S O C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of E ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek- Americans N c v A wEEkly GrEEk-AmEriCAN PuBliCATiON www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 18, ISSUE 898 December 25-31, 2014 $1.50 Dimas Loses in 2nd Round of Voting, But Is Closing the Gap Samaras Hopes His Presidential Pick Will Prevail; Stave off Early Elections

ATHENS – Prime Minister and to one of his lawmakers, former New Democracy leader Antonis TV actor Pavlos Haikalis, but a Samaras' hopes to get his party's prosecutor threw out the Vice-President Stavros Dimas charges. elected Greek President to stave The government is reeling, Spiro Agnew Maria Callas Michael Dukakis Andreas C. Dracopoulos off early national elections went its popularity undercut after im - down for a second time on Dec. posing harsh austerity measures 23, but picked up eight more demanded by the Troika of the votes over a first round, leaving European Union-International him to gain 12 more in a final Monetary Fund-European Cen - ballot on Dec. 29 to succeed. tral Bank (EU-IMF-ECB) in re - The 300-member Parliament turn for economy bailouts of gave Dimas 168 votes, with 131 240 billion euros ($306 billion) voting present and one not vot - that began in 2010. ing. He had gotten 160 votes Tsipras has been demanding the first time but since then snap polls for months but Sama - Samaras said he would offer na - ras argued he was leading tional elections at the end of Greece to a recovery, although next year if enough lawmakers stalled negotiations with the from rival parties and Indepen - Troika over undone reforms and dents would support his man for a how to close a hole in the president. 2015 budget of as much as three It takes 200 votes in the first billion euros forced him to give two rounds in the Parliament up plans for an early exit from and the coalition government, the memorandum he signed which includes the fast-fading agreeing to big pay cuts, tax PASOK Socialists has only 155 combined, leaving the Premier Continued on page 11 Archbishop Iakovos (w. MLK) Telly Savalas Betty White Elia Kazan to effectively concede the first two ballots and set his sights on the last. If that fails, national elec - All Time Highly-Influential Greek-Americans tions will be scheduled in Janu - Claim of Vote ary or February with polls show - ing the major opposition By Constantinos E. Scaros Nader and Betty Friedan are of years of age, a very young na - who were among the Founding Coalition of the Radical Left Bribe in Greece Lebanese and Russian/Hungar - tion. Half of the people on the Fathers: George Washington (2), (SYRIZA) leading. The Atlantic magazine re - ian descent, respectively; list exacted their influence long John Adams (25), Thomas Jef - With his party leading in sur - Is Dismissed cently completed quite a daunt - Supreme Court Chief Justice before the 20th century, when ferson (3), and James Madison veys, the Leftist leader, Alexis ing list: the 100 most influential Earl Warren’s ancestors were the first significant wave of (13). Two other Founders who Tsipras is trying to thwart the people in American history. from Norway, and Hollywood gi - Greek immigration to the United were not president but made the election of Dimas and is being ATHENS – A judicial investiga - There is not a Greek to be found ant Sam Goldwyn’s from Poland. States occurred. That there are list were Alexander Hamilton backed so far by most Indepen - tion has dismissed a Greek law - among them. Then again, there Italians can lay claim to one of no Greeks on the list, then, (5) and Benjamin Franklin (6). dent lawmakers and the govern - maker’s allegations he was of - is not a Spaniard, a Frenchman, the list’s honorees, Enrico Fermi. should be no surprise. Topping the list overall was ment's rival parties, chiefly the fered money to back the a Korean, or a Belgian in the And that’s it – no other nation - The most prevalent category President Abraham Lincoln, em - Independent Greeks (ANEL) government candidate in the mix, either. In fact, everyone’s alities are represented. in terms of occupation/field title blematic of a consistent theme leader, former New Democracy country’s Presidential vote with ancestry can be traced to Great Also, it is important to keep was, predictably, president of the of African-Americans’ civil rights member Panos Kammenos. anti-austerity parties trying to Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, in mind that despite its profound United States. Seventeen of our throughout the rankings, in The ANEL leader had thwart the election and force or Africa, with scant exception: impact on world history, the nation’s chief executives made claimed that a government in - early national elections during social/political activists Ralph United States remains, at 238 the list, including the first four, Continued on page 8 termediary had offered a bribe a perilous economic time. Court officials said that pros - ecutor Panagiotis Panagiotopou - los found the claim by Pavlos Haikalis, a lawmaker from a Behrakis Establishes Plan small opposition right-wing In - dependent Greeks (ANEL) party, was unfounded. For a Smoke-Free Greece Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader

By Theodore Kalmoukos One of the books is called Ed - Continued on page 11 ucation for a World without LOWELL, MA – George D. Smoking; another is I Learned Behrakis, a prominent Greek- Not to Smoke. American businessman and phil - Behrakis is also concerned anthropist from Lowell, MA is about adults, especially the Community on a sacred and patriotic mis - pregnant women, who are sion these days trying to save hooked on smoking. Thus, he Greece’s children from dying funded a book depicting on its Responds to from illnesses linked to smoking cover a young mother holding cigarettes. He has spent a lot of her newborn baby. The book is Cuba Policy time traveling back and forth to called Because I love You, I Greece over the past six years, Don’t Smoke. It is actually and devoted over $10 million in “guide of self-help to stop smok - By Constantine S. Sirigos an antismoking campaign aimed ing during pregnancy and for - TNH Staff Writer at Greek students, to convince ever.” them to quit smoking or never It all began about six years NEW YORK – When President start. ago, Behrakis told TNH, “during Obama called for the restoration Behrakis created a package one of trips my to Greece be - of full diplomatic relations with called “The Truth about Smok - cause of the riots that were Cuba, he unleashed floods of ing” and has funded the writing, taken place in the center of both hope and anger among publishing, and continuous dis - Athens, at that time I stayed in Cuban-Americans. The decision tribution a series of booklets ac - a small hotel in Kifisia. I woke also stimulated interest in the cordingly. up one day very early in the Orthodox Christian community morning and I walked around in the United States in renewing the block and I happened to ties with their co-religionists in come in front of a school and the Caribbean nation. For subscription: there were two women dressed In 2004, the Greek Orthodox 718.784.5255 in black giving free cigarettes to church that was built in 1950 [email protected] little girls. I walked up to them: TNH/COSTAS BEJ as Sts. Constantine and Helen they couldn’t speak Greek or Students of Spyropoulos Day School Spread Christmas Cheer but was never used as anything English, and I wanted to know but a children’s theater was re - what they were doing. They Eleftherios Eleftheriades, chanter and teacher at the St. Nicholas Shrine Church, leads the stu - opened after renovations as the dents of the parish’s William Spyropoulos Greek-American School as they sing carols while Fa - Continued on page 6 ther Paul Palesty, parish staff, and the children’s families enjoy the program. Continued on page 5 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 25-31, 2014

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n DECEMBER 24-25 Plaza Hotel 555 East Canal St Santa Claus and Jesus are Both Coming to Town EAST MEADOW, NY – The in Richmond. Bring your family Christmas Eve Vigil will be held to eat, drink, and dance with us on Wednesday, Dec. 24 at 7PM as we welcome the new year. By Dr. Constantina morning to find a present so big and the Christmas Divine Enjoy your evening while sup - Michalos that it takes two stockings to Liturgy will be celebrated on porting a great cause! All pro - hold it, and then leaves a great Thursday, Dec. 25 at 9:30 AM ceeds will go towards the Mod - HOUSTON, TX – It’s that time deal outside; it is the large and (festive brunch will follow) at ern Greek Language Program at of year again. Santa Claus is preposterous present of myself, Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, Virginia Tech. This event is coming to town, checking that as to the origin of which I can 369 Green Avenue, in East made possible with the help of list, extorting good behavior offer no suggestion except that Meadow. The services are con - Delta Engineers, LLC and Drs. from little kids. On the other Santa Claus gave it to me in a ducted in English. For more in - Tony & John Agapis Family Den - side of the world, the baby Jesus fit of peculiarly fantastic good - formation, call 516-483-3649 or tistry and will feature two ban - lays His sweet head in a manger, will. visit www.htocem.org. quet halls: The Grand Ballroom no crib for His bed. And parents (The Other Stocking In a let - will offer a Greek Holiday Styled everywhere have to reconcile ter to The Tablet of London, n DECEMBER 31 Buffet Dinner and Greek Danc - the two in an attempt to address 1903) TOMS RIVER, NJ – Come and ing. The Junior Ballroom will be the true meaning of Christmas. This may help parents ex - ring in the New Year with the just for kids, or those young at Santa is the easier sell. Jesus plain the true meaning of Christ - AHEPA Family on New Year’s heart, with games such as an ar - may be omnipresent, but Santa mas to their children – and Even from 9PM until 1AM at the cade bowling alley, air hockey, is everywhere – radio, televi - themselves. St. Barbara Greek Orthodox basketball hoop, foosball, photo sion, department stores, super - Or, they can just leave it to Church, 2200 Church Road in booth, and more! Complimen - markets, street corners. Kids sit the kids. I don’t remember when Toms River. Dance to the beat tary Champagne Toast at Mid - on his lap, write him letters, I stopped believing in Santa and of the Aegean Duo! Continuous night. Donations: $50 Adults, leave him milk and cookies, and matured toward Jesus. My par - music, with raffle and 50/50 en - $25 Students, $10 Children. For promise to be good. By midday ents certainly didn’t know G.K. tertainment for the kids. Plenty more information, please email on Christmas, toys are broken, Chesterton, but I clearly made of mezedes! Cash bar – Cham - us at: [email protected] or siblings are fighting, and Santa we all know how annoying that my bed an empty stocking, the transition. Today, I watched pagne Toast, Vasilopita with call 860-906-4264. is a distant memory and obliga - is!” (Okay – that last drummer which in the morning became a and listened to 3rd and 4th Coffee. Donation is $45 per per - https://www.facebook.com/eve tion to be resurrected again boy part is me.) full stocking. I had done nothing graders from the Annunciation son, Children under 12 enter nts/616219798486895. (pardon the pun) sometime be - Follow-up/follow-up ques - to produce the things that filled Orthodox School in Houston Free. For reservations: Savvas tween Halloween and Thanks - tion: “So who’s more important it. 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Orthros Jesus sort of does the same commercialism that has become called Santa Claus was benevo - glory and promise and hope. 3rd Annual Boston New Year’s and Divine Liturgy 6PM, Doors thing. We send him letters, but Christmas and poor Santa, we lently disposed toward me… And smiles that lit their faces Eve celebration, which will be open 8:30PM, catered formal af - He calls them prayers. He sees find the true spirit of loving What we believed was that a and moved their audience. held at the Sheraton Needham, fair with dessert bar, music fea - us. He knows us. But this inti - kindness and boundless charity certain benevolent agency did According to Maria Newton, 100 Cabot St, in Needham. De - turing DJ Chris Sarris. Tickets macy is comforting. He gives us that is the first Christmas and give us those toys for nothing. Director of Admissions, there cember 31, doors open at 9. $50 for adults, $10 for children, gifts. Do we have to earn them? every Christmas thereafter And, as I say, I believe it still. I are only nine Greek kids in the Ticket prices are as follows: $45 free for children under 10. Tick - If we had to earn them, we’d within ourselves. have merely extended the idea. 3rd grade and 10 in the 4th. But per person for the first 150 tick - ets may be purchased at stste - never measure up. But He does - English writer and Catholic “Then I only wondered who the chorus is not singing pho - ets, and $55 per person for any fanos.org or by calling (727) n’t keep that kind of list. Do we lay theologian G.K. Chesterton put the toys in the stocking; now netically. Ekaterini Noffsinger, tickets thereafter. Please visit 345-8235. have to be good? Well, He offers a lovely description of the I wonder who put the stocking the Greek language and culture the following link for ticket in - would much rather we were, spiritual evolution we undergo by the bed, and the bed in the teacher, not only teaches the formation: TORONTO, CANADA – New but He has infinite patience and when we grow from Santa Claus room, and the room in the lyrics of these songs but insists https://ticketriver.com/event/1 Year’s Eve event December 31, gives us innumerable chances. toward Jesus: house, and the house on the that the children understand 2943 Last year we sold out a begins 7PM. We would like to So why, for the most part, “What has happened to me planet, and the great planet in them and are able to explain week before the event, so don’t invite everyone to our New does Santa surpass Jesus in pop - has been the very reverse of the void. them to their listeners. They wait until the last minute! Tick - Year's Eve dance, which is orga - ularity. This from an unscientific what appears to be the experi - “Once I only thanked Santa could not do this if they did not ets may be sold at the door – nized once again by the Greek survey I conducted among my ence of most of my friends. In - Claus for a few dollars and feel the significance of their but there is no guarantee as to Community of Toronto at the students: “When you were a kid, stead of dwindling to a point, crackers. Now, I thank him for words. their availability. There will be Crystal Fountain Banquet Hall. who was more important to you Santa Claus has grown larger stars and street faces, and wine So when does that happen? no refunds. This is a charity The evening includes great food – Santa or Jesus?” Follow-up and larger in my life until he and the great sea. Once I How does it happen? Who event and your ticket is a dona - , drinks ,and many surprises for question: “Why?” Answer: “Be - fills almost the whole of it. It thought it delightful and aston - knows? The only thing that mat - tion to charity. Thank you for young and old! We will have cause Santa brings presents and happened in this way. ishing to find a present so big ters is that it does happen. your cooperation with this. The Greek singer Eleni Legaki and the baby Jesus just lies there. “As a child I was faced with that it only went halfway into I wish all of you a blessed primary goal for hosting this her band coming from Greece. Sure, He nods at the little drum - a phenomenon requiring expla - the stocking. Now I am de - holiday and a new year filled event is to raise funds to benefit We will also be entertained by mer boy, but that’s about it. And nation. I hung up at the end of lighted and astonished every with peace. our National Project, The Re - the well-known band “H Parea”, building of St. Nicholas Church Let’s bring in the New year to - in New York! Proceeds will also gether, have fun and celebrate be used to help our chapter con - until the early morning. Come tinue promoting the values of and support the Greek Commu - FAITH’s Travel Grants for Summer 2015 Ionian Village our organization. We are excited nity of Toronto, who, thanks to and eager to have this your continued support, contin - fundraiser so to give a large ues its important work of pro - TNH Staff At the end of each program, people connect to their Hellenic parochial and private high amount to the of building the moting, maintain and growing the campers, staff and clergy re - roots. For over 40 years, Ionian schools across the country. St. Nicholas Memorial Shrine in Hellenism in Toronto. Crystal Continuing for the ninth con - turn home with strengthened Village has been and still is the FAITH – Ionian Village Travel New York City. Our chapter and Fountain, 60 McDowell Gate, secutive year, “FAITH: An En - faith, life-long friendships based premiere program for the young Grant applications are now the organization (AHEPA) pro - Markham. The ticket prices are dowment for Orthodoxy and on Christian love, and an ex - Greek Americans to understand available for participants of Ses - mote Hellenism, Education, as follows: Adults: $120 Stu - Hellenism” will once again panded appreciation for the Or - their Hellenic heritage and iden - sion One and Session Two, ages Philanthropy, Civic Responsibil - dents: $90 Children under 12: sponsor a series of financial aid thodox Church and Greek cul - tity and we are very pleased to 14-18: www.faithendowment. ity and Athletics through differ - $60. travel grants this summer to ture. offer this financial aid opportu - org. Completed applications ent events throughout the year. campers participating in the Ion - Elaine Jaharis, a Founder of nity through our program.” must be received by January 30. This event is centered on our n JANUARY 1 ian Village Summer Camp pro - the Endowment, Ionian Village In 2014, FAITH underwrote FAITH: An Endowment for values of Philanthropy and cre - EAST MEADOW, NY – The Di - gram. FAITH provides full and Alumna and Chair of the Com - 42 full and partial financial aid Orthodoxy and Hellenism sup - ating an environment where vine Liturgy for the feast day of partial scholarships to those par - mittee spoke on behalf of the travel grants for young people ports the development of inno - Greeks can come together and St. Basil the Great and the Civil ticipants that qualify for need- Founders, “We (the Founders of to attend the Ionian Village vative educational, cultural, and enjoy an evening of great music New Year will be celebrated on based financial aid. Faith) are proud to support Summer Camp. scholarship programs for young and “parea” (togetherness). We Thursday, Jan. 1 at 9:30AM at Each year, Ionian Village par - young people wishing to partic - Each year, FAITH funds a se - people that promote an under - are aiming to promote our chap - Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, ticipants travel across Greece, ipate in Ionian Village. The ries of several scholarship pro - standing of the Orthodox faith, ter and get the local youth in - 369 Green Avenue, in East venerating the relics of the Camp, provides a truly transfor - grams including many merit- Hellenism, and the relationship volved in our organization and Meadow. The service is con - Saints, walking in the footsteps mative and enriching experience based scholarships for the of the two to America’s history encompass the values of the Or - ducted in English. Coffee hour of the Apostles, and visiting sig - for intellectual and spiritual FAITH Academic Excellence and multicultural landscape. For der of the Sons of Pericles. and the cutting of the St. Basil’s nificant sites of Greek history growth as well as forming life- Scholarships to high school stu - more information, please call: Spread the Word to Family and Bread will follow. For more in - and culture. long friendships as these young dents graduating from public, 212-644-6960. Friends to be part of this event formation, call 516-483-3649 or and welcome the New Year, visit www.htocem.org. 2015! n JANUARY 6 NORTH ROYALTON, OH – Ring EAST MEADOW, NY – The Di - in 2015 at our New Year’s Eve vine Liturgy for the Feast of Celebration! St. Paul Hellenic Theophany will be celebrated Celebrate the Holidays with Center, 4548 Wallings Road in on Tuesday, Jan. 6 at 9:30AM North Royalton. Live Greek Mu - at Holy Trinity Orthodox sic by Stigma. Advance Tickets Church, 369 Green Avenue, in The National Herald! only by Dec. 24: $60 Adults, East Meadow. The service is $20 Children 15 and under. No conducted in English. 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TNH/DEAN SiriGOS TNH/DEAN SiriGOS LEFT: Few visitors understood the words of the Byzantine songs and carols, but they were RIGHT : (L-R) Nicholas Kotar, Nicholas Reeves, Theodore Brakatselos, John Szymkiewicz, Eleft - moved by the music that added an Eastern Christmas touch to the Hall with the Baroque crèche. herios Eleftheriades, and Chistos Chalkias chant high above the Met’s Medieval Sculpture Hall. Metropolitan Museum of Art Resounds with Byzantine Christmas Music

