S O C V st ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ E 101 ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald anniversa ry N www.thenationalherald.com A wEEkly GrEEk-AmEriCAN PuBliCATiON 1915-2016 VOL. 20, ISSUE 1013 March 11-17, 2017 c v $1.50 Greek-American Uber Beleaguered Greece Wants World Bank Aid Driver Helped Deliver Rescue funding could go towards Baby on BQE job creation

By Theodore Kalmoukos such a thing. The woman was TNH Staff yelling “I am in pain, I am in NEW YORK – Uber driver pain!” and I was telling her to ATHENS – While simultane - Athanasios Tsakalos had the ex - take deep breaths, I didn’t know ously declaring a recovery is un - perience of his life on March 5 what to do but I kept my cool. I derway, Prime Minister Alexis when he helped a pregnant pas - started seeing the baby arrive: Tsipras’ coalition government is senger deliver her baby. its hand, its foot, its stomach, I asking the World Bank, which He told TNH “it was around was holding it with the towel provides loans for Third World 3 o’clock in the afternoon when because it was cold. I was not and developing countries, for I picked up a woman and her pulling it at all, I simply was additional assistance. small daughter in Astoria. She saying to the woman to hold on The Radical Left SYRIZA told me that she was pregnant a little for help to arrive, but the leader said he wouldn’t seek a and asked me to drive her to the baby wanted to come out.” fourth bailout to supplement the hospital as soon as possible be - Luckily, Tsakalos said, about 326 billion euros ($343.07 bil - cause she was having pains. As 20 minutes later, Police Officer lion) Greece is getting in three I was driving on the BQE Rafael Mohammed arrived on international bailouts, including (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway) the scene. He has experience in a third for 86 billion euros she told me to stop. I asked her such matters “and I told him to ($90.76 billion) he also said he why? She said to me ‘my water take over the delivery. Immedi - wouldn’t seek or accept but did broke, I am giving birth.’ I ately, he put the gloves on and both. stopped the car, I gave her a delivered the baby girl in my car His government has been towel and I immediately called and ten minutes later, the am - locked in stalled talks for nearly the police and an ambulance. I bulance arrived. 18 months with the Troika of took the little girl from the child “The umbilical cord had the European Union-European seat in the back of the car and I wrapped around the neck of the Central Bank-European Stability placed her in the front seat, be - baby, but everything went well. Mechanism (EU-ECB-ESM) cause I wanted to give to the I Followed the ambulance to the which has demanded more aus - pregnant woman more space.” hospital and the only thing I told AP PHOTO/THANASSiS STAvrAkiS terity measures of the type he Tsakalos, 23, continued: them was that I don’t want any Angry Farmers Protest Tax Increases reneged on before. “There was a lot of traffic at that money, nothing. I only want to The news site Politico said time and it took 45 minutes for know about the little girl,” in Riot police clashed with protesting farmers outside the Greek Agriculture Ministry in Athens. Pro - Greece has turned to the Wash - the police to arrive. You can un - some way to be part of her life. testers are angry at increases in their tax and social security contributions, part of the income ington, D.C.-based World Bank derstand my agony, since it was Tsakalos, whose roots are and spending cuts implemented to meet bailout creditor-demanded budget targets. for a 3-billion euro ($3.17 bil - the first time that I was seeing from Thessaloniki, was born in lion) loan to finance employ - Astoria. He graduated from St. ment programs with SYRIZA un - Demetrios and speaks Greek flu - able to put a dent in a 23 ently. He works for a pharmacy Tsipras Wrong on Economy Recovering percent jobless rate, still more in Astoria and is studying soft - than 50 percent for those under ware development. He drives 25. with Uber to make some extra TNH Staff Troika of the European Union- ability to close another austerity “The government of Greece money. European Central Bank-Euro - deal with the lenders. has asked the World Bank to pro - “My priority was to get there ATHENS – Rejecting data show - pean Stability Mechanism (EU- The revised GDP figures re - vide technical and financial as - to this child and free the airway ing Greece’s economy shrinking ECB-ESM) since he sought and leased by Greece's statistical sistance to address pressing chal - up, so everything just kicked in despite three international accepted a third rescue package agency ELSTAT were quarterly lenges including: long-term one after the next,” Mohammed bailouts, Prime Minister Alexis in July, 2015, this one for 86 bil - and not final, which the Euro - unemployment, economic com - told reporters on Sunday, as re - Tsipras boasted the country is lion euros ($91.41 billion), pean Commission had also petitiveness and growth and so - ported on CBS New York. poised to show “exceptionally made his claim moments before pointed out, government offi - cial protection…In accordance Tsakalos said he almost can’t high” growth this year. Greece’s statistics agency EL - cials told the Athens News with World Bank procedures, believe what he saw that day, That drew immediate STAT revealed the economy Agency. any final decision on providing and noted that “I will definitely ridicule and mocking from op - contracted 1.2 percent in the “We are waiting for the April loans would be subject to ap - remember this for the rest of my ponents with the European last quarter of 2016. figures,” the same sources proval by the bank’s board of ex - life.” Commission saying the statistics That was far worse than the noted, in response to questions ecutive directors,” was the Both the mom and newborn are volatile and could change. 0.4 percent decline projected in about the figures released by EL - quoted posted by Politico and at - baby girl were taken to Wycoff Tsipras, whose Radical Left earlier estimates in February STAT. tributed to a WB spokesperson. Uber driver Athanasios Tsaka - Heights Medical Center in SYRIZA-led coalition has been and showed the deteriorating los, who helped deliver a baby. Brooklyn and are fine. locked in stalled talks with the effect of the government’s in - Continued on page 9 Continued on page 9 St. George in 4.1 Miles’ Captain Papadopoulos at the UN Turkey’s

Palm Desert TNH Staff Aegean

NEW YORK – “I am excited and Celebrates happy the documentary 4.1 Sabre- Miles can be viewed in homes around the world, to show the By Vasilis Papoutsis drama of the refugees in this cri - Rattling sis facing Greece so they can PALM DESERT, CA – The up - think to do something about it,” scale community of Palm Desert Kyriakos Papadopoulos told the TNH Staff in California has a small but vi - National Herald. brant Greek-American Orthodox The captain of the Greek DELPHI, GREECE– U.S. Ambas - contingent, and the center of it Coast Guard patrol vessel 602 sador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt, is the St. George Greek Ortho - based on the island of Lesbos is praising Greece’s restraint, said dox Church, steps away from the protagonist of the Academy America is worried about a pos - the famous shopping district of Award-nominated documentary sible “accident” in the Aegean El Paseo. short subject 4.1 Miles. Pa - over Turkish provocations. The city is mostly known as padopoulos visited Los Angeles Turkish President Recep a retreat for the many seasonal for the ceremony with the di - Tayyip Erdogan and nationalist residents who are known as rector Daphne Matziaraki. politicians are openly claiming “snowbirds,” and arrive during Although they did not win Greek islands near their coast the winter to enjoy the beautiful the gold statuette, they were belong to Turkey as he has sent desert weather and the pic - proud because of the over - F-16 fighter jets and warships turesque mountain and valley whelmingly positive reaction to to violate Greece’s sovereign ter - views, a welcome escape from the documentary that managed ritory and go past Greek islands, the cold Northern climes. to touch the hearts of viewers. especially the disputed rocky President Obama is expected “In Los Angeles, we experienced islets of Imia where the two to reside in Palm Desert, as did such an extraordinary moment countries almost went to war in President Gerald Ford. Most and felt pride because expatri - 1996 over similar tensions and people are more familiar with ates followed us in and out of claims. the city of Palm Springs, which the auditorium at the Academy TNH/COSTAS BEJ Speaking at an international is about a 20 minute drive away, Just days after attending the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Director Daphne Matziaraki and economic forum taking place in and has been the gateway to Continued on page 4 Captain Kyriakos Papadopoulos at the UN screening of the Oscar-nominated 4.1 Miles. Delphi, home of the Oracle in many Hollywood celebrities, es - ancient times, he talked about pecially in the Golden age of increased military activity in the Hollywood. Stars like Frank eastern Aegean and as the US Sinatra, Bob Hope and Dinah told Erdogan to tone down his Shore all had homes there. CCF Honors World of Emotions at Onassis Center aggressive rhetoric. The Greek community in the Neither NATO, to which both desert has been there for more countries belong, nor the Euro - than half a century. Anne Anastasiades By Eleni Sakellis pean Union, which Turkey Boukidis Michas along with Ann wants to join, have said any - and Harry Cosmos were the nu - NEW YORK – The opening cer - thing about the growing inci - cleus that initiated the begin - and Judge emony of the groundbreaking dents and Prime Minister and ning of the parish. Priests from exhibition A World of Emotions: Radical Left SYRIZA leader the St. Elias Greek Orthodox TNH Staff Ancient Greece, 700 BC - 200 Alexis Tsipras has left it mostly church of San Bernardino as - AD, took place on Wednesday, to Defence Minister Panos Kam - sisted in the spiritual aspect. In NEW YORK – The Cyprus Chil - March 8 at the Onassis Cultural menos to respond, and who has 1978, the first Divine Liturgy dren’s Fund (CCF) presented their Center in the Olympic Tower, in further provoked Turkey while was held at St. Margaret's Epis - Humanitarian and Philanthropic the heart of Manhattan. Among other Greek politicians are urg - copal Church and the Nicholas Award to the First Lady of the Re - those in attendance at the event ing calm. family hosted the first parish public of Cyprus Andri Anastasi - were Minister of Culture and In other issues, Pyatt said the luncheon. In 1983, the land for ades and special recognition to Sports Lydia Koniordou, the United States wants to work the current site was purchased. the Honorable Harriet Pavles President of the Onassis Foun - with Europe to help Greece Michas recalls when Metropoli - George for her service and dedi - dation Dr. Anthony Papadim - through its seven-year-long eco - tan Anthony “called me at home cation to the CCF at their annual itriou, Hi Eminence Archbishop nomic and austerity crisis. Testimonial Dinner on March 5. Demetrios of America, Deputy “Economic stability and pros - Continued on page 6 The event took place at the Loeb Permanent Representative of perity are important elements Boathouse in Central Park and Greece to the UN Ambassador of any effort to broaden Greece’s CCF National Chairman and Pres - Dionysios Kalavrezos, the Per - role in this region and in Eu - ident of the Fund Savas Tsivicos manent Representative of rope. And, therefore, my num - For subscription: expressed gratitude for the hos - Cyprus to the UN Ambassador TNH/COSTAS BEJ ber one priority is to sustain the 718.784.5255 pitality and generosity of owner Kornelios Korneliou, the Consuls Dimitrios Pandermalis, Director of the Acropolis Museum, and U.S. effort to spur growth and [email protected] Dean Poll. General of Greece and Cyprus, Greek Minister of Culture and Sports Lydia Koniordou. support economic recovery in The event is the last under Konstantinos Koutras and Vasil - Greece,” the Ambassador said, Tsivicos’ Presidency and was one ios Philippou, respectively, the Institute for Advanced Study, seum in Athens; and Ioannis the Athens News Agency re - of the best in recent memory. The co-curators of the exhibition An - Princeton University; Nikolaos Mylonopoulos- Associate Profes - ported. gelos Chaniotis- Professor of An - Kaltsas- Director Emeritus of the Continued on page 4 cient History and Classics at the National Archaeological Mu - Continued on page 5 Continued on page 9 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 11-17, 2017 Kavakos Performs World Premiere of Lera Auerbach’s Violin Concerto

By Eleni Sakellis also the abbreviation for New a thrill for audiences. He com - York since both inspired the municates such emotion and NEW YORK – On March 1, work. As Auerbach noted, the truth with every note, even the Leonidas Kavakos, the gifted goddess Nyx is the mother of pizzicato, the plucking of the Greek violinist, conductor, and sleep, dreams, and death, the strings instead of using the bow the New York Philharmonic’s fragmented nature of dreams on the violin, is evocative. Mary and James G. Wallach calls to mind the experience of Lera Auerbach’s NYx: Frac - Artist-in-Residence for 2016-17, people coming to New York to tured Dreams (Violin Concerto performed the world premiere live out their dreams, and like No. 4) performed by Kavakos of composer Lera Auerbach’s life itself, the fragments, mem - and the New York Philharmonic NYx: Fractured Dreams (Violin ories, and the contrasting expe - with conductor Alan Gilbert at Concerto No. 4), a New York riences form a cohesive whole. Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Philharmonic commission writ - The new violin concerto is Hall was performed along with ten expressly for Kavakos. The divided into 13 dreams, not Mahler’s Fourth Symphony performance took place at Lin - movements like most musical again on March 2 and 3. coln Center’s David Geffen Hall compositions. Powerful con - Born and raised in Athens, and demonstrated the remark - trasting themes highlight the Kavakos is from a musical family. able talents of both the virtuoso piece and the ethereal, and of - His residency with the New York soloist and the composer in a ten eerie sound of a musical saw Philharmonic features three solo challenging, imaginative work is the “evil twin” for Kavakos on appearances in repertoire rang - that draws its inspiration from the violin, as Auerbach said in ing from the Baroque to the con - the ancient Greek goddess of the the discussion on Tuesday night. temporary, his Philharmonic night, Nyx, the mother of sleep, The effect is extraordinary as conducting debut, a recital with dreams, and death, and also Kavakos plays this dynamic pianist Yuja Wang (presented in from the fragmented experience piece with his tremendous skill, association with Lincoln Center’s of life in New York City. technique, and artistry, all of Great Performers),and a Young The night before the world which have made him such a People’s Concert. Also in the sea - premiere, Kavakos and Auer - star in the world of classical mu - son he appears with The bach took part in a discussion sic. Hearing Kavakos play live is Philadelphia Orchestra; plays at Lincoln Center’s David Rubin - stein Atrium where they spoke about the new work. When asked about the new violin con - certo, Kavakos said the creation TNH/ElENi SAkElliS of a new piece is always a high - Composer Lera Auerbach, violinist and conductor Leonidas Kavakos, and moderator Theodore light. He observed that it is im - Wiprud offered insights at the Atrium at Lincoln Center. portant for him to identify with the music and the composer and conducts the Houston Sym - He has since appeared regu - Kavakos’ first release on the la - when approaching a new piece, phony; embarks on a recital tour larly as soloist with the Vienna, bel, of the complete Beethoven to like the work and the com - with Wang in both Europe and Berlin, New York, and Los An - violin sonatas with pianist En - poser, though it doesn’t have to the US; and undertakes a Euro - geles philharmonic orchestras; rico Pace (2013), earned him an be written expressly for him as pean tour with the Budapest Fes - London, Boston, and Chicago ECHO Klassik Instrumentalist of this new violin concerto was, tival Orchestra and a tour to symphony orchestras; and the the Year award. Later recordings but he has to feel it in order to Switzerland with the Mariinsky Leipzig Gewandhaus and include Brahms’ Violin Concerto perform truthfully, especially if Orchestra. Philadelphia Orchestras. As a with the Leipzig Gewandhaus the music demands a great deal By age 21, Kavakos had al - conductor Kavakos has worked Orchestra and Riccardo Chailly; from the performer. ready won three major compe - with the Atlanta, Boston, Lon - Brahms’ violin sonatas with Yuja At the concert on March 1, titions: the Sibelius (1985), the don, and Vienna symphony or - Wang; and, his most recent Auerbach offered an introduc - Paganini (1988), and the Naum - chestras; Deutsches Symphonie- recording, Virtuoso (released in tion before the piece was per - burg (1988). This success led to Orchester Berlin; Maggio April 2016). His earlier discog - formed. She spoke about the an - his making the first recording in Musicale Fiorentino; Chamber raphy includes recordings for cient Greek name of the new history of the original Sibelius Orchestra of Europe; Orchestre BIS, ECM, and Sony Classical. violin concerto NYx for the god - Violin Concerto (1903–04), Philharmonique de Radio Kavakos was named Gramo - dess of the night. The unusual which won the 1991 Gramo - France; and Budapest Festival phone Artist of the Year 2014. capitalization recalls not only mArCO BOrGGrEvE phone Concerto of the Year Orchestra. An exclusive Decca He plays the “Abergavenny” the Greek word for night, but Classical violinist and conductor Leonidas Kavakos. Award. Classics recording artist, Stradivarius violin of 1724. The Trial of the Parthenon Marbles on March 16 at Art Institute of Chicago

TNH Staff with the ancient artworks, but years for this case from the an - his costly divorce led him to sell nals of Greek history. CHICAGO, IL – After the suc - the Parthenon Marbles to the The bench will feature Jus - cess of the Trials of Socrates, British government in 1816. tice Anne Burke from the Illinois Orestes, and Antigone, the Na - Sometimes referred to as the “El - Supreme Court and Circuit tional Hellenic Museum pre - gin Marbles,” they were first dis - Judge Anna H. Demacopoulos. sents the Trial of the Parthenon played at the British Museum in In a special feature this year, Marbles on March 16 at 6:30 early 1817. Now, 200 years later, trial attorneys Sam Adams Jr. PM at the Art Institute of the Parthenon Marbles are still and Tinos Diamantatos will Chicago’s Rubloff Auditorium. on display. Since obtaining inde - cross-examine witnesses testify - The Parthenon Marbles are a pendence from the Ottoman Em - ing for the Greek and British collection of Classical Greek pire, Greece has pressed the sides of the case. Also among sculptures, inscriptions, and ar - United Kingdom for the Marbles’ the judges are Hon. Richard A. chitectural pieces (originally return, a request that has been Posner, Presiding; Hon. William forming much of the exterior refused on the grounds that own - J. Bauer; and Hon. Charles P. decoration of the Parthenon) ership was properly acquired. Kocoras. Attorneys Robert A. that were removed and taken The case of the Parthenon Clifford of Clifford Law Offices, from the Acropolis and shipped Marbles presents contemporary Patrick M. Collins of Perkins out of Greece. The Ottoman gov - issues of cultural appropriation Coie, Patrick J. Fitzgerald of ernor of Greece allegedly permit - versus the British Museum’s Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher ted Ambassador Lord Elgin to good faith ownership of these & Flom LLP, and Dan K. Webb ship the Parthenon Marbles from artifacts consistent with legal of Winston & Strawn LLP will Athens to London beginning principles. On March 16, the Na - also participate in the event. in1801. The excavation and re - tional Hellenic Museum brings Tickets are $100 and may be moval lasted until 1812. Elgin back the all-star team of judges purchased online at nationalhel - planned to decorate his home and attorneys from previous A few of the sculptures from the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum. lenicmuseum.org. AHEPA Bone Marrow Give a little bit of Greece to your loved ones every day... Let them start their day with the Ethnikos Kirix ! Basketball Tournament

SUBSCRIBE YOUR PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS TO OUR GREEK EDITION! TNH Staff and Silver Divisions, and the Steve Pappas Award will be given CHICAGO, IL – The 9th Annual to the coach selected for his or AHEPA Marrow National Invita - her ability during the tourna - tional Basketball Tournament ment to exemplify the character - takes place March 8-12 at istics of great coaching (i.e. lead - Chicago venues, including the ership, motivation, strategy, Northeastern Illinois University decision making, substitution de - Athletic Facility, North Park Uni - cisions, team preparation, and versity Gymnasium, and North - ultimately getting the most out side College Preparatory High of his or her team). The top offi - School. cial of the tournament will also The 28 teams will compete be selected and awarded the Ref - in 7 groups in the tournament eree Award of Excellence during that promotes the AHEPA Mar - the award ceremony immedi - row Program, education, raises ately after the Gold Division awareness of the marrow trans - Championship Men’s Game. The plant process, recruits eligible complete tournament rules and donors, and serves as a national information are available at fundraising event. This large, ahepamarrow.org. national, competitive, multi-eth - This year the AHEPA Bone nic, pan-Orthodox tournament Marrow drives are for Nick concludes with the AHEPA Mar - Dombalis, a 66-year-old hus - row Award Ceremony immedi - band and father of four. Nick ately following the play of the was diagnosed with Myelodys - Men’s Gold Division Champi - plastic Syndrome at age 64. onship game on March 12. Since his diagnosis, he has un - Individual awards will also be dergone chemotherapy, but a distributed for categories includ - bone marrow transplant is his ing Most Valuable Player for each only chance for a cure. AHEPA Group in Group Play, Gold and Marrow is hosting drives at Silver All-Tournament Team, and North Park University on March the Most Valuable Player Gold 11 and12.

