S O C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ nd W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ E ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald 10 2

N anniversa ry www.thenationalherald.com A wEEkly GrEEk-AmEriCAN PuBliCATiON 1915-2017 VOL. 20, ISSUE 1019 April 22-28, 2017 c v $1.50 Astoria’s SNF Large Donation View of for St. Demetrios HS, St. Michael’s Home in Crisis TNH Staff of the for future generations, an important objec - NEW YORK – The Stavros Niar - tive of the High School, which is Pity, Anger, chos Foundation (SNF) has in - led by Superintendent Dr. Anas - formed The National Herald that tasios Koularmanis and founder but No Apathy for it will make a significant donation and School Board President Nick of several million dollars both to Andriotis. the Homeland the St. Demetrios High School in St. Michael’s new home will Astoria – which is the only Greek be a 90,000 square-foot building By Andy Dabilis high school in the United States on an 11-acre property, which will – and toward the construction of also include assisted living apart - ASTORIA – Attorney Leah Pap - a new St. Michael’s Home in ments for the elderly. pas stays in touch with her Uniondale, NY. The official announcement re - cousins in Greece, has spon - The exact amount was not dis - garding the donations is expected sored one of the many young closed, but a key SNF executive before the end of the academic who have fled the crisis-torn told TNH that the “very signifi - year. country in search of work and a cant” amount to be donated was The Stavros Niarchos Founda - better life elsewhere, many discussed at a board meeting and tion (www.SNF.org) is one of the never to return, but frets for her it would be unprecedented in the world’s leading private interna - homeland, like many here. history of the Greek-American tional philanthropic organiza - Astoria, still the heart of the community. tions, making grants in the areas Greek community, is a destina - Both St. Demetrios and St. of arts and culture, education, tion of choice for many Michael’s meet the criteria estab - health and sports, and social wel - seeking family or friends and lished by Stavros Niarchos, re - fare. The Foundation funds orga - comfort with their native tongue garding the provision of essential nizations and projects that are ex - and surroundings that remind services to children and the el - pected to achieve a broad, lasting them of the life they’ve left be - derly. and positive impact for society at hind because they had no With over $2 million in dona - large, focusing on vulnerable choice. tions to date, SNF is St. Demetrios groups such as children and the “My heart goes out to them High School’s top benefactor. But elderly, and also exhibit strong … they are desperate to leave TNH/COSTAS BEJ the forthcoming donation will be leadership and sound manage - the country,” she told The Na - President of the American Friends of the Jewish Museum in Greece Solomon Asser at the instrumental for the preservation ment. tional Herald from her law of - podium encouraged all to visit the museum and support its educational and cultural programs. fice where she was with her son, Constantine, thinking of their family too, one side on the refugee-overrun island of Jews of Greece Event in Manhattan near the Turkish coast. Pappas returns for visits often but says she can’t bear to be in By Eleni Sakellis Judeo-Christian culture. The Both the program and the re - too long and that she history of Romaniote communi - ception were free of charge. blames politicians mostly for NEW YORK – The Hellenic- ties and their traditions and cus - Among those in attendance making Greece dependent on American Cultural Foundation toms were discussed as well as at the event were Consul Gen - the international loans that (HACF), the Hellenic-American the influence from their non- eral of Greece in New York Kon - came with brutal austerity mea - Chamber of Commerce (HACC), Jewish neighbors in the devel - stantinos Koutras, Consul of sures that have crushed the life and American Friends of the opment of a unique culture. Greece Manos Koubarakis, Per - out of many and as the rich, tax Jewish Museum of Greece pre - Tragically 86% of the pre-war manent Representative of cheats and privileged prosper. sented Jews of Greece: 25 Cen - Jewish population of Greece Greece to the UN Dr. Catherine “I talk with my cousin and turies of Continuous Presence at perished during the Holocaust, Boura, Rabbi Dr. Martin Cohen, they say you’re laughed at if you the offices of Norton Rose Ful - including the Jews from the Ro - Nicholas Kourides, Esq.- Chair - pay taxes,” she said, a prime bright in Midtown Manhattan. maniote communities. man of HACF, President of the reason why Greece had to es - Dr. Mimis Cohen, a founding Dr. Cohen was born and American Friends of the Jewish sentially beg for 326 billion eu - member of the American raised in Athens after the Sec - Museum in Greece Solomon ros ($349.26 billion) in three Friends of the Jewish Museum ond World War. His parents sur - Asser, Brian Devine- partner of bailouts after years of runaway of Greece and a professor at the vived the Holocaust in Athens the firm Norton Rose Fulbright spending and patronage job University of Illinois at Chicago thanks to the courage of Greek and President of HACC, James handouts in return for votes. gave the presentation on the Orthodox friends. A reception Stratakis- President of HACF, With Greeks suffering record early interaction of the Greek with Dr. Cohen followed the James DeMetro- HACF Board of unemployment, deep poverty, and Romaniote Jewish commu - program. Directors and New York Greek spiked suicide rates, and a sharp nities around the Eastern The event was well-attended Film Festival Director, Amalia TNH/COSTAS BEJ decline in births because people Mediterranean, including the with over 300 people present Cosmetatou- Executive Director Town Hall Meeting on Immigration fear they can’t afford raising cross-fertilization of ideas which while about 140 people had to and Cultural Director of the families, Greece is in a mess that has had a significant and long- be put on a waiting list due to Onassis Foundation, and Ioannis Lourdes Rosado, NY State Senator Michael Gianaris, Rep. will take decades to fix, a sor - lasting impact on Western civi - the building’s security require - Carolyn Maloney, and Assemblymember Aravella Simotas row not lost on Astoria’s Greeks. lization and became the basis of ments. Continued on page 3 attended the event in Astoria to help immigrants. Walk up and down the streets and you’ll see Greek names festooned businesses and restaurants, Greek flags flying as proudly as those of the The Faithful Attend Holy United States. But there’s still the tug of Greece in the hearts of many. Week and Holy Pascha “It’s going to be an excruci - atingly slow process,” for recov - ery, said Pappas. “My cousin Celebrations thinks it will take 25-30 years to revive …. You have nobody paying taxes.” TNH Staff www.ekirikas.com and Stavroula Orkulas, manager www.thenationalherald.com as NEW YORK – The Greek Ortho - well as on Facebook are a testa - Continued on page 6 dox Churches of America and ment to the reverence and Canada on the night of the solemnity with which the Anastasi were filled with the Greeks participated. faithful who attended the ser - While the priests chanted the vices with devotion and rever - “Come Receive the Light” the Fresno to ence and sang aloud Christos flash of cellphone cameras Anesti (Christ is risen from the added to the illumination at the dead.) The bells rang out across ceremonies. Remember the globe as Christians cele - The photos with the greetings brated the Resurrection of Jesus of Christos Anesti through smart Christ. phones crossed the Atlantic to Genocide The National Herald’s corre - Greece, Cyprus, Northern spondents and collaborators , multiplying the light and By Vasilis Papoutsis from the Metropolitan Area in joy of the Resurrection. Holy Sat - New York, New England, Los urday and Easter weather con - FRESNO, CA – On May 19 in Angeles, Pennsylvania, Florida, ditions in the Northeast of the Fresno, CA, the Greek community and Montreal, Canada, reported United States were perfect for will commemorate the victims of on the excellent attendance at this time of year when it can be the Greek Genocide known as the the Holy Week and Easter ser - cold and damp. The Greeks fol - Asia Minor Disaster. vices this year. Besides the many lowed the traditions of the Res - The event will take place at TNH/COSTAS BEJ photographs and videos that urrection, taking the Holy Light the Fresno City Hall and Mayor Holding the Holy Light at the Resurrection services with Metropolitan Evangelos presiding, the have already been posted on the Lee Brand, the entire City Coun - parishioners of St. John the Theologian in Tenafly, NJ proclaimed Christos Anesti! newspaper’s websites Continued on page 4 cil, along with the Chief of Police and the Board of Supervisors will attend. There will be a flag raising ceremony, a performance by the Kamari dancers of the Fresno’s Greece’s Low Birth Rate Adding to Crisis Parish Council St. George , and a historical presen - Treasurer tation of the Greek Genocide. TNH Staff feature that found the phenom - Greece is putting more people dictions from the ruling Radical Event organizer Paul Dictos, a enon causing near-grief over the in the ground than in cribs and Left SYRIZA-led coalition that Fresno County Assessor-Recorder, ATHENS – Greece’s crushing decisions to not conceive and the trend looks to continue as it’s bringing recovery at the Excommunicated said that “this is the first time the seven-year-long economic and even a surge in single-child par - high anxiety over financial woes same time it’s doubling down Central Valley will have the op - austerity crisis is taking its toll ents asking doctors to destroy has taken precedent over con - on more pension cuts and taxes portunity to honor survivors and on the population – by decreas - their remaining embryos. ception and birth. on low-income families, a key By Theodore Kalmoukos their heritage." Kopi Sotiropulos, ing it through fewer births as “People are saying they can’t Some 20 percent of Greek demographic for having chil - co-Anchor of the morning show women and couples say they afford more than one child, or women born in the 1970s are dren. MILWAUKEE, WI – Rev. John can’t take the chance on bring - any at all,” Dr. Minas Mastromi - likely to remain childless, a level Maria Karaklioumi, 43, a po - Ketchum, priest of the Annunci - Continued on page 3 ing up children in a country dev - nas, a director at Embryogene - not seen since WWII, the litical pollster in Athens, decided ation Church in Milwaukee, WI, astated by financial worry. sis, a large in vitro fertilization Wittgenstein Center for Demog - to forgo children after conclud - excommunicated Parish Council After repeated pay and pen - center, said as videos of gurgling raphy and Global Human Capi - ing she would not be able to of - Treasurer Patricia Galanis at the sion cuts, tax hikes, slashed pen - toddlers played in the waiting tal, based in Vienna has found. fer them the stable future her beginning of Holy Week, on For subscription: sions, and worker firings that room. “After eight years of eco - Adding to the irony is that parents had afforded. Her sister April 8, the Saturday of Lazarus, 718.784.5255 combined to create record un - nomic stagnation, they’re giving fertile young people who’ve left has a child, and she said she’s for reasons, he said, of “disobe - [email protected] employment, deep poverty and up on their dreams,” he told the Greece will raise their children painfully aware that her grand - dience to the Ecclesiastical Au - rising rates of suicide and home - Times. in new homes and countries mother already had five grand - thority, the priest of the parish.” lessness, more Greeks are now In 2016, the birth rate was with analysts saying many will children at her age. Galanis is the wife of former giving up on creating families. 8.5 per 1,000 people or about probably never return to their Although she has a good job AHEPA Supreme President John The trend was noted by the 1.3 per household. The death homeland where the financial New York Times in an extensive rate was 11.2 per 1,000 people. crisis is rolling on despite pre - Continued on page 9 Continued on page 4 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 22-28, 2017 From Houston, TX: A Different Easter Message

By Dr. Constantina impressed me. Actually, I found I have attended Baptist Sun - bled those creamers that sit on style is rooted in slave his - of the iconography, the connec - Michalos it presumptuous, condescend - day services and have noticed a coffee shop tables throughout tory. Forced by law to remain il - tion of mystery and morality ing, and insulting. Now let me profound difference between the country. A disc the size of a literate, slaves learned scripture plays, those traveling salvation HOUSTON, TX – Each year on tell you how I really feel. I know that worship experience and dime was sealed across the top by repeating what they heard shows of the Middle Ages, to the Good Friday, the provost of my that Orthodox Christians fly un - ours. My Baptist friend accom - – the wafer, I guess. God forgive from the preacher. There is liturgy. But as a child of the ‘60s, university carries a cross on his der the radar. That’s probably panied me to Annunciation me, I wondered if they got a something to be said for an un - he thought the incense was cool. shoulder from our campus to why no one knows who we are. Cathedral once and declared special deal, buying in bulk from rehearsed response to God’s He does not understand how we the co-Cathedral of the Sacred But I like it that way. There’s a that the liturgy was boring. Sam’s or Costco. There was no word. The depth of feeling, the can teach both theology and Heart 2 ½ miles away. quiet authority to a faith that “How can you do the same thing special prayer. Everyone just sincerity – you have to really lis - philosophy at St. Thomas, as if Accompanied by university has persisted for 2000 years. over and over again. Same opened the container and drank ten to let loose with an Amen in philosophy is some pagan en - and community faithful, the That simply is. songs, same script.” The point the grape juice. I wondered that setting. In our church, we terprise that contradicts theo - procession stops periodically We prayed all the time at my of the liturgy is to prayerfully know when to say Amen be - logical truths. He does not get while priests read prayers to old school. Out loud. Long, me - prepare to receive communion. cause we’ve memorized those that faith and reason are not in - memorialize the stations of the andering prayers. I joked once The “same songs, same script” There’s a quiet authority places in the liturgy where it is compatible, that reason allows Cross. The scene is so power - to a colleague who, for too scenario preserves 2000 years of to a faith that has indicated. For goodness sake, it’s us to approach the unfath - fully moving that even the local many years, did not accept my tradition and unites Orthodox printed in the Liturgical Guide. omable, but only with faith can media covers this event. A friend Christian bona fides, that I was Christians throughout the world. persisted for 2,000 years. How many times do you hear we comprehend it. of mine, a Baptist, mentioned good with a brief but cogent We are all praying the same an unscripted Amen in your So after a 23-year friendship, that he’d heard the story on the Kyrie Eleison or an even simpler prayers for the same purpose. what to do with my container church? How often do you rock 16 years with the Baptists, seven radio. And then he shrugged, Protos o Theos. They deferred He was unmoved. But I had ob - after I was done. I couldn’t just to the hymns? Again, our tradi - with the Catholics, and a lifetime a grin on his face. “I don’t to St. Paul, eliding over the “red served that communion was not throw it away. It was, after all, tion does not include such un - with the Orthodox, what have I get it. What’s the point? Why all letter” words of Jesus and quot - central to the Baptist service. “So communion. It may not have re - restrained expressions of faith, learned? Patience. Not my the ?” ing Paul as if he were “the Way, why do you go to church?” I sembled our communion, but it but they are expressions of faith strong suit, but a trait I must cul - And so it begins – the peri - the Truth, the Life.” Every meet - asked. “For the message.” had the same spiritual signifi - nonetheless. tivate if these conversations are odic defense of Catholicism and, ing, every convocation, every “The sermon?” I asked. “Ex - cance for these congregants as My friend is fond of dismiss - going to continue. Curiosity. The by extension, Orthodoxy. everything began with a Gospel actly.” Good luck with that, I ours does for us. Nonetheless, I ing our sacramental tradition. desire to learn more about my I taught at a Baptist univer - reading. And they all stayed thought. God bless our priests at saw discarded containers in “You don’t need a priest to get own faith as well as others. Tol - sity for 16 years. As the only Or - seated. I was the only one stand - Annunciation, but their sermons waste baskets as I left. I put you to heaven. You can do it erance. To understand and re - thodox Christian on campus, I ing – in the back of the room so are pretty pedantic. I listen, and mine on a table. Someone else yourself.” He failed to see the spect difference and to hope for enjoyed a privileged perspective that I wasn’t conspicuous. An - I probably learn something, but could throw it away. I wouldn’t irony of his remark. the same in others. Humor. The of sorts. The boldness of the other colleague, a sociology pro - that’s not why I’m there. be the one. Our priests administer the only way to get through these questions surprised me at first. fessor who is also an ordained There are spiritual, theologi - I thought back to what my sacraments; his pastor interprets conversations and stay friends. Especially since they came from pastor, asked me why I was cal, historical, educational, and friend had said about “the mes - scripture. Both bring us closer For Easter Sunday, we were students. “Are you even Christ - standing. “Why are you sitting emotional reasons for every - sage.” Going to church to hear to our God. We may not shout together this year – the Ameri - ian?” was a common query. for God’s Word?” I countered. thing that transpires during the the pastor’s inspired interpreta - out our thanksgiving, but we are cans, as we called the Western “Have you met Jesus?” “Are you He must have said something to liturgy. But they all point to tion of scripture. This was a all eternally grateful. church when I was a kid, got it saved?” the president because, shortly Communion. Black church, and the energy He is a historian, yet he dis - right. My friend and his family One student told me I was thereafter, everyone was in - My friend, on the other hand, level was uplifting. I cannot counts the traditions and Tradi - came for dinner. We had a going to hell because I wasn’t structed to remain standing for waits for some special Commu - imagine a call and response set - tions of the early church. “Wow! lovely time. Did not discuss mat - born again. “Well,” I said. “You the Gospel reading. nion Sunday to receive. I was ting in an Orthodox church. It’s This is some gaudy stuff,” he ob - ters of faith. Focused on politics may very well be right. I may That’s a long way from there on one such Sunday. Com - too spontaneous, too unhistori - served as he entered Annuncia - instead. go to hell. But not because you “Sophia Orthi,” but it’s a step in munion was distributed by lay - cal. Except in the Black church, tion. He didn’t get the symbol - Christos Anesti. Alithos said so!” That audacity never the right direction. men in little cups that resem - this worship ism of the candles, the lessons Anesti.