By Constantine S. Sirigos an instructor in Byzantine music of Christ’s birth. gallery level of Hagia Sophia in felt the Christmas spirit,” Kate - York and produces program - TNH Staff Writer at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox The - Children and adults of all Constantinople, one of the mas - rina Kleiman, one of the Greek- ming, events and publications in ological Seminary and a chanter races and places were happy to terpieces of Byzantine painting Americans who made sure to at - a comprehensive effort to NEW YORK – Visitors to the Me - at the Church of St. Nicholas in find themselves in one of Man - and of religious art anywhere. tend told The National Herald. broaden understanding and au - dieval Sculpture Hall of the Met - Flushing. hattan’s most unique spaces, en - The choir sang a cappella and “As they chanted the trees lights dience for Byzantine Music in ropolitan Museum of Art have The Met’s first ever “Byzan - thralled by the rich, resonant without amplification in Greek, gradually turned on and the con - the United States,” according to been enjoying more than its fa - tine Holiday Pop-Up” concerts of voices of fine Byzantine chanters Arabic, Armenian, and Russian. cert closed with a beautiful its web site. Angelo Lampousis mous tree this season. Joined by hymns and carols from the high above them on the balcony The melody and the ison, the Christmas hymn ‘ Χριστός γεννά - is the Foundation’s Director. friends of the Axion Estin Foun - Byzantine Empire were per - that is the home of a radiant icon drone note, or slow-moving ται δοξάσατε – Christ is born, Partial support for the free dation, their holidays have been formed three times a day De - of Christ. lower vocal part, resounded in glorify him,’ and I wish everyone concerts was provided by The enriched by the Christmas music cember 5, 12, and 19. Some of the listeners, identi - the hall filled with medieval stat - a Merry Christmas. Fr. Peter N. Kyriakos Endowment of the Orthodox Church during Tourists and natives stopped fying the icon that was the back - uary and golden Spanish choir The Axion Estin Foundation Fund and the Foundation has a series of free concerts. their rushing from room to room drop for the choristers, made the screen. For Christmas, a Neapoli - (AEF), Inc. AEF “was incorpo - also benefited from the support The Foundation’s choir of the when they heard the unfamiliar connection with the music. The tan Baroque crèche draws holi - rated in November 2005 pur - of the Center for Byzantine and led by its artist in residence, but entrancing sounds of Christ - image is as an excellent copy of day visitors. suant to the Not-for-Profits Cor - Modern Greek Studies of Eleftherios Eleftheriadis, who is mas in the East – that is, the land the Deesis mosaic that graces the “It was very beautiful. I really poration Law of the State of New Queens College. Children of St. Demetrios Cathedral School Ring in Christmas in Astoria

TNH Staff City Music Hall Christmas Show. This year the 4th grade boys, ASTORIA – Every year the St. trained by Georgia Laios and Demetrios Cathedral school sys - sharply clad in red and black, tem presents a Christmas pageant were the soldiers. that is the perfect entry into the For the number called “A holiday season for the hundreds Christmas Gala” the 5th grade of people who fill the Petros Pa - boys and girls danced a waltz to tridis community center. “Silver Bells” dressed in formal Anastasios Koularmanis, the attire principal, welcomed the guests Parish Council president Kyri - and thanked the school’s staff by akos Sideris was present and name and offered inspiring holi - Nick Andriotis, the school board day observations to the families chairman, offered greetings and and friends of the students who holiday good wishes and ac - filled the beautifully decorated knowledged the presence of Center with its Christmas trees Archbishop Demetrios, Bishop flanking the stage and lighted Sevastianos, and Manolis garlands festooning the walls. Koubarakis, who also greeted the Asst. Principal Helen Kara - guests, and offered “warmest giorgos, who served as program congratulations to all who orga - coordinator and Emcee, intro - nized the event and to the chil - duced the nativity scene. Angels dren. Once again, St. Demetiors gets an “A”. Andriotes thanked the PC, school board, PTO, parents and ABOVE: The Nativity scene, clergy, and congratulated the stu - coordinated by teachers dents. Christina Markidis and Peggy Archbishop Demetrios, who is Simakos, sets the tone for the present every year, praised every spiritual dimension of the St. aspect of the production and Demetrios Cathedral everyone responsible for it, espe - Christmas pageant. cially the children “who reached LEFT: Even if the second unbelievable heights and hit all graders didn’t shine in their the high notes. “Please, teachers, red holiday attire, they give bonuses to the students. would have stolen the show Make the B’s, B plusses, and the with the energy and A minuses A’s.” exuberance they displayed in Evangelos Chaziroglu, the the Petros Patrides center. high school’s music teacher, was BELOW: The white cross singled out for his accompani - venerated by the angels ment of the children on key - reminded the audience that boards by. while the Church celebrates He worked with Sotiris Melis - the Incarnation, the birth of sis, music teacher at the St. Christ also points to His Catherine and George complex sacrifice for mankind. which along with St. Demetrios comprises the Hellenic Orthodox Community of Astoria Kiki Stamatogianni was also in white holding candles which combines gladness and pressed the meaning of the holi - emerged and as a recording of sadness, but the somber tone dis - day. Simero Yenate Ek Parthenon sipated quickly as the angels then After pretty Greek renditions was played. danced to the “Carol of the Bells.” of carols like “Angels we have The scene culminated in a The story of the first Christ - heard on high” the crimson cur - flock of angels venerated the mas was recited as ballerinas in tains parted revealing the full na - cross of Christ and the reader in - blue and white holding stars tivity scene, a sparkling feast of toned the word harmoplipti – danced and sang songs that ex - color, light and hope.

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Christmas for Greek Orthodox T Cathedral. Sun Young Chang “Silent Night” in Greek. Christians and their non-Greek is not seen. The Cathedral was filled with neighbors alike until they par - poinsettias and boughs of pine take of the holiday concert of After the rousing conclusion trees and the audience, which the Archdiocesan Cathedral of of Messiah, the hymns of the Or - was greeted and thanked by the Holy Trinity with its delight - thodox Church took their turn Archbishop Demetrios after the ful blend of carols in Greek and telling the story of Christmas. performance, was filled with English. The soloists, all members of good cheer in anticipation of the The 2014 concert, performed the Cathedral choir, included so - concert that is held “Under the by the Cathedral choir and dis - pranos Alyson Spina, Alexandra High Patronage of His Emi - tinguished soloists who are Skendrou and Sun Young nence,” according to the invita - members of the choir and ex - Chang; Karolina Pilou, Mezzo tion. cellent instrumentalist assem - Soprano, Joseph Brent, Tenor The archbishop, visibly very bled by Kostas Tsourakis, the and Davone Tines, Bass. pleased, praised the conductor conductor and music director, The choir presented a beau - and the performers, and de - also featured extensive excerpts tiful rendition of “I Parthenos clared that “after such music from the Messiah of George Simeron” accompanied on pi - you don’t want to hear a speech Frideric Handel. ano. – just more music,” and coaxed The words of the Prophet Isa - The choir was joined by the the ensemble into offer the gift iah at beginning of Handel’s orchestra for an ethereal “I Yen - of an encore – a reprise of the magnificent oratorio set the nisis Sou – Your Birth, Christ our moving communion hymn, tone for the audience sitting qui - God.” “Lytrosin Apesteilen – Salvation etly in the dimly lit space be - Tsourakis, who grew up in is Created” by the Russian com - neath the dome of silver and Astoria and has roots in Nisyros poser Pavel Tchesnokov. gold: “The people that walked shined.” and Germany, but many of his young age with the feel of Han - and Ikaria, is also the Cathe - Archbishop Demetrios with in darkness have seen a great It is not known whether Han - operas and oratorios have Greek del’s music as a result of the dral’s interim choir director. He everyone a Merry Christmas and light: and they that dwell in the del was in touch with Greeks or themes. One audience member blending of Handelian motives invited the audience to join in urged them to meditate on the land of the shadow of death, Orthodox Christians when he observed that many Orthodox with the Byzantine music in the singing that followed but lyrics of the carols which he said upon them hath the light served at the courts of England Christians become familiar at a some church choirs. most were satisfied with just lis - have deep theological meaning. Greek-Americans are Mixed in their Views of New U.S. Policy toward Cuba

Continued from page 1 taken off the list of state spon - “That should have been the Catsimatidis also noted the sors of terrorism is alarming… first stop in a conversation… United States will monitor the Church of St. Nicholas accord - Cuba harbors American fugi - with Raul Castro on possibly lift - situation and respond to abuses. ing to Asia News, which also re - tives, such as Joanne Chesi - ing certain sanctions, but there Catstimatidis told TNH “Cas - ported that about 50 Greeks live mard, who is on the FBI’s list of needed to be something in ex - tro personally talked to me there among a few thousand Or - Most Wanted Terrorists for mur - change.” about the embargo. He said, thodox Christians. dering New Jersey State Trooper Asked why the Cuban people ‘John, Korea and Vietnam killed The president’s announce - Werner Foerster.” ment came after 18 months of “When the new Congress secret talks “that produced a convenes in January, I urge in - prisoner swap negotiated with coming Senate Foreign Rela - the help of Pope Francis and tions Committee Chairman Bob concluded by a telephone call Corker to hold hearings on this between Mr. Obama and Presi - dramatic and mistaken change dent Ral Castro,” wrote the of policy,” he said. New York Times, New York State Assembly - The agreement, the Times woman Nicole Malliotakis, who noted, will not lift the embargo has Greek and Cuban roots, told but “will ease restrictions on re - The National Herald that “the mittances, travel and banking, president made a bad deal. We while Cuba will allow more In - did not get anything in return, ternet access and release 53 not only for the United States Cubans identified as political but for the Cuban people. prisoners by the United States.” “We gave away our leverage Obama has called for an John Catsimatidis and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis to a regime that is aging – the “honest and serious debate agree of many issues but disagree on the new Cuba policy. Castro brothers won’t be there about lifting’” the embargo, much longer and there will be which would require an act of fails to understand the nature U.S. to become open to Cuba some kind of transition and that Congress. of the regime in Cuba that has only when there is reciprocal would be the time to use this Republicans who will soon exerted its authoritarian control movement by the Castro gov - leverage,” she said. take control of the Senate – they over the Cuban people for 55 ernment,” Menendez said, and Malliotakis also has national already have a House majority years,” he said. added “The United States has security concerns. “Cuba is – said they would resist lifting Menendez noted that “in No - just thrown the Cuban regime working closely to Venezuela to the 54-year-old trade embargo. vember, the Cuban Commission an economic lifeline. With the help spread communism Leading Cuban Americans for Human Rights & National collapse of the Venezuelan econ - throughout Latin America and were unhappy with Obama’s ac - Reconciliation (CCHR) docu - omy, Cuba is losing its main both countries are working to tion. Senate Foreign Relations mented 398 political arrests by benefactor, but will now receive give Russia access to bases and Committee Chairman Robert the Castro regime. This brings the support of the United States, storage for nuclear and other Democrat Senator Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Foreign Menendez, a Democrat, who the total number of political ar - the greatest democracy in the weapons.” Relations Committee, broke with his party’s leader on Cuba. joined Florida’s Republican sen - rests during the first eleven world. This is a reward that a “We also traded three crimi - ator Marco Rubio in condemn - months of this year to 8,410.” totalitarian regime does not de - nals…who are responsible for should have to wait until the hundreds of thousands of Amer - ing the move, issued this state - “A majority of democratic ac - serve.” the deaths of Americans…for Castro brothers go away and ican soldiers. What did I do?” ment regarding the U.S.-Cuba tivists on the island, including The senator also brought up Allen Gross, who is not a crimi - why she though normalizing re - Castro said, but Catsimatidis relationship. “Today’s policy an - many that I have met with, have a notorious terrorism case: “To nal. He should never have been lations would not accelerate the cares about the Cuban people nouncement is misguided and been explicit that they want the suggest that Cuba should be imprisoned,” she said. transition by putting more he said. Cubans in contact with Ameri - Known also for his philan - cans and commercial activity, thropic endeavors, Catsimatidis she said “what it will do is stim - contributed to the new St. ulate the regime economically,” Nicholas Church. “I was there Ex-St. Dem. Dean Apostolos is Ordained a Bishop and keep it alive. “The economic during the opening…We pro - activity will not trickle down to vided the artifacts, the iconos - the people,” she said. tasis, the icons…but Castro built TNH Staff Cathedral in Astoria and in 2011 during the Archieratical Divine luncheon was the presentation Malliotakis emphasized that the Church.” he was transferred to the Me - Liturgy, the highlight of which of a group of friends and sup - Cuba has had open relations He said the opening of the NEW YORK – The ordination to tropolis of San Francisco to was Fr. Koufallakis’ participation porters of Apostolos who were with the rest of the world, but church, which was presided the episcopacy of the Very Rev. serve as its chancellor, a position in the Dance of Isaiah, reminis - designated the bishop’s Godpar - that has not done anything for over by Ecumenical Patriarch Apostolos Koufallakis filled Holy he will continue to hold. cent of the Orthodox wedding ents, as is traditional in some the Cuban people. Bartholomew, was a moving ex - Trinity with friends and well- Among the hierarchs were service. He was led three times parts of Greece, including Gerry Business and community perience. “When the patriarch wishers from as far away as Cal - Metropolitans Iakovos of around the altar table, symbol - and Jeannie Ranglas, Nikolaos leader John Catsimatidis told placed a cross around Castro’s ifornia on December 20. Chicago, Methodios of Boston, izing the bishop’s marriage to and Eleftheria Gavalas, Michael TNH that he discussed the issue neck, he accepted it.” Archbishop Demetrios of Nicholas of Detroit, Savas of the church. and Mahe Antoniou and George with Malliotakis. According to Catsimatidis, America addressed the congre - Pittsburgh, and Evangelos of After receiving his vestments and Evie Konaris. He told her “the Cuban gov - Castro agreed to rebuild the gation and emphasized the im - New Jersey. Bishops Philotheos, from the Metropolitans on the At the heart of Apostolos’ ernment is a bad government, church as a personal favor to portance of the connection of who just celebrated his 90th Cathedral’s marble solea, he as - message were thanks to the Ec - Castro is a bad leader, but the Constantine, the former king of the bishop with the people of birthday, Anthimos, and Sevas - sumed his formal title Bishop umenical Patriarchate and the Cuban people are very good Greece, who had helped him in God. He likened the work the tianos were also present along Apostolos of Medeia amid cries Eparchial Synod in America for people. I have been there sev - some way. “Castro asked ‘what clergy and laity undertake to - with local clergy and priests from of “axios – worthy!” which was his election, his family – whose eral times,” and said to TNH “I can I do for you’ and Constan - gether to the creation of music the Metropolis of San Francisco. exuberantly echoed by the chil - roots are in Rhodes –and the St. truly believe this is the begin - tine said ‘you can give us back by an orchestra. Metropolitan Joseph, the dren at the luncheon. Demetrios community for sup - ning of the fall of the Cuban our church,’ and the dictator Metropolitan Gerasimos of newly installed primate of the Father John Bakas, Dean of porting him through the year. Wall...piece by piece.” said to the former king: ‘Done.” San Francisco expressed a vari - Antiochian Orthodox Church in Saint Sophia Cathedral of Los ation on that theme at the lun - America, was present along with Angeles, was Emcee. Among the cheon St. Demetrios Cathedral Fr. Thomas Zain, the Dean of numerous people who spoke held in the new bishop’s honor St. Nicholas Antiochian Cathe - and presented gifts were the at the Terrace on the Park. dral in Brooklyn. bishop’s brothers Stavros and AGORA PLAZA In 2004 Bishop Apostolos The ordination occurred Spyros and Bishop Philotheos. 23-18 31 ST STREET • ASTORIA, NY 11105 was appointed Dean of the prior to the scriptural readings Among the highlights of the Tel.: 718-728-8484 • Fax: 718-728-0066 www.artopolis.net • e-mail:[email protected] FREE PARKING AVAILABLE

