O C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek Americans A WEEKLY GREEK AMERICAN PUBLICATION c v www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 11, ISSUE 566 August 16, 2008 $1.25 GREECE: 1.75 EURO How the Greece’s Best Athletes Make Strides at Beijing Olympic Games Orthodox Basketball Team Rebounds After Spain Loss, View the Crushes Germany, Boxer Advances to Final Eight By Mark Frangos drum-banging Greek fans who Special to The National Herald brought a little atmosphere to the Dormition 18,000-seat Beijing Olympic Bas- NEW YORK – Vasileios Spanoulis ketball Stadium. While the former and a dogged Greek defense curbed European champion runners-up The Falling Asleep Of Dirk Nowitzki in a 87-64 win over closed to within 10 points, the Germany in Olympic Group B bas- Spanish held on for the comfort- The Virgin Mary Is A ketball Tuesday, setting the stage able win. for a much-anticipated clash with Vasileios Spanoulis led the scor- Great Mystery & Feast the United States at press time. ing for Greece with 15 points. Spanoulis led scoring for the Greece shot only 44 percent By Evan C. Lambrou Greeks with 23 points, while Now- from the field, while Spain man- Special to The National Herald itzki of the Dallas Mavericks was aged only slightly better at 45 per- held to just 13. cent, harried by the tough Greek NEW YORK – Each year at this “We played good defense and defense. time, the Orthodox Christian offense. Everyone contributed,” While Greece has yet to win a Church commemorates one of its captain Theodoros Papaloukas medal, some Greek athletes have apex feasts: the Dormition – Koimi- said. excelled in their sports. sis, the Falling Asleep – of the Vir- Greece, runner-up to Spain at Ilias Pavlidis, was a 7-3 winner gin Mary, the Mother of God. the 2006 World Championships, over Milorad Gajovic of Montene- Orthodox Christians honor stretched a two point margin at the gro in the heavyweight category. Mary as the supreme living icon of end of the first quarter into a com- Efthalia Koutroumanidou and the Church, the Mother of all Chris- manding 44-33 lead at the half. Maria Tsiartsiani defeated Judith tians because, as the holy fathers The Greeks held Germany to just Augustides and Vitalina Nel 2-0 in explain in their writings, she is the 11 points in the third quarter, then their second match for Women’s “New Eve,” the new Mother of Hu- lengthened their lead to 27 points Beach Volleyball Group D. manity who, through her obedi- in the final period before Konrad The Greek sailing team is also in ence, reversed the curse which fol- Wysocki drilled the three with 20 contention for medals. lowed Eve’s disobedience, and seconds left. Former medal winner Nikos brought to the world the “New The Greeks nailed 57 percent of Kaklamanakis resides in eight place Adam,” our Lord & Savior Jesus their field goals, against just 36 in the Olympic sailing men's RS:X Christ, Who restored humanity’s percent for Germany, while (windsurfing) standings. communion with God the Creator. Spanoulis was nine for 13 from the Andreas Kosmatopoulos and Although Christians everywhere floor and four for six from behind Andreas Papadopoulos are in sixth – Orthodox and non-Orthodox the arc. place after six races in the Men's alike – venerate and feel a deep AP/HERBERT KNOSOWSKI Greece's defense double-teamed 470 - Two Person Dinghy. sense of pious respect for Mary, per- From left to right: Nikalaos Kaklamanakis, Greece, Jonas Kaeldsoe Poulsen, Denmark, Andreas Cariolou, Nowitzki and commanded the lane, haps nowhere else on Earth is the Cyprus, Shahar Zubari, Israel, and Benjamin Barher, USA compete in Beijing on Monday, August 11. while their offense repeatedly Continued on page 7 observance of the annual feast of caught Germany sleeping. Ger- the Dormition, celebrated each many's shots just wouldn't drop for year on August 15th, more strongly them, while they appeared sluggish emphasized in Orthodox Christen- on the fast break. dom than in Greece, where it is not Papaloukas contributed another only a major religious observance, How the Church Functions in the U.K. 15 points for Greece, while De- Palestinian but a national holiday at the height mond Greene and Sven Schultze of summer, when many Greeks are By Theodore Kalmoukos menical Patriarchate for appointing years, 20 of which he has served as added 11 each for Germany. Priest Against on their month-long vacation. Special to The National Herald me as its representative to the Cler- its Archbishop, Gregorios noted “If you play against Greece you Millions of Greeks leave Athens gy-Laity Congress, and also to Arch- some differences. have to play as great at defense as in August, when the city seems al- BOSTON – Archbishop Gregorios of bishop Demetrios and his clergy, “You have organization and fi- they do, and we didn't do that,” New Vicariate most empty, and head for their an- Thyateira & Great Britain, who rep- who extended a very warm wel- nancial leisure here. Archbishop said Germany's coach Dirk Bauer- cestral villages throughout the resented the Ecumenical Patriar- come to me, and gave me the oppor- Demetrios told me that the organi- mann. “I'm disappointed with our Greek mainland or on any number chate of Constantinople at the Greek tunity to fully participate in the zation of the Clergy-Laity Congress effort.” By Theodore Kalmoukos of Greek islands where, in getting Orthodox of America’s recent Cler- workings of the Clergy-Laity Con- will cost around one and a half mil- Greece recovered after losing to Special to The National Herald together with their families, they gy-Laity Congress in Washington gress and get a broader perspective lion dollars, of which the participa- Spain 81-66 in their first game on commemorate the central role of D.C., expressed his gratitude to His on its work,” adding that he was im- tion of the delegates is not covered,” Sunday. BOSTON – Fifteen Palestinian and the Theotokos in the redemption All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch pressed by the number of partici- he said, noting that in America, “es- The teams, who met in the final Jordanian Orthodox communities and salvation of humankind. Bartholomew of Constantinople, pants and the variety of meetings oteric coherence and conciseness, of the 2006 World Championships in the United States refuse to ac- The feast of the Dormition was and to His Eminence Archbishop and the organizations within the which are very basic elements, have in Japan, where Spain prevailed cept the recent agreement between firmly established in the Sixth Cen- Demetrios of America. Archdiocese. been cultivated.” 70-47, remained close through the the Ecumenical Patriarchate of tury, although its roots go back to In an interview with the National Compared to the Greek Ortho- Only one Clergy-Laity Congress second quarter, after which Spain Constantinople and the Patriar- earlier centuries, especially the 5th Herald, Archbishop Gregorios said, dox Archdiocese of Great Britain, in opened up a 62-46 lead in the third chate of Jerusalem, according to Century, following the dogmatic “I express my gratitude to the Ecu- which he has ministered for 49 Continued on page 4 period, quieting the singing, bass Rev. Nicola Matar, a priest who decision of the Third Ecumenical serves the Blessed Virgin Mary Council of Ephesus (431 AD) to ac- Church in Anaheim, California. cept and use the term “Theotokos According to a news release is- (God-Bearer)” as the defining de- sued by the Greek Orthodox Arch- scription of the Blessed Virgin and diocese of America on August 5, All-Holy Mother of our Lord in the Greeks and they will be under the ecclesiastical Church. jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Pa- According to Ioannis Fountoulis, Popular triarchate through the Archdiocese professor of Liturgics at the Univer- and their new vicar. sity of Thessaloniki, this feast was A little less than 30 years ago, joined to an earlier feast in honor of American Song the above-mentioned communities the Theotokos at the famous had sought to place themselves un- Church of the All-Holy Virgin Mary der the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, in Gethsemane, which had been By Steve Frangos which had sent Archbishop erected by Byzantine Emperor Special to The National Herald Damaskinos of Iopes to look after Maurice over her tomb. their interests (e.g., offering coun- In the annual cycle of festivals For nearly two hundred years sel on canonical matters), though observed by the Orthodox Church, Americans have raised their voices he was not an exarch, but acted as the feasts of the Theotokos are in song and danced the night away an official “visitor” without techni- ranked second only to those of to popular music whose central cal jurisdictional authority. Christ because, after the Lord Him- theme and only subject is none oth- In February 2006, Archbishop er than the Modern Greeks. Since Demetrios of America and Metro- Continued on page 3 no one expects Americans to sing of politan Meliton of Philadelphia Greeks, let alone to dance in their traveled to Jerusalem on behalf of honor, the array of popular songs the Ecumenical Patriarchate and composed with Modern Greeks in worked out an agreement with Pa- mind have never been systemati- triarch Theophilos of Jerusalem – cally studied and compared. but without consulting or notifying Delivering Aid I offer here a selection of those the parishes in question, Rev. Matar songs, undoubtedly there are many told the National Herald in an in- To Georgia many more. terview. When news of the Greek War of The Palestinian/Jordanian com- Independence reached American munities had alerted Patriarch Conflict Areas shores, the subsequent public out- Theophilos that they would not ac- cry known as ‘the Grecian Fever’ cept transference to the Archdio- caused not only hundreds of Amer- cese, but their pleas and demands CHICAGO – Through its medical icans to join the Greeks in battle went unheeded, according to Rev. center in Tbilisi, Georgia hellenicare but literally thousands more to sing Matar, who said he speaks on be- is delivering medicines and medical and dance to Greek Liberty. ‘Greek half of the Palestinian communi- supplies to the conflict region of Aires’ as a distinct genre became Skyros Island is the fourth and largest island in the Northern Sporades Island group which consists of ties. south Ossetia, where Russian troops popular not only in North America Skiathos, Skopelos, Alonnissos and Skyros. It lies further out into the Aegean than the other islands and is This past August 5, the Greek have been bombing the area since but Great Britain. really more like the Kyklades in it's style of building and it's weather pattern. Orthodox Archdiocese issued an of- last Friday, August 8. Long before Greek immigrants ficial news release announcing the hellenicare is one of five non-gov- came ashore native-born Ameri- administrative transfer of the 15 ernmental organizations funded in cans were singing around the piano parishes in question to its ecclesias- part by the U.S. Department of State and making the floor boards tical, canonical and spiritual over- involved in an emergency disaster re- bounce to these tunes. sight. lief effort. The clinic in Tbilisi has dis- Scholars have long recognized Skyros: Land of Myths & Legends The news release states that, patched a team of physicians to help that American poets sought to “after a long process that began in doctors in Gori, where civilians were champion the Greek Cause. Poets By Clive Leighton holidays out of the way first: life I chose a course called Moving 1993 related to the ecclesiastical under attack by Russian fighter such as William Cullen Bryant, Daily Post changing; a spiritual awakening; a Mindfully, a unique blend of yoga, status of a portion of the Palestin- planes. hellenicare’s mobile medical composed "The Massacre of Chios", starting point on the road to Dam- Pilates, Alexander technique, t'ai ian and Jordanian communities in units were also dispatched to the "The Song of the Greek Amazons", Achilles made a mistake: he ascus; a moment in time to discover chi and dance. Sounds complex? the U.S., the portion connected to area. "The Grecian Partisan", "The Con- should never have left the Greek is- your fields of possibility. A Skyros Judy Hammond made it simple and the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, “We are doing everything human- junction of Jupiter and Venus", and land of Skyros where local legend holiday can be all of those, and fun. there has been a final agreed deci- ly possible to assist our fellow Geor- "The Greek Boy." These were not has it he hid, dressed as a girl, until much more. It's your choice. Skyros Centre, where I stayed, is sion by the Ecumenical Patriar- gians and Hellenes in South Ossetia momentary verses, soon forgotten. discovered by Odysseus. The great Skyros Holidays started in 1979 perched at the top of the island's chate of Constantinople and the Pa- and our nation in this deadly crisis,” Fitz-Greene Halleck’s, poem "Mar- warrior, thought invincible, was and is the world's leading alterna- only major centre of civilization. A triarchate of Jerusalem concerning said Dr. Roland Stamatov, regional co Bozzaris", so captured the Amer- later felled by an arrow into the tive holiday company. It claims the spectacular hill town with cubist, these communities. The Ecumeni- medical director of helenicare. ican Imagination that schoolboys heel at Troy. holistic tag because it offers choice whitewashed houses that cling pre- cal Patriarchate and the Jerusalem learned it and recited it by heart. Perhaps if he'd turned down to the whole you. cariously to the rock face, it's Patriarchate have agreed that the Continued on page 4 Professors Raizis and Papas have temptation of glory and instead Locally sourced fresh vegetarian capped by the 10th century canonical and pastoral supervision recorded the majority of these stayed on the white beaches of this food, nearby beaches and walks monastery of Saint George, which of these communities and their American poems in a fine book, magical, ancient isle, set like a pre- take care of the body; writers' sits on the remains of a 5th century clergy should belong to the canoni- To subscribe call: 718.784.5255 "American Poets and the Greek cious stone in the Aegean, he courses (Joyce Dunbar and DM BC acropolis. cally established jurisdiction in the e-mail: Revolution, A Study in Byronic would not have met his death. But Thomas took workshops during my I flew from Luton with easyJet United States, which is the Eparchy [email protected] Philhellenism." then writers for centuries would stay) and a free-form Making Sense to Athens, where I was met by a of the Ecumenical Throne in Amer- But what of the songs and have lost a great story and the rest course with Gaie Houston catered Skyros representative and stayed ica: that is, the Greek Orthodox dances? Have we no one to write of of us a handy synonym for weak- for the mind. overnight, then took two ferries to Archdiocese of America. Hence- them? ness. And daily yoga - run by David, a Skyros. forth, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem As one might expect with the ar- It is a beguiling, safe place to re- goliath of an American, hewn from This is a real working village no longer asserts any jurisdiction in connect with yourself. So, let's get Colorado rock - released the body Continued on page 5 the clichés about Skyros holistic and took care of the spirit. 