in the coming pectations and become the impetus and strategies for handling ethnic is- have to do is ask these pundits of the months we will hear about an edu- for a dynamic explosion of new sues. Taking a long hard look at the patisserie what they think about cation fund being set up and serious ideas and practices that Hellenism way Greek Communities are orga- SAE. academic research being conducted direly needs or it will fizzle-out like Saying goodbye to G.P. nized all over the world creates an It’s not that SAE has not done to help advance this goal. yet another hooplahed project that exchange of knowledge and experi- some meaningful work over the The membership base of this just didn’t manage to take off. Let’s George Paraskevaides, the great Greek Cypriot philanthropist and patri- ence that cannot help but prove fer- years. For instance, Mr. Athens’ Hel- worldwide organization is also hope this weekend’s meeting will ot, was eulogized and buried with full honors during a state funeral in his tile. Perhaps the election of a non lenicare initiative helped many equally important. At some point, have new surprises in store for us. beloved Cyprus. Thousands of people, along with the Cypriot political, reli- Greek-American to the helm of SAE Greeks living in ex-Soviet states gain perhaps similar research – or at the gious, military, judicial and business elite were in attendance. Many traveled is precisely what the Greek-Ameri- access to vital healthcare services. very least an open forum – should be Christopher Tripoulas is an Ad- great distances, including some Greek Americans, to pay their last respects can Community needs because it The impressive “Plant Your Roots in utilized to study the best possible junct Professor of Speech and In- to G.P., as he was affectionately known. will force us to review our structure Greece” campaign headed by Ted way to structure SAE’s member or- terpersonal Communication at St. A few spoke, including the President of the Cyprus and Steve Yeonas, a and finally…take a long hard look at Spyropoulos and many other promi- ganizations. For instance, should or- John's University. He holds gradu- prominent Greek American and a close friend of Mr. Paraskevaides. what works and what doesn’t. nent Greek-Americans has the capa- ganizations that center around a ge- ate degrees concentrating in Former President Jimmy Carter and Senator Olympia Snow of Maine al- Hopefully, the annual meeting of bility to help reverse the destructive ographical location of Greece (basi- Speech, Communications and Sec- so sent statements extolling the man’s greatness. SAE Executive and Regional Officers effects from forest fires that have cally, any group that starts with the ond Language Acquisition. In addi- But no was more eloquent than his son, Efthivoulos, who spoke moving- taking place in Thessaloniki this plagued Greece. These are certainly prefix Pan-) co-exist with trade and tion, he specializes in translations, ly on behalf of the Paraskevaides family: weekend will yield more surprises. worthwhile efforts, but ultimately professional organizations, or gen- and several works of his has been “Our beloved dad,” he said, “among other things, you left us with the This organization’s vitality and ulti- ancillary achievements in SAE’s eral organizations meant to advance published from Greek to English. most precious gifts in the world: your love, your teaching us to be humble, and your shining name, which is respected throughout the world. We will never forget you, and we will never let you down.” That’s quite a daunting task, but given his upbringing and character, he should be able accomplish it. Remembering a True Prince of the Church 45 Years Later

By Rev. George Poulos evinced. You adored him, or you de- our faith. Were he alive today he poor. His meager estate he be- Honoring our physicians Special to The National Herald meaned him, depending on your would recoil at the sight of self- queathed to an orphanage situated own sense of value. styled liberals whose permissiveness on the Island of Corfu, the place of As our community continues to mature, we are moving beyond the typi- The fifteenth of October 2007 The Greek Orthodox seminary in is an affront to God himself. If his his birth. cal vanities of the past: “Greek American are among the most, if not the most marks the 45th anniversary of the Pomfret, Connecticut was the Arch- voice could be heard, he would lash Archbishop Cavadas enriched the – well educated, affluent and successful groups in America.” death of Archbishop Athenagoras bishop’s creation, and with the full out at those who, in the process of lives of all of us. His legacy is a Greek It’s true that Greek Americans – those who were born here, as well as Cavadas, one of the pioneer archi- knowledge that upon its success liberalizing attitudes on drugs, Orthodox seminary which will pre- those who are naturalized citizens – are among the most accomplished eth- tects of Greek Orthodoxy in Ameri- hinged the fate of the Greek Ortho- promiscuity, homosexuality, abor- sent us with priests for as long as nic groups in this country. Many have worked very hard to succeed, and to ca. In the 45 years which have dox Church in America, he dedicat- tion and the like, have forsaken God God wills that there be the true sub- put themselves and their children through some of this country’s finest elapsed since this most gracious and ed himself to what at first seemed and country. lime Faith which is our treasure. His schools. gifted man went to join God, his like a hopeless task and molded it in- Archbishop Cavadas was a supe- position called for the title “Your Em- There’s nothing wrong with being proud of that, but we must stop bask- memory has ever been fresh, espe- to a substantial academic training rior human being. If Del Sarto was a inence,” an adjective which suited ing in this false sense of egocentric greatness which afflicts far too many of cially to those who were privileged base for the many seminarians who faultless painter, Cavadas was a him the day he was born. His death us. Let’s come down to earth a little, realizing that there are other groups to know him. Time has mellowed have gone forth to make Greek Or- faultless clergyman. It is