For more information contact: [email protected] or call: 718-784-5255, ext. 108 The AHEPA Marrow Basketball The National Herald Tournament

T H D www.thenationalherald.com raises E L N A AT ER IONAL H awareness for the cause. THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 11-17, 2017 COMMUNITY 3 An Interview with Dr. Michael Kurnellas on Neuroscience Research

By Aria Socratous MK: Both of my parents are my neuroscience background when someone hears the word erative diseases, including for the disease, so what I focus from Cyprus but I was born and with training in immunology to amyloid, they rightly think of Alzheimer’s disease and fron - on at the company I work at is Michael Kurnellas is a beau - raised in New Jersey. I received continue my research on multi - something that is detrimental, totemporal dementia. what are the genetic risks and tiful mind who keeps the flame my Bachelor of Arts in Neuro - ple sclerosis. My research was such as amyloid beta in TNH: What is the difference how do we treat patients that of research and innovation at science from Drew University, I first aimed at investigating the Alzheimer’s disease, huntingtin between Alzheimer’s disease have those risks. We use the im - the highest level. have a Master of Science in Bio - mechanisms of action of small in Huntington’s disease, and al - and dementia? mune system to eliminate spe - His parents are Greek Cypri - medical Sciences and in 2009 I heat shock proteins that are pro - pha-synuclein in Parkinson’s dis - MK: Dementia refers to dif - cial aspects of the disease and ots and he was born and raised received my PhD in Neuro - tective in an animal model of ease just to name a few of many. ferent diseases that have mem - it seems there is genetic muta - in New Jersey. He earned a PhD science from Rutgers University We then developed many six ory loss and cognitive decline in tion that causes a lot of damage. in Neuroscience from Rutgers I did research on multiple scle - Kurnellas researches amino acid long peptides that patients due to damage to cells We have a very good chance of University and from 2009 until rosis at Rutgers and I focused form amyloid fibrils, which are in the brain. Alzheimer’s disease preventing the disease expand - January 2016 he was a postdoc - on Neuroscience. Then I went different targets that play likely not forming toxic struc - is the most common type, which ing that way. We are trying to toral fellow and Research Asso - to Stanford at the end of 2009 a role in various tures like the larger peptides or is why most people may use the find the cure of the disease. A ciate at Stanford University to continue the research on mul - neurodegenerative proteins. We found that the pep - terms interchangeably. How - lot of companies put a lot of ef - School of Medicine, where he tiple sclerosis but also to learn tides were anti-inflammatory ever, patients with other dis - fort into treating Alzheimer’s focused on the research on mul - more about the immunology sci - diseases, including and can suppress the immune eases, like frontotemporal de - disease by developing antibod - tiple sclerosis and on the im - ence of the disease. The re - Alzheimer’s disease. system, thereby reducing the mentia, vascular dementia, ies against the disease. There is munology science of the disease. search was in anti-flammatory symptoms of the disease in the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (“mad a lot of work done now trying He is currently working as a amyloid fibrils and the Mecha - multiple sclerosis. With my col - animal model. cow disease”), Parkinson’s dis - to cure certain diseases. In scientist at Alector, an immune- nisms of action of therapeutic leagues, we found that small TNH: What are you currently ease, and Huntington’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease the patient neurology focused biotech start- amyloidogenic hexapeptides in peptides derived from the pro - working on? have dementia, which is caused already has the disease, you up advancing first-in-class ther - amelioration of inflammatory tein could form amyloid fibrils MK: After Stanford, I joined by mechanisms different than cannot start curing someone un - apeutics for neuro-degenerative brain disease. and were therapeutic. When al - Alector, a biotech start-up that what occurs in Alzheimer’s dis - til you know that they have it. disorders like Alzheimer’s dis - TNH: Can you talk to us terations are made to the pep - focuses on developing therapeu - ease. The patient may suffer already ease, developing therapies that about your discovery concerning tides inhibiting amyloid forma - tics targeting the immune sys - TNH: Is there research about and experience a deficiency in empower the immune system to the mechanisms of action of tion, the peptides were no tem to cure neurodegenerative a complete cure of Alzheimer’s memory and these drugs can re - cure degeneration. therapeutic amyoidogenic hexa - longer therapeutic. It was very diseases and cancer. Here I am disease? verse that. Dementia can appear TNH: Can you tell us about peptides in amelioratin of brain surprising that something that using my training in neuro - MK: Yes. There is a lot of in - to people in early forties. There yourself? Where were you disease? could form an amyloid fibril was science and immunology to re - terest right now on what causes are genes that play a role in the raised and how did you build MK: At Stanford, I joined protective in an animal model search different targets that play this disease. There are genetic disease but there are other fac - this beautiful niche for yourself? Larry Steinman’s lab to add to of multiple sclerosis. Typically, a role in different neurodegen - mutations that increase the risk tors that can affect as well.

PHOTOS: TNH/COSTAS BEJ Greek Independence Celebration at City Hall in New York City Council Members Costa Constantinides and Paul Vallone, in conjunction with Speaker Melissa America. LEFT: The choir of St. Demetrios School in Astoria performed at the celebration under Mark-Viverito, on March 2, celebrated the anniversary of Greek Independence. The celebration the direction of music teacher Vangelis Chaziroglou. RIGHT: Fr. Nektarios Papazafiropoulos, honored Greek-Americans who have dedicated themselves to serving their communities. The Stacey Tzortzatos, George Kitsios, Elias Tsekerides, Consul of Greece Manos Koubarakis, Council Council Members honored the Greek Americans Homeowners Association, 9 HUGS (Help Us Give Member Costa Constantinides, Apostolos Tomopoulos, Haeda Mihaltses, Council Member Peter & Share), and Haeda Mihaltses- National Board Member of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vallone, Christine Koufalis Karanikas, Anna Maria Kalonaros, and Loula Argyris. Julia Kokkosis is Crowned Miss Greek Independence 2017

TNH Staff

ASTORIA – Julia Kokkosis, a pharmacy student at Long Island University, was crowned Miss Greek Independence 2017, win - ning the annual pageant of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York. Kokossis, who comes from Kefalonia, responded correctly to both categories of knowledge questions, and made full use of her mastery of the Greek lan - guage. “We all had a little anxiety before we stepped out on the stage, but when we got out there, I didn’t care about win - ning, it was the experience that LEFT: The contestants and Federation of Hellenic Societies I and the other girls shared that President Petros Galatoulas with the Board of the Cultural was more important. I am very of the United States and Greece their presentation, the candi - and find opportunities in other Committee and the judges at the Miss Greek Independence happy that I finally won, al - by Georgia Catechis. Angeliki dates did not give their names, countries, but it was negative that pageant. RIGHT: First runner-up Florence Emmanuela Dallas, though I did not expect it,” Korais welcomed the audience but only information about they would have to leave their Federation of Hellenic Societies President Petros Galatoulas, Kokkosis told The National Her - and introduced the judges. themselves. Thus, they were home and families to do so. In Miss Greek Independence 2017 Julia Kokkosis and Miss Athens ald. “Our main concern is that all known only by their numbers. regard to what they would do if Panagiota Chasen. First runner-up was trainee the girls continue on with us, The questions were divided they won the title, the vast ma - for Greece’s Permanent Mission even after the contest,” said De - into three parts: historical, reli - jority focused on wider contacts Fifth Avenue on March 26. Lascaris, noted that the young to the UN, Florence Emmanuela spina Galatoulas, chairperson of gious, and on the Greek crisis. in the Greek-American commu - “We should all be there to people of the Diaspora should Dallas, and second runner-up the event who addressed ques - Some of the candidates struggled nity, but also the possibility of or - support our country and to re - participate in the Greek Indepen - was Fotini Mamos. tions to the candidates, along to answer questions such as "the ganizing charitable and other ac - assert our pride in our Greek her - dence Day events. “It will be Panagiota Chasen (Miss with Despina Katsigiannis. birthplace of Theodoros tivities for Greece. The second itage,” said Kokkosis, whose sen - good for all children to follow Athens), Elena Melekos (Miss Greetings were sent by the Kolokotronis” or “why March part of the pageant featured the timents were echoed by Dallas. the example of my daughter and Aegean), Stella Fragioudakis perennial chairperson of the 25th is a double celebration,” evening gown competition, which Last year’s winner, Maria participate in such events. Julia (Miss Nisyros), Irene Koutsouli - committee, Avgerini Katechis and lost valuable ground in the won the audience's applause. Exarchakis, said “the tsarouchia will always be in the Federation, dakis (Miss Crete), Katerina and Federation President Peter pageant. After the event, all the con - marching up Fifth Avenue sends as she is in the parish and school Lampropoulos (Miss Messinia), Galatoulas pointed out that “to For the crisis questions, the testants said the diaspora should a strong message that Greece is of St. Demetrios. A child of the and Lianna-Electra Papandreou claim the title, the young lady candidates all noted that it was make its presence felt in the free.” Diaspora, and always close to the (Miss Patra) also participated in girl must have historical knowl - positive for Greeks to leave home Greek Independence Parade on Kokossis’ mother, Alexandra Greek-American community.” the pageant. edge and Greece in her heart.” The event began with the The competition started with singing of the national anthems the first stage questions. During AHIF Releases Spring 2017 Policy Journal

TNH Staff the intransigence of an authori - tarian Turkey, the continuing WASHINGTON, DC – The refugee crisis, the political quag - American Hellenic Institute mires in Syria and Iraq, the pos - Foundation (AHIF) has released sibility of a Kurdish state, the its eighth volume of its policy persecution of non-Muslims in journal. The online journal is much of the Arab world, and ji - available gratis at ahiworld.org. hadists able to mount terrorist The journal is a forum for actions in the West as well as in commentary and scholarship on the Middle East.” issues of vital importance to The issue’s first section is ti - Greek-Americans. In his intro - tled, “The Crisis in the Eastern duction to the current issue, Ed - Mediterranean.” Six essays dis - itor Dan Georgakas writes of the cuss the crisis from a variety of pressing foreign policy issues perspectives. The five essays facing the United States, Greece, that follow take on broader is - and Cyprus. sues that concern Greek Amer - Georgakas, a professor and ica. In the “Emerging Voices of TNH columnist, stated: “A new Greek America” section, young administration has arrived in scholars and activists discuss the Washington during a perilous refugee crisis in Greece, gay time in the Eastern Mediter - rights in Greece, and the Pon - ranean. Turkey is rapidly mov - tian and Armenian genocides. ing toward a dictatorial govern - Our two book reviews address ment while simultaneously the economic crisis in Greece questioning legally established and the some of the roots of the borders. The challenges remain: Cyprus conflict. 4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 11-17, 2017

LEFT: SNF co- President Andreas Dracopoulos spoke at the UN screening of 4.1 Miles which was recently awarded a grant from the SNF to support further screenings of the film.

RIGHT: The screening was well- attended and included a discussion of the film and the need to aid Greece in dealing with the refugee crisis.

PHOTOS: TNH/COSTAS BEJ 4.1 Miles’ Captain Papadopoulos at the UN Screening of the Film

Continued from page 1 Academy in 2015, without a they “are in a state of panic. corresponding notice to the “Our first concern is to reas - Awards and we were sur - crew of the Coast Guard patrol sure and to first rescue the chil - rounded with admiration and vessel - Greek coastguard 602 dren and then everyone else, love,” said Captain Papadopou - commanded by Papadopoulos, but their boats are overcrowded, los, noting that “the Greeks for the humanitarian acts during others are thrown from boats to when they visit Lesbos donate refugee search and rescue oper - save first, others push us to go clothes and toys to the children. ations in the waters around Les - first, but we try to do our job” “The clothes donated by ex - bos. Papadopoulos said. “When we're patriates are used to dress the Asked why refugees are on patrol our safety and security refugee children we pull from choosing Greece, not Italy, and comes second and we are al - the sea. The adults take them other Mediterranean countries, ways ready to put our lives at with them and are warmed by Papadopoulos said, “It is very risk to save our fellow man.” the love of the Greeks,” he said. difficult to reach the Italian Asked how the average per - At the same time, he expressed coast with inflatable boats and son can help the Greeks with his gratitude to the Stavros Niar - old tubs and they prefer Lesbos the refugee crisis, Papadopoulos chos Foundation for the assis - and the other Greek islands be - said “They can help NGOs, the tance provided in the produc - SNF COO Vasili Tsamis, SNF co-President Andreas Dracopoulos, and Permanent Representative cause they are very close. Red Cross, the Greek Rescue tion and screening of the of Greece to the UN Dr. Catherine Boura were among those in attendance at the screening. “The lights operate as a com - Team of the METAdrasi organi - documentary and the millions pass and orient. Their move - zation, the Smile of the Child, of dollars offered to support ditorium at the United Nations. Asked about the awards and the two hundred and more un - ments are made at night and both financially and by sending charitable organizations and ac - They spoke about the heroic ef - honors, Papadopoulos noted accompanied children and the when they see the Greek flag medical supplies and other basic tivities in the homeland. forts made by the end of 2014 that “the greatest honor is over five thousand refugees we and the Greek colors of the pa - necessities.” Referring to the On March 2 Papadopoulos until today to save from certain knowing we saved a two-year- rescued by the end of 2014 until trol boat, they feel safe,” he flow of refugees, he emphasized and Matziaraki attended the death the thousands of refugees old child who was trampled in today.” added. Referring to the that it is ongoing, but does not screening of the documentary, from Syria and other war zones the boat, pulled unconscious, Equally important was the refugees, he said they “carry have the intensity it had as in which was held in the filled au - in the Middle East. and brought back to life, and awarding of the Prize of the daily scenes of war” and that the previous two years. Cyprus Children’s Fund Honors First Lady Anastasiades, Judge Harriet George

Continued from page 1 ades and the General Consul of and friends the donations ex - Cyprus in New York Vasilios ceeded $100,000. violinists Maria Manousakis and Philippou to join in the singing of As they did last year, the CCF Gody Geil played beautifully and the last song. presented Anastasiades with a the Choir of the Pancyprian As - The event, as pointed out by check for $25,000 for the Inde - sociation under the direction of President Tsivicos is both the pendent Social Support Agency, Phytos Stratis stole the show and largest fundraising event and due which supports Cypriot students led the First Lady Andri Anastasi - to the generosity of expatriates struggling with financial prob - The National Herald Bookstore Exercise your mind with the latest books from The National Herald’s Collection Α Taste of Greece HRH Princess Tatiana THE PERFECT GIFT Diana Farr Louis FOR CHRISTMAS NOT JUST ANOTHER COOKBOOK, A Taste of Greece could have been called For the Love of Greece, as it became a pro - ject that brought together well-known per - ABOVE: Accountant General of Cyprus Rea Georgiou, First Lady of Cyprus Andri Anastasiades, Judge Harriet Pavles George, and His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios. BELOW: Among those sonalities from across the world who all in attendance at the event was news reporter and anchor John Metaxas, on the right, who share a special bond with this ever-fasci - served as Emcee. nating Mediterranean country. They gave lems due to the crisis. CCF First us their favourite recipes, told us of their Vice President Nicos Zittis during much-loved foods, and opened their the keynote speech mentioned hearts as they shared their memories and the donation and encouraged all to participate. revealed what Greece means to them. A John Metaxas, MC of the Taste of Greece represents a collaborative event discussed the Cyprus issue effort between HRH Princess Tatiana, and noted that his daughter after her graduation taught in a Nicosia who has made Athens her home since school. 2013; Diana Farr Louis, a New Yorker The Chairman of the CCF Scholarship Committee Charles who first came to Greece in 1963; and Anastasiou discussed the role of the Athens-based NGO BOROUME ("We education and observed that the Can"]. Founded in 2011, BOROUME is Committee was established in 1980 and since then has provided the only nonprofit organization in over $1 million in scholarships to Greece dedicated to reducing food waste Greek and Cypriot students. He and fighting malnutrition at the same also noted that the decision to $ 35.00 award grants sparked the Greeks invasion. out the message from the Ecu - time, by creating networks of food Includes Shipping & Handling to create numerous legacies. He reminded the Greeks to menical Patriarch and observed donors and receivers throughout the country. Through this book, AHEPA Supreme President An - support President Anastasiades in that 2017 has been declared the drew C. Zachariades noted that the struggle to resolve the Cyprus year of child protection. you will see, feel, and taste a Greece that may be new to you. Most importantly, you his parents came from Cyprus and issue and read the poem by Kyri - His Eminence then praised the will join a global community of active citizens who are eager to support the country that the organization is headed akos Palamidi “child with a pho - work of the First Lady of Cyprus they love. All proceeds from this book's sale will support BOROUME in supplying meals by a leader in the fight to promote tograph” and said, “you help Andri Anastasiades and Judge

b and solve the Cyprus problem. these children and they are grate - Harriet George Pavlis and for still more families and building a closer sense of community and solidarity. President of the Federation of ful to you.” awarded the Medal of St. Paul Cypriot American Organizations “Greece is always on the side and the Holy Cross.

a Kyriakos Papastylianou congrat - of Cyprus,” Koutras concluded. Mrs. Anastasiades was visibly ulated CCF, the honorees, and the Tsivikos referred to the role moved by the CCF award and the sponsors of the dinner, observing and the mission of the Foundation Medal of St. Paul and expressed ORDER FORm that “there are still many children and focused his attention on the her gratitude, noting that they in Cyprus who need our help.” Cyprus child sponsorship pro - “encourage us to continue to do Price includes shipping and handling . President of PSEKA and the gram that has helped four hun - our best for Cyprus and the Dias - Please return this form with your check or money order payable to : Pancyprian Philip Christopher dred children. He noted that there pora.” praised the charity of the First are many other children in the She also expressed gratitude National Herald, Inc . 37-10 30 th Street , L.I.C, NY 11101-2614 Lady and Judge Harriet Pavles program and invited the atten - for the donation of $25,000 and [email protected] • [email protected] Or charge your credit card : George, mentioning that the dees to sponsor one of the chil - noted that this year they have re - judge participated in the Pan - dren whose names were on tags ceived requests for grants from o American Express o master Card o visa o Discover cyprian Choir. in the centerpiece at each table. 1,070 students. αCCOUN T: εxPIR ATION DATE : Referring to the struggle for Tsivikos observed that the Di - The ceremony was attended Cyprus, Christopher said that al - aspora has donated millions of by the Permanent Representative ναμε : though 42 years have passed dollars for the children and that of Cyprus to the UN, Ambassador since the Turkish invasion the in four years of economic crisis Kornelios Korneliou, Consul of αDDRESS : CITY : fight will continue until we get to in Cyprus the Diaspora has do - Greece Manos Koubarakis, Gen - Kyrenia and other occupied towns nated more than a million dol - eral Accountant and President of STATE : zIP CODE : and villages that are our own lars. the Children's Aid Committee of PHONE : FAx : Ithaca. Referring to a Cyprus solution Cyprus Rea Georgiou, President Consul General of Greece in noted that “we are not for any of the Cyprus-U.S. Chamber of CELL : E-mAIL : New York Dr. Konstantinos solution,” but for the liberation Commerce Nicolas Nicolaou, Koutras spoke of his visits to the of Cyprus and stressed that “the President of Atlantic Bank Nancy SIGNATURE : Republic of Cyprus, seeing the Greeks are soldiers in the struggle Papaioannou, Bishop Sevastianos pain and suffering of Cyprus that for liberation.” of Zela, and representatives of continues ever since the Turkish Archbishop Demetrios read other Diaspora organizations. THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 11-17, 2017 COMMUNITY 5 Artist Jannis Varelas Talks to TNH about Black Frames at Onassis Center