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Simi- other specialties. Greek pastries SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Annun- larly, His Mother’s greatest feast is will be abundant and delicious. ciation Greek Orthodox Church also associated with her death and Greek music and dancing provides cordially invites the community to metastasis (i.e., translation or a festive backdrop to the games, its 2008 Greek Festival. The festival transposition) to Heaven. kiddie rides, and marketplace ac- will be held in the Sacramento Con- The reason for this is found in tivities. Donation of $2 for adults vention Center (1400 J Street) on the basic Christian perception of and children under 12 are free. Friday-Sunday, August 29-31. The salvation, the re-entry of human This wonderful event benefits the three-day event opens at 11 AM on beings into God’s Eternal Kingdom, many needs of the Church and its Friday, with free admission until 3 transcending death and regaining School, Koraes. Saints Constantine PM for that day only. Admission for the gift of eternal life. and Helen Church is located at Saturday and Sunday is $5 for In the Orthodox tradition, the 11025 South Roberts Road, Palos adults and $4 for seniors over 65 person of the Theotokos is insepa- Hills, Illinois, 60465. For more in- years of age. Children under 12 rable from the Person of Christ. The formation, please contact Church years of age are admitted free. place and significance of the Virgin Office at (708) 974-3400. Opening time is noon on Saturday Mary in the Church can not be un- and Sunday. Closing is set for 10 derstood apart from her relation to ■ AUGUST 21-24 PM, but “Greek Time” usually pre- the Lord. PORT JEFFERSON, N.Y. – The vails, extending that closing time What the name “Theotokos” de- Greek Orthodox Church of Port Jef- generously. For more information, clares is tangibly depicted on the ferson cordially invites the commu- please call 916-443-2033. iconostasion (the icon screen be- nity to its four-day Greek Festival fore the sanctuary) of any Ortho- from August 21-24 at its church FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. – dox Church. The icon of the Lord is (430 Sheep Pasture Road). Festival Saints Markella and Demetrios always on the right of the Beautiful Times: Thursday, August 21: 5 PM Greek Orthodox Church cordially Doors, and the icon of the to 10:30 PM; Friday, August 22: 5 invites the Northwest Florida com- Theotokos is always on the left. PM to 10:30 PM; Saturday, August munity and everyone vacationing This particular icon, depicting the 23: 1 - 11 PM; Sunday, August 24: 1 in our beautiful resort area over the All-Holy Virgin holding the Lord as - 10 PM. Delectable Greek Food and Labor Day Weekend to its 2008 a child in her arms, is the most Pastries; Live Greek Music and The Greek Festival. The festival will be characteristic of all icons associated Hellenic Dancers of NJ for Enter- held at the Emerald Coast Confer- with her blessed person. tainment. Carnival Rides and ence Center on Okaloosa Island, Christ became man in order to Games for the entire family; Magic Hwy 98E, Fort Walton Beach from save man, and while he receives His Orthodox Christian icon of the Dormition, the Falling Asleep of the Virgin Mary, whose body the Orthodox Show; Petting Zoo; Cooking Friday 5:00 PM- 9:00 PM, Saturday Divinity from the Heavenly Father, believe was mystically transposed to Heaven, though the Church has issued no dogma about it. Demonstrations. Phenomenal Fire- 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM and Sunday he received His humanity from His works on Friday night. Sweep- 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM with an admis- blessed mother, who mystically con- His Divine Glory, escorted by a myr- thodox parishes have adopted the Anna. She became such through stakes Drawing of 270 "Fantastic sion charge of $2.00 per adult. ceived and gave birth to the Son iad of angels, and takes her blessed name “Assumption” as the equiva- the Grace of the Holy Spirit Who Prizes on Sunday night. Sweep- There will be rides for the kids and and Word of God as a Virgin. soul, which is wrapped like a new- lent of the Greek Dormition (Koimi- “came upon” her; the Divine Power stake $100 donation. You can buy a a Silent Auction as well as kiosks Within the fabric of recorded hu- born babe in swaddling clothes, in- sis). The Orthodox do not under- Which “overshadowed” her; and ticket through church's website: featuring crafts, wine and beer, a man history, as it has proceeded to His arms in order to transport it stand it in the Roman Catholic the incorruptible conception of www.kimisis.org or send a $100 bakaliko and much more. Take the since the birth of Christ in Bethle- to Heaven. sense, however, which is almost Christ in her womb. check payable to the Greek Ortho- Chapel Tour which is an ever popu- hem, the Incarnation preceded the Before she departs, the identical with the Ascension, but The Roman Catholic dogma of dox Church of Assumption (include lar feature. For more information, Resurrection, so without the Incar- Theotokos greets the Holy Apostles rather in the sense of metastasis the “Assumption” was declared by your name, address & phone num- call 850-244-0822. nation, there would have been no and the people, promising that, (removal or change; rapid transi- Pope Pius XII in November 1950, Resurrection. That is why Mary’s “whichever soul is to call her name tion from one point to another). and the dogma of the “Immaculate role is central to the redemption will not be put to shame, but will In Roman Catholic theology, the Conception” was declared by Pope and salvation of all mankind. find mercy and consolation, under- Holy Virgin was transported into Pius IX in December 1854. QUESTION OF THE WEEK The details of the celebration of standing and boldness in this world Heaven with her body and soul The Orthodox Church asserts no the Dormition, especially those re- and the next.” united. The feast day recognizing similar dogmas, but believes that vealed in its hymns, are based on an Her funeral follows. The holy Mary’s passage into Heaven is cele- the Theotokos fell asleep; that the Vote on our website! apocryphal narrative concerning body of the Theotokos is then taken brated as the “Solemnity of the As- Lord took her soul up to Heaven; the circumstances of her death, to a tomb in Gesthemane, where it sumption of the Blessed Virgin and that her body was probably You have the chance to express your opinion on our website on an which goes back to Saint John the is buried. Yet according to the nar- Mary.” transposed to Heaven afterwards. important question in the news. The results will be published in our Theologian, the beloved disciple of rative, on the third day after her fu- The Latin Church points to John The Orthodox find the dogma of printed edition next week along with the question for that week. the Lord in whose care the All-Holy neral, the holy body of the 14.3 as a scriptural basis for under- the “Assumption” unacceptable be- The question this week is: Have you been following the Greek ath- Theotokos was entrusted. Theotokos was translated to Heav- standing the dogma of the Assump- cause it suggests that the Theotokos letes at the Olympics? The narrative, which is beauti- en. tion of Mary, arguing that she is the is the “co-redemptrix and co-media- ❏ Yes fully depicted on the holy icon of Orthodox Christians also believe fulfillment of Christ’s promise at trix” with the Lord, and they reject ❏ No the Dormition, tells us that the in the ancient doctrine of the Mary’s the Last Supper. The other central the Roman Catholic position on the ❏ Maybe Theotokos was visited by the perpetual virginity: She was a Vir- aspect of Catholic teaching con- “Immaculate Conception” because Archangel Gabriel, who foretold her gin before and during the Birth of cerning the Blessed Virgin is her it suggests He is immaculate be- The results for last week’s question: Do you believe that drastic approaching death; that thereupon, Christ, and she remained a Virgin immaculate conception, which cause of her, instead of her being changes need to be made to Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Mary returned to her home and pre- afterwards. This is depicted in her maintains Mary was born without immaculate because of Him. Orthodox School of Theology? pared for this event, praying that icon by means of three stars appear- the guilt of original sin. The “Immaculate Conception” 50.00% voted "Yes" the Apostles should be notified ac- ing on the veil on her forehead and The Orthodox Church also also renders Christ’s salvific work 43.75% voted "No" cordingly. Saint John is said to be shoulders, and also represents the teaches that the Theotokos is all- unnecessary, inasmuch as it presup- 6.25% voted "I don't know" the first to arrive in a miraculous grace of the Holy Trinity, Which was holy and immaculate, but not be- poses that Christ assumed an im- way, and then the others followed. in her and made her “full of grace.” cause of her “immaculate concep- maculate humanity, which would Please vote at: www.thenationalherald.com Finally, the Lord Himself appears in In the United States, many Or- tion” by her parents Joachim and not have needed salvation.

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(718) 858-4434 • (800) 245-4872 tors can keep track of her progress. and the Annunciation Greek Ortho- Her mother Mrs. Mihalopoulos got dox Church in Philadelphia for sick with a virus a few days follow- their help and support. ing her transplant and doctor did The Paneliakos Society of New TO PLACE YOUR not allow her to come into contact York decided to open a special fund Get informed CLASSIFIED AD, CALL: with her daughter for fear of infec- for Maria this past March and con- (718) 784-5255, EXT. 106, tion. tributed $2,500 of its own funds as www.thenationalherald.com E-MAIL: “I could not see her for one-and- a start-up sum. It also called on its classifieds@ thenationalherald.com a-half weeks,” Mrs. Mihalopoulos members and friends to help the said, “but thank God my husband cause by offering their own contri- and my sisters are by her side every butions as well. The account was REAL ESTATE day. My Maria is lucky because she opened at the Marathon Bank has all her family and the Greek branch located at 31-01 Broadway, Americans of New York standing by in Astoria, N.Y. her. In the past, when we were go- “We call upon all those who ing back and forth from hospital to want to continue contributing to hospital, I saw children who were our association’s efforts to send in much worse condition than their donation to account number Maria and they did not have any- 1000052133, under the name one to stand by them. I thank you “Paneliakos Society of NY Fund for all for your love and for everything Maria Mihalopoulos.” Donations you have done for Maria,” Mrs. Mi- can be sent to any one of Marathon halopoulos said. Bank’s branches or directly to our “We Greek Americans are a sen- organization at Paneliakos Society sitive and open-handed people, of NY, P.O. Box 5819, Astoria, NY and most importantly, we express 11105,” Ms. Papadopoulou said. our feelings of altruism and solidar- The Paneliakos Society also or- Hellenes Delivering Aid to ity in a one-of-a-kind way. The feel- ganized a large fundraiser at the ings of love and concern that Greek Holy Cross Church in Bay Ridge, Conflict Areas in Georgia Americans showed for Maria gave Brooklyn, where many members of us strength and played an impor- the association joined parishioners tant role in our psychological and community members in pray- Continued from page 1 more than 3,000 Hellenes reside, re- state,” Mrs. Mihalopoulos said. Young Maria Mihalopoulos, 4, with her mother, Lemonia. Maria had ing for Maria’s health at the bless- jected Georgia’s recent offer of auton- According to the President of successful bone marrow transplant surgery in New York on July 24. ing of the loaves service which was “The situation is grave in Georgia, omy within the federal state. the Paneliakos Society Georgia Pa- held after the divine liturgy. All and we are working with our region- The Russian attack on Gori and padopoulou, Maria’s eldest brother ty that the transplant will be reject- the hospital we are going to hold a those in attendance also offered al team to assist them in their re- their advances into neighboring John returned home just a few ed. big party for her. This way, we will their contributions to the Maria Mi- sponse,” said hellenicare President towns and villages was the first time hours after the procedure and was “The next year will be crucial for all celebrate her birthday and wish halopoulos Fund. Andrew A. Athens. “We call on our bombs had struck a residential area. happy that he was able to donate Maria, and that is why we are going her well on her road to recovery,” Lemonia Mihalopoulos was fellow Hellenes in the United States Medicine and medical supplies are his bone marrow to save his sister’s to call upon the members of our as- Ms. Papadopoulou added. born in Olena, Elias in the Pelopon- and around the world to give their urgently needed to treat those in- life. sociation along with Greek Ameri- Maria Mihalopoulos first be- nese. She met her husband Athana- support by sending a donation to hel- jured in the attacks. “I have had first hand experi- cans everywhere to continue their came sick when she was just six sios Mihalopoulos in 1991, when lenicare’s emergency medical fund.” Hellenicare officials said they ence with transplants, and I know prayers for her health, as well as to months old, and after extensive she came to Brooklyn to attend her “With our community’s support, hope both the Georgian and Russian fully well what it means to give the keep sending their donations to the tests at the Philadelphia Children’s older sister’s wedding. Mrs. Mi- we will be able to help its in-country Governments will end their use of gift of life to a sick child that is special fund we have set up for Hospital, she was diagnosed with halopoulos was married two years team access medicines and medical military force, and let diplomacy be struggling. The period immediately Maria,” Ms. Papadopoulou said. thalassemia. Ever since then, she later at the Annunciation Church in supplies, as well as support the mo- their guide in finding a peaceful and following a transplant is a very dan- “We pray to the Virgin Mary, and her family have been bearing Philadelphia, where the couple re- bile medical teams,” Mr. Athens just resolution to the conflict. gerous time and that is why we did whose feast we will soon be cele- their own personal cross. sides, with their three children, added. not announce the good news earli- brating, to protect Maria and make “My daughter Maria was lucky John, 12, George, 10, and Maria. The province of South Ossetia has Donations can be sent to the er. We had to be completely certain her well, since she is also her name- because my eldest son John was the “My Maria is lucky because John experienced ongoing conflict since its Emergency Medical Fund at helleni- before we could say anything,” Ms. sake. I have to admit that we did only matching donor,” Mrs. Mi- gave her the gift of life and from decision to set up a de facto indepen- care headquarters, 980 North Michi- Papadopoulou added, stressing not have the opportunity to proper- halopoulos told TNH, while re- now own she can have a regular life dent government from the Georgian gan Avenue #1210, Chicago, IL that young Maria will be under ly celebrate her birthday, because it minding readers that there are without ever having to undergo an- Government in 1992. South Ossetia 60611. For more information, please medical supervision for one more was only three days before her many other children and adoles- other blood transfusion,” Mrs. Mi- is one of two breakaway regions in call 312-337-7243 or visit the web at year, to guard against any possibili- transplant, so as soon as she leaves cents out there suffering from tha- halopoulos said. Georgia. The other, Abkhazia, where www.hellenicare.org. Archbishop of Great Britain Shares his Insights on the Clergy-Laity Process