strongly 45 years ago made us realize he had who are equally accomplished at the individual level, and more accom- our grief, but it has not dulled the thodoxy the fourth major faith in suspected that many of his students given genuine meaning to the word plished at the collective level. luster of his image. America. felt closer to God because of their “eminence,” and today, a divine ad- That said, it’s time to look at people in this community whose work real- Archbishop Cavadas was a man The spiritual journeys of today’s proximity to Archbishop Cavadas. jective beyond our earthly vocabu- ly does make a difference not only in our community, but also in the grander of rare talent, complemented by a priests began at Pomfret, and the in- That is not to say they never felt his lary needs to be applied to this true scheme of wider American society and the world at-large: our physicians. personality that exuded radiance spirational guidance he gave his stu- wrath; nevertheless, his anger was prince of the Church. Each December, the Hellenic Medical Society of New York brings Greek and brilliance which must have been dents will continue to be handed never unprovoked or unjustified, Those privileged to have studied American doctors together for its grand annual event. The higher purpose of divinely endowed. His many accom- down from generation to genera- and faculty and students alike knew under this magnificent prelate, as this yearly gathering is not just social in nature. It endeavors to grant schol- plishments, now legend, were the tion, and America will glory in the him to be a fair man who was as well as those who came to know arships and awards to other young Greek Americans who are studying, or result of Herculean effort, and his light of the true beauty of Greek Or- quick to reward the deserving as he him, hold this beautiful priest of God planning to pursue the study of, Medicine. formidable feats suggest the specu- thodoxy worship. was to punish the offender. He was a in reverence usually reserved for In the process, members of the Society take time to honor their col- lation that this holy man had a heav- Athenagoras was an innovator. complete man whose association saints. His cherished memory is en- leagues, as well as others who have made contributions as Hellenes. enly partner along the way. There is He streamlined the worship and with students ran the gamut from shrined in the hearts of all who knew This newspaper is happy to recognize the Society’s efforts, and to project no doubt that he was a man who edited other services so that they lecturing on dogmatic theology to him. the accomplishments of doctors and scientists who are committed to helping walked with God. would sustain the interest of the picking tomatoes with them in what the world overcome its maladies. A handsome man, the Archbish- congregation and convey a meaning passed for a garden at his beloved Father Poulos is the longest serv- For those who take the time to read our interviews with Dr. Dangas last op’s smile warmed the hearts of hitherto obscured. For that, his de- Pomfret. ing active priest in the Archdio- week and Dr. Caralis this week, we are confident you will find their work to men. His fulminating frown could tractors assailed him as some sort of The most worthy of clergymen, cese (since 1948), and is Pastor of be nothing short of amazing. The advances in treating coronary disease are easily strike terror in the hearts of iconoclast. He was far from that. He he was concerned about the welfare the Archangels Greek Orthodox truly awe-inspiring, and give people so much hope. man. To his intimates and students, was a true conservative whose high of everyone with the exception of Church in Stamford, Connecticut. We encourage our readership to read these highly informative articles. he was a miracle worker; to his de- principles would condone no radical himself. Enjoying the glory of God He is the author of the book, Our weekly print edition has space considerations, so we would also like to tractors, he was a holy terror. Like change in Church function or ad- and his fellow man, he had little use “Breath of God (Holy Cross Press, refer our readers to the full texts, which are available on our website: many great men, there was no mid- ministration, nor permit any devia- for money, and whatever he re- Brookline: 1984),” a biography of www.thenationalherald.com. dle ground in the feelings he tion from the time-tested tenets of ceived, he invariably spent on the the late Archbishop Iakovos. THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 15, 2007 VIEWPOINTS 11 LETTER FROM ATHENS Annapolis, Jerusalem and the Future

The representatives of 50 coun- United States would pro-American anti- Olmert Government will proceed tries gathered at the Naval Acade- be the sole arbiter and Syrian Lebanese news- on its own merits. It’s all about Readin’, Ritin’, my in Annapolis, Maryland late last judge of whether the men expressed fear As of this column, the Israelis month to hear three very weak men parties were making that the United States continue to stall. The Israeli Cabi- make contradictory statements and progress. Given that was about to sacrifice net’s decision to act on the recom- Rithmetic – and Rote then agree, on the basis of those the Europeans are pay- Lebanon to the Syrians mendation of the inter-ministerial contradictory statements, to nego- ing most of the bills to in return for Syria be- committee has been delayed for In the land where Top pay is 25,800 eu- tiate an end to 60 years of conflict keep the rump Pales- traying the Palestini- “technical” reasons, although it education was created ros, or about $38,000. within the next 13 months. Presi- tinian Government of ans. Lost in the silly taxes the imagination to explain and perfected and was Why do Greek stu- dent Bush and Secretary of State Mahmoud Abbas commentary was the why putting a subject on an agenda the basis for its dents perform so poor- Rice announced that the United afloat and the Palestin- fact that the Bush Ad- would have “technical” problems – renowned achieve- ly? Part of it is because States would bend its efforts to ian people from starv- ministration adamant- did the office computer break- ments in