By Eleni Sakellis Atrium, Varelas’ painting is central to Varelas’ work. He told there to greet them with light, TNH that earlier in his career NEW YORK – Artist Jannis Vare - color, and movement. As noted he focused mainly on black and las was commissioned by the in the description, “The work white and drawings, but turning Onassis Cultural Center New explores the complex relation - to painting as his medium, color York to create a new work in ship between self-knowledge became vital. conjunction with the exhibition, and identity within the context Born and raised in Athens, A World of Emotions: Ancient of social restrictions and impo - with roots in Ioannina, Epirus Greece, 700 BC-200 AD, open - sitions, and the emotional con - on his mother’s side and Corinth ing to the public on March 9. flicts that can arise between a on his father’s side, Varelas now The resulting work is Black sense of self and one’s role in lives in Los Angeles. He returns Frames, a large-scale, diptych society… [It] combines abstract to Athens often and previously painting on display in the and realistic elements to depict called Vienna home for nine Olympic Tower Atrium, 645 the emotional disruption and years, though he noted that he Fifth Avenue at 51st Street in fission between the personal traveled during that time as Midtown Manhattan. The exhi - and the social, the idiosyncratic well. A Greek artist in Greece, bition is free and runs through and the communal.” he said, has to travel. June 24. Varelas spoke with The Varelas told TNH that in He received an MFA from the National Herald about his work. thinking about emotions and Royal College of Art in London “And if the soul is ever to the space between human be - and a BA from the Athens know herself, must she not look ings, he created this metaphor School of Fine Arts. Selected at the soul?” is the line from with space and color to depict solo shows include The Breeder, Plato’s Alcibiades, quoted by emotion. The relationship is def - Athens (upcoming, June 2017); George Seferis in his poem Arg - initely charged, he said. New Flags for a New onauts (1935) and also the in - TNH/ElENi SAkElliS A casual viewer noted that Country/Destroying Elvis, Onas - spiration for Varelas’ Black Artist Jannis Varelas with his new painting Black Frames, commissioned by the Onassis Foun - the painting reminded her of sis Cultural Center, Athens Frames. Varelas noted that dation for A World of Emotions, in the Olympic Tower Atrium in Midtown Manhattan. her childhood. The honesty, (2016); New Flags for a New when the Onassis Foundation freedom of expression, and bold Country, The Breeder, Athens contacted him about the com - sketches and the final painting. that “it works in the space.” Peo - fantastic counterpoint to the colors recall childhood and in - (2015); and Sleep My Little mission and the theme of emo - Varelas told TNH that the ple pass through all day and can darker emotions expressed to - vite the viewer to reflect on Sheep Sleep, Contemporary Arts tions, at first, he didn’t know painting took two and a half enjoy the painting during their wards the end of the exhibition emotions and art in the contem - Center, Cincinnati, curated by where to begin. Soon enough, months. When asked about the coffee break or lunch hour since of ancient art in the gallery porary world. Xenia Kalpaktsoglou (2012). his extraordinary imagination location in the Atrium, which is there are tables and a café. The downstairs. As visitors move up It was only about six and a Varelas is represented by The led to dynamic preliminary open to the public, he observed bright, vibrant colors create a the stairs and back into the half years ago that color became Breeder, thebreedersystem.com. A World of Emotions Exhibition at the Onassis Center AHEPA Scholarships

Continued from page 1 Accepting Applications sor of Ancient Greek Art and Ar - chaeology at Columbia Univer - TNH Staff marked after April 1 will not be sity, as well as representatives considered. More details are of the Diaspora and connois - SCHERERVILLE, IN – AHEPA available at ahepadopfounda - seurs of the arts and culture. continues to provide scholar - tion.org. Artist Jannis Varelas, commis - ships for deserving students ECONOMOS SCHOLARSHIP sioned by the Onassis Founda - across the country. Among the The 2017 application for the tion to create Black Frames in many offered by the historic or - Peter J. Economos Memorial conjunction with the exhibition, ganization and its various chap - Scholarship is now available. was also in attended at the ters, the National AHEPA Schol - This scholarship is provided by opening reception. arships, the AHEPA-DOP District Order of AHEPA Chapter #260 Executive Director and Cul - 12 Scholarships, and the Peter (Chicago, IL) in District 13. All tural Director of the Onassis J. Economos Memorial Scholar - applicants must: 1) Be a high Foundation USA, Amalia Cos - ship are all currently accepting school senior who is graduating metatou, welcomed the guests applications. Check the guide - or has graduated in 2017 and is and expressed her appreciation lines below and the individual pursuing or will pursue a post- for the new exhibition and its websites and local AHEPA chap - secondary education by attend - upcoming programs. ters for more details. ing a vocational, trade or tech - The Onassis Foundation Pres - NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP nical school, or a college or ident Dr. Anthony Papadimitriou AHEPA's commitment to ed - university, OR 2) Be an under - spoke about the role of emo - ucation has been well docu - graduate student who is cur - tions and noted that the exhibi - mented throughout its his - tion's messages are timeless and tory. Over $4 million is universal. He said, “A World of endowed at the local, dis - Emotions and the programs that trict, and national levels to - accompany it are powerful ex - TNH/COSTAS BEJ ward the scholarships, and a pressions of the mission of the Onassis Foundation President Dr. Anthony Papadimitriou spoke at the opening reception for A half-million dollars is Onassis Foundation: to support World of Emotions noting that the exhibition's messages are timeless and universal. awarded annually. Thou - initiatives in education and cul - sands of young men and ture as a means to achieve social women have benefited as re - cohesion. Although this exhibi - cipients of AHEPA scholar - tion is a rare and thoughtful the - ships at these various levels. matic gathering of beautiful and The AHEPA National 2017 fascinating objects from the an - educational scholarship ap - cient world, it is also much plication is now available. more: a contribution toward a The applications deadline better understanding of our pre - is March 31. Any application sent-day reality. We are deeply postmarked after March 31 grateful to our distinguished will not be considered. More in - rently enrolled in a post-sec - guest curators for this important formation on the guidelines and ondary course of education by exhibition and its revelatory cat - access to the scholarship, as well attending a vocational, trade or alogue.” as to Scholar Athlete scholar - technical school, or a college or Bringing together more than ships, is available at ahepa.org. university. 130 masterpieces from some of DOP-DISTRICT 12 In addition, each applicant the world’s leading museums— SCHOLARSHIP must satisfy one of the following including the Acropolis Mu - The AHEPA-Daughters of conditions: seum, Athens; the National Ar - Penelope District No. 12 Foun - 1) Be a current or former chaeological Museum, Athens; dation, Inc. provides opportuni - participant in the Junior the Musée du Louvre (Depart - ties to pursue higher education, Olympics; 2) Be (or be the child ment of Greek, Etruscan, and to share cross-cultural experi - of) a member in good standing Roman Antiquities), Paris; the ences, and promote philan - of the 13' District (Illinois and British Museum, London; and thropic programs. The Founda - Wisconsin) AHEPA family (Or - the Musei Vaticani, Vatican City- tion encourages the der of AHEPA, Daughters of the exhibition explores the ideas development of civic responsi - Penelope, Sons of Pericles or and attitudes of people in clas - bility and individual excellence, Maids of Athena); OR sical antiquity toward emotion At the opening reception for A World of Emotions, hundreds of guests lined up to view the art - promotes and encourages Amer - 3) Be (or be the child of ) a and the ways in which the emo - work and many said they planned to return and view the extraordinary works again. ican values of family, participa - member in good standing of a tions were depicted, revealing tory democracy, and free enter - Greek Orthodox Parish within how some are strikingly familiar BC - 200 AD is on view Monday take place on Mondays, ter New York, located at the prise. the Metropolis of Chicago to us, and some shockingly alien. through Saturday, 10 AM to 6 Wednesdays, and Fridays at 1 Olympic Tower, 645 Fifth Av - AHEPA-DOP District 12 (please contact your parish Open to the public on March PM, with extended hours on PM and on Thursday evenings enue at 51st Street in Midtown Foundation will be offering five priest for this determination). 9, the exhibition is free and runs Thursdays until 9 PM, and will at 6 PM. A World of Emotions: Manhattan. More information is $1,500 dollar scholarships for Applicants must complete, through June 24. A World of also be open to the public on Ancient Greece, 700 BC – 200 available online at www.onas - the year 2017, three (3) High sign and return the personal in - Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 Family Sundays. Guided tours AD at the Onassis Cultural Cen - sisusa.org. School graduating senior formation portion of the appli - awards and two (2) College un - cation (Sections II-IX) to Mr. dergraduate awards. The dead - Nicholas P. Bobis by May 8. line for returned application is More information is available at April 1. Any applications post - petereconomosscholarship.com.

The Original Pocket-Less Pita®

We Are Flatbread TM FLATBREAD MEDITERRANEAN FOODS PHOTOS: TNH/COSTAS BEJ • Over 50 Varieties of Flatbreads SPECIAL LEFT: First Lady of Cyprus Andri Anastasiades at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Manhattan for the First Salutations to the Virgin Mary. RIGHT: His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios presided over the vesper services at the Cathedral. • Mediterranean Pastries DISCOUNTS • Ethnic Meats & Imported Foods OFFERED TO: Communities, Organizations, The First Salutations at Holy Trinity Cathedral in NY Church Festivals and Other Events TNH Staff Anastasiades, the Permanent Rep - His Eminence Archbishop Kofinas hosted a Lenten dinner. resentative of Cyprus to the UN, Demetrios welcomed Anastasi - Anastasiades arrived in New NEW YORK – His Eminence Ambassador Kornelios Korneliou, ades and wished everyone a good York to attend the annual gala of Archbishop Demetrios officiated Consuls General of Greece and Great Lent. He spoke about the Cyprus Children’s Fund where b at the First Salutations on March Cyprus, Dr. Konstantinos Koutras real meaning of Lent and empha - she will receive the highest award 3 in honor of the Blessed Virgin and Ambassador Vasilios Philip - sized the spiritual struggle and from the Fund established a few Mary at the Archdiocesan Cathe - pou, respectively, the president of fasting period, which leads to the months after the invasion in 1974 a dral of the Holy Trinity in Man - the National Charity, Maria Logus Crucifixion, the Resurrection, and and for more than four decades hattan. as well as leaders of the commu - Easter. offers help and support to or - find us on Kontos Foods, Inc. | PO Box 628 Paterson, NJ 07544 The services were attended by nity and other organizations of Immediately after the Philop - phans and needy children in / Kontos Foods T: 973.278.2800, F: 973.278.7943 | www.kontos.com the first lady of Cyprus Andri the Diaspora. tochos Society led by Dr. Miranda Cyprus. 6 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 11-17, 2017

FROM MY BOOKSHELF – A Recurring Column of Literary Reviews GOINGS ON...