Thyateira. in Britain, he said. Continued from page 1 According to Gregorios “the com- “Some of them know the Greek munities are supported by the con- language well, and others are trying has taken place in the United King- tributions of the faithful, but there to learn it because they love it,” he dom during his archiepiscopal are neither set dues, nor a fair- share said. tenure, he said, “but we organize lo- system. The faithful give whatever A priest’s salary is paid by the lo- cal conferences, which we find to be they can afford.” cal community, he said, “but some more pastoral. In every district where Asked whether he thought the priests are paid by the archdiocese we organize such conferences, we faithful give enough to sustain the so we can help those communities have about 80 to 100 participants. If operations of the community in Eng- which can not afford to pay the we were to have a general Clergy- land, Gregorios said, “not only do priest’s salary. The parish provides Laity Congress, we would have 200. they give, but they also cosign on the housing for the priest, or the equiva- The way we do it now, we gather loans we need to buy the churches, lent in money, and in terms of about 800 delegates, and it is not and this how we have acquired salaries, they are paid well: around costly to our Archdiocese because whatever we have today because we 30,000 pounds ($56.9 thousand) each district assumes the organiza- did not have anything.” per year.” tional costs. We do not meet many In 1964, he said, “we only had Greek Orthodox priests in the days – just one – but in a very system- three churches in London, and to- U.K. are educated at the theological atic manner, and we discuss the cur- day we have 25. Our archdiocese schools in Athens and Thessaloniki, rent issues that our Church faces.” does not get any money from the lo- Gregorios said. The Greek community of the cal communities. We never imposed “Most of our priests come from United States and the Greek com- an annual contribution from the Greece and Cyprus. Those who are munity of the Great Britain differ to communities to the Archdiocese or born in England study Theology in the extent that Greek immigrants any percentages. We don’t do any- Greece. We have some candidates went to America much sooner than thing like that. The only things the who are ready for ordination, but it they did to England, Gregorios ex- Archbishop Gregorios of Thyateira & Great Britain, right, with Archbishop Demetrios of America during Archdiocese gets are the fees from is not easy to find wives,” he said. plained, so the Greek presence in the recent Clergy-Laity Congress in Washington, DC last month. marriage and baptismal certificates, The Greek community of Great America is older and more estab- and lately from funerals.” Britain is estimated to be around lished. The Greek language is alive. Every- Gregorios said, “the people here do community is in the hands of the Asked where his archdiocese 200-300 hundred thousand, with a “In England, there are new immi- thing is done in Greek, and if the not know Greek, and this is our basic laity, except where there is a bish- finds the money its needs to pay its strong Cypriot presence,” he said. grants from 1940 and on, but need presents itself, we do transla- difference.” op,” he said. employees and department heads, The percentage of interfaith mar- Greeks have been in America since tions. At the clergy meetings, which The Archdiocese of Thyateira & Bishops in England are not inde- Archbishop Gregorios smiled and riages in some communities outside 1800,” he said. are done in Greek, there is a transla- Great Britain consists of 120 com- pendent, he pointed out. “They are said he himself has to act as a of London can even reach as high as As far as the use of liturgical tor who translates immediately in munities, “and the organizational auxiliary Bishops assigned as presid- fundraiser. 79-80 percent, he added. Greek during services of the Church English, but our main language is structure is somewhat similar to ing hierarchs to cathedrals from ‘The archbishop runs to find the But in general, Archbishop Gre- in England, he said, Greek.” what you have here. The parish which they get their salary.” money because the archdiocese gorios told the Herald, “English peo- The Divine Liturgy is done al- Asked whether he was surprised councils manage community affairs The Archdiocese of Britain has does not have any assets,” he said. ple view our Church with reverence most entirely in Greek, “but in some that all meetings at this year’s Cler- and finances; the priest is present, of four auxiliary bishops, and the only The Archdiocese of Great Britain and respect, and we have excellent instances, we use some English, too. gy-Laity were conducted in English, course, but the administration of the ruling bishop is the Archbishop of has 100 priests, out of which 16 are relations.” THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 16, 2008 FEATURE 5 Achilles Couldn’t Hide in Skyros, but Modern Visitors Can Escape

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with real working people. Meandering about the village in the coming days, finding myself constantly lost in the endless alley- ways, was a joy. I am writing this on a balcony, 30ft from a beautiful whitewashed Greek Orthodox church. The bells of churches across the hillside are call- ing the faithful to prayer and the rich, bass intoning of a priest, fol- lowed by a tenor colleague, is drift- ing into the late afternoon sunshine. If you can't find your inner peace here, you may struggle to find it anywhere. I rubbed shoulders with retired teachers, psychotherapists, social workers, an 80s pop star, three lawyers an astrologer, two shiatsu practitioners, an accountant, a graphic artist, an ex-dancer and backing singer, a violinist, fashion designer and a publishing execu- tive. And many more. There is a cosmopolitan feel, too. I was among mainly Brits but there were also South Africans, Irish, a Kiwi, a German, an Argen- tine and a Canadian. Skyros Centre has a sister holi- Skyros is the southernmost island of the Sporades, an archipelago in the Aegean Sea. day spot on the island at Atsitsa, nine miles away - I know, I counted an Aegean sunset as I swam in the ple on return trips to Skyros - one but warm, loving relationships, as I walked each one in the blazing bay, followed by a banquet with a woman was on her sixth visit. then stay at home and save money. Greek sun through a soothing Alep- Greek folk band and traditional is- So, why go to Skyros? Well, if But if you are - how can I put po pine valley. land dancing. you're balanced, happy with your this? - still human, it's worth check- In recent years, Skyros has become a burgeoning tourist destination. But I was richly rewarded with I met at least half a dozen peo- life and career and enjoy nothing ing out. Popular American Songs with Admiration and Envy of Greek Immigrants

Continued from page 1 The kind most anybody can af- 1857 to help the Army introduce With his hands upon his hips ford camels as pack animals. This popu- On the top step of the dugout rival of some 500,000 Greeks to the But the Cunningham and the lar folk song was first recorded by A cat the color of a hearse United States between 1870 and Mercury The New Christy Minstrels in 1962 They blew a nine game lead in 1920 a number of popular songs And the Rolls Royce racing free and then in succession The Travel- '69 noted their presence. Certainly Ah they all belong to the Argen- ers 3, again in, 1962 the Canadiana People say it was The Curse many will know that, in 1923, Tin tine and Folksingers in 1964, The Merrymen They were playing for the pen- Pan Alley songwriters Irving Cohn The Portuguese and the Greek in 1993 and finally (I think) the nant and Frank Silver composed “Yes! There are pretty girls, there are River City Ramblers in 2001. In 1984 We Have No Bananas.” It is said witty girls ‘The Curse of the Billy Goat,” Against the San Diego Padres that, Cohn and Silver heard Jimmy There is every kind of a girl composed by Chuck Brodsky, and They only had to win one more Costas a grocer in Lynbrook Long Some you like a little, some a lit- found on his ‘Tulips For Lunch,’ al- To advance to the World Series Island, first use the phrase: ‘YES! tle more bum offers yet another unexpected But they slipped into reverse We have no bananas.’ But have you But none of them will set your song: And when Durham flubbed a heard the equally popular “The Ar- heart a whirl "Billy Goat" Bill Sianis grounder gentines, the Portuguese, and the When you really feel you’ve met Had box seats to game four People blamed it on the curse Greeks” by Arthur M. Swanstrom your ideal Of the '45 World Series Most recently, 2003 and Carey Morgan in 1920? The A girl with smart and chic Cubs versus Detroit And just five outs away song, a best-seller as a 78rpm You will find she belongs to an One seat he would sit in When a Cubs fan tried to catch a record, is a humorous song with a Argentine or The other was for his kid foul curious mix of envy and admiration A Portuguese or a Greek A goat by the name of Murphy While the ball was still in play for the new immigrants. They don’t know the language Who the Cubs had always ad- The lockers had been plasticised Columbus discovered America They don’t know the law mitted But the bubble had just burst in 1492 But they vote in the country of That day an usher wouldn't let The Marlins drank the cham- Then came the English and the the free them pagne Dutch And the funny thing when we To their box at Wrigley Field People blamed it on The Curse The Frenchman and the Jew start to sing So directly to the owner Just ask someone in Boston Then came the Swede and the My Country Tis of Thee PK Wrigley he appealed How long it took to break Irishman None of us know the words The answer came from Wrigley The Curse of the Bambino Who helped the country grow But the Argentine, the Por- It was final and succinct With its annual heartache Still they kept a coming and now tuguese, and the Greek He said there'd been a few com- And every time it happens Everywhere you go In stark contrast to these two plaints It just feels that much worse There’s the Argentines and the light-hearted songs is “Louis Tikas” Some people didn't like the stink They say there's always next Portuguese, a song by Frank Manning which Sianis, he was livid year The Armenians and the Greeks honors this Greek’s actions during His face was turning blue And that might be the curse One sells you papers, one shines the Ludlow Massacre. “Louis He went out past the turnstiles Given that not every song is pos- your shoes, Tikas,” is but the latest in a long Onto Waveland Avenue itive we should not be surprised to Another shaves the whiskers off line of Labor Songs testifying to The vendors on the sidewalk learn that in 1983 Tom Carvel your cheeks Greek involvement in the American Say he raised his arms up first (1906-1990), Greek immigrant When you ride again in a sub- Labor Movement. I recall how sur- And with his hands above his businessman almost sued the way prised I was when reading an arti- head Beastie Boys over “Cookie Puss!” As Notice who have all the seats cle by Dan Georgakas. During the They say he placed The Curse Angus Batey describes in his book And you’ll find they are held by Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912 as Just then a cloud passed over Rhyming & Stealing: A History of The Argentine and the Por- a contingent of Greek immigrants From the lake a chilly wind the Beastie Boys: "[It] doesn't have tuguese and the Greek joined the other strikers, those al- Anybody within earshot any lyrics, so to speak, but against There’s the Ritz Hotel and the ready picketing raised their voices Woulda had goosebumps on its quite stark, hip-hop influenced Commodore and in song praising the Greeks by their skin beats, it sets samples from a prank The Vanderbilt and the rest name. The skeptics say baloney telephone call the band made to an All of them are classy, up to date Not unexpectedly the Ku Klux The poets make up verse ice cream parlor. The Carvel ice hotels Klan also included Greeks by name 60 some years later cream company made a type of ice They boast accommodations of in hate lyrics sung at their public They still blame it on the curse cream cake called a Cookie Puss, the best rally songs. Those two box seats bore wit- and the band had taped a phone When you ask the clerk for a Still, other Greeks who have ness call to their local store wherein room and bath been honored in American popular As the Tigers took the game they ask to speak to Cookie Puss as He looks at you sarcastically and song include Harry Agganis in, The Like they would games five & though it were a person. They then speaks Golden Greek, found on Phil Co- seven abuse the hapless telephonist when Why we’re all filled up with the ley’s album ‘Baseball Songs Sports The Cubbies came up lame she, inevitably, fails to comply with Argentine Heroes.’ Composed as a tribute “to Many forgotten songs were written about Greeks and Greek Ameri- Ol' Billy Goat Sianis their request." And the Portuguese and the a man who touched many hearts” cans, especially after the immigration boom between 1870 and 1920. Got the last word, Holy Cow Song and dance can transform Greek the song reports upon “New Eng- He telegrammed Mr. Wrigley the social worlds in which they are There’s the Oldsmobile and the land's greatest all around athlete Hall of Famer and Boston Red Sox tion seems to have no time limit. Asked him “Who smells now?” performed. As even these few selec- Huntmobile Harry Agganis' life was golden on Star died at barely 26. His death “Hi Jolly the Camel Driver” com- It stared at Leo Durocher tions reveal the changing notions of And the Cadillac and the Ford the sports field and pure gold in the stunned the nation's sports world.” posed by Randy Sparks, deals with Stared right at his lip the Modern Greeks evident in the There are the motors you and I way he lived his life. This college The inspirational force of Hi Jolly, a.k.a. Philip Tedro a Greek And Leo stood there staring American Imagination frequently can own football All American and College Greeks on the American Imagina- who came to the United States in back see expression in popular song.