RESTAURANT REVIEW Ousia: an Urban Oasis with Homey Ambience on Manhattan’s West Side

By Aria Socratous terfront at 629 West 57th Street, reached the conclusion that just off the West Side Highway, Greek food has always had a NEW YORK – Ousia, meaning Ousia is an urban oasis where special place in our lives and in essence or flavor, is a unique friends and family can gather our hearts. We wanted a restau - and welcome addition to the over shared plates, craft beer, rant to offer and NYC dining scene, a Greek and signature cocktails to start also be a neighborhood restau - restaurant with lively atmos - or end the night. rant. Greek food is a comfort phere and a very vivid energy. “We explored the option and food, so we wanted to create a The eclectic blend is an inter - we decided to take the oppor - very warm and casual environ - esting mix of modern and tunity to open a new restaurant ment,” states Johnny Livanos, homey sophisticated ambience, in a new, exciting neighbor - who along with his brother En - which creates a warm, uniquely hood. After we found the loca - rico manages Ousia. interesting and welcoming vibe. tion we explored what kind of Livanos’ family owns Conveniently located on the wa - cuisine we wanted and we Molyvos, one of the most renowned Greek restaurants in New York, renowned for its rus - tic Greek country cooking, but Johnny never worked in the Artist Eleni Theodora family business. He did, however begin in the restaurant business at a young Zaharopoulos Talks to TNH age. At 14, he was making milk - shakes and desserts, and then he went to college to study By Eleni Sakellis restaurant management. Li - vanos moved to California and NEW YORK – Artist Eleni then to Washington, DC, where Theodora Zaharopoulos re - he started working in a restau - cently received a New Works rant with Greek, Lebanese, and Grant for Individual Artists Turkish cuisine. Later on, he de - funded by the NYC Department cided to return to New York and of Cultural Affairs/ Greater New made the big decision to start York Arts Development Fund in his own restaurant business. COurTESy OF OuSiA partnership with the NYC Coun - “Molyvos is more traditional The stylish interior of Ousia cil, part of the Queens Council and Ousia is little bit more mod - in Manhattan. on the Arts (QCA) 2017 Queens ern and playful. Eventually in RIGHT: Johnny Livanos, Arts Fund. Born and raised in Ousia we are focusing on shar - manages Ousia with his Queens, Zaharopoulos now di - ing plates family style. All our brother Enrico. vides her time between New dishes are medium size plates York City and Detroit, MI, work - and the idea is for the table to also for its signature deserts like ing on collaborative and solo have several dishes. The dishes baklava trio, which combines projects that range in shape and are like Greek mezedes, ad - three different baklava flavors, size. Her interdisciplinary, justed though to the American the classic, traditional baklava, whimsical, and thought-provok - taste,” he contends. the chocolate almond baklava, ing work has appeared at the “Owning a restaurant is very and the tres leches baklava. Shanghai Biennale, Flint Public tough job. You have to be there All the produce is fresh and Art Project, Jack NYC, and the all the time. The biggest thing local and lountza, cheese, Museum of Contemporary Art Artist Eleni Theodora Za - is training and hiring stuff. olive oil, , and wine are im - Detroit, among a variety of haropoulos. Owning a restaurant is ex - ported from Greece. venues. Zaharopoulos spoke tremely helpful but creating Executive Chef Carlos Car - with The National Herald about TNH: Where in Greece is new things and attracting new reto’s kitchen takes diners on a The wine list from France, dishes and cocktails, and very the grant, her work, and what your family from? clients is a goal. We cannot de - Grecian culinary journey Spain, and Italy is also extensive good service, Ousia offers an ex - inspires her as an artist. ETZ: My parents are both pend on Molyvos’ reputation, through a variety of dishes and because Ousia focuses on cellent dining experience. TNH: Arts funding seems es - from small villages in Pelo - we have to build our own repu - appetizers and a whole section Mediterranean wine. There is Ousia is open 7 days a week. pecially under threat lately, so ponessos. My mom is from tation.” of vegetarian focused menu also a very big focus on cocktails Lunch is served Monday-Friday as an artist, how do you cope Potamia just outside of Sparta Ousia has gained recognition items. Carreto also manages and the spirit collection, several from 12PM-5PM, Dinner on and what does the QCA grant and my dad was from for its signature dishes like can - Molyvos’ kitchen. types of ouzo and mastiha, and Monday 5PM-10PM, Tuesday- mean for you at this point in Simopoulo which is near Pyrgos. nellini and beet- sesame mari - The wine cellar is extensive as Livanos noted, Ousia edu - Friday 5PM-11PM, your career? They met in Astoria in the 60s. nated beets with and includes limited-quantity la - cates their clients about these Saturday/Sunday 3PM- ETZ: Getting the QCA grant TNH: What upcoming pro - cheese and flatbread, the turkey bels not found anywhere else in types of cocktails. 11PM/10PM, and Brunch Sat - is tremendous! I am so incredi - jects and exhibitions of your leg confit with roasted butternut the city. represents With its homey, yet modern urday and Sunday 11AM-3PM. bly grateful to the work we can look forward to? squash and spiced honey, and 65% of the wine in the wine list. environment, great signature The website is ousianyc.com. Department of Cultural Affairs ETZ: My next project is for this opportunity. It makes me called the Malba Arts Project for very sad knowing that certain what I received the QCA grant. elected officials don't care about It is a collaborative arts project the arts and I'm scared about taking place this summer in my LA Greek Film Festival to Honor Alexander Payne the future of arts funding in childhood home that temporar - New York and the nation at ily transforms private into public large. When an artist has a pro - as a means to introduce arts and TNH Staff Ruth (1996). Payne then examined high ject supported and then actual - discourse into the Queens school politics in his comedy Election star - ized more opportunities become neighborhood of Malba. I am LOS ANGELES, CA – Academy Award ring Matthew Broderick and Reese Wither - available for that artist. Rela - currently seeking participating winning writer/director Alexander Payne spoon (1999). Three years later, About tionships are built and networks artists for it! I am also currently will be the 2017 Award honoree Schmidt, starring Jack Nicholson and Kathy inherently grow as the artists in residency at Flux Factory, lo - at the 11th Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Bates, earned Oscar nominations for both builds a foundation for them - cated in Long Island City, and Festival (LAGFF). The award will be pre - performances. Critically acclaimed films selves. I worry in general for all will have a show in their gallery sented as part of the Orpheus Awards cere - continued to follow, including Sideways artists out in the world trying to the beginning of August. I'm still mony following the closing night film on (2004) for which Payne won his first Acad - make a living. Professional working on the show's theme June 11 at the Egyptian Theatre in Holly - emy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; artists are special creatures who but it will most likely combine wood. The festival, which runs June 7-11, The Descendants (2011) and Nebraska should be celebrated and sup - art and commerce. marks its 11th year as one of the premiere (2013). His latest production, the science ported, not ridiculed and cast TNH: Where can people view cultural film festivals in Los Angeles. fiction dramedy Downsizing, starring Matt aside. It's a shame how much samples of your work? “Alexander Payne was selected by the Damon, Kristin Wiig, Christoph Waltz, and we have to compete for such ETZ: A photo essay I did committee to receive this year’s honor be - Hong Chau, is one of 2017’s most antici - limited resources. about Athens called Athens cause of his worldwide contributions to pated films. TNH: What inspires you as Lifted can be viewed online: in - movies and his dedication to the preserva - In addition to writing, producing and di - an artist? finitemiledetroit.com. Lifted has tion of its history," stated Festival Director recting, Payne serves on the board of The ETZ: People! More specifi - two meanings in this project. Aris Katopodis. “We are delighted to be Film Foundation, founded by Martin Scors - cally my family and friends. I One is to elevate the city itself among those who recognize his brilliance ese in 1990 to protect and preserve motion am interested in building and the other meaning is to pla - as a filmmaker and his dedication not only picture history. He is also on the boards of bridges between people and giarize because I created my text to the craft but the people that work with the Telluride Film Festival and Film Streams, places through acts of invitation by lifting and combining sen - him. His ability to entertain and intrigue a cinematheque in Omaha. and participation. tences from articles about anar - audiences worldwide is surpassed by none." Past LAGFF Orpheus Award honorees in - TNH: If you weren't an artist, chists in Greece and from Payne, the grandson of Greek immigrants clude such notables as Kary Antholis, Nick what would you choose as a Athens travel guides. and a native of Omaha, NE, earned a MFA lAGFF Cassavetes, Olympia Dukakis, Jim Gianop - profession? More info about Eleni Za - in filmmaking at the University of Califor - Greek-American writer/director Alexan - ulos, Anthony Katagas, Phedon Pa - ETZ: I'd probably be working haropoulos is available on her nia, Los Angeles (UCLA). Soon after gradu - der Payne will be honored at the Los An - pamichael, Gena Rowlands, J.K. Simmons, for the family business, haha. website: happyabandon.com. ating, he made his first feature film, Citizen geles Greek Film Festival. Evan Spiliotopoulos, and Penelope Spheeris. THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 22-28, 2017 COMMUNITY 3 Jews of Greece Event in Midtown Manhattan Highlights Historic Presence

Continued from page 1 everything for the Jews of Vrailas- HACF Board of Direc - Greece, many of whom perished tors and Special Adviser on Po - in the Holocaust. The survivors, litical Issues within the Office of he noted, were helped by the the President of the 71st Session courageous acts of their fellow of the United Nations General Greek citizens, the Greek Ortho - Assembly. Also present were dox Church, and government of - Greek Press Office Director Sia ficials who if caught would have Papatriantafyllou, Louis Katsos- been sentenced to death for EMBCA President and Founder, helping the Jews. He spoke and George Zapantis, as well as movingly about the tragic loss many members of the commu - of the community of nity. where there was no Archbishop As Kourides noted in his Damaskinos or Chief of Police opening remarks, there was an as there was in overwhelming response to the Athens to help save lives. Dr. event with so many people Cohen noted how the Jews of wanting to attend and about were saved as were 140 people still on a waiting list many in and who could not be there. where the Resistance was Solomon Asser noted that the stronger and Jews were able to HACF and HACC boards are in - flee to the mountains. terlinked and also connected to TNH/COSTAS BEJ While pointing out the recent the AFJMG. The Jewish Mu - Dr. Mimis Cohen spoke at the event which was attended by Consul General of Greece in New York Konstantinos Koutras, rise in anti-Semitism in many seum is celebrating 40 years, he President of the American Friends of the Jewish Museum in Greece Solomon Asser, and Permanent Representative of Greece to parts of the world, Dr. Cohen said, teaching teachers and stu - the UN Dr. Catherine Boura among many members of the community. concluded on an optimistic note sharing his experience at the

dents about the long history of tablished 25 centuries ago. He culture. The story of Alexander born sons after him, so the on a funeral monument at the Yom Kippur services in Ioannina the Jews in Greece. Stratakis cited the mention of Greeks and the Great’s arrival at the gates name Alexander became a He - ancient cemetery Kerameikos in where the community is only 40 said in his introduction to Dr. Jews in the Bible and archaeo - of Jerusalem where the high brew name. Dr. Cohen pointed Athens and the ruins of the first people, but the synagogue was Mimis Cohen that the history of logical evidence, inscriptions in priest greeted him outside the out that the story, though oft- synagogue in Europe at full with Jews from Israel, the Greek Jews is part of Hel - Greek and Semitic, and the ru - gates to prevent the sack of the repeated though the genera - dating back to the 1st century France and the US, as well as lenism and Hellenic culture and ins of ancient Jewish syna - city. Seeing the Temple of tions, is in fact a myth. BCE. The travels of St. Paul the other countries of the Diaspora. though not widely known, it gogues in Greece bearing Jewish Jerusalem, Alexander said it’s Excavations are continuing Apostle are also evidence of the The encouraged everyone to should be known. symbols like the menorah. The nice but I want to put a few of to reveal the historic presence thriving Jewish communities of visit the Jewish Museum and Dr. Cohen then began his lec - communities thrived in the Hel - my statues in here, but the high of the Greek Jews, Dr. Cohen Greece, Dr. Cohen said. support their work to preserve ture, noting that the first Jewish lenistic period when Greek was priest told him that instead the observed, noting the bilingual He also spoke about World the remarkable history of the communities in Greece were es - the language of commerce and Jews would name their first- Greek and Semitic inscriptions War II and how it changed Jews in Greece. Fresno to Commemorate the Victims of the Greek Asia Minor Genocide

Continued from page 1 nities. For that reason, Honorary solve the "Greek problem." The General Counsel of Armenia in Great Fire of culminated Great Day at KMPH FOX 26 in Fresno Berj K. Apkarian will at - the catastrophe, as the Turks Fresno, will serve as Emcee. He tend the commemoration as well. burned down the Greek and Ar - told TNH that his participation in ATROCITIES menian quarters of the city. Thou - the commemoration is driven by The defeat of the Ottoman sands of Greek and Armenian his desire to "to raise awareness Empire in World War I brought refugees crammed the waterfront of an inhumane event that should the rise of the Turkish National to escape the fire and they were never been forgotten and it Movement under the leadership forced to remain there for nearly should never be repeated." of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk that two weeks. The casualties from Also known as the Pontiac eventually resulted in the creation the fire alone reached 30,000 Genocide, the atrocities claimed of the modern Republic of Turkey. lives. In 1923, a population ex - the lives of hundreds of thou - Turkish National Movement change agreement between Smyrna citizens trying to reach the Allied ships during the Smyrna fire, 1922. The photo had sands of Greeks between 1914 forces captured Smyrna in 1922. Greece and Turkey was signed been taken from the launch boat of a US battleship. and 1923, at the same time the In the aftermath of their victory, and thousands of Greeks went Armenian Genocide was taking the Turks committed barbaric back to Greece. Thousands more those who went to Crimea. Dictos and lived in a single room in the but his mother was smart. She place, and those tragic events atrocities. Massacres, forced de - were sent to Crimea. said the reason his family stayed basement of a home for six years. found a job in a senior facility have established a bond of broth - portations, and death marches DICTOS FAMILY alive is because of his grand - When the Greek government sent center and managed to buy a erhood between the two commu - went into full effect aiming to re - The Dictos' family was one of mother Parthena's bravery. When boats to bring refugees back to house with a $50 down payment. they were thrown out of their Greece in 1921, she convinced a "I learned everything from my home by the Turkish army they widowed man to take her aboard mother,” Dictos said. “She told had only a few minutes to grab as his wife so she could bring her me that life is like been a boxer, what they could carry. She took two children to Greece. you must have your fists pulled Greek Artist’s Painting Sold for her two children – Dictos’ mother But their odyssey did not end up and stay ready. And you keep Sophia and his uncle Panayiotis there. In 1935, Dictos’ mother pressing on." The commemora - – to the port to find a way out. married his father Aristoklies and tion is Dictos' tribute to his family $132,000 at Bonhams’ Greek Sale His uncle told him that he in 1967 they would immigrate to and all the other families who suf - watched hundreds of Greek and the United States. They did not fered during the Asia Minor Dis - Armenian bodies washing on speak English and did not know aster, in hope that their tragic sac - shore. They made it to Crimea how they would make a living, rifices will one day be recognized. TNH Staff April 10. The amount is equal studied Western art. to $132,186. His works are in many pri - , ENGLAND – The Angelos was born in vate collections and museums. Girl with a Pair of Doves by Farkadona, . He studied He has participated in numerous Greek painter Angelos Pana - painting at the Fine Arts School exhibitions in Greece and giotou, aka Angelos, was auc - of Athens with teacher Giorgo abroad, mainly in Europe and tioned off for the top price of Mavroidis. He continued his the United States. £106,250 including premium in studies making multiple trips to The periods of his career are: The Greek Sale at the British the museums of Europe and es - Religious (1983-1990), The auction house Bonhams, on pecially the Louvre, where he Shroud (1995-1997), Pigeons (1990-2000), Still Life (1988- “APPOINTMENT 2002), Metaphysical Landscapes (2000-2008), and Full Moon WITH YESTERDAY Nights (2004-2006). Angelos said “I want my is a moving account painting to be an emotional and spiritual retreat. I want to be a serene, peaceful image, opening of a young man's a path to our inner redemption.” His representative in New coming of age York, Irene Vandaraki, said that she is especially pleased with and a well-crafted the result as it justifies the as - sessments about the painter and depiction his artistic value is provided by the Greek artists who have cre - ated large current in the United of immigration, States and has quite significant private collections. alienation, Angelos’ work was featured in the recent exhibition and triumphant Phos/Greek Light, held at the Long Island City offices of The assimilation. ” National Herald in December. Bonhams holds two auctions of Greek paintings each year, Lisa Butts which include works by Greek and European artists dating for IndieReader from the late 18th century to the present day. Greek artists b whose works have sold well and even made records in the past include Theodore Jaques Ralli, Pericles Pantazis, Theofilios a Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble Hadjimichail, Thanos Tsingos, The painting Girl with a Pair of Doves by Angelos sold at auc - Alecos Condopoulos, and tion for $132,186 at Bonhams’ Greek Sale in London. Nicholaos Gysis. 4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 22-28, 2017

TNH STAFF PHOTO EurOkiNiSSi / HriSTOS BONiS Many of the faithful attended the Resurrection services at St. Sophia Cathedral in Los Angeles Highlights from the arrival and reception of the Holy Light at the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. and sang the Christos Anesti with reverence and enthusiasm. The Faithful Attended Holy Week and Holy Pascha Celebrations

Continued from page 1 opportunity to hear the impres - sive voice of the chanter Fotios and carrying it to their homes, Ketsetzis who had come from where they enjoyed the tradi - Athens to participate in the Holy tional Easter soup and wished Week and Easter services. everyone Christos Anesti. On April 16, the neighbor - The Cathedral of St. John the hoods of Astoria, Jackson Theologian in Tenafly, New Jersey Heights, Flushing, Bayside, was crowded with worshippers at Whitestone, and Bay Ridge were the services of the Holy Resurrec - fragrant with the aroma of roast - tion presided over by Metropoli - ing lamb, making it very easy to tan Evangelos of New Jersey. distinguish the homes of Greek- Among those in attendance were Americans celebrating Easter. a large number of young people The Greek restaurants and and families with children. taverns offered Easter Sunday There was a massive turnout meals with lamb on the spit of the faithful at the Church of while the cafes and bakeries of - the Transfiguration of Christ in fered traditional sweets and del - Corona for the services of the icacies. Holy Resurrection. Presiding priest of the community Fr. Among those following the George Anastasiou urged the Epitafio were New York State faithful to stay until the end of Assemblymember Aravella the services, but many chose to Simotas and Senator Michael leave after the Christos Anesti, Gianaris at St. Catherine and as in many parishes. St. George Church in Astoria Those who remained had the Easter in Smyrna