n THRU mARCH 26 MANHATTAN – Kehila Kedosha ASTORIA – The extremely pop - Janina Synagogue and Museum, Gerolymatos’ Monograph on Greek Civil War ular Greek play, the Cockroach 280 Broome Street (between by Vassilis Mavrogeorgiou, star - Allen and Eldridge Streets), pre - ring Thodoris Petropoulos and sents an Epirotiki and Rebetika An International Civil War: might overlook it altogether. and fired a single bullet into her Fanis Gkikas, is produced for the Concert featuring Vasilios Kostas, Greece 1943-1949 (2016: Yale That’s why I placed it right at right temple instead, though first time in New York. The Beth Bahia Cohen, and Lefteris University Press) the start. That Gerolymatos did Gerolymatos points out this is Cockroach is the story of Bournias on Sunday, Mar. 12 the same prompted me to read unconfirmed. “Over a month Ioanna, a small red cockroach from 7:30-9:30 PM. Tickets are through those tables before pro - later…Papadaki’s remains were who struggles to achieve her life $20 and can be paid in advance By Dr. Constantinos E. ceeding to the body of the text. uncovered…not too far from the goad: travel to the moon. by check made out to Kehila Ke - Scaros In a gripping, easy-to-follow place of execution…All her Ioanna wanders around the dosha Janina and mailed to Ke - style, Gerolymatos takes us back clothes were gone, except for a sewers and dark allies, she is hila Kedosha Janina 1 Hanson Dr. Andre Gerolymatos, to late 1922, to the execution silk slip that was raised to her crossing the ocean, she is danc - Place, Huntington, NY 11743, or known to this newspaper’s read - of six Greek officials held re - chest and a garter belt still fas - ing and singing, she meets other paid cash only at the door. More ers as a longstanding columnist, sponsible for the loss in the tened about her waist, suggest - insects, rodents and humans, info available via email and who is also a professor and Greek-Turkish War that year. ing sexual assault…Dozens of while she has an unshakable [email protected] or by phone: Director of the Stavros Niarchos Among the essential names and students from the school of faith in her great dream. In fact, 212-431-1619. Foundation Centre for Hellenic dates, Gerolymatos mixes in fas - Drama rushed to the gravesite faith is all she has. The perfor - Studies at the Simon Frasier cinating details, such as that one and attempted to guard her mance is in Greek with English n mARCH 13 University in Vancouver, has of the men was said to have be - modesty by covering what was subtitles. Directed by Thodoris MANHATTAN – The American penned a gem of a book about lieved that his legs were made left of Papadaki with branches Petropoulos, the play features Hellenic Institute Business Net - the war between the Greeks of sugar and would break if he from nearby cypress trees.” As original music by Kostas Gakis. work requests the pleasure of (1943-49). stood on them. Robert Fisk aptly noted in re - The Production Manager is He - your company at its Monthly In - While the book’s scholarly Next, we are taken even fur - viewing the book for the Inde - len Driva. The show runs Friday, formal Networking Reception at format – replete with extensive ther back in time, to the well- Gerolymatos points out that pendent (Feb. 2), this is hardly Mar. 3 to Sunday, Mar. 26. Fri - Avra Restaurant, 141 E 48th documentation – renders it a to-do Phanariots, the Hellenes symbolic acts of resistance, such the image of “relaxed, laid-back, days and Saturdays at 8 PM and Street in Manhattan on Monday, valued resource for historians of of Constantinople, contrasted as taking down the German flag ouzo drinkers” that one typically Sundays at 5 PM at The Greek Mar. 13, 5:30-7:30 PM. Please Modern Greece, the 20th Cen - with the landless peasants of from the Parthenon were largely conjures about Greeks. He also Cultural Center, located at 26- RSVP to [email protected]. tury, comparative politics, and Greece. Setting the stage for the benign, but the harsh German drew parallels of the Greek left’s 80 30th St, Astoria, NY. For military conflicts, it is – perhaps Greek Civil War, he writes that counter-response caused signif - barbarism to that taking place more information call 718-726- n mARCH 14 even more importantly – ideal a century earlier, “the Great icant Greek guerrilla rebels to in other parts of the world to - 7329 or email info@greekcul - SOMERVILLE, MA – Swing Away for the newcomer to history, Powers (Great Britain, France, mobilize in the mountains – day. turalcenter.org. Tickets are $15 Greek Movie Screening at the particularly to Greek-Americans and Russian) dictated the sowing the seeds for the Greek Those atrocities, Geroly - for Students, $25 General Ad - Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis and, more broadly, to all Amer - boundaries and the constitution Civil War to follow. matos points out, served to mission and are available at Square in Somerville, on Tuesday, icans. of the country. The Greeks had Painting a vivid if dark por - erode the moral high ground the brownpapertickets.com. Mar. 14 at 7 PM. Swing Away is Just as there are relatively to accept a very small state and trait of what life was like, left had seized, at least in its a unique inspirational sports few Americans who realize that a foreign monarchy as the price Gerolymatos writes: “People own mind. But the right was n THRU mAY 4 comedy set in Greece. Following the military conflict between the for independence. Both conces - sought every means possible to brutal and unjust in its own MANHATTAN – The A.S. Onas - a meltdown that leads to a sus - United States and Britain did sions contributed to a national survive. They sold whatever right, often relying only on cir - sis Program in Hellenic Studies pension, professional golfer Zoe not end with the American Rev - restlessness that fueled irreden - they had of value to purchase a cumstantial evidence to sen - at NYU presents Greek Cinema Papadopoulos travels to her olutionary War (1775-83) – tist ambitions and created a po - loaf of bread, a couple of eggs, tence to death individuals ac - Today Spring 2017 Film Series grandparents’ village in Greece most notably, there was the larized political environment.” or any form of vegetable. Cats cused of insurgency, deeming on Thursdays through May 4 at to escape the harsh spotlight of British invasion and burning of The Great Powers subjected and dogs became a rare delicacy the mere fact that they were 6:30 PM at 12 Waverly Place, the international sports world. Washington, DC in 1814, during the Greeks to a monarchy, ac - and when those were not avail - members of the Greek commu - Room G-08, in Manhattan. Cu - Between baking bread and eating the War of 1812, causing Presi - cepted by them only partially, able, rodents had to suffice.” nist party KKE as justification rated by Visiting Prof. Eleftheris baklava, she meets and mentors dent and Mrs. Madison to flee and with concurrent feelings of Many with only an inkling of enough. Astrinaki, the series includes a ten-year-old girl who is deter - for their lives – there are far too ambitious self-interest, resent - Modern Greek history might be Gerolymatos explains how unique films such as The Lobster mined to become the next golf many Greek-Americans who ment, and confusion. surprised to learn that the Greek the Truman Doctrine and Soviet on March 23, Raw Material di - sensation. Along the way, Zoe re - think that since declaring their Moving to the occupation of Civil War did not take place en - leader Joseph Stalin’s reluctance rected by Christos Karapelis on discovers her Greek heritage, her independence from the Ot - Greece by Nazi Germany during tirely after the end of World War to test American mettle in March 30, 4.1 Miles by Daphne love of the game, and the hidden toman Empire in 1821, the World War II, Gerolymatos ex - II, but rather began in 1943 – Greece ultimately led to the Matziaraki and 722 TMX Engi - strength within herself as she in - Greeks had no problems with plains how at first the Greeks though the first phase was communists’ defeat. He con - neer Battalion by Yannis spires the townspeople in an epic the Turks until the latter’s inva - were hopeful that the Germans stamped out quickly. cludes by pointing out how the Koufounikos on April 6, Spring showdown against a greedy sion of Cyprus in 1974. would treat them humanely, but Sparing no gory detail in re - Greek Civil War “served as a Awakening on April 13, Golden American developer. More info Fortunately, this book is a that sentiment quickly dissi - laying a story that must be model for America’s interven - Dawn: A Personal Affair on April on www.swingawaymovie.com valuable guide to navigate the pated, not only because they known, Gerolymatos describes tion in Central and South Amer - 20, and Park on May 4. The film and 617-625-5700. beginner through Greece’s tu - brought in the Italians – whom the left’s vicious execution ica, in the Middle East, and per - screenings are free and open to multuous history throughout the Greeks despised – to be part methods, such as in the case of haps more dramatically, in the public and include appear - n mARCH 15 the 20th century. Importantly, of the occupation force, but be - famed actress Eleni Papadaki. Vietnam and later in Iraq and ances by the filmmakers. More CARLSBAD, CA – Floral Spring Gerolymatos places three tables cause of the way they helped As her executors asked for all of Afghanistan.” information is available at Seasonings Culinary event at – a chronology of events, the themselves to the nation and its the clothing, she “broke down, This is not a light read, nor [email protected] or 212-998- Kitchen Gardens, 5704 Paseo Del pertinent cast of characters, and spoils – from taking over villas and started to scream,” he would one not benefit from a 3979. Norte in Carlsbad on Wednesday, significant abbreviations and and apartments, to reserving the wrote, describing the subse - reread – perhaps to reflect on Mar. 15 11AM-1PM. Let’s cook terms – at the beginning of the choice entrees at restaurants for quent testimony of her accused some nuance missed during the n mARCH 10-12 with flowers! Join Chef Mary Pa - book, where they belong. I can themselves while the Greeks killer, Vases Makaronis. “They first go-round. It is a story worth LOS ANGELES, CA – The Na - poulias-Platis as we gather and appreciate that – as I did the were forbidden from ordering tore off the rest of her garments retelling, and Gerolymatos tells tional Hellenic Student Associ - enjoy a farm inspired luncheon. same in a book I wrote about them, to confining the Greeks and for a few minutes left Pa - it well. Anyone interested in the ation (NHSA) of North America You will learn all about flower the U.S. Constitution. I figured to a curfew, and compelling padaki shivering and whimper - history of Greece, or in the his - is excited to host our Hellenic blossoms and how to apply them if I stuck the actual text of the them to keep their shutters ing, waiting for the inevitable tory of ideology run amok lead - Weekend & Convention #XVII to your savory as well as sweet Constitution in the back of the closed even during the oppres - blows from the ax.” Makaronis ing to terror and full-blown war, in Los Angeles, on March 10-12, dessert dishes. Take away tips on book as an Appendix, readers sive midday heat. testified that he felt sorry for her would be well-served to read it. 2017! NHSA is the umbrella or - how to grow your very own edi - ganization for over 50 university ble flowers. Our Kitchen Gardens chapters of Hellenic Student As - is an outdoor venue, and this sociations across North America. class will include two creative ac - The NHSA has two conventions tivates, a floral design and special The 3rd Annual Greek Orthodox Youth Talent Show per year offering educational, food craft for a take home gift. networking, and social oppor - Tickets are $45 and available on - tunities for undergraduates, line at www.eventbrite.com, TNH Staff vocalists, musicians on laouto, Tarpon Springs, St. Barbara- Chair coordinated with others graduate students, PhD candi - search Floral Spring Seasonings violin, piano, and guitar along Sarasota, Holy Trinity- Clearwa - to prepare a medley of songs for dates, and alumni. Tickets: $15- Culinary Event in Carlsbad. PALM HARBOR, FL – More with Broadway favorites and ter, Holy Trinity- Orlando, St. the show’s finale. The demo was $180, depending on the pack - than 140 children and young dance routines ranging from hip Stefanos- St. Petersburg, St. emailed out months in advance age. The Ultimate Weekend BROOKVILLE, NY – The Ortho - adults in the Greek Orthodox hop to ballroom. One highlight John- Tampa, St. George- Port for all the artists to practice. The Package includes hotel for Fri - dox Christian Studies Center of Metropolis of Atlanta gathered of the event was 12-year-old Richey, and host parish Saints night ended with all the per - day and Saturday, admission to Fordham University 2017 Lenten from parishes all over Florida to Vasi Paris who performed a trib - Raphael, Nicholas and Irene of formers and volunteers filling all weekend events, and eligi - Parish Talks continue on Wednes - perform at the 3rd Annual ute Julia Mounts - an absolutely Palm Harbor. the stage playing instruments, bility for attendance scholar - day, Mar. 15, with "My God, My Greek Orthodox Youth Talent brilliant prodigy who partici - “It’s amazing to see these singing, and dancing. It was a ships. More information is avail - God, Why Have You Forsaken Show of Tampa Bay. Over 700 kids so proud of their Hellenic truly beautiful evening for the able at nhsaofamerica.org or by Me?” presented by Center Co- people were in the audience for This year’s show had 24 roots and Orthodox Christian performers and audience alike. phone: 917-805-3430. Register Founder Dr. George Demacopou - the February 19 show at the ideals,” said the show’s founder The proceeds of this unique at eventbrite.com. los at the Church of the Holy Res - Palm Harbor University Theater. performances, 140 and director, Erine Koulianos. event continue to benefit the urrection, 1400 Cedar Swamp Among the dignitaries were His performers, and Xrisanthi “What a blessing to be able to construction of the Panaghia NEWRY, ME – Greek Ski Week - Road, in Brookville, NY at 6:30 Eminence Metropolitan Alexios Giannis- Meteorologist of showcase these hidden talents Chapel at the Diakonia Retreat end at Sunday River Ski Resort, PM Pre-Sanctified Liturgy fol - of Atlanta, Congressman Gus and passions. It has been so in - Center in Salem, SC. “This beau - 15 South Ridge Road in Newry, lowed by Lenten Dinner and Dis - Bilirakis, Congressman Michael Fox News, Orlando as the credible to see the youth come tiful act of service will help to sponsored by St. Vasilios Church cussion. Bilirakis, Tarpon Springs Mayor Emcee. together in fellowship in a beau - create an environment which in Peabody, ME. Adults and Chris Alahouzos, Consul Gen - tiful spirit of love and unity.” ensures that our children, Family Ski Weekend accommo - MANHATTAN – Hellenic Profes - eral Adamantis Klotsa, Vicar Fr. pated in the first year’s show. The show takes an entire grandchildren, and countless fu - dations are at the Grand Sum - sional Women Inc. (HPW) is James Rousakis, and area Greek Julia bravely struggled with and year to prepare. A tremendous ture generations will always mit Hotel, special rates starting hosting a "Cocktails & Connect - Orthodox clergy. ultimately lost her battle to can - amount of hard work goes into have a place which reflects at $147 for quad occupancy. In ing" event at Thalassa, 179 The event featured performers cer shortly after her 2015 per - organizing the acts individual God’s glory and the pride of our addition to skiing, the weekend Franklin Street in Manhattan on of all ages share their God given formance. Vasi, was there to see acts into one cohesive and full Greek Orthodox heritage. The includes Friday night welcome Wednesday, Mar. 15 at 6:30-8:30 talents. This year’s show had 24 Julia perform that night and energy production with so many participants are exceptionally reception, special Greek enter - PM. Please stop by to network, performances (140 performers) told her mother, “Mommy, one talents coming from all over talented. The caring parents en - tainment on Saturday night and meet someone new or catch up and the Master of Ceremonies day I would like to play like Ju - Tampa Bay and beyond. Over courage their children to ex - Sunday liturgy. Junior and Se - with a friend. "Small bites" will was Xrisanthi Giannis- Meteorol - lia.” This year everyone in the 75 volunteers assisted in the press themselves in an environ - nior GOYA Ski Retreat-all-inclu - be provided by Thalassa and ogist of Fox News, Orlando. audience had tears in their eyes production including the ushers, ment that is supportive and sive trip staying at the Snow there will be a cash bar. Please The performers chose their as they listened and watched lights, sound, and stage crew. loving. The youth is excited and Cap Dorm. For more informa - visit www.hellenicprofessional - own style of art and many came Vasi play “Lyric Nocturne” on pi - For this year’s production, Irene are inspired by each other to tion call or text Mark Metropolis women.org for details. showcasing their original pieces. ano as her tribute to Julia. Karakoviros- vocal director, Nick challenge themselves in a pro - 781-771-4008 or email Included in the night’s acts were Among the churches that Macris- music director along ductive and creative way,” Met - [email protected]. n mARCH 16 Greek folk music performances, performed were St. Nicholas- with Maria Sarantis- event Co- ropolitan Alexios said. MANHATTAN – The Hellenic n mARCH 11 Medical Society of New York in - WEBSTER, MA – The Orthodox vites you to honor Maria Christian Studies Center of Theodoulou, MD, Medical Oncol - Fordham University 2017 ogy, Albany, New York, with the St. George Church in Palm Desert, CA Celebrates Lenten Parish Talks continue on Dr. Mary Kalopothakes Distin - Saturday, Mar. 11, “Why Be Or - guished Female Physician Award, thodox: Understanding Ortho - at Lenox Hill Hospital - Bruno Continued from page 1 church's first altar,” Michas said. riages,” Fr. Theodore Pantels, Pantels said. The church tours dox Spiritual Practices” and Conference Room, 100 East 77th Shortly thereafter, Metropolitan who has been the priest since that are offered during the fes - “Why Are People Leaving the Street in Manhattan, on Thurs - and asked me to come and visit Anthony appointed Michas as 2004, told TNH. tival are particularly fulfilling to Church? - And What Can We Do day, Mar. 16, from 7-9:30 PM. a prospective site for a future the first Parish Council Presi - “We only have Sunday school Fr. Ted because “they give me About It?” will be presented by Please RSVP to 718-398-2440 by church. The next day I went dent. George Tcharos was the because we cannot get teachers the opportunity to show our Center Co-Founder Dr. Aristotle Tuesday, Mar. 14. with my husband, Harry, and first Vice President and Fanny to teach the Greek language or church to new people, talk to Papanikolaou at Saints Constan - met the metropolitan at the site. Nicholas was the first Treasurer. folk dancing. We are a little too them about our faith, answer tine and Helen Greek Orthodox n mARCH 18-19 Jim Kalyvas and Kerri far away.” The St. George their questions and invite them Church, 37 Lake Parkway in BROOKLINE, MA – Annual Mali - Ayianopoulos were also present The St. George Philoptochos Society reaches to a service.” One of this year's Webster from 9:30 AM to 12:30 otis Greek Dance Workshop on and we agreed to make an offer out regularly to the desert com - festival attendees was George PM Lenten Retreat with talks at Sat and Sun March 18 and 19, at for the land. I negotiated the Philoptochos Society munity with philanthropic mis - Stephanopoulos, the producer 10 AM and 11:15 AM. the Maliotis Cultural Center 50 deal and couple days later our reaches out regularly to sions. The Philoptochos donates of the sports comedy Swing Goddard Avenue in Brookline. offer was accepted and with a the desert community to homeless shelters such as the Away that was filmed in Greece n mARCH 12 Learn a variety of regional dances down payment of $50,000 the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission and had a well attended local ASTORIA – The Federation of from experienced instructors. site of our current church was with philanthropic and offers money contributions screening. Jenni Pulos, the re - Dodecanese Societies of Amer - Saturday’s workshop will include purchased for $156,000 down missions. to Visiting Nurses. Through the ality celebrity star who has fam - ica invites all to attend the cele - 1¼-hour classes. Classes are de - from the $185,000 they were Knitting Project they provide ily in the desert, has attended bration of the 69th anniversary signed for participants ages 13 initially asking.” “Actor Telly Savalas attended blankets for the City of Hope. and entertained the crowds in of the unification of the Dode - and older, all skill levels. Satur - Chicago banker James services regularly as did Vice Philoptochos also contributes to the past. The Golf tournament canese with Greece beginning day evening, there will be a Kostakis donated a million dol - President Spiro Agnew's wife, The Ophelia Project a nonprofit is the other major fundraiser for at 10:30 AM at St. Demetrios glendi with mezedakia. Sunday’s lars that got construction under - Judy,” Michas told TNH. that empowers teenage girls to the Church and it will take place Cathedral, 30-11 30th Drive in workshop will include basic way. Significant contributions Today, the parish consists of increase their sense of self at the Desert Willow Golf Resort Astoria, with the Divine Liturgy Greek dance classes as well as were also made by real estate 120 families, mostly English- worth, and collaborates with the April 21-22. The weekend will presided over by His Eminence master classes in dances of Pon - tycoon Alex Spanos, owner of speaking; thus the liturgy is in Catholic Church in a pro-life conclude with liturgy for the Metropolitan Evangelos of New tos, Crete, and Thrace. Fee per the Chargers football team and English, except for of the ministry program. Feast Day of Saint George on Jersey. Following the liturgy, the person: $100 for Saturday his friend Leonard Firestone. hymns, which are in Greek. De - The Greek festival that just April 23. celebration continues in the Pet - classes, glendi, and Sunday The parishioners' hard work was spite the economic crisis in ended was a major success and His Eminence Metropolitan ros Patrides Cultural Center classes; $75 for Saturday classes also important in the construc - Greece over the last seven years, it is “one of the major fundrais - Gerasimos of San Francisco will with light refreshments, speak - and glendi; $40 for Sunday mas - tion. few Greeks find the way to the ers of the church. During the be in attendance to mark the ers, and traditional dances. Ad - ter class only. Pre-registration and “The Nicholas family worked desert: “We only have a couple two days, we get about 6,000 20th Anniversary of celebrating mission to the event is free. For advance payment is required. very hard during the construc - of families from Greece, most of people to visit the grounds and St. George, the Church's patron more information, call George Register and pay online at Mali - tion. George Nicholas built the the families are mixed mar - enjoy our food and music,” Fr. saint. Andriotis: 516-946-7892. otisCenter.org. THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 11-17, 2017 COMMUNITY 7

OUR EVERYDAY GREEK GREEK GASTRONOMY Hungry for Fruit Spoon Sweets, Γλυκά του Κουταλιού! Artichokes with Potatoes: a

By Dr. Dimitra Kamarinou Note that when we order two or more sweets of the same kind -for instance, cherry- we use the plural of the word sweet ( γλυκ- Springtime Favorite Τraditional Greek sweets are made from fruit in sugar syrup. ά), but we keep the singular of the fruit, because it indicates the They are called “spoon sweets,” not only because they are eaten fruit sort and not the quantity: ένα γλυκό του κουταλιού κεράσι / By Eleni Sakellis the toughest outer leaves and with a teaspoon, but also because the served quantity is a heaping δύο γλυκά του κουταλιού κεράσι. cut off the thorny end with a teaspoon. The exact translation from Greek would be “sweet of Artichokes are a wonderful sharp knife. If the stems are in - the spoon,” using the genitive case of the word spoon ( το κουτάλι The verb πεινάω, I am hungry, falls into the Conjugation B1 spring vegetable to enjoy in a tact and in good shape, leave /του κουταλιού ). Delicious spoon sweets are made from cherries, verbs category. This category can be easily distinguished by the variety of ways. Full of nutri - them on and peel off the tough wild cherries, apples, earl grays, figs, walnuts, strawberries, even stressed - άς ending of the second person singular. This is how it is ents, artichokes have one of the outer layer. Cut the artichokes from water melon. Each region has its own traditional sweets, re - conjugated: highest totals of antioxidants of in half and scoop out the choke lated to the agricultural products of the area. any vegetable. They oxidize with a paring knife. Place the Greek verb Pronunciation Meaning (turn brown) quickly once cut cut halves of artichoke in a bowl VOCABULARY Εγώ πειν-άω eYO piNAo if not sprinkled with lemon juice of cold water with the juice of Greek word Pronunciation Meaning I am hungry or placed in a bowl of water half a lemon squeezed in. Con - Το γλυκό TO yliKO sweet Εσύ πειν-άς eSEE piNAS you are hungry with lemon juice added. The tinue with the rest of the arti - Το κουτάλι TO kooTAli spoon Η Μαρία πειν-άει EE maREEa piNAi Maria is hungry acid helps delay the oxidation chokes, then set aside. Prepare Το γλυκό του κουταλιού TO yliKO too kootaliOO spoon sweet Εμείς πειν-άμε eMEES piNAme We are hungry of the artichokes. In Greek cui - the potatoes by rinsing, peeling, Το μήλο TO MEElo apple Εσείς πειν-άτε eSEES piNAte You are hungry sine, the artichoke has been a and chopping into cubes. Set Το κεράσι TO keRAsi cherry Η Μαρία και ο Πέτρος πειν-άνε EE maREEA KE O PEtros piNAne Maria and popular vegetable since ancient aside in a bowl of cool water Το βύσσινο TO VEEsino wild cherry Petros are hungry times. The wild variety, if you until ready to use. Το κυδώνι TO kiDOni quince can find them, or you happen In a large sauté pan or Dutch Το πορτοκάλι TO portoKAli orange EXERCISE to be in Greece, are tiny com - oven, heat the olive oil over Το καρπούζι TO karPOOzi water melon 1. WHAT DO THEY WANT TO EAT? Add the correct ending of pared to the California-grown medium high heat until it shim - Το σύκο TO SEEko fig the verb πεινάω and of the verb θέλω. varieties we find in the United mers. Add the scallions, a dash Η φράουλα EE FRAoola strawberry Remember that the verb θέλ-ω is a conjugation A verb conju - States, but the flavor is so deli - of salt, and sauté until translu - Θέλω THElo I want gated as follows: εγώ θέλ-ω, εσύ θέλ-εις, η Μαρία θέλ-ει, εμείς cious, it’s unforgettable. The cent. Drain the water from the θέλ-ουμε, εσείς θέλ-ετε, η Μαρία και ο Πέτρος θέλ-ουν. wild artichokes are often cooked artichokes and add them to the This is how you will order a spoon sweet: simply as an addition to scram - pot. Drain the potatoes and add DIALOGUE 1.1. Η Ελένη πειν- . Θέλ- ένα γλυκό του κουταλιού βύσσινο. -Ποιο γλυκό του κουταλιού θέλετε; ( Which spoon sweet would 1.2. Εγώ πεινά- . Θέλ- ένα γλυκό του κουταλιού φράουλα. you like? ) 1.3. Ο Πέτρος πειν- . Θέλ- ένα γλυκό του κουταλιού πορτο - -Θέλω γλυκό του κουταλιού πορτοκάλι. Έχετε; ( I want spoon κάλι. sweet orange. Have you got? ) 1.4. Εγώ πειν- . Θέλ- δύο γλυκά του κουταλιού μήλο. -Όχι, δεν έχουμε. ( No, we don’t have.) 1.5. Η Ελένη και ο Γιάννης πειν- . Θέλουν δύο γλυκά του κου - -Έχετε γλυκό του κουταλιού κυδώνι; ( Do you have spoon sweet ταλιού σύκο. quince? ) -Όχι, έχουμε γλυκό του κουταλιού βύσσινο και κεράσι. ( No, we 2. WHICH SPOON SWEET DO THEY WANT? Add the correct have spoon sweet wild cherry and cherry. ) Greek word. Note that neuter nouns take the indefinite article ένα: -Θέλουμε ένα γλυκό του κουταλιού βύσσινο και δύο γλυκά του το γλυκό, ένα γλυκό. κουταλιού κεράσι. ( We want one spoon sweet wild cherry and two 2.1. Πεινάω. Θέλω ….. ( a spoon sweet quince ) spoon sweets cherry. ) 2.2. Ο Γιώργος πεινάει. Θέλει ….. ( a spoon sweet cherry ) 2.3. Μαμά, εμείς πεινάμε. Θέλουμε ….. ( two spoon sweets water melon ) 2.4. Η Ιωάννα και ο Πέτρος πεινάνε. Θέλουν ….. ( two spoon sweets wild cherry ) 2.5. Η Κατερίνα πεινάει. Θέ - λει ….. ( a spoon sweet apple ) 2.6. Άννα πεινάς; Θέλεις ….; (a spoon sweet strawberry? )

PRONUNCIATION KEY i (i-diom), ee (n-ee-dle), e (e-nergy), o (o-rganism), oo (b- oo-t), y (y-es), h (h-elium), th (th-eory), d (th-e), gh (w-olf). The capitalized syllables are ac - cented.

Dimitra Kamarinou, PhD, has studied philology and archaeol - ogy at the University of Ioanni - na,Würzburg and Bochum in Germany. She has been honored with the Academy of Athens Award in Archaeology and Homeric Philology.