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The late Mr. Stavrianidis Hospital in Manhattan, where he ever Vice President of the New York was a fixture at all of the society's had been hospitalized for the past Komninoi Society of Pontians died functions, as well as those orga- two weeks. He is survived by his on the evening of Tuesday, August 5 nized by th Pan Pontian Federation wife Theoni, his children Paul, Lin- at St. Peter's University Hospital in of USA and Canada. He took part in da, and Cynthia, his granddaughter New Brunswick, New Jersey, where all the struggles undertaken by the Chrysoula, in addition to many oth- he had hospitalized in recent days. local Greek Community in defense er friends and relatives. His son Panos and the Pastor of the of Greek national issues and fought Funeral services were held on St. George Church in Piscataway for the recognition of the Pontian Wednesday, July 23,, at the St. Very Rev. Alexander Kile were by his genocide. Spyridon Church in Washington side during his last hours. “Despite the fact that his studies Heights, NY. The late Dr. Ladopou- His wake was held last Friday were cut short by Stalin's purges los was a longtime parishioner at August 8 at the St. George Church and the outbreak of World War II, St. Spyridon and frequently con- in Piscataway, and funeral services my father was well read and known tributed his time and resources to followed the next morning at the for his in-depth knowledge of histo- the historic Greek Community same church. ry. He loved to read and had an ex- there. In light of this, the Ladopou- The deceased was born in De- tensive library,” his son said. los family asks all those parties in- cember 1922 in Batum, in the for- “He had a great thirst for knowl- terested in offering a donation in mer USSR (modern day Georgia), edge because his mind was always memory of the deceased to send where a flourishing Greek settle- at work, and he invested in our ed- their contributions to the St. Spyri- ment existed, which had experi- ucation. He cultivated a deep love don Church in lieu of flowers. enced a growth at the time from the for the Greek language in us and Dr. Ladopoulos was born and influx of Pontian refugees pouring that is why we decided to ask any- raised in Langadia, in the Pelopon- in from Trabzon in neighboring one interested to make a donation nese, and was the youngest of Turkey. In 1933, his parents Panagi- to a Greek school in his memory in twelve children born to the otis and Dorothy sensed the dan- lieu of flowers,” the younger Mr. renowned Dr. Polychronis gers of the oncoming purges taking Stavrianidis added. Ladopoulos and his wife Xakousti. place in Stalinist Russia and decid- The deceased's health had taken “My father loved medicine, and A photo from a lecture organized by the Hellenic Medical Society of New York. Dr. Ladopoulos was a fre- ed to leave the Soviet Union in a turn for the worst during the last that is why he entered the Athens quent attendee of HMS lectures and events. Standing from l. to r. Dr. Constantine Lignos, Dr. Ladopoulos, search of a better life in Athens. year-and-a-half, during which time University Medical School, where and Dr. Anthony Vasilas share a discussion with HMS President Dr. Spyros Mezitis. Soon afterwards, the deceased's he underwent five operations. His he graduated with honors. During parents opened their own jewelry ultimate cause of death is attrib- World War II, he served in the In 1952, as Greece was just sequently in Astoria. honored him by naming him an Ar- store and their son was able to at- uted to degenerative heart failure. Greek army and joined the resis- starting to recover from the civil “My father loved the Greek cul- chon of the Order of St. Andrew,” tend secondary school and finish “My father fought bravely to tance against the Nazi occupying war that broke out immediately fol- ture and raised us to love Greece his son added. his junior year of high school – a stay alive and taught us all what it forces. He would often speak to us lowing WWII, the late Dr. Ladopou- and the Greek American Commu- Like so many other Greek immi- luxury during those difficult years. means to love and to struggle for about the heroism displayed by the los went to the United States to spe- nity. Thanks to his patience and grants who worked diligently to In 1946, Mr. Stavrianidis met his success in life,” Mr. Stavrianidis Greeks during the war against fas- cialize in cardiology. During his persistence, we learned to speak make the American dream a reality, future wife, Helen Thalassinides, said. cism,” the late Dr. Ladopoulos’ son board certification exams, he even Greek fluently and consider our- Dr. Ladopoulos’ life was not easy, who was also born in Batum and According to relatives, the de- Paul told The National Herald. managed to get the second highest selves an indivisible part of the and was filled with struggles for had relocated to Athens with her ceased was a virtuous man, charac- Faithful to the family tradition, score throughout the entire state of Greek American Community,” Dr. survival and success. During his 92 family in 1940. They soon married terized by generostiy and altruism. Paul Ladopoulos also studied medi- Connecticut. Paul Ladopoulos said, while shar- years of life, Dr. Ladopoulos experi- and had two children, Panagiotis He was a loving husband, father, cine, and works as a psychiatrist, Three years into his residence in ing his pride over his father’s con- enced many joys and sorrows. In and Dorothy. grandfather, and brother, and he with his own office in Astoria. the United States, he met and mar- tribution. 1984, the deceased faced the In 1962, when the U.S. began had a singular way of winning over “When the Germans found out ried his wife Chrysoula Kalfas, with “My father loved his job. He also biggest challenge of his life when that my father was involved in the whom he had two children Paul was proud of his heritage, and his first wife Chrysoula became ill resistance, they raided his family (Polychronis) and Cynthia (Xak- could not contain his love for both and died soon afterwards. Four home and were ready to burn it ousti). His son, Dr. Paul Ladopou- Greece and the Greek American years later, the late Dr. Ladopoulos down. As they were searching the los, 52, is married to Linda (Lam- Community. It is no coincidence married Theoni Lingos, who stood home, they discovered a photo of brini) Tsongas, and the couple has that he was actively involved as by his side as a devoted wife until my father from the torch lighting one child, Chrysoula, who is two both a member and official of the the last day of his life. ceremony of the 1936 Olympic years old. Hellenic Medical Society of New The deceased practiced cardiol- Games in Berline, and they decided The deceased worked at the York and the St. Spyridon Church ogy until the early 1990’s, and took not to burn down the house after Metropolitan Hospital Cardiologi- in Manhattan. He faithfully con- part in the lectures and other func- all,” the younger Dr. Ladopoulos cal Clinic for many years, and also tributed to the Church to the best of tions organized by the Hellenic said, while reminiscing about his operated his own practice in Wash- his ability, and in recognition of Medical Society of New York until father’s heroism and self-sacrifice. ington Heights originally and sub- this, the Ecumenical Patriarchate recently.

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■ HEROPOULOS, YVONNE courage, and spirit that character- at the Dempsey Center. He was an needlework; offering her constant CANTON, Ohio – The Independent ized her life. We will remember her active member of the Holy Trinity support and expertise to her chil- reported that Yvonne M. Heropou- love of life and her unconditional Greek Orthodox Church in Daniel- dren and grandchildren, who con- los, 78, of Canton, passed away in love. The funeral was on August 12 son. In 1990, the Greek Orthodox tinue to enjoy these same activities. the arms of her loving family on Fri- at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Diocese of Boston recognized Chris In 1977, Anna moved to Dennis Vil- day, August 8. She was a loving and Church. Memorial donations may for his outstanding service to the lage and enjoyed daily walks beloved wife, mother, grandmoth- be made to Holy Trinity Greek Or- Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church throughout the Village neighbor- er, aunt, sister-in-law and friend. thodox Church or Stark State Col- in Danielson. He was a member of hoods and especially to Corpora- Survived by husband John lege Foundation women's scholar- the order of the Ahepa and in 1997 tion Beach. She was one of the orig- Heropoulos and children Parthena ships. was awarded the lifetime achieve- inal members of St. Katherine's & Douglas Draggett, Hartville; Para ment award for his dedication. He Greek Orthodox Church in Quincy A recent photo of the late George Stavrianidis, 86. & Gregory Jones, Canton; Lisa & ■ SITARAS, BILL was a member of the American Le- (now in Braintree); a communicant Charles Nardis, Brecksville; Maria FLORENCE, S.C. – The Charlotte gion and VFW in Putnam. He en- of St. George Greek Orthodox taking in immigrants born in Soviet the hearts and minds of anyone he Heropoulos MacKenzie, M.D. & Observer reported that John Nick joyed his vegetable gardens and Church in Centerville; a member of states, Mr. Stavrianidis took his came in contact with. Michael MacKenzie, Newport, CA; Sitaras, 87, died on Wednesday, Ju- trips to Europe with his wife. Chris the Tuesday Senior Social Group; family and moved to New York in The deceased is survived by his and John A. and Deanna Heropou- ly 30, 2008 in a Florence hospital was a man that truly loved his fami- and a member of St. Katherine's search of the American dream. He wife Helen Thalassinides, and his los, Canton. Adored grandmother after an illness. He was born in ly, his church and his country. He Philoptochos Society of St. George got his first job working for Bulova, children Panagiotis and Madeline of Elizabeth & Melissa Draggett; Greece, a son of the late Nikolaos would fly the American Flag every Orthodox Church. The funeral was and in 1972 he opened his own Stavrianidis, Anestis and Dorothy Christopher & Kyle Jones; Johnny and Vasiliki Sitaras. He was a mem- day. His family, especially his grand- held on August 4 at St. George jewelry store in Astoria, which he Fountoukides, and his grandchil- & Alexander Heropoulos; and Rox- ber of Velouhi, a member of the son, was a very important part of his Greek Orthodox Church in Center- named Venus – the same name as dren George, Jason, and Constan- anne & Melissa MacKenzie. Born in Greek Orthodox Church and was life. He leaves his three sons: John ville. Memorial donations to St. his parents' store in Athens. tine Stavrianidis, and Elias and Canton, she was preceded in death instrumental in the organizing of Tsanjoures of Worcester, Ted Tsan- George Greek Orthodox Church “My father was a third-genera- Sophia Fountoukides. Other rela- by her parents Elias and Takla (He- the Greek resistance during World joures and his wife Renee of Pom- (1130 Falmouth Road, Centerville, tion jeweler and he was involved in tives include his sister Chrysoula len) Joseph of Canton, and broth- War II and later served in the Greek fret, George Tsanjoures and his wife MA 02632), or VNA Hospice (434 the jewelry business for the greater Apostolides, his brother-in-law ers Fred of Dayton and Edward of Army during the war. He was pre- Denise of East Putnam; a brother, Route 134, South Dennis, MA part of his life,” the deceased's son Stavros Thalassinides, as well as Canton. She leaves sister-in-law ceded in death by his parents, his William Tsanjoures of Fort Lee, NJ; 02660). Panos Stavrianidis told The Nation- nieces, nephews, cousins, and Emmaline Joseph of Dayton, wife, Rita Poulos Sitaras, four one grandson, Chris Tsanjoures of al Herald. many friends both in the United cousins William, Elizabeth & brothers and one sister. Surviving East Putnam; several nieces and ■ ZETES, ARTHUR Following an armed robbery States and Greece. Josephine Joseph of Canton, and are his son, John Sitaras and his nephews. The funeral was held on BOSTON, Mass. – The Boston Her- which took place at his shop in The family of the deceased kind- cousins Gloria & William Ellis of wife, Stemi Sitaras of Florence; August 7 at the Holy Trinity Greek ald reported that Arthur L. Zetes of 1978, the late Mr. Stavrianidis ly asks friends and relatives to send Akron. Our wife, mother and Yia- granddaughter, Margaret Sitaras of Orthodox Church in Danielson. Bur- Swampscott, 87, restaurateur, a went in search of a safer location donations in his memory to the St. Yia (grandmother) was the embod- Florence; brother, Kostas (Nahi) ial with Military Honors was at World War II veteran and restaura- for his business and opened a sec- George Greek Orthodox Church – iment of "agape," unselfish, loyal, Sitaras of Agios Nikolas, Euritanias, Grove Street Cemetery in Putnam. teur, passed away on Saturday, July ond store in Sommerset, N.J., Greek School ,1101 River Road Pis- and benevolent love. With a pas- Greece; sister, Eleni Memorial donations may be made 12, 2008 at Salem Hospital. Mr. which is operated by his two chil- cataway, NJ 08854, in lieu of flow- sionate heart, gentle touch, in- Triandafilopoulos of Agios Nikolas, in his memory to the Holy Trinity Zetes was born and raised in Lynn dren Panos and Dorothy. ers. domitable spirit, and inquiring Euritanias, Greece; a number of Greek Orthodox Church in Daniel- and was a graduate of Lynn English mind, our mother dedicated her life nieces and nephews; his in-laws, son. High School in 1930. He had lived to family. She taught her children George and Helen Poulos of Flo- in Swampscott since 1950. Mr. and grandchildren to cherish learn- rence and Steve and Olga Keretses ■ VALLAS, ANNA Zetes served aboard a Navy de- ing, life, family, and community. In of Florence. The funeral was held DENNIS, Mass. — The Cape Cod stroyer in the Pacific during World the final weeks of her illness, she on August 2 at the Transfiguration Times reported that Anna Vallas, War II. He worked for General Elec- glowed when her youngest grand- of Our Savior Greek Orthodox 100, passed away at home on July tric in West Lynn for 44 years and sons proudly presented their report Church in Florence. Burial was at 30, 2008, 15 days after her 100th was the owner of Bob's Famous cards, expecting and receiving the Mount Hope Cemetery. Memorial birthday. Anna was a devoted wife, Fried Clams on Highland Avenue in Salem for 45 years. He was a mem- subscribe exuberant praise only Yia-Yia could donations to the Transfiguration of mother, grandmother and great- PRINTED EDITION OF THE NATIONAL HERALD deliver. She was a master at using Our Savior Greek Orthodox Church grandmother. She is survived by ber of St. George Greek Orthodox via the post-office: love and positive motivation to in- (2990 S. Cashua Drive, Florence, her son and daughter-in-law, Church in Lynn and of the Philan- ❏1 Month for $9.95 ❏3 Months for $19.95 still the values of hard work and SC 29501). 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AP/MURAD SEZER AP/MARK HUMPHREY Illias Pavlidis of Greece, left, fights Milorad Gajovic of Montenegro during a men's heavyweight 91-kilo- Angeliki Gerolymou, right, of Greece, chases down the ball with Rebecca Rippon, left, of Australia, during gram boxing match at the Beijing 2008 Olympics on Wednesday, August 13, 2008. Pavlidis won 7-3. a women's water polo match at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Greece Basketball Team Crushes Germany 87-64 in Olympic Group Match