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The parish is upset and Galanis and her husband, Stoeckl also said that “on the idents of Smyrna and pil - nine of the fifteen members of along with Ketchum, did not Saturday of Lazarus the ladies grims from all over the the parish council including the comment to The National Her - of the Philoptochos were in the world, as well as the Consul president, Dr. Clemens Stoeckl, ald. kitchen preparing the meal for General of Greece in have resigned collectively. The Stoeckl told TNH that “Rev. the next day, Palm Sunday. Fr. Smyrna Argyro Papoulia, situation was more painful for Ketchum told us that there is a Ketchum entered the kitchen the staff of the Consulate the entire parish because the ex - donor who is willing to donate and verbally attacked Mrs. Gala - General and Greek officers communication was done dur - $92,000 provided that a mem - nis in the presence of the other involved in the military mis - ing Holy Week. ber of the parish council re - women, threatening that he sion of NATO in Smyrna. Initially, Ketchum announced signs.” Stoeckl refused to name would excommunicate her. He During the services Met - the excommunication verbally the person of the council that asked her to go into his office ropolitan Bartholomew of but her husband, who is an at - the donor had requested to re - alone, but she refused to go be - Smyrna was assisted by the torney, requested it in writing. sign in order to make the dona - cause she is afraid of him and regular priest of the Ortho - Ketchum prohibited Galanis “to tion, and when we told Stoeckl she wanted to take some dox community of Smyrna approach the Holy Chalice to re - that we already know the story women with her, but the priest Protopresbyter Fr. Athana - ceive Holy Communion for one and the name, he said that “the refused and he immediately ex - sios Katzigkas, Deacon month, to show repentance and FACEBOOk priest has never revealed who communicated her right there.” Stavros Sotiropoulos, cleric to ask forgiveness from the Rev. John Ketchum, who ex - Dr. Clemens Stoeckl, Presi - is the donor.” This is the same parish where of the Metropolis of Dimitri - Lord.” Galanis has been a mem - communicated Patricia Gala - dent of the Parish Council, Stoeckl said that “six weeks former priest James Dokos ados and Almyrou who to - ber of the Annunciation parish nis on the Saturday of who resigned along with eight ago during a closed meeting of pleaded guilty to theft of funds gether with a chanter was for 47 years and has offered Lazarus. other members. the Parish Council, Fr. Ketchum from the trust of a former sent by Metropolitan Ig - valuable volunteer services, in - verbally attacked Mrs. Galanis parishioner, and was placed on natius to help the commu - cluding having served as Parish effective April 17, 2017. we are no longer a democratic and asked her to resign. On a one-year liturgical suspension. nity and the historic church Council president. “For some time, it has become body and are being bullied by March 23 we had an open meet - According to Stoeckl, the parish during the services as well The nine Parish Council evident to us, and we believe to the priest and hierarchs to de - ing of the Council in which Mrs. is withering. He said that “ten as the church members un - members who resigned collec - most of you, that there have been mands that are not consistent Galanis was in attendance, she years ago the parish consisted der the leadership of George tively sent a letter to the parish - serious issues in the life and ad - with our pledge to the congre - was on vacation. The priest of 800 families. Today there are Theodoridis Church Com - ioners dated April 10, stating ministration of the Annunciation gation or the Church. We have started again saying that Mrs. 275 families out of which just mittee of the Community among other things that “after Church. We joined the council in been disrespected in ways never Galanis should resign so the 180 have fulfilled their contri - and the Romaikou Educa - much prayerful thought and hopes that we could contribute before in our lives. donor will give the money to bution. People refuse to come tional and Cultural Associa - consideration, we the under - in some way towards resolving “In order to heal and restore pay the 2017 financial contri - to church. This parish has been tion of Smyrna. signed of the Annunciation the problems that exist. our beloved church we recom - bution to the Archdiocese. Then burned and it cannot afford to Greek Orthodox parish resign “Unfortunately, we feel that mend new leadership in the Fr. Ketchum turned against me be burned any longer.” THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 22-28, 2017 COMMUNITY 5 Prof. Ziaka Speaks about Intense American Interest in Muslim Studies

By Theodore Kalmoukos necessary languages which are bic peninsula, whilst the Mus - the tools they will be using in lims of Iran believe that they are BOSTON, MA – Dr. Angeliki Zi - their research and subsequently descended from Muhammad’s aka, Associate Professor of Reli - in their respective fields of spe - immediate family and constitute gion at the School of Theology cialization. These fields also the branch of Shi‘is, and more at the Aristotle University of cover quite a range, because the particular of duodecimal Shi‘is, , is deeply knowl - university offers a number of inhabiting a land with a rich edgeable about Islam, which has possibilities including Palestin - pre-Islamic past. These are the come to occupy the center of ian, Jews, and Iranian-Shi‘ite reasons that have led a number global interest due to the iden - studies, but also an option in - of scholars, mainly anthropolo - tification of a segment of Is - vestigating the role of the mass gists, to speak of ‘many Islams.’” lamists with the contemporary media in presenting Islam, Is there a clash of religions threat of terrorism. among other things. I would say on the world stage? And how to She has specialized in Islam, that the spirit of students in explain the suicide missions of Muslim Theology and History, New York is open and extrovert Islamic fundamentalists? “Reli - Arabic-Islamic Culture and In - with a quick turn of mind, re - gion may become a crucial fac - terreligious Dialogue at the Uni - flecting the style of the city tor in making and implementing versity of Strasburg on a French where they live.” policy but it can also become a State scholarship, at the Pontif - She was attracted to Muslim mere political tool. The poten - ical institute of Arabic and Is - theology and history “initially tial negative predisposition of lamic Studies (PISAI- Rome) on by a need to understand our religious believers to world re - a Vatican State Scholarship and neighbors and later, on the level ligious and cultural diversity at Amman University in Jordan. of scholarly research, by the in - should be attributed to the reli - This semester she is teaching vestigation into the transforma - PHOTO By ANGEliki ZiAkA gious education and instruction as a short term visiting scholar tions and interpretations of Is - Prof. Angleliki Ziaka giving a paper on religious education and the Thrace project at the De - they receive but also to the po - at the Middle East Institute at lam’s biblical background and partment of Theology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. litical priorities of each country,” Columbia University in New the diversity of theological in - she said. York City. terpretations, schools and trends School of Theology of the Aris - havior on the Quran but also on does Islam in Saudi Arabia differ “Any form of religious edu - She spoke with The National of thought that were generated totle University of Thessaloniki, the ethos and morality of the from Islam in Iran for example, cation that focuses on the con - Herald regarding Islam, Muslim within Islam.” She emphasized the first study program in Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, she was keen to stress that “as stitution of religious identity theology, and American interest that “Islam is our close neighbor Greece to specialize in the Mus - which has been recorded in the we have already mentioned through the rejection or the fear in Muslim studies. with whom the Christians and lim religion.” so-called Muslim traditions there are many interpretations, of the other may, indeed, lead As to whether there is any Jews of the East coexisted for In explaining Islam, Ziaka (Sunna). These are the funda - which, in combination with the to conflict, militancy and fun - interest in Muslim theology at many centuries in both conflict said that “it is the third Abra - mental sources of Islamic Law.” pre-existing cultures in the damentalism, especially in ad - Columbia, Dr. Ziaka said it is and dialogue.” hamic religion. It appeared at As to the Islamic concept of countries where Islam became verse social, political and eco - “very substantial and is evinced She emphasized that “it was the beginning of the 7th century God man and creation, she said dominant produced a range of nomic conditions. To a great in the foundation of a separate the Byzantine theologians who AD in Mecca. It accepts the va - that “it is biblical. God is the cre - gradations. extent, this is what is happening Middle East Institute that dates first offered humanity a rich lit - lidity of the divine revelation ator; man and the creation are Thus, the Muslims of Saudi in our own times and, hence, back several decades. Inter alia, erature on Islam, in Greek and that was given to the Jews and His creations.” Arabia belong to the movement the role of both religious leaders research topics at the Institute mainly apologetic in style; the Christians but, according to Is - She expounded on the fact of Wahhabism, which is a more and adherents of religions as a include the political, cultural first of these theologians was St lamic teaching, it comes to seal that “one of the great theologi - recent movement in Sunni Is - whole in shaping the future of and social influence of Islamic John Damascene, who also held the initial revelation. For Mus - cal issues that arose in Islam lam, and inhabit the area that mankind will be anything but religion in countries where Is - office at the court of the lims, this initial revelation is to from the very beginning and is the historical cradle of Islam, negligent.” lam is a majority religion. Islam Omayyads in Damascus. In this be found in the Quran, which is caused many disagreements be - the “empty quarter” of the Ara - features in the research of other sense, communications between the word of God and the guide tween Islamic intellectuals is University Institutes and Facul - the two parties and the contin - of every faithful Muslim.” that of divine predestination ties, such as the Union Theolog - ual renewal of the knowledge Some of the basic tenets of and freedom of will. Today, ical Seminary.” of the present and the past Islam include a “strict monothe - many Muslims become wit - She said “as a whole, Ameri - through education in order to ism and the absolute unity of nesses to a violent Islam, thus Christos Marinos Talks can students are citizens of the achieve harmonious co-exis - God, faith in the Prophets in - articulating their understanding world, and, in this sense, their tence and cultivate a spirit of cluding Jesus, and the expecta - of divine predestination in the understanding of and attitudes shared understanding are of tion of the last days. The faithful most extreme and inhuman to TNH about Music toward the world and the role pre-eminent significance. This is is obliged to abide by correct manner.” of religions cover quite a range. the main objective of the newly practice, which is in, many We asked her how many dif - Those who specialize in Islamic founded undergraduate pro - ways, reminiscent of Judaic ca - ferent gradations of Islam are studies focus on learning the gram in Muslim Studies in the suistry. The faithful bases his be - there and more specifically, how and Inspiration

By Eleni Sakellis abroad, and spent much time to - gether. George really taught me An Interview with Professor Angelos Chaniotis NEW YORK – Christos Marinos, about critical thinking. He was a Greek pianist, vocal coach, music true inspiration! Most of what I researcher, and Staff Accompa - have achieved is owed to him By Eleni Sakellis term ‘emotional communities’ nist at New York University’s and his sister, Pia Hadjinikou-An - and has studied emotions in Me - Steinhardt School of Culture, Ed - gelini. Although I can name NEW YORK – Co-curator of A diaeval Europe, and Joseph ucation, and Human Develop - many other inspiring teachers, I World of Emotions: Ancient LeDoux, a leading scholar in the ment, was recently the music di - would like to mention my pro - Greece, 700 BC – 200 AD at the study of emotions in the neuro- rector for two operas produced fessor during my graduate stud - Onassis Cultural Center, Profes - sciences. All essays, again, have by the NYU Classical Voice Col - ies at NYU, who is a great friend sor Angelos Chaniotis is a Greek been written in a manner that lective. now, Grant Wenaus. He, too, is historian and Classics scholar in makes them accessible to the Le Portrait de Manon by Jules a pedagogue who makes you the School of Historical Studies general audience. The authors Massenet and Riders to the Sea think. He would never demon - at the Institute for Advanced tried to build bridges between by Ralph Vaughan Williams – strate anything on the piano for Study in Princeton. The distin - past and present, associating the based on the iconic play of the me or give me an answer to a guished professor is an expert in subject of the exhibition with same name by John Millington problem. Just like Hadjinikos, he the society and culture of the Hel - modern phenomena. Synge – played to a full house would simply ask me, “Why?” lenistic World and the eastern “Instead of having a catalogue over three performances. Mari - TNH: What are the chal - provinces of the , of objects at the end of the book, nos spoke with The National lenges of working on an opera examining subjects related to his - we decided to have small groups Herald about music, inspiration, as opposed to other types of per - torical memory, identity, the so - of objects following the relevant and his upcoming projects. formance? cial dimensions of religion, the - essay.” TNH: Where in Greece are CM: From a music director’s atricality in public life, emotions, When asked about how long you from originally? point of view, the challenges usu - war, and the relevance of Classi - it took to put the project together, CM: I was born in Athens. My ally vary depending on the opera cal studies in the modern world. Chaniotis said “the invitation to family from my mother’s side, itself, the cast, and the number His most recent books are War in the authors was sent in June, and and partially from my father’s, of rehearsals one has. In general, the Hellenistic World: A Social the essays were submitted be - comes from the island of . I would say the greatest chal - and Cultural History (2005) and tween August and November. TNH: Did you always want lenge is to make the text and the Theatricality and Public Life in The time was limited, but since to be a musician? music “work” for every per - the Hellenistic World (2009). He we had as authors experts who CM: It is something that came former vocally, musically and has received many awards, in - have worked for many years on naturally over the years. Music cluding the Baden-Württemberg COSTAS PiCADAS related subjects, we have in the has always been part of my fam - State Award for Research (2000), Professor Angelos Chaniotis, co-curator of A World of Emotions catalogue essays that present in ily’s life: there was music playing I have been very fortunate the Greek State Award for Liter - at the Onassis Center in New York. a clear, often witty, manner, very in our home, my parents would ature, in the category Essay good overviews about general take me to concerts, and I would in my life to have had (2010), and the Annelise Maier plex objects (250-400 words), catalogue, Nikolaos Kaltsas, Ioan - phenomena.” listen to music on the radio with inspiring teachers… Award of the Alexander von short entries (ca. 150-250 nis Mylonopoulos and me. The The professor offered this final my grandfather from a very Humboldt Foundation (2014). words), and epigrammatic en - descriptions provide the basic el - remark about the catalogue, young age. In the meantime, we Prof. Chaniotis took time from tries for objects that belong to ements of the representation, “Naturally, the selection of objects moved to New York and, thanks dramatically; to help them con - his busy schedule to talk with The large groups. In the latter case, narrative, or myth. We place em - was to some extent determined to my mother, I started taking nect with the character they are National Herald about the writ - the significance of the entire phasis on facts, especially on facts by various practical considera - piano lessons. So, playing the pi - portraying and with the rest of ing of the exhibition catalogue group is explained, in order to related to the subject of the exhi - tions, such as the availability, size, ano is something I do every day the cast. Just the music itself that accompanies A World of avoid repetitions. bition, not on interpretations. and weight of objects, the space for nearly 30 years now. When I might be difficult to learn and Emotions. “Precisely because we were The viewers/readers are left available at the Onassis Cultural was 16, I “invited” my parents memorize. Last month, the NYU He told TNH, “the aim of the concerned with the accessibility enough space to develop their Center in New York, the some - to a family meeting. I remember Classical Voice Collective pro - catalogue, which is written for a of the objects to a general, non- own thoughts. times complex requirements of how serious and determined I duced two operas and I was in - non-specialized readership, is to specialized audience, we avoid “The main body of the cata - museums. For this reason, impor - was about what I had to tell vited to music direct. We had five provide basic information on the technical terms and tried to have logue is general essays about tant areas in which Greek culture them. “I won’t be pursuing a ca - full weeks of rehearsals and had exhibits (type of object, prove - heading that not only briefly de - emotions in antiquity, the middle was present in the period covered reer in science, so stop paying the time to study both operas in nance, representation) and to, di - scribe the object but also briefly ages and modern neuro-sciences, by the exhibition, such as the for the extra private math, chem - depth. One of the two, Riders to rectly or indirectly, explain why refer to the underlying as well as essays dedicated to the area of the , Asia Minor, istry, and physics lessons. I want the Sea, was musically challeng - the object has been included in emotion(s) (e.g. Achilles’ Rage in main sections of the exhibition , and the Near East, are not to study music and become a ing. In the end, everyone did a an exhibitions dedicated to emo - Battle, Dedication to Dionysus (The Art of Emotions, the Spaces represented with exhibits. And professional musician.” That was superb job. We had a full house tions in the Greek world. In the who listens to prayers). of Emotions, Conflicting emo - yet, the catalogue has given us one of the most important deci - for all three performances. catalogue entries, exactly as in “The descriptions of objects tions, and Pathos. In addition to the possibility to included refer - sions of my life. The singer-pianist combina - the labels that I wrote based on from Greek museums were writ - essays by the three curators and ences to texts and images of ob - TNH: What inspires you as tion is quite special and cannot the catalogue entries, we also try ten by Greek archaeologists two Greek collaborators (Mimika jects from these areas in the an artist? be compared with any other. to allow the objects to tell the working in these museums. The Giannopoulou and Anthi Dipla), chapters of the catalogue.” CM: Life and real peda - Singers have a unique relation - viewer a small story: how were descriptions of the international for the general essays we were A World of Emotions is on gogues, with the Greek definition ship with their instrument and the objects used? What is their loans were written by Dr. Roberta fortunate enough to have as au - view through June 24 at the of the word. A teacher must because of this their psychology background? What do they Casagrande-Kim, Assistant Man - thors three leading figures in the Onassis Cultural Center in New make you think, must make you has an essential impact on their show? ager of Exhibitions and Publica - field: David Konstan, a leading York. The exhibition catalogue question yourself, and must performance. An important as - “Depending on the object, we tions at the Onassis Center. All scholar in the study of emotions along with Prof. Chaniotis’ pre - teach you to search for answers pect of the vocal coach’s job is to have three types of entries in the entries were reviewed by the in Greek Antiquity, Barbara viously published books are avail - rather than provide you with know how to handle different catalogue: long entries for com - three curators and editors of the Rosenwein, who has coined the able online. them. I have been very fortunate types of personalities, foresee in my life to have had inspiring their thoughts and reactions, and teachers, who not only taught use the appropriate directions me music, but also gave me life which will make each singer lessons. One of them was George reach the peak of his potential. Wheaton College Hosts Free Hadjinikos, who passed away in TNH: What upcoming pro - 2015 at age 92. He was a pianist, jects can we look forward to? conductor, pedagogue, author, CM: In April and May, I am Screening of Documentary and a music philosopher. Had - playing five graduation voice jinikos experienced the most cru - recitals at NYU. In June, I will cial sociopolitical and artistic be in Thessaloniki, at the Uni - TNH Staff of In Defense of Christians, all changes in 20th century Europe, versity of , where I am of whom appear in the docu - and it was unbelievably interest - curating and participating in a WHEATON, IL – The Greek Or - mentary. ing to hear him talk about his day dedicated to the memory of thodox Metropolis of Chicago The event was hosted by cosmopolitan life, not to mention George Hadjinikos. Following was honored to join with Wheaton College's Department hearing him perform. He knew that, I will be in Alexandroupoli, Wheaton College to offer a free of Politics and International Re - Richter, Rostropovich, Orff, where I will give a lecture on public screening of the new doc - lations, the Center for Urban En - JOHN ACkErmAN Boulanger, Hindemith, Xenakis, Song, a masterclass umentary Modern Christian gagement and the World Chris - Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos at the podium for the free public Seferis, Hadjidakis, and so many and a recital with my wife, Martyrs on March 29, at historic tian Fellowship together with screening at Wheaton College. other historic personas. I studied Antigoni Gaitana. In July and Blanchard Hall on the college the Greek Orthodox Metropolis privately with him for ten years. August, I will be in Pelion where campus. A Question/Answer of Chicago. Bishop Munib Younan, Con - Broadcast Ministries and the I would visit him almost daily at I participate in the Horto Sum - session followed featuring The documentary concerns gresswoman Anna Eshoo, Father Greek Orthodox Metropolis of his apartment and stay there for mer Festival, this year as a cura - Greek Orthodox Bishop the ongoing Genocide of the Dahdal, Reverend Stan Davis, Chicago and has been aired on about 12-14 hours. We would tor, music director, and per - Demetrios of Mokissos, Anti - Christian minority population of and Rabbi Michael Balinsky, The Live Well Channel 7.2 each discuss, write, play for each former. ochian Orthodox Father Syria, focusing on the Alkhoury among those interviewed in the Sunday throughout March. The other, listen to recordings, and More info about Christos Nicholas Dahdal, and Robert family of Chicago and featuring film. The documentary was pro - documentary is available at go for walks. He was my mentor. Marinos and his music is avail - Sweise of the Chicago Chapter Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos, duced by the Greater Chicago chicago.goarch.org. We traveled in Greece and able at christosmarinos.com. 6 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 22-28, 2017 A Sensational Performance of Antigone GOINGS ON... n THRU MAY 4 the Queens Chamber of Com - By Christos Soteriades MANHATTAN – The A.S. Onassis merce, on Monday, Apr. 24, at Program in Hellenic Studies at 5:30 PM at The Russian Tea A sensational performance of NYU presents Greek Cinema To - Room, 150 West 57th Street in the tragedy day Spring 2017 Film Series on Manhattan. Moderators: Louis Antigone, by Sophocles, was Thursdays through May 4 at 6:30 Katsos, President & Founder EM - given on April 9 at the Queens PM at 12 Waverly Place, Room BCA; and Paul Kotrotsios, Theater, under the impeccable G-08, in Manhattan. Curated by Founder & President Hermes direction of prestigious col - Visiting Prof. Eleftheris Astrinaki, Expo International. 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More information by extremely talented actors, di - WESTON, MA – The Greek is available online at www.em - rector, riveted the mostly expa - League Basketball Games pre - bca.com. triate audience which at the end sented by the Teddy Kariotis gave a standing ovation and Foundation and The Manhattan Chapter of warmly applauded for several Greekboston.com- Enjoy a night AHEPA, Delphi 25, invites you to minutes. PETrOS PETriDES out with fellow Greeks of Boston its Monthly Social & Networking Eftychia Loizides, in a mono - Antigone by Sophocles was directed by Leonidas Loizidis, center, with the cast of the play. for some fun competition! Games event on Monday, Apr. 24 from logue, as Tiresias, was quite stir - will be hosted at the Saint 6-8 PM, which regularly takes ring. the songs O Mio Babbino Caro mene: Flavia Sgoifo, Teiresias: dead man, violates the order Demetrios Greek Orthodox place every last Monday of the Warm congratulations to the by Giacomo Puccini and The Bird Eftychia Loizides, Haemon & and is sentenced to death by Church, 57 Brown Street in We - month, at Kellari , 19 W. director, the actors, and every - by Manos Hadjidakis, with the Sentry: Lorenzo Lucchetti, Mes - Creon. Creon’s son and his wife ston. This season will feature 44th St. in Manhattan. All exist - one who contributed to this per - excellent pianist Gregory Post ac - senger: Dori Levit, Eurydice: commit suicide and Creon wel - teams from Arlington, Boston, ing members and those inter - fect show that was presented by companying them on the piano. Anna Tsoukala, Choragos: Gary comes his own death. Roslindale, Lexington, Norwood ested in joining are invited to at - the Cultural Division of the Pan - At the end of the show, a Fizer, Chorus: Andre Campbell, The conflict of the moral law and West Roxbury. Games are tend. Complimentary hors cyprian Association of America, moving speech on stage by Julie Gaarskjaer, Anthony Mar - with state law, as we see in the played every Wednesday night. d'oeuvres; cash bar. Please con - supported by the cosmetics com - PSEKA President and Pan - tinez, Lorenzo Possanza, Ari - tragedy of Sophocles, is also a The season will conclude on tact pany Mana, founded by our cyprian Founder Philip Christo - anna Wellmoney. common social and political Thursday, Jun. 29 with the [email protected] compatriot Nick Mouyiaris. pher, who warmly thanked In Antigone, the king of phenomenon of our times, isn’t Championship Game! Want to for details. Before the performance be - Loizidis, the actors, and the se - Thebes, Creon. prohibits the it? Don’t we see that on a daily join our next season? Get in gan, tenor Ionas Artemou sang lect audience. burial of Polynices, who had led basis, these two clashing ele - touch right away as we are al - n APRIL 26-27 The Romiosyni, Vasilis Cast: Antigone: Dori Levit, foreign troops against his birth - ments stigmatizing today's soci - ready preparing our Summer and CONCORDVILLE, PA – The 26th Michaelides and Anna Tsoukalas, Creon: Francesco Andolfi, Is - place. Antigone, the sister of the eties? Fall seasons! Check out our Face - Hermes Expo on Wednesday Apr. book Page: @thegreekleague - 26 at 11 AM-5 PM and Awards boston for news, pictures, scores, Dinner at 6 PM at the Con - and sign up information! Sched - cordville Inn, 780 Baltimore Pike ule for Wednesday, Apr. 19: at in Concordville. 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WCR Center for the Arts on core Series, the play Rent Con - April 21. trol by Evan Zes, in an exclusive n APRIL 27 The concert is part of the engagement- one night in LA, MANHATTAN – On Thursday, Friends of Chamber Music series on Saturday, Apr. 22 at the Ruby Apr. 27 Capital Link, Inc. invites and features violinist Regi Papa, Theater at the Complex Holly - you to its 16th Annual Closed- cellist Ben Capps and pianist wood, 6476 Santa Monica Blvd. End Funds and Global ETFs Fo - Konstantine Valianatos, who in Los Angeles at 8 PM. Phone: rum at the Metropolitan Club, met as students at the renowned 323-465-0383. A struggling ac - 1 East 60th Street in Manhattan Juilliard School. The three mu - tor falls backwards into a NYC from 7:30 AM until 6 PM. sicians discovered they all rent-controlled apartment and Please visit http://forums.capi - shared Greek heritage. Papa and TNH ArCHiVES turns it into a lucrative Airbnb tallink.com/cef/2017/index.ht Valianatos were born in Greece The Olympus Piano Trio performing in a previous concert. scheme in this wild-but-true ml for details. and Capps is Greek-American. one-man show. Tickets are avail - They began playing together vorite pieces, because it's so ob - Brook University in New York, with my mother, but I didn't; I able online at www.evanzes - n APRIL 30 and formed the trio in 2010, as viously Greek - it's like a virtu - where Papa is completing his came by myself. I grew up in rentcontrol.com/tickets/. BOSTON, MA – Come join us on reported in the Reading Eagle. osic dance piece. Audiences re - doctorate, who is writing a trio New York for about 15 years on Sunday, Apr. 30, at 1PM for the The Olympus Piano Trio per - ally respond well to it.” for them. They will be commis - my own,” Papa said, as reported PARKVILLE, MD – International annual Boston Greek Indepen - forms a wide repertoire of clas - Odd World is among the sioning a friend to write a piece in the Eagle. Orthodox Christian Charities dence Parade commemorating sical masterpieces and champi - works on the trio's first album based on a Greek theme as well, He lived early on in Astoria, (IOCC), the Baltimore-based hu - Greece’s march to freedom ons the music of Greek and which also includes Felix as part of their effort to promote then moved to a dorm at Juil - manitarian agency of the Assem - which began on March 25th, Diaspora composers. Mendelssohn's second Piano contemporary Greek music.” liard. The immigrant experience bly of Canonical Orthodox Bish - 1821. The parade route is Boyl - Valianatos told the Eagle that Trio and Maurice Ravel's Piano About to perform his gradu - was “very scary,” he told the Ea - ops of the United States of ston Street to Charles Street and he is looking forward to return - Trio in A Minor. ate recital on the evolution of gle, being in a strange country America, is hosting a Big Fat ending at Boston Common ing to Reading for this concert Born in Athens, like Papa, the violin solo, Papa said that and not knowing how to cook Greek Wedding Reception on Sat - where there will be a celebration after having performed a solo Valianatos graduated from Juil - his career includes teaching, or even do laundry. After learn - urday, Apr. 22 at the Hermes of Greek music, Greek traditional recital at the Miller Center for liard in 2012 and is currently performing as a soloist with or - ing those skills, he was fine. Rafailides Center at St. Demetrios dances, and Greek food. The the Arts. working on his doctorate at the chestras and in recitals, and as Papa was selected to partici - Greek Orthodox Church, 2504 Grand Marshals will be His Emi - Among the works scheduled famed music school. Like his fel - a chamber musician. But cham - pate in the Carnegie Hall Cham - Cub Hill Road in Parkville, to cel - nence Metropolitan Methodios to be performed are Sergei low trio members, he has a ber music, he noted, “is my fa - ber Workshop in 2010 and ebrate 25 years of life-giving hu - of Boston; Honorable Mayor of Rachmaninoff's Trio elegiaque flourishing solo career in Europe vorite thing because of the com - worked with pianist Leon Fleis - manitarian assistance in over 60 Boston Martin Walsh. More in - No. 1 in G minor; Antonin Dvo - and the United States. Among munication that happens when cher, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and vio - countries. The benefit will feature formation is available by contact - rak's Trio in E minor ("Dumky"); his achievements are 11 compe - you play with fellow musicians, linist Pamela Frank. dinner, music, and dancing as ing the organizers of the Boston Beethoven's Trio in D Major; tition wins including six inter - and then the audience is so Born in New York to non-pro - well as a keynote “toast” by IOCC Greek parade, the Federation of and Odd World by Greek-Cana - national ones. close to witness it. It's definitely fessional pianist parents, Capps, Executive Director and CEO Con - Hellenic-American Societies of dian composer Christos Hatzis Valianatos told the Eagle that the most satisfying aspect of began cello lessons at age 4 be - stantine Triantafilou. Doors Open New England by phone at: 617- who teaches at the University of he met Capps and Papa while music-making,” as the Eagles re - cause “they thought it would be at 6 PM. Dress Code: Cocktail At - 930-1518 or by email to: Toronto. he was still an undergraduate, ported. a good instrument for me,” he tire. More information is avail - [email protected]. An excerpt from a longer and they were working on their Papa’s parents are both pro - observed as reported in the Ea - able online at www.iocc.org/bal - multimedia music-theater work master's degrees. The trio has fessional violinists. Papa began gle. After attending the Pre-Col - timore. n NOTE TO OUR READERS composed by Hatzis in 2000, been already performed “quite playing at age 5, with his lege Division of Juilliard, Capps This calendar of events section Odd World premiered in a few concerts this year,” he said mother as “practice buddy” and went on to the prestigious Man - n APRIL 24 is a complimentary service to Toronto. Odd World is the third and just completed a residency his father as his chief teacher. hattan School of Music, and then MANHATTAN – Join EMBCA in the Greek American community. of eight movements and is at Northern Michigan University As a teenager, he studied at the in 2010 received his master’s at association with Hermes Expo In - All parishes, organizations and named for its odd-numbered in Marquette. Performances in Doukas School in Athens, win - Juilliard. During college, he stud - ternational and the Queens institutions are encouraged to meters (e.g., 5/8 and 7/8). Greece are also part of their reg - ning the Greek Eurovision Com - ied under cellist David Soyer, a Chamber of Commerce for a pre - e-mail their information regard - Capps said, as reported in the ular performing schedule. petition at age 15, which led to founding member of the well- sentation featuring speakers on ing the event 3-4 weeks ahead Eagle, “we've been playing that As reported in the Eagle, the opportunity, to study at Juil - known Guarneri String Quartet. importing/exporting, a Food and of time, and no later than Mon - piece for a long time. It's be - “Valianatos said they have been liard with a scholarship. Capps teaches at Hunter College Wine Tasting, and a Networking day of the week before the come one of the staples of our working with composer Peter “I moved to New York City while continuing to record and Reception, in association with event, to english.edition@then - repertoire. It's one of our fa - Winkler, on the faculty at Stony at 15. I was supposed to come perform internationally. Hermes Expo International and ationalherald.com Greek-Americans give their take on the homeland's crisis