math, sci- they are trained like help the Israelis and Palestinians ing, there was resent- by AMB. PATRICK N. ly opposed an invita- down, or perhaps the office manag- ence, literature and seals to repeat what negotiate a “final status” agree- ment in Brussels at be- THEROS tion to the Syrians, er’s pen ran out of ink? medicine, where criti- they read in a system ment for “a two-state solution” be- ing shown the door by and gave in only at the If the Annapolis process were cal thinking was en- designed to funnel fore the end of Mr. Bush’s term in the Americans. Not to Special to insistence of the Is- not treated with such open con- couraged, where them into the Universi- January 2009. worry, however. Secre- The National Herald raelis who at least tempt by the Israeli Government Socrates pointed out ty of Athens, which Yet few in the region truly be- tary Rice immediately grasp at straws. and its supporters in the United that “the unexamined wouldn’t rank with lieve that this goal can be reached. thereafter told a group of American So, to summarize: The partici- States, I fear that the Patriarchate life is not worth living,” by ANDY some good high Can you blame them? Jewish leaders that the United pants at the Annapolis Conference would encounter new troubles. Re- public schools are just DABILIS schools in the US, and To begin with, the same three States would keep hands off the ne- announced that the Conference al progress on the road from An- about at a dead end, where you can be ad- leaders who are supposed to ham- gotiating process and let the parties was about starting negotiations be- napolis towards peace requires real and nobody cares, Special to mitted with a grade of mer out an agreement which has work it out themselves. Given that tween two governments which are progress in negotiating the status apart from a shrinking The National Herald 10 out of 20. That eluded smarter, stronger men for Mr. Abbas and Mr. Olmert were un- so weak that their survival beyond of the Jerusalem. number of dedicated would be an “F” in the five decades quickly went on record able to agree on an agenda for the the next few months can not be as- The Israelis need to create real teachers still trying to make a differ- US. In some years, students were ad- indicating that perhaps not all is as Conference, Dr. Rice must have re- sured, and for which negotiations estate facts inside the Old City to ence. mitted to universities with grades as it would appear. Even the architect markably high expectations for are expected to reach a solution to buttress their claims on Arab Because when the Paris-based low as 2.8 out of 20 – to be commer- – stretching the term a bit – of the their ability to do the hard work. a 60-year-old dispute that has elud- Jerusalem. If they could take pos- Organisation for Economic Cooper- cial sea captains, which may explain Annapolis Conference reduced his In its normal even-handed ap- ed much stronger leaders than session of four key properties with ation and Development (OECD) re- why taking a ferry is so exciting. expectations almost immediately. proach to the issues in the region, Olmert and Abbas, and all this be- the signature of the previous owner leased its Program for International An Athens high school teacher At the very same conference in the American press highlighted fore George W. Bush steps down (even that of the disgraced and de- Student Assessment (PISA) survey who became a headmistress, but Annapolis, the President nuanced Palestinian and Arab unhappiness from the Presidency in January frocked former patriarch, Eiri- of education in 57 countries, Greece who did not want to be identified his visionary call with a public with the process and ignored equal- 2009. neos), they could argue that more – which once defined the term and because of the petty vengeance that statement that the goal of the latest ly strident Jewish and Israeli oppo- Since the end of November, both of Jerusalem should be under their was the envy of the world for it – is a ruthless part of politicking here, Middle East Peace Conference is to sition to the Conference and the American and Israeli leaders have control. Thus, political expediency was again ranked near the bottom said students didn’t do well for rea- have talks resumed, not to reach a publicly announced publicly that would be added to financial greed worldwide, and even further down sons well known to many teachers final agreement. One would think they have no intention of changing as a motivation for acting quickly in the European Union. who can’t buck a system that re- that the spin-meisters of the White If this aberration any of the process which has failed against the Church, even at the risk That wasn’t as upsetting as the presses them, and doesn’t allow House might have suggested that produces a peace until now. of more international opprobrium. reaction in Greece: none. The fact teachers who are burned out, or the President, suffering from an- If this aberration produces a If Annapolis is going nowhere, the that Greek high school students don’t care, to be disciplined or re- other failed attempt to master the settlement by January peace settlement by January 21, Israelis can afford to continue made their worst-ever showing in placed with those who want to English language, was referring to 21, 2009, I will hang up 2009 I will hang up my political stalling. Europe in math, science and read- teach. the Conference itself, and not to the my political prognosticator pen and retire to a Once again, we are confronted ing didn’t cause a stir at the Educa- “This rote learning has long been following 12 months. nunnery. with an issue of importance to Or- tion Ministry, which would have what we’ve been used to and what I find it telling that they did not. prognosticator pen. But I am neither pained nor sur- thodoxy worldwide which can be been hard to do between yawns we are asked to do. That was pretty Palestinian President Mahmoud prised at the latest production easily addressed by the Orthodox there anyway. One of the common much the standard of organized ed- Abbas, whose political future goal of peace: “Palestinians Give which will so elaborately produce community in the United States. Is- secrets of Greece is that