Continued from page 1 panel. In addition, the IOC execu- IOC's decision was “arbitrary and il- and was entered for the Beijing tive board invoked a second rule legal.” Olympics last month by the Greek Sofia Bekatorou, Sofia Pa- which bars the Greek on what “It is these totalitarian practices Olympic committee. padopoulou and Virginia Kravariot amounts to moral grounds. and decisions that bring the sport- Greek sprinter Tassos Gousis are just outside of the medal rank- Spokeswoman Giselle Davies ing spirit and the Olympic ideal was excluded from the Beijing ings in fourth place after seven said the IOC made the decision “in that my country gave birth to into Olympics for failing a doping test a races in Women's Yngling – Keel- order to send a firm signal of the disrepute,” Thanou said. few days before the games. boat. IOC's moral consideration.” Thanou, who said she intends to The Greek national Olympic Track & Field, arguably Greece’s “There is a whole string – a list keep competing, faces criminal committee said 29-year-old Gousis, best chance for a medal, had not of events – that took place over the charges in Greece relating to the in- who competes in the 200 meters, begun at press time. Greece’s track course of this sorry tale,” Davies cidents four years ago on the eve of tested positive for the steroid team will be without Greek sprinter said. “This string of events really re- the games. methyltrienolone. He was sent Katerina Thanou. sulted in what the IOC sees as a President Jacques Rogge had home from a pre-games training The IOC has barred Thanou scandalous saga that overshad- said earlier that the IOC had re- camp in Japan after being informed from the Beijing Games, saying her owed the Athens Games and served the right in Athens to open of the result. role in a drug-testing cover-up four brought the IOC, the Olympic disciplinary procedures against “The first test returned posi- years ago in Athens was “a scan- movement as a whole, into disre- Thanou and Kenteris if they tive,” Greek press officer Tasos Pa- dalous saga” that had brought the pute. Based on this, the board sought accreditation for future pachristou told The Associated Olympic movement into disrepute. made its recommendation that she games. Press. “He's not in the team. Now Thanou and fellow Greek sprint- should be ineligible.” Using tough language, the IOC he's traveling to Greece where I er Kostas Kenteris missed doping Davies said Thanou and Greek said Thanou's conduct was “totally imagine he will ask for the `B' sam- tests on the eve of the 2004 open- officials had been notified of the incompatible with the Olympic ple (to be tested).” ing ceremony, and claimed later decision. She has previously threat- spirit.” Gousis finished eighth in the 200 they were injured in a motorcycle ened to the sue the IOC. “The prejudice caused by Ms. at last year's world championships accident. Both eventually withdrew One of her lawyers, Nikos Kol- Thanou is most serious,” the IOC in Osaka, Japan. He competed in from the games and were banned lias, said the sprinter would not file said in a statement. “It affects not the 2004 Athens Olympics but by the IAAF, the governing body for an appeal. only the IOC, but the entire failed to qualify for the 200 final. world track and field. “We will not appeal her partici- Olympic movement – in particular, The International Olympic Com- pation in the games. What matters the athletes participating in the mittee on Sunday excluded now is Katerina's compensation,” AP/DUSAN VRANIC Olympic Games.” For breaking Olympic news, Thanou, punishing her for the 2004 Kollias told the Associated Press in Greece's Vasileios Spanoulis (7) drives to the basket during a men's After sitting out her two-year please visit the web at www.then- doping incident and following a Athens. basketball game at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing on Tuesday, ban imposed by the IAAF, Thanou ationalherald.com. recommendation of its disciplinary In a statement, Thanou said the August 12, 2008. Greece won the game 87-64. returned to competition in 2007 Palestinian Priest Says Jerusalemite Communities Unhappy with New Vicariate

Continued from page 1 Archdiocese through its Vicar. munities in person in the near fu- “I disagree with Metropolitan America, and I do not want prob- The Palestinian communities Through the Archdiocese, all of ture.” Philip (Saliba, of the Antiochian lems with the other Orthodox. I do have sent letters to Archbishop the Western Hemisphere.” these clergy and communities will Demetrios appointed the Very Archdiocese of America), who says not want other jurisdictions to Demetrios and to all the Patriar- The news release also stated be able to participate in the pro- Rev. George Jweinet, pastor of Saint that those parishes belonged to come to my jurisdiction and estab- chates and the autonomous that, on April 1, “His All Holiness grams and agencies of SCCOBA George Church in San Francisco, to him. No parish existed here for the lish their own jurisdictions.’ I do Churches that they do not accept Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Standing Conference of Canonical serve as vicar of the new Vicariate Patriarchate of Jerusalem when the not understand what he meant by the Agreement, and that they want received His Beatitude Patriarch Orthodox Bishops in America).” and intermediary between the people left the Antiochian Ortho- jurisdictions in America. Everybody to stay under the Patriarchate of Theophilos III of Jerusalem, togeth- In a recent letter to the priests of Jerusalemite parishes and the Arch- dox Church,” he said. is here, and why does only Jerusalem, according to Rev. Matar. er with the senior member of the the 15 Jerusalemite communities diocese, but those parishes, includ- Asked why Metropolitan Philip Jerusalem have be under Constan- Asked if he has thought about Holy Synod of the Jerusalem Patri- in question, Archbishop Demetrios ing his own, do not recognize him, claims those parishes to be his, Rev. tinople, and everyone else is not going under former Patriarch Eire- archate, Metropolitan Vasilios of announces the agreement between according to Rev. Matar. Matar said, “I do not like to say it, under Constantinople?” neos in case Patriarch Theophilos Caesaria (Palestine) and other cler- the Patriarchates of Constantinople “All the churches of the Patriar- but I think his memory is not clear. The Jerusalemite communities insists on placing the 15 communi- gy. Final details for the implemen- and Jerusalem, and instructs them chate of Jerusalem, including Fa- Everything was running fine when in question have formed a commit- ties under the new Vicariate, Rev. tation of the agreements were com- to sign an official declaration; oth- ther George Jweinet’s church, are we had the Vicariate under the Pa- tee, Rev. Matar said, “and we are Matar said, “I love Patriarch Eire- pleted, with a mutual decision that erwise they would be proclaimed standing against the agreement be- triarchate of Jerusalem, but when staying with Jerusalem for ever and neos, and I care a lot about him, but these communities come under the uncanonical. tween Constantinople and the Pa- Patriarch Theophilos was elected, ever.” I will not do anything before I will canonical jurisdiction of the Arch- In that letter (dated August 4), triarchate of Jerusalem. He is the we heard he had an under-the- Asked why he feels Patriarch make sure I do it canonically, be- diocese of America. Following the Demetrios states, “Please be aware only one who is accepting it be- table agreement with Patriarch Theophilos did not tell him the cause I am a canonical priest, and I meeting at the Phanar, His Emi- that no letters of release will be is- cause there will be a board meeting Bartholomew to give our churches truth, he said “Today, I do not want will not do anything uneconomical. nence Archbishop Demetrios of sued by the Patriarchate of on Wednesday, and he will very to Constantinople. A year later, we to call my Patriarch a liar, but I do Before I do anything, I will have the America was directed to proceed Jerusalem to any clergyman. much have a problem with his own heard that our (former) vicar, Met- not believe that there is such an professors in Greece to give us their with the implementation of the Canonical status of every clergy- parish,” he said. ropolitan Damaskinos, resigned agreement the way they are saying opinion. I pray to God for Theophi- agreements by the creation of a vic- man depends on entering the Vic- According to the Patriarchate of and that there was an agreement to us, or I do not believe that this los to recall his decision because it ariate for the inclusion of the clergy ariate, and to that end, your help Jerusalem’s official website and things like this.” was passed through the Synod be- is doing great damage to our and communities within the Arch- will be essential.” (http://jerusalemusa.org), nine of Speaking about Archbishop cause we have evidence that the Church, and a patriarch should not diocese of America. The official The letter instructs them to also the 15 parishes are on in California; Demetrios, Rev. Matar said, “He Synod knows nothing about it.” do damage, but peace.” name of the vicariate is: ‘Vicariate commemorate the name of Arch- one is in Seattle; one in Arizona; never called us, but just five days for Palestinian/Jordanian Commu- bishop Demetrios in their Divine one in New York (Long Island); one ago, we started receiving certified nities in the USA.’ The clergy and Liturgy and holy services. in Pennsylvania; one in Massachu- letters in the mail from the Greek communities of the Vicariate will Demetrios concluded his letter setts; and one in Georgia. They Orthodox Archbishop, who wants be directly under the Archbishop of by saying that, “as your Archbish- consist of some 1,500 families, Rev. us to sign a declaration of this, and America, and will report to the op, I would like to visit your com- Matar said. of course, all of us are standing very Self Esteem firm that we are not accepting it, Learn how your inner voice and some of us do not even accept contributes to your self esteem the mail. We returned it to the Learn how to restore your self esteem sender. I am one of them.” for a healthier marriage Asked why you he dies not the and positive relationship agreement between Theophilos 567 Park Avenue, Suite 204 Marriage, Couple, Family, Child and Bartholomew, he said, “Our Scotch Plains, NJ07090 roots come from there, and we feel and Individual therapy www.hellenictherapy.com that we should belong to our Moth- email: [email protected] MARIA SIKOUTRIS MA, Ed.S, LPC er Church, just like everyone else (908) 322-0112 Day, Evening & Weekend Hours here in America, including the so- called ‘self-ruled’ Antiochian Arch- diocese of America. We feel that, in 1948, Palestinians and Jordanians were thrown out from our land, and now it is being done again by our Patriarchate. We are not Greek. We are Palestinian and Jordanian Orthodox from the Holy Land, and we have the right to belong to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem today, to- morrow and forever.” Rev. Matar also said, “We were in Jerusalem two months ago, and www.GreekKitchennyc.com we had a meeting with Patriarch Theophilos, and we told him to his face that we heard of such-and- such agreement, and he said, ‘There is no agreement; there is un- derstanding that I like to have or- der in the Church. I want to respect the jurisdictions of all the Church- es, so please try to make peace with Archbishop Demetrios.’ We told him that we want to stay with AP/THANASSIS STAVRAKIS Jerusalem, and we are not chang- Happy Birthday to the man who led Greece to victory in the 2004 Euro Cup ing our minds. “We told him we are staying This July 5, 2004 file picture shows Greece's coach Otto Rehhagel waving to the crowd at the all-marble with Jerusalem. He kept telling us, Panathenian stadium, where the first modern Olympics were held in 1896, to welcome Greece's national ‘You are my children. I do no throw soccer team after it won the Euro 2004 championships the day before in Portugal, in Athens. Rehhagel cel- you away or abandon you, but I ebrated his 70th birthday last Saturday, August 9, 2008. have to respect the jurisdictions on 8 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 16, 2008

The National Herald LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A weekly publication of the NATIONAL HERALD, INC. (ΕΘΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΗΡΥΞ), reporting the news and addressing the issues of paramount interest Archdiocese Continues to What planet are our bishops liv- President is a joke. One of the most I also agree with him that, while to the Greek American community of the United States of America. Mishandle Sexual Abuse Cases ing on? This is clearly a matter that pressing national issues is health- the Bush Administration’s policies calls for a role by the laity. It should care. What has Senator McCain have been detrimental to both Publisher-Editor Antonis H. Diamataris To the Editor: not be something decided unilater- done, as a three-term senator, to al- American and Hellenic interests, we Assistant to Publisher, Advertising Veta H. Diamataris Papadopoulos Your editorial in the July 19 edi- ally by the bishops, especially in leviate the problem? Nothing. shouldn’t get our hopes up too high Managing Editor Evan C. Lambrou tion was right to criticize Archbish- light of all the recent misconduct As a conservative for over 40 about either candidate. Assistant Managing Editor Mark Frangos op Demetrios for failing to mention revelations, and the millions which years, I have consistently voted Re- Issues in the Balkans, Cyprus even one word about the sexual have already been paid in settle- publican, and I’ll do the same in No- and Greek-Turkish relations will not Production Manager Chrysoula Karametros abuse scandals in our Church dur- ments. vember with one exception: For go away, regardless of who wins in Webmaster Alexandros Tsoukias ing his long speech at the Clergy- Paul Cromidas President, I will vote for Obama. November. The National Herald (USPS 016864) is published weekly by Laity Congress. 