Continued from page 1 Leah Pappas has a law of - of a branch of Atlantic Bank, fice in Astoria said, “It’s very disappointing for and has fam - Greece to be at this level…I ily in Kefalo - blame the people and the politi - nia and says cians and the people,” she said, she tries to of those in power and those who skip through kept putting them there. Athens on her Her family is from the island way there of Kefalonia, where she said many have been relatively insu - lated from the austerity shock Peter Pappas because of family support and (L) and Kosta the Greek tradition of most peo - Nikas, who ple owning their own homes runs a me - and sharing them with their chanic shop children and then passing the in Astoria, property on, leaving no worries are smiling about a mortgage or rent. here but un - “In Kefalonia you don’t feel happy about this economic distress like you the state of do in Athens,” she said. Greece. Her disdain is heavy for the ruling Radical Left SYRIZA of TNH STAFF PHOTOS Prime Minister , head subway, came to Astoria life far from the madness of crisis deepened, Nicholas Alex - any job to support their family very bad, very sorry for the peo - who reneged on anti-austerity 30 years ago and almost spit out Greek politics and the roller iou, a professor of Sociology at and themselves.” ple who have no money,” he promises and instead doubled his contempt at those he said coaster of worry. the Queens College, who has The Astoria Project estimates said. down on putting more misery have ruined Greece. “I’m not His colleague, Peter Pappas, studied Greek immigration to some 10.1 percent of Astoria’s Many of the Greeks of Asto - on workers, pensioners and the happy, everybody there is leav - said not enough people under - Astoria for more than two population of 165,589 as of ria have long been settled there poor, the people he vowed to ing,” he said, talking about the stand the economic dynamics of decades, told the New York 2016 had Greek heritage, and but now are seeing new immi - protect but sold out instead. exodus of those who’ve given the Greek collapse and the role Daily News that the exodus was that new immigrants were com - grants coming to join them. Pap - “They are just clowns. I don’t up hope for recovery and moved of politicians and the banks who different from a century before. ing, driven there by Greece’s cri - pas said more will be coming know how the Greek people to other countries – and Asto - are the lenders and making “Now, it’s mainly profession - sis. and she doesn’t see any real deal with them. It’s political ria. huge profits off their lending. als. Either they are doctors, Waiting at the Atlantic Bank’s change or hope. garbage,” she said. “I talked to a friend who “They don’t control by democ - teachers, people who have some ATM – it has a big Greek-Amer - “They have to change the Kosta Nikas, 56, who runs a went to Germany and they don’t racy but by the markets,” he kind of degree already in ican clientele – Michael Mitaras, system and create stability and mechanic and auto repair shop want to go back,” to Greece, he said. Greece,” Alexiou said. “Here 65, didn’t hide his anger at what educate people to be more re - on 31st Street under the over - said, having found work and a Four years ago – before the (immigrants) are willing to take has happened to Greece. “I feel sponsible,” she said. THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 22-28, 2017 COMMUNITY 7

OUR EVERYDAY GREEK GREEK GASTRONOMY Το Χωριό μου: Learn to Describe your Village in Greek A Springtime Favorite- Lamb

By Dr. Dimitra Pontoporou Acc.: τους πράσιν-ους κήπ-ους τις πράσιν-ες αυλ-ές τα πράσιν-α χωρι-ά Voc.: πράσιν-οι κήπ-οι πράσιν-ες αυλ-ές πράσιν-α χωρι-ά and Artichokes GREEN It is not difficult to learn the Greek adjectives’ endings. Like the EXERCISES By Eleni Sakellis oven, heat 2 tablespoons of the article, the adjective agrees in gender, number and case with the 1. The word color, το χρώμα, is neuter in Greek. Therefore, olive oil over medium high heat noun it modifies, and has similar endings as well. Let’s make it when we talk about the color, we put the adjective in the neuter Eating seasonally is a great and brown the lamb cubes. Add easy and learn the adjective green, ο πράσινος, -η, -ο together with gender, singular, πράσινο, like in the given example: way to add variety to your diet the scallions, a dash of salt, and nouns it may modify. Το χρώμα του ποταμού είναι πράσινο. while enjoying foods at the peak sauté until translucent. Τα χρώμα των λιμνών είναι πράσινο. of their freshness and ripeness. Drain the water from the VOCABULARY 1.1 Το χρώμα της λίμνης είναι ….. The spring is a great time for bowl of artichokes and add the Greek word Pronunciation Meaning 1.2. Το χρώμα του βουνού είναι ….. seasonal eating with so many artichokes to the pot. Add the 2 Ο πράσινος O PRAsinos green (masc.) 1.3. Το χρώμα του κήπου είναι ….. vegetables and fruits now avail - cups water, the juice of one Η πράσινη EE PRAsini green (fem.) 1.4. Το χρώμα της πεδιάδας είναι ….. able. Lamb is a springtime fa - lemon, about half of the fresh Το πράσινο TO PRAsino green (neut.) vorite and when paired with dill, 1 teaspoon of salt, and Ο καταπράσινος, -η, -ο O kataPRAsinos leafy, evergreen 2. Put the adjective ο πράσινος, -η, -ο or καταπράσινος, -η, -ο in seasonal vegetables, the combi - freshly ground pepper to taste. Ο κήπος O KEEpos garden the correct gender, nominative case, singular number, like in the nation is delicious. Lamb and Bring to a boil over medium Η αυλή EE avLEE yard given example: artichokes is a classic Greek dish high heat, then reduce to Το χωριό TO horyiO village Ο κήπος είναι ….. that is associated with the sea - medium, and simmer, stirring Ο ποταμός O potaMOS river Ο κήπος είναι πράσινος. son and not too difficult to pre - occasionally, until the meat and Το ποτάμι TO poTAmi river 2.1. Ο ποταμός είναι ….. pare. If preferred, frozen arti - the artichokes are tender. You Η λίμνη EE LEEmni lake 2.2. H λίμνη είναι ….. chokes may be used to save may need to add additional wa - Η πεδιάδα EE pediAda plain 2.3. Ο κήπος είναι κατα….. time. ter if the pot dries out and the Το βουνό TO vooNO mountain 2.4. Το χωριό είναι κατα….. Περπατάω perpaTAo I walk 2.5. Το βουνό είναι κατα…..

In Ancient Greek, the rivers were of masculine gender, and usu - 3. Put the adjective ο πράσινος, -η, -ο or καταπράσινος, -η, -ο in ally male gods, while the fountains and the lakes of feminine gen - the correct gender, nominative case, and plural number. der. The combination of the masculine and feminine elements re - 3.1. Οι αυλές στα χωριά είναι κατά….. sulted in the earth’s fertility. In we use both the 3.2. Οι πεδιάδες είναι ….. masculine grammatical gender, ο ποταμός, and the neuter gram - 3.3. Οι κήποι στα χωριά είναι κατα….. matical gender, το ποτάμι. 3.4. Τα χωριά της Ελλάδας είναι κατα….. The masculine adjectives’ endings in the cases are the same as 3.5. Τα βουνά είναι κατα….. those of the masculine nouns ending in - ος: ο πράσινος κήπος. The feminine adjectives’ endings are the same as those of the feminine 4. Put the adjective green in the nominative case, singular or nouns ending in - η: η πράσινη αυλή. The neuter adjectives’ endings plural together with the correct article. are the same as those of the neuter nouns endings in -o: το πράσινο 4.1. Μου αρέσει .. ….. αυλή της γιαγιάς μου. χωριό. 4.2. Μου αρέσουν .. ….. βουνά. Note that, when the stem ends in a consonant, the feminine ad - 4.3. Μου αρέσει .. ….. κήπος στο χωριό μου. jective ends in - η: ο πράσιν-ος , η πράσιν-η. 5. Put the adjective ο πράσινος, -η, -ο or καταπράσινος, -η, -ο in Singular: Masculine Feminine Neuter the correct gender, number and case. Nom.: ο πράσιν-ος κήπ-ος η πράσιν-η αυλ-ή το πράσιν-ο χωρι-ό 5.1. Περπατάω στον …… κήπο. Gen.: του πράσιν-ου κήπ-ου της πράσιν-ης αυλ-ής του πράσιν-ου χωρι-ού 5.2. Περπατάμε στα …... βουνά. Acc.: τον πράσιν-ο κήπ-ο την πράσιν-η αυλ-ή το πράσιν-ο χωρι-ό 5.3. Περπατάμε στα ….. χωριά. Voc.: πράσιν-ε κήπ-ε πράσιν-η αυλ-ή πράσιν-ο χωρι-ό PRONUNCIATION KEY Plural: Masculine Feminine Neuter i (i-diom), ee (n-ee-dle), e (e-nergy), o (o-rganism), oo (b-oo- Nom.: οι πράσιν-οι κήπ-οι οι πράσιν-ες αυλ-ές τα πράσιν-α χωρι-ά t), y (y-es), h (h-elium), th (th-eory), d (th-e), gh (w-olf). The cap - Gen.: των πράσιν-ων κήπ-ων των πράσιν-ων αυλ-ών των πράσιν-ων χωρι-ών italized syllables are accented.

