S O C V st ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ E 101 ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald anniversa ry N www.thenationalherald.com A wEEkly GREEk-AmERICAN PuBlICATION 1915-2016 VOL. 20, ISSUE 998 November 26 - December 2 , 2016 c v $1.50 Trump Attorney Greeks Now Becoming Pro-American Again General Sessions’ First Time in Decades, US Son’s Wife is Greek Ranked 3rd Favorite

TNH Staff on Veterans Day.” Fr. Costopou - TNH Staff los also noted that “Sam Ses - BIRMINGHAM, AL – President- sions is a practicing attorney in ATHENS – Just ahead of Presi - elect Donald Trump’s pick for at - Birmingham.” dent Obama’s visit to Greece, torney general, Alabama Senator The Greek-American/Ortho - where he extolled Ancient Jeff Sessions has a connection dox connection is the second in Greek values and the diehard to the Greek Orthodox Church. the Trump inner circle, following perseverance of its people, a sur - Father Paul Costopoulos, Dean Chief of Staff Designate Reince vey showed that once-antago - of Holy Trinity-Holy Cross Greek Priebus, whose mother, Roula, nistic Greeks were leaning back Orthodox Cathedral, spoke with is from Lesbos. Priebus is also toward favoring America again. The National Herald about Sen - an Archon of the Church. A significant retreat of anti- ator Sessions’ Greek connection. The Sessions’ devotion to the Americanism in Greece has been “His son Sam is a member of Church is welcome news for recorded by Kappa Research, our Greek Orthodox Community, some who were troubled by the which was conducted on behalf Fr. Costopoulos told TNH. “He appointment of Sen. Sessions as of the newspaper To Vima. is married to the former Angela attorney general when they Out of 38% of Greeks who Stratas. They have four children. looked into his past record. One in 2010 – at the start of Greece’s Their youngest is about to be concerned citizen who chose to economic crisis – said they were baptized at our church. remain nameless hoped the pro-American, the figure has “Sam embraced our Greek teachings of the Greek Orthodox risen to 56 percent, largely due Orthodox Faith through the faith would help the Trump Ad - it seems to Obama’s popularity Sacrament of Chrismation sev - ministration be more tolerant as he has backed Greece’s calls eral years ago. He and his family and welcoming of all faiths. for debt relief. Some 74 percent attend Church regularly. Senator The Associated Press re - of Greeks like him. Sessions and his wife, while vis - ported that Sessions may have Eleven years ago, in 2005, iting their son and his family in trouble in the Senate confirma - only 28 percent of Greeks Birmingham, have attended tion hearings, which are likely aligned themselves with Ameri - church services on several occa - to bring up racially charged al - can views and just two years sions and the baptisms of the legations that ended his bid to ago, the American-based Pew grandchildren at our cathedral. become a federal judge. He be - Research center recorded that Senator Sessions was the guest came a symbol to many of black- TNH/COSTAS BEJ speaker at our church a year ago voter intimidation under the Attorneys George Tsougarakis and Pavlos Petrovas of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP represented Continued on page 9 Reagan Administration. Senator the Greek Orthodox Church pro bono and successfully secured the manuscript’s return. Sessions’ record on race, polic - ing, and immigration would come under scrutiny in the hear - ings at a time when the Justice Attys Tsougarakis and Petrovas Help Rare Codex Department's Civil Rights Divi - sion has become more promi - nent under the Obama Admin - By Theodore Kalmoukos Panagia Eikosifoinissa, in the and through its representation the books of the New Testament istration. If confirmed, Sessions Paggaion mountain range near in the United States, requested is unusual. could define how federal prose - CHICAGO, IL – In a loving, re - the city of Drama, in Greece, fol - the return of the manuscript, to For example, the book of cutors across the country wield spectful, and aptly Christian ges - lowing the Balkan Wars of five which LSTC voluntarily and Revelation, today located at the their powers and make changes ture, James Neiman, president years earlier. It found its way to readily agreed. end of the New Testament, in to the Justice Department's pri - of the Lutheran Theological a European book dealer and was Greek manuscripts that con - the Codex 1424 precedes the orities. School of Chicago (LTSC), re - purchased in 1920 by Levi tain the entire New Testament Pauline letters. Lawmakers and advocates turned a 9th Century rare and Franklin Gruber, who later be - are rare. According to biblical The manuscript was copied expressed concern that Sessions unique manuscript of the New came president of Chicago scholar Kurt Aland, there are by a monk named Savas and could sideline or undo the Testament, handwritten in Lutheran Theological Seminary, only 60 such manuscripts in other monks three centuries Obama Administration's civil Greek, to the Greek Orthodox one of LTSC’s predecessor world collections. later added excerpts from St. rights efforts, which have in - Church on November 15. Only schools. Gruber bequeathed the Codex 1424, written in the John Chrysostom, St. Basil the cluded investigations of police 60 manuscripts of this kind ex - codex to his widow, and the 9th century AD, is the oldest Great, St. Gregory of Nyssa, and departments for unconstitu - ist. seminary later received his en - complete minuscule manuscript others as commentaries in the ASSOCIATED PRESS tional practices and lawsuits Known as Codex 1424, it was tire rare book collection from (written in cursive script) of the margins of the pages. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions one of many manuscripts taken her. Earlier this year, the Ecu - Greek New Testament in the at Trump Tower on Nov. 17. Continued on page 4 in 1917 from the Monastery of menical Patriarchate directly world. Moreover, the order of Continued on page 4 Lecture on Hellenic Lawyers Honor Kourides, Tsoucalas Cyprus Pythagorean TNH Staff Talks NEW YORK –The Hellenic Technique Lawyers Association (HLA) held Fail its 28th Annual Dinner Dance Gala on November 18 at The TNH Staff Pierre in New York. A lifetime TNH Staff achievement award was pre - NEW YORK – A lecture on sented to the Honorable NICOSIA – Crucial talks being Stress Management and the Pro - Nicholas Tsoucalas, retired Se - held at a Swiss resort aiming to motion of Health was held on nior Judge of the United States reunify ethnically divided November 16 at the Archdioce - Court of International Trade. Cyprus hit an impasse, officials san Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Nicholas Kourides, Esq. said, in a serious setback that Chiotes Family Hall on the Up - American International Group casts doubt over whether 18 per East Side of Manhattan. The SVP and Deputy General Coun - months of negotiations can suc - informative presentation on the sel, Head of Global cessfully resolve the decades-old Pythagorean Self-Awareness Regulatory/Federal Reserve Su - dispute. Technique for Stress Manage - pervision, Mergers and Acquisi - Cyprus’ government spokes - ment (PSAT), Memory Improve - tions, was honored with the Dis - man Nicos Christodoulides said ment and Well-Being provided tinguished Legal Service Award. United Nations-backed talks on an introduction to the method The evening began with cock - how much territory Greek and along with the latest findings in tails followed by the welcoming Turkish Cypriots will adminis - the stress field. Highlighting the remarks of HLA President tratively control under an envi - often debilitating and devastat - Michael J, Hartofilis, Esq. The sioned federation proved “in - ing effects that stress can have invocation was offered by Rev - conclusive.” erend John Vlachos, Dean of the “This isn’t good for anyone,” Continued on page 6 Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Christodoulides told reporters Holy Trinity. The presentation of after the talks broke off shortly scholarships followed. Maria after midnight. “We are not at For subscription: Barous Hartofilis, Esq. an - all happy with the outcome.” 718.784.5255 nounced the presenters, schol - A UN statement said Cypriot [email protected] arship sponsors and the recipi - President Nicos Anastasiades, a ents. The promising young law Greek Cypriot, and breakaway students who received scholar - Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa ships were: Nicole Corey – TNH/COSTAS BEJ Akinci failed to narrow differ - Attorney Nicholas Kourides received the Distinguished Legal Service Award presented by HLA Continued on page 5 President Michael J. Hartofilis, on right, at the HLA 28th Dinner Dance Gala on Nov. 18. Continued on page 9 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 126 - DECEMBER 2, 2016 Pass the Pie and the Pepto on Thanksgiving

By Dr. Constantina If your family is like my fam - here, neither in victory nor in The world watched us in disbe - Michalos ily, this election prompted some defeat. To those who voted for lief. We watched each other, in - lively exchanges. If your family the winning candidate, your re - credulous that candidates for HOUSTON, TX – I love Thanks - is like my family, not everyone sponsibility did not end at the the highest office in the land, giving. The food. The family. agreed on a candidate. If your ballot box. Rather, it began that the most important office in the The football. This last not so family is like my family, some day. Yours is to check the gov - world, were reduced to ad much, but I needed the allitera - are ecstatic and some are angry. ernment you elected, demand hominem slurs rather than sub - tion. Anyway, it is a wonderful I’m not going to catalogue the reason not bombast, inclusivity stantive debates. Historians, ob - start to the holiday season, and pros and cons of either candi - not marginalization, compas - jective by definition, do not in many parts of the country, date here. Been there. Done sion not demonization. To those have the words. Parents are at Mother Nature agrees and pro - that. Besides, by the time I’m who voted for the losing candi - a loss to explain behavior unbe - vides a blaze of color to com - done, you will have probably date, your responsibility did not coming. Teachers have no lesson plement the festivities. If the discerned my choice. end at the ballot box either. You plan to guide them. All Ameri - weather continues as it has been What I’d like to talk about in - may not have elected this gov - cans lost big time on election the last few days, we will need stead is how I hope we behave ernment, but your responsibility day, and I don’t mean in ways a sweater on Thanksgiving in on Thanksgiving and over the remains the same: demand rea - that either Frank Luntz or Nate Houston. No fall foliage, but at next four years. Of course, this is son not bombast, inclusivity not Silver could have measured. least sweaters. easy enough for me to say. Every - marginalization, compassion In a November 17 New York One thing is for sure: conver - one I’m celebrating with voted not demonization. Democracy is Times column, Nicholas Kristof sation around dinner tables this for the same candidate. Whatever an exercise in civic accountabil - wrote, among other things, “I year will be crackin’. As much the conversation, we are all in ity, and we will all be measured will not lose hope. I will keep as I love Thanksgiving, I’ve often agreement. Grace will be a prayer by the depth and breadth of our reminding myself that politics Canadians celebrate Thanks - do, and watch plenty of football. said that it is the most dysfunc - of gratitude and a hope for en - participation, even if it appears zigs and zags, and that I can do giving also. Since 1879, the sec - They’re probably just more po - tional holiday of the year. We lightenment, wisdom, and re - that, for a long, endless election more than shout in the wind. I ond Monday in October has lite about it. are habitually stuck with people straint. But when isn’t it? When season, our leaders abdicated can fight for my values even be - been designated as “a Day of We could take a lesson from we don’t like very much for an don’t we need that kind of guid - that responsibility. tween elections, and even at the General Thanksgiving to our neighbors to the north. interminably long day, and we ance? For those who are sad, we One thing we can agree on micro level I can mitigate the Almighty God for the bountiful Happy Thanksgiving. I hope have to be civil until the trypto - need it more. For those who are as we sit down to dinner on damage to my neighbors and at - harvest with which Canada has you make the right wish as you phan coma sets in. I bet that this happy, we need it even more. Thanksgiving is that this elec - tempt to heal a social fabric that been blessed.” They gather with snap off the long end of the year no one is napping. No one can be complacent tion was not our finest moment. has been rent.” family, eat the same foods we wishbone!

Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at Kimisis tis Theotokou in the Hamptons. Archbishop Demetrios, center, is pictured with Fr, Dr. Tikey Zes on left, who received an award at the conference Alexander Karloutsos, Fr. Constantine Lazarakis, Fr. Chrysostomos Gilbert, the Archdiocesan Choir, and Dr. Tikey Zes. for his contributions to church music, leads the choir. 32nd Annual Church Music Conference at Kimisis tis Theotokou, Hamptons

TNH Staff His Eminence Archbishop everyone to the conference not - The Role of Orthodoxy in the “We are not just Orthodox tion of her efforts. Two scholar - Demetrios and Fr. Chrysostomos ing the cooperation of the Kimi - Modern World Christians. We are the voice of ships of $1,000 each were SOUTHAMPTON, NY – The Gilbert, spiritual advisor of the sis tis Theotokou parish. During his speech, the Arch - Christ in a changing world,” awarded to Julian Papadopoulos 32nd Annual Church Music Direct Archdiocesan District She told the National Herald, bishop mentioned three impor - Archbishop Demetrios con - and Robin Rockwell. Dana War - Conference was held on Novem - Federation of Greek Orthodox “The generosity and hospitality tant events that took place in cluded, saying that Orthodoxy ren, Leah Pappas-Monias and ber 18-20 at the Kimisis tis Church Musicians. of Fr. Alexander Karloutsos, Fr. 2016 and were particularly im - “has a future,” as well as tradi - Dr. Zes were also honored. Theotokou (Dormition of the Archbishop Demetrios con - Constantine Lazarakis, Pres - portant for the Archdiocese and tion. Finally, the many years of Virgin Mary) Greek Orthodox gratulated the members of the bytera Xanthi and also the in general for the Orthodox After the memorial service in service of Dana and Marie War - Church of the Hamptons, 111 choir for the musical score and parishioners of Kimisis tis Church. memory of the church musicians ren were recognized St. Andrews Road in Southamp - noted a “different picture and Theotokou were very important The first, according to Arch - who have passed away, the (11 years), as well as Elaine ton, NY. The conference fea - sound” to the Greek Orthodox to us. We had the honor and bishop Demetrios, was the Pan- Archdiocesan Choir annual Tsambeis (14 years), Fay tured Dr. Tikey (Panagiotis) Zes liturgy, expressing the belief that blessing to participate in the Di - Orthodox Council in Crete, the awards were handed out. Choir Pavlidis (40 years), Lillian directing the Conference Choir “church music will spread.” vine Liturgy presided over by second the Clergy-Laity Con - Member of the Year was Catherines (44 years) and Katie and a fabulous Church Music In - His Eminence continued, Archbishop Demetrios and work gress in Tennessee and the third awarded to Katia Zallas-Rosati Xambas (66 years). stitute conducted by EIKONA. “With great pleasure we are in with maestro Dr. Tikey (Panagi - was the Assembly of Canonical from Saint Demetrios in Astoria, The Symposium began on In addition to the Annual Meet - this Church with its different otis) Zes, glorifying the Lord's Orthodox Bishops of the United while Anne Kotridis from the Friday and continued on Satur - ing and Biennial Elections, re - picture and a different sound name.” States of America in Detroit, MI. Church Annunciation in Dan - day with among many other ac - hearsals, awards and recogni - because of the presence of the Meanwhile, the Archbishop As His Eminence said, mat - bury, CT received the Patriarch tivities, open discussions, re - tion, there was also a Friday choir. Thank you and thanks to expressed his appreciation for ters primarily dealt with con - Athenagoras Medal in recogni - hearsals, and seminars. evening Dinner Social, and a the conductor, Dr. Zes, who the work of Fr. Alexander Kar - cerned the development of the Saturday evening Dinner Dance. came from far away to be with loutsos, noting that “Orthodox Orthodox Church as an organi - Under the musical direction of us. This music must be spread.” Christians of many different ori - zation, contact with the outside Dr. Zes, the members of Arch - President of the Direct Arch - gins worship at Kimisis tis world, and the relationship with diocesan Church Choir per - diocesan District Federation of Theotokou Church and without other Churches, emphasizing Angelicoussis Expects Trump formed during the Hierarchical Greek Orthodox Church Musi - the efforts of Fr. Alexander it that Orthodoxy is not something Divine Liturgy presided over by cians Anna Dounelis welcomed would be just a small parish.” obsolete or outdated. Positive Impact on Shipping