LITERARY REVIEW Karavasilis Focuses on Genocide in Whispering Voices

By Eleni Sakellis lives for nothing.” and children. Returning to During the lecture, she Turkey in search of his family, Though academic and author shared the stories of Greeks who he was sent to a young professor bled eggs for a tasty brunch them to the pot along with the Dr. Niki Karavasilis retired in managed to flee Smyrna before who turned out to be the man’s dish. Preserved varieties of wild water, the juice of one lemon, 1995, she has continued to it was too late. Early on in her son and was in the Turkish artichokes in jars are available about half of the fresh dill, 1 write about her Greek heritage. research, Karavasilis unexpect - army. As he begged for help, to use in recipes and salads, but teaspoon of salt and freshly In her first book, Scattered edly ran into a survivor of the asking if he knew where his son large fresh ones can also be cut ground pepper to taste. Bring to Leaves, she wrote about Greek Catastrophe, while at a cafe Nick was, the young man said, up into bite-sized pieces and a boil over medium high heat, family life during World War II, near her home in a suburb of “Dad, I am Nick,” as Karavasilis used. Artichokes with potatoes then reduce to medium, and the devastation of the Italian Athens. She was approached by told the Herald-Tribune. (Aginares me patates) is a fa - simmer, stirring occasionally, and German invasions, and the an elderly Greek man, Kar - Father John Bociu of St. Bar - vorite springtime recipe to en - until the potatoes are cooked, Greek Civil War that followed. avasilis said, as reported in the bara’s Church, told the Herald joy. but not disintegrated, and the Her second book, The Abducted Herald-Tribune, “He lived in Tribune that Karavasilis is a “re - artichokes are tender. You may Greek Children of the Commu - Smyrna and was from a very af - source in the community” and Artichokes and need to add additional water if nists: Paidomazoma, recounts fluent family, the father was sent shared the view about the im - Potatoes (Aginares me the pot dries out and the pota - the story of thousands of ab - to the desert, and they never portance of remembering his - toes and artichokes are not quite ducted children during the saw him again. And one of his tory, especially difficult topics Patates) cooked through. Add additional Greek Civil War who spent sisters was very pretty; the Turk - such as genocide- “We need to dill at the end for freshness, and thirty-three years living behind ish soldiers took her away, and pay attention and hear these 6 medium to large artichokes adjust the salt and pepper to the Iron Curtain. Karavasilis’ we don't know what happened things. Ethnic cleansing and this 6 medium potatoes taste, if needed. Additional The Whispering Voices of Orthodox Church in Sarasota, to her.” kind of oppression that is eth - 2 bunches scallions, diced lemon juice may also be added, Smyrna, focuses on the Greek FL. The proceeds from the lec - Karavasilis soon became nic-based or faith-based has not 2 fresh lemons if desired. Serve warm with genocide at the hands of the Ot - ture and book sales were do - known in town as the American stopped — we do have to pay 4 tablespoons Greek extra slices of fresh bread as a Lenten toman Empire which began dur - nated to Sarasota County's sum - lady writing about the genocide, attention to what's been going virgin olive oil or vegan/vegetarian main dish ing World War I, culminating in mer hunger program. and people shared their stories on around the world because 2 cups water or as a side dish for your fa - the Asia Minor Catastrophe and Karavasilis said about the of survival which along with her history will repeat if we don't 1 bunch fresh dill, chopped vorite roasted meats during the burning of Smyrna in 1922. genocide, as reported in the own research formed the basis pay attention.” Greek sea salt non-fasting periods. For a short - On February 26 she gave a Sarasota Herald-Tribune, “It of the book written in 2006. The Whispering Voices of Freshly ground pepper cut, try the recipe with Greek lecture on the topic The Greek should be remembered, so it A particularly poignant story Smyrna and other titles by Kar - frozen artichokes, such as Barba Genocide and the Catastrophe should not be repeated again. A that Karavasilis shared was of a avasilis are available at ama - To prepare the artichokes, Stathis brand. of Smyrna at St. Barbara's Greek lot of innocent people lost their father separated from his wife zon.com. rinse in cool water, then remove

GREEK AMERICAN STORIES More Stupidity

By Phyllis (Kiki) Sembos Cheese label: “For best results, Defense, Donald Rumsfeld at a Special to The National Herald remove cap”. From a bottled soft pentagon briefing on what Pres - drink label: “Twist top off with ident George W. Bush had said: There seems no shortage of hands, throw away top.” On a Needless to say, the president is people saying stupid things, me cereal box: “To best enjoy our correct – whatever it was he included. But, when it is said by cereal, open box.” (Now, that’s said.” (That’s clarifying things.) someone in public life – that’s being helpful) Sportscaster, Ray French: “And, embarrassing! Anyway, I’ve col - President George W. Bush: he’s got an ice pack on his groin lected a few to just entertain you. “Our nation must come together there, so it’s possibly not a shoul - The American Library Associ - to unite.” (Gee, I wish I’d said der injury.” Ohio newspaper: ation has contributed these from that.) Police detective question - “He told police that one of the Library patrons: I have an emer - ing wounded officer: “Can you men menaced him with a wench gency and I need the telephone hear me? Squeeze once for yes while the other covered him with number of 911. Another patron: and twice for no.” Vice President a revolver.” Speed checked by Can you tell me why so many Dan Quayle at job training center police officer questioned by Civil War battles were fought in in Atlanta: “If you give a person lawyer: “Yes, my radar was mal - National Parks?” a fish, they’ll fish for a day. But, functioning correctly.” This from the great baseball if you train a person to fish they’ll From the Literary Review: player Yogi Berra: “We made too fish for a lifetime.” (No time off?) isn’t pollution that’s harming the packet of nuts: Instructions: and pick up laundry.” Newspaper “For most people, death comes many wrong mistakes!” (Thank Classified ad in England’s, environment. It’s the impurities “Open packet, eat nuts”. (Why headline on perpetrator, Harris at the end of their lives.” (Timing goodness for car manuals) Evening Mail: “For sale, 20 toilet in our air and water that are do - didn’t I think of that?) From Pope: “Pope to be arraigned for sounds right!) And, my favorite: Honda CRX owner’s manual: If rolls, hardly used, Xmas bar - ing it.” President Gerald Ford: “Mr. allegedly burglarizing Clinic” (I “What would you like most for you crash, you can be injured.” gain”. (I’ll pass) Headline in the Henderson - Nixon was the thirty-seventh guess anyone can be a crimi - Christmas”, was asked of various (Really?) And: The fuel level Phone company sent this let - ville Times (Mississippi): Illiter - president of the United States. nal).New Jersey Police Depart - ambassadors: French Ambas - gauge indicates the quantity of ter: Dear Mr. Cook; we have at - acy is still a poblem among Mis - He had been preceded by thirty- ment announcement: “We shall sador: “Peace in the world.” fuel in the tank. This from a tempted on several occasions to sissippi adults. (I think he’s six others.”(We can tell math was offer police jobs to qualified Russian Ambassador: “Freedom Volvo manual: “To stop the ve - reach you by phone to discuss right!) Headline in Norfolk, VA his good subject). Bank robber women regardless of sex”. De - for all people enslaved by impe - hicle, release the accelerator payment of your telephone ac - pilot pamphlet: “How to speak in Maryland to teller: “Give me tective unit in Miami: “We have rialism.” British Ambassador, Sir pedal and apply brakes.” count – which was recently dis - and write like a colleg graduat.” $418 – and, no ones”. Another a lot of factual information that Oliver Franks: “Well, it’s very Food labels can be helpful. connected.” Here’s another from (No diploma for them) bank robber who handed this has led to speculation.” (That kind of you to ask. I’d quite like This one from Nabisco’s Easy Vice president Dan Quayle: “It On an American Airlines note to teller: “Milk, loaf of bread clears things up.) Secretary of a box of crystallized fruit.” 8 COMMUNITY / OBITUARIES / CLASSIFIEDS THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 11-17, 2017

CLASSIFIEDS

HELP WANTED LEGAL NOTICE ADVERTISING SALES REPRESENTATIVES Notice of formation of MVC CONSULTING for our Greek and English language GROUP, LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York newspapers and websites. Good (SSNY) on 11/29/2016. Office location: Kings communication, organizational and County. SSNY has been designated for service interpersonal skills a must. Basic of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process salary + commission. Send CV to: served against the LLC to: Corporate Filings [email protected] of New York, 90 State Street, Ste 700, Office 40, Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful 118679/2/4-01 purpose. 275619/20276 LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of Hunter – Sterlin, LLC. LEGAL NOTICE Articles of Organization filed with the Notice of formation of 148 29TH STREET LLC. Secretary of State of New York SSNY on Articles of Organization filed with the 11/01/2016. Office located in Nassau County. Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on SSNY has been designated for service of 01/06/2017. Office location: NASSAU County. process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process SSNY has been designated for service of served against the LLC 14 Garnet Pl. Elmont, process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process NY 11003. Purpose: Any served against the LLC to 148 29TH STREET lawful purpose. LLC PO BOX 39 28 MAPLE PLACE 27 5675/20314 MANHASSET, NY, 11030. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. LEGAL NOTICE 275578/20251 Notice of Formation of UNIQUE ACHIEVERS DAYCARE, LLC (DOM LLC). Articles of the LEGAL NOTICE Organization were filed with the Secretary STENN USA LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ SSNY of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/28/16. 1/30/17. Office in NY Co. SSNY designated Office location: Kings County. SSNY has been for service of process and shall mail to Reg. designated as agent of the LLC upon whom Agent: Thomas Law Firm PLLC, 175 Varick process against it may be served. SSNY shall St, NY, NY 10014. Purpose: Any lawful activity. mail a copy of process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, 275616 /1 8796 Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. LEGAL NOTICE 275659/20305 Notice of Formation of HICKSVILLE MITHAAS, LLC (DOM LLC). Articles of the LEGAL NOTICE Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/30/17. Notice of formation of DSM UNIVERSAL Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been ENTERPRISES LLC Articles of Organization designated as agent of the LLC upon whom filed with the Secretary of State of New York process against it may be served. SSNY shall (SSNY) on 02/21/2017. Office location: mail a copy of process to the LLC at: Sukhmani Nassau County. SSNY has been designated Jasuja, 12 Pinedale Road, Smithtown, NY for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy 11788. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. of any process served against the LLC to: DSM UNIVERSAL ENTERPRISES LLC, PO BOX 275614/20272 1029, Valley Stream, NY 11582. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. LEGAL NOTICE 27 5655/20298 Notice of Qualification of DDK/WE HOTELS MANAGEMENT INDIANAPOLIS LLC LEGAL NOTICE Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SS - IRAM CLEANING SERVICES LLC. Art. of NY) on 01/24/17. Office location: Kings County. Org. filed w/ SSNY 8/31/16. Office in NY LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/06/17. Co. SSNY designated for service of process SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom and shall mail to: 1150 Tiffany St. Apt 6H. process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail PHOTOS: TNH/STEliOS XXXX Bronx, NY 10459. Purpose: Any lawful activity. process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: Greek Community Welcomes Antetokounmpo in Philadelphia 275653/18796 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, The Milwaukee Bucks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 112-98, at the crowded Wells Fargo Center where 1,500 members of the LEGAL NOTICE Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Greek community cheered for “Greek Freak” Giannis Antetokounmpo who finished with a game-high 24 points to go with eight Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: MEDMALUSA LLC. Art. of Org. filed with Hotel Management. rebounds, five assists, three blocks, and two steals. Greek Night on March 6 featured a performance by the ZITO Dance group the SSNY on 01/17/17. Office: Kings 275613/17976 from Lancaster, PA before the game, 16-year-old Greek-American Elena Iliadis singing the National Anthem with 10 Greek chil - County. SSNY designated as agent of the dren, “Anthem Buddies,” standing next to the Sixers players, and a halftime performance by the Macedonia Dance group of LLC upon whom process against it may be LEGAL NOTICE Philadelphia. After the game, Antetokounmpo came out to speak with the Greek fans, sign autographs, and take photos. served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 332 88th Street, Brooklyn, NY Notice of Formation of DENEX PROPERTIES 11209. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. LLC (DOM LLC). Articles of the Organization 27 5649/17973 were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/06/17. Office location: LEGAL NOTICE Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as DEATH NOTICES agent of the LLC upon whom process against it Notice of formation of ROOSEVELT REAL may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of ESTATE GROUP, LLC Articles of Organization process to: Spiegel & Utrera P.A., P.C., 1 filed with the Secretary of State of New York Maiden Lane, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10038. (SSNY) on 01/26/2017. Office location: Purpose: For any lawful purpose. n ANTIPAS, GEORGE S. Home & Crematory, 104 Myrtle a.m. Funeral service. Interment ing time with his family. Nick Nassau County. SSNY has been designated 275603/20267 STAMFORD, CT (from the Avenue in Stamford from 4:00 will follow to Elmwood Ceme - was preceded in death by his for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy Stamford Advocate, published p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, Feb - tery. Arrangements by Nicholas former wife Danielle Lizeroux of any process served against the LLC to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 LEGAL NOTICE on Feb. 23) – George S. Antipas, ruary 24, 2017. A Trisagion M. Pishos Funeral Director, Ltd., Lei and a niece Maria (Combit - 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. PRIMA JEWELS USA, LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ 86, of Stamford, passed away in prayer service will be held at info: 773-745-1333. sis) Kane. He is survived by his Purpose: Any lawful purpose. SSNY 1/25/17. Office in NY Co. SSNY the small hours on Tuesday, Feb - 7:00 p.m. Memorial donations children Daniel Combitsis, D.O. 275646/20293 designated for service of process and shall ruary 21 after a brief but valiant may be made in lieu of flowers COmBITCHI, NICHOLAS (Renee Lee) of Livermore, Calif. mail to: The LLC, 42 WEST 48TH ST, STE n 1605, NY, NY 10036. Purpose: Any lawful struggle, surrounded by family to the Church of the Archangels, "NICK" and Mary-Helen Russell LEGAL NOTICE activity . and friends. Born February 16, 1527 Bedford Street, Stamford, ERIE, PA (from the Erie Times- Wentzell (Shawn) of Erie, four Notice of formation of FRED SANICOLA, LLC 275602 /1 8796 1931 in Brooklyn, New York to CT 06905, either directly to the News, published on Feb. 24) – grandchildren: Danielle and Articles of Organization filed with the the late Constantine S. Antipas church or its Capital Campaign. Nicholas "Nick" Combitchi, age Thomas Russell and Jordan and Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/12/2016. Office location: Kings County. LEGAL NOTICE and Tereza (neé Cavadias) An - 82, of Erie, passed away peace - Annelyse Combitsis, one brother SSNY has been designated for service of NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABIL - tipas, he spent his childhood at n ARGES, CHRIS J. fully, on Wednesday, February the Very Rev. Constantine Com - process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process ITY COMPANY. NAME: FAMILY GROUP 200, his ancestral home in Antipata- MUNSTER, IN (from the 22, 2017, at HealthSouth Reha - bitsis (Arghyroula) of New York, served against the LLC to: The LLC, Fred Sani - LLC. Articles of the Organization were filed cola, 2 Northside Piers #12A, Brooklyn, NY with the Secretary of State of New York Erissou, Cephalonia, Greece Chicago Tribune, published on bilitation Hospital. He was born one sister Helen Nacopoulos 11249. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. (SSNY) on 01/13/17. Office location: Kings from 1934 until his return to Feb. 23) – Chris J. Arges, 87, of on January 15, 1935, in Thes - (the Very Rev. Theofanis) of 27 5641/20292 County. SSNY has been designated as agent of Brooklyn in 1946. He moved Munster, passed away peace - saloniki Greece, the son of the Fairview, two nieces and three the LLC upon whom process against it may be LEGAL NOTICE served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to with his family to Queens in fully on Tuesday at Vibra Hos - late Apostolos and Arhondia nephews. Friends may call at the LLC, 31 Brighton 3rd Walk, Brooklyn, New 1949, after which he was called pital of Northwestern Indiana. (Psomiades) Combitsis Lazaros. the Dusckas-Martin Funeral PLUSWORKS LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ York, 11235. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. SSNY 2/10/17. Office in Kings Co. SSNY to service during the Korean Chris was born in Tripoli, He emigrated to the U.S. in Home and Crematory, Inc., 4216 275611/20229 designated for service of process and shall War, serving in the United States Greece, to the late Vasiliki and 1946 with his brother, the Very Sterrettania Rd., on Friday, Feb - mail to: The LLC, 81 Prospect St, Brooklyn, Army Field Artillery from 1950 Dimitrios Arges (Argyropoulos) Rev. Constantine Combitsis and ruary 24, 2017 (today) from 7 NY 11201. Purpose: Any lawful activity . FUNERAL HOmES to 1952. Following his honor - immigrating with his family to his sister Presbytera Helen Na - p.m. to 9 p.m. with a Trisagion 27 5639/18796 able discharge, he attended and the Indiana Harbor neighbor - copoulos. He graduated from Service at 8:00 p.m. Further vis - APOSTOLOPOULOS received his Bachelor of Science hood of East Chicago at age 7. Crane Technical School in itation will be held on Saturday, LEGAL NOTICE Apostle Family - degree in 1958 from the New He leaves behind his wife, Is - Chicago then enlisted in the U.S. February 25, 2017 at the funeral Notice of formation of MAZARAKIS Gregory, Nicholas, Andrew - York University School of Com - mini with whom he was blessed Army serving for twenty-two home from 9:00 a.m. until CONSULTING LLC Articles of Organization merce, Accounts and Finance. to spend 67 years together. He years. During that time, he 10:30 a.m. followed by a Fu - filed with the Secretary of State of New York Funeral Directors of (SSNY) on 02/10/2017. Office location: He began his career as an office was a loving father to Jim (Deb - served three tours in Korea and neral Liturgy at 11:00 a.m. at Nassau County. SSNY has been designated RIVERDALE FUNERAL HOME Inc. equipment salesman for Sperry orah) Arges and Angelo three tours in Vietnam as a the Assumption Greek Orthodox for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of 5044 Broadway Rand, but soon moved to pub - Boulougouris and the late Rose Green Beret in the Special Church, 4376 West Lake Rd., any process served against the LLC to: MAZARAKIS CONSULTING LLC, 175 High New York, NY 10034 lishing, which he found more Arges Boulougouris, who pre - Forces (expert paratrooper) and Erie, PA 16505. A full military Farms Road, Glen Head, NY 11545. Purpose: intellectually satisfying. He ceded him in death. He was a received multiple medals and honor will be presented at the Any lawful purpose. (212) 942-4000 worked for Doubleday & Co., proud grandfather of George accommodations including two church following the service. His 27 5637/20286 World Publishing Co., and Lane (Themi) Boulougouris, Chris Purple Hearts and three Bronze final resting place will be at Ar - Toll Free 1-888-GAPOSTLE Publishing Company, first as a Boulougouris, Christopher (Al - Stars. Nick retired in 1973 with lington National Cemetery. In LEGAL NOTICE CONSTANTINIDES salesman, and then as sales lie) Arges, Gina (Peter) Stasnios, a rank of E8 Master Sergeant lieu of flowers, memorial con - Notice of formation of 300SN LLC Arts. of Org. FUNERAL PARLOR Co. manager for the East Coast. He and Dr. Alexandra Arges and and continued his service with tributions may be made to Boots filed with the Sect'y of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/11/2013. Office location, County of Kings. (718) 745-1010 moved to selling real estate in her husband, Daniel Kolodziej; the U.S. Government as an in - on Ground, Palace Centre, 913 SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC 1986, spending many years af - and great-grandfather to Elijah telligence liaison to Greece until State Street, Suite 220-230, upon whom process against it may be served. Services in all localities - filiated with Century 21 of and Ismini Grace Arges and 1976. In June of 1976, the fam - Erie, PA 16501, or Assumption SSNY shall mail process to: 500 4th Ave., #3, Low cost shipping to Greece Brooklyn NY 11215 now to 38 S. Station Plaza, Stamford, and later the Higgins Amelia Arges Kolodziej. He was ily moved to the U.S. from Greek Orthodox Church. Great Neck NY 11021. Purpose: any lawful act. Group. George was active for also a brother to Gus (Dimitra) Greece and settled in Erie where 27 5636 /11629 many years at the St. Nicholas Arges and beloved by many Nick enrolled at Gannon College n KOKOLIS, SEVASTI ANTONOPOULOS Greek Orthodox Church, help - nieces and nephews as well as and obtained his degree in me - BETHLEHEM, PA (from the LEGAL NOTICE FUNERAL HOME, INC. ing to fund the church's move friends. Chris graduated from chanical engineering. He was Morning Call, published on Mar. Konstantinos Antonopoulos - from Flushing to Bayside, East Chicago Washington High employed at Starlite Plastics 3) – Sevasti "Sylvia" Kokolis, 94 146 HALSEY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/18/2017. Office in Kings Funeral Director Queens, and then at the Church School and was a member of the (later Multi-Products) as the op - of Bethlehem died on March 2, Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom of the Archangels, following his St. George Greek Orthodox erations manager. In 1984 he 2017. She was born on February process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy 38-08 Ditmars Blvd., family's move from Queens, Church in Hammond. He was started his career at Met Life In - 20, 1923 in Oinousses, Greece, of process to 146 Halsey St., Brooklyn, NY 11216. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Astoria, New York 11105 New York to Stamford, Con - retired from Inland Steel and surance as a sales rep, then daughter of the late George and Principal business location: 64 Washington necticut in 1974. He is survived Standard Forge and also served branch manager, and finally re - Chrysanthi (Economou) Theo - Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11205. (718) 728-8500 by his wife of 57 years, Katina as a former Democratic Precinct tired as a financial planner. He dossiou. She immigrated to the 27 5631/10801 Not affiliated with any Antipas of Stamford; his son Committeeman in Munster. was always dedicated to the ser - United States in 1947 where she other funeral home. Constantine G. Antipas of Mys - Memorial donations can be vice of the Greek Orthodox married John E. Kokolis who LEGAL NOTICE tic, his wife Amy, and their chil - made to St. Demetrios Greek Church and was instrumental in died in 1988. During WWII, she NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABIL - dren Alexander, Theodore, and Orthodox Church, 7021 the building of the new church and her family found refuge in ITY COMPANY. NAME: GEMSSD REALTY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Zoë; his son Peter K. Antipas of Hohman Ave., Hammond in lieu on West Lake Road. He was the the Belgian Congo where she Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on TO PlACE yOur Trumbull, his wife Christine, of flowers. first co-chair of the Annual supported them as a seamstress. 01/26/2017. Office location Nassau County. ClASSifiED AD, CAll: and their children Michael and Greek Festival. He also had a She, along with her husband, SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. (718) 784-5255, EXT. 106, George; and his daughter Terry n CHRISOVITSIOTIS, lifetime dedication to the service owned and operated John's SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the E-mAil: Brogan of Milford, her husband zAHARIAS of veterans, specifically Lunch on Main Street in Beth - LLC, 165 Chestnut Drive, East Hills, NY classifieds@ Colin P. Brogan, and their chil - CHICAGO, IL (from the Chicago wounded vets. He held several lehem from 1962-1967. Subse - 11576. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. thenationalherald.com dren Patrick and Grace. He is Tribune, published on Feb. 20) leadership positions with the quently she worked for Hess's 275638/2 0229 also survived by his sister – Zaharias Chrisovitsiotis; 77; Military Order of Purple Hearts and, then, Bon-Ton in Allentown Katherine Theophilou of Athens Born in Tsouni, Sparti, Greece; Chapter 197 Erie, Pa. and the for 35 years. Sylvia was a mem - Greece, niece Marilyn Klimpke, Beloved husband of Evanthia Disabled American Veterans ber of St. Nicholas Greek Ortho - grandnephew Alexander (nee Xidi); Devoted father of Chapter 73, Adjutant for the dox Cathedral in Bethlehem. Klimpke, and many cousins, Kathy (Mike) Siciliano and Tim Commonwealth of PA and Com - Survivors: Her sons George In Memoriam: nieces, and nephews.George (Christina); Cherished grandfa - mander (MOPH), Treasurer Kokolis, his friend Donna An - was a sober, thoughtful, and ther of Zak, Steve, Zoi, and Zak (DAV). He was a lifetime mem - drew and Emmanuel Kokolis, Of your loved one hardworking man, generous M.; Loving brother of Maria (the ber of the American Legion, the his wife Donna. She was prede - with time and treasure, emi - late Antonios) Koufos and Dia - VFW and several other military ceased by brothers John and Commemorate your loved one in the pages of nently worthy of the respect ac - mando (Panagiotis) organizations. He was instru - Panagiotis. Services: There will corded him. His love was pure, Michalopoulos; Dearest brother- mental in acquiring the funding be a viewing on Sunday from 6 The National Herald. Announcements may be and his faith sure. He will be in-law of Andreas (the late for the erection of both the Pur - to 8 PM at the John F. Herron telephoned or e-mailed to the Classified Department. greatly missed by family and Eleni) Xidis and Poppy (the late ple Heart and the Korean War Funeral Home, 458 Center friends. A funeral service will be Peter) Kossivas; Dear Uncle of Memorials located in Erie on Street Bethlehem. Funeral Ser - held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, George and Jimmy Kossivas and 26th and State Streets. He en - vice on Monday, March 6, 2017 February 25, at the Church of many other relatives in USA, joyed coin collecting and spend - at 11 AM, with a viewing for more information call (718) 784-5255 ext. 106 the Archangels at 1527 Bedford Canada and Greece. Visitation from10:30 AM to 11 AM in St. • [email protected] Street in Stamford, with the Rev. Wednesday February 22, 2017 Days and dates of funerals, Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathe - Dr. Harry Pappas officiating. In - from 4 - 9 p.m. at Salerno's dral 1607 West Union Blvd. terment at Putnam Cemetery in Galewood Chapels 1857 N. memorials, and other events Bethlehem. Contributions: In Greenwich will be followed by Harlem Ave. Chicago, Ill., Fu - directly correspond to the her memory to the Cathedral or a traditional "makaria" or neral Thursday 9 a.m. from the original publication date, which the American Macular Degener - The National Herald memorial luncheon at the funeral home to Holy Trinity appears at the beginning of each ation Foundation care of the fu - church. Friends may call at the Greek Orthodox Church 6041 notice. neral home. www.thenationalherald.com Nicholas F. Cognetta Funeral W. Diversey Chicago for 10:00 THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 11-17, 2017 GREECE CYPRUS 9 Billionaire Ross, Now Commerce Secretary, Pushed Russians off Cyprus