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Continued from page 1 the first week of December. We good you clean it out and hire His home parish the Holy bring 800 to 900 into the room new people. You have to be a Trinity of Lowell with the only were passing out three ciga - and give me a talk. Then, I give government from the people for Day Greek American School in rettes to 11, 12 year-old girls. I out prizes on art work: for ex - the people.” all of New England is experienc - called up my cousin Panagiotis, ample, how they would look if Behrakis also described two ing difficulties and the numbers who is a physician expert in they start smoking. They do a Greeces, comprised of “the are withering. pneumatology and also a uni - lot of painting we give prizes to haves and the have-nots.” Behrakis said “when I was versity professor and I asked the best artist. I am very im - His advice to Samaras is “you the president of the parish coun - him: ‘what is going on here? pressed with the young chil - have to bring industry into cil we had 1,400 families, today The government is allowing for - dren; they are very receptive Greece to employ people, the it is down to close to 500 due eigners to give cigarettes to little and very knowledgeable.” government is not the answer, to a lot of factors. You need re - girls and boys? You are going to CONDITIONS IN GREECE everyone cannot work for the ally a mission statement for the have a major disaster in the next Behrakis is extremely con - government. Greece is an ideal church. You have to bring the 30 years. Being a physician you cerned about the economy and location. The weather is great, young children together.” He know that 80 present on lung the overall situation in Greece the beaches are excellent. For a said “the priest and the parish cancer is caused by cigarette today. comfortable living, Greece is the council” have to do it. :They smoking. These children are go - “One out of four people are place to be, you need to get have to knock on the doors they ing to smoke over the next 30 without jobs. The young people business in there.” have to work on it.” years and it is going to be a ma - are leaving because they cannot CHURCH IN THE U.S. He also said that “they have jor problem.’ So, I said, we have find work and they are going all Behrakis is one of the great - to be very careful because the to do something about it.” over Europe and the United est donors of the Greek Ortho - next five years are critical. I am Sure enough, Behrakis mo - States to find jobs. I am shocked dox Church in the United States not directly involved in the bilized his knowledge, his con - at the numbers of doctors who and he is also a member of the workings of the school but if you tacts and his funds and he have left Greece. I know we Executive Committee of the don’t have 130 students at least started the campaign. “I got the have a problem with the debt Archdiocesan Council. the cost is too astronomical and Harvard School of Public Health with the European Union. I am He said that “the Church the bleed the church. We can’t involved, they came over to not an economist, but when you should play a major role be - ask the same parishioners to Greece and they started a pro - start cutting pensions taking cause we are now in the fifth support the same short falls, we gram to give lectures to students away the people’s livelihood, generation of Greeks. Certain can’t do that.” in elementary and high schools. people are going to get very up - parishes are very successful, What about Metropolitan We publish a lot of material and set. You just can’t do that. some others are not that suc - Methodios? “He has shown in - we distribute it to the schools.” “Do all the Greeks pay their cessful, and then there are some terest but he is allowing the lo - Behrakis said “the reaction is federal taxes as we do in The others ready to close. It is a ma - cal community to run the show. fantastic.” United States? Some do, some jor issue that we have and that He has 65 communities in New It was well worth the $10 don’t, and I think that is a major is education. Education not only England.” million he has spent on this ef - issue. I thought that Prime Min - for the priests but also for the But Methodios only has one fort, Behrakis said, “because I ister Samaras was going to go officers of the church. It is a school in his Metropolis. feel very comfortable in helping after the tax evaders and I am two-way street, it is not only the “Correct, said Behrakis. “He these children out. I go to surprised he hasn’t gone after priest, but it’s the parish council, has one school. He is the leader Greece two or three times a year them. He tried but, if your in - too. They have to be leaders of his Metropolis and it is up to but we bring them all together ternal revenue service is not George Behrakis with his wife, Margo also.” him to make those decisions.” Judge Allows Case Against Dow to Proceed; Company Mounts Vigorous Defense

By Constantine S. Sirigos case vigorously. TNH Staff Writer "The vast majority of claims have already been dismissed in NEW YORK – A federal judge state court. This latest District ruled on December 15 that Kim - Court decision only allows the berly C. Wood, Dow Chemical case to survive based on a hand - Co.’s former fraud investigator, ful of allegations and inferences can pursue a claim that she was made by the plaintiff. It is im - unlawfully fired for finding fi - portant to note that this was a nancial misdeeds, including An - decision about whether the case drew Liveris’ expenses for family would go forward only on the vacations and payments to a pleadings and was not a review charity. Liveris is Dow’s Presi - at any level of the actual facts dent, Chairman and CEO. of the case. The court made no Wood “claims she was fired determination that the merits of in October 2013 after telling her the case are true, but rather only It’s a sad day in Tarpon Springs as tears and flowers permeate the scene where police officer Charles Kondek was gunned down. supervisor that there was ‘finan - whether the case could move cial statement fraud’ in an eth - forward for consideration. In - ylene plant project. She had pre - terestingly, the court noted this viously issued reports that by stating, “…complaint may Tragedy Strikes Tarpon Springs: Policeman Killed flagged spending by Liveris, proceed even if it strikes a savvy who is also chairman of Dow,” judge that actual proof of those Bloomberg News reported. facts is improbable, and that a By Constantinos E. Scaros Rebecca Bentley, a Dow recovery is very remote and un - spokeswoman, issued an email likely.” TARPON SPRINGS, FL – In the statement to Bloomberg that de - According to Bloomberg, middle of the night on the scribed Wood as “a disgruntled Wood also “alleges that Dow in morning of December 21, the employee making false allega - 2012 was ‘funneling money’ to Sunday before Christmas, Tar - tions in retaliation for Dow’s de - The Hellenic Initiative, a Greek pon Springs Police Officer nial of ‘unearned benefits.” charity co-founded by Liveris.” Charles “Charlie K” Kondek, a The full Dow statement Wood claims that New York 17-year veteran of the force who notes: "There is simply no merit advisory firm Teneo Holdings had been a member of the to any of the allegations…When LLC billed Dow for work done NYPD before that, was fatally Ms. Wood’s request for un - for THI and Bloomberg reported gunned down in the line of duty. earned benefits was denied, her that “Teneo’s founders were on Beyond the usual tragedy regrettable response was to re - the board of the charity, and that describes any murder, and taliate by attacking the reputa - Dow tripled its annual payment the particular feeling of societal tion and integrity of Dow em - to Teneo to $16 million, from vulnerability when a law en - ployees and family members. $5 million, in the middle of the forcement officer, whose role is While we strongly believe the contract year, Wood alleges in to protect the public from crime, case should have been dismissed court papers. A spokesman for becomes the victim of one, are outright, we will move forward Teneo declined to comment on the variables of timing and lo - and defend the merits of the the claims. cation. Fresh on the minds of mil - lions of Americans is the assas - sination two days earlier of two New York City police officers, ambushed in their squad car by a crazed gunman who pro - claimed it was revenge for the killings by police officers of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO and Eric Garner on Staten Is - land. STANDALONE INCIDENT Much like for some time after 9/11 virtually any airplane mal - function or loud explosion trig - In police custody and on his way to jail is Marco Antonio Parilla, Jr. who killed Officer Charles gered some level of panic that Kondek, a 17-year veteran of the Tarpon Springs Police Department. another terrorist attack was un - derway, so did Kondek’s death dek. rakis proclaimed in a statement: houzos knew Kondek personally. give immediate rise to specula - TURMOIL AMID “As a member of this commu - “I cannot believe his children tion that this, too, was a retal - TRANQUILITY nity and the father of four sons, are going to wake up on Christ - iatory death. Turns out, it was - The National Herald has cov - I cannot even begin to fathom mas Day, and his father won’t Andrew Liveris, CEO of Dow n’t. The killer, apprehended ered Tarpon Springs – which has the grief Officer Kondek's family be there,” he added, distraught shortly thereafter, who con - the highest per capita percent - is contending with. We are Tar - about how this senseless killing fessed to the murder, is 23 year- age of Greeks in the United pon Strong and I know the com - has changed so many lives. “I old Marco Antonio Parilla, Jr., States – extensively and, most munity will rise to the occasion know all the police officers, and was wanted on a probation vio - recently, reported that despite by providing the Kondek family the firefighters,” Alahouzos said. lation and killed Kondek to an image created by the MTV and Tarpon Springs Police De - “I have the ultimate respect for avoid going back to prison, NBC broadcast Growing Up Greek, partment the comfort they need their dedication to our commu - news reported. Tarpon is an idyllic, peaceful during this difficult time.” nity.” Alahouzos, who as Vice At around two o’clock in the community, where hardly a Bilirakis, whose father, Mike Mayor went on patrol with the morning, Parilla and a female sound is heard after dark (“Tar - was a Representative from the police and as a result of seeing companion were sitting in his pon Springs Mired in Contro - district for many years before their challenges firsthand, sup - car outside of the Villa Plumosa versy about ‘Unreal’ Reality him, grew up in Tarpon Springs. ported the department’s request apartments in Tarpon Springs, Show,” Dec. 13). Consistent His mother, Evelyn, in fact, lives for additional funds. “For what when a resident asked them to with such tranquility is that over so close by that she heard the they go through every day – the turn down the music. They re - the past 120 years, just four gunshots, the Tampa Tribune re - firefighters, too – to put their fused. NBC News reports that other Tarpon officers were killed ported. lives on the line to protect the Parilla was there to confront an in the line of duty: in 1893, “This was a shock to our en - rest of us,” deserves everyone’s individual whom he believed re - 1921, 1926, and 1969. The tire community and not at all admiration, Alahouzos said. ported him as violating his pro - 1969 death was a car crash, and typical of our safe city,” said The Villa Plumosa apart - bation, and he was banging on so Kondek’s killing ended 93 Chris Alahouzos, who served for ments are diagonally across the “A book is a gift you can open doors looking for him. The po - consecutive years of no Tarpon six years as a Commissioner and street from the famed Spring lice were called and responded officer having been shot to Vice Mayor of Tarpon Springs Bayou, the site of the Greek Or - to a noise ordinance, and that death. and has announced his candi - thodox Epiphany Celebration ...again and again.” is when Parilla fatally shot Kon - As Congressman Gus Bili - dacy for mayor, told TNH. Ala - each January 6. - Garrison Keillor The National Herald Bookstore (718) 784-5255 Get informed [email protected] www.thenationalherald.com THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 25-31, 2014 COMMUNITY 7

ALL HISTORY Nikolaos Efthimios Theodorianitis: the Embodiment of the Living Greek

By Steve Frangos of the Great Chicago Fire, which what Theodorianitis did at the long that it is necessary to keep TNH Staff Writer had destroyed much of the city Chicago Fair. Tableau vivants it braided and tied in a knot on in 1871. have an extremely complex his - top of his head, which he covers CHICAGO- Every generation or The Chicago World’s Fair tory where even nudity was al - from the outside world with a so American culture fabricates opened on May 1, 1893 and con - lowed, under certain conditions. silk hat. He took off his head cov - ever new stereotypes of persons tinued until October 30, 1893. At times the Classical figures ering during an interview with and things Greek. In times past, It has been claimed that this Fair were presented completely cov - The Call correspondent to-day Greeks who found themselves on was such a profoundly influential ered in white so that they more and exhibited a growth of capil - American shores were virtually social and cultural event due to closely resembled a statue. lary substance twenty-two inches mandated to live up to these the fact that one out of every Theodorianitis being able to both in length. He had it braided into stereotypes or have their claims four Americans attended this pose and then speak was not un - at least forty strings which, when as being a Greek denied. On rare outdoor spectacle. The exposi - heard of given who or which left to hang down his back, re - occasion one or another Greek, tion covered more than 600 event he was mean to represent. sembled as many flaxen ropes. visiting North America has found acres, featuring nearly 200 new But Theodorianitis also rep - His beard is almost entirely while themselves not only mirroring (but purposely temporary) build - resented, for Americans, another and is a simple mass of curls. the latest American held impres - ings of predominantly neoclassi - facet of their understanding of Taking into account his whole sion but in fact benefiting from cal architecture, canals and la - Greek history, “Nikolaos Ether - visage, his well-developed fore - these fictional creations. goons, and people and cultures mius Theodorianitis was born in head, his wrinkled brow, his in - At least one individual, Niko - from 46 countries. More than 27 Theodoniania, Greece, in 1820. telligent countenance, his laos Efthimios Theodorianitis, million people attended the ex - His father was a captain in the aquiline nose, his keen black eyes managed to embody simultane - position during its six-month Grecian army. The boy spent and his long flowing hair, he ously quite literally two different run. Its scale and grandeur far some time with him in active ser - bears every appearance of a his - versions of the American imagi - exceeded the other world fairs, vice during the Greco-Turkish toric Grecian god. In fact he has nation concerning Greeks. and it became a symbol of the troubles of 1835. He first went posed as Jupiter, Hermes and Theodorianitis was viewed as emerging American Exceptional - to school when 18 years of age, Apollo, and his photographs bear both a living representative of ism, much in the same way that but later, when 34 years of age, close resemblance to the origi - Classical Greece as well as those the Great Exhibition became a entered the University of Athens. nals in marble (San Francisco who fought in the Greek War of symbol of the Victorian era He was helped in his college days Call September 14, 1896).” Independence. For those Ameri - United Kingdom. by the King of Greece, and in In 1896, on his second trip to cans who had lived through the Theodorianitis was one of 1856 received his diploma, the United States Theodorianitis, Grecian Fever days America had many foreign visitors to the which he always carries with while staying in the San Fran - experienced between 1821 and Chicago World’s Fair. But the him. After leaving college, cisco area he was the guest of C. 1829, Theodorianitis offered a story of who he was and who he Theodorianitis studied law, and Demetrek, the president of the unique public figure. looked like had preceded him. for a time edited a weekly paper Hellenic Benevolent Society of Theodorianitis made at least On May 8, 1893, the New York in Athens.” Having said all that California. Now 76 years of age, two separate trips to North Times carried a story of Theodo - Nikolaos Theodorianitis managed to embody simultaneously the American journalists seems Theodorianitis stood 5 feet 6 America once in 1893 and then rianitis’ arrival and his informal two different versions of the American imagination concerning unable to help himself and re - inches, and was said to be ‘short again in 1896. As he traveled reception at 12 Vandewater Greeks. He was viewed as both a living representative of Clas - turns to Theodorianitis’ classical and stocky, but his running mus - across the country a variety of Street hosted by local Greek no - sical Greece as well as of those who fought in the Greek War appearance. cles, though but little used for news accounts appeared attest - tables. As articles appeared in of Independence. “Straight, muscular and ro - three years, are hard and promi - ing to his presence. The news the American press across the na - bust, he is the picture of health nent.’ coverage of Theodorianitis and tion, in one version or another a look just like Jupiter this is the 30, 1896).” Theodorianitis’ pos - and vitality. He has the appear - This last point was observed his activities are steeped in common story was presented: Roman and/or Northern Euro - ing was not simply his standing ance and bearing of a hardy fron - by the journalists at the San uniquely held American ideas of “Mr. Theodorianitis is described pean name for Zeus. still for artists to draw or paint tiersman, 40 years of age. His Francisco Call due to the fact the 1890s. While it is easy as ‘The Living Greek.’ He is a re - Theodorianitis was 70 years his likeness. The 1880s through face, tanned and brown, is ap - that “Theodorianitis won the enough to quote from a selection markable looking man, bearing old in 1893 and was a published the 1890s was the era of the parently marked by the furrows championship of Greece in the of news accounts on this man as he does an almost perfect like - philosopher, among other things, tableau vivant. of age and not by the lines of first Olympiad of modern times and his actions some explana - ness to the ideal pictures of the as we shall see. What is interest - An extremely popular enter - dissipation. His large black eyes on the newly rebuilt stadium at tions will become necessary, god Jupiter. It is said that ing is not that he posed a tainment during the nineteenth are kind and gentle and serve as Athens…against 300 competi - from time to time, as we tease Theodorianitis is to be part of “Jupiter” but that as a Greek, and century the tableau vivants e.g. transparent windows to his tors. The race was won by one out his activities from American the Greek exhibit at the world’s a philosopher he also physically “living pictures” featured per - seemingly tender and benign na - Icanomo, but the 70-year-old projections on his life and ac - fair. His principal occupation of resembled what Europeans and formers who posed without mov - ture. Though dimmed slightly sprinter challenged the winner, tions. late years has been posing as a Americans imagined Greeks ing. Usually seen on stages indi - through age, they sparkle with a ran a mile with him again and On his first documented trip model of Jupiter for European from Classical times looked like. viduals would assume the pose gleam of intelligence whenever beat him, for which astonishing in 1893, Theodorianitis came to artists, among them Meissonier I have looked for documen - of a famous historical event or the old man becomes absorbed feat he was presented with a the United States to attend the (Sioux Valley News May 11, tation or really any information personage and remain unmoving in a conversation. It doesn't take crown of laurel.’ In the end, for World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893).” about Theodorianitis at the while they were observed by the much to start him, for he has a an American-based audience, known generally as the Chicago Jean Meissonier (1815-1891) Chicago Fair and all I could find audience. A sign or an announce - word to say on every topic an - Nikolaos E. Theodorianitis could World’s Fair. This Fair was said was an internationally-recog - was a terse report that “at the ment was made just before the nounced. .. A broad, high fore - only be a ‘Living Greek’ in Clas - to celebrate the 400th anniver - nized French Classical painter World’s Fair he posed for many curtain was opened for each head indicates a good intellect sical terms. From our perspective sary of Christopher Columbus's and sculptor famous for his de - artists and delivered an address scene. Classical figures and his - and a retentive memory. in time Theodorianitis remains a arrival in the New World in 1492 pictions of Napoleon, militaries in Greek that was afterward torical events were extremely But the most striking charac - living man caught up in the but this massive event also themes and scenes from every - translated into English, and won popular. teristic of the aged Macedonian American imagination.” served to show the world that day life. In all these news ac - much applause from him (Salt From the available press is his long hair and his shaggy Chicago had risen from the ashes counts Theodorianitis is said to Lake Daily Tribune September cover this seems to have been beard. His hair is so heavy and [email protected]

