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Demetrios By Theodore Kalmoukos TNH Staff Writer

By Theodore Kalmoukos BOSTON, MA – The Greek- TNH Staff Writer American Community of Boston is deeply shaken, sorrowful, and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartho - certainly troubled by the deadly lomew, speaking from Constan - bombing at the Marathon’s fin - tinople, expressed for the first ish line on April 15. Business - time disappointment toward man Thanasis Haberis was very Archbishop Demetrios of Amer - close to the point that the sec - ica for not responding to a Pa - ond bomb exploded. Luckily, he triarchal invitation to send was not injured because just young men and women from minutes before the explosion he the Greek-American community had entered a restaurant with to participate in a conference his friends to have lunch. honoring one of Greece’s major “I can’t believe that they hit poets Konstantinos Cavafy, a na - the Marathon,” Haberis told tive of the city. TNH. He said that “I was there Bartholomew told the news - with some friends of mine just paper Apogevmatini of Constan - outside of the Abe & Louie’s tinople that “we desired and we restaurant watching the tried to achieve to have repre - Marathon. At some point we got sentatives from the Greek-Amer - hungry and went into the ican community, at least a few restaurant to have some lunch, children. AP Photo/EURoKINISSI so just minutes later, the first Unfortunately, no proper in - 29 Migrant Strawberry Pickers In Greece Shot and Wounded By Foreman over Pay Dispute explosion took place. Initially, I terest or enthusiasm was shown thought it was those steam ex - and thus we are deprived of the Unidentified migrant workers receive first aid at the Medical foreman opened fire on them with a shotgun, police said. The hausts from underground but joy to welcome the representa - Center of Varda, in Greece on Wednesday, April 17. Twenty- incident occurred near the village of Manolada about 160 miles 15 seconds later another explo - tives from the great Greek- nine migrant strawberry pickers, most of them from west of Athens. Greek officials are promising "swift and exem - sion just went off near us. We American community.” Bangladesh, were shot and wounded in a pay dispute after a plary" punishment for three strawberry plantation foremen. saw people running, bloody He added that “it would have men, women, and children. been good for our children from Panic, sirens went, off and blood America to see that there are was all around. We couldn’t not only memories in Constan - leave, there was no way to es - tinople, or a museum or rem - Boston Surgeon Velmahos Saved Marathon Victims cape. A friend managed to go nants from the past, but there across the street to the Man - is a live Greek Community that darin Hotel and he saw a human can organize conferences such By Theodore Kalmoukos injured patients and there was exploded in a low level or ap - he was not aware of any Greek- body part that probably belongs as this one.” TNH Staff Writer no problem at all.” parently it was placed on the American victims. to a small girl. People who had The patriarch read Cavafy’s He said that “we received 31 ground and its energy spread on Velmahos performed four been injured were trying to get noted work, Thermopylae, dur - BOSTON, MA – Greek-Ameri - patients in total out of which 12 the lower parts of the body and surgeries. He said that “the away. Also, injured people were ing the session of the conference can surgeon Dr. George C. of were admitted and stayed in that’s why we saw people with paramedics did an excellent job transported to the hospitals in at the Halki Theological School. Velmahos, Division Chief of the and the rest of them had sec - terrible injuries in the lags in assisting the injured. They ordinary cars and also in police He said that, “The poet’s descent trauma unit at the renowned ondary injuries. Thank God they which couldn’t be saved.” separated very correctly the sev - cars. We became so afraid and from Alexandria and Constan - Massachusetts General Hospital, were cared for a few hours and He also said that “unfortu - ered injured from the less criti - we departed headed towards tinople formed his ecumenical helped saved the lives of many were sent home.” He also said nately we had to amputate four cal and transported them di - the river because we feared of personality and his poetry.” wounded in the terrorist bomb - that “8 of those 12 had severe patients. There was no other rectly to the hospital. Five of the probable existence of more Bartholomew said that he be - ings at the Boston Marathon fin - injuries. They had major surg - way to because essentially their them required surgery immedi - bombs.” gan reading Cavafy as a student ish line that killed three people eries and were kept in the In - legs were hanging from some ately. So, five surgeons went Haberis praised the emer - – as Demetris Archontonis – and on April 15. tensive Care Unit.” skin and muscles.” He added: into five operating rooms and I gency personnel. He said still does today. Thirteen public In an interview with TNH, As far as the type of the in - “We were able to save the legs was coordinating the entire ef - “within five minutes all the re - and private schools with 150 Velmahos said that, “The MGH’s juries, he said “they were mostly of the rest of the patients.” He fort. I did one surgery and then spondents were there.” He also Trauma Center was completely injuries of the legs” and added said the age of the injured pa - Continued on page 6 ready to receive and treat the that “it seems that bomb was tients ranged from 28 to 71, and Continued on page 4 Continued on page 4 Calamos is Detroit’s Greek-Americans Beaming with Pride Greek Govt:

Cautiously By Constantine S. Sirigos Reforms, but TNH Staff Writer

Optimistic DETROIT, MI – The Greek- Tax Relief American communities of De - troit, MI and its environs gath - By Yannis Sophianou ered to celebrate Greek Planned,Too TNH Staff Writer Independence Day and their Hellenic heritage with a parade By Andy Dabilis ATHENS – John Calamos, the through downtown that culmi - TNH Staff Writer noted Greek-American money nated in a rally in historic Greek - manager and investor, is guard - town on April 14. ATHENS – Prime Minister An - edly optimistic about Greece. The Greek Consul Joanna tonis Samaras, confident that The chairman and chief execu - Efthymiadou kept a promise to Greece can begin to recover in tive officer of Calamos Invest - be in the city just north and 2014 as more international ments said questions remain re - across the Detroit river from loans are set to keep coming, main regarding Greece as a Canada for a historic weekend, said he will stick to harsh re - destination for international in - which included the grand open - forms in return but that he vestment when he spoke at a ing of the Hellenic Museum of wants to convince creditors to conference that is part of the Michigan that tells the story the lower the Value Added Tax Economist magazine’s Europe Hellenes who have been in the (VAT) from 23 to 15 percent Unbound conference series. area for more than 100 years. across the board. In a conversation with TNH, Metropolitan Nicholas and The tax is cutting deeply into he pointed out that although the organizers of the parade, the the ability of key sectors, such Greece is changing, it is happen - Detroit Greek Independence Day as restaurants and taverns as ing slowly and stressed the need Committee expressed their ap - part of the tourist business, to for the state to make important preciation for the ebullient stay alive and cut expected rev - changes,for it not to be so in - diplomat whose colleagues rep - enues despite a big hike as many trusive, and to implement the resented Greece at the parade Greeks buried under pay cuts, laws that have already been held the same day in Chicago. tax hikes, and slashed pensions passed. The marchers included chil - tNh/C. SIRIGoS have slowed spending almost to The conference was titled Not everyone in Detroit’s Greek Parade donned traditional costumes, but the ancient warrior a standstill. “Overcoming Stagnation: Re-ig - Continued on page 6 that preceded the contingent of the Pan-Macedonian Association USA won applause. With hopes that the tourism niting Greece’s Potential” and industry could rebound from a he participated on the panel that disappointing 2012 when peo - addressed the question of ple spooked by constant images whether faith can be restored in of protests, strikes, and riots Europe, the Eurozone, and Germans Ok Greeks’ Dream is Realized in Detroit stayed away in droves, Samaras Greece. is eager to hold down unrest He posed a series of critical and find ways to bring in busi - questions on the panel and to Euro Bailout DETROIT, MI – The Greek- peatable, it is who we are and ness and boost employment to the TNH. “My father was born American community of Detroit how we understand ourselves.” counter a record 27.2 percent in Greece; he went to the United For Cyprus celebrated both its heritage and He added: “That offering here jobless rate. States and lived the American its future at the Grand Opening in the United States has been A key, he admitted, is also re - dream of social mobility. We see of the Hellenic Museum of Michi - made even greater, because of forming a tax system that the middle class rising all By Andy Dabilis gan in Downtown Detroit on the freedom we enjoy in this changes often in the course of around the world. How can this TNH Staff Writer April 13. God-blessed country … these are the year and has allowed cheats be done here? How can we see Located across the street from our forebears. God bless them owing the country more than mobility and innovation? How Germany’s Parliament has the Detroit Institute of Art (DIA), and may they be remembered $70 billion to largely escape can we capitalize on opportuni - approved its country’s participa - the stately brick structure houses forever in His Kingdom.” while workers have borne the ties and refashion and re-allo - tion in a 10 billion euros ($13 the artifacts and stories of the And, he said, “To our chil - brunt. cate these vast resources we billion) international bailout of community and aims to share dren, who are here today, we ask He also has agreed to get rid have here? These are the things the collapsing Cypriot economy, “the richness of the Hellenic Her - that they will learn from every - of 11,000 civil servants, primar - we constantly examine as global but now the island country’s itage of the Greek community,” thing that we have done and ily those that are problem work - investors.” fractured Parliament will vote with its Detroit neighbors and to take us