TNH Staff Trump won’t set off a trade war with China. “Shipping lives off DON’T MISS OUR Greek shipping magnate China,” Angelicoussis noted in John Angelicoussis expects a the WSJ interview. “There will positive impact on the shipping be no winners in a trade war. industry through the election of We should leave them alone and Donald Trump. Angelicoussis continue to trade.” believes Trump will help create Since Trump’s election, the new business for the struggling Baltic Dry Index, a measure of Christmas Special! shipping industry through his the cost to ship raw materials policies. The spending on infra - like cement, copper and iron structure along with more en - ore, has risen at a steady pace, December 24-25, 2016 ergy production could create closing on November 17 at a 23- benefits for shipping according month high, as WSJ reported. to Angelicoussis, as reported in Angelicoussis pointed out the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). that Trump’s plans to boost oil He said in a WSJ interview, drilling and change export reg - “there is no question that he is ulations will benefit his tanker going to be positive for shipping business with ships importing in terms of infrastructure expan - heavy fuel for the U.S. market sion. The United States needs a and exporting lighter fuel hell of a lot of infrastructure.” around the world. “There will Angelicoussis’ three compa - be far more activity in oil and nies operate a fleet of 133 su - gas,” Angelicoussis observed. pertankers, dry bulk vessels, and He also said that he expects liquefied natural gas carriers. the Organization of the Petro - The worth of the fleet is an esti - leum Exporting Countries mated $6.9 billion. According to (OPEC) to make an agreement VesselsValue, a provider of ship - to cut production at their meet - ping data, the fleet is the world’s ing on Nov. 30. sixth largest in value with most “Brent [a benchmark price of the vessels chartered to oil for crude oil] is low at around and commodity companies, $46 [per barrel] because most among them Exxon Mobile Cor - expect no agreement,” Angeli - poration, BHP Billiton Ltd., and coussis noted. “But I think there the Cargill Corporation. will be one because OPEC needs Billionaire Angelicoussis in it. A price of $50 to $60 is good the last year has bought more for the Arabs because they can dry bulk vessels than anyone else make money, but not overdo it.” and has spent $1 billion on eight At that price he expects crude oil and LNG tankers just China and India to continue this June. President-elect Trump building up their oil reserves, has promised to put billions of noting that China is looking to dollars into projects upgrading double its 250 million barrels Place your Holiday Greetings by December 16, 2016! the U.S. infrastructure. His plans and India to boost its 100 mil - to end global trade agreements lion reserve barrels. including the North American Angelicoussis is the son of Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Anthony J. Angelicoussis (1918- and the Trans-Pacific Partnership 1989) and Maria Papalios. An - (TPP) could hurt the shipping in - thony bought his first ship in The National Herald dustry during a period when 1953. In 1968, he and partner

T H D E L N A global trade is slowing down. Dimitris Efthymiou founded the AT ER www.thenationalherald.com IONAL H The World Trade Organization Agelef Shipping Company. John (WTO) forecasts global trade to Angelicoussis joined his father's grow by just 1.7% for this year, company in 1973. He is ranked For more information contact: [email protected] or call: 718-784-5255, ext. 101 its slowest growth pace since the fifth in the world on Lloyd’s List financial crisis of 2008. of the Top 100 Most Influential Angelicoussis is hopeful that People in the Shipping Industry. THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 126 - DECEMBER 2, 2016 3 4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 126 - DECEMBER 2, 2016 HACF and Onassis Foundation Present Pianist Varvaresos Concert

TNH Staff clude the George Enescu Inter - Varvaresos holds a bachelor California, Cincinatti, OH, and national Competition 2014 in of music degree and a master of Charleston, SC. Highlights of The Hellenic-American Cul - Bucharest, Romania and the Pi - music degree from the Juilliard previous seasons include recitals tural Foundation and The ano Masters Competition 2015 School, where he studied with at the Chopin Festival in No - Alexander S. Onassis Public in Monte Carlo. As the New York Jerome Lowenthal. His paper on hant, at the Lisztomanias Festi - Benefit Foundation USA present Concert Review observed about Claude Debussy, which won the val in Chateauroux, and at the one of the most promising mu - his performance style, “Varvare - Scholastic Distinction Award SenLiszt Festival of the Gyorgy sicians of his generation, Greek sos not only has a natural yet from Juiliard, was published in Cziffra Foundation. In October pianist Vassilis Varvaresos for a finely honed technique, it Greece by Kodikas Publications. 2010, as a special guest of the performance on Nov. 30 at 7 springs as one with the wide In May 2011 Varvaresos re - His Eminence Archbishop PM. The event will be held at scope of profound musicianship. ceived his Doctorate in Piano Demetrios of the Greek Ortho - the Merkin Concert Hall at the Varvaresos engaged his audi - Performance from Juilliard. He dox Church of America, Varvare - Kaufman Music Center, Good - ence with a performance that was a student of Jerome Lowen - sos performed Chopin’s Piano man House, 129 West 67th sizzled from start to finish.” thal, Yoheved Kaplinsky, and Concerto in E minor at Alice Street in Manhattan. Born in Thessaloniki, Greece Robert MacDonald. His doctor - Tully Hall, while in the winter Varvaresos has appeared on in 1983, Varvaresos began ate advisor was Carl Schachter. of 2008 he was asked to be the major stages in Europe and the studying music at the age of Varvaresos finished his stud - soloist with the Athens State US, and is regularly invited to five, and received a scholarship ies with the prestigeous Diplôme Symphony Orchestra, represent - perform at festivals around the to the Conservatory of Northern d’ Artiste-Interpète degree at the ing Greece on a two-week tour world. Following his recital at Greece. He continued his studies Conservatoire Nationale et Su - of China, for the 2008 Bejing Carnegie Zankel Hall, he was in - at the Conservatory with Milena perieur de Musique et de Danse Olympic Games. vited to perform at the White Mollova. He won First Prize in in Paris, France with Michel Dal - Varvaresos has also recorded House for President Barack the 1995 Petar Konjovic Inter - berto. three CDs. His 4th solo album Obama. national Competition in Bel - Varvaresos is recipient of Mu - EuROkINISSI includes various ‘Valses’ and will Among the most promising grade, the 1996 Pan-Hellenic sical Studies Grants from the Pianist Vasilis Varvaresos will perform at the Merkin Concert be released in 2017. pianists of his generation and a Young Artist Competition in Bagby Foundation and the Hall at the Kaufman Music Center in Manhattan on Nov 30. A reception with the artist laureate of many international Athens, and was chosen as one George and Marie Vergottis will follow the Nov. 30 perfor - competitions, such as Young of eleven young musicians from Foundation. Since 2008, he has Grant. This season marks Var - the Salle Gaveau of Paris, and mance. The recital and recep - Concert Artists, New York when around the world to perform in also been the recipient of the varesos’ debut recitals in the Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, tion are free of charge, but he was 14 years old, Varvaresos Monte Carlo in a special “little Gina Bachauer Foundation Tonhalle of Zurich, Musikverein while he is also appearing at the reservations are required and is an exceptional and gifted Mozarts” concert organized by Grant for Outstanding Talent in of Vienna, and the Berlin Phil - Enescu Festival and giving can be made online at www.hac - artist. His most recent prizes in - Italy’s RAI TV. Music and Onassis Foundation harmonie. He also performed at recitals and masterclasses in foundation.org/events-2016/ Attorneys Tsougarakis and Petrovas Help Rare Biblical Manuscript Return Home

Continued from page 1 for our pro bono efforts and the uscript, they considered our re - firm encourages its lawyers to quest based on their own un - Prominent Greek-American pursue pro bono matters about derstanding of the provenance Attorney George Tsougarakis which they themselves are pas - of the manuscript and its impor - and his colleague Pavlos sionate. We therefore had the tance to the Greek Orthodox Petrovas of the prestigious firm opportunity to represent the in - Church, and very quickly con - Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP as - terests of our Greek Orthodox cluded that the right course of sumed the presentation of the Church on a pro bono basis, a action was to return it. We owe Greek Orthodox Church pro client that the nearly dozen an enormous debt of gratitude bono and successfully secured Greek-American lawyers at the to the LTSC for its leadership, the manuscript’s return. Their firm feel very strongly about. cooperation, and charitable interview with The National This particular matter was also spirit. Herald follows. of interest to us because Hughes It should be pointed out that TNH: How do you feel about Hubbard has a strong focus on the LTSC didn’t do anything

Attorneys Pavlos Petrovas and George Tsougarakis felt very fortunate and very privileged to help return the rare 9th century New Testament manuscript to its rightful home in Drama.

came from Greece and decided been written in the Greek lan - dealers and in 1920, Levi Gru - to make a gesture to bridge an guage in the 9th century? ber purchased it in Germany ecclesiastical bridging between GT: Theologians well know and sent to Chicago. Gruber the Lutheran and the Greek Or - the importance of the Greek lan - later became president of a pre - thodox Churches. guage which was the predomi - decessor of LTSC and the codex TNH: Did you have similar nant language when Jesus ar - was ultimately gifted to the experiences with others cases of rived on earth. We as LTSC. Other manuscripts from this nature? Greek-Orthodox are particularly the library also made its way to GT: I have worked on other connected to our faith because other institutions in the United art law matters, but never on a of our language. States matter quite like this one. How - TNH: How did this manu - TNH: Did you find where your success regarding the re - art law, which is somewhat un - wrong at all in the way it ob - ever, there is ample precedent script end up at the LTSC? they are? turn of the manuscript from usual among large firms, and tained the manuscript, but it for the voluntary return of GT: On March 27, 1917, Bul - GT: We have found several LTSC to the Greek Orthodox one of the big issues of art law recognized that others did act stolen art and artifacts. A few garian guerrillas, upset over other collections in the United Church? is the return of wrongfully ac - wrongfully when the manu - years ago, the Getty Museum re - their country's loss in the Sec - States that hold volumes from GT: We feel very fortunate quired art and artifacts. script was first removed from turned a 12th century New Tes - ond Balkan War, looted monas - the library at Eikosiphoinissa and very privileged to partici - TNH: How difficult or how the monastery. Therefore, the tament document to a teries in Northern Greece, in - and have requested that they be pate in this project. easy was achieving such an return was made in a very Chris - monastery after learning that it cluding the library at the returned. That process is ongo - We are blessed to work with agreement with LTSC? tian spirit to right that wrong. had been wrongfully taken Theotokos Eikosiphoinissa ing. We hope these institutions colleagues who care deeply GT: Once we provided the PP: Regardless of the legal more than 50 years ago. monastery where Codex 1424 look favorably upon our request about pro bono work. Each year, LTSC with the basis of our re - basis for the return, the LTSC TNH: How do you feel know - was kept. It, along with several and are inspired by the fine ex - our firm is recognized annually quest for the return of the man - recognized that the manuscript ing that this manuscript has other volumes were sold to book ample set by the Lutherans. Trump Attorney General Sessions’ Son’s Wife is Greek

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Continued from page 1 Theodorou – New York Univer - the Greek-American Lawyers As - be a lawyer but has done well sity School of Law, and Elias sociation, and that it was a point for herself, and helps him. He Brooklyn Law School, Dina Tsouristakis – Benjamin N. Car - of pride for the judge to have pointed out how pleased he was Georgas –Fordham University dozo School of Law. help found an organization that to see the room filled and so School of Law, Peter Ger - Hartofilis presented the Life - has helped the community and many young lawyers present at manakos – Maurice A. Deane time Achievement Award to so many lawyers throughout the the event. Tsoucalas also pointed School of Law at Hofstra Uni - Judge Tsoucalas, who was years with scholarships, mentor - out that the good he has done is versity, Anjelika Mantikas – St. greeted with a standing ovation ing, sharing best practices, and due to his father who encour - John’s University School of Law, from all those present. His networking events. Her father aged him to “help people when - Agatha Mavropoulos – New York daughter Georgia Argyrople loves and embodies the spirit of ever you can if you can.” “If you Law School, Victoria Poly - spoke about how much the HLA, she said. see someone who needs help menakos-McGrath- Georgetown award means to her father and Tsoucalas then thanked and you don’t help them, you University Law Center, Maria the family. She noted that Tsou - everyone for the honor and don’t deserve to live.You have to Stamatelos – St. John’s Univer - calas was a founding member of thanked his daughter especially help people,” he said. He noted sity School of Law, Eliana the organization originally called who he noted did not want to that there were many lawyers present whom he had mentored and were doing alright, better in fact than he would, and he was happy to see them all. His advice, “Do what I do, take cases, and do the best you can to help people.” He continued, “Everyone thinks I stopped working, but I didn’t stop. I still take cases to get the thing going, five cases since I retired, and gave them to attorneys, ‘now it’s up to you to make sure every - thing is done well’ and I’m here TNH/COSTAS BEJ to make sure they do.” President of the HLA Michael Hartofilis presented the Lifetime Nicholas Kourides recipient Achievement Award to the Honorable Nicholas Tsoucalas, re - of the Distinguished Legal Ser - tired Senior Judge of the US Court of International Trade. vice Award spoke about his fa - ther who had also practiced law. still had some thirty years of presented the evening’s hon - He noted that his father would practicing law before reaching orees with citations from the not have been pleased that he his father’s milestone. Kourides City of New York and the State was accepting the award, ex - then spoke about founding the of New York on behalf of New plaining that a lot of people and Hellenic-American Cultural York State Senator Michael Gia - organizations wanted to give Foundation and its innovative naris who could not be present. him awards but the elder programs and fully engaged Also in attendance at the Kourides always refused saying, board. event were Consul General of “They give awards if you’re re - The Honorable Denis J. But - Greece in New York Konstanti - tiring or they think you’re about ler then installed the new Presi - nos Koutras, Consul of Greece TNH/COSTAS BEJ to die. Since he was not retiring, dent of HLA Peter Metis, Esq. Manos Koubarakis, the Honor - City View Pharmacy Free Mammograms he was not going anywhere, and whose first act as president was able Harriet George, Nassau he was not going to die, he never to present an award to the out - County District Attorney Made - With the American Italian Cancer Foundation’s Mobile Care Clinic outside the pharmacy in As - accepted an award, though he going President Michael J. line Singas, and HLA Board toria, Angie Xidias, Tina Vournas, Demetris Kantiloros, Janyce Rivera, Maria Spilios, Edith practiced law for 70 years from Hartofilis. New York City Council members including Recording Ponce, Noel Rapisarda, Farah Chatila, Edwin Lam, and Despina Panagiotidou. 1933-2003.” Kourides noted he Member Costa Constantinides Secretary George Zapantis.