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By Phylis (Kiki) Sembos something?” he asked the “Pint-sized, Yiannis - a Santa? I search of the odd Santa and, Special to The National Herald others. Dimos shrugged, “Not don’t think so. Maybe, an elf.” having spotted him, they, unan - that I know of. He’s, probably, But, George, knowing Yiannis’ imously, agreed on George’s sus - On his way to Dixon’s, busy hatching some way to economic prowess and whose picions, after spying a few red George couldn’t help noticing avoid Christmas shopping.” brain could conjure up more hairs peeking out of the Santa the array of Santas situated at “Remember when he had schemes for making money than hat. Looking up, seeing the various corners, ringing bells, you write that letter to the fire a casino, told them, “You’re un - “Dixon infantry” heading in his the familiar green buckets on department’s Santa, that col - dermining our Yiannis.” direction, the squat, clumsily tripods calling cheerful, ho ho lected toys for the underprivi - mer - “Aw, what department store suited man, nervously, ducked ho’s, as reminders, to passersby. leged, asking for a backgammon chants are rubbing would hire him?” shrugged Di - his head, hoping to avoid detec - One Santa was too large, set – supposedly, for Barbara, their greedy hands,” mos, taking a donut. “He’d, tion. Dimos approached, drop - thought he, watching a little kid when it was for himself?” John John said. Kipreos probably, shake down the kids,” ping a dime into the bucket. “Hi, cower in fear at the towering reminded, chuckling. George nodded, “Even at the Suppressing a laugh, he added, Yiannis. How’s business?” John, red giant. Another looked like nodded, “Yeah! But, I fixed him hotel where I work in “He’d tell the kids to get him dropping a dime, poked his he’d toured several bars before good! I wrote it in Greek so that the tea room, they’ve what HE wanted for Christmas stomach, “Kali eleftheria!” reporting for duty, his red nose, whoever read it wouldn’t under - started putting Poin - ment – or else!” Kipreos, thoughtful, Kipreos, too, dropped his dime, brightly lit. Another Santa, a dis - stand it. But, in case someone settias and red can - num - said, “That’ll be a backgammon saying, sympathetically, “I hope tance away, was shorter than did, I added, ‘Dear Santa, if you dles on the bers look set.” Still dubious at the odd you get your backgammon this regulation Santa, with an obvi - don’t give me a backgammon tables. I got good for Santa out there, George re - year.” George, approached him, ous pillow- stuffed stomach, set, I hope your beard gets full orders to Decem - sponded, “You gotta admit! He’s boldly. “You misspelled ‘poor’ making him appear pregnant. of fleas!.’” The others laughed, start making ber.” got the guts!” Curiosity and very and you’ve got to be the ugliest His white beard covered most recalling it. “Lucky he never cookies - hun - Then, the suspicious of the infamous Santa in New York, Ebenezer!” of his face. He didn’t call out, learned why he didn’t get it,” dreds of them.” wheels in Grinch, they agreed to investi - Wordlessly and annoyed, his ‘ho ho ho,’ like the others but said Kipreos, sympathetically. “So many his brain gate that one particular Santa face redder than Rudolph’s held a red bucket that he, intru - George rubbed his chin, “Some - Santas! How started with the pillow-stuffed stomach nose, an agitated Yiannis packed sively, nudged at passersby and how, I sense he’s out there, many do they churning. and misspelled sign. “There is it up and scurried away towards a sign at his feet, saying, somewhere. He’s up to some - need?” asked Di - Looking up, he ex - no known organization that his home. On the way, a Santa HELPTHE PORE. “Pathetic,” thing. But, what?” “Christmas mos. The ever plained about the would take on a Santa like whose bucket was brimming George mumbled, entering stuff comes out earlier and ear - practical, odd Santa he’d that!” said John, following them with dollars, asked him, “Hi, Dixon’s that afternoon. Ap - lier – the stores piping carols, suspicious, passed, “You don’t out the door. George assured buddy! Did good? My corner did proaching the usual table he no - streets and homes putting up George an - think...” Shaking them, “Not knowingly! Not even great! ” Our Santa, carrying his ticed everyone there but Yian - lights. I’m still cleaning turkey swered, their heads, they chorused, the Federation of Bowery Dere - thirty cents, told him, “SHUT nis. “Think he’s sick, or bits from my teeth while the “Hey! It makes the unemploy - “NAH!” John, laughing, said, licts.” All agreed, they went in UP!”

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Continued from page 1 (note: megastar Jennifer Aniston what makes Agnew so impor - the most “obvious” choice for and prestigious news chief tant? Why not any of the other this list, for lack of a better word, which abolitionists ranked very George Stephanopoulos are not 46 American vice presidents and a plausible argument can be highly, as did civil rights leader included), nor does the influence (only one of which, John Adams made for his inclusion on At - Martin Luther King, Jr., who fin - have to be based on a positive – who later became president – lantic’s 100. He was the discov - ished 8th overall. Other notable accomplishment (the list in - made Atlantic’s list)? erer of the Pap Smear (or Pap African-Americans included cludes Spiro Agnew’s scandal-in - Was it that Agnew was a par - Test), which can detect cervical baseball great Jackie Robinson duced resignation as U.S. vice ticularly great vice president? cancer and other reproductive (35), activist W.E.B. DuBois president, for example). Not exactly. In fact, he tarnished diseases. The very future of the (43), abolitionist Frederick Dou - In no particular order of rank - his own political career by re - perpetuation of civilization, in glass (47), Musician Louie Arm - ing and by no means an exhaus - signing amid a bribery scandal, terms of reproduction, owes a strong (74), Supreme Court Jus - tive anthology, here are 15 a year before his boss, Richard great deal to Dr. Papanicolaou. tice Thurgood Marshall (84), Greeks who were born and/or Nixon, resigned the presidency. That is more than enough to and educator Booker T. Wash - lived in the United States, in al - In fact, that whole sequence of place his among America’s all- ington (98). Barack Obama, the phabetical order, who influenced events is what makes Agnew so time most influential individu - current and first African-Ameri - not specifically Greek America, influential. Dr. George Papanicolaou als. can president, is not on the list. but America as a whole. One of the reasons Nixon was PETE SAMPRAS GREXCELLENCE SPIRO AGNEW essentially forced to resign – fac - Americans to stand united be - fellow Greek-Americans. But Like Maria Callas, Pete Sam - Though some names ar - Perhaps no one exemplifies ing near-certain impeachment hind their country’s war effort Fey’s spot-on imitation of GOP pras was, quite simply, the best guably could have been shuffled what this list is all about than and conviction – was because of and purchase war bonds, in turn VP nominee Sarah Palin in the at what he did. Widely consid - to present a more appropriate Spiro Agnew. If this were a list the alternative: Gerald Ford. inspiring other celebrities – most 2008 campaign may have been ered one of the greatest tennis overall ranking, it does not ap - about the most influential Greek- Ford was widely liked and re - notably Bette Davis – also to un - just what was needed to tip the players of all time, few would pear that anyone on the list is Americans, then certainly Agnew spected, not just by Democrats dertake that initiative. They election in Barack Obama’s favor dispute he is the best of the lot undeserving. Nonetheless, there would be at or near the top. Af - but by Republicans as well. Ag - starred in 17 Hollywood films – for good. Granted, there were out of those born in the United have been countless Greek- ter all, having served as Vice new, by contrast, had become more than any other singing many reasons Americans had de - States. He had a versatile style Americans whose influence has President of the United States, quite adept at being Nixon’s group in history. termined they would vote for a and was dominant in three of greatly affected this country. Agnew held a position more “hatchet man.” Accordingly, MARIA CALLAS Democrat. But many were gun - Even if they didn’t make At - powerful in American politics there is good reason to believe Maria Callas is not simply the shy about choosing the first ever lantic’s Top 100, they deserve than any Greek before or since. that Congressional Democrats greatest female opera singer of African-American president, and our attention. But if this list is about highly would have been less willing to Greek descent: along with Re - one with an exotic-sounding An influential list does not influential Americans whose impeach Nixon if that would nata Tebaldi, she is considered name who, as a relative new - necessarily mean most successful Greek descent is only incidental, have resulted in President Ag - arguably the greatest soprano in comer to American national pol - new. During George W. Bush’s history. Moreover, her tempera - itics, was largely an unknown presidency, when some on the mental demeanor offstage as entity. left, angered by his decision to well as her commanding pres - John McCain, by comparison, use military force in Iraq, called ence on it classifies her as the was the safe choice. But Fey, for his impeachment, others quintessential diva. Louie Arm - playing Sarah Palin, saying “I can said: “do you want to wind up strong and composer Stephen see Russia from my house” with Dick Cheney as president? Foster were the only two musi - sealed the Alaska governor as a That would be worse!” Consider, cians on Atlantic’s list. It is plau - caricature of herself. To this day, instead, if Bush’s vice president sible to suggest that Callas many Americans think Palin her - had been, say, John McCain. should have been on it, too. self actually uttered those words. McCain is to Ford as Cheney TOM CARVEL Tina Fey was just being funny, is to Agnew. Without Agnew re - Most people take the simple on Saturday Night Live. But her signing, we might never have things in life, like an ice cream performance had farther-reach - had Watergate. Or President sandwich, for granted. Or the ing implications than even she Ford…etc. notion that they can find multi - ever would have imagined. ANDREWS SISTERS ple locations of their favorite ARCHBISHOP IAKOVOS Tom Carvel Okay, there were three of store – whether it sells, ice The National Herald has writ - them – LaVerne, Maxene, and cream, toys, or power drills – be - ten countless times about what the four grand slam competi - Patty – but here we count them cause of the franchising model. an influence on Greek America tions, the French Open the only as one, for it was as a trio that Both of those concepts were in Archbishop Iakovos was one he never won. That, and a these three singers not only were great part inspired and imple - throughout his tenure. But what workmanlike but not gregarious preeminent in the entertaining mented by Tom Carvel. He made him so influential on personality – like Jimmy Con - of American troops overseas dur - turned ice cream in America America as a whole? His march nors or John McEnroe – perhaps Maxene, Patty, and LaVerne Andrews ing World War II, but inspired from an eclectic dessert for the from the Alabama city Selma, to tempered his superstardom, but elite into the quintessential the capital Montgomery, in 1965, he is undoubtedly one of the American treat. And when he standing side-by-side with Mar - greatest ever to play the game started running the stores to tin Luther King, which made the of tennis. which he sold his patented freez - cover of Life magazine. Sure, TELLY SAVALAS ers himself, that was a prototype that was a boon for Greek Or - Remember, this is not a list THE HERALD SQUARE for modern-day franchising. thodoxy, but how did that influ - of the most successful Greek- KELLY CLARKSON Americans. Why, then, Telly TNH's Crossword Challenge Kelly Clarkson is a Savalas, who played TV Cop Ko - singer/songwriter whose albums jak, and not other TV cops, like have sold in the millions. That’s Peter Falk (Columbo), Paul great, but what makes Clarkson Michael Glaser and David Soul 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 more influential to America than (Starsky & Hutch), Robert Blake countless other musicians who (Baretta), Mike Connors (Man - 11 12 13 14 have done the same thing? How nix), or Andy Griffith – America’s she got there. Clarkson was the most beloved sheriff – Andy Tay - 15 16 17 18 first winner of American Idol – lor? Because Savalas made bald and so Americans got a chance sexy and lollipops manly. In the to watch her rise from obscurity original decade of big hair, 19 to superstardom. They were part Savalas had a scalp and smooth of it – they saw the American as a cue ball, compared to 20 21 22 dream unfold right before their Columbo’s floppy hair, Starsky’s every eyes – on the television curly locks, and the other police 23 24 25 26 27 screens in their living rooms. pompadours of the seventies. Sure, we hear about how music With a wardrobe and a smart legends Frank Sinatra and Elvis mouth that made him quintes - 28 29 30 31 32 Presley went from rags to riches, sentially New York City, Lieu - but with Clarkson, we didn’t just Tina “Sarah Palin” Fey tenant Kojak was a sex symbol, 33 34 35 hear it, we witnessed it. and men with receding hairlines ANDREAS DRACOPOULOS ence America overall? It demon - no longer had to feel hopeless. 36 37 Though not a high-profile strated that King’s initiative was Moreover, Savalas also quit celebrity, Andreas C. Dracopou - ecumenical. Here was a man, smoking, and so did his charac - los, co-President of the Stavros largely unknown to most of ter – who turned to lollipops. Ko - 38 39 40 41 Niarchos Foundation, through America, dressed in an imposing jak made lollipop licking cool, his cultural, education, and phil - black gown and headpiece, and inspiring others to put out their 42 43 44 anthropic initiatives, has cer - an ostentatious Christian medal, butts and stogies, too. tainly affected the lives of a great standing by King’s side. If a pic - SPYROS SKOURAS 45 46 47 48 49 many Americans. ture is worth 1000 words, a Like George Papanicolaou, In particular, Dracopoulos’ front-page cover on a magazine say the name “Spyros Skouras” contributions to education – his as prestigious as Life is worth a and a lot of people might re - 50 51 support of Greek schools, but million. spond: “who’s he?” But hardly also his work in establishing pro - ELIA KAZAN anyone would fail to recognize 52 53 54 55 56 grams for young learners at the Elia Kazan was a great direc - the name of his most famous cre - New York Public Library, and his tor, but so are Steven Spielberg, ation, Marilyn Monroe. Skouras 57 58 59 major donations to Johns Hop - Francis Ford-Coppola, Martin achieved tremendous success in kins and Rockefeller Universities, Scorcese, and countless others. establishing the merger between two of the foremost research in - How did Kazan, in particular, in - motion picture companies Fox www.CrosswordWeaver.com stitutions in the world – render and Twentieth Century, and was ACROSS 18 Joanie Loves ______(Happy Days spinoff) him one of the most significant responsible for countless classic 1 Lindos is on this island 20 Hawaiian musician Don benefactors of American culture, films. But what sets Skouras 7 Seaver and Selleck 2 2 D i splace education, and philanthropy. apart from most of his peers is 11 President Jefferson, informally 2 5 T e o of Indy 500 MI CHAEL DUKAKIS turning Monroe from unknown 12 Strrd. in American Pie (init.) 26 Similar As in the case of Spiro Agnew, Norman Jean Mortenson into 13 "...an d a part ridge in a ____ tree" 2 7 C h emical s ymbol fo r nickel one can certainly consider Mass - Marilyn Monroe, the world’s 15 End of En gagmnt. (abbrev.) 2 8 P r ohibit achusetts Governor and 1988 most famous sex symbol. His 16 Book unit 29 United States Aviary Lge. (abbrev.) Democratic Presidential nomi - other monumental accomplish - 18 Starred in Angels with Dirty Faces 3 0 E s t.Tim es of Arr ival (abbrev.) nee Michael Dukakis one of our ment was keeping the film in - 19 Flanked by E and I 31 Biloxi's st. (abbrev.) country’s all-time successful dustry not only alive, but thriv - 21 Cigar si ze 3 3 D o ctors' o rg. (init.) Greek-Americans. But how is he ing, in the 1950s, when for a 23 Tulsa's st. (a bbrev.) 3 4 "_ _ ___ Sue" Bud dy Holly Song one of the most influential Amer - while it seemed as if the new 24 Unit Equip. (abbrev.) 40 Charlie or Maria icans who just happens to be craze of television would render 25 Suppor ter 4 1 G r oup of isla nd s containin g Corfu Greek? W hat makes the ran-and- it obsolete. 28 Ralph Kramden drove one 4 2 S a ng "Oh B oy " (ini t.) lost Dukakis any more influential BETTY WHITE 30 Electr. Mail Host (abbrev.) 43 Greek suffix meaning something written or than, say, Mitt Romney? It wasn’t Betty White became well- 32 Tsipou ro d raw n just that Dukakis lost, but it was known when she starred on the 34 Lasagna's Greek counterpart 44 Spooky how he lost. He took the high Mary Tyler Moore Show in the 3 5 " White W edding" sngr. (init.) 4 5 M ets' p rior resi dence road and stayed on it throughout 1970s, and she had attained 36 One, in Greek 4 6 A n ger the campaign, all the way up to Kelly Clarkson nowhere near the fame of some 37 Not out 47 American Bankruptcy Institute (init.) Election Day. When mud was of her costars, not least of which 38 Asst. Atto rney General (abbrev.) 4 8 U n der's oppo site thrown his way, he didn’t throw fluence America? Not so much Moore herself. That she debuted 3 9 Washingto n St. Arts Commission (abbrev.) 53 Initials on American sea vessels any back. because of his great films – and on that show in 1973 at age 51 43 Greek prefix meaning earth 55 Cowboys' Super Bowl QB Init.) Negative campaigning in there were many – but because was no big deal. That she con - 45 Type of red wine America began with the John he named names. He testified tinues to go to work every day, 49 Ms. Bacall Adams-Thomas Jefferson presi - before the House of Representa - starring on Hot in Cleveland, at 50 HB's Casabla nca c o-star (init.) dential race of 1796. But there tives Un-American Activities age 92, is a big deal – very big. 51 Chrst ina's tycoon dad Solution to last week’s puzzle have been ebbs and flows, and committee, about certain of his White has become the toast of 52 Eng. as a Second Lang. Institute (abbrev.) H O M A G E N A D I A M the nastiness in America had fellow actors and actresses who television in her golden years – 54 Sliced Greek cheese? O B A M A I I N G A subsided considerably from 1912 at one time or another – like he appropriately, having starred on 5 6 Asian and Pacific Isla nder Amer. (abbrev.) M E O G P E L U to 1988. In fact, in the Summer did, as a young man – had ties The Golden Girls in the eighties 57 "At ____, solider!" I K E A P O L O N A I of 1988, Dukakis held a double- to the Communist Party. Kazan and nineties – as, now in her 58 Remo te Acce ss Serv. (abbrev.) digit lead over incumbent Vice quit the communists, hated own nineties, she has long out - 59 Female chicken T E V A S L O President George H.W. Bush, but them, and said he wasn’t about lasted most of her contempo - A I R U A P I S Y R A H then Bush’s campaign manager, to give up his professional career raries onscreen. She is an inspi - DOWN C I N T E L M A Lee Atwater, reinvented negative to defend something he didn’t ration to men and women of 1 Alt. name for highway or road (abbrev.) O I R I O A P C N campaigning. Dukakis didn’t believe in. Some despised him mature years everywhere. 2 Rudolph's foot S A T H E N A I T C H Y fight back, and he lost. The les - for being selfish, others ap - WHAT DO YOU THINK? 3 "Ultimate" wristwatch brand? son learned: fight dirty. Since plauded his blunt sincerity. He Again, the list is not based on 4 Ment. Telepathy (abbrev) B E O T A A then, negative campaigning, un - influenced a large handful of ac - how any of these individuals (or 5 Poseidon's domain R N K N I N K S fortunately, has flourished. By tors as a director, but millions others not on the list) have in - 6 He's counterpart I C A N B D E T R O I T behaving like a gentleman and more as a government witness. fluenced Greek America, but 8 Greek cheer T H P E L E A E R proceeding to lose the election, Through his testimony, he was rather, how they influenced 9 Actress Ryan Dukakis highly influenced others effectively saying: it’s okay to co - America as a whole. If you wish A U P O I T I E R T I N 10 Without not to do the same. operate with the feds. to share your thoughts about 14 "In __:" about S H E A A R E S C A S A TINA FEY GEORGE PAPANICOLAOU others who ought to be included 17 Match Game Host Rayburn There are bigger TV stars Along with Maria Callas, Dr. on this list, by all means, let us than Tina Fey, even among her George Papanicolaou is arguably know. We welcome your ideas. THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 25-31, 2014 COMMUNITY 9 All Saints Church in Canonsburg, PA Augments its Resplendent History