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This bears much ciated with the present Administra- ters by Andrew Kartalis and George ally, and it’s still not entirely clear THE NATIONAL HERALD, 37-10 30th Street, LIC, NY 11101-2614 more examination. If our bishops tion, which has become a liability Koutras, I think there was more to which of the two have the greatest can reinstate a defrocked priest, this for the Republican Party. the interview than what Dr. potential. makes a mockery of the defrocking To say that Senator Obama is not Coufoudakis had to say about Sena- Nick Haroudakis process. experienced enough to become tors McCain and Obama. New York, New York Is he the greatest? A day after etching his name alongside Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis with PRESS CLIPPINGS his ninth gold medal, Michael Phelps set a standard all his own when he won the 200-meter butterfly Wednesday morning. An hour earlier, he swam the leadoff of a runaway victory by the U.S. 800 freestyle relay team, which shattered the old world mark by more than four seconds. Spyros Louis: The First Marathon Winner After a six-gold performance at the Athens Games in 2004, Phelps needed only five days in Beijing to surpass Spitz, Lewis, Matt Biondi, and Spyros Louis, the young man George Averoff, the wealthy Greek athletes and twelve Greeks look Louis had run the race and he had legendary Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi as the winningest Olympian ever. who won the Marathon race in the would had given most of the money their places at the starting point. won his prize. Widely expected to break Spitz’s record of seven gold medals in a single first modern Olympic Games in to build the new stadium. The Very likely, the others were running The following days, the newspa- Olympiad with eight by the time the swimming competitions conclude, Athens in 1896 was not a trained groom would also get according to for the glory or for the legendary pers wrote all kinds of stories about Phelps also made a habit of shattering world records along the way to win- athlete. He was a humble peddler the rumors a dowry of a million dowry of Averoff’s daughter but the unknown hero. Some said that ning his medals, and is now all alone at the top of the career golds list. of fresh water in clay jars to the drachmas – a mythical sum of mon- Louis was running for his beloved he was a humble shepherd, others a His amazing accomplishments in Beijing’s Olympic pool have made all Athenians of his time. And he did ey at the time. Eleni. rich landowner, others a soldiers, of us extremely proud of a great all-American kid from Baltimore, who has not decide to enter the race to win a Eleni heard those stories but she Papadiamantopoulos gave the and others a postman. One news- a contagious ear-to-ear grin, and who swims like a tremendous machine. medal. He did so because he had a accepted them with a grain of salt. signal and the Marathon runners paper with even more fertile imagi- And of course it invites the inevitable comparisons to other great problem. He was in love with a lo- Still, she was smart enough to real- started on the long trek. The nation wrote that Louis had taken Olympic athletes of the past. But is Phelps the greatest Olympian ever? cal young maiden in his native vil- ize that whoever won the race Frenchman Albert Lermizieu led part in the race to win pardon for It’s easy to argue that he is, but we still have to put things in perspec- lage, Maroussi. Her name was would be a famous man. the group for several miles, but his (non-existent) imprisoned tive. Comparing swimming to track & field to gymnastics is like comparing Eleni and she, too, was in love with She knew that Louis liked to run then exhausted he collapsed. The brother. In the end the truth came apples to oranges to berries. him. They wanted to get married just for fun. “Spyro,” she said to Australian Teddy Flak, an account out. Louis was born in 1872, at Soviet gymnast Larysa Latynina won 18 medals – nine gold, five silver but Eleni’s father was dead set him, “if you run and you win, you’ll who lived in London was now at Maroussi, a village north of Athens and four bronze – in Stockholm (1956), Rome (1960) and Tokyo (1964). against the idea of his daughter be famous and my father will stop the lead. He was a sprinter, not ac- (today a fashionable suburb) and Nicolay Andrianov of Russia racked up a total of 15 medals – seven gold, marrying a young man without saying no.” It was a potent argu- customed to such long distance made a modest living peddling five silver and three bronze – over three gymnastics Olympiads, as well: much money and without ment. running and soon he, too, aban- fresh water. He had never before Munich (1972), Montreal (1976) and Moscow (1980). The former most prospects. Three days later, Louis went to doned the effort. Louis kept a ran in an athletic competition. decorated American athlete, swimmer Jenny Thompson won 12 medals in Enter now the first Olympic the place where a medical doctor steady pace. One after another, he The year 1896 was not yet the four Olympiads – eight gold, three silver and one bronze) – in Barcelona Games held in Athens in the spring was examining the participants be- left behind all the other runners. time of lucrative endorsements and (1992), Atlanta (1996), Sydney (2000) and Athens. of 1896. A Frenchman, Baron fore they were admitted to the Someone on horseback, who was other perks that today’s Olympic And who can forget Emil Zatopek, “The Czech Locomotive,” who took Pierre de Coubertin had thought of group of contestants for the race. following the race, pealed off and heroes enjoy. Louis went back to gold and silver in the 10,000- and 5,000-meter races, respectively, at the reviving the ancient Olympic Louis did not belong to any athletic ran ahead to bring the news to the his village and to his donkey. Most 1948 London Games, and gold medals in all three major long-distance Games that had been abolished in club, he had no trainer, no creden- multitude at the stadium. “A Greek important for him, Eleni soon be- races at the 1952 Helsinki Games (5,000 meters, 10,000 meters and the A.D. 394 by the Byzantine Emperor tials of any kind. He was flatly is running at the head of the came his wife. Marathon)? Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia, who won two successive Olympic Theodosius who found them to be turned out. Dejected, he was ready group!” Sixty thousand Greek Louis lived in relative obscurity golds in the Marathon during the Rome and Tokyo Games, each in record an affront to his Christian faith. to leave when fate intervened. spectators chanted in a frenzy of for many years. He never run again time? Or Alexander Karelin of Siberia, “The Russian Bear,” the most dom- Coumberten’s idea caught fire In charge of the preparations for enthusiasm the Greek words “Ellin, in competition. In 1936 when he inant Greco-Roman wrestler of all time, who took gold in the super heavy- and the first modern Olympiad was the Olympics was an officer of the Ellin” (Greek, Greek). was 64 years old, he was invited by weight class at Seoul (1988), Barcelona and Atlanta, and settled for silver to be held in Athens – fifteen cen- Greek army by the name of Papa- Spyros Louis entered the Stadi- the Olympic Committee to come to after losing 1-0 to a much younger opponent in Sydney, snapping a six- turies after the Games had been diamantopoulos. Louis had served um as the crowd exploded. He had Berlin and carry the Greek flag at year unbeaten streak in perhaps the most grueling sport. abolished -- at the new marble sta- under him during his stint as a sol- covered the distance in two hours, the opening ceremonies of the Without belaboring the point, as great as Michael Phelps is, and by dium constructed for this purpose. dier. The officer recognized him. fifty-eight minutes and fifty sec- Olympiad of that year. He paraded some standards he may very well be the greatest Olympian ever, his ac- The Greek people greeted the “What are you doing here, Louis?” onds. in his traditional Greek fustanela. complishments came within his own realm of expertise. By the same to- news with exuberant enthusiasm. “I want to run and they don’t let Later in the evening, Louis was When he was invited to meet Hitler, ken, the accomplishments of other athletes in other sports are no less ex- They were especially excited about me,” Louis replied. received at the palace by King he gave the German dictator a cellent. the Marathon race that Couberten Papadiamantopoulos turned to George, the honorary sponsor of branch from an olive tree, the an- Ultimately, as Greek Americans – and proud descendents of a nation had decided to add to the competi- the doctor: “This man is something, the first Olympiad. When the king cient Greek symbol of peace. which invented athletic competition – we should marvel at the grace of tive sports. The race would start at doctor. I used to send him from the asked Louis what he would like to Two years later, he was granted their God-given talent, and the dedication of their human spirit to years of the ancient site of the Battle of Ambelokipi to the Syntagma receive from the king as a personal a pension for life. He did not have training and hard work. Marathon and end at the new stadi- Square to buy cigarettes for me. gift, Louis replied. “A donkey to much time to enjoy it. He died on um. Inevitably all kinds of extrava- Would you believe that he ran back help me carry the water.” The king 28 March 1940 at the age of sixty- gant rumors started going around and forth within twenty minutes?” amused by the man’s modesty gave eight. He is still remembered as the about the reward that would be That was a distance of more than orders to have the man’s request man who won the first Marathon Nationalism vs. Orthodoxy given to the man who won the race. three miles each way. fulfilled. But Louis did not only get race in modern times. Some said that a Greek winner After this glowing recommenda- the donkey. He also got Eleni. Her The above incorporates infor- The new agreement ironed out between the Ecumenical Patriarchate of would be given a high position in tion, Louis was allowed to partici- father could not say no to a man mation from an article by Ste- Constantinople and the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which created a new the state bureaucracy, others that pate. who had been received by the king fanos Dandalos, recently pub- vicariate for a handful of Palestinian and Jordanian Orthodox communi- he would marry the daughter of On April 10, 1896, four foreign and who was now a national hero. lished by Kathimerini. ties in the United States, has apparently met up with some resistance (see related story, page 1). The parishes in question, ideally, prefer to remain under the ecclesiasti- cal auspices of Jerusalem, but earlier this month, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese announced that jurisdiction of those parishes has been trans- ferred to the Ecumenical Patriarchate: Views on the “Macedonian” Ethnicity and the Language “… supervision of these communities and their clergy should belong to the canonically established jurisdiction in the United States, which is the By George C. Papavizas ROM is now frantically using he- cavations in Jordan, Syria and way to the Dark Age and before, it Eparchy of the Ecumenical Throne in America: that is, the Greek Orthodox Special to The National Herald roes and other important people Afghanistan. His reply was an em- will win the language game, kill the Archdiocese of America… The clergy and communities of the Vicariate considered till now as Greeks or phatic “No.”). Skopjan propaganda about “Mace- will be directly under the Archbishop of America, and will report to the In the recent letter of the Pan- Bulgarians. FYROM is also rushing Second, we must disprove donian” ethnicity and “Macedon- Archdiocese through its Vicar.” Macedonian Society to Mr. Kara- to erect monuments and rename Borza’s suggestion of a possible ian” language, and tell the world One of the priests of these communities, Father Nicola Matar, told our manlis it was pointed out that the streets and airports with names of date of Hellenization (middle of that Greek Macedonia must be the religious affairs correspondent there is no way these communities would Skopjans insist that they are enti- ancient Greek personalities and the fifth century). Hellenization legitimate continuation of ancient accept being placed under the Archdiocese (i.e., the Patriarchate). tled to the “Macedonian” ethnicity events. may never have occurred in a true Macedonia. The language of Mace- “We are not Greek. We are Palestinian and Jordanian Orthodox from and the “Macedonian” language. It The Slavic propaganda is also meaning of the word; after all, donians before and after the 5th the Holy Land,” he said. is sad that we have arrived at this striving hard to undermine these people belonged to Hellenic century is the key to clenching the That’s fine. But in order to properly understand the recent jurisdiction- point of history where a small Slav- Greece’s name and reputation, ut- tribes to begin with, and, therefore, proof of the Macedonian Hel- al transfer, it is important to understand what a vicariate is: a distinctive ic-Albanian country has the audaci- tering harsh accusations against it. only evolution of the archaic Mace- lenism. group which, though it is technically under the supervision of the ty, stemming from the power grant- What can be done to reverse donian dialect (Doric Hellenic of To promote the so-called “Mace- Ecumenical Patriarchate, basically functions independently and is free to ed to it by a powerful communist the sad state of affairs? We must the western type) occurred. The donian” language, the Skopjean practice its cultural traditions. dictator, to demand recognition as demonstrate conclusively the Hel- process of evolution of the Proto- government has begun recruiting It is not without precedent in America. The Albanian Orthodox the only “Macedonia,” with its peo- lenism of ancient Macedonians, Hellenic elements took place, suc- academicians and scientists, and Archdiocese, the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Archdiocese and the ple speaking a “Macedonian” lan- and show that the views of some cessfully, simply because the an- plans to declare the present year as Ukrainian Orthodox Church all fall under this category. guage. It is also sad that manipula- scholars (Borza, Poulton, Shea, cient Macedonians were prone to the “Year of the Macedonian Lan- They are each affiliated with the Ecumenical Patriarchate; each has its tions in politics, domestic or for- Badian, etc), anthropologists and gradually embracing the sophisti- guage.” The first official glossologi- own vicar (a metropolitan or bishop); and no one is telling them they can’t eign, weigh heavier than the glori- politicians on the origin, ethnicity cated linguistic elements that cal and literature conference will be Albanian, Carpatho-Russian or Ukrainian Orthodox Americans. The on- ous pages of the Macedonian histo- and language of Macedonians are brought their dialect to a level close be held in Ochrid at the end of Au- ly sticking point is a canonical one. Canonically, Orthodox churches in the ry and the Hellenic Macedonian ro- wrong, and therefore unaccept- to the Attic, climaxing with the for- gust. In contrast, what is Greece Diaspora should be under the ecclesiastical oversight of the Ecumenical mantic nationalism. able. The Macedonian ethnicity mation of the final product, the doing to promote the fact that the Patriarchate, so that the unity of Orthodoxy in the Diaspora can be pre- We can no longer depend on cannot be separated from Greek koine, in Philip’s and Alexander’s common people in Macedonia served. the glorious pages of Macedonian history because it did not evolve in time. Nothing like that occurred spoke a Greek dialect even during The Antiochian and Russian Orthodox in America take exception to this history to convince the doubting a vacuum, but within the broader with the non-Greek Illyrians, de- the Dark Ages and earlier? interpretation of Church canons, unfortunately, but that’s not an argument public about the Hellenism of an- limits of the Hellenic civilization. spite their proximity to the Greek Even if Athens and Skopje agree for this newspaper to decide. All we’re saying here is that the Patriarchate cient Macedonians. The Skopjan It is inexorably linked with world, simply because their tongue on a mutually accepted composite of Jerusalem has no problem respecting the jurisdictional authority of the propaganda has made (and it is Greece’s total history. The binding had no linguistic affinity to the Hel- name with geographic meaning Ecumenical Patriarchate in the Diaspora. still making) great strides to instill together of these perceptions lenic dialects. (which will be