SAINT ANDREW SΑΙΝΤ BARBARA GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH GR ΕΕΚ ORTHODOX CHURCH

27 Forsyth Street, New York, NY 10002 • Tel.: (212) 226-0499 • www.stbarbaragoc.com Rev. John Theodosion, Pastor Fr. John Theodosion together with the parish council You are all invited to the Feast Day celebrations of Saint Andrew in Randolph New Jersey. invite you and your family to participate in the Feastday of our Great Martyr in our historic church festivities of our Patron Saint, Andrew the First Called Apostle. PROGRAM OF THE FEAST DAY Tuesday, November 29 at 7:00 pm OF ST. BARBARA Great vespers with Artoklasia officiated by his Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey Saturday Evening December 3rd, 2016 Wednesday, November 30 Vespers and Artoclasia - 7:00 p.m. Orthros at 9:00 am Archieratical Divine Prayers (Paraklesis) - 11:00 p.m. to Midnight Liturgy 10:00 am with Artoclasia Holy Liturgy/Communion - Midnight to 1:30 a.m. officiated by His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos Sunday December 4th, 2016 Luncheon following Services hosted Panigirical Holy Liturgy by our Ladies of Philoptochos 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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for prayer and fellowship Sunday November 27th a a on the blessed occasion. to Sunday December 11th 1447 Sussex Turnpike, Randolph, NJ 07869 • Tel: (973) 584-0388 • Fax: (973)584-3573 Hosted By Ladies Philoptochos Society Web: www.standrewgonj.org • E-mail: [email protected] 6 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 126 - DECEMBER 2, 2016 A Must See Spectacle: Cirque du Soleil’s Kurios GOINGS ON... n THRU DECEMBER 17 in Portsmouth. This is a Free By Eleni Sakellis RANDOLPH, NJ – St. Andrew Event, but reservations recom - Greek Orthodox Church will mended. NEW YORK – Cirque du again receive new, unwrapped Soleil has dazzled fans for years toys in support of the Toys for n DECEMBER 4 with remarkable shows full of Tots drive beginning on Sunday, ANDOVER, MA – The 63rd An - imagination and wonder. Ku - Nov. 20. Toys may be dropped nual Benefit Tea for Transfigura - rios: Cabinet of Curiosities is no off at 1447 Sussex Turnpike in tion Greek Orthodox Church in exception. The show running Randolph. Drop-off hours are Lowell, MA will be held on Sun - through December at Randalls from 10 AM to 4 PM Monday day, Dec. 4 at 2 PM at Indian Island is a wonderful experience through Friday, and on Sundays Ridge Country Club 73 Lovejoy for all ages with the beautiful while the church is open for ser - Rd in Andover. For more infor - singing voice of Eirini Tornesaki vices. All donations must be mation call the Ladies Philopto - adding a unifying element of made before Dec 17. Started in chos Society: 978-458-4321 music throughout. If you listen 1947 by the U.S. Marines, the carefully, you will hear some Toys for Tots campaign is an an - n DECEMBER 10 Greek, English, French, and the nual endeavor that seeks to de - BILOXI, MS – Holy Trinity Greek two invented Cirque du Soleil liver toys to children throughout Orthodox Church, 255 Beauvoir languages in the songs Torne - 50 states, Washington, DC, and Rd. In Biloxi hosts the Mississippi saki sings. The magical quality Puerto Rico. Millions of toys have Gulf Coast International Christ - of the show is enhanced by the been distributed through the mas Festival & Pastry Sale from music as well as the visual spec - years. For more information on 10 AM to 7 PM. Order pastries tacle fans have come to expect this year’s Toys for Tots online now through Dec. 8 or of Cirque du Soleil. The artists, (http://www.toysfortots.org) call George Yurchak 228-831- acrobats and contortionists campaign, or about making do - 5820 and pick up on Dec. 10 among them, are impressive. nations, call the office at 973- during the church bazaar which The audience gasps at the feats 584-0388 or email info@stan - has been expanded into an in - of flexibility and strength drewgonj.org. ternational festival. The Agora demonstrated by these skilled TNH/ElENI SAkEllIS will also be open, offering Greek performers, many of whom have A Cirque du Soleil's Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosities runs through NOVEMBER 26 items for sale, now including H n C been with Cirque du Soleil for R November 27 at Randalls Island in New York. LEFT: Eirini SPINGFIELD, MA – Thanksgiving items from Russia, Ukraine, Bul - I G years. As Tornesaki mentioned Tornesaki sings in Cirque du Soleil’s Kurios. Family Celebration at Saint garia, Hungary, Romania, and S I in an interview with The Na - N George Greek Church of Spring - many other countries as well. E tional Herald, some performers D craziest ideas and the grandest trol. In 2004, Uranis joined the field, MA. Join us on Saturday, Unique Christmas gift ideas and have been with the Canadian dreams lay waiting. A collection Cirque du Soleil make-up work - Nov. 26 from 6 -11 PM for our jewelry by Elizabeth Nicole will company since it was founded of otherworldly characters sud - shop, where her ideas were annual Thanksgiving Family Cel - also be on sale at the festival. in 1984. There is also a great denly steps into his makeshift brought to life by the artists of ebration. This event has become Enjoy ethnic lunch specialties, deal of collaboration with the mechanical world. When the Dralion. Between 2004 and a family favorite for young and live music and dancing, and Nick artists involved in each produc - outlandish, benevolent charac - 2006, Uranis assisted Make-up old alike. Reservations will be ac - Trivelas on the bouzouki. Kids tion. The parts are often tailored ters turn his world upside down Designer Nathalie Gagné with cepted for tables of 8 or 10. St. activities and tours of the church to the skills and talents of the with a touch of poetry and hu - several shows and, in 2005, she George Greek Orthodox Cathe - will also take place during the performers, creating the unique mor in an attempt to ignite the designed the make-up for Re - dral is located at 22 St. George festival. More information is theatrical experience only Seeker’s imagination, his curios flections in Blue, the show Road in Springfield. available at www.holytrinity - Cirque du Soleil can produce. the air, whimsical comic perfor - jump to life one by one before Cirque produced for the open - biloxi.org or (228) 388-6138 Kurios incorporates steam - mances, keep the audience riv - his very eyes. What if by engag - ing ceremonies of the XI FINA BOSTON, MA– The Mistletoe punk elements that create an at - eted. The spectacle often defies ing our imagination and open - World Aquatic Championships. Ball – the Hellenic Women’s Club n DECEMEBER 12 mosphere seemingly set in the description. According to the ing our minds we could unlock With KURIOS – Cabinet of cu - premier fundraising event – will MANHATTAN – The American past but with a difference. What website, describing Kurios, “a the door to a world of won - riosities, Uranis is designing the be held Saturday, Nov. 26 at the Hellenic Institute (AHI) invites might seem like the nineteenth Seeker discovers that in order ders?” make-up for her seventh Cirque Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel 138 everyone to its Christmas Party or early twentieth century is to glimpse the marvels that lie Toresaki is also not the only du Soleil production after St. James Street in Boston from on Monday Dec. 12 from 6 to 9 tinged with futuristic aspects to just below the surface, we must Greek involved in the produc - Dralion, Wintuk, ZED, Banana 6:30-11 PM. Greek and Ameri - PM at Kellari Taverna, 19 West create a magical effect. As with first learn to close our eyes.” tion. Makeup designer Eleni Shpeel, Zarkana, and Amaluna. can music will once again be per - 44th Street. Featuring: Kellari’s most Cirque du Soleil shows, This wonderful encouragement Uranis joined Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil Kurios: Cab - formed by Dean Vali of New signature passed hors d'oeuvres; the emphasis, rarely on plot, fo - to dream is then realized in the in 1989 as Assistant to Costume inet of Curiosities runs through York. The Mistletoe Ball first be - Buffet style entrées including cuses on the fanciful characters show. Designer Dominique Lemieux. November 27 at Randalls Island gan in 1946 as a $6-per-ticket vegetable moussaka, lavraki and who don’t quite adhere to the “In his larger-than-life curio She then worked on various in New York and then continues event to raise funds to help war- other signature Kellari dishes, rules of gravity. The incredible cabinet, the Seeker is convinced shows, where she was responsi - its tour in Miami, FL starting De - torn Greece. Proceeds from that and desserts. Complimentary acrobatic displays, balancing, that there exists a hidden, invis - ble for materials research, fit - cember 10, Dallas, TX on Febru - dance made it possible to ship wine, beer and soft drinks (cash juggling, people flying through ible world – a place where the tings, and artistic quality con - ary 17, and Houston on April 6. clothing, medicine, bandages bar for mixed drinks). Guests and food to the Greek War Relief must RSVP to Dean Sirigos at effort. Today, the Ball is a highly [email protected] by Decem - anticipated annual social event, ber 9. $60 tax and tip included drawing guests from across New (Pay by cash or check payable to Lecture on Pythagorean Technique to Manage Stress England and beyond. Beginning Kellari Taverna at door.) in 2011, the Club has awarded $5000 scholarships to deserving n DECEMBER 13- Continued from page 1 drinking excessively, are often their arms up and take deep women of Greek descent. This DECEMBER 2017 used as ways of coping with breaths and then to close their year’s scholarship recipients will CHICAGO, IL – The National Hel - on a person’s health, the pre - stress. As she noted, the tech - eyes and imagine themselves in be introduced at the Ball. For lenic Museum, 333 S Halsted St., sentation also described the nique is being applied by the US Samos on a beach. After the ex - reservations: Call 781-899-8880 is expanding its efforts to pre - highly effective Pythagorean Scientific Association of Stress ercise, Varvogli asked how many or visit hellenicwomensclub.org. serve and share the stories of the method of reducing stress. Management and Health Promo - in the audience had actually vi - Greek-American community The Pythagorean Self-Aware - tion to all age groups from chil - sualized the place and most had n NOVEMBER 28 through a partnership with Sto - ness method uses ancient wis - dren to the elderly with spectac - and felt more relaxed as a result. MANHATTAN – The Manhattan ryCorps, a nonprofit organiza - dom to combat the current stress ular results. The training She pointed out how we had in - Chapter of AHEPA, Delphi 25, in - tion committed to providing peo - epidemic affecting people world - program monitors a person for structed ourselves and to imag - vites you to its Monthly Social ple of all backgrounds and beliefs wide. Dr. Christina Darviri – a specified time and then applies ine if the technique was used for and Networking event on Mon - with the opportunity to record, Chairwoman of the program and to the entire life. The technique 60 days the brain could train it - day, Nov. 28 at 6 PM, which reg - share, and preserve the stories Professor of Prevention and is a tool for creating health and self to better health and reduced ularly takes place every last Mon - of their lives. Since 2003, Sto - Health Promotion, Dr. George preventing memory disorders. stress using this highly individ - day of the month, at Kellari ryCorps has collected and Chrousos – Chairman of the pro - PSAT is based on the ancient ualized method. PSAT allows the Taverna, 19 West 44th Street in archived more than 45,000 in - gram and Professor of En - Pythagorean philosophy and its individual to describe, accept, Manhattan. All existing members terviews from nearly 90,000 par - docrinology, and Dr. Liza Var - “bible” the Golden Verses which then judge actions rationally, and those interested in becoming ticipants. It is one of the largest vogli – urge and guide the individual helping the person to be the best members are invited to attend. oral history projects of its kind psychologist/psychotherapist through a daily cognitive process self they can be. The brain, Dr. Casual business attire. For more and millions listen to the weekly and adjunct professor, are into better self-awareness and Varvogli observed, has this “use information, please contact broadcasts on NPR’s Morning among the team studying stress self-control. The individual it or lose it” quality. Retraining [email protected] Edition and on storycorps.org. In at the National and Kapodistrian learns to monitor him/herself on our brains to think positively, re - addition to the National Hellenic University of Athens. a daily basis and make self-re - Dr. Christina Darviri member, and be more mindful n NOVEMBER 29 Museum’s Oral History Center Drs. Darviri and Varvogli warding amendments on various increases self-awareness and en - MANHATTAN – Hellenic Profes - appointments, interview time spoke in person at the event, aspects of his/her daily life. In Darviri pointed out that PSAT ergy, and improves the overall sional Women Inc. and the Hel - slots will be available on a sharing their insights and re - accordance with the has already showed its benefits quality of life. lenic Lawyers Association invite monthly schedule throughout search while a video of Dr. Pythagorean philosophy, mem - in healthy individuals and pa - Among those present at the you to a presentation on "Greeks 2017 to record your own audio Chrousos provided some back - ory is the cornerstone of the tients with multiple sclerosis or event, Dr. George Liakeas- Pres - in Public Service" on Nov. 29 at oral history at the Museum. ground and a brief introduction PSAT and should be invoked in suffering from mild cognitive im - ident of the Hellenic Medical So - Wells Fargo 150 East 42nd Street “Through our Oral History Cen - to the project. For ten years, every judicial process that the pairment. The recorded benefits ciety of New York, welcomed in Manhattan from 6:30-8:30pm. ter we’ve preserved hundreds of scholars, doctors from various brain must perform through self- were reduced stress and anxiety everyone and introduced the Panel consists of key figures in stories that could have been lost specialties, and psychologists reflection. levels, memory and cognitive speakers. The event was made government: New York State to the ages, but there is so much have been working on the stress The basic method takes about function improvement, better possible by the Hellenic Medical Senator Michael Gianaris, As - more wisdom and experience management project. Their re - 30-40 minutes a day, though as sleep quality, reduction of depres - Society of New York, US Scien - semblywoman Nicole Mallio - that we are at risk of losing for - sults are fascinating. Darviri Darviri and Varvogli both noted sive symptoms, and the adoption tific Association of Stress Man - takis, Assemblywoman Aravella ever; what it means to be Greek, noted the fact that the top four with continued practice, the of healthy habits including im - agement and Health Promotion, Simotas, Nassau County DA what it means to be American, causes of morbidity and mortal - technique will take less time. It proved nutrition, exercise, self- Holy Trinity Cathedral, the Arch - Madeline Singas, and New York the importance of family, the ity are chronic non-communica - involves introspection, thinking control, and reduced obesity and diocesan Cathedral Philoptochos City Council Member Costa Con - pain of struggle and the joy of ble diseases that are pre - about the day’s events in the hypertension. Improvements in Society, the Hellenic-American stantinides. Moderated by John life’s success,” said Dr. Calamos. ventable. Cardiovascular evening and then again in the health and well-being, anger Chamber of Commerce, HABA- Catsimatidis, Jr. Free admission. On Dec. 13, the National Hel - disease, cancer, respiratory dis - morning, reviewing one’s management, self-esteem, self- Hellenic-American Association Registration required. Please visit lenic Museum and StoryCorps eases, and Type-2 diabetes are thoughts and emotions about image, interpersonal relation - of Professionals in Finance, Hel - hellenicprofessionalwomen.org will hold an interactive work - preventable through lifestyle the events, and then evaluating ships, organizational skill, and lenic Lawyers Association, Hel - or shop about the tools and re - modification, eating healthy, ex - the events, thoughts, emotions self-awareness were also among lenic Professional Women, the helleniclawyersassociation.org. sources needed to highlight and ercising, and reducing stress lev - and developing a strategy for the benefits. Manhattan Chapter of AHEPA celebrate the voices of the com - els. improvement. The questions the Varvogli led the audience in Delphi #25, and EMBCA – East n DECEMBER 3 munity through interviewing, Darviri pointed out that stress individual asks are- What did I an exercise demonstrating the Mediterranean Business Cultural PORTSMOUTH, NH – Greek Mu - recording and preserving conver - is the key since unhealthy do wrong? What did I do well? power of the brain to think its Alliance. More information is sic & Dancing with Enosis on Sat - sations. Attendance is very lim - lifestyle choices, like eating un - and Is there something I should way to a more relaxed state. She available online at urday, Dec. 3, from 8-11PM at ited. Please call 312-655-1234, healthy foods, smoking, and have done but didn’t do? asked that the audience stretch stresssociety.org. Café Nostimo, 72 Mirona Road ext. 11 for more information. Ponce de Leon Federal Bank Reorganizing as Mutual Holding Company

BRONX, NY – The Board of Di - posits at the bank will continue members and the Board of Gov - ing their approval of the Plan to purchase shares of the mid- the Bank and each of its branch rectors of local bank Ponce de to be insured by the Federal De - ernors of the Federal Reserve promptly following approval of tier holding company based on offices. Notice of the adoption Leon Federal Bank has adopted posit Insurance Corporation System, the Office of the Comp - the form of those materials by their membership status in the of the Plan is being concurrently a Plan of Reorganization into a (FDIC) up to the applicable lim - troller of the Currency, and the the applicable federal regulatory bank as provided for in the plan. published in the local newspa - Mutual Holding Company and its provided by federal law and FDIC. Members will receive agencies and prior to the meet - pers. Carlos Naudon, President Stock Issuance Plan. According regulation. The plan is subject proxy solicitation materials with ing of members. Members will The plan is available for in - Ponce de Leon Federal Bank, to this new plan, the Bank will to the approval of the Bank’s more detailed information seek - also receive subscription rights spection at the main office of phone 718-931-9000. reorganize into a mutual hold - ing company with the bank be - coming a wholly owned sub - sidiary of a mid-tier holding company, which in turn will be Concert for the Greek Children’s Fund Highlights Tradition in Song a subsidiary of a federally char - tered mutual holding company. As part of the reorganization, TNH Staff sul of Greece in New York Children ages 4-12, though soprano Alexandra Skendrou, story of Martha Tomboulidou the mid-tier holding company Manos Koubarakis, and repre - American-born, delighted the who not only “teaches children along with a video presentation proposes to issue a majority of International Children's Day sentatives of Diaspora organiza - audience with their pronuncia - singing and music, but prepares from the Athens Olympics made its capital stock to the mutual was celebrated with a concert tions and agencies. tion and talent. the younger generation of Dias - clear to the younger generation holding company and not more entitled “Let's Give the World to Held on Nov. 19 at the Audi - Academy Director Kelly-Dim - pora artists.” that the Greek culture is not just than 49.9% of its stock in an of - Children,” benefitting the Greek torium Centro Espanol, the itra Varsami spoke with TNH The second part of the con - the oldest, but also one of the fering to depositors and other Children's Fund. The children’s evening was dedicated to tradi - and expressed satisfaction with cert included songs by Ravel most important cultures to members of the Bank, and, pos - choir of the Academy of Hellenic tional Greek music and had a the progress of the choir noting and Konstantinidis, which were Western civilization. sibly, for a community and pub - Paideia performed and also pro - strong educational character. that “the dancing, singing, based on Greek music. Soprano Makaria Psiliteli - Kazakos, lic offering. The depositors and vided help for the sick children The first part included tradi - painting, and arts in a general Eleni Calenos and pianist/con - Katerina Alexaki, and Demetris other members of the Bank will of the Diaspora, Greece, and tional songs sung by the chil - sense contribute greatly to fa - ductor Steven Crawford im - Michael, accompanied by Costas have the same rights and privi - Cyprus. dren’s choir of the Academy of miliarizing the students with the pressed the audience with their Baltazanis on guitar, Mavrothi leges at the federally chartered The concert was attended by Hellenic Paideia and Katerina Greek language, culture, and excellent interpretation and en - Kontanis on oud, Megan Gould mutual holding company as His Eminence Archbishop Alexaki, with accompaniment consciousness.” abled the Greeks to learn more on violin, and Yorgos Maniatis they have at the bank. All de - Demetrios of America, the Con - by the orchestra. She expressed gratitude for about the composers’ work. The on percussion, also performed. THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 126 - DECEMBER 2, 2016 FEATURE 7