By Constantinos E. Scaros many blessings in the life of our 21st, 2000. Father George was Parish, Metropolis, and Archdio - our parish priest at the time. CANONSBURG, PA – Rev. Fa - cese have been realized. To Bishop Maximos was present ther George L. Livanos could not name a few, many sacraments that evening. have felt more blessed after the and services have been held at “Through the initiative of our weekend of November 7-9, the chapel, our Metropolis spiritual leader Fr George Li - 2014 as he participated in the Camp Councilors meet there an - vanos, an outreach mission pro - Consecration of All Saints Greek nually, the national YAL had a ject was begun in 2002 in coop - Orthodox Church in Canons - National Rally there, during eration with the Orthodox burg, PA where he has served their annual convention in Christian Mission Center. The as Parish Priest for 25 years,” Canonsburg the Metropolis goal was to raise enough funds Irene Douglas, Consecration co- Choir Federation did a Paraclesis to build a sister parish of All Chair, shared with TNH. Service and fellowship there, Saints in Kasikizi, Tanzania. I “I am truly honored and and our sister parish of St Johns served as the Fundraising & humbled by the experience of Russian Orthodox Church in Banquet Chairman for this ini - serving such a fine group of peo - Canonsburg, as well as, many tiative. This task was made sim - ple who represent a wide range others have held services in our ple by the immediate outpour - of ethnicities and cultures,” Fr. Chapel of St Michael. I should ing of generosity by the Livanos told TNH. “The sacred weekend began with the arrival of His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of Amer - ica at the Pittsburgh Airport, welcomed by youth greeters, a delegation of All Saints faithful and His Eminence Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh,” Douglas continued. “The group departed by lim - ousine and made a brief stop to visit with Metropolitan Maxi - mos, now retired, to include him ABOVE: Archbishop Demetrios of America (L), who presided over the Consecration of All Saints in the blessings of this most sa - Church in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania stands at the altar with Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh. cred and holy event. Upon ar - RIGHT: Fr. George Livanos who has served as Parish Priest at the All Saints Church for 25 rival at All Saints the Hierarchs years, told TNH he is “truly honored and humbled” by the experience. were greeted by 21 Clergy from the Pittsburgh and surrounding inside to witness the sealing of and the first priest to serve was was Michael Pihakis. Father C. area, 15 All Saints Acolytes in the relics, the washing and the Rev. K. Liakopoulos. This Pappas and Father P. Anastasiou an area outside the Church anointing of the altar tables. community was first incorpo - served the parish at different where the holy relics of St. “Cloth icons of the four evange - rated under the name Saint times in 1936. I do not know George the Great Martyr and lists were placed in the corners Tous, which I understand is which of these men served as Trophy-bearer, St. Kyrikos the of the table and then the serving French for All Saints. The parish priest during the time of Martyr and Holy Fathers Mar - clergy dressed the altar table church stamp that was used in the dedication. tyred in Sinai at Raitho were again,” continued Douglas. the east end church up to my “The newly-built Grecian kept illuminated by a vigil can - “Time passed quickly for all held time used the words Saint Tous. Hall became the focal point for dle near the Icon of All Saints. in rapt attention by activity in This uncommon name is a mys - all of our activities. It served as add that the entire Kusturiss members of our All Saints Manuel Pihakis led a procession the altar, normally unseen by tery that I would love to have a Sunday School and Greek Family works very hard behind parish. Our goal was realized in to the front of the Church car - most but shown to all on moni - someone answer. School. We held our wedding the scenes to make these events 2004 when our parish sent Fr rying its banner, as the relics tors placed throughout the “On August 23, 1925 a and baptism receptions, our fu - successful. George for the second time to were delivered to the altar. The Church. Both Hierarchs navi - church was purchased from the neral makaria lunches, “Horos - “On April 23, 1988 some - Tanzania, the first to build the Church rang with the jubilant gated through the church Ukrainian Greek Catholic Com - perithes” ( the parish dances), thing close to a miracle occurred church, and now to serve with voices of the Byzantine Choir anointing each wall and Icon munity. The All Saints Greek Or - and in later years our food fes - in our parish’s life. After years His Grace Bishop Jeronymos of led by Peter Clyde Papadakos, with holy oil. Council President, thodox Church now had a per - tivals. This was a truly multi - of planning and hard work and Tanzania at the consecration Esq. Protopsalti of Metropolis of Paul Stamatakis, commented manent house of worship. The purpose building whose design under the most capable leader - service of our sister Parish of All Pittsburgh, and assisted by Dr. that the oil cross marking made president in 1925 was Michael for functionality was way ahead ship of its Parish Council Presi - Saints. The first screen print Nicholas Loutsion, Protopsalti of over the sanctuary, still visible, Pihakis. One of the main fea - of its time. dent Archon Michael Kusturiss, icons that decorated our new All Saints, singing the Apoltikia would be a reminder to us all tures of the All Saints Church “The Golden Anniversary of Jr , Building Committee Chair - church were donated and still of the Saints whose relics were and would never be painted on Blaine Avenue was its Iconos - our parish was celebrated on man Archon Michael Kusturiss, serve our sister parish of All received.” over. tasion. This beautiful work of June 28th & 29th 1975. William Sr., and our beloved Parish Saints in Tanzania to this day. Douglas continued: “Arch - “Festivities concluded at a art was built by a special crafts - Pihiou, a truly dedicated church Priest Michael Varvarellis, our This is a stewardship offering to bishop Demetrios led the parish formal banquet held at the man from the town of Koskinou, leader, served as the Chairman community held its kickoff the people of Tanzania that we outside to process around the nearby Hilton Garden Inn where Rhodes. Also with its outstand - of the 50th Anniversary. The fundraising banquet for the new should all be proud of. building three times as Services 550 people gathered in celebra - ing twin bell towers piercing the Parish Council President was the church. President Kusturiss “Also, I would be remiss began, taking the Church ‘out tion.” heights, the Church could be dedicated Manuel Johns and the coined this effort as “The impos - when speaking of stewardship into the world’ then back inside COMMUNITY HISTORY easily seen from a distance in Parish Priest was Fr. John Karas - sible Dream.” Thus began our if I did not recognize the enor - to resume the “baptism” of the Dr. Loutsion shared the the heart of East End Canons - tamatis. (Later to become a five-year pledge program to - mous stewardship offering of holy altar and Church building. parish’s near-100 year history burg where most of the Greek martyred priest and American ward the building of our new our AHEPA Chapter # 156 to Blue skies and brilliant sunshine with TNH: “On July 1, 1918 a community of that time resided. Saint of our church). Our spiri - Church. The banquet committee the greater Canonsburg and sur - warmed the faithful in proces - meeting of the Greek Orthodox “The next order of business tual leader here in America and chairmen were the tireless John rounding areas through the con - sion and many, eyes turned to faithful took place in the town for the All Saints Community beloved Archbishop Iakovos of - Pankas as well as President Kus - struction of the AHEPA Chapter the heavens, noticed a forma - of Canonsburg, PA. The purpose was the construction of a com - ficiated at the divine services. turiss . Metropolitan (then # 156 Senior Citizens Housing tion of clouds striking the un - of the meeting was to establish munity center to be used as a He was assisted by Bishop Bishop) Maximos lent his pres - Center. This effort was Co- deniable image of the cross a Greek Orthodox Church. Pre - social hall and school. After Geracimos , our diocesan bishop ence to bless the event. That chaired by Archon Manuel Pi - across the morning sky. God was sent at this historic meeting years of fundraising with asso - and a man who was also truly a evening we received pledges for hakis, John Kouklakis, and truly with the members of All were eighty-three men. The ma - ciated construction delays due living saint, and Bishop Theo - close to $750,000.00 toward Nicholas Scouloukas. The Saints Church that day. There jority of those present were to lack of funds, the dream be - dosios of the Orthodox Church our new church. Victor Zacca - AHEPA President at the time of was silence in the waiting crowd from (in alphabetical order) came a reality and our commu - in America and former Canons - line, a Protestant friend of the the dedication was Jack Mc - and the insistent tapping of the Crete, Epiros, Ikaria, Karpathos, nity hall/school was completed. burg native along with many lo - parish from CA, was so moved Cabe. So many families in our archbishop’s staff on the doors Patmos, Rhodes, and Samos. On December 5, 1936 (not 1937 cal area clergy… that he gave us a check for local community have been was heard as his voice cried out “On July 7, the community as it is believed) His Eminence “In August 1987 another $100,000.00 that evening. To given affordable housing ‘Lift up the gates, O you rulers, elected Michael Kontos their Archbishop Athenagoras was for consecration was witnessed by paraphrase Father Michael Var - through the hard work, initia - and be lifted up, you everlasting first president. officers were a second time invited to the our parish. Saint Michaels varellis, this very important and tive, and foresight of our Ahep - doors, and the King of glory elected and a Parish Council was community to dedicate the Chapel was donated through crucial event proved to be a vital ans. We should also remember shall enter.’” formed. On July 25, 1918 a hall building. The Chairman of the the generosity of a great bene - turning point in our Commu - that the AHEPA was one of the The doors were opened by (which I presume was the Colos - dedication committee was Ar - factor of our church Archon nity’s life… first to give a $100,000 dona - Consecration co-Chairs Loutsion sus) was rented for the purpose chon George T Loutsion, Sr. and Michael E. Kusturiss, Sr. “Our 75th anniversary cele - tion to the building fund toward and Douglas who led the parish of conducting church services the Parish president at the time Through this gift to the Church bration was held on October the building of our new church.”

From our website’s travel section… The Christmas Story Told Every Year in Sfakia

By Aurelia Smeltz baker joined the women. He whisper. had been inside his shop listen - Now, assured that he had the On the island of Crete, there ing. “I know Maria’s secret,” rapt attention of his audience, is a mountain village named Antonio said, “but even know - Antonio said, “I will demon - Sfakia where the same story is ing that, I cannot duplicate her strate,” taking a round of dough told every Christmas at the bread.” The women gathered and placing it on a floured home of Antonio, the village round, asking Antonio to solve plank. As he gently squeezed baker. the mystery. “It was the advice and pounded the dough, he All the women in Sfakia (and Maria received from her mother, said, Maria’s mother told her, the men, if truth be told), agree given to her by her own mother, “an angel does not pound the that Manoussos’ wife, Maria, Maria’s grandmother, he said, bread, an angel brushes the (God rest her soul) made the pausing to make sure all of the bread with its wings and flies best crusty country bread in all of Sfakia. It seemed that Maria baked her very best loaves for the holidays, so it was with sad - ness that families in Sfakia ap - proached every Christmas sea - son, knowing that they would not be enjoying Maria’s bread. They compensated for this by gathering at Antonio’s and telling stories about Maria’s Bread. Voula spoke first, explaining that Maria did not keep the recipe to herself. She said Maria would take her dough on a wooden plank to the communal, outdoor brick oven behind An - tonio the baker’s house and it was there that she would give bread kneading skills were not her recipe to anyone who asked. on display. Dimitra added that it was The women asked each other when Maria took her bread from “What was Maria’s secret?” the oven and the women saw Voula offered that the bread the beautiful large loafs with the must have had such a fine crust golden crusts that she was asked because of the extra time Maria again and again about the kept it in the oven. “Did you not recipe. “I told you,” Maria notice,” Voula said, “Maria al - women heard this. “What ad - away.” would say, “it is wheat flour, ways removed her bread last.” vice, Antonio, what secrets did The women were enthralled. lukewarm water, yeast, salt, The other women agreed, she receive? Please tell us?” the “If this is the secret,” Voula olive oil, milk, and honey.” She adding that even when they said women pleaded. said,” “why cannot we or you named the ingredients freely, “your turn, Maria, take your After achieving the dramatic make Maria’s bread?” “Ah,” said but she never explained exactly bread,” she would always de - effect he sought, Antonio re - Antonio, “I suppose it is because how much of each nor did she mur and wait for all of us to re - vealed the words spoken to the angel flew away with our mention when she added the move our loaves. “Yes,” Dimitra Maria by her mother. Bending Maria.” honey and the olive oil, and she agreed, pointing out that this toward the women and speak - From that time forward, the would never knead the bread in gave Maria’s bread the impor - ing in a confidential tone, An - people of Sfakia gathered at An - front of anyone. If a visitor was tant two or three additional tonio whispered, “Your touch tonio’s bakery every Christmas in her house or near her at the minutes in the hot oven to get a should be as light as the wings to hear the story of Maria’s communal oven, Maria would good crust. of an angel.” And he repeated bread kneaded by the wings of make sure, discretely, that her At this point, Antonio the this again in an even lower an angel. 10 OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 25-31, 2014