LITERARY REVIEW artichokes are not quite cooked Lamb and Artichokes through. Add the remaining dill, about An Interview with Poet Stephanos Papadopoulos ½ cup or to taste, at the end for • 6 large artichokes freshness, and adjust the salt • 3 pounds lamb, cut into 1- and pepper to taste, if needed. By Eleni Sakellis ing the Black Sea after crossing but the writers who really influ - inch cubes Additional lemon juice may also the center of was a very enced me early on were Nikos • 4 tablespoons Greek extra be added, if desired. Serve im - The gifted poet Stephanos Pa - emotional trip into my own past. Kazantzakis and Thomas Wolfe virgin olive oil mediately with slices of fresh padopoulos was born in North My father had died the year be - who just appeared like giants to • 2 bunches scallions, diced bread. Carolina to a Greek father and fore, so it was a very personal me. Later, I fell in love with a • 2 medium to large fresh For a shortcut, try the recipe American mother and was raised journey as well. I really don't do wide array including Kerouac, El - lemons with Greek frozen artichokes in Paris and Athens. The author proper research... unfortunately liot, Dostoevsky, Joyce, Homer, • 2-3 cups water like Barba Stathis brand. If pre - of three books of poems: Lost I don't possess the patience and Ritsos, Karyotakis, Lowell, • 1 bunch fresh dill, chopped ferred, 2-3 medium potatoes cut Days, Hôtel-Dieu, and The Black temperament for that kind of Heaney, Walcott, Milosz, Brod - • Greek sea salt into cubes may be added to the Sea, he is also the editor and co- work. sky, and the list goes on and on. • Freshly ground pepper pot with the artichokes and translator with Katerina Anghe - TNH: What's your writing I also read a number of contem - cooked until tender. To add rich - laki-Rooke of Derek Walcott’s Se - process? Do you outline or write porary novelists who I find to be To prepare the artichokes, ness to the dish, avgolemono lected Poems into Greek only at certain times of the day, writing better than most contem - rinse in cool water, then remove can also be added. (Kastaniotis Editions, 2006). His for example? porary American poets. the toughest outer leaves and For Lamb and Artichokes Av - translations of poems by Yiannis SP: When I was twenty years TNH: They say never trust a cut off the thorny end with a golemono, prepare the recipe as Stiggas are included in the re - old, Derek Walcott told me to get writer who doesn't read, so what sharp knife. If the stems are in - above, and when the lamb and cently published Austerity Mea - up before dawn to work and to are you reading now? tact and in good shape, leave artichokes are tender, reduce sures: The New Greek Poetry, never complain about not having SP: That is true, a writer who them on and peel off the tough the heat to low and add the av - edited by Karen Van Dyck. Pa - time to write. I've stuck to those doesn't read is probably not a outer layer. Cut the artichokes golemono. padopoulos was awarded a rules for much of my life. Twenty writer. There is a small mountain in half and scoop out the choke To make avgolemono, whisk Civitella Ranieri Fellowship for years later he admitted to me of completely unrelated books with a paring knife. Place the 1 large egg with the juice of half The Black Sea and the Jeannette STEPHANOS PAPADOPOulOS that he actually woke early be - currently on my nightstand, in - cut halves of artichoke in a bowl a lemon. Add a ladleful of the Haien Ballard Writer’s Prize se - tographs. I began to invent cause he wanted to smoke a cig - cluding: Barbarian Days by of cold water with the juice of cooking liquid from the pot to lected by Mark Strand in 2014. voices, in a kind of theatrical arette with coffee! But the truth William Finnegan, Derek Wal - half a lemon squeezed in. Con - the egg-lemon mixture and con - In honor of National Poetry monologue in order to give those is I like working early in the dark cott's Collected Poems, Marlon tinue with the rest of the arti - tinue beating. Pour the egg- Month, The National Herald images a story. I kept writing un - when most others are asleep- I James' A History of Seven chokes, and set aside until ready lemon mixture into the pot, stir spoke with the talented poet til I realized that the actual land - think more clearly in that hour Killings, Hemingway's Death in to use. vigorously, and remove from about his work and the writing scape I was describing was un - and there is a meditative aspect the Afternoon, Peter Godfrey In a large deep pot or Dutch heat. Serve immediately. process. known to me, and to continue to writing poetry in which every - Smith's Other Minds and the po - TNH: The Black Sea brings felt false and artificial. That is thing else has to disappear. For ems of Emily Dickinson. I also history to life in a powerful way when I decided to ride my mo - me that happens best in the read magazines like the The New through a fascinating cast of torcycle from Athens through morning. I try to write consis - Yorker and The New York Review characters in the sonnet mono - most of Anatolia and back along tently, but that is difficult with of Books regularly because the logues, some based on your fam - the southern coast of the Black poetry when 90% of what you writing quality is so high. ily history and on your travels in Sea where my grandfather was do is awful and will get thrown TNH: What upcoming pro - the region. How intense was the born. The “research” was essen - away. There has to be something jects can we look forward to? research process? tially me wandering around the that sets you alight, then you run SP: I have a new book of po - SP: I never set out to truly re - seacoasts and villages of the with it, but having ideas and be - ems I finally stopped tinkering search the subject the way a his - Black Sea just letting the intense ing inspired is not enough, you with which I hope to publish torian might. I had begun writing beauty of the landscape and all have to work at it like a laborer. soon, and I'm working on a prose sonnets based on a box of pho - the hidden historical memories Picasso said “Inspiration exists, piece. Not to be cryptic, but I tographs I had discovered in my flood back into me. My father but it has to find you working.” make it a habit to never talk father’s things-- a series of post - was fiercely proud of his Pontic Writing prose can be different, about what I'm working on. The cards and snapshots from the roots, but he was never able to you set yourself a limit of at least minute you do people start ask - 1920s and 30s in which various visit Asia Minor, mostly because a page and you just plow ahead. ing “Are you still working on ancestors stared back at me with there was still so much residual Poetry is more elusive- you stare that?” a certain anonymity. I knew the historical anger in him- he found out the window a lot. More information on story of my Pontic grandfather it painful to think of his forbears TNH: Who are your favorite Stephanos Papadopoulos is avail - and his siblings from my father exiled from their homes. So for writers? able on his website stephanospa - and my uncles, but I still didn't me, crossing the Pontic moun - SP: From what country? What pdopoulos.com. His books are know the faces in the pho - tains for the first time, and sight - Age? There are too many to list, available online.

GREEK AMERICAN STORIES Change and Changing

By Phyllis (Kiki) Sembos was a bank account. “Log on” so vivid and so extremely im - people who, with belief in them - Special to The National Herald was tossing another wood in the practical. Only in America do selves, changed all our lives. Ein - fireplace. “Backup” happened to people order double cheese - stein was four years old before A lot of changes have oc - your commode. You “pasted” burgers with a large carton of he could speak. Then, he didn’t curred. Life, sure, has changed. with glue. A “web” was a spi - fries and – a diet Coke. Only in excel in school. Beethoven’s mu - I used to feel pride that I, finally, der’s home. A “virus” was what America do drugstores make the sic teacher once said, “As a com - had a typewriter – a Remington. was going around. A “mouse” sick people walk to the very poser, he’s hopeless.” Michael Now, I wonder how I tolerated was a little critter my cat caught. back of the pharmacy for our Jordan was cut out from his high the darn thing that I sold for “Memory” was something you prescriptions. Only in America school basketball team as was twenty bucks. I mean, changing lost when you got old. “Hard you’ll see a handicap parking Bob Cousy. A newspaper editor the ribbon, using white-out, go - Drive” was a long trip getting area in front of a skating rink. fired Walt Disney, because he ing through stacks of paper home in traffic. If you had a 3 Only in America do I see expen - “lacked imagination and the guy rewriting until I got it right – it ½ inch “floppy disc,” you hoped sive cars parked in driveways has no good ideas.” Thomas Edi - was all very tiresome. Now, I nobody found out. Or you made and the garages stuffed to the son’s teacher told him he was have a computer, thanks to my an appointment with the chiro - rafters with junk. Only in Amer - too stupid to learn anything. son-in-law who also taught me practor. “Compress” was some - ica do home owners pay for Isaac Newton did poorly in how to use it and be practical thing you did to the recycling landscapers when a high school school and was considered, “un - about it. But, the language is stuff, not what you do to a file. article for The National Herald? I should have pressed “paste” or kid would do it for half the promising.” Life sure changed something I still can’t get used God help me when I forget It disappeared.” There’d be a “cut” or....I wonder what that price. for all of them. And, most of all, to. My mind falls back to what to “save” what I’m writing. And, pause, a sigh and then, “Yiayia! key does! I may never become the au - those changes changed all our some words used to mean. I’ve done that a few times be - Did you press the “save button?” That brings me to another thor I’ve dreamed of being lives for the better. So, I continue A few examples: An “appli - cause the “memory” button in I’m pretty sure I did! “No, you subject of changes. There are though I’d been trying for sending in queries and hope that cation” was something I filled my head isn’t as effective as the didn’t! Trust me! You didn’t!” situations that I never encoun - decades. And, no one will ever one day, some day, a publisher out for a job. A “program” was button on the computer. I’ve had (Sigh!) I swear I did! But, it’s tered when I was a kid. Of convince me that my stories will change my life by accepting a TV show or a paper handed my computer for a long while no use arguing. So, I just had to course, that was when Dolly aren’t worth reading, either. But, one of my manuscripts. I re - me before a play. A “cursor” was now but I still call my grandson, rewrite it all and hope I remem - Madison was leaving office. But, I take heart when I read about member something my pop told someone who used profanity. A Nicko, to ask for his help. ber what I wrote in the first these new situation changes people who had been failures me, once; the only things certain “keyboard” was a piano. A “CD” “Nicko! What happened to my place. I stare at the keys. Maybe that happen only in America are but succeeded later in their lives, in life are “change.” 8 OBITUARIES/CLASSIFIEDS/ GREECE THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 22-28, 2017 CLASSIFIEDS Fotini Tournas Laid to Rest in Boston, Hundreds Attended LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of ALVO WELLNESS, LLC Notice of Formation of TODD ROSENBAUM By Theodore Kalmoukos (DOM LLC). Articles of the Organization were METALWORKS, LLC (DOM LLC). 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n BRATSAKIS, JOHN JAMES, Steel, JM Foster, Correct Con - years. Katharine and John met nature. She happily painted, In Memoriam: SR. struction and would finish his and were married in Massillon. drew and read books with them. VALPARAISO, IN (from The working career at MCSI with his John's military career took them She is survived by son, Dr. Greg - Of your loved one Times, published on Apr. 12) – son Jim, where he kept asking to California, New York, Oregon gory (Kristine) Elefterin; grand - John James Bratsakis Sr., a cap - Jim for a raise. In lieu of flowers and Washington DC, as well as, son, Michael (Jean-Ann) Eleft - Commemorate your loved one in the pages of tain of industry, passed into the the family requests donations to Germany, Greece and Panama. erin, both of Canton; hands of our Lord following an the St. Iakovos Greek Orthodox Katharine was an accomplished grandchildren, Dr. Adam (Mar - The National Herald. Announcements may be unfortunate fall on April 10, Church Building Fund, 36 W. 700 artist who painted for pleasure, cie) Downs, of Barnegat, N.J., Ar - telephoned or e-mailed to the Classified Department. 2017. He is survived by his im - N., Valparaiso, IN 46385, please did commissions and donated iane and Zoe Elefterin, both of mediate family: Wife Maria (De - note in your donation it is in works to charity. Her paintings Brooklyn, N.Y.; and great-grand - mopoulos) Bratsakis, his two John's memory. and collages grace homes, busi - children, William, Aliyah and For more information call (718) 784-5255 ext. 106 sons and daughters-in law Jim nesses and churches locally, as James. In lieu of flowers dona - and Alexis (Mitchell) Bratsakis n DAOULARIS, LAMBRINI P. well as, all over the world due to tions may be made to Arts in • [email protected] and John and Heather (Anastos) RED LION, PA (from the York her travels. Many of her pieces Stark: 900 Cleveland Avenue Bratsakis. He was a grandparent Daily Record & York Dispatch, were given as gifts to family, N.W., Canton, OH 44702. to John and Heather's children; published on Apr. 5) – Lambrini friends and acquaintances and all The National Herald Anna, Dimitri and Dean. He is P. Daoularis, 66, died on April 2, are greatly cherished. Katharine n FOTIOU, NIKOLAOS also survived by sister Betty 2017 at Hospice and Community gave art lessons and taught BURLINGTON, NC (from the www.thenationalherald.com (Bratsakis) Kontras and Brother- Care. She was the wife of Pana - classes to adults and school chil - Times-News, published on Apr. In-Law John Demopoulos. He giotis Daoularis of Red Lion. Born dren. She was a teacher at vari - 7) – Nikolaos "Nick" Fotiou of was a loved Uncle to nieces Mar - in Makrisia, Greece, on April 9, ous schools in Massillon, includ - Burlington North Carolina guerite (Bratsakis) Matthews, Dr. 1950, she was the daughter of ing classes for developmentally passed away at home on Tues - Anna Demopulos and Maria De - the late Vasilios and Theophani disabled students. During her day, April the 4th at 8:30 p.m. mopoulos and nephews Jim Brat - (Papaeliou) Kara tha nasis. She travels she was fortunate to teach surrounded by his family after a The Dr. George Papanicolaou sakis, George Bratsakis, Jim Kon - was a member of the Greek Or - at the British American Interna - long battle with Alzheimers dis - tras, Nick Flesor and James thodox Church of the Annuncia - tional School. Prior to her retire - ease at the age of 74. He was Demopoulos. John was born in tion. In addition to her husband, ment, she was Art Director of the eldest of three children born Student Essay Contest 2017 Kankakee, IL to James and Mar - she is survived by a daughter, Ka - Television and Instructional Me - in Athens Greece to parents guerite Bratsakis on November terina Daoularis and her compan - dia at the University of Akron, Menelaos and Eleni Fotiou. Nick TNH Staff 28th, 1932. He was the first Brat - ion, Nick Marikas of York; a son, where she participated in the pro - was married to the love of his sakis to graduate from college at Vasilios Daoularis of Red Lion; duction of “The Legacy of the life, Eleftheria "Terry" Fotiou NEW YORK – The Dr. George Papanicolaou Student Essay Con - the University of Illinois, in 1954, three grandchildren, Anastasia American Revolution”, an award since August the 25th, 1974. test 2017 is now accepting submissions through May 8. Students as a Civil Engineer. He served in Chasiakis and her husband, winning documentary which Nick was best known for run - in Grades 8-12 should submit an essay on the topic “Dr. George the US Army as a member of the George, Efstathios and Dimitrios aired on PBS. She participated in ning "Nick's Cafe'" in Elon with Papanicolaou: His work and life and how I feel as a Greek-Ameri - secret Central Intelligence Corp Daglaris; two great-grandchil - many juried art shows and re - his wife for over 20 years where can.” (CIC) in Stuttgart, Germany. dren; two brothers; and two sis - ceived numerous awards. Honors he was quick to talk politics but The essay must be written in Greek and consist of 5 single- John married Maria Demopoulos ters. In lieu of flowers, contribu - included having works hung in more often about his passion for space typed pages and one extra page with at least 4 pictures on January 21st, 1962 at St. tions may be made to the Greek the National Gallery of Art and the UNC Tar-heel Basketball related to the topic of the essay, as well as a cover page with the Demetrios Church in Chicago, IL. Orthodox Church of the Annun - The Smithsonian, both in Wash - teams and their former coach, student’s information: John and Maria traveled the ciation, 2500 Pine Grove Road, ington, DC. Katharine's father Dean Smith. It is very fitting that 1. Name and Address globe which included trips to York, PA 17403. Nick Liossis was one of the he was able to stay with us long 2. Phone number and email Australia, following the route of founding members of St. George enough for the Tar-Heels to cut 3. Name of American school student is attending the Titanic, visiting the beaches n ELEFTERIN, KATHARINE Greek Orthodox church in Mas - down the nets one more time 4. Name of Greek school attended or is attending of Normandy, China and, of MASSILLON, OH (from The sillon. Her grandchildren were before he left to be with God. 5. Grade in American School and Grade in Greek School at - course, Greece. John was a de - Repository, published on Apr. 12) the greatest recipients of her He is survived by his wife Eleft - tended or attending. voted father who was a leader in – Katharine Elefterin (1925- artistic talent and gentle, loving heria, his children, Eleni Fotiou- Completed essays with cover page should be mailed to: Indian Guides, Cub Scouts, Band 2017) 91, passed away peace - Madren and husband Rodney, Greek Teachers Association “Prometheus” Parent, founded the Valparaiso fully at Amherst Meadows on This is a service to the commu - Manny Fotiou and Stephanie Dr. G. N. Papanicolaou Committee University Bench Warmers Club. April 10, 2017. She was born nity. Announcements of deaths Thompson and George Fotiou P.O. Box 5852, Woolsey Station He also found time to create the September 13, 1925 in Massillon, may be telephoned to the along with his four grandchil - Long Island City, NY 11105 largest fundraiser outside the Ohio to the late Nicholas and Classified Department of dren. In lieu of Flowers memo - Five awards of $250 each will be awarded to the 5 best essays. state of Illinois for his Alma Mater Mary (Alexiou) Liossis. She at - The National Herald at rials may be made to St. Kather - The awards will be presented on May 23, at 6 PM at the Hellenic called The Northwest Indiana tended Massillon Washington (718) 784-5255, ine's Greek Orthodox Church Medical Society of New York’s Dr. Papanicolaou Symposium at the Illini "I" Club. 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TNH Staff With polls showing as few as Tsipras briefed his party’s cuts and tax hikes – would result could ultimately boost the gov - though it broke his anti-austerity 3 percent of voters still support lawmakers as they prepared for in a “zero fiscal balance” thanks ernment. “It can lead to political promises, the major opposition ATHENS – Greek Premier and him for breaking his promises, an Easter break worried they to a set of countermeasures success and a new electoral vic - New Democracy said it’s ruining Radical Left SYRIZA leader doing so again in agreeing to de - could face the wrath of voters Athens will be allowed to en - tory” despite polls showing the recover prospects. Alexis Tsipras said his reneging mands from the Troika of the Eu - furious they have continued to force, if it meets budget targets, New Democracy Conservatives. Tsipras relented to the de - on anti-austerity promises to get ropean Union-European Central surrender to the Troika and to offset the impact of austerity, He spoke of “a golden opportu - mands of the Troika to cut pen - more monies from a third Bank-European Stability Mecha - claiming the contradiction was Kathimerini said. nity after the conclusion of the sions again and tax lower-income bailout of 86 billion euros ($91.3 nism (EU-ECB-ESM) to further for the good of the country. Admitting that “we have agreement,” widely interpreted families in return for the release billion) is a “golden opportunity” cut pensions and tax low-income Tsipras repeated that the pressure from society due to aus - as a reference to the prospects of more monies from a staggered to save Greece and that it will families, he said the deal was measures agreed to by the gov - terity,” he claimed that the broad for Greek bonds to be included third bailout of 86 billion euros get him reelected. “defensible in its entirety.” ernment – essentially pension agreement reached last week in the ECB’s Quantitative Easing ($91.28 billion) in the hopes it program for access to cash. would also bring debt relief. New Democracy dismissed New Democracy’s Makarios Tsipras’ speech to his cabinet as Lazaridis, in an interview with i S