OUR EVERYDAY GREEK GREEK GASTRONOMY Reviewing our Greek Nouns and Declensions Laganes with Feta, Tomato

By Dr. Dimitra Kamarinou Plural sonants κ,π,τ,ξ,ψ and the double Tomatoes: Nominative: - οι, -ες, -αδες, -εδες letters μπ,γκ,ντ,τς,τζ. It is omit - Peppers: Sauce or Zucchini Topping This is a review of the nouns’ (οι μαϊντανοί, οι μανάβηδες, οι ted, if the word that follows be - Greens: declension. In Greek we mostly αρακάδες, οι καφέδες) gins with τ,δ,θ,σ,ζ,μ,ν. Green beans: By Eleni Sakellis large bowl, whisk together flour, use three cases: the nominative, Genitive: - ων Peas: semolina, whole wheat and bar - the genitive and the accusative. (των μαϊντανών, των μανάβη - EXERCISES Spinach: As we move into the holiday ley flours, salt, mahlepi, and We can recognize them by the δων, των αρακάδων, των καφέ - 1.A vegetarian menu for a season, there are more and pepper. Add the yeast mixture ending of the noun and its rela - δων) week. Write complete sen - 3. Would you omit the final more opportunities to entertain. and stir until dough forms. tionship to the verb. The nomi - Accusative: - ους, -ες, -αδες, - tences for every day of the -ν? Making your own appetizers Transfer dough to a floured native case refers to the subject εδες week like in the given exam - 1. Την σκελίδα will add an individualized work surface and knead until of the verb’s action and names (τους μαϊντανούς, τους μανάβη - ple. Note that the days of the 2. την αγκινάρα charm and character to your smooth, about 5 minutes. Shape him. Who does it? Η Μαρία μα - δες, τους αρακάδες, τους καφέ - week and the dishes are put 3. τον αρακά holiday party that your guests dough into a ball and place in a γειρεύει. The genitive case ex - δες) in the accusative case. 4. την πιπεριά will appreciate. The following lightly oiled bowl; cover bowl presses whose something is. To Sunday - broccoli with pota - 5. τον μαϊντανό recipe is versatile and delicious. with plastic wrap and set aside whom does it belong? Οι πατά - Feminine nouns toes 6. την πατάτα Traditionally, laganes are until doubled in size, about 1 τες (είναι) της Μαρίας. ΟΙ πα - Singular Την Κυριακή μαγειρεύουμε 7. δεν θέλω cooked on a hearthstone over hour. τάτες είναι του μανάβη. The ac - Nominative: - η, -α μπρόκολα με πατάτες 8. τον άνιθο hot coals, but a cast-iron pan To make the tomato sauce, cusative case concerns the (η Κυριακή, η πατάτα) 9. τον Κώστα and a stove work well for pre - heat the 6 tablespoons of olive object of the verb’s action, the Genitive: - ης, -ας Το μενού της εβδομάδας 10. την Μαρία sent-day cooks. Try the laganes oil in a large saucepan over what. What does Maria cook? (της Κυριακής, της πατάτας) Monday - green beans with the toppings of your choice medium-high heat. Add onions Η Μαρία μαγειρεύει πατάτες με Accusative: - η, -α Tuesday - peas and arti - 4. Answer the questions. for your next party or any time and cook until translucent for αρακά και καρότα. (την Κυριακή, την πατάτα) chokes Ποια είναι η πρώτη μέρα της of the year. about 10 minutes. Add the Plural Wednesday - eggplants with εβδομάδας στα ελληνικά; tomato paste, cook, stirring con - DEFINITE ARTICLES Nominative: - ες onions Ποια είναι η τρίτη μέρα της Laganes with Feta, stantly for about 2 minutes. Add Masculine (οι Κυριακές, οι πατάτες) Thursday - zucchini with βδομάδας; the wine, honey, cinnamon, Singular Plural Genitive: - ων parsley Ποια είναι η έκτη μέρα της Tomato Sauce or chile flakes, and tomatoes. Bring Nominative: ο οι (των Κυριακών, των πατατών) Friday – cauliflower with εβδομάδας; Zucchini Topping up to a boil, then reduce the Genitive: του των Accusative: - ες potatoes Ποια είναι η έβδομη μέρα της heat to low and cook, partially Accusative: τον τους (τις Κυριακές, τις πατάτες) Saturday - greens εβδομάδας; covered, stirring occasionally, Feminine Sunday – mushrooms with Σε ποιον όροφο μένεις; • 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry until the sauce thickens, about Singular Plural Neuter nouns garlic Σε ποιον όροφο μένει η για - yeast 40 minutes to 1 hour. Season Nominative: η οι Singular γιά σου; • 1 3/4 cups warm water with salt to taste, then set aside. Genitive: της των Nominative: - ι, -ο 2. Τι θέλεις να αγοράσεις Ποιος είναι ο πέμπτος μήνας about 115 degrees Heat the 4 tablespoons of Accusative: την τις (το αγγούρι, το σκόρδο) στο μανάβικο; Form the ac - του χρόνου; • 1 1/2 cups flour, plus more olive oil in a 12" skillet over Neuter Genitive: - ου cusative case singular or Ποιος είναι ο όγδοος μήνας for dusting medium heat. Add the onion Singular Plural (του αγγουριού, του σκόρδου) plural of the words below. του χρόνου; • 1 cup fine semolina and cook for 2 minutes. Then, Nominative: το τα Accusative: - ι, -ο Θέλω ένα/μία Ποιος είναι ο δωδέκατος μή - Genitive: του των (το αγγούρι, το σκόρδο) Zucchini: νας του χρόνου; Accusative: το τα Plural Cucumber: Πόσα εκατοστά έχει ένα μέ - Nominative: - α Pumpkin: τρο; NOUN ENDINGS (τα αγγούρια, τα σκόρδα) Cauliflower: Πόσα χιλιοστά έχει ένα μέ - Masculine nouns Genitive: - ων Broccoli: τρο; Singular (των αγγουριών, των σκόρδων) Onion: Ποιος αιώνας είναι τώρα; Nominative: - ος, -ης, -ας, -ες Accusative: - α Garlic: (ο μαϊντανός, ο μανάβης, ο αρα - (τα αγγούρια, τα σκόρδα) Cabbage: Dimitra Kamarinou, PhD, has κάς, ο καφές) studied philology and archaeol - Genitive: - ου, -η, -α, -ε Keep in mind that the - ν of Θέλω δύο κιλά: ogy at the University of Ioanni - (του μαϊντανού, του μανάβη, the accusative articles τον, την Artichokes: na,Würzburg and Bochum in του αρακά, του καφέ) or and the negative particles δεν Onions: Germany. She has been Accusative: - ον, -η, -α, -ε and μην ( not ) is always kept, if Eggplants: honored with the Academy of (το(ν) μαϊντανό, το μανάβη, τον the word that follows begins Potatoes: Athens Award in Archaeology αρακά, τον καφέ) with a vowel, or with the con - Mushrooms: and Homeric Philology.

LITERARY REVIEW Two Books to Add to Your November Reading List

By Eleni Sakellis

As November draws to a close, and the colder tempera - tures descend, it is a perfect time to curl up with a good book. History and memoir can often be more compelling to read than fiction because the stories they tell are fact. Here are two books to add to your • 3/4 cup whole wheat flour add the zucchini and season reading list. • 1/2 cup barley flour with salt and pepper. Cook, stir - Jewish Salonica: Between • 1 teaspoon Greek sea salt, ring, until tender, about 5-8 the Ottoman Empire and Mod - plus more as needed minutes, and then set aside. ern Greece by Devin E. Naar is • 1/4 teaspoon ground Uncover dough, divide into a fascinating, scholarly study on mahlepi optional 16 portions. Roll out each into the Jews of Thessaloniki. The • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground a ball. Transfer the dough balls book recounts the history of the black pepper, plus more as to a floured baking sheet and vibrant community as it ad - needed cover with a damp tea towel. justed from the collapse of the • 6 tablespoons Greek extra- Allow to rest for 30 minutes. Ottoman Empire to 1912 when virgin olive oil, and Working with one dough ball at Thessaloniki became part of the Jews had settled in Thessaloniki raised in New Jersey, Dr. Naar Louis J. Vastardis (Pargianos) is additional for brushing a time, transfer to a lightly modern Greek state. The cos - after the 1492 expulsion from graduated summa cum laude a short memoir originally pub - • 1 small red onion, thinly floured work surface and use a mopolitan, multi-cultural city Spain and Portugal. They spoke from Washington University in lished in 2005 following the often sliced rolling pin to roll out dough into was for centuries home to the Ladino, also called Judeo-Span - St. Louis and received his PhD harrowing life of Vastardis. He • 1 tablespoon tomato paste an 8-inch disk about a half thick. thriving Jewish community ish, among themselves but often in History at Stanford Univer - admits he is not an educated man • 3/4 cup sweet red wine, Transfer the disk to a parchment which was ultimately decimated spoke many languages including sity. He has also served as a Ful - and the book is not a finished Mavrodafni paper-lined, floured baking by the Holocaust. The recent re - Greek, Hebrew, French, and bright fellow to Greece. Jewish memoir but more of a recorded • 1 tablespoon honey sheet, sprinkle with more flour, vival of interest in the history Turkish. The book explores how Salonica: Between the Ottoman oral history preserving the voice • 1/2 teaspoon ground and repeat with remaining and traditions of the Jewish the Jewish community adjusted Empire and Modern Greece is of the author, but also the little cinnamon dough, placing a piece of parch - community of Thessaloniki has to the transition from Ottoman his first book, published by Stan - grammatical errors everyone • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red ment paper between each rolled led many Greek Jews to redis - rule to becoming citizens of the ford University Press in 2016. makes in their everyday speech. chile flakes disk. Cover the rolled out disks cover their roots in the city and Greek nation-state and uses the Naar serves on the Academic The struggles begin early on as • 1 (28-oz.) can whole peeled with plastic wrap and set aside has helped to uncover a great voices and perspectives of Sa - Advisory Council of the Center the family can barely make ends tomatoes, undrained and until ready to use. deal of information. The au - lonican Jews themselves to tell for Jewish History in New York meet on the island of Andros and crushed Heat a 12" cast-iron skillet thor’s family hails from Thessa - the story. The author’s late where he represents the Ameri - the young Vastardis must go to • 4 tablespoons Greek extra- over medium-high heat. Work - loniki and the “perplexing” grandfather Isidore B. Naar in - can Sephardic Federation. He work. Shipping out from the is - virgin olive oil ing with one dough disk at a photo of his bearded rabbi spired his research and his work was also elected to the Acade - land offers some hope, then • 1 small onion, thinly sliced time, brush with olive oil, and great-grandfather wearing an as a historian. Naar is the Isaac mic Council of the American World War II breaks out, and he • 2 medium zucchini, thinly place in skillet. Ottoman fez led him on a jour - Alhadeff Professor in Sephardic Jewish Historical Society. Naar finds himself joining up. Vastardis sliced Cook, flipping once, until ney of discovery, tracing his fam - Studies, Associate Professor of conducts research in Judeo- eventually found his way to • 2 cups feta, crumbled puffed and golden brown, 3-4 ily’s history. He wondered about History, and faculty at the Spanish, Greek, Hebrew, and America where the struggles con - minutes. Top with tomato sauce how his great-grandfather had Stroum Center for Jewish Stud - French. The book is available tinued as they do for all immi - In a large bowl, stir together or zucchini topping and sprinkle been born in Turkey and his ies in the Jackson School of In - online through Amazon and grants. The lesson of the book is yeast and 1 3 4⁄ cups warm water with feta, and additional chile grandfather in Greece without ternational Studies at the Uni - Barnes and Noble. that hard work and determina - about 115 degrees F, set aside flakes, if preferred. Serve imme - having moved. The Sephardic versity of Washington. Born and The Struggle of my Life by tion are the keys to success. until foamy for 10 minutes. In a diately.

GREEK AMERICAN STORIES A Holiday Remembered

By Phyllis (Kiki) Sembos with the cold. The bathroom was in prayer to thank the Lord for, giving – along with the sweet Special to The National Herald in the hallway outside, shared ‘this offering that comes from potatoes and carrots and we had by two other families, both the goodness of the earth.’ Only the pie last. To me it was the Thanksgiving for me has al - Greek. It was in the time of the my father refused to sit and most savory, most delicious din - ways, for many years, been cel - Depression, so it wasn’t extraor - lower his head. He stood aside, ner we’d ever had. It was my ebrated with family, food and dinary not to celebrate Thanks - watching and listening. We did first real experience of that hol - fun. Our family was blessed giving; no one we knew did. as she asked and then sat lis - iday despite my father’s with excellent cooks who took My mother, born in Home - tening to her prayers. When she rhetoric. Our neighbors, with the trouble to plan and produce stead, PA, had more knowledge left we watched, awed, as my their kids, came in afterwards delectable foods that stay in of certain services than the mother rummaged into the bas - to thank my mother for direct - memory long after the holiday neighbors who were immi - ket and watched as a turkey, ing them to the Salvation Army. passes. But, Thanksgiving grants, and learned that if we sweet potatoes, a loaf of bread, And they told us how wonderful wasn’t always the fun and food applied to the Salvation Army, carrots and a pumpkin pie came it was to have received such filled family event I now know. situated in Downtown Manhat - out, covering the entire surface goodness. They stayed, mama In my memory there clings a tan, there was a possibility that of the kitchen table. For us kids, made coffee and they chatted in time when the holiday came a Thanksgiving Turkey could be it was the first time we’d tasted Greek a long time while my and went and meant nothing to delivered to our homes. She ad - uniform, wore a bonnet with a doors. sweet potatoes and pumpkin brother and I, with their kids, us. Neither my brother, Nicky, vised the other tenants and, to - wide brim whose ribbon She spoke kindly and pa - pie. To this day Pumpkin pie is went into the front room to play. five, nor, I at six, expected such gether, they went down with the reached under her chin, ending tiently and with proper solem - my favorite pie. Having no toys excepting a ball a holiday time with food and hope that the Army would, in - on the side in a wide bow. She nity to my parents, explaining My father, always the realist that we couldn’t play in the family. deed, come to them with food. smiled, introduced herself and that the Lord was sending His and practical minded, told us house, we played with the bottle We lived in a three room, One Wednesday, my brother my mother invited her in. My blessings and love along with that the “good earth” couldn’t caps, naturally. cold water brownstone building and I were playing in the front father, always suspicious and the food that she placed on the produce any of it without the While I retain, to this day, all on 49th Street where a pot belly room with bottle caps that we’d cautious, stood aside, silently pot belly stove top that was now farmer’s hard work. He re - my father’s realistic rhetoric and stove tried to heat the area but flick across the linoleum, earn - watching and waiting and won - cool because my father hadn’t minded us that if people didn’t sensible knowledge I have, also, managed to extend only as far ing points on who’d get farthest, dering what this stranger was yet gone into the cellar of the work and struggle nothing continued to acknowledge the as the kitchen and part of the when a knock sounded at the about. Across the hall were building to fill our coal shuttle. would be produced. He contin - Salvation Army’s good will and front room where we slept. My door. My mother opened it to a women dressed in the same way After a short sermon, she re - ued until my mother told him their kind and beautiful intro - parents’ room in back of the woman holding a huge basket. as our visitor and held similar quested that I and my brother to keep quiet. Mom roasted the duction to a holiday that cannot kitchen could store meat, safely, She was dressed in a dark blue baskets as they knocked on their and our parents lower our heads turkey the next day – Thanks - ever be forgotten. 8 OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 126 - DECEMBER 2, 2016 George Bilidas, Amphora Restaurant Founder, was 86 CLASSIFIEDS

LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE VIENNA, VA – George Steven friends and traveling the globe. Church, as well as the advance - Bilidas, age 86, was a successful With the help of his maternal ment of Hellenism and Ortho - Notice of Formation of RUBATEK LABS LLC. Notice of Formation of GLOBAL (DOM. LLC) Articles of Organization filed with ALTERNATIVE MARKET / GAMA LLC. Greek restaurateur and North - uncle, young George, at the age doxy in America as a member the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on (DOM LLC). Articles of Organization filed ern Virginia entrepreneur. He of 21, immigrated to the United of the Leadership 100. Survivors 09/22/16. Office location: Kings County. with the Secretary of State of New York, died peacefully on November States from the small village of include his wife of 60 years, SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon (SSNY) on 10/03/2016. Office located in whom process against it may be served. SSNY Kings County. SSNY has been designated for 12. Magoula outside Sparta, Greece. Bess Bilidas; son, Steve Bilidas shall mail copy of process to: Hasan M. Mir, service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of Together with his brother-in- He worked tirelessly in his early (Denise); six grandchildren; one 385 Grant Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11208. any process served against the LLC to: law, Louis Cholakis, Bilidas years to help support his family great-granddaughter and sister, Purpose: Any lawful purpose. GLOBAL ALTERNATIVE MARKET /GAMA 27 5517/20190 LLC, 1928 Schenectady Ave., Brooklyn, NY turned an immigrant's dream and pay for his three sisters' Eugenia. Relatives and friends 11234. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. into a successful restaurant busi - dowries. He later successfully are invited to George's Life Cel - LEGAL NOTICE 275481/20164 ness emulating the New York brought his family to America. ebration at Money & King Fu - style diner concept that pro - Bilidas had the good fortune neral Home, 171 W. Maple Ave., Notice of Formation of GK CROP INSURANCE AGENCY LLC. ( DOM. LLC ) Articles of Organi - vided his initial employment in of seeing his sister, Athena, Vienna, VA on Sunday, Nov. 20, zation filed with the Secretary of State of New LEGAL NOTICE the United States. The Amphora marry his best friend with whom 3-5PM. A Divine Liturgy will be York (SSNY) on 10/26/16. Office location: Notice of foreign LLC: CIRKERS, LLC. Restaurant was one of the earli - he partnered early on to operate held at St. Katherine's Greek Or - Nassau County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may Authority filed with the Secretary of State, est eateries in Vienna, VA and Rolling Road Restaurant in Vi - thodox Church, 3149 Glen Car - be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: SSNY, on 09/01/2016. Office location: Kings the only 24 hour restaurant of enna and The Lake Ann Inn in lyn Rd., Falls Church, VA 22041 Mr. Gerald Klein, 3875 Sally Lane, Oceanside County. LLC formed in DE: 5/13/2013. SSNY NY 11572. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. has been designated for service of process. its time. Today, nearly 40 years George Bilidas, founder of Reston. Bilidas never lost touch on Monday, November 21 at 12 SSNY shall mail copy of any process served later, the Amphora Restaurant Amphora Restaurant in Vir - with his roots in Greece or his Noon. Interment will follow at 275516/20189 against the LLC to: c/o Corporation Service remains a Vienna landmark, at - ginia, was 86. Greek Orthodox faith. He visited National Memorial Park. In lieu Company, 80 State Street, Albany, NY 12207- tracting both new and long-time his ancestral home often of flowers, the family requests LEGAL NOTICE 2543. Purpose: any lawful activity. 27 5476/20154 customers. 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Notice of Formation of WEALTH to: Corporate Filings of New York, 90 State November 14, 2016 at the Sig - nephews. He was preceded in November 11, 2016, at age 87. Our beloved Papou was born in DEVELOPMENT, LLC. (DOM. LLC) Articles of Street, STE 700, Office 40, Albany, NY 12207. Organization filed with the Secretary of State Purpose: Any lawful activity. nature Healthcare Brockton death by his parents and a sister, Predeceased by his wife, Eka - a rural farming community in of New York (SSNY) on 08/10/16. Office loca - Hospital. He was the husband Daphne (Milton) Tembelis. Vis - terini (Kathy) and brother, Niko. Pidasos, Greece. A child of tion: Kings County. SSNY is designated as 27 5477 /20155 agent of the LLC upon whom process against of the late Dafni (Roussopoulos) itation for Steve will be held He is survived by his daughter World War II and a veteran of it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of Adams. Born February 18, 1924 Monday, November 21, 2016 & son-in-law, Eftihia and Spiro the Democratic Army of Greece process to: Wealth Development Subscription, FUNERAL HOMES in Louvre, Greece, he was the from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM at Bourtis and grandchildren, Evan in the Greek Civil War. A farmer 56 Monument Walk, Apt. 4D, Brooklyn, NY son of the late Athanasios and Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox and James; his son, Athanasios and business owner, he immi - 11205. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. APOSTOLOPOULOS Paraskevi Adamopoulos. James Church, 198 N. Macy St., in "Sike" Dardaganis; 3 sisters, grated to Skokie, IL along with 27 5518/20191 Apostle Family - came to Brockton in 1959 and Fond du Lac. Funeral service Evangelia Tsimboukis, Despina his wife and children in 1971. LEGAL NOTICE Gregory, Nicholas, Andrew - had worked for A&B Tanning will begin at 11:00 AM with Fr. Zisis and Anna Zisis; brother, Along with his brothers, he was and Columbia Tanning Com - Ted Trifon officiating. Entomb - Fani; nieces & nephews. Dim - a proud partner of Harris Sys - Notice of Formation of SOUTH STREET TWIN Funeral Directors of pany in Brockton. He was a ment in Chapel of the Risen itrios was born in Lemnos, tems, Inc. for 27 years. Papou TOWERS, LLC. (DOM. LLC) Articles of Organi - zation filed with the Secretary of State of New RIVERDALE FUNERAL HOME Inc. member of the Annunciation Christ Mausoleum, Calvary Greece and came to the United always looked forward to sum - York (SSNY) on 08/24/2016. Office location: Greek Orthodox Church in Cemetery will follow the ser - States from Athens in 1969. In mers spent in Greece with his Nassau County. SSNY is designated as agent of 5044 Broadway Brockton and enjoyed garden - vices. Military honors will be lieu of flowers, memorials may children, grandchildren and ex - the LLC upon whom process against it may be New York, NY 10034 ing. He is survived by his chil - presented by the American Le - be directed to Annunciation tended family. He will be deeply served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 (212) 942-4000 dren, Arthur Adamopoulos and gion, Trier-Puddy Post #75. Greek Orthodox Church, 962 missed by many. Visitation Tues - 13th Avenue, Suite 202., Brooklyn, NY 11228. his wife Melissa of West Bridge - Guestbook and tribute wall may East Avenue (14607) in Dim - day from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Toll Free 1-888-GAPOSTLE 275498/20182 water, Paul Adamopoulos and be found by visiting itrios' memory. at Smith-Corcoran Funeral CONSTANTINIDES his wife Melissa of Texas and ueckerwitt.com. Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave. LEGAL NOTICE Christina Efremidis and her hus - n FAFOUTIS, HELEN Chicago. Funeral Service and In - FUNERAL PARLOR Co. ADIV REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LLC. Art. of band Chuck of North Easton; his n BILLIS, NIOVE SAN PEDRO, CA (from the Daily terment in Greece. Kindly omit Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/12/15. Office: (718) 745-1010 grandchildren, Michael, Stacey, SOUTHBRIDGE, MA (from the Breeze, published on Nov. 1) – flowers. Memorial donations to Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the Teli, Dimitra, Alex, Alexis and Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Helen Eleni Fafoutis, 85, died St. Haralambos Greek Orthodox LLC upon whom process against it may be Services in all localities - Dylan; he is also survived by published on Nov. 18) – Niove peacefully at home on 10-23- Church 7373 N. Caldwell Ave. served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the Low cost shipping to Greece LLC, c/o Avi Adiv, 52 Clark Street, #7L, Brook - several nieces and nephews. In (Stavropoulos) Billis, 85, passed 16, after a long illness. Helen Niles, IL 60714 would be appre - lyn, NY 11201. Purpose: Any lawful lieu of flowers, donations would away peacefully on Thursday, was born in Chania, Greece on ciated. Arrangements by Adi - purpose. be appreciated to the Annunci - Nov. 17th, surrounded by her 2-23-31 and emigrated to San namis & Corliss Funeral Direc - 275497/17973 ANTONOPOULOS ation Greek Orthodox Church family at Harrington Memorial Pedro in 1957. She was very tors, Ltd. 773-736-3833. FUNERAL HOME, INC. 457 Oak St., Brockton. Hospital after a short battle with proud of her Greek heritage and LEGAL NOTICE cancer. Her husband of 39 loved to explain to her family n HARRIS, STEVE GEORGE Konstantinos Antonopoulos - n APOSPOROS, years, Sotirios "Sam" Billis, died and friends that the root of all BALTIMORE, MD (from the Bal - Notice of formation of ANDEE MANAGEMENT INC., Funeral Director ALEXANDRA KALLIOPE in 1992. Niove is survived by words were Greek. She shared timore Sun, published on Nov. Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary ROCKVILLE, MD (from the her three children, Alexandra wonderful stories of what it was 7) – Suddenly on November 5, of State of New York on June 29, 2016. Office 38-08 Ditmars Blvd., location: Nassau County. The Secretary of State is Washington Post, published on "Sandy" Austin of Southbridge, like to grow up in Greece with 2016, Steve George Harris; designated as agent of the corporation upon whom Astoria, New York 11105 Nov. 13) – Alexandra Kalliope Marina McNamara and her hus - her family. When she came to beloved husband of Christina process against it may be served. The address within (718) 728-8500 Aposporos (Age 54) Died No - band Brian of Annapolis, MD, the United States, she spoke Harris (nee Karkoulas); devoted or without this state to which the Secretary of State vember 10, 2016, in Rockville, and Christopher Billis and his only Greek and subsequently father of Katie Harris Gjoni and shall mail a copy of any process against the Not affiliated with any corporation served upon him or her is: Anand MD, after valiantly battling can - wife Maria of Chester, NJ. Her learned to speak English by her husband Llambro, and Gus Parikh, 530 RXR Plaza, 5th Floor - West Tower, other funeral home. cer. Born the daughter of a CIA greatest joy were the six grand - watching soap operas. However, Steve Harris and his wife Jack - Uniondale, NY 11556. Purpose: Any lawful pur - officer, she split her childhood children, Julianne and Kather - Helen also loved being an Amer - lyn; loving grandfather of Fotino pose . among Greece, Argentina, and ine McNamara, Zachary and ican, she would always say that and Christo Gjoni; dear brother 27 5492/20174 the U.S., graduating from Walter Nicholas Austin, and Nevie and the United States was the best of Marcella Harris Lambros and LEGAL NOTICE Johnson HS in 1979 and later Lukas Billis. She is also survived country in the world. One of the her husband George. Also sur - studying at NY's FIT and Mont - by her sister, Fotine Magoulas many things Helen loved about vived by many other loving fam - Notice of Formation of ERH MANAGEMENT gomery College. A force of na - of Belle Mead, New Jersey; her living in California, was our ily and friends here in the US LLC. (DOM. LLC) Articles of Organization filed ture with a huge personality, brother, Napoleon Stavropoulos beautiful coastline. She would and in Greece. He was a dedi - with the Secretary of State of New York TO PlACE yOuR Alex was a gifted artist who of Fort Lee, NJ; her brother in often request to take frequent cated and loyal Orioles Fan, and (SSNY) on 10/28/2016. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY is designated as agent of ClASSIfIED AD, CAll: lived life fearlessly with passion, law, Spiro Billis of Southbridge.; drives to just look at the ocean, an outstanding and talented the LLC upon whom process against it may be (718) 784-5255, ExT. 106, honesty, and a deep loyalty for and many nieces and nephews. it reminded her so much of her musician. In lieu of flowers con - served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: E-mAIl: her many friends from high She was predeceased by her sis - home in Greece. Helen also tributions may be made in his Registered Agents Inc., 90 State Street, Suite 700, Office 40, Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: classifieds@ school, NY, and the NA pro - ter, Vasiliki Basileiou and her loved children, so much so, that name to the National MS Soci - Any lawful purpose. thenationalherald.com gram. Daughter of Harriet K. brother-in-law, Ernest Billis. She she decided to become a pre- ety, www.nationalmssociety.org/ 27 5491/20171 and Themistocles G. Aposporos; was born in Giannitsati of school teacher at Wee-Tot chapters/MDM, or St. sister of George (Sandra), Northern Epirus the daughter of preschool. She worked there for Demetrios Church, 2504 Cub Theodore (Nancy), and Deme - Constantinos and Alexandra several years and this brought Hill Road, Parkville, MD 21234, tra Aposporos (Mark W. Ab - (Trihas) Stavropoulos and her great fulfillment and joy. He - or St. Mary, Magdalen, and legendary, and introduced Niles up a branch in Niles Township. bott). Beloved aunt to Michael, moved to Patras, Greece in len was a devoted mother, Markella, Dublin, MD. to a double decker burger, aka That was accomplished through Abigail, Caroline, and Eleanor 1936. She came to New York grandmother and great-grand - “the Plaza Burger,” before the petitions and numerous meet - Aposporos and Helena and City with her family in 1948. mother and adored her family n KANALOS, WILLIAM Z. Big Mac hit the scene. Selling ings with state officials. The Maxwell Abbott. Alexandra is From there, she met her hus - above all. Helen is preceded in MISHAWAKA, IN (from the the “original” Plaza restaurant bank name has changed over also survived by her mother-in- band Sam in New Hampshire at death by her husband, Alexan - South Bend Tribune, published in 1963, he entered the insur - the years, but still there as Old law Doris Harrington of Florida, a Greek Picnic. Niove and her dros Fafoutis, and her brother, on Nov. 13) – Sept. 4, 1926- ance industry with Metropolitan National. Bill was very active in and more family in Veria, husband Sam owned and oper - Vangelis Manousakis. She is sur - Nov. 10, 2016 William Z. Kana - Life in Niles. He sold over a mil - his church, serving on the Greece; she was predeceased by ated The Sturbridge Pizza vived by: Niki (Steve) Cesareo, los, 90, of Mishawaka, died at lion dollars of insurance cover - board, having been in the choir, her husband, William S. Har - House for over 15 years. She Mike (Angie) Fafoutis, Georgia 6:40 a.m. Thursday, November age his first year, and was hon - serving as cantor for many rington, and her father. In lieu made her famous baklava along - (Frank) Mattera, and Nick 10th, in his residence at Her - ored in Life magazine with the years, cooking in the kitchen, or of flowers, donations can be side Sam's favorite recipes. (Cassie) Fafoutis. Grandchil - itage Pointe. Mr. Kanalos was few seasoned veterans who working the register at festival made to Casey House Mont - There, they raised their chil - dren: Alyssa (Geoff) Hewitt, born September 4, 1926, in achieved that goal. He went on time. He was a consistent gomery Hospice or St. George's. dren, along with the young em - Alex Fafoutis, Christopher Mouriatada, Greece, to the late to set many records, and “anonymous” benefactor to his ployees who also became part Fafoutis, Nicky Fafoutis, Emily Ioanna and Zacharis Kanel - awarded top salesman in the church, and to those in need at n ATHANASIOU, STEVE T. of their family. Following her Mattera and Eleni Fafoutis, and lopoulos. On November 6, 1949, Midwest region several times. the parish. Also assisted orphan - FOND DU LAC, WI (from the husband's passing, Niove re - great grandchild Jacob Hunter. in Chicago, he married Betty Ar - Bill was known in Southwest ages in his former homeland, Fond du Lac Reporter, published turned to work as a hairdresser. She is also survived by her sister, getakes, who preceded him in Michigan for his professional while helping families outside on Nov. 20) – Steve T. Athana - She was able to follow her pas - Efi Simou of Greece, brother death in 2014. He was also pre - tenacity, honesty, and providing his church, as well. His generos - siou, 87, of Fond du Lac, died sion for hairdressing at Marshals George Manousakis, and nu - ceded in death by a sister, Lisa his customers the best service ity was remarkable! Bill was a Thursday, November 17, 2016 Hair Salon in Stubridge until merous nieces and nephews in Mousi, and a brother, Father possible. He retired from Met member of the American Hel - at the St. Francis Home. He was she was 83. Her work as a hair - Athens, Greece. Helen was Konstantinos Kanellopoulos, Life, circa 1976. However not lenic Educational Progressive born in Samos, Greece on Sep - dresser was one of her passions. cared for with much love by her both in Greece. He is survived one to rest on his laurels, he ac - Association (AHEPA), and a past tember 3, 1929 to Thalasinos She was blessed along the way wonderful companion Yolanda by his son, Dean C. Kanalos (An - quired his real estate license in president of the local chapter. and Maria (Pitas) Athanasiou. to make lifelong friendships Jovel. Yolanda loved her as if thoula) of Granger; his grand - the 60s. Through business con - Had been a member of the Lions He emigrated to this country with her wonderful customers. she was her own mother, caring children, Sophia Walsh (An - nections and mutual associates, Club, and Charter member of with his family in 1947. On Oc - Niove enjoyed taking care of her for her for several years. Her drew) and Eleni Schaefer; and started two corporations and the Niles Optimist Club. Played tober 10, 1953, Steve married flowers and plants, cooking her nighttime caregiver Luna Tus - his great-granddaughter, Andri - two general partnerships. Be - a major role with increasing Joyce Graf in Oshkosh. He was Greek dishes and desserts, cano was by her bedside when ana Walsh; a sister, Efstathia tween 1966 and 1979, devel - membership of the latter orga - a veteran of the U.S. Army, hav - spending time in her summer she passed. Helen loved her Athanasopoulou; and many oped two small shopping cen - nization bringing in the most ing served during the Korean living room with family and family first and foremost and nieces and nephews. William ters and other local projects that new members. His favorite War. Steve's life was varied; a friends, and watching her Greek had no greater joy than being “Bill” Kanalos immigrated to the helped expand the Niles town - hobby was working in his yard shepherd as a boy, he would Satellite Television programs. with her children and grandchil - United States from Mouriatada, ship business corridor. Through and tending to his garden. His eventually become a machinist Niove was a member of St. dren. She leaves a great void Greece, in 1947, going through sheer determination and a never landscaping would be similar to and retire from Giddings & George Greek Orthodox Church with her passing and will be Ellis Island to embark on his give up attitude, was able to a mini Fernwood in the day, Lewis after 30 years of employ - in Southbridge for many years. missed very much by her family. American dream. After a brief break up the “one commercial with numerous plants, flowers, ment. Following retirement, There, she was a member of the In lieu of flowers, please feel stay in the seminary, he relo - bank” monopoly in Niles by get - and trees. While not a frequent Steve lived to garden. His flow - Philoptochos society and past free to make a donation in her cated to Benton Harbor, Michi - ting the state to authorize 1st traveler, he cherished his trips ers and entire garden were a president, ans also served as memory to a children's charity gan, where relatives had a Commercial of Cassopolis to set to the Holy Land, and holy sites beauty to behold. Of all his ac - Choir Director. Niove taught of your choice . Funeral Services restaurant. While working long in Greece. He realized his Amer - complishments, his marriage of Sunday School, and organized will be held at Green Hills Mor - hours for minimal pay, he edu - ican dream, and his life was al - 63 years to Joyce was his great - the youth dance troupe and the tuary on Friday, November 4, cated himself at the South Bend This is a service ways full of family, his beloved est achievement. Survivors in - Christmas youth carolers at St. 2016 at 12:00pm. Sign guest - College of Commerce for two to the community. Church, and hard work! Bill was clude his wife, Joyce; three sons, George. Her church and her de - book at dailybreeze.com years. Met his beloved wife Announcements of deaths very dedicated to God, and this Al, Thal (Nancy) and Michael votion to her Greek Orthodox Betty in Chicago and they were may be telephoned to the country. Funeral services will be (Mary); four grandchildren, faith led her to a life of serving HARAMARAS, GEORGE E. married in 1949, while settling held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, No - n Classified Department of Steven (Amber), Matthew, Nico - and worship. In lieu of flowers CHICAGO, IL (from the Chicago in South Bend. Proudly became vember 15th, in the St. Andrew donations may be made in Tribune Media Group, published a U.S. citizen in 1953. Bill was The National Herald at Greek Orthodox Church, 52455 Niove's memory to the St. on Nov. 14) – George E. Hara - in the restaurant business as an (718) 784-5255, Ironwood Rd., South Bend, with Days and dates of funerals, George Greek Orthodox Church, maras. Beloved husband of Dina owner or co-owner for fourteen monday through friday, Rev. George Konstantopoulos of - memorials, and other events di - P.O. Box 25, Southbridge, MA nee Kolokathi. Loving father of years starting in South Bend, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST ficiating. Memorial contribu - rectly correspond to the original 01550 or to the Tri-Valley Elder Steve (Kristin) and Gus (Susan) then Tampa FL, and finally in tions may be made to the church publication date, which appears Services Meals on Wheels Pro - Haramaras. Proud Papou of Niles, MI. Working eighteen or e-mailed to: or the Center for Hospice Care, at the beginning of each notice. gram, 10 Mill St., Dudley, MA George, Eleni, Calli, Elle and hour days, and never taking a [email protected] 501 Comfort Place, Mishawaka, 01571. Bebe. Devoted son of the late day off. His cobbler pies became IN 46545. THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 126 - DECEMBER 2, 2016 GREECE CYPRUS 9 Weary Tsipras Ready to Wave The White Flag, Surrender to Creditors