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LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE n BELLIOS, ANGELIKE ful, quiet and loving nature and merly of Lowell, Massachusetts, n PETROS, MARIETTA KORDES & SCHWABE PLLC. Art. of Org. PANDA ROOF LLC, a domestic LLC, filed AKRON, OH (From the Akron will be greatly missed by all died Saturday morning, at her WASHINGTON, DC (From the filed with the SSNY on 11/25/14. Office: with the SSNY on 8/11/14. Office loca - Beacon Journal, published on those whose lives she touched. home with family and friends Washington Post, published on Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of tion: Herkimer County. SSNY is desig - Dec. 15) – Angelike Bellios, age She was an active member of by her side. She was the beloved Dec. 21) – With loving family at the PLLC upon whom process against it may nated as agent upon whom process be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process against the LLC may be served. SSNY 105, died on Saturday, Decem - the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox wife of the late Theodore her bedside, Marietta Petros of to the PLLC, 966 East 19th Street, Brooklyn, shall mail process to The LLC, 1914 ber 13, 2014. Born June 20, Church and its organizations: Halkedis. Born in Lowell, Mass - Washington, DC passed away NY 11230. Purpose: For the practice of the State Rte. 169, Little Falls, NY 13365. 1909 in Tripoli, Greece, she was Ladies Philoptochos Society and achusetts, March 25, 1933, the peacefully and entered into the profession of Law. General Purposes . the daughter of Chris and Theo - Senior Citizens. In addition to daughter of the late Louis S. and kingdom of God on her 93rd 274179/17973 274120 /10709 phany (Batsie) Vasilopoulos. An - her husband George, she is pre - the late Katherine (Theodora - birthday in the early morning gelike married Christ N. Bellios deceased by her brother Niko - cakou) Speronis, she attended hours of December 20, 2014. LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE in 1927, together they went to laos and two sisters Ana and Lowell Schools and was a grad - Born on December 20, 1921 in Brett Beyer Photography, LLC. Art. of Org. Notice of formation of W FUND filed w/ NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on CONSULTING, LLC a (DOM. LLC). Ar ticles France and then came to Amer - Koula. Survivors include her two uate of Lowell High School. Apiranthos, Naxos, Greece, Ma - 10/10/14. Office location: Kings Co. SSNY of Organization filed with the Secretary of ica by way of steamship; she be - children and caregivers: Anna Aristea went to attend the rietta Glezos immigrated to the designated agent for service of process. State of New York (SSNY) on 10/29/2014. came a U.S. citizen in 1934. An - Christopoulos and her husband Boston School of Design where United States in 1941 in her role SSNY shall mail process to Reg. Agent: U.S. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY is des - Corp. Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave, ignated as agent upon whom process gelike had been a member of George; Nick Daniolos and his she was awarded three honors as a caregiver to an infant of a Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall the Annunciation Greek Ortho - wife Polixeni; her grandchil - for her fashion design. Among Greek diplomatic family. She activity . mail process to: 111-29 Queens Blvd dox Church for 87 years, where dren: Aspasia Papageorgiou and her many interests, Aristea settled in Washington, DC, 274173/19163 Holding, LLC, 8 Roads End, Brookville, NY 11545. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. she was a member of Philopto - her husband Nikos; Paraskevi loved to travel, fashion, politics where she married her husband, LEGAL NOTICE 274117/19279 chos Melissa Society from its Rountos and her husband and pursuing cultural explo - Matthew Petros, in 1945 and creation in the 1930s. She Steven; Jamie Antonopoulos ration. She was a member of the raised four children. She de - 1115 67 ST LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 11/20/14. Office Location: LEGAL NOTICE worked on the church bazaar and her husband Peter; George Greek Women's National Orga - voted her entire life to serving Kings County, SSNY designated as agent Notice of formation of 111-29 QUEENS BLVD since its inception in the '50s, Daniolos; Aspasia Daniolos; and nization and was active with the her family with her compassion, of LLC upon whom process against it may HOLDING, LLC a (DOM. LLC). Ar ticles of sold hand-made lapel pins in her five great-grandsons Ilias & Republican Party. Aristea is sur - her love and her Christian val - be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of Organization filed with the Secretary of process to: C/O The LLC, 1115 67th St., State of New York (SSNY) on 10/29/2014. honor of Greece's Independence Yiorgos Papageorgiou and Ioan - vived by her brother, Peter Sper - ues. Marietta is survived by her Brooklyn, NY 11219. 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She was the beloved wife 419 Barclay St., Perth Amboy, December 13, 11am at St. LEGAL NOTICE Jamaica, NY 11432 neralhomes.com. of the late Harry Denopoulos. for a funeral service at 10 a.m. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Notice of Formation of GOLDEN (718) 858-4434 LADDER LLC Articles of Organization Eva was born in Lowell on Oc - at the St. Demetrios Greek Or - Church, 22909 Center Ridge filed with Secretary of State of New • (800) 245-4872 n BOVIS, KOSTAS tober 28,1920. She was the thodox Church, 41-47 Wisteria Road, Rocky River. Rev. Father York (SSNY) on 06/02/2014. Office lo - PALATINE, IL (From the Chicago beloved daughter of the late Pl., Perth Amboy. Burial is at James Doukas, Officiating. The cation: Bronx County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process APOSTOLOPOULOS Tribune, published on Dec. 7) – Coula and Christos Spanos. Af - Alpine Cemetery. Visiting is on family will receive friends at the against it may be served. SSNY shall Kostas G. 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Beloved husband of exam and spent the next 20 Company, Perth Amboy, as a rial contributions may be made Notice of Formation of HM Ventures New York, NY 10034 Lambrini nee Kitsopoulos. Lov - years working there until her re - seamstress for over 25 years. to St. Demetrios Greek Ortho - Group 7 LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec'y of ing father of Dr. George K. (Raf - tirement in 1987. While there, She retired in 1994. Helen was dox Church or St. George Greek State (SSNY) 10/8/14. Office location: (212) 942-4000 Kings County. SSNY designated as agent Toll Free 1-888-GAPOSTLE faella) Bovis and Sophia she received nine awards for her a parishioner of St. Demetrios Orthodox Church, Platanos, of LLC upon whom process against it (George) Arvanitis. Proud continued excellent service. In Greek Orthodox Church and a Samos Greece. may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of CONSTANTINIDES process to 257 Grand St., #33, FUNERAL PARLOR Co. grandfather of George, Paige her free time, Eva loved travel - member of the International Brooklyn, NY 11211. Purpose: any and Costa Arvanitis. Dear ing and especially loved her Ladies Garment Workers Union, n TSELIOS, CHRISTOS lawful activities . (718) 745-1010 brother of 7 in Greece. Fond un - trips to Florida, Greece, and Local 1052. She was preceded BELLINGHAM, WA (From the 274126/10834 Services in all localities - cle of many nieces and Hawaii. She also enjoyed shop - in death by her devoted hus - Bellingham Herald, published Low cost shipping to Greece nephews. Kostas was the owner ping and gardening. Most week - band, Axiotis Karayianopoulos, on Dec. 4) – Christos Tselios, LEGAL NOTICE of Evans House, Arlington days started with going to the who passed away in 2012; her age 70 of Bellingham, passed Notice of Formation of MOON COLLECTORS, Heights from 1967-1976, The health club or golfing with her parents, Kostantinos and Anto - away November 3, 2014. He LLC . ANTONOPOULOS Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of FUNERAL HOME, INC. Prime Table, Rolling Meadows godchild, Artemis "Artie" Gianes nia (nee Scokos ); a son, Kostan - was born November 3, 1944 in NY (SSNY) on 11/06/14. Office from 1976-1981, The Bovis until she turned 91. Above all, tinos Karayianopoulos, and a Agriani Serron, Greece to Petros location: Kings County. Princ. office of Konstantinos Antonopoulos - House, Arlington Heights from her most cherished time was brother, Chris Kusulas. Helen is and Astero Tselios. He immi - LLC: 317 16th St., #4D, Brooklyn, NY Funeral Director 11215. SSNY designated as agent of 1984-1994, and a founding spent with her loving family. Eva survived by her beloved daugh - grated to the United States in LLC upon whom process against it may 38-08 Ditmars Blvd., member of St. Nectarios Greek is survived by her son and ters, Eftihia and her husband, 1969 and married his loving be served. SSNY shall mail process to Astoria, New York 11105 Orthodox Church, Palatine. Vis - daughter-in-law, Christopher Elpidio Castillo; Antonia and her wife, Stella in 1970. They set - the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity . (718) 728-8500 itation Sunday from 4:00pm to "Skipper" and Ann Marie husband, Michael George, and tled in the Philadelphia, PA area 274121 /17976 Not affiliated with any 9:00pm at Smith-Corcoran Fu - Denopoulos, her three grand - Stella and her husband, Emil where they started a family. The neral Home 185 E. Northwest daughters and their husbands, Wacker. She was the dear sister family moved to Bellingham in other funeral home. Hwy., Palatine. Family and Kelly and Steve Paglierani, An - of Apostoli Kousoulas, Angie 1993 and operated a number of friends will meet Monday morn - gela and Christopher Moschen, Vlahos, Georgia Koutros and restaurants including Christos, ing at St. Nectarios Greek Or - Sheila and Matthew Carson; her Demetra Tselemenis; adored Chuckwagon and IHOP. Christos TO PlACE yOur ClASSiFiED AD, CAll: (718) 784-5255, thodox Church 133 S Roselle grandson and his fiancée, Jay grandmother of Bill and his was an active member of St. ExT. 106, E-mAil: classifieds@ thenationalherald.com Rd, Palatine, IL 60067 for fu - Denopoulos and Kaitlyn wife, Christina; Helen and her Sophia Greek Orthodox Church. neral service at 10:30am. Inter - Figueiredo; and eight great- husband, Juan, Mina, Dean, He was selfless, humble, honest, ment Ridgewood Cemetery. In grandchildren, Haley, Kyle, Alex, Billy, Jessica and Zachery; a light in his community, and lieu of flowers, memorial dona - Cameron, Courtney, Mia, Kaden, cherished great-grandmother of will be missed by many. He lost from 10:00 a.m. till time of Fu - better life. Soon after arriving, tions to St. Nectarios Church or Gabrielle, and Joseph. She also Jonathan, Cynthia, Tatiana and his battle with cancer and is neral service 10:30 a.m. at St. he worked at Western Steel to Greek American Rehab and leaves behind nieces and Jaden, and loving aunt of many now at eternal rest with The George Greek Orthodox Church along with other Greek immi - Care Centre 220 N. First St., nephews, including Barbara nieces and nephews. In lieu of Lord. He was preceded in death 2701 N. Sheffield Ave. Chicago. grants. With a new life and new Wheeling, IL 60090 would be Souza who spent many days flowers, donations may be made by his wife Stella in 2005, son Interment Memorial Park Ceme - job, he was again blessed with appreciated. Arrangements by with her before and after enter - in the memory of Helen to the Peter in 2006, and siblings Olga, tery. In lieu of flowers donations another child, a baby boy. Adinamis Corliss Balodimas Fu - ing the nursing home and her Father Hudson House, 111 De Konstantinos, Evangelia and in her name to the Greek Amer - George and his brother in law neral Directors, Ltd. (847)359- good friends, Liz and Jerry Fitz - Hart Pl., Elizabeth, N.J. 07202. Ioanna. Christos is survived by ican Rehab & Care Center 220 Christopher, decided to open a 8020. patrick. Eva was predeceased by his son Steve (Angelina) Tselios N. 1st Street Wheeling, Ill. restaurant on Pike St, the Asto - her son, Samuel Denopoulos, n LAMPADARIOS, GEORGE and their children Stelliani, 60090 appreciated. Arrange - ria Cafe;. It wasn't long after, n DANIOLOS, ASPASIA her granddaughter, Nina BALTIMORE, MD (From the Bal - Marianna, Christina, and Petros ments by Nicholas M. Pishos Fu - that George was needed full BRIDGEPORT, CT (From the Denopoulos, her sister, Chry - timore Sun, published on Dec. and daughter Star (Evans) Vage - neral Director, Ltd. 773-774- time at the restaurant and he Connecticut Post, published on sance "Jerry" (Spanos) 1) – On November 30, 2014, laras and their son Rizos. 0366. left the foundry. Opportunity for Dec. 7) – Aspasia Milas Daniolos Wolfenden, and her brother, George V. Lampadarios; cher - Memorials may be made to them arose to acquire their sec - age 95 beloved wife of the late James C. Spanos. Eva's family ished husband of Jasmine Lam - Whatcom Hospice and St. n VELAORAS, GEORGE ond restaurant which they George Daniolos died peacefully would like to extend a special padarios (nee Netos), devoted Sophia. SEATTLE, WA (From the Seattle named, Grecian Corner located on Thursday, December 4, 2014 thank you to the staff at the Bil - father of Eleni Lampadarios and Times, published on Dec. 14) – on 9th and Madison. Ouzo, with her loving family by her lerica LifeCare Center and New her husband Peter Campanides n TSILIKAS, ANASTASIA Nestled in the Pindus Mts. of Metaxa and Retsina flowed as side. Born in Andros, Greece on England Hospice for their care and Maria Lampadarias and her CHICAGO, IL (From the Chicago Greece is the village of Agia Tri - Bouzoukia played for many to November 8, 1919, she was the and support. Relatives and husband Radoil Mitov, beloved Tribune, published on Dec. 10) ada, where George was born. come and enjoy. George always daughter of Stamatis and Mega - friends are invited to pay their grandfather of Zoia & Anastasia – Anastasia Tsilikas, (nee Tse - He was the 5th of 7 children treated customers like family, he lousiana Milas. She was an ex - respects at Dracut Funeral Mitova and Demetrios George lembanis), was born in Manessi born to Elias and Ioanna Velao - shared in their pain and joy. In traordinary wife, mother, grand - Home, 2159 Lakeview Avenue, Campanides, loving brother of a small village outside of Naf - ras. After serving in the Greek 1993, the Grecian Corner was mother and great-grandmother. Dracut, on Tuesday, December Katina Maragou of Greece and plio, Greece. Her American army, George was summering in renamed 1st Hill Bar and Grill. She dedicated hundreds of 2nd from 3 until 7 PM. Her Fu - loving uncle of Chrysantos, dream was realized in Chicago, Karpenisi where he met and In 2005, he and his family ex - hours crocheting blankets, hats, neral will be held from the Fu - Vasilios and Michael Kalligeros Illinois where she was the married his wife, Renoula. panded and opened another scarves, mittens and slippers for neral Home on Wednesday, De - of Greece. A Trisaghion Service beloved wife to Chris and de - Newly married they moved to restaurant resurrecting the her children, grandchildren, cember 3rd at 10 AM followed will be held at the family owned voted mother to Constantine; Athens and awaited the arrival name Grecian Corner, located at great-grandchildren and friends. by her Funeral Service at 11 AM Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Cherished daughter of the late of their first born, a baby girl. Fisher Plaza. During this time, Her greatest joy was cooking in the Transfiguration Greek Or - Inc. 1050 York Rd. (beltway exit George and Marina Tselemba - With family in the states, he de - George experienced the best joy and helping her family when - thodox Church, Lowell. Inter - 26) on Tuesday at 7:30 PM. nis; Loving sister of Athanasia cided to move to Seattle for a of his life and became a Pappou ever needed. Her dedication to ment to follow in Lowell Ceme - Friends may call on Tuesday and Angeliki; Dearest daughter- to two beautiful girls, Rena and and unconditional love for her tery, Lowell. For directions or to from 3-5 & 7-9 PM. Mr. Lam - in-law of the late Fr. Constan - This is a service Georgia. He is survived in life family will leave a lasting legacy leave an online condolence, padarios will lie-in-state at The tine and Areti Tsilikas; Dear sis - to the community. by his wife Renoula, children for years to come. Aspasia will story, or message, please visit Greek Orthodox Cathedral of ter-in-law of Dr. Damnianos Announcements of deaths Ioanna Velaoras, Loui and Con - be remembered for her peace - www.dracutfuneralhome.com the Annunciation on Wednesday Tsilikas; Fond aunt and loving may be telephoned to the stantina Velaoras, granddaugh - or find us on Facebook under from 10:30-11 AM, at which godmother to many both here Classified Department of ters Rena and his namesake Dracut Funeral Home. time a Funeral Service will take and Greece. Visitation Wednes - The National Herald at Georgia, along with several Days and dates of funerals, place. Interment St. Demetrios day December 10, 2014 from 4- (718) 784-5255, nieces and nephews. Services memorials, and other events di - n HALKEDIS, ARISTEA Church Cemetery. Family re - 9 p.m. at Colonial-Woj - monday through Friday, will be held at 11:00am, Thurs - rectly correspond to the original NEW YORK, NY (From the Low - quests contributions be made to ciechowski Funeral Home 6250 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST day, December 18, 2014 at St publication date, which appears ell Sun, published on Dec. 2) – IOCC, 110 West Rd. Ste. 360 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago. or e-mailed to: Demetrios Greek Orthodox at the beginning of each notice. Aristea S. (Speronis) Halkedis, Baltimore MD 21204 or The . Family and friends will meet [email protected] Church. 2100 Boyer Ave E, Seat - 81, of New York City, but for - www.ruckfuneralhome.com. Thursday morning for visitation tle, Wa. THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 25-31, 2014 GREECE CYPRUS 11 After Foreclosure Vote, Int’l Monetary Fund Withholds Bailout of Cyprus

NICOSIA – The International cash given to Cyprus so far to the country consistently beating surgery in New York, returned regional dynamics have made The ministry said new Monetary Fund said it won’t re - $7 billion (5.7 billion euros). dour projections regarding its to face a slew of political and the reunification of Cyprus a pri - drilling will begin elsewhere in - lease $108 million (88 million Lawmakers said they ap - post-bailout economic perfor - economic problems, including ority – driven, in part, by side an area, or block, where euros) in rescue money for proved the suspension to give mance. the fallout from the foreclosure Cyprus’ newly found energy re - Cyprus has licensed the consor - bailed-out Cyprus after the the government time to draft The economy is projected to vote as well as the continued sources…The natural resources tium to search for fossil fuels. country’s Parliament voted to additional insolvency legislation grow 0.4 percent next year, presence of a Turkish energy re - that have been discovered this The consortium identified six hold a key foreclosure law from that would act as an extra buffer which would bring an end to a search vessel and warship off year in the Eastern Mediter - potential gas fields. Cyprus also taking effect at the end of De - protecting those who lost jobs three-year recession that has the island. ranean offer both Greek and licensed France’s Total and U.S. cember. or saw their income slashed been shallower than expected. Turkey is looking for oil and Turkish Cypriots alike a power - firm Noble Energy to search for An IMF statement said the amid the country’s near finan - This is the second time that gas in waters where Cyprus has ful incentive to reach an agree - offshore gas in a bid to bring in month-long suspension of the cial meltdown from also losing Cyprus has run into trouble with licensed international compa - ment – and if an agreement critical revenues as Cyprus tries law contravened the terms of its their homes. its creditors over the foreclo - nies, including from the US, to could be reached, Cyprus could to come out from under an eco - $12.28 billion (10 billion euro) But Finance Minister Harris sures law. In September, Cyprus’ drill. Turkish President Recep play a pivotal role in regional nomic crisis and is relying on a rescue deal reached in March Georgiades called the suspen - Eurozone partners refused to re - Tayyip Erdogan has ignored energy security.” 10-billion euro bailout from the last year. The law would have sion “unnecessary and inexcus - lease a bailout installment after complaints from Cyprus, Greee Cyprus’ Energy Ministry saids Troika of the European Union- made it easier for the country’s able,” adding that it under - parliament passed additional and limper protests from the US, initial exploratory drilling by an International Monetary Fund- hobbled banks to start collecting mined Cyprus’ credibility. “It legislation weakening the law. UN, and the European Union. Italian-Korean consortium off European Central Bank. on bad loans, which account for simply sends the message that The hurdle was overcome af - Senator Robert Menendez, Cyprus’ southern coast has Noble and Israel’s Delek and around half of all loans. we haven’t overcome a mindset ter lawmakers backtracked and outgoing Chairman of the Sen - failed to find significant quanti - Avner are partners in a Cypriot The statement said the IMF and attitudes that have so dearly amended some of the legislation ate Foreign Relations Commit - ties of gas. gas field that’s estimated to con - will discuss the next steps with cost us in the past,” said Geor - while the Supreme Court struck tee expressed his concern over The ministry said that the tain between 3.6 trillion and 6 Cypriot authorities. The Euro - giades. down other pieces as unconsti - Turkey’s incursion into the Ex - SAIPEM 10000 rig belonging to trillion cubic feet of gas. pean Union had released a $430 Government officials have tutional. clusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Eni-Kogas consortium million (350 million euro) in - said Cyprus’ steadfast adherence NO ENERGY PANACEA YET Cyprus. drilled to a depth of 5,800 me - (Material from the Associated stallment prior to the vote, to the terms of its rescue pro - President Nicos Anastasi - Addressing the full Senate, ters (19,000 feet) without suc - Press was used in this report) bringing the amount of bailout gram is mainly responsible for ades, still recovering from heart Menendez said that “global and cess.