S “an admission to his failed poli - the Athens daily Eidiseis, said i 4 Dead, 1 Hurt in Army N i cies.” In comments in Parliament the “presence of (the) SYRIZA- k Helicopter Crash O Conservative leader Kyriakos ANEL (Parties) in power is sink - r u

E Mitsotakis said the government ing the economy, costing society Military officials in Greece say was “ridiculous” and reiterated dearly, while entailing serious four army officers have been calls for snap elections. risks” for the country, referring killed and one injured in the “Not a single word for the tax to Tsipras’ Radical Left party and crash of a border patrol free deduction, not a single word its coalition partner, the pro-aus - helicopter in northern for the cuts in pensions and of terity, far-right, jingoistic, mar - Greece. the citizens’ income and not a ginal Independent Greeks. The incident occurred single word for the harsh mea - “The country remains in in - Wednesday, north of the sures bearing his signature” said tensive care and desperately town of , some 450 ND’s announcement pointing needs oxygen to breathe; it kilometers (280 miles) out that Tsipras vowed “not one needs an immediate political northwest of Athens. Army more euro of austerity” before change,” Larazidis said, in refer - officials say the Huey UH-1H agreeing to the new deal. ring to the two parties. helicopter had been on a “With his obsession and un - SYRIZA and ANEL have both routine border patrol flight. A efficiency and the allegedly reneged on promises to reverse Greek military official harsh negotiation he led the pay cuts, tax hikes, slashed pen - confirmed the deaths to The country to recession. Everyone sions and worker firings. Associated Press, but insisted knows that this government Lazaridis pointed to what he on anonymity pending an can’t promote the necessary called a “disappearing” SYRIZA, official announcement. changes and can’t take the coun - on a daily basis, predicting that An extensive search of the try out of the crisis,” the state - the current Greek government rugged area was launched ment added. will not reach the end of its term after the army lost contact While Prime Minister Alexis and there will be elections be - with the helicopter, which Tsipras said his concessions to fore the next scheduled polls in had taken off from the central international creditors was “de - 2019, the business newspaper city of . fensible in its entirety” even Naftemporiki said. President Anastasiades Says Renewed Cyprus Talks at a Turning Point

TNH Staff And the leaders are still far After meeting President apart on core issues such as Nicos Anastasiades, AHEPA NICOSIA – Cypriot President power sharing, territorial adjust - leader Andrew Zachariades Nicos Anastasiades said the re - ments, and property rights. said US President Donald sumption of collapsed unity talks The talks faced a new com - Trump wants a solution to to try to reunify the island di - plication with the narrow victory the Cyprus unity question vided since a 1974 Turkish in - of Turkish President Recep that has evaded answer for vasion faced a critical point Tayyip Erdogan being granted decades. The AHEPA when they restart on April 20. sweeping powers - some said delegation was informed on “We find ourselves before near-dictatorial – in an April 16 developments in the Cyprus critical and defining develop - referendum. talks, the economy, energy, ments for the future of our He refuses to recognize and bilateral ties with the homeland,” Anastasiades said in Cyprus, bars its ships and planes US, an announcement from a televised Easter address,” he and said he won’t remove his the Presidential Palace said. said. army. His negotiations with Turk - Nevertheless, the Cyprus gov - ish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Ak - ernment is hopeful that Turkey that diminished trust and inci had caved in until the will “positively and effectively” drained momentum from the Cypriot Parliament essentially contribute to ongoing talks process. withdrew its approval of an ear - aimed at reunifying the ethni - July is a not an official but a lier measure for an annual com - cally divided island. “natural end-date” for a solution memoration of a 1950 referen - Cyprus government to be found Ak ınc ı stated, dum seeking unity, or , spokesman Nicos Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily News re - and with Turkey demanding the Christodoulides told the Associ - ported. right to keep an army on the is - ated Press it’s hoped Turkey’s Speaking at a culture and arts land and the right to invade stance will move the peace talks festival in Turkish Cyprus, Ak ınc ı when it wants. forward toward the stated goal said July was a natural time for “In order to achieve a solu - of reunifying the island. a conclusion if no official end said Ak ınc ı, adding that these re - tion acceptable by the people, Christodoulides said Turkey date is fixed, referring to the sources could only be explored we must establish conditions should refrain from throwing up statement from the Greek through “cooperation reached in that will allow us to live in a obstacles to the process, like Cypriot administration that ex - peace and resolution.” Greece’s Low Birth Rate well-organized European state making the “unacceptable de - ploration for hydrocarbon re - The Greek Cypriot adminis - without any dysfunctions or mand” of granting Turkish citi - sources would start in the first tration signed new contracts open wounds,” Anastasiades zens the right to relocate and half of July. with Exxon Mobil and Qatar Pe - Adding to Crisis said, SBS reported. transfer money, services and “Making explorations (for hy - troleum on April 5, and ENI and The two leaders have had cor - goods to Cyprus as part of any drocarbons) in Eastern Mediter - Total a day later for licenses to dial relations until recently and peace deal. ranean at a time when there is carry out hydrocarbon explo - Continued from page 1 breaking another pledge. made a series of small conces - The spokesman added that not an agreement (on Cyprus) ration and exploitation off In , a verdant region in sions in nearly two years of talks Turkey should also cease making would mean supporting the Cyprus. and master’s degrees in politics , many primary but failed to make any significant “provocative statements” in op - Turkish (Cypriot) side acting sim - The companies are expected and economics, “there’s too schools and kindergartens have progress on major issues such as position to the island’s offshore ilarly,” Ak ınc ı said. to start their explorations before much insecurity,” Karaklioumi closed since 2012 as parents power sharing and how much oil and gas search. “Both of the two nations [of the end of this year. Erdogan pre - told the newspaper. Unemploy - had fewer children and young territory and property stolen by Cyprus peace talks resumed the island] have a right to a share viously said Turkey will demand ment among women stands at Greeks left the country, Turks should be returned. last week after a two-month halt of the natural gas resources,” a share in finds of oil or gas. 27 percent, compared with 20 Zisaki, a municipal councilor percent for men. said.. Kindergarten enrollment “I don’t know if I’ll have this has also slumped in Greece.. job in two months or a year,” While migration from small she Karaklioumi added. “If you towns is nothing new, “The fi - This Week in Greek History don’t see a light at the end of nancial crisis is clearly the prob - the tunnel, how can you plan lem,” Zisaki said. “There are Compiled by APRIL 17: On this day in 1944, the commu - for the future?” simply fewer children every Eraklis Diamataris nist forces of Greek People’s Liberation Army The low birthrate is also year.” (ELAS) forced the Venizelist liberal and re - adding pressure on pension and Putting further strain on APRIL 18: On this day in 1897, war publican forces of the EKKA into surrender. welfare systems, with fewer hopes to increase the popula - broke out between the Kingdom of The EKKA movement was founded in 1942 people working to support more tion, Greek women who become Greece and the . The by Colonel Dimitrios Psarros and politician people retiring, further squeez - pregnant find it cuts their month-long War would be known as the Georgios Kartalis in the midst of the Nazi ing those in Greece who pay greco-turkish war of 1897 and was font Occupation of Greece. The goals set forth by taxes – most do not with tax as a direct result over the question of its founding members was to fight and drive evasion rampant and unable to Fewer people working to the sovereignty of the island of . It out the occupying German forces for as long be controlled by successive gov - support more people was the first armed engagement of as they were in Greece. After the liberation ernments. retiring, further squeezes Greece as a united country against a of Greece the organization planned to take Greece cannot afford to offer foreign adversary since the Greek War a liberal approach of governance and to work incentives for people to have those who pay taxes. of Independence (1821-1829). Initially towards social change and a republican way children as it keeps cutting bud - in the late 19th century the Ottoman of governing. The EKKA organization had an gets across the board, including chances of finding a job or keep - Empire granted the island of Crete spe - armed branch known as the 5/42 Evzone child tax breaks and subsidies ing one, and even those who cial autonomous Provisions that many Regiment which retained the name of for large families. aren’t say if they’re of an age to other ruled subjects of theirs did not en - Colonel Psarros’ unit during his combat days State-financed child care be - have children that companies joy. However, the Ottomans repeatedly in the Balkan Wars and against the Ottoman came means-tested and is hard aren’t interested in many cases. went back on their word which trig - Empire. At the organization's zenith the fight - to get for women seeking work. Anastasia Economopoulou, gered multiple rebellions on the island. ing force was 1,000 and was mainly active Greece now has the lowest bud - 42, pushed back her dream of The Ottomans continued to crack down in the Epirus province of Greece. The ELAS get in the for having several children. She was on the predominantly Christian city of fighting forces on April 14, 1944 under the family and child benefits despite fearful of losing her job as a With many Cretans trying to ap - command of Konstantinos Varsou got to - vows by Prime Minister Alexis saleswoman at a retail branding peal to the great powers of the time to gether a force of 1,400 men to attack the Tsipras to protect society’s most company after managers said back their cause for rebellion, chief among quered all of Greece. Crete gained autonomy 5/42 Evzone Regiment of EKKA at the village vulnerable, promises he broke they did not want women who them was a young . Vol - and had Prince George of Greece and Den - of Klima in Fokida, Greece. The EKKA orga - in surrendering to austerity de - would get pregnnt. unteers poured into Crete from all parts of mark as high commissioner of the au - nization held out for three days but were mands by international creditors She turned to in vitro fertil - Greece to assist the Christian minority on tonomous state of Crete from 1898-1906. overrun by ELAS with Colonel Dimitrios Psar - he swore to reject. ization treatments at Dr. Mas - the island much to the chagrin of the Great The Prince presided with absolute authority ros dying under mysterious circumstances Grandparents have tradition - trominas’ clinic. But her salary Powers who wanted Greece to not get in - over a Muslim and Christian assembly which as there were disputed reports of him dying ally been the primary source of slumped by 30 percent as com - volved militarily on the island in exchange did nothing to satisfy Eleftherios Venizelos in combat and others alleging he died in bru - child care in the south, but pany sales fell, and her hus - for a pact of autonomy for Crete. The Greek and other revolutionaries on the island. The tal torture conditions. Years later it came out Greek austerity policies have re - band’s by more, cutting the government of Prime Minister Theodoros Prince was replaced as High Commissioner that officer Thimios Zoula of ELAS acted on duced pensions so much that number of treatments she can Deligiannis declined that offer and sent by Alexandros Zaimis from 1906-1911. Eleft - order and murdered Psarros. The clashes be - the family safety net is unravel - afford. “I asked them not to put troops to Crete and to the regions of Thessaly herios Venizelos would be elected to his first tween EKKA and ELAS were of grave conse - ing, said Dimitrios Karellas, the in many embryos because we and Epirus. The army sent to Thessaly was term as in 1910 quence to Greece because less than a year General Secretary of the Labor can only manage one,” she said. commanded by Crown Prince Constantine which accelerated the process of Crete’s after the dissolution of EKKA Greece would and Social Welfare Ministry in “As long as Greece has high who was the only Greek military officer with union with Greece which formally occurred be plunged into a catastrophic civil war that Greece. unemployment, it may be good the rank of General. The Turks were led by in May 1913. The Greco-Turkish War, despite directly followed Axis Occupation of five “We need to allocate more luck that there’s not a baby Commander Edhem Pasha who led a force the autonomous nature of governance that years. The would last 3 years money to create the services boom,” Byron Kotzamanis, a de - that was numerically and more crucially Crete was awarded,was an overwhelming and 6 months from from March 30, 1946 to needed for families and chil - mography professor at the Uni - vastly better equipped than their Greek foes. Ottoman victory, something that Greeks October 16, 1949. Many of the members of dren,” Karellas told the Times. versity of Thessaly told the It wouldn’t take long after the war com - wouldn’t soon forget and Eleftherios Venize - ELAS and other smaller resistance groups “But it’s hard to do amid the cri - Times. menced that the Greeks were exposed for los a little over a decade later would come who were turned communist in response to sis,” he said too, although “If there was,” he added, “We being completely unready for military mobi - to national prominence with his “Megali growing fascism in Europe joined the fighting Tsipras has been able to find might have more problems right lization. The Greek armed forces were em - Idea” of a greater Greek state. The army and arm of the KKE communist party of Greece money to hire unqualified Spe - now.” barrassed on the mainland and routed forc - government under his watch would be fun - called the DSE. In addition to war ravaged cial Advisors at salaries of 2,000 Said welfare official Karellas: ing the Great Powers to step in and coax the damentally altered and organized in a way countryside and cities the political climate euros ($2129.70) per month “If we don’t fix this, in 20 years Ottomans to sign an armistice before they that propelled Greece to stunning military in Greece would take decades to stabilize and pack his government with we’ll be a country of old people. marched all the way to Morea and recon - successes from 1912-1920. again. cronies and patronage hires, “The fact is, it’s a disaster.” 10 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 22-28, 2017