TNH Staff progress.” But the two sides re - cellor Angela Merkel and main apart, mainly on thorny Schaeuble have insisted on re - ATHENS – Worn down by bat - labor reforms. peating big pay cuts, tax hikes, tles with the country’s creditors, The left-led government slashed pensions and worker fir - Greek Prime Minister Alexis wants to strengthen unions’ ings to insure German banks get Tsipras is reportedly ready to wage bargaining powers, and is paid back first and make a huge give in to demands for more resisting pressure from its cred - profit on their loans. tough reforms, hoping it will itors — European Union insti - Tsipras thought he was get - lead to talks about debt relief. tutions and the International ting help when visiting US Pres - Tsipras, the leader of the Monetary Fund — to facilitate ident Barack Obama backed Radical Left SYRIZA who leads private sector layoffs. calls for debt relief only to go to a coalition with the pro-auster - The ministry said it hopes to ity, far-right, jingoistic Indepen - strike an agreement by Dec. 5, dent Greeks (ANEL) told the when finance ministers from Tsipras thought visiting country’s international creditors countries that use the euro will US President Obama who – which include Germany – that discuss the Greek program. he wants a deal by Christmas to THE BERLIN WALL backed calls for debt relief give Greece a break from the But three times within a would help with Germany, 326 billion euros ($345.19 bil - week, German Finance Minister lion) it owes in three bailouts. Wolfgang Schaeuble said Tsipras but he did not. It wasn’t said what form that will not get the debt relief talks would take, such as lower inter - the Premier was demanding. Germany and not ask Merkel to est, a longer time to repay or Tsipras, who leads a coalition do it, walking away mum and outright forgiveness of up to with the pro-austerity, far-right, undercutting what he told the two-thirds of the debt, which jingoistic Independent Greeks Greek leader in Athens. would force taxpayers in the (ANEL) told the country’s inter - Schaeuble piled on when he other 17 Eurozone countries to national creditors – which in - said that, “They (Greeks) have pick up the tab for generations AP PHOTO/PETROS GIANNAkOuRIS clude Germany – that he wants significantly higher social and of wild Greek overspending and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsiptras (R), talks with FINMIN Euclid Tsakalotos in Parliament. a deal by Christmas to give pension benefits in relation to runaway patronage in return for Greece a break from the 326 bil - their GDP, as well as in relation votes. laws, the paper said, after al - the creditors orders Greece has even most hard-core SYRIZA lion euros ($345.19 billion) it to Germany,” although succes - But the Troika of the Euro - ready putting off its demands to no chance of even negotiating voters have abandoned Tsipras. owes in three bailouts. sive Greek governments since pean Union-International Mon - restore collective wage bargain - debt relief but if he resists it Greece’s government and its It wasn’t said what form that 2010 has slashed pensions and etary Fund-European Central ing, a key pledge of leftist could further weaken his sup - bailout creditors remain apart would take, such as lower inter - lump sums earned by workers Bank (EU-IMF-ECB) and now SYRIZA before it came to power port within his party whose in talks about new reforms, but est, a longer time to repay or over the years again and again. the European Stability Mecha - last year. members have repeatedly been Athens says a deal can still be outright forgiveness of up to Schaeuble also said that giv - nism keep wanting more re - It is unclear to what degree forced to abandon their princi - achieved by early next month. two-thirds of the debt, which ing Greece a break over the debt forms, including to labor laws, the Greek side is willing to con - ples. That would unlock more would force taxpayers in the would just encourage the gov - that Tsipras is trying to resist af - cede on other issues – such as DOWN GOES TSIPRAS! bailout funds for Greece, and other 17 Eurozone countries to ernment not to impose reforms ter reneging on virtually all his calls by foreign officials for fa - He’s also sliding fast in the start the ball rolling for modest pick up the tab for generations and keep spending. Tsipras had anti-austerity promises. cilitating mass layoffs for strug - polls with the former ruling measures to relieve the coun - of wild Greek overspending and agreed not to seek debt relief Tsipras and his key ministers gling employers and making it New Democracy Conservatives try’s crushing debt. runaway patronage in return for until 2018. are ready to give in to calls by harder for unions to call strikes. – who had also imposed auster - The Finance Ministry said votes. foreign auditors for more flexi - Tsipras is on the horns of a ity – taking a lead up to 12 per - Nov. 22 the week-long talks in Germany puts up the bulk of (Material from the Associated bility in the crucial area of labor dilemma: if he doesn’t follow cent or more in some surveys as Athens made “significant the rescue packages and Chan - Press was used in this report) Greeks Now Becoming Pro-American Again Crucial Cyprus Unity Talks

Continued from page 1 stoked by then-President lies in every major war in which casioned by grievances particu - at Swiss Resort Flop, Land Richard Nixon’s support of a they were concerned. lar to U.S.-Greek relations?” Greeks were the sixth most vo - brutal Greek military dictator - HOW’S THAT? There are multiple reasons cal critics in the world of the ship that ruled from 1967-74 “It is remarkable to find but among them they noted was Impasse Scuttles Hopes United States, with 66 percent and had American backing be - Greece – a nation that has been that, “Greeks nurse grudges re - having an unfavorable opinion, cause it was so anti-Communist, through history on the same garding U.S. actions and pat - behind only Egypt, Jordan, the bogeyman the U.S. was side with the United States – terns of conduct since WWII – Continued from page 1 Burcu’s accusation as “not cor - Turkey, Russia and Palestinians, afraid of for decades. near the top of the list of coun - of which the American public responding with reality.” and barely ahead of Pakistanis, In 2011, in a report for the tries critical of America. Evi - and even the American elites are ences on the territorial aspect “Now is not the time to ap - who are noted for particularly prestigious American Wilson dence of such distance between largely unaware. of a deal over two days of nego - portion blame,” he said. vicious anti-American senti - Center’s Global Europe pro - old friends is disconcerting, not “In the nature of things, tiations at Mont Pelerin, Neither Christodoulides nor ments. gram, Ted Couloumbis, who least to the Greek-American America matters a great deal Switzerland. Burcu would say what the next The U.S. Embassy in Greece’s headed the Athens-based Hel - community which is a vibrant more to the Greeks than Greece “Despite their best efforts, step was, saying they would capital is a favorite target of an - lenic Foundation for European and fiercely loyal part of Amer - matters to America, and their they have not been able to reevaluate where things stand archists and extremists who see and Foreign Policy, and Athana - ican society,” they wrote. respective perceptions and ob - achieve the necessary further on their return to Cyprus. it as a symbol of Imperialism sious Moulakis, who was Presi - They asked the pertinent sessions differ accordingly.” convergences on criteria for ter - Numerous rounds of talks and Capitalism, the archenemies dent Emeritus of the American questions: “is it caused by a re - Obama touched all the right ritorial adjustment that would over four decades have ended in of leftists, including Prime Min - University of Iraq – Sulaimani jection of the American way of notes while in Athens, but with have paved the way for the last failure. Officials repeatedly said ister and Radical Left SYRIZA (AUI-S), wrote of the oddity of life? Is it more a reaction to poli - his departure the pendulum phase of talks,” the statement this latest round has marked sig - leader Alexis Tsipras. Greeks not liking the United cies of the United States in its could swing back as Greeks said. nificant progress especially on Anti-Americanism was really States as the two have been al - global role? Or is it mostly oc - don’t like President-elect Donald A deal on territory would how power will be shared be - Trump with some 60.5 percent have paved the way for a final tween the majority Greek Cypri - disapproving of his winning the summit bringing together ots and the Turkish Cypriots. election. Greece, Turkey and Cyprus’ for - And some 78 percent esti - mer colonial ruler Britain to mate his presidency will have a agree on how implement secu - Turkish Cypriots insist rather negative effect on Eu - rity arrangements in a reunified on Turkish military rope’s future.. island. intervention rights that According to the same re - A 1974 Turkish invasion trig - search, 75 percent answered gered by a coup aiming at union Greek Cypriots reject. that Obama’s visit to Athens with Greece divided Cyprus into wouldn’t help Greece get out of an internationally recognized, A reunified Cyprus would its economic crisis, borne out Greek-speaking south and a usher in a significant degree of when he went to Germany, the breakaway Turkish Cypriot stability in a tumultuous region biggest lender to the bailouts, north. and unlock cooperation on and didn’t raise the question of Only Turkey recognizes a newly-found undersea gas de - debt relief with Chancellor An - Turkish Cypriot declaration of posits in the eastern Mediter - gela Merkel. independence and maintains ranean among rival neighbors. By 47 percent, respondents more than 35,000 troops in the But important obstacles re - believe that it is Greece’s best north. main, including Turkish military interest to develop closer ties The UN statement said Anas - intervention rights that Turkish with Russia, whereas 39 percent tasiades and Akinci have de - Cypriots insist are vital to their prefer China, 36 percent the cided to return to Cyprus “and security and that Greek Cypriots U.S. and 20 percent Germany. reflect on the way forward.” reject as a threat. It is important to note that They had set an end-of-year GIVE PEACE A CHANCE 41.5 percent believe Greece deadline to reunify the island The impasse dashed the should face its financial prob - and had alternately been opti - hopes of hundreds of Greek and lems head-on and by itself while mistic and pessimistic. Turkish Cypriots who gathered 34 percent want the European Anastasiades said a big stick - inside the U.N. controlled buffer Union to support the country. ing point as well was the refusal zone dividing the capital, When it comes to countries, of Turkish President Recep Nicosia, to demonstrate for France remains Greece’s fa - Tayyip Erdogan, who refuges to peace. vorite, although there has been recognize European Union Waving peace flags and danc - some fall to 75 percent from 84 member Cyprus and bars its ing to Cypriot folk music, the percent in 2010, and 77 percent ships and plans, to remove his event aimed underscore the de - in 2005. troops from the occupied north. termination of Cypriots from Britain has risen in popular - U.N. envoy Espen Barth Eide, both sides for reunification. ity to second place to 61.5 per - who repeatedly was upbeat and “Fear is holding us back,” EuROkINISSI cent, with Russia at 61 percent predicting imminent break - Greek Cypriot Rania Georgiou UNESCO’s Bokova Honored by Vardinoyannis but Germany has fallen throughs that never happened, told the Associated Press. “Our markedly from 78.5 percent fa - was to brief UN Secretary Gen - future must be a shared one.” General Director of UNESCO Irina Bokova (left) and Marianna V. Vardinoyannis, Founder of vorability to only 44 percent eral Ban Ki-moon on the result. About 200 Greek Cypriots the Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador (right), during with Merkel seen as the villain The UN chief has failed for gathered outside Cyprus’ Presi - the High-level Conference “Welcoming Cities for Refugees: Promoting Inclusion and Protecting whose demands for austerity the last 10 years to make any dential palace to demand the re - Rights”, in Athens, Greece on Tuesday Nov. 22nd. Ms Bokova received the “Marianna V. Vardi - has ruined so many Greeks’ headway in the talks, joining a turn of their homes and farm - noyannis Foundation” Award 2016, in recognition of UNESCO's action for human dignity. lives. legion of more than two dozen land in any deal to reunify the diplomats, envoys and officials ethnically divided island. from both sides of the island Morphou Mayor Charalam - who could’t bring a result, but bos Pittas said the peaceful he hoped for an answer before demonstration was intended to This Week in Greek History (11/21-27) his term runs out at the end of get Anastasiades to live up to the year. his pledge of making his fertile Compiled by NOVEMBER 23: On this day in 534 BC, LAND, LAND, LAND town a part of the ongoing re - Eraklis Diamataris Thespis of Icaria according to Aristotle be - Christodoulides said the unification talks. “What counts comes the first person in history to portray main area of disagreement was for us is that the President keeps NOVEMBER 22: On this day in 1982, an a character on a performing arts stage. on the amount of territory that his word that Morphou is re - Greek-Swedish DJ Steve Angello Josefsson Before Thespis artists would speak to the would make up the federal turned,” Pittas told the AP. Fragogiannis was born in Athens, Greece to audience as his or herself but never before zones each side would run. A domain agreement would a Greek father and a Swedish mother. As as portraying another person entirely. Ad - Greek Cypriots sought the re - pave the way for a final summit he is more commonly known, Steve Angello ditionally Thespis invented theatrical tour - turn of enough territory that where Greece, Turkey, and rose to prominence while performing as one ing where he took his costumes and props would enable as many as Cyprus’ former colonial ruler of Swedish supergroup Swedish House around instead of playing at one venue con - 100,000 displaced people to re - Britain would make post-settle - Mafia’s three members. All of the group split sistently. In recognition of Thespis and his turn to the homes and property ment security arrangements. up after having performed from 2008 to undeniable contributions to Western acting they lost during the war. Meanwhile, hundreds of 2013, Steve and performing, the English-speaking That would serve to build Turkish Cypriots marched in the Angello has world refers to actors as thespians. support for an accord that streets of northern Nicosia in continued his would be put to a vote and help support of peace, urging the two solo career NOVEMBER 24: On this day in 1973 reduce the costs involved with leaders to overcome any re - and is still ac - enraged by the liberalization of the George compensating those unable to maining hurdles during their tive. Angello Papadopoulos leadership in the Greek mili - return. talks in the Swiss resort. is married to tary junta, Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioan - Akinci’s spokesman Baris Up to 37,000 Greek Cypriots Swedish nidis staged a counter-coup and assumed Burcu accused the Greek could reclaim property if Mor - model and TV leadership of Greece. The counter coup Cypriot side of being inflexible phou is returned, Pittas said. At personality Is - staged by Ioannidis was bloodless and suc - Consequently, the island became divided in negotiations and of keeping the time of the unlawful inva - abel Adrian cessful. Under his leadership a second time, and is still divided to this day.Ioannidis a “maximalist” approach, even sion, the town produced most with whom Greece would commit historic mistakes such would die in Korydallos Prison after being as Turkish Cypriots agreed to of the island’s citrus exports. he has two as the overthrow of Archbishop Makarios sentenced to life imprisonment on charges cede about 7 percent of the ter - daughters. III’s government in Cyprus which lead to of treason when the military junta fell and ritory now under their control. (Material from the Associated the Turkish invasion in the summer of 1974. democracy was restored. Christodoulides dismissed Press was used in this report) 10 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 126 - DECEMBER 2, 2016