TNH Staff promises and agree to confiscate becoming a shareholder in the an hour with a Russian investor bolovlev, a Russian billionaire 47.5 percent of bank accounts summer of 2014, all six Russians in the lender in 2014. who paid $95 million in 2008 While the White House has over 100,000 euros ($105,790), who were on the board when “He knows of no loans or in - to buy a Florida mansion from mysteriously remained mum, bringing hundreds of millions of he arrived, including teraction between the bank or Trump, who had purchased it Cypriot officials said when new euros in losses to big Russian Strzhalkovsky, were forced out. anyone affiliated with the for less than half that just a few Commerce Secretary and bil - depositors amid reports the is - “He has not been an accom - Trump campaign or organiza - years earlier but who had tense lionaire Wilbur Ross was on the land was a tax haven and hiding plice of the Russians but the op - tion,” the Senator said. He relations with Putin and the board of the troubled Bank of place for black money. posite,” Loizos Hadjicostis, Pres - added that he believed. Ross Kremlin. Cyprus, he not only didn’t deal But that also led to six Rus - ident of the Cyprus Union of and that he could not under - Christodoulous Vassiliades, with Russians – including one sians – with no banking experi - Bank Employees, told the Times. stand the White House’s “secre - the Managing Director of a close to Russian President ence – getting shares in the “Ross came in to block the tive behavior.” Cypriot legal firm that repre - Vladimir Putin – but that he Bank of Cyprus and seats on the Russians, not to help them,” he “Not only is this lack of trans - sented some of the former Russ - helped purge them. board, along with Ross, who added. “The theory that Ross is parency unsettling, it’s behavior ian board members, said the When Ross was being vetted had served there with a Russian, a Russian Trojan horse does not that everyone in this Senate Russians didn’t put up a fight for his position, questions were Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, who make any sense to me.” should agree is unacceptable with Ross because they, too, saw raised as to whether he too – had worked with Putin in the But the White House - Ross’s and shouldn’t be tolerated,” him as a White Knight who like some others in the Trump Russian spy agency KGB. objections — refused to release Sen. Nelson said. could prevent further losses. Administration – were linked to That prompted concern that his written responses to ques - Ross brought some 30 in - It was clear, he said, that Russian agents or other officials Ross may have been friendly to tions posed by United States vestors to the bank in a 400-mil - “Ross was there to benefit the as questions arose about Russ - Russians, but the New York Senators. lion euro ($423.18 million) in - interests of the U.S. and ian hacking influencing the Times in an extensive review re - In a speech in the Senate, fusion of cash. Britain,” Cyprus’ former colonial American presidential election ported that it was just the op - Senator Bill Nelson, a Florida “Wilbur Ross was kind of a ruler, but the Russians “just to skew it in favor of Republican Wilbur Ross posite and that he was not tied Democrat, complained that the savior,” Andreas Neocleous, the wanted their money back” and Donald Trump’s surprise win. to Trump’s fondness for the White House was “sitting on” founder and Chairman of the went along. Ross invested in the bank as Greek bonds and bad loans to Russian President. the replies. biggest law firm in Cyprus, Ross became Vice Chairman it hit near rock-bottom in 2013 failed Greek businesses. According to bankers, Nelson said he had spoken which bears his name and has of the bank in November, 2014 after, along with other Cypriot That crisis led then-new lawyers, and others who have with Ross about the Bank of many Russian clients told the and gave up this position after banks, losing billions of euros Cypriot President Nicos Anas - worked closely with the Bank of Cyprus and had been told that newspaper. his confirmation as Commerce in their holdings in devalued tasiades to renege on campaign Cyprus, within months of Ross’ Ross had one meeting of about They included Dmitri Ry - Secretary. Beleaguered Greece Wants World Bank Aid Now NY, NJ Politicians Ask Trump

Continued from page 1 Institute for Economic Research debt,” he added. has asked the World Bank to to Stop Emirates’ Flight said poverty in thrice-bailed out The European Union also provide technical and financial The report, citing unnamed Greece had jumped 40% be - said it was in contact with the assistance to address pressing “people familiar with the situa - tween 2008 and 2015, by far World Bank to look at the issue challenges including: long-term NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty-five portunity to compete," the Con - tion” said that, “Preliminary the biggest leap of any Euro - of a loan to Greece, which got unemployment, economic com - members of the New York and gressional group wrote. talks have taken place indeed pean country. money from another Washing - petitiveness and growth and so - New Jersey Congressional dele - The leading American airlines with (the World Bank) but we Dimitris Hatzinikolaou, a ton institution, the International cial protection,” Politico cited a gation sent a letter asking Presi - have said Emirates, Qatar Air - cannot confirm official applica - Professor of Economics at the Monetary Fund, from the first spokesperson from the World dent Trump to stop a Gulf-based ways and Etihad Airways have tion,” attributing it only to a University of Ioannina in north - two rescue packages of 240 bil - Bank as saying in a statement. airline from starting a roundtrip received billions of dollars in sub - government official in Athens. ern Greece, told The National lion euros ($253.29 billion) “In accordance with World flight between Newark, New Jer - sidies from their governments, al - It wasn’t reported whether Herald the move smacked of starting in 2010. Bank procedures, any final de - sey, and Athens this month, the lowing them to offer below-mar - any prospective new rescue how anxious the government is EU Commission spokes - cision on providing loans would latest salvo in a dispute over ket fares and violating so-called funding would go toward cre - over the lingering crisis that it woman Annika Breidthardt said, be subject to approval by the claims of unfair competition. open-skies treaties. ating jobs in the private sector needs to approach the World the "Greek authorities have sig - bank’s board of executive direc - The letter released late Tues - They say that allows the Gulf or to hire more public workers Bank. naled that they would like to tors,” it added. day contends Emirates and other carriers to offer below-market after the Troika has for seven “They’re supposed to loan push ahead with further active Greece’s current creditors Gulf airlines have an unfair ad - fares, which could force Ameri - years demanded cuts in the money to developing countries labor market policies and one “are not too happy about” the vantage over American air carri - can carriers to discontinue some workforce. to do good,” he said. “I’m very of those avenues would be fresh request for funds, an EU ers because they receive billions routes and cut jobs. The World Bank, neverthe - pessimistic about the situation. through approaching the World official was quoted as saying. in state subsidies. Tuesday's letter estimated that less, declined to specify how Everything has been designed Bank." The report also cited an un - The group wants Trump to de - "for every long-haul route lost or much money the Tsipras gov - to destroy this country and sell Greece has requested an un - named government source as lay the scheduled Sunday com - foregone as a result of subsidized ernment requested, Politico re - it for a sum,” he said of the known amount of "financial as - saying that negotiations were mencement of the flight until his Gulf carrier competition, more ported, but the British newspa - bailouts and SYRIZA’s role. sistance" from the World Bank under way but not confirming administration can negotiate a than 1,500 American jobs are per The Guardian said it was for “Everything goes back to the even as bailout talks continue the alleged request for a loan. resolution with the airlines. lost." three billion euros. lenders to repay the loans and amid government officials and “Preliminary talks have taken In a statement Wednesday, Some smaller U.S. airlines, The paper said the request there’s nothing for the real econ - representatives of the country's place indeed with [the World Emirates said Sunday's Newark- and some consumer advocates, shows the desperation in Greece omy. They’re not saving any - international creditors, Politico Bank] but we cannot confirm to-Athens flight is scheduled to have taken a different view and with not only joblessness but body or anything, they’re said. official application,” the source operate as planned. "We have the say the competition would lead poverty growing. The Cologne putting the country into huge “The government of Greece was quoted as saying. full approvals and support from to lower fares generally. the relevant authorities, airports, American, Delta and United and travel communities in both asked Washington to open nego - Newark and Athens". tiations with Qatar and the "It is imperative that your Ad - United Arab Emirates, but the Turkey’s Aegean Sabre-Rattling Worries US Ambassador ministration take quick and de - Obama administration didn't take cisive action to defend U.S. in - action before leaving office. terests abroad and ensure that Emirates and other state- Continued from page 1 maceutical industry and the of the Dodecanese chain of is - U.S. airlines and their American owned Gulf carriers deny accu - Greek government to support a lands to Greece. The islands workers have a fair and equal op - sations. “As Greece demonstrates its healthcare investment initia - were ceded to Greece in full sov - commitment to reform and tive,” he said. ereignty by the Paris Peace builds additional trust with its Pyatt also noted the role of Treaty between Italy and the Al - creditors, I am convinced that NATO and bilateral ties. “I want lies in April 1947. new investments, both by for - to see Greece play an even “In the Dodecanese region Disputing Statistics, Tsipras eign investors and domestic greater role as a pillar of re - there can, in terms of interna - ones, will buoy the economy gional stability,” he added. tional law, be no ‘gray zones’ re - and create new jobs,” he added. Greek President Prokopis garding the extent and content Says Economy Recovering Pyatt said that the U.S. gov - Pavlopoulos, responding to the of Greek and European sover - ernment was eager to see U.S. Turkish provocations, said they eignty,” Pavlopoulos said, companies expand existing in - are no “gray zones” in the Kathimerini reported, adding Continued from page 1 turned into three bailouts of 326 vestments and invest in new Aegean Sea, and said bellicose that Greece maintained “a self- billion euros ($345.29 billion) ventures in Greece. rhetoric from Ankara is threat - evident right” to defend the ter - Tspiras, whose popularity has that have failed to slow an eco - “One of the things we’re ening the sovereignty of Greece ritory against any outside threat. plummeted after his constant nomic slide that’s the debt ratio working on this year at the Em - and the European Union. “Greece is determined, on reneging on anti-austerity rise to 175 percent. bassy is a road show and a trade Pavlopoulos spoke during a the basis of international… and promises, offered no evidence be - THE SPINNING GAME mission planned for June in the visit to the Southeastern Aegean European law, to defend its bor - yond his repeated assertions he Tsipras, spinning the stuck United States. We are also en - U.S. Ambassador to Greece island of Rhodes for events to ders, its territorial integrity and is leading the country to a recov - talks with the Troika as Greece gaged with the American phar - Geoffrey Pyatt commemorate the annexation its sovereignty,” he said. ery despite a raft of information needs more money released from showing otherwise. the third bailout to make a 7.2- He didn’t mention that he has billion euro ($7.63 billion) re - asked for help from the World payment in July, said his govern - Bank, which deals mostly with ment has succeeded and took a This Week in Greek History poor Third World and developing shot at the creditors. countries, for help in getting peo - “It is clear that, no matter how Compiled by in 1955 called National Radical Union, manlis declared that “Greece’s European ple back to work as the country’s they may want to stall negotia - Eraklis Diamataris Karamanlis sought to create a politically Destiny” lied in the then named European unemployment rate is still above tions at a technical level, there is conservative counterbalance in Greece. The Economic Community, today’s European 23 percent, and 50 percent for no turning back. Greece has al - mARCH 6: On this day in 1977 Greek party folded in 1967 during the first year Union. In May in 1979 in the Zappeion the young. ready turned a page,” he insisted footballing icon Giorgos Karagounis was of the military junta whereby Karamanlis Hall Karamanlis signed the full treaty of ac - Tsipras told his cabinet that, although he’s also agreed to post- born in Pyrgos, Greece. The midfielder ap - went into exile in Paris. Upon the fall of the cession with Greece becoming the tenth “After seven years of disastrous 2018 pension cuts, taxing the peared in over 400 matches during his pro - junta in 1974, Karamanlis was asked by a member of the EEC which took effect on recession, the country has al - poor and diluting workers’ rights fessional career provisional government to come back to January 1, 1981. By bringing Greece closer ready returned to positive rates that he said would be offset by with the major - Greece and right the ship. Upon hearing to Europe Greece’s dependency on U.S. eco - of growth,” although ELSTAT’s countermeasures the lenders ity coming in that he was inbound to Athens spontaneous nomic and military aide greatly diminished figures showed that it hadn’t and have already rejected. the shirt of his rallies with the chant “he’s coming” were and instead fostered better relationships could continue a downfall. He also sniped at New beloved held all across Greece heralding his arrival with fellow European nations and opened HOLD THAT JUBILEE Democracy, with polls showing Panathinaikos as Athenians rushed to greet him at the air - the door for military partnership in NATO. Christos Staikouras, speaking the Conservatives have leads as where he port. Konstantinos Karamanlis and his Karamanlis was credited with fostering for the major opposition New big as 15 percent in polls after played from newly founded New Democracy party much of the growth that took place in Democracy, poked fun at Tsipras’ promising an end to austerity, 1996-2003 and swiftly stabilized the country and reautho - Greece during the mid 20th century and for declaration. “At the exact mo - which they had also imposed again from rized the Com - restoring national trust in government fol - ment that the Prime Minister is while ruling a coalition with PA - 2007-2012. munist Party of lowing the junta. Konstantinos Karamanlis jubilating, the data are contra - SOK before Tsipras’ party twice Karagounis is Greece to op - died at the age of 91 in 1998 and is buried dicting him,” said Staikouras. thumped them in 2015. known over the erate which in Athens, Greece. His nephew Kostas Kara - New Democracy leader Kyri - Tsipras also took a dig at the footballing was a contro - manlis was also leader of New Democracy akos Mitsotakis said, “While the International Monetary Fund world as one of versial deci - and was Prime Minister of Greece from Prime minister was proclaiming (IMF), which took part in the first the main cogs sion at the 2004-2009. the economy’s alleged return to two bailouts of 240 billion euros in Otto Re - time but positive growth rates the data ($254.2 billion) but has stayed hagel’s surprise widely consid - mARCH 12: On this day in 1910 Greek disproved him, proving New out of the third so far until he Greek team that ered necessary. Pisa-class armored cruiser Georgios Averof Democracy’s statements are not agrees to more austerity. were crowned Additionally, was launched in Livorno, Italy. The ship was scaremongering. It is an accurate “Some, particularly those who European Karamanlis ordered in 1909 by the Italian navy and was reflection of the market.” bear the greatest blame for the champions in freed all politi - meant to be scrapped as Italy was going National Bank economist disastrous economic recipes since 2004. For the cal prisoners through economically turbulent times. The Nikos Magginas told Reuters he 2010, may remain unrepentant,” national team, and pardoned Greek government stepped in recognizing expected no growth last year. . he said. “But reality has already Karagounis is the player with the most ap - political crimes the opportunity to bolster its navy in in - “That stymies, to a small extent, passed them by.” pearances (139) and scored 10 goals in committed creasingly uncertain political times and pur - the positive carry-over effect and Tsipras said ELSTAT’s figures those appearances. Giorgos Karagounis also during the chased it with the generous donation of af - the positive impetus for the fol - were also skewed because of the featured for Apollon Smyrnis, Benfica, Inter junta regime. fluent Greek businessman Georgios Averof, lowing year,” he said, referring uncertainty he blamed the credi - Milan and Fulham in his career. His winner’s Karamanlis namesake of the ship. It is the only armored to 2017. tors for creating. medals include the Coppa Italia 2004-2005, served as Prime Minister of Greece four cruiser of its kind still in existence. The Geor - Economists said the most re - “This is a result of the uncer - the 2009-2010 Greek Superleague and times: from 1955-1958, 1958-1961, 1961- gios Averof possessed Italian engines, French cent data suggested the economy tainty which is growing due to Greek Cup of the same year and most fa - 1963 and finally from 1974 to 1980. Upon boilers, German generators and British ar - was stagnant, or showed a mar - the delay in completing the re - mously Euro 2004 with the Greek National his term ending in 1980 Karamanlis became tillery guns. The ship’s legendary reputation ginal contraction last year, com - view, as the government has nei - Team. President of Greece until 1985 during the was sealed by the battles it partook in during pared to previous full-year pro - ther the will nor the ability to ex - premierships of Georgios Rallis and Andreas the Balkan Wars when the ship, under the jections of 0.3 percent growth. tract the country from the crisis,” mARCH 8: On this day in 1907 Greek Papandreou. He would be reelected as Pres - admiralship of Greek war hero Rear Admiral “The data revision points to he said. politician and Prime Minister Konstantinos ident in 1990 and end his term in 1995 dur - Pavlos Kountouriotis, essentially singlehand - full-year 2016 real GDP growth Commenting on ELSTAT’s fig - Karamanlis was born in Proti, Macedonia. ing the premierships of Konstantinos Mit - edly took control of the Aegean Sea during of -0.1 percent,” Eurobank econ - ures from Brussels, European At the time of his birth, the village he was sotakis and the final term of Andreas the naval battles of Elli and Lemnos. After omist Platon Monokroussos told Commission spokeswoman An - born in continued to be under Ottoman Em - Papandreou. Konstantinos Karamanlis was the Balkan Wars the ship saw limited action the news agency. nika Breidthardt said, “We con - pire control. Konstantinos Karamanlis is rou - one of the few Greek politicians in the mod - and was decommissioned in August 1952. Greece’s Gross Domestic Prod - tinue to expect growth this year,” tinely ranked as one of Modern Greece’s ern era with incredible foresight. He began The ship was toured to Poros where it re - uct has shrunk about 25 percent she said, adding that the imple - most important political figures in a public lobbying his countrymen of greater Euro - mained until 1983 before being rebuilt as a since then-Premier and former mentation of the reforms is nec - service career that spanned over 50 years. pean inclusion as an official stance in 1958 floating museum in Palaio Faliro where the PASOK Socialist leader George essary in order to restore confi - First under the flag of a party he founded and never strayed from that vision. Kara - ship can be found to this day. Papandreou asked for what dence. 10 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 11-17, 2017