boldly into the future in ers and have failed to show up He added that “Greece has on the deal amid fears it could convey it to its children and God’s grace forever, amen.” to work, falsified their creden - be scuttled. grandchildren. Constantine Novotny sang the tials, or committed felonies, Continued on page 9 The rescue package from the Metropolitan Nicholas Most families’ records were American national anthem and even murder, and keep getting Troika of the European Union- presided over a blessing service, lost or broken long ago, but Nicolette Book followed with paid. International Monetary Fund- assisted by Fr. Nicholas Kyritzes seeing these at the Museum Greece’s before the Detroit “For each person that leaves, European Central Bank (EU- of St. John of Sterling Heights evoke memories of grandpar - Evzones participated in a flag- a new one will be hired through For subscription: IMF-ECB) comes with harsh and Fr. Michael Varlamos Kimisis ents, aunts, and uncles raising ceremony. a totally meritocratic process,” 718.784.5255 austerity measures and forced of St. Clair Shores. Ioanna singing and dancing. Museum President Ernest he said. “This is not the so-called [email protected] the government to confiscate up Efthymiadou, Consul General of Zachary welcomed the guests human sacrifice that some to 80 percent of bank accounts Greece traveled from Chicago for the people in the Museum’s his - and Richard Mayk was the MC claim. This is a marked improve - over 100,000 euros ($130,000) the auspicious event and read toric photos, saying, “It’s impor - for the evening that began with ment of our public sector and it and impose capital controls to the epistle. tant that our people have a his - the blessing and the ribbon-cut - is what Greek society is de - The Metropolitan urged the tory. We come from something Continued on page 9 guests to pay close attention to that is great, unique and unre - Continued on page 6 Continued on page 9 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 20-26, 2013

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n APRIL 19-21 April 29; $195 thereafter) and ASTORIA – The Hellenic Cultural Student Tickets are also avail - Center and the Mikrokosmos En - able for $155 with a valid stu - semble present a historical con - dent ID. cert “Rebetiko …To Perpetuity” spanning the history of classical n MAY 17 Rebetika from Smyrna …to ASTORIA –The Carnival of Love Pireaus …and the Blues of New Foundation presents the 6th An - Orleans with Grigoris Maninakis nual Carnival of Love® Benefit and the Mikrokosmos Ensemble. for Children with Cancer: AMA - Narration by Stelios Taketzis. Fri - ZONIA A Sublime Evening in an day, April 19 at 7:30 PM; Satur - Enchanted Forest. Friday, May day, Apr. 20 at 7:30PM; and Sun - 17 at 9pm $50 in advance, $60 day, Apr. 21 at 5PM at the at the door Join us for a night Hellenic Cultural Center, 27-09 amidst a spectacular Rainforest Crescent Str. in Astoria. 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For family and friends for “Pasta for info about the Foundation visit Pete.” There will also be a bake www.carnivaloflove.org. Tickets By Beverley MacDougal sale, raffle and tricky tray. Tick - can be purchased at http://car - Special to The National Herald ets will be sold prior to the event nivaloflovebenefit.eventbrite.com for $10. Sunday, April 21st from 1:00 - 7:00 PM at IUPAT D.C 711 n MAY 30 On April 10, a warm wind Local 1331, 9 Fadem Road in MANHATTAN – The Officers and blew in from Chicago to Van - Springfield. For tickets or to Directors of The Hellenic Amer - couver. It brought with it sunny make a direct donation email: ican Bankers Association Invite weather and ten dreamy and [email protected]. you to save the date for our mystical paintings by renowned 2013 Executive of the Year Chicago artist and philan - HARTFORD, CT – St. George Award Dinner In honor of Mr. thropist, Erika Spiropoulos. Greek Orthodox Cathedral pre - Brent Callinicos Vice President, Her art show took place at sents the Dr. James C. Rouman Treasurer & Chief Accountant, Simon Fraser University, Har - Lecture Series will feature An - Google Inc. Thursday, May 30. bour Centre and the theme was drew Walsh, PhD, Assistant Pro - 6PM Reception, 7PM Dinner at nautical. Eight haunting ships fessor, Trinity College, who will the Union League Club of New and two lighthouses graced the speak on the Monastic Move - York at 38 East 37th Street in harbor in Vancouver for all to ment in American Orthodoxy at Manhattan. see. Ted Spyropoulos accompa - the Cathedral’s Matthews Fel - nied his wife, Erika to Vancou - lowship Hall, 433 Fairfield Av - n MAY 31 – JUNE 22 ver as he has done through enue in Hartford on Sunday, Apr. TARPON SPRINGS, FL – The City many of her voyages. They are 21 at 5PM. For information call: of Tarpon Springs/Center for a family that has the ability to 860-956-7586. Gulf Coast Folklife is proud to give, and that is a lesson to all host Journey Stories. This Mu - of us. n APRIL 24 seum on Main Street (MoMS) ex - The Arts and Letters Com - Erika Spyropoulos, Artist, Golfo Tsakumis, co-President and Founder of Mahi Society. BROOKLYN – The 100th An - hibition was created by the mittee of the Stavros Niarchos niversary Lecture Series of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Foundation Centre organized pressed her gratitude to Erica ture is worth