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When Air Force One took off from the Athens airport on Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Integrity Compromised November 15, it left behind a sad but grateful city and country. How grateful can be seen from a survey published in the November 20 issue of the newspaper To Vima. For the first All of us are tired of hearing “To the contrary Comey re - began to disintegrate. time in decades the United States ranks third, behind France about Hillary Clinton’s e-mails. those individuals sponded to Trump On Nov. 6, just three days be - and Great Britain, as the nation Greeks view most favorably. On the other hand, how James are often subjected by saying that if he fore the election, Comey reap - President Obama’s visit played a role in this, as did the sup - Comey, Director of the Federal to security or ad - was being accused peared to declare that the sup - port Washington has given to the suffering Greeks by interven - Bureau of Investigation, has ministration sanc - of engaging in po - posedly new e-mails were ing with Germany over the past seven years. In the president, dealt with the e-mail issue raises tions.” litical rigging of actually duplicates of e-mails al - Greeks saw up close the elegance and the style of a first-class serious concerns about the na - What he was im - some kind, his crit - ready investigated and cleared politician. They tasted the rhetoric of a true master of the art ture of a powerful organization. plying was that ics “did not know of misuse. The public barely had of the speech. They were flattered by his reference to philoxenia, For five decades, the FBI had there was lots of him or they are full to time to digest this new find - philotimo, and ouzo. He said: “Zito I Ellas!” in Greek. They been under the autocratic grip smoke even if no of baloney (and ing and could easily have con - saw him walk atop the Acropolis, marveling at the Parthenon of J. Edgar Hoover, who bla - fire had been un - maybe some of cluded that with so much smoke and the priceless collection of the Museum of Acropolis across tantly interfered directly or in - covered. It was like both).” Clinton arising periodically, there surely the street. directly in American politics. a jury giving a not by PROF. DAN said the e-mail must be a fire somewhere. They admired his lecture – a testament to democracy, free - The six FBI directors since guilty verdict only GEORGAKAS matter was now Trump immediately charged this dom, and globalization – at the world class Stavros Niarchos Hoover had striven to depoliti - because some tech - settled and began was new evidence of a “rigged” Foundation Cultural Centre. cize their institution. All had nical shadow of a Special to to campaign vigor - election. Inevitably, they compared President Obama to their own maintained low public profiles doubt about guilt The National Herald ously. Her poll Comey’s announcement in leaders – their prime minister and even their president. And with no visible meddling in pol - remained. This not- numbers soared to October was premature at best, they got depressed… itics guilty but possibly-guilty ambi - a 10% lead over Trump. Democ - certainly irresponsible, and pos - Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sent his defense minister and Director Comey has enjoyed guity was all the more outra - rats began to believe they would sibly deliberate manipulation. partner in the government to welcome the president at the air - a reputation as a vigorous but geous as it was based on data retake the Senate and cut Any investigator knows that port. And when he met Obama, Tsipras wore no tie, honest prosecutor. Although a not available to the press or deeply into the Republican ma - early evidence can be so mis - looked bored and indifferent, with hands in pockets, raising lifelong registered Republican, public. jority in the House of Represen - leading that it is often com - many questions about his health. Comey seemed to be following Donald Trump immediately tatives. pletely discarded when all the And on top of that, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, in the mode of his immediate assailed Comey’s conclusions as On Oct. 28, just eleven days knowable facts are in hand. during the State Dinner delivered a long lecture on history, predecessors with an often ex - the short of the election, Comey Comey’s retraction in November ethics, and politics, which Obama followed stoically, but not pressed aversion to partisan pol - again made headlines by send - of his October innuendos was looking pleased. itics. That profile changed ing a letter to Congress stating too little and too late for most Yet, despite all of this, there was a clear winner in this visit: drastically when he began to 60,000 new e-mails had been voters to absorb. Greek-American relations. question Hillary Clin - uncovered in an investi - The Clinton forces believe For the first time after many years, the Greek people saw in ton’s credibility. gation of Anthony Comey’s actions were major fac - the president of the United States a friend rather than an ad - Clinton had admit - Weiner. Huma Abedin, tors in her narrow defeat. Inves - versary. ted using a private e- Weiner’s wife and one tigative journalists have asked Naturally, not all Greeks have become friends of the United mail server for of Clinton’s closest what current FBI agents broke States; such a phenomenon would not be possible. The very government doc - advisors, had used their security oaths by “leaking” next day, in fact, thousands marched against the U.S. Embassy uments was an er - Weiner’s computer data to former agents and what in their annual ritual, honoring the student revolt at the Poly - ror. She had apol - to send govern - former agents had passed those technic university on the 17th of November. ogized in public ment-related e- “leaks” to a bellicose Trump ad - But for the first time, a so-called leftist government – those for that mis - mails. The FBI had visor. Even some voices in same people who almost burned down the city of Athens when take, but she de - not assessed the e- Trump Tower have expressed president Bill Clinton visited 17 years ago – gave the red carpet nied any classified mails to determine exasperation regarding Comey’s treatment to an American president. material had been if they were perti - investigative merry-go-round. And the prime minister, realizing his political mistake, went compromised. nent to Clinton or When a politician or political to the airport to see the president off: a clear indication of the The FBI was asked contained classified appointee behaves as Comey political change that is taking place. by Congress to exam - material, but Comey re - has, resignation is the best way The most tangible proof, however, is that of the survey that ine hundreds of thou - opened the Clinton in - to preserve the integrity of the shows the percentage of the Greeks who view themselves Phil - sands of her e-mails to vestigation. system and to allay fears that a americans jumped from 38% in 2010 to 56% now and that the determine if national se - Trump announced that political payoff was involved. United States has gone from being viewed positively by 28% curity had been jeopardized. Comey had redeemed himself Whether Comey willfully in - in 2005 to 57.7% today. That probe was completed in and that the Clinton case was tended to influence the presi - And that is not only pleasing to us Greek-Americans, but it early July. re - even more scandalous than Wa - dential contest or is woefully ir - is good news for the people of Greece as well. Rather than consulting with sult tergate. responsible is irrelevant. his superior, Attorney General of a deal worked out by Bill Rudy Giuliani, the cam - Whatever his reasoning and mo - Loretta Lynch, about the FBI Clinton and Loretta Lynch dur - paign’s attack dog, said disgrun - tives, Comey has compromised findings or just sending them to ing their impromptu thirty- tled former FBI agents had in - the office of the Director of the Compromise-less Cyprus Congress, Comey decided to minute meeting of July 1 at the formed him of the new e-mails FBI. He should submit his resig - hold an unprecedented press Phoenix airport. Trump added weeks earlier and worse was yet nation as soon as possible. conference. At that event, he ex - that General Petraeus had got - to be revealed. Giuliani told Let’s face it: We have not handled the Cyprus issue as well onerated Clinton of any crime. ten into trouble for doing far CNN, “I can’t even repeat the Prof. Georgakas is Director of as we should have. For decades now, in trying to achieve the He then went on to say that he less, a typical Trump fiction. Pe - language I heard from former the Greek American Studies perfect solution, we have failed to accept the best possible one. did not mean to imply that oth - traeus had admitted sharing na - FBI agents.” Trump supporters Project at Queens College – We – our community’s members included – became prisoners ers engaged in similar behavior tional security data with his renewed their chant: “Lock her CUNY and Consulting Editor of of our own rhetoric emphasizing ethics and justice – which are were guiltless. He told the press, lover. up.” Clinton’s electoral margins CINEASTE magazine. absolutely on our side – but ignoring what counts in bilateral relations: power. Not only did the two Greek countries, Greece and Cyprus, in the ensuing decades since the Turkish invasion of the latter, ANTI-Logos By A.H. Diamataris not become powerful – a la Israel – but on top of that, went bankrupt in the process. Cyprus has made one concession after the other, albeit a • The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far highly of his intelligence and the wisdom the moment I land: how many airplanes are few years apart. with which he carried out his duties as one there, how many travelers go about their Back in 2004, the Annan Plan, by UN Secretary General from the Tree of Archbishop Iakovos’ closest advisors. business, how the traffic is on the roads, Kofi Annan, provided for giving the city of Morphou back to And I know that he would have been how many customers are in the stores, how the Greek Cypriots. They rejected it in a referendum. The Hellenic Lawyers Association at their very proud that his son is making such a people dress and look, what politicians and But just the other day, the Greek Cypriots walked out of ne - annual dinner dance honored Nicholas valuable contribution to our community. businesspersons say in private, and, of gotiations in Switzerland, because now the Turks won’t give Kourides, son of the late Peter Kourides, for course, I talk to the best sources of infor - Morphou back. Sixteen years have elapsed (since the original his many decades of service as pro bono le - mation of all – the waiters and taxi drivers. Annan plan) their leader said; “a lot of things have changed on gal counsel of the Archdiocese under the My conclusion, unfortunately, is that the ground.” late Archbishop Iakovos. • A Sad Greece there is no improvement. What I have sur - Thirty-three years ago almost to the date, on November 15, Kourides is a top lawyer in New York mised is that there is a deepening of the re - 1983, the Turks declared their own pseudo-state. We were in City, and over the past few years he has Every visit to Athens is a valuable op - alization of the permanence of the present shock, we were angry. We tried to overturn it before it would been making a major contribution to our portunity to take stock of things and look tragic situation and a sadness of how low be established. We calmed ourselves in the knowledge that no community through the high-quality pro - for something new – for, dare I say, signs of the country has fallen. other country in the UN except Turkey had recognized it. And grams presented by the Hellenic American improvement of the situation – as compared And so the people don’t get involved. so, we declared victory. Cultural Foundation (HACF). to the previous visit. They are mere observers. But the only one that mattered was Turkey, in choosing to I knew Peter Kourides and thought very I look for those signs everywhere, from How long this will last is anyone’s guess. declare a separate state, supporting it, and deciding on its be - half. Today the theory circulating that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan might do with the occupied part of Cyprus Observations By Antonis H. Diamataris what Putin did to Crimea is being dismissed as not serious. But who would stop him if he decides to do it? The West did not stop Russian President Vladimir Putin from annexing Crimea. Following are remarks made by President were some who said ‘we emerged very suc - War are being brought down one by one. Would we really expect them to stop Erdogan? Erdo ğan of Turkey at a conference on cessful from this agreement’. How can you Yet they still try to imprison us within Lau - America is in the middle of the transfer of power from one “Turkey’s New Security Concept.” say that you were successful when you gave sanne. administration to the next. Britain is in the middle of exiting Giving the seriousness of his remarks as away what you had in hand? I am sorry but we gave a promise to our the EU. Germany is getting ready for elections. As for Greece, applied to Greece and Cyprus we believe ... nation. To achieve Turkey’s 2023 goals well… that they should be read carefully by every Sevres, with its map that divides today’s which means making Turkey one of the top It would not make much sense for Erdogan to annex the oc - one: Turkey into 7-8 pieces, was the expression ten countries in every field, we will push cupied territory, not with so many fronts open and his armed “We are the successors of a nation that of the original mission in store for us. How - all the limits. We are aware that as we are forces in disarray after the purge of thousands of officers fol - reached a landmass of 22 million km2. Just ever; our nation refused this plan with the do this; we will step on many toes, we will lowing the coup d’état in July. But nothing would raise the pa - recently, just a while before the establish - Battle of Gallipoli, the victory at Kut al disturb many and we will damage the in - triotic sentiment and his popularity in Turkey more than that. ment of the republic, we used to have ap - Amara and finally the War of Independence terests of many. Therefore, we cannot exclude it as a possibility. proximately 3 million km2 of land. We were and instead, allowed us to content ourselves We will do this with you. We will do it We consider as the most likely scenario a multination summit reduced and reduced and reduced to with our borders today, even though they anyway. Because we are living in such a that would provide the cover for the Greek side – Nicosia and 780.000 km2. are like a shirt that is still too tight for us. world that if you do not move forward, you Athens – to accept an imposed deal. When I brought up Lausanne, some got Lausanne is not an unquestionable text. do not stay in place. You go backwards and This is what it is coming down to. disturbed. Why are you disturbed? Unfor - And it is certainly not a holy text. Of course, fade away. We are determined to take And it has come down to this because for decades now, tunately, in Lausanne, that 3 million km2 we will discuss it. Turkey forward step by step. We will keep Greece and Cyprus, before and after the invasion, navigated was shaved to 780.000 km2. Of course, we will strive to do better. moving to our objective even if we struggle the Cyprus issue without a realistic long-term strategy guided The places right under our noses were World War I, World War II and the Cold with terrorist organizations, coup attempts, by the sense of true patriotism. taken away from us and even then there War are left behind. economic attacks and political and diplo - were some who were proud of this. There The balances established after the Cold matic machinations.” THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 126 - DECEMBER 2, 2016 VIEWPOINTS 11 E Priebus Unum: Reince What Does the Trump Administration Mean for Greece?