students are ucation. The students have to mem- seems to hang on success, an- Voice to Contempt for Annapolis nothing. I am blessed with a very rael’s supporters in America are very even more de-motivated than teach- orize. You do have to memorize nounced even more limited expec- Talks” screamed one headline to an well developed sense of low expec- conscious that Israel’s interference ers, and that the good teachers in some things, like mathematical ta- tations. “The main goal of the An- article which mostly described Is- tations when it comes to the Middle in the Orthodox Church not only tar- Greece – of which there are many – bles and some historic facts, but the napolis Conference was to launch raeli-Jewish demonstrations in East, for which low expectations nishes Israeli officials with the brush are frustrated beyond belief that thing is where do you go from there, negotiations between Palestinians Jerusalem against the Conference have been highly refunded by what of corruption, but also undermines some of their peers get away with and Greek students don’t seem to go and Israelis and this is, in fact, what and any peaceful solution. Ten we laughingly refer to as the Bush Israel’s assertion that it is “the only telling students to rebel, not to anywhere,” she lamented. happened,” He told reporters in thousand mostly young Israelis Administration. democracy in the Middle East.” But study, allowing them to talk and use Teachers who do push students Cairo after the meeting. who believe God promised the Jew- Of greater concern for all of us democracies do not arbitrarily deny cell phones in class, and pretty are suppressed by some of their Israeli Prime Minister Ehud ish people the West Bank, which must be the consequences of this a Church the right to choose its Pa- much letting the inmates run what peers who don’t want to make Olmert, on the other hand, decided they refer to by the Biblical terms, process for the Holy Patriarchate of triarch. Israel and its friends in the almost amounts to an insane asylum waves, while Greece’s curious fami- to call for the reward before the Judea and Samaria, marched on Jerusalem. How will the prospects United States need to hear this mes- in some schools. ly structure, which encourages chil- process got underway, and asked the residence of Prime Minister of failure or the fear of success af- sage over and over again. Greek parliamentarians took up dren to be dependent on their par- for normalization of relations with Olmert. fect the Israeli Government’s atti- the cudgel and chastised Education ents, interferes with trying to disci- its Arab neighbors immediately. Grasping at straws, apologists tude towards His Beatitude Patri- The Hon. Ambassador Theros Minister Evrypidis Stylianidis, but pline them or make them have Given that Olmert insisted after the for the Bush/Rice effort noted the arch Theophilos III and its shame- served in the U.S. Foreign Service that caused barely a ripple. Critics of enough self-discipline to want to meeting that the joint statement presence of the Syrian deputy for- ful attempt to misappropriate for 36 years, mostly in the Middle the Greek education system pointed learn. “You are not encouraged to reached at the Annapolis summit eign minister at the Conference, Church properties? East, and was American Ambas- out there is a rigid curricula with stand on your own feet. You are “does not hold Israel to a stringent and indicated that, perhaps even if The silver lining to the bad news sador to Qatar from 1995 to standardized textbooks for every taught to be dependent on mommy timetable,” he may have decided to the Palestinian talks fail, there is of what appears to be a majority Is- 1998. He also directed the State school, and that the preferred teach- and daddy until you are grown up, pocket what he can before the en- still a chance for an Israeli-Syrian raeli conviction that the Annapolis Department’s Counter-Terrorism ing method is rote memorization in- so it has to do with the way they tire process sinks to a halt. agreement. Leaving aside the deli- process will die aborning is that the Office, and holds numerous U.S. stead of encouraging critical analy- study at home and ultimately the President Bush stated that the cious irony in this comment, some issue between the Patriarch and the Government decorations. sis and thinking. Indeed, students way they perform at school,” she who try to stand out with initiative said. are often squashed. Greek teachers must stick to a set Stylianidis’ response was that syllabus, and are required to show 1,233 high-tech, energy efficient they have covered a certain amount schools would be built at a cost of of material at the same time, which ESOTERICA MEDICA: Over Time, an Oath Adapts 400 million Euro over the next five is a tad difficult to do because stu- years, to reduce carbon emissions, dents often strike, occupy their By Elena Conis schools during the last century. But to be recited daily), as is the Decla- Hippocrates left out: Many prohibit none of which will be coming from schools and have so many days off The Times although all schools now use some ration of Geneva, a pithy pledge racism, for one, and other kinds of students, many of whom are inert. that teachers can’t catch up, even form of an oath, just half of those adopted by the World Medical As- discrimination. Few, curiously, pro- He talked about photovoltaic cells with standardized learning sched- New doctors still take a pledge, are the Hippocratic Oath. sociation in 1949. hibit sexual relations with patients. for schools where there are barely ules. So many students go to private but Hippocrates wouldn't recog- Which isn't surprising – the orig- And so is the Oath of Lasagna, The act of pledge-taking in Med- blackboards and resemble prisons frontisteria, where they pay for nize the updated versions. inal text is out of date and contro- which is more serious than its name icine seems poised to last, though more than institutions for learning. classes that offer up to six hours in a Many of today's doctors, upon versial. implies. That oath was written in the original content of Hippocrates' Teachers do not have their own of- subject where the public schools of- receiving their degrees, swore by