a thousand words are well-known in the United Sts. Constantine and Helen Exhibition Service (SITES). the event for Hellenic Studies, for her generosity to Greece dur - translated into the nautical States for their philanthropy to Cathedral, whose theme is “Be - Through grants from the Florida as part of the Centre’s outreach ing this time of need. theme of “Erika’s Voyages”. All various causes. They have now ing True to Stories – Inspired by Humanities Council, the Smith - program. In addition to its aca - The art show itself was a suc - ten were sold and according to extended their generosity to a the Life and Times of Sts. Con - sonian Institution has made the demic function, the Centre cess. The Vancouver audience John Craig, Dean of the Faculty Canadian organization that stantine and Helen and The exhibition available to a limited maintains an ongoing series of was transported by her ships of Arts and Social Sciences, for helps both humans and animals flourishing of Christianity during number of communities state - a variety of activities for the that captured a universal theme Simon Fraser University: “ A so - that are vulnerable and in need their time and our Time, offers wide. Journey Stories will be fea - general public that promote and a personal narrative to ciety is judged by how we care during today’s difficult times. its final presentation: Telling the tured at the City of Tarpon Greek issues and particularly the those who interacted with them. for the most vulnerable. Erika’s According to Nobel Laureate Story – Through the eyes of Springs’ Cultural Center from arts. One buyer commented that her Spyropoulos’ art is symbolic of Anatole France: women of the Holy Scriptures Apr. 11 through July 5. Hours are Students, faculty, and mem - life was reflected in a piece the journey we all take through “Until one has loved, an ani - and of the Early Church” by Dr. Monday - Friday, 9 AM to 4 PM. bers of the community at large called “Steady as She Goes.” life.” mal part of their soul remains Stamenka Antonova of Colum - Admission to the exhibit is free. were able to interact with the Truly the old adage that a pic - Erica and Ted Spyropoulos unawakened.” bia University after the 6PM Pre - Friday, May 31 – Xenitia: Journey artist. The Centre presented sanctified Liturgy on Wednesday, Songs of the Greek Diaspora. Erika’s oil paintings so that on Apr. 24. 65 Schermerhorn Street Songs about immigration, its dif - this occasion, philanthropy and in Brooklyn. 718-624-0595. ficulties, and the havoc it creates art came to the aid of Greece. in the lives of those who leave Erika has donated all of the n THRU APRIL 25 and those left behind, are a staple proceeds to charity. She has cho - MANHATTAN – SMYRNA FILM of the Greek musical repertoire. sen a Canadian based charity “ SCREENING EXTENDED TO Local and national musicians and Mahi Society,” which is devoted APRIL 25. Maria Iliou's docu - vocalists will take part. Saturday, to humanitarian needs in Greece mentary "Smyrna: The Destruc - June 22 –Journey Films. Many and Canada. The gift of all the tion of a Cosmopolitan City, documentary and fictional films proceeds from the art show is a 1900-1922" be shown through have effectively examined the im - tremendous boost to the orga - April 25 at the Quad Cinema, 34 migrant or migrant journey. We nization that has already sent a West 13th Street in Manhattan. will present, interpret, and dis - container to Greece to help Information at www.quadcin - cuss films that deal with locally those in need. According to ema.com. significant groups. What’s your Golfo Tsakumis, co-president journey story? 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PhotoS: tNh/CoStAS bEJ Hierarchs and clergy and parish officials pose with the recipients of the Archdiocese’s St. Paul The Grand Prospect Hall was the scene of the luncheon that topped the Homecoming Weekend medal including Efrosini Economakos, Nicholas Lambros, Katherine Vassilakos, Constantine celebrating 100 years of parish life at Sts. Constantine and Helen in Brooklyn. Vlahavas, Vasiliki (Betty) Xanthos, and Peter Yatrakis. 100 Years of Life and Love at Saints Constantine and Helen in Brooklyn

By Eleni Kalogeras ble for the success of the A. Fantis Apostolakos and Marjorie Bacas ing in exceptional Greek and the in the same manner, but insisted spoke about the Philoptochos school’s dance troupe delighted BROOKLYN – The parishioners the real test of leadership begins chapter and described the assis - the guests in the ornate ballroom. and friends of the Cathedral of now, and noted the importance tance it provided to the victims New York mayoral candidate Sts. Constantine and Helen in of the role played by the priest, of Hurricane Sandy in Staten Is - John Catsimatidis joined the cel - Brooklyn celebrated the 100th an - the school directors and the land and National Philoptochos ebration and noted that it is also niversary of the parish in an out - parish council. President Aphrodite Skeadas, was the 100th anniversary of the his pouring of joy and camaraderie The luncheon at the beauti - also present to acknowledge the father’s arrival in America, re - on April 14. The parish’s A. Fantis fully restored Grand Prospect chapter and its eight decades of minding the guests of their own School also marked its 50th year Hall, which began life as a fin de Philanthropic