a defeat for Greece), It may seem like a lot for Father Matar to swallow at the moment, but doubts about Greece’s rights on (characteristics) - origin, ethnicity, Third, and most important, we the struggle for Macedonia and the no one is aiming to dilute his ethnic identity, so he should stop fanning the the Macedonian history and name, and language - with Hellenism must prove that the ancient Mace- propaganda barrage will continue fire of alarmist paranoia by contrasting his ethnicity against that of his while, at the same time, promot- (and not with Slavism) is a diffi- donians spoke a Proto-Hellenic di- as if nothing happened. Orthodox Christian brethren in America. ing its own false ideology of Mace- cult, but crucial point in demon- alect before the 5th century, all the Skopje will also continue to de- Perhaps he should also stop and think about some of his statements to donianism. strating the Hellenism of ancient way to the Dark Age (1100-700 B. mand recognition of the existence this newspaper: e.g., that Patriarch Theophilos lied to him and others Sadly, that is not all. New de- Macedonians. C.) and beyond. The language, a of a “Macedonian” minority in about the agreement to create a new vicariate, which was in the making ceptive, nonmilitary, but highly How can we prove the Macedo- critical ethnicity characteristic, be- Greece and the return to Greece of for several years, and that the agreement was made without consulting dangerous threats to Greece and nians’ Hellenism? came the subject of disagreements communist refugees who raised the parishes in question. to the Macedonian Hellenism are First, by projecting the linguis- among scholars. Borza, in the arms against Greece and fled to FY- First, those parishes were technically never under the jurisdiction of now on the surface, aiming at tic, archaeological and historical Shadow of Olympus (1990), stated ROM when the communists lost the Jerusalem, which never had official authority here. Their choice was be- obliterating the Hellenic Mace- studies of the Hellenistic Era, the that the language in Macedonia civil war in Greece. And when the tween Antioch and Constantinople, and it is well known that they do not donian cultural identity and the three hundred years following was standard Greek dialect since Bucharest Agreement ends on Au- want to be under the Antiochian Archdiocese. historical heritage. In order to ap- Alexander’s death. But this alone the middle of the 5th century, but gust 9, 2013 they will also accuse Second, there have been repeated consultations between the Church of prehend the patrimony of ancient will not convince the diehard schol- the common people spoke an un- Greece of genocide (they are al- Jerusalem and the Palestinian/Jordanian communities here. Delegations Macedonians, Skopje’s new dog- ars who already have accepted that known dialect beyond recovery. If ready doing so) and demand the re- went back and forth, and the Palestinian Authority itself met with ma is now pushing chronologically the Macedonians were Hellenized the Macedonian is beyond recovery turn of Greek and Bulgarian Mace- Theophilos on behalf of these communities almost a year ago. the origin of the modern “Mace- by the middle of the 5th century, B. (according to Borza), how do we donia to its “proper owners”, the Third, in the Orthodox Church, patriarchs do not have to ask priests donian” nation, not to the seventh C. (Borza et al) (Note # 1: during know it was not Hellenic? There is Slavs. and lay people for permission to conduct their administrative affairs. century A. D., when the Slavs the Pan-Macedonian Symposium at no evidence it was not Hellenic. But Orthodox hierarchs often do consult with clergy and laity, but Orthodox came to the Balkans, but to the the Capitol Hilton in Washington there is plenty of evidence it was Dr. Papavizas is the author of are not congregationalists. fifth century B. C., an additional on June 27, 2007, I asked the Hellenic. This facts should be “Blood and Tears: Greece 1940- As to Father Matar’s apparent pipe dream that his parish and others in millennium backwards. To rede- French Professor and archaeologist brought out emphatically and in 49” and “Claiming Macedonia: the new vicariate could follow former Patriarch Eirineos – who was de- fine the myth of the “Macedonian” Pierre Lerish whether he had en- the English language. If Greece can The Struggle for the Heritage, posed and defrocked, and who has been relegated to the status of a monk nation’s identity and apprehend countered any language other than demonstrate conclusively that the Territory, and Name of the His- – it is frankly absurd to ponder on such a possibility. the Macedonian patrimony, FY- Greek during his many years of ex- Macedonians were Greek all the toric Hellenic Land, 1862-2004.” THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 16, 2008 VIEWPOINTS 9 LETTER FROM ATHENS Oil and Politics in the Caucasus and NATO’s Dilemma

For Vladimir Putin, Christmas is pledged that the coun- in Central Asia and in- Ultimately, Moscow is less concerned coming early this year. The crisis in try’s territorial integrity ternationally. about the South Ossetians than with So Much for Paradise as South Ossetia presents a unique op- would be re-established By the early 21st bringing Georgia back into Russia’s portunity for the Russian Premier to by the end of his presi- Century, Russian petro- sphere of influence and preventing continue his policy of enhancing dency. He sought to tear leum and gas has be- any alliance with NATO. Murder Rocks Mykonos Russia’s superpower status by re- up the far-from-perfect come the mainstay of On August 4, Russian Foreign claiming regions such as Georgia Russian-framed negoti- the E.U.’s energy sup- Minister Sergei Lavrov – a relative Tonight at the Trop- seemed orchestrated. within Russia’s sphere of influence. ating framework for plies. In 2007, 40 per- moderate within the Moscow leader- icana Club on “My brother and I got At the same time, gaining control of South Ossetia, but failed cent of the E.U.’s gas ship – declared, “We will do every- Mykonos, they’ll be into an argument with the Caucasus will practically guaran- to come up with a viable and oil needs depend thing possible to prevent the acces- partying hard toward a taxi driver about get- tee a Russian monopoly over petrole- alternative. on Russia or territories sion of Ukraine and Georgia to NA- dawn, young women ting our change back. um resources. Oil and gas from From Moscow’s per- controlled by the TO.” Lavrov could have also added dancing half-naked on He got on his mobile Central Asia presently reach the West spective, the American by DR. ANDRE Russians. The Russians that Russia intends to control access table tops, ritualistic- phone and all of a sud- through pipelines over Russian or presence in the Balkans, GEROLYMATOS have finalized the last to oil and gas in Central Asia and, by industrial-disco-saccha- den at least 15 Greeks Russian-controlled territory. The only coupled with the U.S. in- details with respect to extension, cast a long shadow over rine-pop-pseudo-rock with baseball bats, ba- exception was Georgia, which is the tervention in Georgia, Special to the construction of the Europe. music blaring so loud tons and chains ap- only country with close ties to the has recreated the The National Herald Burgas-Alexandroupolis America’s reaction has been a lit- you can’t hear the sad peared out of United States and not dominated by Russian fear of strategic pipeline with Greece, tle confused and fragmented. Barack pickup lines young nowhere. They de- Russia – at least for the present. encirclement. These fears were dri- and are planning to implement the Obama and John McCain have con- men are using as they by ANDY manded we hand over Georgia had been part of the ven home early on, after the collapse so-called South Stream Project, a demned Russia without acknowledg- try to pick up jaded DABILIS our wallets. I think Soviet Union until the collapse of the of the Soviet Union, when the U.S. web of pipelines which will carry oil ing Georgia’s role in provoking the young women on this they look for any ex- communist system at which time the propped up pro-American govern- and gas under the Black Sea from the crisis. McCain has gone as far as to “magical island” that’s Special to cuse to hook into country achieved independence in ments in Georgia with money and Caspian region to Bulgaria, and then demand that Russia be kicked out of a weak facsimile of The National Herald tourists,” he said. “My 1991. A few months later, Georgia arms, despite the historic links be- across Greece to Italy. To complete the G8, but such out-of-context state- College Girls Gone whole eye orbit had to was embroiled in a civil war, as well tween that country and Russia. In this project, the Russians have estab- ments have left the U.S. almost isolat- Wild in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and be reconfigured with three metal as the conflict between Georgian fact, the Russians have frequently ac- lished a monopoly over Bulgaria’s en- ed. The Bush Administration, which South Padre Island, Texas, where plates and 12 screws. The experi- forces and separatists in South cused the Americans of using bases in ergy market, and plan to takeover holds so much responsibility for spring break from college brings a enced surgeon who operated on Ossetia and Abkhazia. The violence Georgia to train Chechen Islamic ter- Serbia’s state-owned petroleum in- alienating Russia by a policy of reason to party, get drunk, have my eye told me that I was lucky to grounded down to an armed truce af- rorists. dustry. provocation, is helplessly calling for a sex, puke, swim naked and show be alive and just as lucky to still ter Eduard Shevardnadze, the former All this changed after the election But the weak link in Putin’s grand ceasefire and also condemning the your breasts. have my eye,” he said, a phrase you Foreign Minister of the USSR, re- of Vladimir Putin as president of the strategy is Georgia and the Ukraine. Russians. Washington is now caught Mykonos prides itself on hedo- won’t see in advertisements for turned and assumed the office of Russian Republic in 2004. Over the If those countries become members in a bind: It is supportive of Tbilisi, nism and tolerance toward party- Mykonos, unlike the lure present- president. next three years, the Putin’s govern- of NATO and the E.U., it could under- looking for ways to stop the war, but goers of all types, including gay ed years ago to American media, Shevardnadze tried to manage ment has not only reconstituted mine Russia’s petroleum hegemony also keen not to get involved in a con- people in a country with a high dis- showing windmills and sunsets the pro-West leanings of many Russia’s wealth and internal security, over Europe. flict with Moscow. crimination toward them, and beckoning would-be visitors with: Georgians with historic Russian secu- but Russia has also re-emerged as a This changed after this past The Europeans, beyond pre- night life is critical to sustaining the “What are you doing where you rity concerns in the region. Under his great power, quickly elevating itself August 7, however, when Saakashvili dictable musings of being opposed to economy, but this isn’t the place are when you could be on tutelage, Georgia signed a strategic to superpower status once again. To opted for the military option against aggression, etc., have a long agenda you go when you want to find Mykonos?” partnership with NATO and began to that end, Putin has skillfully exploit- South Ossetia and thus played into of issues to discuss with Russia, good, secluded beaches, privacy The double tragedy includes the receive U.S. military aid. In 2003, the ed Russia’s petroleum assets, pan- Putin’s hands. He chose this time be- which they regard as more important and a retreat from the world. At complicity of Greece in creating an “Rose Revolution” led by Mikhail Eastern Orthodox Christianity and cause he assumed, wrongly, that with than its post-Soviet quarrel with night, many Mykonos clubs are atmosphere where this can happen. Saakasshvili pushed Shevardnadze Balkan susceptibilities to checkmate Putin at the opening ceremonies of Georgia. Paris and Berlin will now more like Hell World, and some vis- Zammit’s father, Oliver, came to the out. Saakasshvili was an eager propo- the U.S. expansion in the Caucasus, the Olympic Games in Beijing, the say they were right to urge caution itors have complained there is a island to see if there would be jus- nent of Georgia joining NATO and Southeast Europe and Central Asia. Russian leader would be too far re- on Georgia’s NATO ambitions at the tendency toward violence by thug- tice, but found none yet, as the the European Union. But the prob- On June 15, 2006, Putin scored a moved to react quickly. The Georgian April 2008 summit in Bucharest. If like bouncers who patrol clubs like three other suspects accused of lem with South Ossetia and Abkhazia major victory in ending U.S. influ- president also forgot that the ancient NATO had admitted Georgia and the they were trying out for a part in a beating Zammit and several others remained simmering. ence in Central Asia with the estab- Olympics were a time when an auto- Ukraine, then the Atlantic organiza- remake of Road Warrior. were released without so much as a The conflict’s longer-term origin lishment of the Shanghai matic truce was implemented during tion would not be facing a serious cri- So the parties will go on and no by-your-leave. “These three men lies in one of the many majority-mi- Cooperation Organization (SOC), the course of the Games. He was mis- sis of either abandoning an ally or go- one will point to the spot outside are walking outside when my son is nority disputes which accompanied which includes Russia, China, taken on both counts, and he was al- ing to war with Russia – a Bush bullet the club where authorities said a lying dead,” Oliver Zammit said in the breakup of the Soviet Union. The Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan so careless with the wellbeing of his dodged thanks to common sense in bouncer pulled out an extendable a tearful plea shown on Greek tele- Ossetians – a divided people with one and Uzbekistan. The new allies have people. Berlin and Paris. metal baton and beat 20-year-old vision. section living within Russia on the subsequently held joint military exer- The inevitable Russian response Ultimately, the reaction across Australian tourist Doujon Zammit “These three men didn’t get to north side of the Caucasus moun- cises east of the Ural Mountains, was swift. Within days, the Russian much of Europe towards the South to death, aided by three more fake Mykonos to help my son, these tains, and the other in Georgia – gen- which has brought the Russians and army counterattacked and practically Ossetia crisis will be much more one tough guys in what has become too three men were there to hurt my erally felt more comfortable with Chinese even closer, and they now split Georgia in two, with every possi- of exasperation. Even before this cri- close to routine on Mykonos, over- son,” he stated. “I’d just like to ap- Russian rule than being part of the share common security interests both bility of capturing the capital. sis, a number of governments, no- looked by club owners and law en- peal to all the mothers and fathers new, post-Soviet Georgian state. The tably France and Germany, were talk- forcement officials because saying all over the world to understand ... small and nasty war with Tbilisi in ing of “Georgia fatigue.” Though