A minority of today's medical 1964 by former Tufts University oath appears unlikely to endure – fices for counseling, or their own fer them only two. the Hippocratic Oath – one of the school oaths prohibit euthanasia, Medical School Dean Dr. Louis which may be for the best. rooms, as they must traipse from “They see school as a romper oldest and most familiar texts in and even fewer proscribe abortion. Lasagna; it calls on doctors to re- To date, scholars can't uniformly room-to-room to meet with stu- room, a place to socialize and meet the field of Medicine. But as times And one would be hard-pressed to member the importance of agree that Hippocrates even wrote dents, in bleak, bare cells that are their friends. It’s in most people’s have changed, so has the pledge. find an oath which requires doctors "warmth, sympathy and under- the oath attributed to him. Some devoid of even a map, settings de- heads you can’t learn at a state Today, more and more medical to swear off surgery and teach standing" in their practice. suspect it was written by one of the signed to discourage anything ex- school which is not true,” said an- schools are forgoing the ancient without pay. Lasagna's oath is popular, but Pythagoreans, the ancient Greek cept students humming “We’ve Got- other frustrated high school teacher text in favor of something more Some medical schools now offer about one fourth of all schools now philosophers whose lasting legacy ta Get Out Of This Place” in their who said the system that gears stu- modern. students a variety of oaths they can opt to write their own. The custom – geometry – is the target of com- heads while they daydream. dents to parroting answers on pan- The Hippocratic Oath was recite at graduation. The Oath of oaths do away with much of Hip- plaints issued by high school stu- In Science, Greece ranked 38th, Hellenic exams to get into a univer- penned 2,400 years ago by the an- Maimonides, a vaguely religious pocrates' more controversial mater- dents, not doctors. behind Finland, Hong Kong and sity locks them mentally into a cient Greek physician Hippocrates recitation written by a Jewish ial, but most retain his pledge of Canada, but also, Estonia, the caged methodology. “Education is who, sensibly, instructed doctors to physician in the 12th Century, is on confidentiality. The Los Angeles Times published Netherlands, Lichtenstein, Slove- so homogenized and you have to treat patients to the best of their the list (it was originally intended They also add provisions that the above on October 1. nia, Germany, the United Kingdom, learn by rote and students have to ability and respect each patient's the Czech Republic, Switzerland, write the same things, which is very privacy. Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Hungary, disappointing because a kid who But his professional guidelines Sweden, Poland, Denmark, France, risks expressing himself in a differ- also included lesser-known details: Croatia, Iceland, Latvia, Slovakia, ent way is in fear of having his paper The Oath advises doctors to avoid Spain, Lithuania, Norway, Luxem- graded by an examiner who can’t go sexual relations with patients; treat bourg, Russia, Italy, and Portugal, beyond that,” she said. their teachers as they would mem- but did manage to beat Serbia, Bul- The assembly-line system might bers of their own family; and teach garia, Turkey, Romania, Montene- work for boxing chocolates, but the science and art of Medicine to gro, Azerbaijan, and Kyrgyzstan, boxes students in too. And it pro- the next generation "without fee." which probably should have had the duces too many teachers who just It also obliges doctors not to per- Education Ministry jumping to send mail it in and can’t be fired unless form surgery, abortions or euthana- out press releases that Greek stu- they start a fire, and maybe not even sia. dents beat some countries where then. There are no evaluations of Abortion and euthanasia (along even Borat wouldn’t go. teachers allowed, so no one knows with infanticide) were common in The Greek students were 36th in how they are performing, apart Hippocrates' day – which meant reading, although female students from just showing up. As the head- that, in its time, the Oath wasn't a in Greece and in Finland, which got mistress put it: “There are teachers reflection of popular opinion and the highest overall scores, did much who are not psychologically fit to didn't quite take off. better than did boys, although read- enter a classroom, schizophrenic Despite that, it stuck around. ing performances overall fell drasti- and with mania and severe depres- Ancient Greek physicians who cally in Greece since a survey in sion and you can’t really do any- succeeded Hippocrates found 2000. In Australia, Canada, Finland, thing.” much to admire in his body of Japan and New Zealand, at least And that, of course, is the prob- work, and took up his oath in one in seven students reached the lem, coupled with students who earnest. top two levels of scientific literacy. don’t care either, and a system that By the Middle Ages, medical In Greece, the ratio was lower than doesn’t hear the alarm bells ring be- professionals began tinkering with one in 20. cause the school bells don’t either. the wording, notably adding refer- Greece fared poorly in teacher ences to God. appointments, curricula determina- Mr. Dabilis was the New England The Oath eventually made its tion, having too many students in a editor for United Press Interna- way to the United States where, by classroom, and in salaries for teach- tional in Boston, and a staff writer the early 20th Century, about one ers, who are among the worst paid and assistant metropolitan editor third of the country’s medical in Europe at a time when Greece is at the Boston Globe for 17 years schools administered it to graduat- trumpeting itself as an economic before relocating to Greece. His ing students. leader in the Balkans. The average column is published weekly in the Professional oaths ultimately salary of a teacher with 15 years ser- National Herald. Readers interest- became the norm in U.S. medical vice is 21,500 euros, or $31,600. ed in contacting him can send e- But they only take home $21,670. mails to [email protected].