work. family histories as just one of the of excellence and dedication to siècle opera house was organized The principal of A. Fantis, Al - millions of Greek-American suc - Hellenism. by Tampakis and Peter Vlitas, co- ice B. Farkouh, spoke about the cess stories such celebrations re - The Divine Liturgy celebrated chairmen and past presidents of school and the success of its stu - mind. The events were partly un - by Archbishop Demetrios of the parish and Stelene Rogakos dents and the guests were also derwritten by Catsimatidis, the America and the luncheon that Argyriou, the Luncheon Coordi - greeted by the PTO president Makris, Coffinas, Alexandrou, and followed at the Grand Prospect nator. Anna Chrysostomou. Constantine Borelli Families, Marcella and Hall was the culmination of a The event’s Emcees were Athanitis, the Student Council John Volandes, and Investors three-day Homecoming Weekend Matthew Mirones, former State President, addressed the gather - Bank. that is just the beginning of a Elias Seremetis, President of the Sts. Constantine and Helen Assemblyman, and prior PC pres - year-long commemoration and Parish Council, flanked in foreground by Matthew Mirones and ident Irakles Argyriou. Demetrios appreciation of the sacrifices and Archbishop Demetrios at the Grand Prospect Hall. offered the invocation assisted by contributions of thousands Very Rev. Eugene Pappas, pastor through the years. That presence began in places gelos Kyriakopoulos, and local of Brooklyn’s Church of the Three The beautiful Byzantine-style like Brooklyn, where immigrants public servants, including State Hierarchs. sanctuary has survived three fires that arrived in the 1890s clung Assemblywoman Nicole Mallio - The national anthems were through the faith, energy, and to their faith through services led takis and State Senator Martin sung by the A. Fantis students ac - generosity of the parishioners. by non-Greek Orthodox clergy in Golden. companied by Selestina They also welcomed with open homes and other venues. The pi - One of the day’s highlights Ivancheva on piano, and Vlitas arms the parish of St. Nicholas, oneers of what became St. Con - was the presentation of the Arch - presented a history of the com - whose own church at Ground stantine and Helen successfully diocese’s St. Paul medal to six munity. Attorney Theodore Zero was destroyed in the 9/11 petitioned the Church of Greece parishioners who have served the Pavlounis, the president of Brook - attacks. for right to establish a parish in beloved “St. Connies” for more lyn’s AHEPA Chapter 41, also Fr. John Romas, the pastor of 1913. than 50 years: Efrosini Econo - spoke about the community’s St. Nicholas, joins in celebrating The Cathedral’s leaders, in - makos, Nicholas Lambros, Kather - achievements. liturgies with Fr. John Lardas, the cluding Parish Council President ine Vassilakos, Constantine Vla - Representing the parish GOYA, Dean of the Cathedral. Elias Seremetis and vice presi - havas, Vasiliki (Betty) Xanthos, Diana Rogakos presented the The archbishop spoke about dents Dimitrios Tampakis and Pe - and Peter Yatrakis. Tambakis was Archbishop with a commemora - the reconstruction of the beloved ter Vlitas, and the heads of the also honored for his 30 years of tive Sts. Constantine and Helen church in Lower Manhattan and parish organizations and schools service and leadership. GOYA sports shirt. Evangelia noted that eventually 200,000 per are committed to making the next Archbishop Demetrios de - day will see the Church on their 100 years even more remarkable clared it “a most beautiful cele - way to work or to the nearby than the first. They were joined bration! A community does not 9/11 memorial, opening a new in Sunday’s celebrations by endure 100 years by accident it chapter in the history of the Greek Cypriot Consul General Koula shows endurance and dedica - Orthodox presence in America. Sophianou, Greece’s Consul Evan - tion.” He praised those responsi - Troop 63 Very Special to Brooklyn Parish

By Constantine S. Sirigos preside over Great Vespers on bers and leaders of the parish.” TNH Staff Writer that evening, and Calivas was He said Calivas, who was the one of the troop’s founders, pastor from 1956 to 1968 and BROOKLYN – The Cathedral of along with longtime scoutmas - later served the Church as the Sts. Constantine and Helen in ter Bill Litras. Dean of the Holy Cross Scholl Brooklyn (aka “St. Connie’s) The Troop 63 reunion was of Theology in Brookline, MA chose to mark the beginning of spearheaded by Jim Maroosis and and Scoutmaster Bill Litras were its year-long celebration of 100 Andy Yiannakos with the help of the early pillars of the troop. years of parish life with a Home - and Dino Vassilakos, Dean The highlights will include a coming Weekend. After that de - Rasinya, James Athanasatos, sermon by Calivas on a scouting cision, it was only a matter of Steven Mirones, Harry Paloumbis, theme, and there will also be a time before someone would re - John Frangoulis, and Gus Bacas. memorial service for Nicholas alize it would be great to have Maroosis told TNH “The Gardelis, a troop member who a reunion of the members of the Philoptochos graciously upgrade was killed in Vietnam in 1970. parish’s Boy Scout Troop 63 on of our planned humble Lenten Calivas told TNH that it was April 13. meal to a wonderful, classy a very exciting time for the The timing could not have meal,” which he said will also parish and its leaders supported been better because the parish be the occasion “for honoring the effort to bring its youth to - also invited one of its most Father Calivas and Bill Litras for gether through the establish - beloved and revered pastors, what they gave us 50 years ago ment of a troop. He himself was Rev. Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas, to and to thank the current mem - a Boy Scout at the Church of St. Spyridon in Washington Heights and knew the value of scouting firsthand. “It an opportunity to young people to learn to work together and to understand they need to help one another. It was an im - portant part of growing up.” He said boys “learn how to plug into one another’s talents, how to respect leadership, and how to how to become a leader.” Calivas said the beauty of a parish troop is that a priest can intertwine some of the things that the Boy Scouts stand for with the Faith, and give the ex - perience the stamp of the Or - thodox Church by interpreting the values and principles of scouting “from the perspective of our own theology.” “Troop 63 was a special part of growing up at St. Connie’s. For Maroosis and his fellow scouts, “it was the spiritual gate - way to Orthodoxy. I equate Troop 63, the Sunday school program, playing GOYA basket - ball and being an altar boy.” His Boy Scout experience came during a time when the Greek-American community as a whole was going through mul - tiple transitions and American society was in ferment. In Troop Greek Diner Manager Puts Hit on Uncle 63, “Orthodoxy was working with us to become better human CLIFTON, NJ (From the Newark Star Ledger) – State Police beings. We were learning to foiled a murder-for-hire plot involving the manager of the work with what was happening famed Tick Tock Diner in Clifton. Georgios Spyropoulos, 45, around us in a way that the the manager, was trying to place a hit on his 57-year-old uncle ideals of Orthodoxy and Amer - Alexandros Sgourdos. “He was motivated by greed,” Attorney ica could be strengthened in us. General Jeffrey Chiesa said at a press conference. “Spyropoulos We learned roles and skills allegedly planned in great detail how he would have his uncle needed to live well in the world tortured, robbed, and murdered…” as an Orthodox Christians.” 4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 20-26, 2013 Boston's Greek-Americans Talk about the Deadly Marathon Bombings

Continued from page 1 said that “we couldn’t make any phone calls because the Author - ities had neutralized all the cell signals.” George Chryssis, President of Boston’s Benjamin Franklin In - stitute of Technology, was stand - ing at the bombing site watch - ing the Marathon because his daughter-in-law Lindsay and his niece Nasrin Lynn were both running. Chryssis said “I was standing with my wife Margo and my son Alex at the finish line and when the girls finished their run we departed we gotten into the car to leave when the explosion took place. The girls began cry - ing when we learned what had happened because after all marathon is a sport of peace and ABOVE (L-R): George Chryssis, President of Boston’s Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, altruism.” businessman Thanasis Haberis, Eleni Vidalis, former president of the Federation of the Hellenic- Chryssis closed his college on American Societies of New England, founder and CEO of KCR Refrigeration Company Andreas Kar - Tuesday out of respect to the pouzis and his wife Themis. RIGHT: Rev. N. Kastanas from St. Athanasios parish in Arlington. victims but also because the school is located near the area the finish line because the traffic sand dollars. Nikias had just fin - one of those canons that fire that the bombing occurred. was terrible on Monday in ished and we had gone little fur - during historic anniversaries. Emmanuel Stephanakis of Boston. My son Nikias had come ther down when we heard a When the second explosion fol - Cambridge was a short distance from New York where he works strong explosion and a cloud of lowed seconds later I realized away from the site. He told TNH to run at the marathon for char - white smoke covered the area. that it was something serious that “I had ridden my bicycle to ity purposes, he raised five thou - Initially, I thought that it was because as development consul - tant I have traveled everywhere in the world and in Middle east counties and also in Greece dur - ing the time of November 17 terrorist group and I was used to that kind of atmosphere, so I thought immediately it was a bomb and we left right away from the area, we were lucky.” Eleni Vidalis, former presi - can who had been injured. “we were on the other side of dent of the Federation of the Rev. Nicholas Kastanas from the city but we had difficulty Hellenic-American Societies of St. Athanasios parish in Arling - leaving the city because all the New England said “it was the ton said “I was planning to be streets were closed.” He also second time that I didn’t go to at the finish line because two of said “it was tragic: ambulances the Marathon” and she noted my parishioners were running: full of injured people were pass - that “what happened was an un - Maria Zevitas Mullen and Nikias ing us, also many police cars. It explained tragedy which is be - Stephanakis, but I had an emer - was a panic