Rewarded for Steering Ship Notwithstanding the appoint - divest himself or appointment, no Russia’s President Putin and his ment of a churchgoing Greek Or - put it into a blind matter how scary, protégé, Syrian President Assad thodox with a Greek mother, trust. He also ap - is just the first of to sort out the region. At some point chair a political Reince Priebus, as White House peared on Russia many important More to the point, Mr. Trump during this tumul - party, but Reince Chief of Staff, we should still Today, a Russian positions Trump gave an interview to the New tuous election Priebus has been. have grave doubts about the government-owned must fill and that York Times in July in which he marathon, I wasn’t This summer I Trump Administration’s policies satellite channel at we may see other expressed admiration for Erdo - always on the same was invited to for the relationship with Greece. a dinner with Russ - more reasonable gan. He said that he could not page with Reince speak to a group of Traditionally, the White House ian President and sympathetic criticize Erdogan’s jailing of thou - Priebus. But the Re - Pennsylvania Re - Chief of Staff has had little in - Vladimir Putin, and, appointments. sands of domestic opponents and publican National publicans about fluence over policy formulation according to some Don’t hold your looked forward to creating “a Committee (RNC) Donald Trump. I or execution. The job is that of news reports, may breath. Can anyone great relationship with him.” Chairman, who explained that I do White House traffic manager. have sought busi - by AMB. PATRICK N. identify any mem - Equally, perhaps even more, will now serve as not always vote the President-Elect Trump selected ness connections THEROS ber in Trump’s in - disturbing, the press recently car - Chief of Staff in party line, and told him explicitly for having done there without mak - ner circle who has ried reports that Mr. Trump’s Donald Trump’s ad - by CONSTANTINOS E. them that I wasn’t that job very well during the ing it public. Special to ever demonstrated company has been paid up to ministration, SCAROS asking them to con - campaign. In past adminis - The National Herald any sympathy or $10 million since 2014 – in other proved to the pres - sider voting for The selection of retired gen - trations, the NSA, knowledge about words after he started his presi - ident-elect that he Special to Trump because he eral Michael T. Flynn as National who has the president’s ear on Greece and its problems? In fact, dential campaign – to carry the is worthy of such a The National Herald is the Republican Security Advisor (NSA), one of an hourly basis, often overshad - can anyone identify a single Trump name on a huge luxury vital position, and nominee, but be - the two most powerful foreign owed the secretary of state. prominent Republican within complex in Istanbul. Trump’s that’s good enough for me. cause he is a great candidate. policy positions in government, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Henry the GOP foreign policy establish - business partner is Aydin Dogan, Actually, though I criticized But the speaker who followed should induce near panic among Kissinger and Condoleezza Rice ment who has done anything is a billionaire supporter of Pres - “the Republican powers-that be” me, a Republican elected offi - even the most rabid Trump sup - are three of a long list of power - more sympathetic than attend a ident Erdogan. How does that very intensely, both in this col - cial, said: “I’m telling you to porters who are also concerned ful personalities who dictated Greek church festival in Astoria? affect the president-elect’s rela - umn and in my book Grumpy vote for Donald Trump because about Greek issues. American foreign policy. Because Absent more concrete ac - tionship with Turkey? Old Party, deeming GOP VIPs he is the Republican nominee.” On November 8, Flynn pub - the job does not require Senate tions, we can only parse Mr. Turkey’s diplomats, with “clueless,” I didn’t have Priebus He went on to explain that lished an opinion piece in The confirmation, he can avoid un - Trump’s campaign rhetoric to great dexterity, have sold their in mind specifically (though his Trump was not his first choice, Hill newspaper (an important comfortable hearing with Re - get a hint of how his Adminis - country as “the regional police - being RNC Chairman, one could and that while we may not al - Washington political publica - publican senators who distrust tration views the region of the man” for the United States for make such an assumption). ways agree with every individ - tion) demanding that the U.S. him, such as John McCain and world that Greece and Cyprus five decades. Kissinger justified My only real specific criticism ual candidate, if we think the government agree to Turkish Rand Paul. With Flynn as NSA, inhabit. Here, too, we find noth - his support for Turkey’s invasion of Priebus came at the time of GOP is the best choice as a leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s can one trust that the United ing to encourage optimism. Mr. of Cyprus by citing the impor - the Republican pledge during whole, then we have to vote for demand to extradite his political States will object to Turkey’s Trump seems to envision a tance of Turkey in maintaining the primary season in the sum - every Republican in every elec - scapegoat, Fethullah Gulen, to constant violations of Greek sov - “sphere of influence” policy akin regional stability. It does not take mer of 2015. I found the very tion. Turkey. Flynn failed to reveal ereignty or threats against to the agreements hashed out at a huge leap of imagination to notion of compelling the Repub - It was a very reasonable that he owns a lobbying com - Cyprus? Flynn would also have the Yalta Conference in February see Turkey selling the same bill lican candidates to vow ahead point. It is the stand Reince pany whose largest client, per - virtual veto power over any pro - 1945 at which Churchill, Stalin, of goods to Trump. of time that they would support Priebus takes, and that’s why haps its only foreign client, is a posal to provide military or eco - and Roosevelt agreed to divvy the eventual nominee no matter just five years into his tenure as Netherlands company owned by nomic aid to Greece. Turkey had up the world. Syria and the The Hon. Ambassador Theros is who it was to be wrong on its RNC Chairman, the GOP now a Turkish businessman close to great influence with Henry Ukraine, in his stated view, seem president of the U.S.-Qatar face. And I still think that. has the White House, both Erdogan. General Flynn appar - Kissinger when he was NSA, be - to fall within Moscow’s sphere. Business Council. He served in houses of Congress, a majority ently does not draw a line be - cause its then-Prime Minister, Bi - Mr. Trump has stated clearly the U.S. Foreign Service for 36 Sometimes, what doesn’t of the governorships and state tween his business interests and land Ecevit, had studied under that he has only one objective in years, mostly in the Middle legislatures, and is poised to re - national interests. the Great Master at Harvard. Er - the region: the destruction of East, and was American Ambas - seem like a great idea claim a conservative majority on After Trump’s announcement dogan may have a simpler rela - ISIS, a good cause that he will sador to Qatar from 1995 to may nonetheless be the the United States Supreme of his appointment as NSA, tionship with Flynn; he hired carry out in concert with the Rus - 1998. He also directed the State Court. Well done, Mr. Chairman. Flynn announced that he would him. By comparison to Michael sians. Unfortunately, Trump does Department’s Counter- best idea. Reince Priebus The Republicans in Congress continue to own the lobbying Flynn, we may soon remember not believe the United States has Terrorism Office, and holds nu - understands that. already renominated Paul Ryan firm but would turn its opera - Henry Kissinger as a philhellene! any other interests in the Middle merous U.S. Government deco - and Mitch McConnell as House tions over to his son rather than Some may argue that Flynn’s East and would prefer to leave rations. Donald Trump thought that Speaker and Senate Majority as well, which is why at that Leader, respectively, further in - first primary debate, standing dicating unity and continuity. LETTER FROM ATHENS on the stage with nine other Trump’s outsider populism, the competitors, he was the only basis for his appeal, will not be one who said he was unwilling controlled by the establishment, to take that pledge. “I have to but it will be somewhat tem - Obama Played Pericles, Greek Politicians Played Fools wait and see who the nominee pered, which could be enough is,” Trump said, and later added: to keep the party together. As I “but I promise to accept the have written on many occasions, Every political speech in some cians who aren’t Ground Zero, achievements and a higher nominee, if I’m the nominee,” too many ideological strains try - way is an exercise in self-aggran - worthy to have where the Greek standing in public life. which was meant to be humor - ing to live under one big tent is dizement and a personal agenda Greek names. Orthodox church Now we’ve got Tsipras, an ous but was also poignant. a major challenge to the party’s disguised behind words hoped Obama, a lame of St. Nicholas, empty suit without a tie, and a But that Republican pledge longterm well-being. But if the to be brilliant, or at least dazzling duck president do - once in ruins, is list of those before him from has taught us a great deal about transition period since Election enough to hide the truth. ing a swan song tour now rising again,” New Democracy and PASOK and President-elect Trump and many Day is any indication, the heal - So President Obama, visiting like a baseball player he said. fringe parties who attached of the other hopefuls. The rest ing has already begun. The Athens, chose well the wisest of in his last remaining He touched all themselves to recent coalitions all agreed to the pledge from credit goes to Donald Trump, his words extolling the virtues of games, said he came the right bases, of to gain some limelight for their the start. Trump eventually for reaching out to former rivals ancient Greece before using the to see the Acropolis Democratia and marginal thinking. signed it, revealing his pragma - like Ted Cruz and Mitt Romney. opportunity at the new Stavros and Parthenon but Kratos, the power, Obama added that, “Just as tism: he knew the establishment But one has to wonder if that Niarchos Foundation – it was to “because I came the right to rule your strength and resolve have was out to get him, and refusal advice wasn’t given to him by be at the Pnyx, the site near the here with gratitude by ANDY and, right out of allowed you to overcome great to sign the pledge would give his chief of staff designate, who Acropolis where Athenians held for all that Greece – DABILIS Pericles’ Funeral odds throughout your history, them ammunition to keep him managed to keep those bicker - Democratic assemblies, but “this small, great Oration, “The no - nothing can break the spirit of off of various state ballots. ing intraparty factions essen - deemed too dangerous in 2016 world” – has given Special to tion that we are cit - the Greek people. You will over - Moreover, the pledge effec - tially together all this time. to do so – to wander off into to humanity through The National Herald izens - not ser - come this period of challenge tively crippled the political ca - Finally, it is worth noting that globalization and other topics the ages. vants, but stewards just as you have other challenges reers of Jeb Bush and John Ka - on the day Trump picked suiting himself. “Our hearts have been moved of our society. in the past.” sich, and others, who very Priebus, he also chose Steve But in his opening, and for a by the tragedies of Aeschylus and “The concept of citizenship - Alas, in the end, he wasn’t publicly opposed Trump after he Bannon to be his chief strategist. time, he took upon himself the Euripides. Our minds have been that we have both rights and re - Pericles but a typical Greek politi - became the nominee, and all the Much has been made of Ban - role of Pericles, the ancient Greek opened by the histories of sponsibilities. The belief in cian after he said in Athens he way to Election Day. It also non’s pending role in the Trump statesman, orator and General of Herodotus and Thucydides. Our equality before the law-- not just would back debt relief for a proved Trump’s point, that one administration, as some purport the Golden Age, to describe what understanding of the world and for a few, but for the many; not crushed country, only to go to might want to wait and see who that he is a white supremacist. this little country means to the our place in it has been ex - just for the majority, but also the Germany - which is putting up the nominee is before rushing To this point, from what I’ve world 2,500 years later. panded by Socrates and Aristo - minority. These are all concepts the bulk of 326 billion euros to commit to such a pledge. If seen, I think it’s just more of the In doing so, he put the shame tle,” he said. that grew out of this rocky soil,” ($345.66 billion) in three nothing else, the pledge pro - same false, unsubstantiated nar - to Greek politicians who view Sigh, those grandeurs seemed he said, nailing it just right be - bailouts and demanded austerity vided an important lens through rative we’ve been hearing public service as a chance to mostly to have stopped with fore veering off. – where he didn’t say boo to which we could examine the throughout the campaign. plunder the Treasury, enrich those giants and Greece is left But up to that point he was Chancellor Angela Merkel. candidates. Sometimes, what But the point is that there has themselves, their friends and with the likes of liars and thieves more Greek than anyone since So he must have forgotten doesn’t seem like a great idea been nothing bad said about sycophants and acolytes and not and the pusillanimous power- Eleftherios Venizelos, the charis - that part of Pericles’ Funeral Ora - may nonetheless be the best Priebus. Not a word. And that as a chance to return the country hungry but bereft of decency po - matic leader and statesman who tion, the greatest speech ever idea. Reince Priebus under - is another reason to commend greater than they found it. litical types such as Prime Min - promoted liberal democratic given and one which now could stands that. him. In these contentious times, He spoke at a time of lingering ister and Looney Left Alexis policies worthy of their own be for Modern Greece, where the As for me, I support individ - with a 24/7 conventional and crises in Greece – one economic “Che” Guevara, who sold his out statesman said, “It is hard to uals, but I do not stay artificially social media blitz, seeking to caused by decades of wild over - party, his country, his people and speak properly upon a subject glued to party lines. I don’t have pounce on every opportunity to spending and runaway patronage himself for nothing, reneging on where it is even difficult to con - a “take one for the team” ap - exploit an opponent’s weakness, hires in return for votes for the ant-austerity promises and sur - vince your hearers that you are proach to the Republican Party; anyone in such a high-profile disgraceful parties who perpe - rendering to the country’s credi - speaking the truth.” I merely tend to vote for its can - position who escapes the me - trated it upon workers, pension - tors in an act of the lowest And he noted in speaking of didates more often than not, be - dia’s looming microscope must ers and the poor – and the other, hypocrisy. fallen heroes that – unlike politi - cause I usually consider them to be something special. of refugees fleeing war and strife, Ironically, Obama talked al - cians today – “They fled only be superior. Nicely done by the Greek boy mostly in the Middle East. most as much of Greek-Ameri - from dishonor, but met danger But in 2012 I didn’t consider from New Jersey. More than 60,000 of them cans and their achievements, face to face, and after one brief the GOP presidential nominee, find themselves stuck in Greece, knowing well the Greektown in moment, while at the summit of Mitt Romney, to be good enough Constantinos E. Scaros' latest a transit country for their hopes his home of Chicago, of spanako - their fortune, escaped, not from to vote for, and so I voted third book, Grumpy Old Party (about to reach other more prosperous pita and ouzo and their spirit. their fear, but from their glory.” party (I’ve also voted for Democ - the 2016 presidential election), European Union countries which “If anyone seeks an example Where is Greece’s Pericles to - rats for president in past elec - is available for purchase on closed their borders and aban - of our shared spirit, our re - day? tions – albeit rarely). That’s why amazon.com and in bookstores doned them to a bankrupt coun - silience, they need look no fur - I’m not a good candidate to nationwide. try populated by soulless politi - ther than New York City, near [email protected] With Reality Setting in: The Challenges of the Trump Presidency

Reality is setting in for Presi - ever, run even deeper. reversed) have a Muslim and mar - for those Americans who voted power. If Mr. Trump stands by dent-elect Donald Trump, for Some in the media and po - been elected as a ried to the Anthony for him, Trump is a Washington and allows the Russians to es - America and for the rest of the litical analysts have voiced the Democrat. Weiner, a sexual outsider – he is just a wealthy tablish a permanent foothold in world. There is no doubt that notion that Trump’s election is Does this make predator and an ordinary American. the Middle East it will be the there is going to be substantial the result of “Whitelash” – white him a populist? embarrassment to This phenomenon will place coup de grace for America’s change to how the United States middle-aged, middle class and Perhaps, but not in the Democratic Mr. Trump in a very difficult sit - sphere of influence in the re - government will address the blue-collar men and women the traditional Party, fueled the Is - uation not only in terms of ful - gion. woes of the economy, globaliza - pushing back against the Wash - sense. Populist lamophobia that filling his promises with respect Although there is the option tion, health care, climate ington establishment, an almost leaders historically has gripped a fright - to domestic policy, but equally that Mr. Trump will be able to change, immigration and terror - incoherent political correctness are at the head of ened middle Amer - significant how will he formu - work with Mr. Putin and find an ism – to name a few. Perhaps, that marginalizes mainstream optimistic senti - ica. Beyond that, lated and execute foreign policy. accommodation, but it will the greatest obstacle facing Mr. society or at last what they be - ments whether it is the Clintons repre - Because of a free-willing elec - mean sharing influence over the Trump is how to bridge the lieve is mainstream society. The righting wrongs or by DR. ANDRE sented privilege and tion campaign, in which Mr. region and this too will diminish chasm inflicting American soci - deep-seated anger found expres - chartering a new GEROLYMATOS entitlement – they Trump made outlandish claims the ability of the United States ety. sion in Donald trump whose course for a coun - are part of the with respect to NATO and for - to dominate events not only in Because Mr. Trump will be rhetoric harked to another age try and a society. Special to Washington estab - eign affairs in general, he does the Middle East but also in the the leader of a divided country, where everyone looked and Mr. Trump’s cam - The National Herald lishment – at least not enjoy the confidence of rest of the world. he will have a very difficult task dressed the same – at last in paign articulated such is the image America’s allies. He will need to America is at the crossroads. in cobbling together an effective some people’s imagination. what many Americans do not that came across to many from expend considerable political Mr. Trump maybe the caretaker foreign policy. Journalists and Some experts argue that want. They do not want free Mrs. Clinton’s campaign and the capital to maintain those al - of a government that will ease political pundits have made a those who voted for Mr. Trump trade, globalization, illegal im - people around her. liances that may, in turn, may the transition of the United great deal that this division is and the Republican Party sup - migrants, maybe even immi - On the other hand, Donald cost him the support of some of States from being to sole super - between those who accept glob - port the notion of a conservative grants period, refugees, Muslims Trump is a rich flawed man who his followers. power to just one in a multi - alization and free trade versus America. Yet, Mr. Trump is a or anyone who looks different. has made the same crass and po - Mr. Trump will also have to power world order. At home, he those Americans who see it as a New Yorker and until recently Perhaps, Trump is a post-modern litical incorrect acts and deeds deal with Vladimir Putin and try will oversee the deepening threat to their jobs and has been a New York Democrat. populist. that many ordinary people com - and contain the Russian leader’s chasm of American society. lifestyles. Is it also a return to a His policies – some albeit They also do not want Hilary mit in everyday life. Remarkably, ambition in Ukraine and the sentiment of isolationism as was bizarre, are not necessarily con - Clinton and her circle of associ - it is those flaws and faux pas Baltic states – and of course, André Gerolymatos is the Direc - the case in the 1930s? Is it fear servative or Republican. He ates. Mrs. Clinton became the that convinced almost half of the there is the Middle East. Mr. tor of the Stavros Niarchos of immigration and refugees, could have, with some adjust - poster child of political correct - American electorate that Trump Putin has invested considerable Foundation Centre for Hellenic which in the minds of many are ment to his rhetoric, just as eas - ness and internationalism. In - maybe rich, but is also everyman wealth and military expenditure Studies at Simon Fraser Univer - interlinked? The divisions, how - ily (with the national divisions deed, her top aid Huma Abedin, and woman. More importantly, to keep Bashir al-Assad in sity in Vancouver. 12 THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 126 - DECEMBER 2, 2016

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