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That might cize the attendance as the Letter been there, but comparing at - died for freedom, why should help more than just waving a Assistant Executive Editor Eleni Sakellis to the Editor did in the April 15 tendance figures from one year they bother with the Parade? flag in New York. Religion Editor Theodore Kalmoukos issue, when everyone knows it to the next does not make peo - Education is the key. Contributing Editor Constantinos E. Scaros is much more fun to march than ple want to participate or watch Also, to truly support Greece, Soula Z. 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It is a free country. can also be faxed to (718) 472- There are also people who can - 0510 or e-mailed to not attend the Parade due to Church Participation: a [email protected] . health problems. we reserve the right to edit Making the Parade a more letters for publication and re - entertaining event to watch Matter of Leadership gret that we are unable to ac - might increase attendance, but knowledge or return those left it doesn’t make anyone more or unpublished. less Greek whether or not they GEOrGE SArAFOGlOu / SPECiAl TO THE NATiONAl HErAlD Once again, helped by good weather, our churches were march in a Parade. The fact that filled on the evening of the Resurrection, even as during the rest of Holy Week there were fewer people in the pews than last year. COMMENTARY A sea of people of all ages suddenly gathered in our churches, almost out of nowhere, with lit candles, with rever - ence and devotion, with a need for the warm feeling of partic - ipation, to hear Christos Anesti from our priests, to take heart Lessons from Ancient Athens on the Immigration Issue to continue in life. It is in our churches where we pray, where we gather, where we see one another, where we drink coffee together after the By Dr. John A. Liturgy. Moreover, is it is where the “heart” of religion, as well Koumoulides as our distinct identity, beats. For various reasons, only a small percentage, unfortunately, Dealing with the issue of im - of Greek-Americans are church members. According to reliable migration, Ancient Athens and information, a mere 10%. A very small portion indeed. This its approach to the economic places a large and unfair financial burden on members, while humanitarian and social issue others reap the services offered by the church, when they need can teach a lesson. them, without participating except only a few times a year, Fifth century Athens was the like at Christmas and Easter. place to be. Athenians first de - While no one can expect 100% participation, 10% or even veloped the system and ideals 15% participation is too low. What keeps almost 90% of our of democracy, democratia, and people away from the Church? the rule of law, nomos. Some people attribute the reduced participation to the use The reason for Athens’ con - of the Greek language. Sounds like a lame excuse and, in fact, trol of immigrants (Metoikoi, it is very likely that the opposite holds true, since the use of “those who change their habi - Greek during Liturgy is limited nowadays, even in communities tation”- Metics) was security in which it shouldn’t be. But trends sweep over everything. and suspicions of aliens (war be - And besides, the total disappearance of the Greek language, ing endemic in the ancient in addition to distancing the Greek-born, deprives the Liturgy world) and paranoia about the of its identity, its ritual, its essence. “purity” of Athenian citizenship, We would argue that Church participation has much to do religion, and cultural Ethos. THE SCHOOl OF ATHENS/ rAPHAEl/1509–1511/VATiCAN CiTy with our clergy, the example they set, and the caliber of our hi - Aliens were welcome in Athens, Athens was an open, democratic city to all who behaved and erarchy. We have seen churches with little participation be but any non-Athenian who respected its laws and institutions. Intellectuals flocked to filled every Sunday after a change of priest, but we have also wanted to take up residence in Athens to prosper there as teachers. LEFT: The orator Lysias seen the opposite. And we have seen churches fully packed Athens, temporary or perma - (c. 459-380 BC) was a metic who made his fortune by writing when an archbishop would worship in them, and we have seen nent, had to fulfill certain con - speeches for others churches attract few congregants – to an extent that makes ditions. one uncomfortable – when another archbishop attends. First, they registered with the It was considered a privilege Actually, Plato’s famous dia - The opportunities given to the Church during Easter are local authority (the Demos, for the metics to live in Athens. logue, The Republic, was set in huge. To carry out its Christian mission. To unite, inspire, and roughly “parish”) where they It was a powerful, flourishing, his house; intellectuals like guide our people. Yet also to take a leading role, certainly with - were living. These registers “international” city: fortunes to Sophist and philosopher Pro - out imposing, to the preservation of special identity and culture were kept for administrative be made from being part of it. tagoras (c. 390-420 BC) flocked . As do other religions. purposes. Thus, since metics could not, to Athens to prosper there as Let us not fool ourselves. The church cannot fulfill its mission Second, they had to pay a by law, own land, they started teachers. Athens was an open, without it. It is unrealistic to believe that it will lead all the Or - unique monthly Foros, tax, and up businesses in Athens and es - democratic city to all who be - thodox, that it will create a Church of all nations. were liable for military service. ). pecially its harbor area of Pi - haved and respected its laws But as we said: like all things, it is a matter of leadership. They could not own land or take There was another most im - raeus, a prolific trading center. and institutions. any political role. The economic portant requirement, too: in - Economic success combined and naval power of Athens “de - tending metics had to find and with orderly, law-abiding behav - Prof. John A. Koumoulides, PhD And Yet, 49% of Turks pended upon the increase of At - secure for themselves a citizen ior reaped its rewards in social is an Honorary Fellow of Harris tic industries, which may be es - sponsor, a prostati, to support mobility. Manchester College at the Uni - timated by the enormous their application for metic sta - The orator Lysias (c. 459-380 versity of Oxford and Emeritus said “No” number of resident aliens, met - tus. A specific case could be BC) was a metic who made his Professor of History, Ball State ics, who settled in Athens and brought against any metic fortune by writing speeches for University in Muncie, IN, where for the purpose of man - thought not to have a prostatis, others; his father Cephalus, was he taught from 1968 to 2002. When the colonels seized power in Greece, on April 21st, ufacture and trade.” a guardian sponsor, the penalty a Syracusan metic resident of From 2012 -2013, he was a Se - 1967 – exactly 50 years ago- the vast majority of the interna - These metics had ap - for which was arrest, imprison - Athens. He made a huge fortune nior Scholar at the Woodrow tional community condemned the abrogation of democracy in proached the estimated number ment, expulsion, and even en - from arms manufacture in Wilson International Center for the “cradle of democracy.” of 10,000. (T.C. Bury, History of slavement. Athens. Scholars in Washington, DC. Today, the majority of the international community con - demns the imposition of an authoritarian regime in Turkey by lateral means, while emphasizing its key position in NATO and the dangerous surrounding area. Observations By Antonis H. Diamataris So, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdo ğan emerged victo - rious. Not with the wide margin he wished and hoped for. However, Turkey is going through one of the most profound Which Trump Do You Prefer? of “raping” the U.S. economy and unfairly that would be great. If not, we will solve changes in its history. It is equating its future with strong, au - taking jobs away from Americans. the problem without them! U.S.A.” thoritarian leaders, against the often chaotic and ineffective The Old or the New? But now he is offering China a better But he did not stop at that. In an inter - democratic system. trade deal if it agrees to help eliminate the view with the Wall Street Journal, he stated: Unlike President Johnson in 1967, President Trump was He was the different candidate. The non- North Korean nuclear threat. And not a sin - “I said (to Xi Jinping – President of China) among the first who rushed to congratulate Erdogan. He is ob - politician, who called things by their name. gle word about labeling it a “currency ma - ‘Look, we have ships headed there. He says viously not interested in... the details. The rich candidate who could change Wash - nipulator,” an extremely serious accusation, he knows it very well. I said not only are However, we do not want to dwell on what has already ington because of his financial situation, which he had threatened to do during the there aircraft carriers, we have the nuclear filled the pages of newspapers throughout the world. It is ap - from the moment he sat in the presidential campaign. subs, which you have to let him know.’” parent that Turkey is headed for trouble with long-term conse - chair. As for Russia, although U.S. intelligence (“Him” was North Korean leader Kim Jong- quences for both itself and the region. And indeed, he made a strong start on possesses evidence linking Trump’s cam - un) Dictatorial and authoritarian regimes always, or almost al - two of his key promises: immigration and paign to Russian President Vladimir Putin's (The reference to the subs is considered ways, lead to big or very big trouble. It is truly surprising that the health care system. But he fell short on attempt to influence the election in his favor, a major mistake of disclosing state secrets aspiring dictators have yet to realize this. both. and although he stated in November, 2015 since the submarine movements are never But what we would like to say, something we do not see He boasted that as a successful business - that he “got to know him (Putin) very well,” disclosed). mentioned much, is the following: first, we congratulate – yes, man, he knows how to choose the best pos - he recently denied ever meeting him. "I don't Similar statements highlighting the pres - congratulate – the 49% of Turkish voters who dared to vote sible partners; it has been proven otherwise. know Putin,” he said. ident’s determination were also made by “No,” despite the campaign of terror waged by their govern - At least two of his most basic choices – Although during the campaign he the White House press secretary, the presi - ment, despite Erdogan’s known vindictiveness, despite the Michael Flynn as national security adviser claimed the U.S. military is a “disaster,” he dent’s national security advisor, as well as brainwashing by the media. and Steve Bannon as White House chief recently stated that "it's so incredible. It's the Secretary of Defense. They are the future of their country. And their percentage is strategist – were particularly unfortunate. brilliant. It's genius. Our technology, our Referring to the aircraft carrier, Defense bound to rise and become the majority that will eventually He threw the first one under the bus. It equipment, is better than anyone by a factor Secretary James Mattis stated that “she’s on bring about change. And they will bitterly remember those seems he will also throw the second one. of five." her way up there [toward the Korean Penin - who did not stand by them... After he undercuts them publicly, he virtually And not a single mention of… the wall! sula] because that’s where we thought it Second, if we are not aware of the backward drift toward says that he didn’t even know them. Therefore, the “system” is heaving a big was most prudent to have her at this time” authoritarian regimes as a general trend of our times, we are So, “before the rooster crows,” before sigh of relief. and that “the mission was designed to pro - blind and we will pay the price. completing his first 100 days in the White But how will his voters react? vide the president with a full list of alterna - Russia and Turkey may be the most obvious examples, but House, President Trump is greatly distancing tives” for removing the risk presented by Europe is definitely not unaffected by this, not to mention himself from Candidate Trump. Without rul - North Korea. Greece specifically. It is wrong to consider the situation in ing out, though, that he might change yet In fact, all officials stated that the Presi - Greece as being naturally democratic. again. Korea, I Mean Australia dent’s “unpredictability” is a new glimmer That Marine Le Pen, for example, may win the next election So, what’s now left of the “old” Trump of hope, making our country’s opponents for the presidency of France says a lot. are the tweets, although they are different We all believed last week, that the US wonder when and how the US would react. Authoritarian regimes, in their current form, are on the than before. was on the verge of a pre-emptive attack Except there was one problem. verge of becoming a trend. And this is dangerous for both the The “post-Syrian attack” President Trump on North Korea. Not only was the aircraft carrier, not people and for peace itself. resembles the presidents before him more It was not our imagination. Statements headed towards the Korean peninsula, but and more. Except the people didn’t vote for by high-ranking American officials, first and instead was sailing in the opposite direction, this Trump; they voted for the “other” foremost by President Trump, were clear: to take part in joint exercises with the Aus - Trump, the “anti-establishment” one. Our patience – “strategic patience” as Vice tralian Navy. Let us look at some issues on which he President Pence described it – with North Various explanations were given when GUEST EDITORIALS radically and suddenly changed his stance: Korea is over. We will not stand idly by the truth was finally revealed. The National Herald welcomes manuscripts representing a variety of during the campaign, he sent shockwaves while it develops nuclear weapons with a So what happened? How was it possible views for publication. They should include the writer’s name, address, with his statement that NATO was obsolete, radius of action that reaches the American to “lose” an aircraft carrier? and telephone number, and be addressed to the Editor, The National useless, and that America would stop pro - shores. The most likely explanation is that the Herald, 37-10 30th St., long island City, Ny 11101. They may also viding military cover to its wealthy members “We are sending an armada” to the re - direction of the aircraft was reported incor - if they did not contribute their fair share to gion, the president stated in reference to rectly from the beginning, and it was too be e-mailed to [email protected]. we reserve the right the Alliance’s expenses. the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier which late to correct after having been discussed to edit any manuscripts that we publish, and we do not return or Recently, however, he told the NATO Sec - was heading toward the Korean peninsula. by the president. otherwise acknowledge unpublished ones. Due to considerations of retary General that he now understands that The message was clear to everyone. But one can’t help but wonder to what space we enforce a strict 850-word upper limit. NATO is “no longer obsolete.” “North Korea is looking for trouble,” the extent does such an unprecedented mistake During the campaign, he accused China president added. “If China decides to help, affect the prestige of the US Armed Forces? THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 22-28, 2017 VIEWPOINTS 11 A Cultural Introspection on Want a Bigger Congregation? Have a Drive-Thru Church

Celebration of Holy Pascha New ideas can be revealing make a donation to ally don’t want to “But if you create the drive- in more ways than one, particu - the church today, be there, won’t be thru option, no one will want to larly in how quickly they are of - for how much? And there; they’ll be in go to regular church anymore.” The celebration makeup emerges ten dismissed. Such may be the would you the drive-thru lane Really? Did the learning an - of Holy Pascha, rep - indefatigable. case with a notion I had while like any portion of outside. This sys - nexes and “for Dummies” books resents an indelible Churchgoers and awaiting to receive a couple of that to go toward tem will separate series cause people to stop en - reference point in non-churchgoers palms and a piece of antidoron the Philoptochos? those who really rolling in college? Did legalizing the individual and alike gather to - this year on Palm Sunday: why P: Uhh, yeah, want to be there abortion cause people to stop collective lives of gether – at least on not follow the lead of McDon - sure. How about from those who using birth control? Did validat - Orthodox Chris - Good Friday and ald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s, ten dollars? Half to just want the end ing same-sex marriage compel tians and Hellenes Holy Saturday. and have a drive-thru option the church, half to result, thereby heterosexuals to run out and worldwide. This Backyards and available? the Philoptochos? making the experi - wed a person of their own gen - feast of feasts is homes fill with Again, the important thing E: Thank you by CONSTANTINOS E. ence more fulfilling der, just because they could? part of the very family members here is not necessarily the idea Sir. Please pay here SCAROS for all parties con - Some will continue to shake essence of the peo - and friends who itself, but to analyze why steam and then proceed cerned. their heads at the drive-thru no - ple’s cultural by Christopher gather to crack is coming out of the ears of so to the Pickup Win - Special to “But if you just tion, simply repeating “it’s just makeup and world - TRIPOULAS eggs, roast the many, as they call for banishing dow. The National Herald get the palms and wrong!” over and over again, view. This column's Special to lamb signifying the me to the land of Nod (to join (Parishioner the antidoron with without choosing to delve more scope cannot do The National Herald Savior’s sacrifice, Cain) for even daring to con - pays and drives up to the Pickup a one-minute sermon, that’s a deeply into the motivation be - justice to the holi - and drink wine to sider such blasphemy. window) joke! It’s meaningless!” many hind their mantra. day's life-changing spiritual di - celebrate the holiday. Fireworks But wait – hear me out for a E: Sir, please enjoy this one- will proclaim. Really? More Others, though, might cut to mensions and revolutionary symbolize the destruction of moment: I am suggesting a minute sermon about Palm Sun - meaningless than those who the crux (no pun intended) of message resonated by the Hades and the Resurrection of drive-thru option to accompany day (Employee proceeds to read were sleepwalking and day - the matter: “if all they do is go Church that through Christ’s Christ, while kisses are ex - a full-fledged church service, short sermon). Thank you, sir. dreaming through the entire to ‘drive-thru church,’ their souls Holy Passion, descent into changed to display Love. The not to replace it. To review, two palm crosses, liturgy anyway, waiting until the won’t be saved!” But they’re al - Hades, and glorious Resurrec - entire neighborhood knows So, here’s what Palm Sunday two loose palms, no Commu - end? ready not coming to church. Ex - tion on the third day, death – when the Hellenes are celebrat - next year might look like: indi - nion. Here are your palms, a Not to mention those who cept for Holy Week, and with mankind’s ancient enemy – is ing Pascha, with the hospitality viduals, couples, and families piece of antidoron, and a don’t go to church in the first few exceptions to the rule, too now trampled down by death of the celebrants standing as a drive to church, as always, park newsletter of this week’s church many churches’ pews are empty, and life is granted to those in perpetual invitation to “come the car, and attend the full announcements. Would you like Sunday after Sunday. And the the tombs. and see” the message of the multi-hour liturgy inside. But some coffee and a koulouraki A drive-thru option reason some churches appear But then again, those inter - Risen Christ. This empirical ex - many others who prefer the fast- too? “full” is because they cover such ested in exploring those dimen - perience can best help one un - track simply pull up to the cus - P: I’ll skip the koulouraki – would accompany a large area of Greek-dwelling sions can attain this knowledge derstand what that monumental tomer service window and place I’m trying to cut down on my a full-fledged church neighborhoods, that their over - far better by empirically partic - figure of Romanity, Greek Rev - their order. A conversation be - carbs, but I’ll take a cup of cof - service, not replace it. crowded appearance masks the ipating in Holy Week – a week olutionary war hero General tween Employee and Parish - fee – a little cream, no sugar reality that the overwhelming unlike any other in the year, cul - Ioannis Makryiannis, means ioner might sound like this: please. majority of the parishioners only minating in the brilliant and when he says “but when many E: Good morning, sir, wel - E: Here you are, sir. Have a place, because their short atten - go on Christmas and Easter – if bright celebration of Pascha, people struggle and build to - come to St. ______. How may I great day and Kali Anastasi! tion span cannot bear the long then. which the Greek people do de - gether, they must say ‘us.’ We help you? P: Thanks, you too! wait? Are they better off with So, if you want them never scriptively call “Lambri” (Bright - are about the ‘us’ and not the P: Good morning. I’d like Granted, the above scenario no sermon at all than with one to return, just keep threatening ness). By authentically partak - ‘I.’” some palms, please. seems to make a mockery of the that only lasts a minute? them that their “souls won’t be ing in the unfolding of the The exhibition of philokalia E: Would you like them al - solemnity, tradition, and sacra - Consider that a traditional saved.” divine drama, the beauty of the (love of beauty) also becomes ready made into crosses? mental mystery of the Orthodox college degree takes four years And if the “marketing strat - hymnography, the mysticism of quickly evident. The beauty of P: Yeah, um, actually, how liturgy. And for those who see it to complete. Does this mean egy” is to have only one “prod - the sacraments, the very partic - the services, their harmony with about two of each? I like to that way, they can opt for the learning annexes, which offer uct” for fear that “consumers” ipation of nature itself in the nature, the poetry and melody make some on my own but I’m full church service, as always. individual, non-credit-bearing might choose an alternative, services (lending its flowers to of the hymns, the iconography, not sure I remember how, In fact, they might enjoy the courses – i.e., learning purely what does that really say about adorn the Cross and Epitaphios, and the symbolism that fill Holy so give me a couple of ready- liturgy much better, because for the sake of learning – should one’s confidence in one’s prod - its honey to make the candles Week can be found everywhere. made ones just in case. there will be no chattering in be outlawed? Should people be uct? with which we receive the un - The lyric poetry of the Church E: Sir, will you be receiving the aisles by people bored out forbidden from purchasing the waning light of the Resurrected is choral, like the classical Greek Holy Communion today? of their minds who can’t wait book Shakespeare for Dummies Constantinos E. Scaros' latest Savior, its oil and the resin from Dorian style, and the “heirmos” P: Umm, no, I probably for it to end. There will be no because they didn’t formally en - book, Grumpy Old Party (about its trees to light the oil lamps and “troparion” used by the shouldn’t. I didn’t even think crying babies and restless chil - roll in college and spend the the 2016 presidential election), and make the incense that ac - Church’s melodists are the same about it really – maybe next dren. No endless lines on which previous semester taking Intro - is available for purchase on company the prayers offered as Pindar’s “strophe” (formal week. to stand to await Communion duction to Literature as a pre - amazon.com and in bookstores throughout the week, and the opening) and “antistrophe” E: Ok sir, would you care to or antidoron. The ones who re - requisite? nationwide. (which mirrors the strophe), while the Byzantine “katavasia” is nothing more than the “epode” – the final closing sec - LETTER FROM ATHENS tion that features a different length and metrical structure. Moreover, one marvels at the fact that the verses of a tropar - From Hero to Hypocrite: Tsipras’ Transmogrification ion or even a full Canon (con - taining 9 odes) are sometimes written by different authors but When elected in January, mands for austerity mocratic Align - his referendum reneging. “The nonetheless complete each 2015 – a fluke that never would from the Troika of ment? The neo- most charitable interpretation other perfectly. Prime examples have happened had then-Prime the European Nazi Golden of Tspiras’ behavior is that, be - of such masterpieces are the Minister not Union-European Dawn? There’s fore the referendum, he was Hymn of Kassiani, written by a nominated his party’s vice pres - Central Bank-Euro - nowhere for caught in an untenable position nun who nearly became em - ident to be Greece’s president – pean Stability Mech - Greeks to turn between the demands of inter - press before taking her vows, Alexis “Che” Tsipras’ fans saw anism, who – along which explains national negotiators and and completed by Emperor him as a savior to break the with the Interna - why Tsipras – after promises he had made to his Theophilos, or the Canon of death grip austerity had on tional Monetary reneging on his base, and decided to try to pri - Good Friday, also attributed to them. Fund – hold the own referendum oritize his base. After the refer - Kassiani and completed by How could they not? The mortgage on he called in July endum, he could at least say to Bishop Mark of Hydrous and Looney Left SYRIZA leader said Greece, Tsipras re - 2015 urging them that he had fought and Cosmas the Melodist. The inter - he would defy international peated his mantra by ANDY Greeks to back lost.” explosion of spring in the air to changing musical tones, which creditors he said enslaved of lies. DABILIS him in rejecting In July, 2015, after he re - join the faithful who congregate affect the listeners’ mood and Greeks to debt and decades of “There is no way more austerity neged on the referendum, the outside the churches on Good mindset, as Plato notes in his despair, would reverse pay and we are going to leg - Special to (they did, he Australian wrote of SYRIZA Friday and the Resurrection Republic, are also used master - pension cuts, cut taxes, stop the islate even one euro The National Herald didn’t) - called that, “during their five months Vigil, with nature returning to fully, with the somber hymns of sale of state assets and put peo - more than what was snap elections in in office, the left-wing fire - life in a symbolic show of the 2nd Tone and its plagal (Ly - ple back to work, his grand agreed in the bailout,” he said, September and beat New brands have made a habit of homage to Christ – the source dian), giving way to the cele - scheme to kickstart a Leftist rev - referring to a third rescue pack - Democracy again. ramping up their rhetoric to the of all life itself – who rose from bratory hymns penned by St. olution across Europe. age of 86 billion euros ($92.22 So let’s take a little walk point where they have been ac - the dead to restore the life of John of Damascus in the 1st He had delusions of billion) he sought and accepted down Memory Lane, which is cused of misleading the Greek His creations), they can develop Tone and its plagal on the feast grandeur, of being Europe’s Fi - after swearing he would do nei - paved with lies and good inten - people.” a much more grounded under - of the Resurrection (Dorian). del but was really just like the ther. tions, just like the road to hell Two months before the ref - standing of the spiritual compo - Perhaps what best stands out turncoat revolutionaries in Technically speaking, he was that erendum, Truthout, in a piece nent of this feast. is the philanthropy that charac - Woody Allen’s Bananas who telling the truth because he did - called “SYRIZA: Lies, Broken They can also better under - terizes these holy days. The turned out to be just as bad as n’t agree to one more euro of Promises and Prolonged Auster - stand its cultural parameters, spirit of “metanoia” and return - the people they overthrew, austerity: he agreed to billions ity,” wrote “the past three which remain deep in the heart ing to where one belongs. Like worse really because of the false more in pension cuts, tax hikes months have seen, in Greece, a of the Hellenic people, who feel the characters in one of Papa - promises sold to get into power and taxing low-income fami - continuation of the same exact the “intoxication” of the Bride diamantis’ Paschal stories who and stay there. lies without mentioning one policies of austerity and privati - (the Church) regaining its Bride - have become alienated from so - Shortly after being elected, of his campaign phrases to zation and the continued deci - groom (Christ) “in their hearts ciety, broken off communion Tsipras found himself glorified “crush the oligarchy” who in - mation of Greece's battered so - more than any other people be - with their fellow men, or trans - by out-of-town press who actu - stead crushed him. cial state. Moreover, we have cause no other Christian holiday gressed in some way, the “mira - ally used the word “charisma” The same CNN piece seen most of Syriza's pre-elec - holds the place that the feast of cle” of their “renewal” is ever to describe him when he’s about quoted a man identified only tion promises and rhetoric re - Pascha does among them.” As present. The warmness of some as exciting as watching paint dry as Nikos who explained why he neged upon, via the continua - Greece’s Paschal paeanist kindred soul, the realization of and is more wooden than voted for Tsipras and tion of the same sorts Alexandros Papadiamantis their sinfulness, the open em - Stephen Seagal. SYRIZA after New of policies as be - writes “for Greek people, Lambri brace of the other celebrants CNN said then: “For many on Democracy and PASOK fore.” rises and sets with the boister - willing to forgive and accept the the streets of Athens it's his (now Democratic Align - In February ous dispersing and supreme ex - other as they are, despite their words that matter – his promise ment) pounded and this year, Fair alting of people who still retain shortcomings…complete the of ‘no more bailouts, no more punished workers, Observer wrote as in their veins some drops of celebration. submission, no more blackmail - pensioners and the Tsipras was still blood from our untamed and And inherently, at some point ing.’ It's a message of hope that poor with brutal mea - pretending to unbridled fathers, who were the thoughts of the Hellenes resonates with those across this sures the lenders defy the Troika pacified by love of freedom.” also turn to their longsuffering country, hardened by years of demanded. that, “It appears the There are so many cultural homeland, where the Passion the EU's bitter medicine: auster - But nothing, party’s perceived ide - characteristics that remain un - and Resurrection of Christ ity.” Nikos says, has ological betrayal and affected by the passage of time. brings to mind the many suffer - The words were forgotten changed. So, he and muddled populism To randomly note a few, during ings of their people and strikes before he sat down on the his wife are gambling have alienated Holy Week a transcendence of a secret chord in their hearts throne he created for himself, on Greece's leftwing the Greek elec - space and time occurs, as mil - with the prayer that their nation wallowing in his own hypocrisy. SYRIZA party, their torate.” lennia-old traits are relived and – which was among the first to Tsipras did nothing of what pledge to bring an Yes, it has but Tsipras, retained, often unconsciously, embrace the Gospel and serve he promised, of course, and in - end to austerity, and their mes - Tsipras kept Greeks on after with polls showing 90 percent despite the onslaught of global - it with the sum total of its his - stead doubled down on the Dra - sage that "hope is coming". promising them a detour to the of voters don’t trust or believe ization and the identity com - torical legacy – might also ex - conian conditions he excoriated Angry and frustrated, Nikos good life. him anymore will stay in power plexes plaguing modern Greek perience its own Resurrection as harsh and cruel, only to be - insists: “things can't get any The Atlantic magazine, on until 2019 because he’s shown policymakers. and Renewal. Christos Anesti! come harsher and crueler than worse with a new government. Dec. 16, listing the biggest bro - he’s a snake who can shed his Despite today’s extremely in - the people he replaced. Ba - And if they do, we'll vote again ken promises of the year put skin to stay alive. dividualized society, the collec - Follow me on Twitter nanas, you know. for someone else.’’ Tsipras at third for surrendering tive nature of the Hellenic social @CTripoulas On Jan. 24, facing more de - Who? New Democracy? De - to the lenders yet again and for [email protected] 12 VIEWPOINTS THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 22-28, 2017 World Heritage Day 2017 and Sustainable Tourism: A Great Opportunity for Greece