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Oath Outdated, By Stavros Marmarinos Dr. Lerakis said focused on new Special to the National Herald methods by which cardiovascular diseases can be diagnosed more ac- Italian Doctors NEW YORK – The Hellenic Medical curately. And Dr. Carayiannopoulos Society of New York hosted its 71 noted that 450,000 people die sud- Argue in Rome annual Dinner-Dance at the Rocke- denly due to heart failure each feller Center’s Rainbow Room last year. Saturday evening, December 8. After the symposium, scholar- By Richard Owen More than 300 people attended ships were given to the following The Times from throughout the country, many medical students: Argyro Caminis, of them new members. Yale School of Medicine; Angela ROME – Senior medical figures in The gala followed HMS’ annual Kokkosis, Stony Brook University Italy are campaigning to scrap the scientific symposium at the Arch- School of Medicine; Matthew Kusu- Hippocratic Oath for doctors on the diocesan Cathedral of the Holy las, Drexel University College of grounds that the passages forbid- Trinity in Manhattan last Friday, Medicine; Antonios Panagiotakis, ding abortion and euthanasia are December 7, during which HMS is- New York College of Osteopathic outdated. sued a total of $60,000 to 18 stu- Medicine; George Patounakis, Giorgio Iannetti, a professor of dents. Over the last 15 years, HMS Robert Wood Johnson Medical surgery at Rome University, said that has issued more than $500,000 in School in Piscataway, New Jersey); the Oath, which is read out loud by scholarships to research fellows, Antonios Tsismenakis, Boston Uni- medical students when they gradu- medical students, undergraduates versity School of Medicine. ate, must either be abolished or pursuing a premed curriculum and The Bozes Essay Awards for high “radically modified.” high school students who are inter- school students interested in pursu- “There are passages which are no ested in studying medicine. ing the study of Medicine were is- longer relevant to our times, and The symposium focused on car- sued to Agnes Z. Dardas of Worces- which newly qualified doctors know diovascular diseases. Dr. Dennis G. ter, Massachusetts; Sappho Gilbert in advance they will not be able to Caralis, a professor of Cardiology of McLean, Virginia; Alexander respect,” Professor Iannetti told a and Preventive Medicine at Rush Goussis of Old Brookville, New medical conference in Rome. University in Chicago, who spoke York; Arianna MacNeill of Malone, The Oath, written by Hip- about diagnosis and prevention of New York; Emily Panasis of Hack- pocrates, the ancient Greek father of cardiovascular diseases. ettstown, New Jersey; Samuel medicine, in the 4th Century BC, Other speakers were HMS Presi- Ruchlewicz of Reading, Pennsylva- obliges doctors to heal the sick “ac- dent Dr. George Dangas, associate nia; Sophia Tsiris of Slippery Rock, cording to my ability and judg- professor of Medicine and director Pennsylvania; and ment,” and to “keep them from of Postgraduate Training for the In- Dr. Peter Tsairis, Helen Gouzoulis, Corina Gerontis, Dr. Dennis G. Caralis, Professor Dimitri Nanopoulos Maryann Vlahos of Port Wash- harm and injustice.” But a new doc- terventional Cardiology Fellowship and Dr. George Dangas, president of the Hellenic Medical Society, in the Rockefeller Center’s Rainbow ington, New York. tor also swears to “neither give a Program at the Columbia Universi- Room during the Society’s 71st annual dinner-dance last Saturday evening, December 8. The Lantzounis Research Grants deadly drug to anybody who asked ty Medical Center; Dr. Stamatios were issued to Leonidas for it, nor will I make a suggestion to Lerakis, associate professor of Med- he said. ty to get back to the heart. In addi- Dr. Dangas discussed athero- Boudourakis of New Haven, Con- this effect. Similarly, I will not give icine at Emory University in At- The human body has two basic tion, a series of thin, membranous sclerosis, the disease in which necticut; Mariza Daras of Manhas- to a woman an abortive remedy.” lanta; Dr. Roxana Mehran, associ- types of blood vessels, he said: ar- valves spaced at short intervals plaque builds up along the internal set Hill, New York; and Yannis ate professor of Medicine at Colum- teries, which carry blood away along the way keeps blood from artery walls. Paulus of Menlo Park, California. bia University Medical Center; and from the heart, and veins, which backing up. “Arteries are blood vessels that Dr. Theodore Diktaban and The Oath has already Dr. George Carayiannopoulos, di- carry blood toward the heart. “It’s the alternate compression carry oxygen-rich blood to your Michael Michelis chaired the Soci- been modified in many rector of Cardiac Electrophysiology “Arteries are thick-walled ves- and relaxation of the veins, as well heart and other parts of your body,” ety’s Scholarships and Awards at North Shore-LIJ Southside Hos- sels that supply blood to your mus- as the one-way action of their Dr. Dangas said. “Plaque is made Committees, respectively. Western schools... but pital and clinical assistant professor cles and organs under pressure valves, that provides a squeezing up of fat, cholesterol, calcium and At the Rainbow Room the next some ancient values of Medicine at