they there’s too much violence on the how we feel for the fact that these 1990-92 led to a declaration of inde- broadly wished the Saakashvili gov- sun-baked island of legend would three men are now walking out- pendence, at the cost of 1,000 lives ernment well, they have never be like the mayor of Amity Island side,” he added. and a huge legacy of bitterness. bought the line that he was a model admitting there’s a shark in the He might as well have howled at In fact, away from high politics, democrat. The sight of his riot police bay. the moon for all the compassion he ethnic relations were never bad. For a tear-gassing protesters in Tbilisi and The Tropicana bills itself as es- got, even as investigators try to sift decade after South Ossetia’s de facto smashing up an opposition television pecially wild, and one look at a through the evidence and testimo- secession from Georgia in 1991, station in November 2007 dispelled video on YouTube will show there’s ny from witnesses and victims and Ossetia was a shady backwater and a any remaining illusions, even if his little you can’t do there when the perpetrators to establish what smugglers’ haven. The region was subsequent re-election in the presi- you’re buying overpriced drinks. happened. outside Tbilisi’s control, but dential vote in January 2008 was in- What’s wrong with this picture, and This much we know. Zammit is Ossetians and Georgians went back ternationally recognized. After all, video, is that while Greece is one of dead, the bouncer said he beat him and forth, and traded vigorously with the Europeans are anxious to main- the safest places in Europe - Athens with a metal baton, and it’s going to one another at an untaxed market in tain their supply of Russian oil and ranks so far behind other European be pretty difficult to rationalize or the village of Ergneti. gas, and it would not do to antago- and American cities in terms of vio- explain this one away as a random Then Mikheil Saakashvili came to nize the Russia bear. lence and murder that it’s almost act, especially given the allegations power during the Rose Revolution off the charts as indistinguishable - from others who said they were (2003-04), with heady promises to Dr. Gerolymatos is chair of the laxity in Greece toward wrong- treated like punching bags on the restore his country’s lost territories. Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser doing even extends to murder. It’s Mykonos you don’t see in advertise- He closed the Ergneti market and University in Vancouver, British more important to cover up trouble ments. It’s an over-rated island any- tried to cut South Ossetia off, trigger- France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, left, talks with Greek Columbia and the author of "Red and keep the dollars and euros way, especially in the summer, ing a summer of violence. In model- counterpart Dora Bakoyanni, right, and Poland's Foreign Minister Ra- Acropolis, Black Terror: The Greek coming in. when there’s chaotic crowds walk- ing himself on the medieval Georgian doslaw Sikorski at the start of an EU foreign ministers meeting at the Civil War and the Origins of Soviet- While what happened outside ing its narrow alleys cheek-by-jowl, king, David the Builder, Saakashvili EU Council in Brussels, on Wednesday, August 13, 2008. American Rivalry." the Tropicana isn’t clear yet, and shoulder-to-shoulder, jostling to the bouncer claims a group of Aus- buy whatever they can find in tralian tourists were stealing purs- tourist shops, thinking it’s the gen- es, beach bags and wallets and he uine Greece. was trying to recover them, he ad- The Greek islands remain a mitted beating Zammit, but said he magic name and Mykonos was The First Steps in Fixing the Cyprus Problem didn’t want to kill him. Apparently ranked the fifth best to have fun on the metal baton, an unlawful by a prominent travel advisory site, weapon, was just to get the atten- behind Cyprus, Corfu, Crete and If there is one point that almost executive authority at model. ident -- will always be a Turk Cypriot tion of the head of the slightly built Santorini. But now that has been everyone agrees on is that a compre- the federal level is as- With a mindset fo- with a set term of office. Though victim. But while the bouncer re- besmirched both by the killing and hensive, workable and fair solution signed to a President cused on the Presiden- mostly symbolic, this will properly mains in custody, the three other the attitude that allowed it to hap- of the Cypriot problem is a complex with a set four-year tial model, the Turk recognize the significance and role of men police said were involved in pen. If you can’t feel safe in Greece, undertaking. The successful conclu- term of office. The Pres- Cypriots, according to the Turk Cypriot community. the beating blamed the bouncer – or a Greek island, you can’t feel safe sion requires, first of all, a commit- ident is also “head of some reports, seem to The executive authority will be in who first tried to plead temporary anywhere, and good people who ment on both sides to seek practical State”, representing the favor a “rotating presi- the hands of a prime minister (simi- insanity - and then walked free, al- strive to welcome tourists and offer compromise solutions, free of narrow United States of Ameri- dency” along the lines lar to the German Chancellor) elect- though they could yet face serious real Greek hospitality find them- partisanship or surrender to past con- ca as a sovereign entity. presented by the Annan ed by the majority in the legislature. charges, a prospect in Greece as selves trying to explain away mur- cepts or illusions that are no longer The Federal Republic Plan that was roundly Since the majority will be Greek likely as a politician being arrested der as an aberrant behavior and not relevant. of Germany has chosen rejected by the Greek Cypriot, the prime minister will be al- for embezzlement. what visitors should expect, which An important first step was a different model – that Cypriots in 2002. most always a Greek Cypriot. How- Unhappily for Greece and Tourism Minister Aris Spiliotopou- achieved at the last meeting of Dim- of a parliamentary sys- by DR. D.G. Not surprising, the ever, since this will be a parliamen- tourism officials trying to explain los couldn’t do as he stumbled over itris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat tem. The executive au- KOUSOULAS Greek Cypriot commu- tary system, the prime minister will away the killing at the height of the saying bouncers “cannot be al- when the leaders of the two commu- thority at the federal nity opposes such a “ro- depend on the support of the majori- tourist season, this wasn’t the first lowed to govern the island’s nities agreed that the Federal Repub- level is in the hands of Special to tating” model in which ty in the legislature to stay in office, time Mykonos could have been nightlife,” knowing they do. But lic of Cyprus, their ultimate goal, will the Chancellor (prime The National Herald a Greek Cypriot Presi- thereby providing the safety valve of home to a video of Bouncers Gone don’t look for the signs that say: have a single sovereignty, a single cit- minister) who remains dent will serve for three easier change in place of the rigidity Wild. The Malta Times, on an is- “Come to Mykonos, Party, Dance, izenship, a single international per- in office only as long as he enjoys the years and a Turk Cypriot for one. of the Presidential system. land Zammit and his friends visited be clubbed to Death.” sonality, and that the two constituent support of the legislature. The Feder- They are right. A rotating presidency Moreover, the governing authori- before making the mistake of com- Oliver Zammit should have been states which will eventually become al Republic of Germany has also a will inject a permanent element of in- ty at the federal level will be exer- ing to Mykonos, reported one of its full of rage against Greece, but – in the two parts of the federation will be President who is the “Head of State,” stability and friction. Is the Turk cised by a cabinet of ministers who readers said he knew of another keeping with the wishes of his son legally equal. Their agreement in represents internationally Germany Cypriot president expected to change will be both Greek Cypriots and Turk beating. only six months before – donated principle reflects accurately the as a sovereign entity and has a set during his one-year term the policies Cypriots –with the ministries distrib- “I lived in Mykonos for about six his organs so others could live. He meaning of the three words “bi-com- term of office. He is also expected to espoused by the Greek Cypriot presi- uted fairly between the two commu- years and I know the owner of the said a 30-year-old Greek Australian munal, bi-zonal, federation” which act as a non-partisan guardian of the dent during his three years in office? nities under the provisions of the new bar where this incident happened. waiter who was suffering fatal for the past thirty years has been held Constitution. In reality, his role is If not, is then the one-year term of the federal Constitution which eventual- The bouncers have always treated heart disease was given his son’s as the bedrock resolution of the mostly symbolic. Turk Cypriot merely symbolic? ly will have to be enacted, This shar- people like crap for the smallest heart. “This is going to tie myself Cypriot problem. At this point, both sides in Cyprus The Greek Cypriots naturally fa- ing of authority is a fundamental pre- reason. Last year my brother was and my family ... to Greece,” he This agreement in principle was think in terms of a “Presidential sys- vor a publicly elected president by requisite for a smooth and effective beaten by the bodyguards at that said, even if not to Mykonos, be- not easy for the two leaders. Many in tem.” the majority of voters. Such a Presi- functioning of the new federal repub- club, he never reported because he cause you won’t find paradise both communities had inaccurate no- After all, the Republic of Cyprus dent, of course, will be a Greek Cypri- lic. could not trust the authorities,” he there. tions about the meaning of these that was created by the Zurich/Lon- ot because, for the foreseeable fu- Below the federal level, the au- told the paper. three words. In recent articles when don Agreements of 1960 has been ture, there can be no realistic expec- thority and the functions of the And the Canberra Times of Aus- this column tried to explain what the structured on the basis of such a sys- tation that the Greek Cypriot majori- “state governments” – in the Greek tralia said Zammit wasn’t the first Mr. Dabilis was the New England three words meant, the reaction of tem. It has worked fairly successfully ty will elect a Turk Cypriot candidate Cypriot constituent state and the Australian victim on Mykonos ei- editor for United Press Interna- several readers was very critical be- only during the years after the Turk- for President. Under the circum- Turk Cypriot constituent state – will ther. Dan and Brad Heckendorf, tional in Boston, and a staff writer cause they thought that the meaning ish invasion in 1974 because it ap- stances, it is most unlikely that the have to be determined following the who now live in London, say they and assistant metropolitan editor presented in the articles “favored the plied only to the homogeneous Turk Cypriots will accept such a mod- fundamental principle of federation. were attacked during their first at the Boston Globe for 17 years Turkish side.” Yet, the basic princi- Greek-Cypriot part of the island. It el. The “state governments” should night on the island in July last year. before relocating to Greece. His ples of a “bi-zonal, bi-communal fed- did not work very well before that be- Regardless of Turk Cypriot accep- have control over the matters which Dan Heckendorf, 30, said Aus- column is published weekly in the eration” as presented in the articles cause the Presidential system, with tance or rejection, the Presidential are of special interest to the local tralians traveling to Mykonos National Herald. Readers interest- were exactly those agreed upon by its concentration of power in the model will inject into the new Feder- communities, leaving the matters should be given travel warnings ed in contacting him can send e- Christofias and Talat – and endorsed hand of the President, is too rigid and al Republic of Cyprus the poisonous which apply to the entire federal re- and he charged assaults on tourists mails to [email protected]. by the U.N. representative. difficult to operate especially when features that undermined the smooth public – such as economy, defense, Agreeing on the basic parameters communities with conflicting back- functioning of the Republic of Cyprus foreign policy and the like – to the of the new federal state was a critical grounds exist. created by the Zurich/London Agree- federal government. first step taken by the two leaders. A True, the set term of office for the ments. The concentration of presi- Admittedly, the above is a rather GUEST EDITORIALS second step that needs to be taken President certainly imparts a valu- dential powers in Greek hands will cursory presentation because of the early in the process is no less impor- able element of stability and has become a constant source of friction. limitations of space. Nevertheless, it The National Herald welcomes manuscripts representing a variety of views tant. This step refers to the govern- worked well in the United States but In the light of these considera- may be helpful as the two sides con- for publication in its View Points page. They should include the writer’s mental structure at the federal level. in many Latin American republics it tions, I would like to suggest that for tinue their efforts to reach a fair, name, address, and telephone number and be addressed to the View The fundamental principles of a has often been a cause of instability the future Federal Republic of workable, and lasting solution. Points Editor, The National Herald, 37-10 30th Street, Long Island City, NY “federation” were established by the or it has veered toward authoritari- Cyprus, the best possible model is the 11101. They can also be faxed to (718) 472-0510 or, preferably, e-mailed model “invented” at the Philadelphia anism because of a different political one that exists currently in the Feder- Dr. Kousoulas is Professor to [email protected]. Due to considerations of space Convention that created the United culture and local peculiarities. al Republic of Germany Emeritus of Political Science at we enforce a strict 1,400-word upper limit. We reserve the right to edit for States of America in 1788. But with- At this point in time in Cyprus, the If that model were accepted, the Howard University in Washington, repetitiveness, diction and syntax. We regret that we are unable to ac- in those parameters, there can be question that the key negotiators will constitutional structure in Cyprus at DC. He is the author of several structural variations. For example, have to answer is whether the struc- the federal level might provide that a books, notably "The Life and Times knowledge or return manuscripts, published or unpublished. the United States has adopted the so- ture of government at the federal lev- President –having the limited, mostly of Constantine the Great (1999)," called Presidential system where the el should embrace the Presidential symbolic powers of the German pres- and numerous scholarly articles. 10 THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 16, 2008