The National Herald LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A weekly publication of the NATIONAL HERALD, INC. Appreciation for (ΕΘΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΗΡΥΞ), is a testament to his great talent reporting the news and addressing the issues of paramount interest Tsavalas Article that his work is preserved in to the Greek-American community of the United States of America. churches across the United To the Editor: States. Publisher-Editor Antonis H. Diamataris Thank you for the article on Thank you for this story and Assistant to the Publisher, Advertising Veta H. Diamataris Papadopoulos Theodore Tsavalas, icon painter for the many historical articles and uncle of actor Telly Savalas The National Herald continues Assistant Executive Editor Eleni Sakellis (“Tsavalas: US’s First Greek to provide for the community. It Religion Editor Theodore Kalmoukos Iconographer,” Feb. 25). I al - is important to remember and Contributing Editor Constantinos E. Scaros ways wondered about the his - appreciate the past and where tory of the icons and who we came from. Production Manager Chrysoula Karametros painted them, so it was nice to Aristotle Z. Galanis The National Herald (USPS 016864) is published weekly by read the story about Tsavalas. It Seattle, WA The National Herald Inc. at 37-10 30th Street, LIC, NY 11101-2614 Tel: (718)784-5255, Fax: (718)472-0510, TO OUR READERS e-mail: [email protected] The National Herald welcomes letters from its readers intended for Democritou 1 and Academias Sts, Athens, 10671, Greece publication. They should include the writer’s name, address, and tele - Tel: 011.30.210.3614.598, Fax: 011.30.210.3643.776, e-mail: phone number and be addressed to: The Editor, The National Herald, [email protected] 37-10 30th Street, long island City, Ny 11101. letters can also be faxed to (718) 472-0510 or e-mailed to [email protected] . Periodical postage paid at L.I.C., N.Y. and additional mailing offices. we reserve the right to edit letters for publication and regret that we Postmaster send change of address to: are unable to acknowledge or return those left unpublished. GEOrGE SArAfOGlOu / SPECiAl TO THE NATiONAl HErAlD THE NATIONAL HERALD, 37-10 30th Street, LIC, NY 11101-2614

COMMENTARY Knocking on World Bank’s Door A Story about a President Bound to Curl Your Hair “The government of Greece has asked the World Bank to provide technical and financial assistance to address pressing challenges, including long-term unemployment, economic com - This story may sound like a Not one to re - accepting the re - not to bash the Kennedys, but petitiveness and growth, and social protection.” (World Bank) fictitious political thriller, but it main within the sults for the good of to point out that for all the sor - I let some time pass before commenting on the situation I is absolutely true. boundaries of the country. did details, Jack (John F.) found in Greece during my recent trip, so that I might calm Once upon a time, there was monogamous fam - Nonetheless, Joe Kennedy was a very good presi - down first. Besides the fact that enough time has passed since a man named Joe. All four of ily life, Jack contin - was worried that dent. It matters less how he got then, there is a recent news item that calls for commentary. his grandparents were immi - ued his wayward pesky reporters and there than what he did once he First, my impressions: I wish I could concentrate on the grants to the United States from ways; cavorting opposing politicians arrived. He made it abundantly country’s natural beauty, the blooming almond trees, the amaz - Ireland, at a time when the two with irreverent might continue to clear to every nation, “whether ing sunset, the crystal clear sea, the Acropolis, the Stavros Niar - nations that began with the let - celebrities, not perpetuate their ac - it wishes us well or ill, that we chos Foundation Cultural Center. ter “I” whose people were vili - least of which his cusations of fraud, shall pay any price, bear any I wish I would not have to write about the visibly sad faces fied when the immigrated to pal Frank. Jack and and so what better burden, meet any hardship, sup - one sees everywhere, about the suicides the relatives conceal America were not Iran and Iraq, Frank shared an way to squash any port any friend, oppose any foe and the media does not report, about the soup kitchens, and but Ireland and Italy. affinity for lavish by CONSTANTINOS E. squawking than to to assure the survival and the about the woman who stayed with her abusive husband because Young and ambitious, Joe cocktail parties and SCAROS appoint a very success of liberty.” That included she did not have the 200 euros required to divorce him. was not about to let his Irish beautiful women, friendly attorney trying to overthrow Fidel Castro I wish there was no need to refer to the conversation I had heritage stand in the way of including Judy, Special to general? For that in Cuba, standing up to the So - with a professional in the financial sector, who described the achieving great wealth and who became one of The National Herald vital role, Joe had viet Union’s Nikita Khrushchev, situation as being in “shambles,” or to my conversation with a power. Legend has it that he Jack’s mistresses, in mind none other and ushering in a massive tax distinguished businessman, who put his finger on the issue made a fortune bootlegging courtesy of Frank. than his third son, Jack’s brother cut on the notion that “a rising when told me that “this situation cannot continue any longer.” booze during Prohibition (1919- Judy kept company with Bobby. And so it was. tide lifts all boats.” Yes, indeed, No. It cannot, and it will not. 1933), though it is not histori - other men, however, including Turns out, though, Bobby the rich boy from Massachusetts And what is the political situation? The government is simply cally verifiable – which either Sam, a feared mob boss with was not willing to look the other proclaimed that: “for the good not governing. Perhaps because it cannot, but probably because means it is entirely untrue, or whom Frank hung around; way regarding mob activity. of the whole country, the rich it does not want to. What it is doing – with some success – is that Joe was careful in covering Frank reveled in the “bad boy” Soon enough, Bobby launched must get richer.” And the liber - handling the crises through “communication.” Basically, that his tracks. What is true, how - aspect of associating with mob - blistering probes into organized als loved it. means it is misleading the people; it is concealing the truth and ever, is that Joe had a good deal sters, and Sam loved the way crime, even grilling and mock - The line Kennedy is best re - defaming its opponents, with the help of the terrified media. It of help from his buddy, James, Frank sang. ing Sam himself on the witness membered for is: “ask not what is promising one thing, meaning something else, and doing an - whose father, Franklin, hap - As Election Day 1960 neared stand. Other gangsters were fu - your country can do for you – other. pened to be president of the and Joe feared that the votes rious with Sam, and with Frank, ask what you can do for your I seriously doubt the government is dealing with the crux of United States at the time, to se - would go Dick’s way, he asked for having lent a helping hand country.” In other words, quit the matter or is attempting to address some of the country’s cure importing contracts with Frank to see if he could per - to Jack without absolute guar - your whining and bellyaching. problems. They use twisted logic for everything; even the most top manufacturers of liquor in suade Sam to lean on the labor antees in return. This is not about you. It is about serious issues, such as national defense, aiming to deceive the the United Kingdom – such as unions and get them to vote for Ultimately, Jack was assassi - the United States, and what you public opinion and extend their stay in power. Dewar’s and Gordon’s – just as Jack. Sam was apparently all nated, as was Bobby, and some – lucky enough to be part of it – But time waits for no one. Government inaction signifies a Prohibition was about to end in too happy to oblige, as having a suspected the mob was in - can do to serve it. deteriorating situation, an increase of financial needs, and ulti - the United States. Thirsty for a friendly president in the White volved, particularly conjecturing Jack continued his affair with mately the derailment of economic data, which inevitably leads taste of the good stuff, Ameri - House could mean keeping FBI that Sam, directly or indirectly, Judy, even though it was un - to extreme solutions that we could not have had imagine. cans lapped up liquor legally probes into organized crime at had something to do with it. seemly that the president of the Thus, just as former Prime Minister George Papandreou had once again in 1933 by the bar - bay. Joe, Jack, and Bobby, of United States and one of the no other choice than to invite the IMF into the country, so too – relful, making Joe a very rich Jack eked out one of the nar - course, are Kennedys. Most of country’s most notorious under - worse, still – Alexis Tsipras is inviting... the World Bank. But man. Later on, Franklin ap - rowest presidential wins in you reading this story already world figures concurrently this is mostly of his own making! pointed Joe U.S. Ambassador to American history. Amid rampant knew it – but many Americans shared a mistress. But in the We have hit rock bottom. We are knocking on the door of Britain. speculation of voting fraud, are too young to know. In fact, grand scheme of things, that the poorest and most mismanaged club of countries in the Joe certainly made a lot of Dick’s supporters pleaded with they might be too young to even didn’t matter. Neither did the world. money in industries besides spir - him to contest the numbers and recognize what’s left of the fact that he excluded Frank’s For those not familiar with the World Bank’s mission, let me its importing: most evidently, in insist on a recount, if not further Kennedy mystique. African-American pal Sammy note that it is “to end extreme poverty globally within a gener - Hollywood and in high-risk cut - investigation. Dick insisted on I retell the tale in this column from attending the Inaugural ation and to promote shared prosperity." throat speculation on Wall Ball because he…gasp…had just It also aims to provide technical assistance to countries whose Street. But the presidency was married a white woman. state administration is either on the verge of dissolution or the grand prize he most cov - What mattered was that shattered, so that it may enable them to face their biggest prob - eted, and it eluded him. There - Kennedy lit the torch for the lems, such as unemployment, etc. fore, he switched gears mid - biggest civil rights reform the This is the reality. The sad, harsh, horrid reality. stream, focusing instead on nation had seen since the days Everything else is for “communicative” purposes for the na - passing that torch to his eldest of Lincoln. tives. son and namesake, Joe, Jr. In the big historical picture, But it was not to be. The scandals don’t matter much; re - younger Joe was killed while sults do. Gotcha moments gain flying a combat mission during fleeting attention, but good gov - “4.1 Miles” – Now We Know WWII, and so the honor would ernance establishes legacy. be bestowed upon the second It would be wise for those son, an intelligent and intellec - judging any president – such as Nobody becomes a refugee by choice. tually curious playboy named the one currently in office – not War and poverty force people to become refugees. They Jack. by the skeletons in the closet, reckon that it is preferable to attempt to cross the Aegean, al - And so, in 1960, Jack ran for but by the content of the entire though they may drown, rather than stay in their war-torn land, president against a fellow house which, of course, is a long in poverty. named Dick, who had the ad - way from being determined. The reason why they choose the Aegean, why Greece is the vantage of name recognition country of choice for refugees to cross over into Europe, is more over his slightly younger oppo - Constantinos E. Scaros' latest or less known. It has to do with the welcoming policy that the nent – despite Jack’s prominent book, Grumpy Old Party (about Tsipras government initially adopted; and it has to do with family name – because Dick was the 2016 presidential election), Greece’s inability to protect its borders. in the final stretch of an eight- is available for purchase on However, this column does not intend to attribute responsi - year run as vice president of the President John F. Kennedy taking that final ride in the motor - amazon.com and in bookstores bility for the wave of refugees, but to express praise, admiration, United States. cade with the First Lady on that fateful day in Dallas. nationwide. and pride for the people serving in the coast guard and who risk their own lives to save the lives of thousands of their fellow human beings. ANALYSIS I am specifically referring to people like Captain Kyriakos Papadopoulos and the crew of a coast guard boat on Lesbos, into whose arms mankind seems to have placed these refugees’ fate. What Does the Sunday of Orthodoxy Mean Today? I was among the 750 Greek-Americans and others who at - tended the screening of Daphne Matziaraki’s shocking docu - mentary “4.1 Miles” at the United Nations headquarters, which By Theodore Kalmoukos completely unaware about the underlies the essence of Ortho - Here, we make an attempt to go was organized by the Permanent Mission of Greece to the UN, symbolism of the litany and the doxy. beyond the rituals and touch the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and The New York Times. We just celebrated the Sun - place of the icons in our Ortho - Orthodoxy is not some kind upon the ontological meaning It was a contribution to the awakening of our humanity and day of Orthodoxy, as we do tra - dox Church. I will go one step of museum of conservatism and of the human person as the liv - a contribution to Greece’s moving humanity which is not rec - ditionally every year on the first further to say it seems we are firmness in some kind of reli - ing icon of the living God. ognized often, especially nowadays. Sunday of the Great Lent. That tragically unsuspicious about gious values and faithfulness in This analysis would serve its I left the screening at the UN with a sense of guilt for what celebration should not be simply what the Church is and what it is ritualistic rubrics and theoretical purpose if it makes us remember is not being done about this issue. I also left feeling fortunate a feast of the past, because it not. If the litany of the icons re - ideological beliefs. And the that each of these – Ortho - to have seen Captain Papadopoulos, a man who has been lucky wouldn’t have any meaning for mains a simple symbolic and tele - sooner we realize that, the bet - doxy/Church/Eucharist – is the in life. Yes, lucky, because with his enviable actions – which do our lives today. That it hap - turgical act, then I think the real ter. Orthodoxy is the way of ex - presupposition of the other. This not compare to the ephemeral issues with which we are all oc - pened in the past doesn’t mean meaning of the feast is lost. If this istence of the Ecclesial Body. I inter-dwelling trifold constitutes cupied – he gave meaning to his life, honored his country, and that it discontinues being a celebration becomes the reason think it is time to begin distin - and manifests the ecclesiastical gave life to thousands of persecuted human beings. great, sacred, and historic day. for the raising of the living icons guishing what Orthodoxy is Orthodoxy. “For us they were people, above all, just as we are people,” I have the impression that of God, which are the human from what Orthodoxy is not, be - The Sunday of Orthodoxy is Papadopoulos said. “They were people who had survived the the Sunday of Orthodoxy tends persons, then we can talk about cause it seems to me that there the par excellence feast of the war, but we saw them disappearing before our eyes.” to lose its ecclesiastical meaning Orthodoxy and its essence. If not, is total confusion between Or - holy icons and the iconological The “war scenes” encountered by the captain, who even saw and increasingly becomes more then the rest are ritualism and thodoxy and Orthodoxology. symbols and symbolism. The parents throw their children aside in order to save themselves, theatric folklore. In a way it theatrics. It is as simple as that. Orthodoxy cannot exist out - gathering in the naves is a Godly the psychological weight of this drama – how could it be other - gives the impression of a the - But, really, what is Ortho - side of the Church. After all, invitation and calling. We have wise? – left their mark on the captain’s face. atrical play to see all those Ar - doxy, for which time and time Christ did not bring a new reli - Apostolic conscience, the same He is pure, patriotic, brave, and an authentic hero, who rep - chons, bearers of dead titles, again we state we are so proud gion, even one called Christianity. conscience the called disciples resents and expresses the best in all of us, as a man and as a with golden crosses hanging of, and even about? Etymolog - Rather, He instituted the Church. of Christ had. What unites us is Greek. from their necks and the em - ically speaking, it comes from The Church is the criterion of Or - not some form of a theoretical There is no better attribution of honor and justice in Greece. blem “Archon” on their jacket two words: orthi and doxa (cor - thodoxy, not the opposite. Faith, Orthodoxology or some kind of Especially today, when the Greek name is treated with much lapels. “Relics” of bygone Byzan - rect faith) and more precisely after all, is not the acceptance of a religious Orthodoxism, but skepticism. tium, carrying the holy icons. orthi-latreia (correct worship). some theoretical religious teach - rather the conscience and its ac - And, of course, a big bravo and thanks are due to filmmaker Prideful men in the House of In order to have correct wor - ings, but faith is the establish - ceptance that has changed our Daphne Matziaraki, a sensitive and talented Greek woman who God, giving the impression that ship, you have to have correct ment of a relationship with God life. This is what we do in the could not stay in California – once again, an expat made a mir - the rest of the congregation is faith, because we celebrate and and like every relationship, it nave when we gather together acle happen – and indifferently observe the horrors of the second or third class. And yet, worship what we believe. This, needs constant cultivation, and form the Church, which refugee issue from afar, but instead went to Lesbos, realized we ask why our churches have exactly, is our worship: a cele - strengthening, and advancement. means we live with the dynam - the historic importance of the moment and left us a shocking emptied today. How can the bration of faith. We are talking about some ics of the relationship in which monument of horror and humanity intertwined as a legacy. young generations tolerate all The question, then, is not if serious things here that have we accept to live (to exist), lov - A documentary that holds us all accountable. Because now these graphic theatrics in the we believe but how we believe. nothing to do with the folkloric ing and being loved. This is the we know. name of Christ and His Church? Even the demons believe and litanies of the icons around the other way of existence, the way It seems to me that we are shudder. The “how” we believe nave by the so-called “Archons.” of the Church. THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 11-17, 2017 VIEWPOINTS 11 When Greeks are Waiting Science of the Fathers vs. Rhetoric of Secularization