By Dimitra Pontoporou cultural tourism accounts for tific Committees to share and through cultural routes. In oth - crowd in no more that ten sites, tourism marketing strategies, 37% of global tourism, and fur - raise awareness of innovative ers, particularly African coun - while hundreds of other sites in dynamic communication tools What can Greece produce thermore affirms that it will con - initiatives and current best prac - tries, tourists engage in local Greece remain either unknown and sites promotion through and sell into international mar - tinue to grow 15% each year. tices in the field of Cultural Her - dancing activities; local commu - to the majority or less visited. digital technology. Besides mar - kets, particularly under the cur - The question is how can Greece itage and Sustainable Tourism nities embrace their culture and With global international keting planning for partnerships rent circumstances? We tend to get a bigger share of this mar - with their local communities. design services and activities tourist arrivals reaching one bil - and networking would it be so underestimate that Greece owns ket? For many countries and com - that boost their economy. lion each year, and growth only difficult or so expensive for EOT a product that is unique, well Every year, since 1982, on munities, cultural tourism is un - Cultural expected to increase, opportu - offices and Greek Consulates known and attractive to the April 18, the International derstood as a tourism branch holds the potential of a distinc - nities in the tourism industry are around the world to organize world’s citizens: Greece’s her - Council on Monuments and tive advantage: beyond our cul - endless. Yet, cultural tourism monthly events presenting less itage. Sites (ICOMOS) celebrates the ture, it addresses heritage sites, destinations are struggling in a known heritage destinations of Nevertheless, past and pre - International Day for Monu - In every region of Greece whose values and ideas have world that is full of tourism at - Greece? There is a human capi - sent governments and people ments and Sites. This year’s there is at least one open shaped the Western Civilization. tractions. How can the visitation tal of experts in Greece and lack a vision, the broad picture theme is “Cultural Heritage and The inherited relics show the of Greece as a cultural tourism abroad that would be willing to of what the country can become Sustainable Tourism,” chosen in air ancient theater and origins of many disciplines, arts destination be increased and serve this purpose. Classical and as a cultural tourism destina - relation to the United Nations many archaeological sites. and sciences of today. In their how could we scatter tourists all Modern Greek Departments ex - tion. Consequently, though des - International Year of Sustain - cities’ agoras, sanctuaries, and over the country and draw their ist in many Universities all over perately needed now, they don’t able Tourism for Development. sculpture, the Greeks incorpo - attention to sites other than the world and almost every de - have a strategic plan for International Day for Monu - that allows visitors to be im - rated fundamental principles of Acropolis, Delphi, Mycenae and veloped country has an archae - Greece’s future in that field. ments and Sites 2017 offers the mersed in local rituals and rou - their culture. The buildings and Olympia? ological school of Philhellenes One would argue that Greece opportunity for ICOMOS Com - tines, taking away not only the sites that convey these ideas The existence of our heritage excavating in Greece. A recep - is already a significant destina - mittees across the world to cel - pretty photos but also shared are still there. In every region is a prerequisite for the attrac - tion with olive oil dips and a tion for cultural tourism, the ebrate the positive outcomes of memories of unique experi - of Greece there is at least one tion of cultural tourists, but it is glass of Greek wine would make governments are aware that cul - a deepening partnership be - ences. In many developing open air ancient theater and not enough to increase the num - the experience more inviting. ture, creating distinctive differ - tween sustainable tourism de - countries (like Morocco) tourist many archaeological sites. The ber of visitors. Greece needs a Next to our heritage, our at - ences between destinations, can velopment and cultural heritage programs have been created submerged ancient cities and strategic plan to reach the po - titudes towards the xenos, our become a key tourism asset and conservation, and to reference that facilitate direct linkages be - harbors along the coastline can tential clients. Even more im - hospitality, and kerasma (offer - Greeks have realized that the potential negative impacts. tween artisans and tourists by become snorkeling attractions portantly, potential clients will ing) are of immeasurable value tourism is an income opportu - This is the first time that ICO - engaging them in handicraft ac - and the shipwreck sites scuba not be able to find Greece’s in - to visitors. Sustainable values nity. According to the World MOS has invited National Com - tivities and by connecting tradi - diving destinations. Neverthe - teresting destinations without that can contribute to sustain - Tourism Organization (WTO), mittees and International Scien - tional artisans’ sale points less, the reality is that tourists the correct combination of able growth and quality of life.

HISTORICAL COMMENTARY The Church of Russia, Pan Hellenic Union & NYC Greeks Mobilization 1912-13 Prestigious and Growing By Dennis Menos that tend to complicate matters By Stavros T. Stavridis public meeting conducted at the for God, King, and country and Greek war loan might have been at times. “First in honor,” Amsterdam Opera House in New also liberating the unredeemed misappropriated. This news item The emergence of the Russ - Moscow emphasizes, does not The Pan Hellenic Union York City attracted an audience Greeks living outside the borders was reported in other American ian Church as the largest and imply that the Ecumenical Pa - (PHU) was established in Boston of 5,000 with another 1,000 of the small Hellenic Kingdom. newspapers. Boston Greeks filed most prestigious Church in East - triarch has powers comparable in 1907 with the aim to assist standing outside due to insuffi - This would allow Greece to ex - an injunction through their ern Orthodoxy, after seventy to those of the Pope – the Patri - Greeks in distress and to pro - cient seating inside the audito - pand its territory and population lawyer Walter F. Frederick years of persecution by a brutal arch does not enjoy the jurisdic - mote the interests of Hellenism rium. The gathering is described and fulfil its foreign policy ob - against the PHU to stop immedi - and atheist regime that killed tional power over the Churches in the United States. It was dur - as a “wildly enthusiastic affair” jective of the great idea. ately raising any further funds thousands of its clergy and des - in the East the way that the ing the Balkan Wars of 1912-13 with many volunteers ready to The occupation of Thessa - for the Greek war effort. Some ecrated its places of worship, Pope does in the West. To which where it played a central role in go to Greece. Constantine Pa - loniki by Greek troops on No - $200,000 had been raised in should be a matter of pride to the Ecumenical Patriarchate re - recruiting and raising money for pamichalopoulos, the General vember 8, 1912, and the tri - New England which then was the entire Orthodox world. sponds in humility: “Yes, but the old patrida (homeland). Manager of the PHU and a for - umphal entry of Crown Prince handed over to Papamichalopou - This accomplishment of the is the Mother Lambros Koromilas’ appoint - mer Greek Minister of Education Constantine fired up the imagi - los. There were two reasons Russian Church, however, is not Church of the East.” ment as Greek Minister in Wash - and Religion, told the attendees nation of Greeks everywhere. which irked the plaintiffs. First, without troubling questions con - Major problems occasionally ington was part of the Greek gov - to do their patriotic duty for their This was reflected at another the PHU had gone beyond its cerning its future posture and surface, of course, that disturb ernment’s strategy to work with homeland either by fighting or meeting organized by the PHU original charter of being a chari - policies. Could the Russian the relationship between the PHU that Greeks in America at Grand Central Palace “to cele - table social organization by rais - Church, many skeptics wonder, Moscow and Constantinople. remained loyal to Greece. The PHU was established in brate the Allies and Greek victo - ing funds for political purposes. encouraged by its newly gained Such is the case presently with PHU had established many chap - ries.” Demetrios Botassi, the There was no problem in raising power and prestige attempt to the two Orthodox Churches in ters throughout the United States 1907 with the aim to Greek Consul -General in New money to pay transportation compete with Constantinople the Ukraine, the “Ukrainian Or - to unite all Greeks under its ban - assist Greeks in distress York, introduced U.S. Admiral costs of Greek reservists to for influence over the Eastern thodox Church (Moscow Patri - ner. It got a rude shock when it Colvocoresses to the audience. Greece; and as subscribers and Christian world; worse yet, chal - archate),” which is the largest tried to impose a head tax on all and to promote the The admiral told them that he members of the PHU, they de - lenge its leadership? religious organization in the Greeks hoping to raise $2.5 mil - interests of Hellenism wanted the Turks driven out of manded Papamichalopoulos The Church of Russia is country, and the schismatic ac - lion in 1910. All collected funds in the United States Europe and that the Greeks show an account of how their aware, of course, that “challeng - cording to Moscow “Ukrainian would go directly to the PHU in should cast their past glories money was being spent. To make ing” Constantinople for the lead - Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriar - Boston to cover its expenses with contributing funds and that aside. Their disunity leads to matters worse, Papamichalopou - ership of worldwide Orthodoxy chate).” Requests by the politi - the balance to be remitted to the “Crete must be freed.” Constan - their downfall but “you are now los departed for Greece who would devastate Orthodox cal and Church authorities of Greek treasury in Athens. Reso - tine Zampasulis, the editor of the united.” Other attendees in - failed to produce the information unity, and ravage the Ecumeni - the Ukraine that the Kyiv Patri - lutions were passed denouncing Greek-American weekly Satyros cluded: Augustinos Synodinos, sought by the plaintiffs. cal Patriarchate already under archate be granted auto - such a move. Even at this early published in New York, was over - President of the PHU in Boston, The counsel for the plaintiffs extreme pressure from the Turk - cephalous status by the Ecu - stage, they would find it difficult come with emotion after reading Harilaos Economidi, owner of would refer this matter to the Tax ish authorities. Accordingly, it menical Patriarchate, is causing to unite Greeks who identified out a poem. Then came the turn the daily Greek newspaper Pan Commissioner and Attorney Gen - has no plans to do so. This does themselves with their regional of the pastor of the Greek Ortho - Hellenios, Constantine Pa - eral of Massachusetts “ for pur - not preclude, however, the fraternal organizations. dox Church, Rev. (?) Curculis, pamichalopoulos, Dr. Thanos pose of instituting proceedings to Church of Russia from “compet - The Church of Russia’s In 1912, the PHU moved its who gave a rousing address Alexian, C.P Ralli. and Rev Cur - determine by what warrant the ing” for influence with Constan - active membership headquarters temporarily from couched in religious terms ap - culis. Synodinos and Botassi an - defendant has raised money for tinople, whenever opportunities Boston to New York since all pealing to the patriotism of all nounced that the Greek Govern - war uses.” No evidence has been arise that might advance is 100 million. Greeks departed from that city Greeks. He said: “Sons and ment through finance minister, found with the Massachusetts au - Moscow’s worldwide prestige for the Balkan conflict. It swung daughters of God. It is your duty Kyriakos Diomidis had autho - thorities instituting formal pro - and influence. huge displeasure in Moscow, immediately into action where to fight for the sake of God and rized a war loan for a million dol - ceedings against Pa - Moscow’s boycott of the Holy even threats of a schism. Boxed “Greek patriots” and “American your country. Constantinople lars to be raised in the US. This pamichalopoulos. His departure and Great Council (HGC), for in an awkward position is the sympathizers” contributed once was held by the Christians, loan would be covered by bonds from the U.S may have created instance, held last summer on Ecumenical Patriarch who has $70,000 to help the Greek cause. but now is occupied by the infi - issued to lenders who would re - suspicion in the minds of the the island of Crete, was one refused thus far the Ukrainian Many Greeks visited its head - del Turks. Your brethren in Mace - ceive no interest after 10 years. plaintiffs thinking that he may such instance. Although osten - government’s request for auto - quarters seeking information donia, , Constantinople, It showed the role of the PHU have made off with their funds. sibly the Russian Patriarchate cephaly, while also stating that about Greek affairs. and everywhere that the Turks using its influence in the Greek Synadinos rejected claims of opposed the Council because of he is “praying that the Ukrainian Besides its enlistment activi - rule are suffering from their community to help raise funds misuse of funds and declared its incomplete “preparations,” people will be united in one ties, the PHU conducted public atrocities. These Turks are at the for the war effort in the . that his organization in no way suspicion cannot escape that Church.” meetings where various speakers same time the foes of all civiliza - On February 12, 1913, a re - had not violated its charter. there was more to the Russian The Church of Russia is to - addressed huge audiences re - tion. Stand up and fight them for port titled “When Greek meets abstention from the Council’s day unquestionably the most garding the Balkan conflict and the sake of God, your country Greek” appeared in the Boston Stavros T. Stavridis is a historical deliberations. At the end, the powerful of the fourteen auto - rallying Greeks to do their patri - and civilization.” Evening Transcript suggesting author, history professor, and Russian Church’s absence from cephalous churches that make otic duty for their homeland. A The speech was about fighting that monies collected for the historical consultant. Crete deprived the Ecumenical up the Orthodox East. With a Patriarchate of the prestige and total active membership of 100 power of having hosted the first million (estimates vary – the Ecumenical Council after a membership may be as high as thousand years, while also trau - 120 million) it ranks fifth in the matizing its relations with the Orthodox order of preference af - Churches of Bulgaria and Geor - ter the four original Patriar - Welcome Spring with The National Herald gia. chates of Antioch, Jerusalem, There are additional reasons Alexandria, and Constantinople. for the reluctance of the Church The Church undoubtedly draws of Russia to outright “challenge” considerable power from the re - the Ecumenical Patriarchate, as lationship that it maintains with opposed to merely “compete” the Russian state and its current with it. The bonds between Con - President Vladimir Putin. The stantinople and Moscow go back arrangement, however, is hardly a long way – to the year 988 to new, and should not be a cause be precise – when Greek mis - of concern. Close relations be - sionaries from Byzantium intro - tween State and Church are an duced Christianity to the people accepted institution in Russian of the Ukraine. During the cen - society. State and Church were turies that followed, despite the intermeshed during Russia’s ups and downs of history includ - Tsarist days, during the years of ing the rise of the city of the so called “Great Patriotic Moscow as the center of Russian War” against Germany (when national power, the people of the Russian Church actively co - Russia never rejected their operated with the Soviet gov - roots, continuing to acknowl - ernment), and is now with Pres - edge Constantinople as their ident Putin. Mother Church and be depen - Concerning the future, it dent on it for leadership. Even would be useful if the Orthodox during the years of communist faithful worldwide (both lay and rule, when religion was in - clergy) would cease looking to tensely persecuted by the Moscow and its leadership with regime, the links of the Russian suspicion, and to fantasize Russ - Church to Constantinople re - ian designs against Constantino - mained intact ple whenever issues arise that Facilitating this process is the separate it from Moscow. Main - fact that the authority lines be - taining and enhancing Pan Or - tween Constantinople and thodox unity should be driving Moscow have been in existence force in the relationship of Or - for a long time, and except for thodoxy’s two largest Churches, an occasional instance, neither for it is only through unity that Patriarchate has attempted to the two can resolve the disputes violate them. The Ecumenical that presently divide them. The Patriarchate affords the Church alternative is too awful to con - of Russia and its Primate the template: a badly fragmented honor and respect it deserves and divided Orthodox Church, for being Orthodoxy’s largest with distrust and suspicion char - autocephalous Church; and in acterizing relations between the turn, the Church of Russia looks fourteen Orthodox Churches, The National Herald to the Ecumenical Patriarch as and Orthodox places of worship

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