AP PHOTO/THANASSiS STAVrAkiS Alexis Tsipras, leader of the main opposition left-wing Syriza party, attends the second round Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras votes during the second round of voting. Greek law - of voting to elect a new Greek president at the Parliament in Athens on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014. makers have failed to elect the country’s new president in a second round of voting. Dimas Loses Round Two of Presidential Bid; Gains 8 Votes, Closes Gap

Continued from page 1 backdrop of the charges by are seeing is incredible,” said as a “purely internal matter” at Dec. 21 and it was reported that tioned by the prosecutor and Kammenos but a judicial inves - Voultepsi, referring to the claims the ultra-nationalist party. Haikalis asked for privacy re - claimed that he has footage hikes, slashed pensions and tigation dismissed the allega - by ANEL that bribes had been She said it was suspicious strictions to be lifted so author - which proves that the claims worker firings. tions as groundless with prose - offered for MPs to vote for Di - that Haikalis, who said he was ities could check Apostolopou - made by Kammenos are false Tsipras said if he comes to cutor Panagiotis mas. first offered 700,000 euros and los’s phone records to see who but so far the tape that could power he would seek to revise Panagiotopoulos setting them She said SYRIZA, which re - then two million euros to back had contacted him before a possibly show what happened the terms of the bailouts or walk aside. It was the second time fused to distance itself from the Dimas, did not name the person third meeting was due to take is still secret. away from the debt, which Kammenos had alleged wrong - allegations but instead said they he said was acting on behest of place between the two men. Kammenos earlier had said could leave the country broke, doing in the voting process. should be investigated, would the government, although it ANEL believes the alleged he would back Tsipras’ attempt forced out of the Eurozone and Samaras said SYRIZA and profit from the charges that are later emerged the middleman is middleman was tipped off that to block the election of Dimas unable to borrow from the mar - ANEL were teaming up to block adding to political instability as Giorgos Apostolopoulos, who authorities would monitoring but the ANEL leader, whose kets. Dimas and he would sue the In - the government is in the middle used to work for Deutsche Bank the meeting and failed to turn party has only 12 votes in Par - He has since begun to dependent Greeks for what he of negotiations with interna - and has been aligned with both up. liament, is having trouble keep - backpedal and said he would said were fabricated charges de - tional lenders over unfinished New Democracy and ANEL. Kammenos reportedly al - ing his lawmakers in line with not act unilaterally but the com - signed to undermine the gov - reforms and a how to close a leged that Apostolopoulos was some reportedly ready to go motion over the early exit plan ernment. Samaras offered na - hole in the 2015 budget of up NO LAUGHING MATTER also secretly recording the meet - along with what Samaras wants. and the Presidential election as tional elections at the end of to three billion euros. Comedian Lakis Lazopoulos, ings with the aim of using the Former Premier and one- roiled the markets and hurt the next year if a consensus could Kammenos, a former mem - who was said to have witnessed material to blackmail the party time New Democracy leader government's stability and cred - be found to elect Dimas. ber of New Democracy, said he the bribe attempt, was due to and the ANEL leader said if the Constantine Mitsotakis tried to ibility. Government spokeswoman can back up the charges with give evidence as part of the in - government didn’t show the persuade Kammenos to go along Sofia Voultepsi has accused video and audio proof. Voultepsi vestigation into the claims. tape then his party would re - with Dimas, but the ANEL chief CHARGES TOSSED OUT SYRIZA of forming a “clear al - dismissed the allegations there Haikalis and Kammenos ap - lease it publicly. refused. Mitsotakis said he was The vote came against the liance” with ANEL. “What we was an attempt to bribe Haikalis peared before the prosecutor on Apostolopoulos was ques - afraid of a Eurozone exit. Judicial Investigation Dismisses Allegation of Bribery in Presidential Vote

Continued from page 1 revise the harsh austerity terms also secretly recording the meet - some reportedly ready to go move the country’s Presidential head of state. that came with 240 billion euros ings with the aim of using the along with what Samaras wants. elections to this month instead “Nothing can improve with - Antonis Samaras is struggling to ($306 billion) in two bailouts material to blackmail the party MITSOTAKIS SPEAKS UP of February. out minimum consensus, fore - bring in enough lawmakers from the Troika of the European and the ANEL leader said if the Former Premier Constantine In an interview on the state- most over the review of the Con - from Independent and rival po - Union-International Monetary government didn’t show the Mitsotakis, who led New sponsored Vouli network, he stitution,” Mitsotakis tells Vouli. litical parties to his coalition, Fund-European Central Bank tape then his party would re - Democracy, issued a statement said the government missed an “Greece will not exit the crisis which includes the PASOK So - (EU-IMF-ECB) or walk away lease it publicly. urging the warring parties to important opportunity to com - unless it makes changes to the cialists, to elect the Conserva - from the debt, which could Apostolopoulos was ques - come together for the common plete a Constitutional review, Constitution. It needs deeper tives Vice-President Stavros Di - leave Greece broke and likely tioned by the prosecutor and good despite their personal and which is currently under way changes than structural re - mas as Greece’s symbolic forced out of the Eurozone, claimed that he has footage political differences because of and which was being promoted forms,” he said. President. jeopardizing the financial bloc. which proves that the claims what’s at state. by Samaras. “I had hoped that “The government should Dimas got only 160 of the ANEL chief Panos Kam - made by Kammenos are false “Snap elections would lead there would have been a re - complete its four-year mandate 200 needed votes on Dec. 17 menos, a former member of but so far the tape that could to a euro exit,” noted Mitsotakis, sponse from the opposition to and conclude the review,” Mit - and faced a second round on New Democracy, said he can possibly show what happened who said the country’s interests the discussion about the Consti - sotakis says. “The fact that the Dec. 23. If he failed then, the back up the charges with video is still secret. were paramount, although he tutional review,” he said, refer - metapolitefsi-era Constitution ballot will go to a third round and audio proof. Kammenos earlier had said was also urging support for his ring to SYRIZA. links the election of President on Dec. 29, where 180 votes are Voultepsi dismissed the alle - he would back Tsipras’ attempt own party. He met with Kam - New Democracy gave Parlia - to general elections is the cause needed. If that’s unsuccessful, gations there was an attempt to to block the election of Dimas menos in an attempt to sway ment with a list of proposals for of the turmoil Greece is experi - national elections will be called bribe Haikalis as a “purely in - but the ANEL leader, whose him from his hard line but failed. changes to the Constitution, in - encing today. Why shouldn’t the for early next year with polls ternal matter” at the ultrana - party has only 12 votes in Par - Mitsotakis also said he was cluding putting the election of president be elected by the peo - showing the major opposition tionalist party. liament, is having trouble keep - disappointed that the coalition President to public mandate if ple and have done with it?” he Coalition of the Radical Left She said it was suspicious ing his lawmakers in line with government has decided to Parliament fails to name a new says. (SYRIZA) leading. that Haikalis, who said he was Samaras said SYRIZA and first offered 700,000 euros and ANEL were teaming up to block then two million euros to back Dimas and he would sue the In - Dimas, did not name the person This Week in Greek History: dependent Greeks for what he he said was acting on behest of said were fabricated charges de - the government, although it signed to undermine the gov - later emerged the middleman is Anna Vissi is Born ernment. Samaras offered na - Giorgos Apostolopoulos, who tional elections at the end of used to work for Deutsche Bank next year if a consensus could and has been aligned with both TNH Staff be found to elect Dimas. New Democracy and ANEL. Government spokeswoman NO LAUGHING MATTER On December 20, 1957 one Sofia Voultepsi has accused Comedian Lakis Lazopoulos, of the most famous and prolific SYRIZA of forming a “clear al - who was said to have witnessed Greek music recording artists, liance” with ANEL. “What we the bribe attempt, was due to Anna Vissi was born in Cyprus. are seeing is incredible,” said give evidence as part of the in - Her father owned a small su - Voultepsi, referring to the claims vestigation into the claims. permarket, and her mother was by ANEL that bribes had been Haikalis and Kammenos ap - a homemaker, but who enjoyed offered for MPs to vote for Di - peared before the prosecutor on singing. mas. Dec. 21 and it was reported that Vissi showed an early interest She said SYRIZA, which re - Haikalis asked for privacy re - in singing, whereas her older fused to distance itself from the strictions to be lifted so author - sister, Lia, was interested in the allegations but instead said they ities could check Apostolopou - piano. should be investigated, would los’s phone records to see who As teenagers, they performed profit from the charges that are had contacted him before a publicly as “The Vissi Sisters” adding to political instability as third meeting was due to take and toured throughout Cyprus. the government is in the middle place between the two men. Her breakthrough came in of negotiations with interna - ANEL believes the alleged 1973 when she won a singing tional lenders over unfinished middleman was tipped off that competition, and later blos - Anna Vissi: Pop superstar Anna Vissi, “the Madonna of Greece.” reforms and a how to close a authorities would monitoring somed as a pop idol in the 80s hole in the 2015 budget of up the meeting and failed to turn and 90s. into broadcast media and ap - 40 years, includes 25 Greek alb - on an sold-out Australian tour, to three billion euros. up. From the mid-90s on, Vissi pearing on numerous magazine mus, two operas, a musical, and she was dubbed in Perth as “the SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras Kammenos reportedly al - became Greece’s premier female covers. 48 music awards. Madonna of Greece.” said if elected he would seek to leged that Apostolopoulos was superstar singer, branching out Her career, now surpassing Earlier this year, embarking 12 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 25-31, 2014

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We would never fabricate a difference as well – by contributing letters to the editor in collective enlightenment will result from such of opinion for the sake of writing an interesting response, and/or commenting on our website: Prime Minister Samaras should have avoided the political conversations. The Ancient Greeks did that in column. www.thenationalherald.com stalemate. That is what the circumstances warranted. Instead, the small tally of 168 Members of Parliament who voted for Samaras’ presidential candidate, Stavros Dimas, place Greece on the road toward political and economic perils. Stop Decking the Public Halls with Boughs of Holly? When considering that the problems facing Greece are so big, and taking into account the fact that the powers of the presidency are very small, and when the nominee for the office GEORGAKAS PRESENTS HIS are still drawing pensions even But what about a nativity ture. Your religious holiday – or is so well-qualified, then there ought not be much risk of elic - POINT OF VIEW though now profitably employed scene, or a Chanukah menorah? your atheism – is not. So, deal iting strong opposition. Dino, this time of year in one in the U.S. Thus, our archbishop What about a display in an Amer - with it. And I readily say the But it seems, unfortunately, as many feared from the begin - or another American city, there continues to receive a Greek pen - ican public school, crafted by stu - same thing to any of my fellow ning, that this tragedy has to be played out until the end – will be a demand that a manger sion while cleaning women dents who practice Zoroastrian - Greeks who complain that “why whatever that may be. scene or similar objects be working for the Greek govern - ism, that is an homage to do we get ‘American’ Good Fri - We cannot completely rule out the possibility of a miracle erected at city hall to celebrate ment get fired. Zarathustra? This is where it gets day off but not our [Greek Or - on the third and final vote. The deus ex machina has often the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. I Some readers may conclude tricky. thodox] Good Friday?” Because saved Greece since Ancient times. That is possible, but not don’t know how you feel about that I must be an atheist or ag - You see, there is no Constitu - over 80% of the American popu - likely. The vote gap is too large. Thus, the country will go – that practice. I am totally op - nostic who does not appreciate tional provision for “the separa - lation is Christian, and about and quickly, to be sure – to the polls. posed for spiritual, legal, and spiritual values. That this idea tion of church and state.” No 99% of those observe Western That, however, will not solve the problems. Based on current practical reasons. arises is indicative of the problem such language is found in the Easter – so, again, I say to them polling data, elections will not produce a strong government Practically speaking, the of state-endorsed faith. To con - Constitution, no matter how – deal with it. Also, I personally and a lot of vital time will be lost, with grave consequences for United States is home to people demn state gifts to religious en - much people keep repeating it. know a bunch of Jews, and athe - the economy. of many faiths. If Christians get tities actually is a defense of gen - Instead, the Constitutional appli - ists, who put up Christmas trees, We wish everyone would take the advice of Constantine to use city halls to celebrate their uine spirituality. I am old enough cations to religion are found in exchange presents, and sing Mitsotakis – a leader who had long warned about the suffering beliefs, the same rights legally to remember when a spoken the First and Fourteenth Amend - Christmas carols. The majority of that was coming. He broke his lengthy silence to say that "we extend to Muslims, Buddhists, prayer was part of the American ments. non-Christians simply don’t care, have reached the point where we must look for the widest pos - Sikhs, Hindus, Jews, and others. educational system. The prayer The First Amendment states and I for one am tired of the sible cooperation. Everything should be placed in the context Public space should not be used was the Christian Lord’s Prayer that “Congress shall make no law United States changing its poli - of the interests of the country, leaving aside personal or party by any faith to celebrate its doc - (Protestant version). Rather than respecting the establishment of cies for tiny fraction of whiners. interests." trines, some of which may be in - a moment of spiritual reflection, religion or prohibiting the free To your second point, We are afraid, though, that his words will not be heeded. herently racist, sexist, or other - the prayer was just a meaning - exercise thereof.” If you notice, whether religious organizations Accordingly, everything points in the direction of elections. wise offensive to other less recitation, all the more spir - the restriction is on “Congress,” should be tax exempt, that is a Even if Samaras were to put aside "personal or party interests,” Americans. itually empty for being imposed. not on any state or local govern - more difficult question because, SYRIZA’s Alexis Tsipras, who smells power, is not going to do The authors of our Bill of I believe religious values are ment. That means, until for the admittedly, I have a big problem it. Rights and the people that voted not about rituals and symbols. first 80 years of our nation’s his - with religious leaders who make Instead, prepare for elections. This is evidenced by Tsipras’ for them were acutely aware of One of the most compelling tory under the Constitution exorbitant salaries, wear thou - announcements to members of his party, and the momentous the poisonous nature of state- Christians is St. Francis of Assisi. (1788-1868), states and munici - sand-dollar suits, and drive interview he gave to Reuters. sponsored religion. Many had He begged for alms every day palities were free to establish “of - around in luxury cars, without In a move reminiscent of... Andreas Papandreou, Tsipras been ousted from their European but gave away everything re - ficial” religions. And many states paying a penny in taxes. But if sought to reassure the moderate but weary Greeks he needs to homelands because they did not ceived, even when it was a size - did just that. In fact, “Greek Or - we do not exempt churches from win over, the authorities in Europe, and investors, that regard - conform to the state’s interpre - able gift from a prince. He thodox” might have been the of - paying taxes, then I think we less of what he said in the past, they have nothing to fear from tation of a particular religion. In promised to do so until all ficial religion in places like Asto - should not exempt other organi - his victory. The euro will stay and he will not make any unilat - recent times, my mother was hunger and poverty ceased to be. ria and Tarpon Springs – or zations whose existence is pri - eral moves. among the million and a half That’s quite a distance from seek - outright forbidden in other parts marily (at least in theory) chari - His promises aside, however, Tsipras does not take into ac - other Greeks driven out of Asia ing to place a crèche on a city of the country – were it not for table and altruistic – such as count whether the other want ...him, personally. Instead, he Minor due to their religion. hall lawn or insisting on tax ex - the Fourteenth Amendment, rat - March of Dimes, Red Cross, Save says he is a fresh face who can achieve more for the country Everywhere in the world today emptions. ified in 1868, which extended the Whales, etc. I have no prob - than what Samaras has been able to. That is a move that may where there is a state-endorsed any conditions applied to the fed - lem with strict regulations and reduce the pervasive distrust many feel towards him, and there - religion, social and political prob - SCAROS RESPONDS eral government to the states as oversight for any tax exempt or - fore increase his margin of victory. lems arise. Violent conflicts, such Dan, you present two excel - well. Therefore, since 1868, no ganization. Simply put: if you This question, however, will hound him: does he believe in as in the Middle East, may seem lent topics, and make compelling state (or local) government has want to be excused from paying the great turn he has now taken, or is he simply saying those distant from the display of a arguments for both, but to some the right to establish an official taxes, there are a whole bunch things in order to steal the votes of the citizens, so he can win Christian scene in small town extent, I take a different view. religion, either. The second part of hoops you have to jump the election and then implement those policies in which he re - America, but the same syndrome To your first point, whether or of that clause, however, one of - through. ally believes? is at play. not religious displays should be ten overlooked, is that the gov - One last point: suppose in a I also believe that making permitted on public property, I ernment does not have the right particular Christian-heavy com - church property tax-free violates think it depends on a number of to prohibit the free exercise of munity, kids at a local public ele - Mayor and Police the principle of separation of factors. First, whether the display religion, either. Therefore, if a mentary school create their church and state. The costs of in question is truly religious, or if public school, a courthouse, or “Happy Birthday Jesus” mural for police protection, firefighters, it is a secular symbol of a religious the Department of Motor Vehi - Christmas. If the same commu - The sight was unusual: the photographs seen around the and other public services do not holiday. The quintessential exam - cles chooses to put up a mural nity also has a Baha’i child, who world showed the mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, wipe a disappear. They are simply trans - ple of this is the Christmas tree depicting the nativity scene with wants to celebrate the Baha’i tear from his eye as he announced to reporters the cold-blooded ferred to the general public. This which, of course, has nothing to the words: “Jesus Christ, Son of New Year on March 21 with a murder of two police officers who were sitting in their squad tax gift applies to mass revivalist do with the religious aspects of God, is born,” alternative argu - display in the hallway, that child car. Protestant churches that are mul - the birth of Jesus Christ. And nei - ments can be made that the gov - should be afforded the same The emotion was certainly justified by the circumstances. timillion dollar enterprises, ther do Santa, Frosty, Rudolph, ernment is “respecting the estab - right. “Then we’re going to have Officer Wenjian Liu had just gotten married. Officer Rafael churches that use their tax-free or the Grinch. Those are the as - lishment of religion” and if that religious displays from 1000 dif - Ramos had a wife and a 13 year-old son. status that produce products pects of the Christmas that is wo - mural is banned, that the gov - ferent religions every day,” some The killer, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, said he decided to kill police such as wine, and religious ven into the fabric of American ernment is “prohibiting the free will argue. Not really. We’ll have officers in retaliation for the death of African-Americans shot groups that are landlords. I be - history and culture, regardless of exercise” or religion. Christianity for sure, possibly Ju - by police, specifically Eric Garner in Staten Island and Michael lieve the faithful should be re - whether its foundation is in reli - This is where nuances, such daism or Islam, and maybe a Brown in Ferguson, MO. sponsible for paying for their gion. The same holds true with as community standards, time- couple more. And those will only Before killing the officers, he shot his former girlfriend, who chosen houses of worship and all Thanksgiving Day which, after all, place-manner restrictions, and be in the big metropolitan areas lived in Baltimore. related costs. was thanks to God – thereby a concerns about any individuals – where school taxes are so ex - Shortly after killing the two New York policemen, Brinsley In Greece, the entire economy slap in the face to atheists. I have or groups that complain their orbitant to begin with, that staff committed suicide. Thus, whether the murder of the police of - is distorted by the vast tax-free no problem with displays of rights are being trampled upon should not bellyache about ficers was the sick expression of a ruined life or not, we will holdings of the Greek Orthodox Christmas trees and other secular are taken into consideration. putting up and taking down a never know. Church and various clerical priv - symbols in public schools and As for a tree and Santa with few oak tag posters and thumb - The tragic turn in relations between the police and African- ileges, including being on the other government buildings at the words “Merry Christmas,” my tacks. Americans, which triggered a series of demonstrations in New government payroll. Among Christmastime, or of turkeys and response to the complainers is: Merry Christmas, Dan! York and other cities, was made even worse by the unprece - many consequences are priests pilgrims around Thanksgiving Christmas is a religious holiday dented public clash between the mayor and the police. who once worked in Greece who time, either. intertwined with American cul - WHAT’S YOUR OPINION? This is a development that endangers the city’s sense of se - curity that was restored by Rudy Giuliani and was sustained under Mike Bloomberg, and which was the basis for one of the Observations By Antonis H. Diamataris most brilliant periods of its history. This achievement must not be jeopardized. The police seem to think that the mayor is not sufficiently What Samaras Should’ve Said That time for that speech passed long ago. the election of the president of the Republic supportive of their difficult work. And to express their discon - Here is what he didn’t say, but in the second round of voting, to the for - tent, on the night of December 20 – the day of the double mur - could’ve/should’ve said: mation of an emergency national unity gov - der – they turned their backs on Mayor de Blasio when he en - Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ an - “People of Greece! ernment, under my leadership, as the leader tered the lobby of the hospital. nouncement amid a deep crisis was too lit - “The concern in Eurozone countries of the party with the most votes in Parlia - Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch tle, too late. Moreover, it shows an isolated about the course of our economic and po - ment. said “there’s blood on many hands tonight. Those that incited man relying on the contributions of not- litical situation has already brought them “However, because above all we are talk - violence on the streets under the guise of protest that tried to too-wise colleagues. close to end of their patience – as I person - ing about the well-being of our country, and tear down what NYPD officers did every day. We tried to warn The announcement, though, did present ally just experienced by contacts in Brussels. because I do not want to give anyone the it must not go on, it cannot be tolerated. That blood on the a glimmer of hope: at last – thank God, we The belief that has formed among them, slightest excuse for not participating in the hands starts at City Hall in the office of the mayor.” Harsh say – he declared that it is time for national that they can live without us, if necessary – National Meeting, I declare that even this, words that transcend the limits of an old rivalry. unity. while the same is not true for us – led me the leadership of the government, will be Surely, no one can logically conclude that Mayor de Blasio Shortly after the announcement, though, to the decision to rethink my position radi - open to discussion. directly or indirectly supports those who seek retaliation against our hopes went up in smoke. cally. That is why I am making this an - “I stress categorically that I am not plac - the police force. As mayor, he represents the entire city and its The message was clear: the country will nouncement: the country is in dire need of ing any advance conditions on the meeting. various components. So, he cannot overlook the fact that a soon move toward elections in a poisoned unity and cooperation among its political All issues are to be discussed in a spirit of critical number of people are disappointed with the failure of atmosphere. He proposed cooperation forces. unity. That is what is required in the inter - the justice system to punish the police in the cases of Garner should be pursued after the presidential “In this context, I propose to call a Na - ests of the country and the nation. and Brown. elections...not now. That is when the coali - tional Meeting of all the party leaders start - “Ladies and gentlemen, we are living in What is needed, however, is peace and security in the city, tion government will be broadened, and ing with Alexis Tsipras, the leader of the critical times. We know that, and so do our harmony among all its groups. With appreciation and respect when the timing for parliamentary elections opposition, to decide together on the next creditors. Our neighbors also know it. for the officers who enforce law and order, but sensitivity also will be discussed…but under the same steps that must be taken. “That is why we have no other choice to those residents who feel unprotected by the system. prime minister. “I will reassure them that all issues are than national unity. Good suggestions, wrong time frame. open for discussion: from cooperation on “Long live Greece!” THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 25-31, 2014 VIEWPOINTS 13 The Ongoing Myth of a Post- Publishing the Torture Report is the Best Thing for U.S.