for Cavafy’s Barbarians “The Church has symbolism, nies and lawyers, vibrant parish, the refer to specific cases of people and symbolism speaks louder they do very little celebrant an - suffering from psychological than rhetoric.” This quote by to promote the Or - nounced to the problems or neuroses, but Are the barbar - neurial motives Hellenism’s literary great thodox perspective faithful that he rather, all people. According to ians some sort of and in systemati - Alexandros Papadiamantis re - on matters of trans - would not be read - Orthodox tradition, after the fall solution? During cally promoting mains timeless, even if it was gression. Certainly ing all the names of of Adam, man became ill; his the event that abroad Greece’s written over a century ago. It is psychotherapists the departed that "nous" was darkened and lost marked the han - cultural and envi - a statement that church and make a unique con - they had submitted communion with God. Death dover of SNFCC to ronmental assets as community leaders should heed tribution to society out loud for their entered into the person's being the Greek state, precious touristy more than ever today. and have been able own benefit (sic), and caused many anthropologi - President Andreas products. Two recent statements that to help many peo - because he didn’t cal, social, and even ecological Dracopoulos under - “Why is our typify how rhetoric not rooted ple, but it is doubt - want the service to problems. In the tragedy of his lined that worries emperor up and in tradition can end up adulter - ful that they could by Christopher run too long and fall, man maintained the image shouldn’t lead us to about so early, ating the Church’s message and replace “Orthodox TRIPOULAS take up their valu - of God within him but com - delirium or paraly - and seated at the create slippery slopes of secu - Psychotherapy,” as Special to able time. However, pletely lost His likeness, since The National Herald sis and reminded us by DR. DImITRA grandest gate of larization once again verified prescribed by the he did not spare his communion with God was some verses from KAmARINOU our city, upon the the truth behind Papadiamantis’ therapeutic com - them from a thirty- disrupted. However, the incar - Constantine throne, apophthegm. Although these munity of the Church and the minute sermon… According to nation of Christ and the work Cavafy’s poem Special to in state, wearing statements are merely exam - God-bearing Fathers for cen - his perspective, it would appear of the Church aim at enabling “Waiting for the The National Herald the crown? ples, they represent a trend that turies – especially in matters re - than time ticks differently de - the person to attain this like - Barbarians.” This Because the must concern the Church hier - lated to priesthood. pending on the activity; it proves ness; in other words, to reestab - poem is a portrayal of a state barbarians will arrive today. archy and educators of future According to Metropolitan too valuable to carry on the cus - lish communion with God. This whose lawmakers sit in stagnant And the emperor expects to clerics because of its corrosive Hierotheos of Nafpaktos, a pro - tom of publicly reading the passageway from a fallen state idleness waiting for the barbar - receive their leader. effect on Orthodox ethos. lific writer and highly respected names submitted for commem - to theosis or deification is called ians. Though written in Novem - Indeed, he has prepared to The first instance involves an theologian, “many psychological oration – the very purpose of the the healing of the person, be - ber, 1898 and first published in present him interview conducted by The Na - illnesses are caused by the anx - faithful’s presence in church on cause it is connected with his 1904, the poem’s ideas describe with a parchment scroll. tional Herald with a senior iety of death, the lack of mean - that day – but not too precious return from a state of being con - well the present situation in Thereon he has Archdiocesan official regarding ing in life, a guilty conscience, and fleeting to spend half an trary to nature, to that of a state Greece. invested him with many names a recent scandal, leading to the and the loss of communion with hour (over four times the tradi - according to nature and above It is the first of Cavafy’s his - and titles.” indefinite suspension of a priest God on man's part. Surely the tionally prescribed seven-minute nature. By adhering to the Or - torical poems, where he repre - Though our leaders used to for sending sexually explicit theology of the Church can help time limit) (mis)using the pulpit thodox therapeutic treatment, sents episodes from the Hel - express insulting comments for messages. When asked if the by either preventing or by heal - for the pleasure of hearings one - as prescribed by the Holy Fa - lenistic, the Roman and the late the “barbarian” leaders, they priest will be reinstated, the in - ing people suffering from such self speak. thers of Church, man can suc - Byzantine era -characterized by are now showing their terviewee replied that he is existential dilemmas. Thus psy - These two unfortunate ex - cessfully cope with his thoughts political turmoil and glamorous allegiance to them. It is the waiting for the results of an on - chiatry and neurology are called amples of modern rhetoric were (logismoi) and thus resolve his way of life- to provoke thought emperor’s attitude to maintain going psychiatric evaluation. to cure pathological anomalies, selected because they indicate a problems completely and com - and to comment on the political his position. The reporter’s subsequent whereas Orthodox theology growing disconnect between prehensively. reality. Cavafy said of himself “I ”Why have our two consuls and commentary says it all: “In re - cures the deeper causes that en - Romanity’s traditional hierarchy Mired as we are in a secular am a poietes historikos,” a poet- the praetors come out gards to what was said that he gender them.” of needs and authentic empiri - world, Church leaders must do historian averting our eyes to today in their purple, [the priest] is being treated by While the interviewee might cal standpoint and a spirit of ra - all they can to promote the Or - the irony of the simultaneous embroidered togas; a psychiatrist, who will make a have been practicing due dili - tionalism and secularization thodox worldview. presence of the tragic and the why did they put on bracelets determination months from gence by continually referencing that has historically signified the Toward this end, scandals or comic in political life. His poems studded with amethysts, now about whether or not he the psychiatric intervention as polar opposite of what the Or - even the problems arising from are realistic and therefore didac - and rings with resplendent, has straightened out, I think a means of defense against pos - thodox faith embodies. everyday coexistence present an tic. glittering emeralds; things have gone a bit too far, sible legal action, one wonders Incidentally, since reference opportunity to convey the mes - why are they carrying today because at the rate we are go - why he did not also find a way was made to the concept of Or - sage that psychological prob - precious staves ing, the Church is going to be to at least highlight and make thodox Psychotherapy, readers lems are mainly problems of carved exquisitely in gold and governed by psychiatrists, since readers aware of authentically are strongly encouraged to read thoughts, a darkened mind, and silver? he is not the only priest in treat - Orthodox modes of remedy and the book by the same title, writ - an impure heart. Spokespersons Because the barbarians will ment.” redress, such as repentance, ten by Hierotheos Vlachos, Met - must allow the symbolism of the arrive today The Church Fathers, whose nepsis (sobriety of the soul), ropolitan of Nafpaktos. This text Church to speak the language and such things dazzle the writings predate psychiatry by and the holy sacraments. is available in English as well, of the heart, and rely less on a barbarians.” well over a millennium, often An equally disturbing com - translated by Esther Williams. rhetoric that seeks to rationalize Which justifications do our compare the Church to a spiri - ment came during a recent ser - As its description appropri - everything, without first recon - politicians invent for their huge tual hospital where people come vice for the Saturday of Souls, ately explains, this books con - necting one’s intelligence with salaries, these days that Greek to receive therapy. While the which is held four times a year tains the important message their heart. people struggle to pay their constant references to psychi - to commemorate the faithful that the Church can heal an ail - bills? atric treatment may cover the who have fallen asleep. During ing personality. The term "Or - Follow me on Twitter “And why don’t our worthy demands of insurance compa - this particular service in a once thodox Psychotherapy" does not @CTripoulas orators, as always, come out to deliver their speeches, to have their usual say? LETTER FROM ATHENS Because the barbarians will arrive today; and they get bored with elo - Constantine Cavafy quence and orations.” Hellenikon Dead Zone Shows Signs of Life, If Wrong Use Where are our intellectuals The content is constructed as and thinkers? Why do they re - if the action was being shown main silent, why do they avoid Once upon a time, the Hel - The only place dozens of in - Reuters. “It is going to change on a theatrical stage, where the to raise their voices and criticize lenikon International Airport on there’s signs of life vestors. the psychology of foreign capital politicians are the actors and the the political decisions? Athens’ southern coast, with a is in the front, along This time it was toward investment in Greece.” people resemble the ancient “Why has there suddenly be - sea view, was the landing place a major road, where objections from a He didn’t mention the bene - drama’s “choros.” “Waiting for gun all this commotion, for visitors: tourists, celebrities, several thousand 18 Members of fits it would bring Lambda, al - the Barbarians” begins with peo - and this confusion? (How the rich and famous, business refugees and mi - Parliament from ready under a cloud for unlaw - ple asking each other: solemn people’s faces have be - executives, travelers, foreigners, grants have been liv - the ruling Looney fully building the Athens Mall “What are we waiting for, as - come.) Greeks, some coming to visit, ing for almost a Left SYRIZA Party and getting away with it despite sembled in the Forum? The bar - Why are the streets and the some coming to live, some re - year-and-a-half, whose leader, a ruling from the country’s high - barians are to arrive today.” squares emptying so swiftly, turning from elsewhere, as many making the Dead Prime Minister est court it was done against the The poem is an insightful de - and everyone is returning as 13.5 million a year toward Zone their home, Alexis “Che” law. scription of a state that needs home in deep preoccupation? the end. hoping against hope Tsipras, vowed to When it comes to money in enemies. To some point they Because night has fallen and When it closed in 2001 after for asylum or even by ANDY stop it as part of Greece, nothing is against the may be real, but they may also the barbarians have not come.” a new airport was built north of to move on to more DABILIS his promise to halt law so the Lambda Hellenikon be imaginary. Even before the Finally people’s faces become the city, in a vast, almost empty prosperous Euro - privatizations be - development will eventually enemy shows up, the authorities serious. Their illusion is over. area apart from some settle - pean Union coun - Special to fore he caved in to proceed, especially after the use his name as a perpetual ex - Everyone is going home so lost ments and a new highway, Hel - tries which have The National Herald demands from the country’s privatization agency cuse for their irresponsibility in thought. The barbarians will lenikon was allowed to go to closed their doors to country’s interna - said it would, and that’s the tune and inactivity. not come. More than that: there seed, an abandoned relic, just as them. tional lenders putting up 326 bil - to which Tsipras is now dancing “Why then such inactivity in are no barbarians any longer. were the 2004 Olympic venues. At 1,530 acres, the site is lion euros ($344.45 billion) in so he’ll squash his dissenters like the Senate? “And some people have ar - A sign once proudly pro - three times the size of Monaco three life-saving bailouts. the bugs they are. Why do the Senators sit back rived from the frontiers, claiming Olympic as the coun - and was destined to become Eu - The phony dissidents, who The project would include and do not legislate? and said that there are no try’s national carrier has rusted rope’s biggest urban park in a now want to stop the plan be - the creation as well of some kind Because the barbarians will barbarians anymore.” away on a decaying building. city that needs more green space cause they said the Dead Zone of park, sports and recreation fa - arrive today. Cavafy himself commenting Airplanes are rotting away on a to put some color and oxygen is an archaeological treasure – cilities and other commercial ar - What sort of laws now can on his poem emphasized that tarmac of broken concrete punc - into a vast white cement jungle if you count abandoned airliners eas and is only a few miles from Senators enact? the poem doesn’t represent the tuated with weeds and over - that is not a charming place. and weeds – raised the silly ar - the country’s cultural jewel, the When the barbarians come, people desperate due to the fail - growth. But after years of frittered- gument not to save a hallowed new Stavros Niarchos Founda - they’ll do the legislating.” ure of their expectation, but Waiting areas are eerily away time to devise a develop - site but their own faces after go - tion Cultural Center along the One can hardly find a better worried about what will become empty, like a scary scene from a ment, even that too was aban - ing along with its plan to be de - same strip of road. description of Greek govern - of them -given the fact that Twilight Zone episode where doned in favor of yet more veloped but wanting to tell vot - Tying the two together would ments’ attitude. It is partly true these are the rulers they have. you can almost imagine some - concrete buildings and commer - ers they didn’t. That’s the create a combined link of culture that EU and IMF “will do the “And now, what will become one with their eyes bugged out cial development with plans to SYRIZA way. and development in otherwise legislating. But given the gravity of us without barbarians? fearing a ghost will come ram - put hotels and office buildings – The objectors, including for - underused areas, but obstacles of the situation, Greeks specu - Those people were some sort bling past. Venetian blinds dan - and some trees, of course – ad - mer SYRIZA MP Nadia Valavani remain for Hellenikon, including late the governments’ bank - of a solution.” gle at awkward angles before jacent to the sea. asked “very significant buildings an environmental study and re - ruptcy of practicality in dealing grimy or broken windows. The plan that seemed set to in the area of the former Elliniko locating the greater Athens’ only with crucial problems and the Dimitra Kamarinou, PhD, has Debris and the detritus of finally be realized, a 7-billion airport” be listed for protection casino. remarkable lack of any plan to studied philology and archaeol - what was once a bustling airport euro ($7.4 billion) multi-use de - as historic monuments, the There’s one use that, like the revitalize the economy; the un - ogy at the University of Ioanni - lie in forgotten buildings and velopment by a consortium led newspaper Kathimerini re - old airport, has been forgotten, willingness to enact legislation na,Würzburg and Bochum in even on the runways. Old board - by Greece’s Lamba Develop - ported. Really? Which ones? abandoned and cast aside and against the corruption, the bu - Germany. She has been ing passes and litter lie on floors. ment, with partners from China Why didn’t they object before? is only real one: Europe’s biggest reaucracy, and the inefficiency honored with the Academy of Broken plastic chairs are aligned and Arab funding, ran full “This project is a game- urban park. of the huge state sector; the in - Athens Award in Archaeology in cracked rows. An escalator is square into the old Greek road - changer,” Odisseas Athanassiou, activity in creating entrepre - and Homeric Philology. filled with loose-leaf binders. block that has driven away Lamda’s Chief Executive, told [email protected] Enhancing the Role of the Ecumenical Patriarch

By Dennis Menos nize their churches, retain their ing and practicing their Ortho - has been dramatically enhanced. tering the Church’s holdings in their need, if the Orthodox own language in religious ser - dox faith outside the borders of The Ecumenical Patriarch needs Turkey, Greece, Western Europe, Church is to move into the 21st The fact that the Orthodox vices, and be administered lo - their parent Autocephalous to be elevated to the rank of the United States, and Australia, century in unity and purpose. Church is fragmented and oper - cally, without the requirement Church, but to which they still “head” of the Orthodox East, should be assumed by a senior Orthodox faithful, worldwide, ates without centralized control for outside oversight or direction. belong administratively. Enor - with authority to act and speak Hierarch of the Patriarchate, per - should participate in this regard is well known. The Holy and It all made sense back then, mous waste in Orthodox infra - for the entire Church. He cannot haps its Grand Chancellor. Freed (the Order of Saint Andrew Great Pan-Orthodox Council but it no longer does. structure and clergy resources, continue being merely one of the of this burden, the Ecumenical comes to mind for the United held last year in Crete provided Autocephaly is not responsive worldwide, are the result. Ad - Primates in the Orthodox East. Patriarch would then be able to States) by approaching doubting ample proof. to many of today’s challenges. versely affected also by the ab - Every human activity involving focus on activities designed to Hierarchs, in love and humility, The Orthodox Church is a For one, there is no provision in sence of an Orthodox Church large numbers of people, reunify Greek Orthodoxy. One with the rationale for an Ortho - consortium of 14 Autocephalous its structure for a “head” of the “head” are the ongoing recon - whether a commercial activity, such activity would be the con - dox “head” and the need for a (self- governing) Churches. Each Orthodox East to coordinate and ciliation dialogues with Rome social organization, or political vening annually of a conclave of conclave of senior Primates to operates independently of the promulgate the policies and ac - and other Christian Churches. institution, has a “head”- some - the Primates of all 14 Auto - address and resolve major Pan- others, but remains in full com - tivities of all Autocephalous Despite the best intentions on one in charge who provides cephalous Churches. Such a Orthodox issues. munion with them on matters Churches. The Ecumenical Patri - both sides, in the absence of overall direction and control. So, body does not currently exist, Enhancing the role of the Ec - of faith, sacraments, and canon - arch currently has no such au - someone who can speak with should also the Orthodox but needs to be formally acti - umenical Patriarch while also ical discipline. Governance in thority; he is merely the “first authority for the entire East, re - Church. The Ecumenical Patri - vated and serve as the senior engaging the Primates of all Au - each case is by a Primate, se - among equals” of the Primates sults have been meager. arch needs to become in fact the policymaking assembly of the tocephalous Churches to resolve lected by the Church’s Synod of of the Autocephalous Churches. Even among critics of auto - “first” Primate throughout the Orthodox East. Huge benefits the major issues confronting Or - Bishops. There is no “head” as In the absence of a “head” of the cephaly, there is no desire cur - entire Orthodox East, rather should accrue from such regular thodoxy today will not come such of the Orthodox Church to Church, issues of common con - rently to replace the present sys - than a mere ”first among meetings of the Orthodox Pri - easy. Both actions will probably whom he and the other Primates cern need to be debated and tem with a different form of equals,” which is his present mates conducted in reverence require a sustained effort of sev - of the Autocephalous Churches agreed upon by all 14 Primates church structure. But the time role. and understanding. eral years for acceptance. But, must report. before they can be implemented has come, to alleviate certain To be able to fulfill effectively Will the Primates of the Au - with the help of the Holy Spirit, Because of the advantages au - -- admittedly an extremely de - major problems inherent in au - his duties as the “head” of the tocephalous Churches concur in both should come to pass to the tocephaly offered, it became the manding task. tocephaly that constrain Ortho - Orthodox Church, the Ecumeni - the organizational changes pro - benefit of Christ’s Church on preferred form of church admin - The Orthodox Church has doxy from fulfilling its world - cal Patriarch will need to be posed herewith? Only time will earth. istration in the Orthodox East also a huge diaspora problem to - wide mission. freed of all responsibility for tell. Convincing them of the wis - from the earliest of times. Auto - day – a byproduct of auto - These problems cannot be serving also as the Primate of dom of the proposed changes Dennis Menos is the author of cephaly allowed persons of sim - cephaly – as evidenced by the confronted, however, until the the Church of Constantinople. will require patience and energy, several books and a writer on ilar ethnic background to orga - millions of Orthodox now resid - role of the Ecumenical Patriarch This responsibility, for adminis - but they must be persuaded of Orthodox and Hellenic issues. 12 THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 11-17, 2017