situation.” yond any description. It is trou - gency pastoral call to visit some - Dr. Maria Koulmanda said “I bling because it happened in our one at the hospital.” Kastanas didn’t know initially what had neighborhood.” Vidalis, born also said “Nikias had finished happened, but short time later I and raised in Boston, said “it the race a few minutes before received a message from the was the first time that some - the explosion, but the authori - hospital. It was terrible, unbe - thing of this occurred in Boston. ties stopped Maria about 20 lievable, many streets were I remember shortly after 9/11 minutes before the finish line.” closed.” some four or five water pipes Founder and CEO of KCR Re - Demetris Bichikas, a long - had burst and half of Boston frigeration Company Andreas time Boston employee said “it’s had closed down, but it was Karpouzis and his wife Themis a tragic day for Boston” and he only a coincidence.” Vidalis was - were in Boston at the time of wasn’t aware of any Greek- n’t aware of any Greek-Ameri - the explosion. Karpouzis said American among the injured. Greek-American Injured in Marathon Bombing Sunshine and Hellenic Pride Grace Chicago Greek Parade The smiles and enthusiasm of the community’s youth convey the spirit of the ties between By Theodore Kalmoukos Greece and the United States as much as the flags blowing in the Windy City. TNH Staff Writer

BOSTON, MA – A third genera - tion Greek-American, Nicholas Yanni, and his wife, Lee Ann, were among the injured in the terrorist attack on April 15 at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, and they were both treated at the Boston-area hos - pital. Yianni, who was discharged after two days spoke to TNH from his wife’s room. She re - mains hospitalized and is sched - uled for surgery. He said that “she is doing well.” Yianni said “my great grand - father came from Greece. We moved to Boston seven months ago from Orlando [FL]. We had Greek-American, Nicholas Yanni was among the injured in the gone to the Marathon’s finish terrorist attack at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. line because a friend of ours was running. We were standing of shrapnel.” He followed her limbs, so I’m very fortunate, and about ten feet away from the into a store to make a tourni - I wish everybody else the best.” first explosion, and all of a sud - quet out of a shirt. He left the Yianni somehow became sep - den, it was like a cannon went store to inspect their friends for arated from his wife when off, and honest to God, at first, injuries when he rushed to the emergency personnel quickly re - I didn’t think anything of it.” He aid of another woman that had moved the uninjured from the said that “I thought the noise collapsed. He said “there were area. When he spotted her being might have been fireworks. I people all over, trying to help escorted to safety, he was al - look back, and I saw a cloud of out.” lowed to join her in an ambu - smoke, and I realized that some - Yanni sustained a pierced lance. “Of course, in my mind, thing was going on.” eardrum but his wife suffered a I’m trying to be calm for her, but He also said that “I didn’t re - shattered fibula. “She will be ok, I’m freaking out,” he said. alize how close we were until she is going to be in rehab” he Yianni recalled that “every - we were seeing it on the news, said in low, tired voice. body around us got hit” and he it was very close.” He said “I was very fortu - concluded: He said that “panic followed. nate. There are people who “I am sorry, I don’t have any My wife had been hit by a piece have lost their lives, or have lost more strength to talk.” Velmahos Saved Marathon’s Victims

$ 34,99 Continued from page 1 care unit, or more testing.” He said that “all this has to be done I went to all four to offer my extremely quickly because we MARIKA MITSOTAKI Recipes of love help, so I got involved in four say in the trauma field that time surgeries.” is counted by the seconds not marika mitsotaki, wife, mother and cook extraordinaire, serves up a lifetime of Velmahos said “they weren’t by the minutes or hours, every - memories: about her mother and mentor in things culinary; about her meeting more difficult than what we see thing has to be done immedi - Kostas mitsotakis, their courtship, marriage and the arrival of their four children; on an average day. We are ately.” about the difficult years of the dictatorship in Greece, the family’s self exile to trauma surgeons and we are Velmahos had dealt with se - Paris and their eventual return to the parental house in Crete. moreover, the used to seeing complex traumas rious cases of mass injuries and turbulent as well as exciting mosaic of her life as spouse of one of the country’s and big bleedings. But it isn’t destructions as a result of bus long-serving statesmen is directly connected to important events of Greece’s usual for seven or eight people accidents “but never these type recent history. all at once to come in for of cases resulting from terrorist but there is more. As food, eating and family lunches and dinners are a constant surgery.” attacks.” point of reference for the mitsotakis family –as well as any family- this unique He added that “except for the His wife, Irene, is also a doc - trauma group which responded tor of gynecology and a profes - book fittingly offers another taste of history: the