Stony Brook Univer- supplied by the heart, a fist-sized motion similar to that of the heart. other substances found in the evening, at the Society’s signature never change. sity Hospital, who focused on the muscle that weighs about one As a result, when you run, walk, or blood. Over time, plaque hardens event HMS presented Dr. Caralis prevention of sudden death. pound. Veins, on the other hand, even just stand, the muscles tend to and narrows your arteries. The with its 2007 Distinguished Physi- During his lecture, Dr. Caralis have much thinner and less muscu- pump blood up from one section of flow of oxygen-rich blood to your cian Award; Dr. Peter Tsairis with Abortion was legalized in Italy in noted that the human heart has the lar walls, and work under much veins to the next,” he said. organs and other parts of your body its 2007 Esteemed Colleague 1978, a decision which was con- gargantuan task of pushing blood less pressure compared with arter- “That’s why, in the Army, when is reduced. This can lead to serious Award; and Professor Dimitris firmed by referendum three years through 60,000 miles of blood ves- ies,” he said. standing at attention they teach problems, including heart attack, Nanopoulos with its 2007 Distin- later, despite opposition from the sels. Because blood flows through you to wiggle your toes and feet in- stroke or even death,” he added. guished Hellene Award. and the Vatican. Euthanasia – also vehe- “Still, it may come as a surprise veins under low pressure, Dr. Car- side your boots so you don’t faint,” Dr. Mehran, who is also Dr. Dan- award of “distinctive members” mently opposed by the Roman to learn that your heart doesn’t do alis explained, the veins are easily Dr. Caralis said, adding that the gas’ wife, spoke about new medical was given to Dr. Peter Tsairis. Catholic Church – remains banned, the job alone. It gets significant as- compressed by even the smallest muscular contractions from wig- technologies which can now extend The event was chaired by Dr. but recent high-profile cases involv- sistance from your body’s other muscular contractions. This assis- gling one’s toes are generally suffi- human life. She focused on the pro- Helen Gouzoulis and Dr. Markos ing the terminally ill have provoked muscles, especially those in the tance is especially important in the cient to keep blood moving up from tection stem cells offer to the hu- Koutsos and co-chaired by Dr. Cori- a debate on whether Italy should legs, which play an important role,” legs, where blood must fight gravi- the feet. man arteries. na Gerontis and John Stratakis. follow the example of the Nether- lands, Belgium and Switzerland and legalize it. Carlo Flamigni, a professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Bologna University, said he refused Growing New Blood Vessels and Using New Drugs to Treat Heart Disease to take the Hippocratic Oath when he graduated in 1958. Fernando Continued from page 1 bypassed,” he said. works) is from limb salvage, based cholesterol by inhibiting the rate- Aiuti, professor of Immunology at Angiogenesis is a noninvasive on occluded vessels in the limbs of limiting enzyme of cholesterol syn- Rome University, told Corriere della guished Physician Award. He spoke procedure employing the use of people who are usually smokers, thesis. Inhibition of this enzyme in Sera that some of his students had with the National Herald just prior catheters, Dr. Karalis explained, and where no bypass or stent pro- the liver stimulates low-density told him they disagreed with it, “and to the Society’s 71st annual gala, and is displacing laser treatments, cedure can be done. The only other lipoprotein (LDL, ‘bad cholesterol’) they have a point.” held at the Rockefeller Center’s which have been erratically suc- option we had before was to ampu- receptors, resulting in increased Giuseppe Remuzzi, professor of Rainbow Room last Saturday cessful. tate the limb. Now, with angiogene- clearance of LDL from the blood- neurology at Bergamo University, evening, December 8 (see related “First we determine which areas sis, we can save the limb,” he said. stream and a decrease in blood noted that, in Great Britain, The story on page 12). are ischemic, and which areas are “We also have the mechanical cholesterol levels. The first results Lancet had proposed an alternative Asked what he thinks are among scarred. After we target the is- means to remove the plaque with a can usually be seen within just one version five years ago. the most important advances in chemic area, we insert a catheter catheter. We call it plaque excision. week of use. The Oath has already been modi- Cardiology, the branch of Medicine under local anesthetic into the left In the same way we do a catheteri- Atorvastatin calcium (e.g., Lipi- fied in many Western medical which deals with illnesses and ab- ventricle of the heart. We direct the zation, we advance the excision tor) and rosuvastatin calcium (e.g., schools. normalities of the heart, Dr. Caralis catheter to the ischemic areas, and catheter and remove the plaque. Crestor) are very effective statins, But Luigi Frati, head of surgery at readily cited angiogenesis and inject the growth factor through Angiographically, this is a very im- Dr. Caralis said, and are used in Rome University, argued