Racial Society in America The release of the Senate In - were it not indica - decades indicates you Google “Project P.O. Box telligence Committee Report on tive of an appalling that this argument 1142.” the torture of prisoners by an ignorance among holds no water. Tor - Which brings us to the fright - By Marguerite Gallorini so long ago. official agency of the United our politicians, not ture not only fails ening poll revealing that a ma - RACISM TOWARD GREEKS States provoked a howl of to speak of their to produce good in - jority of our fellow citizens ap - The American myth of a There was also a time where protest from the usual suspects. deep moral failings. formation but also prove of torture. In recent days “post-racial society” has gotten the Greeks of America were prey Unfortunately, a poll conducted Methods of torture does more damage I have had ample opportunity to several blows recently. After the to racism and harassment for by the Washington Post also in - have been public to us than it does to make my arguments to many deaths of Eric Garner in July their “Oriental” features and dicated that a small majority of knowledge for mil - the enemy. We tor - good people who had criticized and Michael Brown last August ways of living: back in the Americans approved of tortur - lennia. Many coun - tured innocent peo - the Report. When confronted and the controversial grand jury 1910s, at the time of the large ing prisoners. That should sad - tries have delighted ple who often lied with facts, they mostly retorted decisions relevant to both cases, wave of immigration from den us all. The “usual suspects” in torture for as just to stop the that given the savagery of what the African-American commu - Southeastern Europe on the one objected on the grounds that re - long as history by AMB. PATRICK N. pain. This created befell America on 9/11 they re - nity is angry, as it should be. hand, and from the rural slave leasing the report besmirches records. I have seen THEROS new and bitter en - ally did not care if innocents suf - The concerns raised by these re - American states on the other, America’s reputation and gives Mayan temple carv - emies. Avoiding fered along with the guilty or if cent events push, once again, Greeks and blacks had more in comfort to our enemies. Others ings eight centuries Special to torture of the inno - the information gotten was for a debate – and actions – common than one would think argued that it reveals methods old depicting The National Herald cent is possible only flawed. The torture satisfied about racism in America. today. of interrogation against which scenes not unlike if the torturers pre - their atavistic cry for revenge. A The reality is that the fate of Greeks back in the days were our enemies can prepare them - Abu Ghraib. Our soldiers suf - viously know that the detainee final point, those who practice all working class and middle not considered white, but selves. Those who made these fered torture as prisoners of war has the information. In that case torture may start out as normal class African-Americans is no swarthy if not black. The frus - arguments really protested for in World War II. (I suggest you they already have ninety percent human beings. Torture dehu - better than before: there is no tration borne out of the bigotry only one reason: they see the go see the new movie “Unbreak - of what they need and any de - manizes the torturer as much as proof of any advancement in they endured led some Greek- report as confirming that the able” or get the “Bridge Over cent interrogator can get the rest. his victim and numerous scien - mentalities and institutions of a Americans to found the AHEPA, Cheney Administration (with the River Kwai” from Netflix.) Successful interrogation re - tific studies conclude that prac - less racist society. Although the American Hellenic Educa - President Bush as a weak fig - We certainly knew everything quires trained operatives who ticing torture turns the practi - racism knows no rational fron - tional Progressive Association, urehead who could be talked there is to know about torture. can manipulate the subject psy - tioner into a sociopath. I fear tiers, it does prevail – at its ut - which could be considered the into anything) not only had In fact, we hired two so-called chologically and make him will - that public approval of torture most violence – in the lower equivalent of the black NAACP, bouts of megalomania informed physicians, who had written ing to reveal information that indicates the disease is conta - fringes of society, in which peo - the National Association for the by fanaticism and crippled by manuals on how to withstand he might not even tell his own gious. ple have no social power, nor Advancement of Colored Peo - incompetence, but may have torture, to design our own tor - mother. The classic example is The pragmatic argument that political representation. This is ple. Created in 1922, AHEPA had sociopaths in its leadership. ture chambers. the interrogation of German in - torture does not work and what recent events have shown. fought stereotypes and abuse of The idea that the report be - Cheney and his supporters telligence agents captured after causes great harm to our coun - This statement can actually Greek immigrants and Ameri - smirches America would be ris - claimed that torture works in landing from a U-Boat by U.S. try pales before the moral argu - extend to the whole of the work - cans of Hellenic descent, and ible were the subject not so dis - getting vital information. This ar - Army interrogators. The inter - ment. Practitioners and support - ing class, regardless of race. In - helped them assimilate into the graceful. The truth is that gument gained traction because rogators in fact were mostly ers of torture have Final deed, some say that the black American society. everyone knew that the United too many Americans watched TV German Jews who befriended Accountability. The Germans at community “makes” these Greeks were notably politi - States had subjected hundreds, shows that glorified torture and the Nazis and convinced them Nuremburg argued that they events racial because they’re cally and economically harassed if not thousands, to the eu - always led to a confession in the without coercion to reveal a were only obeying orders. We “just looking for a reason to riot by the Ku Klux Klan which, as is phemistically-named “enhanced last five minutes of the episode. treasure trove of information. correctly rejected that argu - and loot” – and fair enough, sta - too easily forgotten today, was methods” or turned them over All the evidence collected by the For those willing to take the ment. Even silence gives tacit tistics are not very revealing, the extensively powerful through - to other countries that we knew FBI and other U.S. agencies over time to learn more, I suggest approval to the sin. Orthodox factors and variables taken into out Northern America at that tortured their prisoners. Anyone Christians do not have that lux - account varying from one time. In 1990, the AHEPA and who argues that no one knew ury. We will each face our Maker the NAACP even worked hand about the torture either suffers before that Dreadful Judgment Greeks in the U.S. in hand in Georgia for a law from self-delusion or never Seat (To Fovero Vima) and each banning the wearing of masks opened a newspaper nor turned of us will have to give an ac - are now considered by KKK members, in order “to on the television to learn about count of what we did in these white, but used to protect the public from intimi - Abu Ghraib and “extraordinary dreadful times. dation and violence and to aid renditions.” The facts had al - be considered law enforcement officials in ap - ready disgraced America’s good The Hon. Ambassador Theros is swarthy, or black prehending criminals.” name. Releasing the report en - president of the U.S.-Qatar Greeks have now become ables us to rise from the gutter Business Council. He served in source to the other. But to go white and, although having into which our government had the U.S. Foreign Service for 36 further, we can also well say their little cultural eccentricities sunk us and prove that we are a years, mostly in the Middle that stop-and-search practices, (for those who like to exhibit democracy of laws and con - East, and was American Ambas - more targeting minorities, in - them), they are accepted and science and that we can trust sador to Qatar from 1995 to evitably show them more in considered as well-assimilated our people with the truth no 1998. He also directed the State records, since they are therefore in the American society. Race, matter how bad it may be. Department’s Counter- numerically higher from the as a concept, is social, and race Arguing that the report re - Terrorism Office, and holds nu - start in the variables – a long- evolves. Race as applied to vealed methods of torture merous U.S. Government deco - known problem making statis - African-Americans has also would be even more hilarious rations. tics to be treated with great evolved over time: there is no care. more slavery; laws for more pro - Here is a sad truth that sta - portionality have been enforced tistics could not explain more in schools and universities, and LETTER FROM ATHENS intelligently, as told to me by there is no more institutional - Nick, a young ex-NY policeman ized segregation as in the time who preferred not to divulge his of the Jim Crow laws. last name: “I decided to leave This does not mean that we A Pox on the Political Houses of Greece is Not Enough my job with the NYPD because are in a “post-racial” society, the department’s command was though – otherwise such re - going in a direction that I really forms would be useless. Blacks No matter how it plays out – economy. SYRIZA came to one of his 12 Members of Par - didn't agree with. The New York (and women) are still under - whether Prime Minister and Tsipras wants to power that there’d liament, former TV actor Pavlos Police Department has 40,000 paid, and black children do not New Democracy Capitalist revise the terms of be a run on the Haikalis, that an intermediary officers… it's huge… and I was have the same opportunities leader Antonis Samaras gets his the Troika memo - banks, essentially for the government first offered just a number in their system. from the beginning of their life hand-picked man and party VP randum, but is al - striking terror in him 700,000 euros and then “I felt like a lot of what they as white children, starting from Stavros Dimas elected Greek ready backing away the hearts of Greek two million euros to support Di - are doing violates the rights of school districts. Of course, the President – the sideshow spec - from his declaration workers, pension - mas. the people and I no longer felt same divide is true for working tacle that the process became that it would be his ers and the poor The coalition government like I was "protecting and serv - classes and higher classes re - brought ridicule and shame not way or the highway who’ve been pum - has only 155 votes between ing" the people of New York. I gardless of race – a concept not just on the petty politicians, but and that he’d walk meled for four them and it requires 200 in a felt like a storm trooper from addressed enough in our coun - yet again on a country still a away from the debt years while politi - first or second round to elect a Star Wars: we were doing noth - try, where indeed sometimes we punchline for economic ills unless the lenders cians, the rich and Greek President, a symbolic po - ing but abusing the citizens. I tend to blame racism too much around the world: “Is California buckled to him the by ANDY tax cheats have sition that is essentially power - was told to stop people at ran - and not enough social dispari - the new Greece?” way Samaras did to DABILIS largely escaped less and useless but threatens to dom and pat them down for ties. There’s so much blame to them. sacrifice and are bring down the government. weapons or drugs, especially mi - In any case, merely saying spread around that if you could The charges Special to drinking wine A third round, if it gets that norities, even if they did nothing that our society is “post-racial” make it mustard there’d be were flying between The National Herald from the skulls of far, lowers the threshold to 180 wrong. does not make it so – the very enough to cover every pastrami the two for weeks, austerity victims. but Samaras got only 160 for “I spoke to my Captain and fact that we feel the need to say sandwich at Katz’s Deli in New while Samaras fiddled and left Tsipras responded with rib - his man in the first round and my superiors about how it didn't it proves that it is still a concern. York – they serve up 780,000 reforms undone instead of bons of ridiculous counter-at - has been casting around for 20 feel right and I was just told ‘do This is an illusion reinforced by pounds a year – and still have wrapping them up so that tacks that portrayed Samaras as more, but at two million euros your job, or someone else will.’ the fact that the American pres - plenty left over for the corned Tsipras wouldn’t have enough the Troika’s lap dog and it was a vote New Democracy would It felt terrible leaving, but my ident is black, but does that beef and rye. ammunition to make a case getting so hot and heavy they have to come up with 40 million integrity as a person is more im - mean that the African-American Samaras made the miscalcu - against the government’s plan looked like Harpo and Chico euros if you believe this claptrap portant than any job I will ever community is better off than be - lation of waiting too long, until to speed a looming recovery. Marx playing catch with a base - from Kammenos. do. I used to feel like I was do - fore? Politics remain politics, his shaky coalition government Samaras, in scaremongering ball in Night at the Opera. The rest of the plot, with ing something good and no - Congress remains Congress, in - that includes the fast-fading PA - style unfitting a Premier, said if While this was going on, some Independent MPs essen - ble… America is changing, and terests remain interests, and a SOK Anti-Socialists, was em - Samaras spooked the markets, tially saying those who voted for it isn't good.” president remains a president, broiled in tough negotiations sending the Athens Stock Ex - Dimas were on the take, and We should not have had to with all its power and con - with the country’s international change plummeting, just what with the alleged middleman go as far as having murders to straints at the same time. Who - lenders, the Troika of the Euro - he said Tsipras would do, and if turning out to be a guy who re - see that the American police ever our president, whatever his pean Union-International Mon - the leaders of the Eurozone portedly worked for both New forces have a problem of dealing color, America remains a deeply etary Fund-European Central weren’t so mortified they would Democracy and ANEL and is with the population. It is by divided society, both socially Bank (EU-IMF-ECB) over 700 have found it funny what was shady enough to block out the looking away for too long that and racially. Let us just hope unfinished reforms and how to going on in Greece, where poli - sun, is more convoluted than such tragic events have been that no more murders will have close a three billion euro hole tics ranges from the ridiculous the plot of the Big Sleep that able to occur in our democracy to occur before we address these in the 2015 budget. to the more ridiculous. There is was so meandering even its au - – and by ignoring history. For issues wisely. That forced him to give up, no sublime here. thor, Raymond Chandler, didn’t racism is a social construct, and for now, his plan for an early But, this being Greece, there know what the hell was going as all social inventions and prac - Marguerite Gallorini is a free - exit from the harsh terms of two were more acts and they quickly on. That’s okay because no one tices, it can change through lance writer who has lived and bailouts of 240 billion euros turned surreal. Panos Kam - else here in Greece does either. time. Remember that black studied in Europe and in the ($306 billion) that the Troika menos, the chief of the tiny In - Early national elections, lynchings were happening not United States. demanded and left his flank dependent Greeks (ANEL), a which would likely see SYRIZA open for the major opposition party he formed after bolting win but have to form a coalition Coalition of the Looney Left from New Democracy, has been shakier than New Democracy- (SYRIZA) to exploit. dying to get at Samaras and PASOK, aren’t the answer for SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, jumped at the chance to back Greece but Tsipras can’t see it GUEST EDITORIALS who couldn’t run a hot dog SYRIZA’s attempt to block Di - and doesn’t care because he The National Herald welcomes manuscripts representing a variety of stand but wants to govern the mas. craves power more than the views for publication. They should include the writer’s name, address, country, wants to thwart the Kammenos, who could slide common good for the people he and telephone number, and be addressed to the Editor, The National election of Dimas and force off sandpaper, upped the ante professes to care about. Herald, 37-10 30th St., long island City, Ny 11101. They may also early national elections with when he backed a claim from But since all these people are polls showing enough Greeks shameless, it’s too bad the obvi - be e-mailed to [email protected]. we reserve the right have given up on Samaras and ous answer isn’t available to to edit any manuscripts that we publish, and we do not return or don’t believe his self-proclaimed Greeks at the polls – throw all otherwise acknowledge unpublished ones. Due to considerations of “success story” that they’d even Prime Minister Samaras and the bums out and start over. space we enforce a strict 850-word upper limit. prefer the Leftists, who don’t Opposition leader Tsipras, in have a clue what to do with the Parliament. [email protected] 14 THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 25-31, 2014

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