that the combination drug therapies. the catheter. The growth factor pressive procedure. You see the an- combination with ezetimibe. Eze- original oath “reminds new doctors “Angiogenesis is definitely one generates new vessels in the heart giogram with the narrowing caused timibe (e.g., Zetia and Vytorin) is a of certain fundamental concepts… of the most impressive develop- muscle which act like ordinary ves- by the plaque, and then it’s re- cholesterol-lowering medication they feel they belong to a scientific ments. It is a Greek term which sels. Functionally, they are not as moved. So far, we don’t have any which decreases cholesterol ab- community with a long tradition.” means formation of new vessels. good as native vessels, of course,” long-term data, but this is also a sorption in the intestine. Mauro Moroni, professor of In- We use growth factors to promote he said, but they serve the neces- very promising method of treat- High-dose Lipitor with Zetia (80 fectious Diseases at Milan Universi- the genesis of new vessels in areas sary purpose, which is to restore ment,” Dr. Caralis added. mg) and high-dose Crestor with Ze- ty, said he gave his students the Oath where the native vessels are oc- blood supply to the affected areas. Pretty amazing. tia (40 mg) can actually reverse an “written on parchment in the origi- cluded (blocked). The procedure “We used to do it with lasers in “What’s even more amazing,” he oncoming heart attack, he said. nal Greek. Some values never has been applied for the last three both St. Louis University Hospital said, “are some of the new miracu- “For acute coronary syndrome, a change.” years. It is very successful, so far. and at Rush University here in Dr. Dennis G. Caralis lous medications that we have now. patient with an impending heart at- FATHER OF MEDICINE The growth factor actually creates Chicago, but long-term, lasers don’t We have medications that actually tack, we administer high-doses of Hippocrates was born on the Do- new blood vessels,” he said. work. The long-term prospects of is perfused afterwards compared to shrink the plaque, the stenosis. We these medications in combination, decanese island of Kos in Greece in Angiogenesis is used when med- angiogenesis are very promising, before the angiogenesis. The proce- call it regression therapy. It’s a com- and within 48 hours, the heart at- the year 460 BC, and gained a repu- ication, stents or bypass surgery however. Angiogenesis is closer to dure is still in its early stages clini- bination of certain types of statins tack is aborted, totally eliminating tation as the greatest physician of can’t help patients with a more se- nature. Laser treatment is artificial, cally, and continues to be tested. and other medications. The goal is the risk of myocardial infarction in his age. He was one of the first doc- vere condition which needs to be and may destroy the tissue – caus- But it’s very promising. We need to to decrease the plaque burden, the a short, intensive period of time. tors to reject the notion that spirits treated in this manner, he added. ing thermal destruction – so we wait and see how it does after five narrowing of the blood vessels. These medications are that effec- or divine disfavor could affect “If a patient has a problem with don’t use lasers, anymore,” he years before the FDA approves it,” Certain drugs can decrease the tive at those doses, yielding results health. He was the first to advocate leg ischemia (decreased or inade- added. he said. amount of plaque buildup, and within hours. The newest medica- cleanliness, exercise and rest as quate blood supply), we treat the Dr. Caralis and his colleagues at Are there any side effects? many statins can stabilize the tions are still being studied. They methods of keeping healthy. He also patient with injections, about 40 on Rush University started using their “We haven’t seen any yet,” he plaque and prevent rupture and are not released as of yet, but we founded a medical school on Kos, each side, and within a few weeks, particular growth factor two years said, noting that the procedure is thrombosis (local coagulation or can use them in university hospital and devised the oath on medical we see the formation of new ves- ago, he said, but more time is need- particularly promising for people clotting of the blood in a part of the settings,” he said. ethics which is still taken today. He sels, which circumvent the occlu- ed to see how viable the treatment who have occlusions in their limbs. circulatory system).” died in 377 BC. sions. And we use the same tech- is. Angiogenesis can eliminate the Statins are a class of drugs used For the full text of the interview nique for the hearts of patients who “We go by a patient’s symptoms, need to amputate a leg with occlud- to lower cholesterol levels in peo- with Dr. Caralis, visit the Nation- The London Times published the have occluded coronary arteries and also by perfusion (the regional ed blood vessels. ple with, or at risk of developing, al Herald’s website at www.then- above on December 11. that can not be dilated, stented or blood supply) – how well the area “The absolute indication (that it cardiovascular disease. They lower ationalherald.com.

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