traditional recipes of “kyria immediately doctors of other sor at Harvard and they are the marika”. yours to try and enjoy not only as part of authentic Greek culture, fields and specializations came parents of three children, the but also as the perfect –mot to mention delicious- excuse that gathered the to help.” Velmahos explained oldest daughter a student at mitsotakis family around the table and kept it united. that “we have a Trauma System Boston University, a son in High in place, but we also have a Sys - School and the youngest daugh - tem of Mass Destruction and we ter in Middle School. THE NATIONAL HERALD BOOKSTORE test those Systems continuously Dr. George C. Velmahos of the Velmahos was born in Athens NAtIoNAl hERAlD, INC. 37-10 30th Street, l.I.C., N.y. 11101-2614 in practice but also in drill tests Massachusetts General Hospi - but his father comes from Kala - tel.: (718) 784-5255, Fax: (718) 472-0510, E-mail: [email protected] in order to be ready. tal trauma unit in Boston. mata and his mother from the by check or credit card: VISA | mAStERCARD | AmERICAN EXPRESS | DISCoVER “As soon the patient arrives island of Crete. He was gradu -     or when we get the alert from the blood center in case we ated from the medical school of CARD No: ------EXP. DAtE: ------the ambulance that they are on need to do blood transfusion, the University of Athens, went their way with the press of a the operating rooms, everything to South Africa for training in NAmE: ------Ε-mAIl: ------switch the entire system is mo - is ready. We evaluate the patient the Trauma field because it has ADDRESS: ------CIty: ------StAtE: ------ΖΙΡ: ------bilized: the surgeon, the anes - in the emergency room and we a major unit, then spent ten tEl.: ------CEll: ------No. oF CoPIES: ------thesiologist, the image actinog - decide if he needs surgery, or years in Los Angeles and in raphy, the intensive care unit, admittance into the intensive 2004 he came to Boston. THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 20-26, 2013 COMMUNITY 5 Tsunis, et al. to Give $3 Million to Stony Brook’s Hellenic Studies Dept.

STONY BROOK, NY (PR Alex Karloutsos. Fr. Karloutsos is is fulfilling our vision and signif - New York system, Stony Brook Newswire) – Stony Brook Uni - a priest of the Greek Orthodox icantly contributing to the reju - University encompasses 200 versity received a total of $3 mil - Church in New York City who venation of the humanities and buildings on 1,450 acres. Since lion in donations to enhance represents the archbishop to the the arts. We are so very grateful welcoming its first incoming course offerings in Greek lan - White House and Congress. De - for his generosity because we can class in 1957, the University has guage and culture, with the im - mocratic Party Leader Nancy develop a truly interdisciplinary grown tremendously, now with mediate goal of creating curric - Pelosi applauded the news of Tsu - program that will attract an out - more than 24,000 students and ula leading to a baccalaureate nis' gift to Stony Brook. standing scholar and promote 2,200 faculty. Its membership in degree and graduate program. "The bonds between the the study of language, culture, the prestigious Association of The gift, which includes $1.25 United States and Greece date history, philosophy, the arts, and American Universities (AAU) million gift from George Tsunis, back to our country's founding, more. It will create synergies places Stony Brook among the $500,000 from members of the inspired by the ideals of democ - with other centers already in top 62 research institutions in Long Island and New York Hel - racy first born in Greece and ad - place at Stony Brook while also North America. U.S. News & lenic Community, and matching vanced on our shores - and becoming a shining beacon of World Report ranks Stony Brook funds from the Simons Founda - George's generosity and leader - the Greek heart and the influ - among the top 40 public univer - tion, will establish the George ship, dedication to our values ence Hellenism had and still has sities in the nation and Kiplinger and Olga Tsunis Center in Hel - and commitment to our coun - on today's world." named it the 22nd best value in lenic Studies and The James and tries' shared heritage continue to "We are honored and hum - public colleges for in-state stu - Eleni Tsunis Chair in Hellenic strengthen those ties," Pelosi bled by the generosity of George dents and 9th for out-of-state Studies at Stony Brook Univer - said. "The James and Eleni Tsu - and Olga Tsunis," said Dr. students . One of four University sity, in honor of Tsunis' parents. nis Chair in Hellenic Studies at Olga and George Tsunis’ gifts will establish and name the Cen - Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D., pres - Center campuses in the SUNY Tsunis is a Long Island resi - Stony Brook will serve as a ter in Hellenic Studies at Stony Brook U. and the James and ident of Stony Brook University. system, Stony Brook University dent and the founder, chairman, source of pride for the Greek- Eleni Tsunis Chair in honor of Tsunis' parents. "The Greek influence is every - co-manages Brookhaven Na - and chief executive officer of American community, as a reflec - where in modern society - from tional Laboratory, putting it in Chartwell Hotels, LLC, which tion of George's work, and as a inspired them to lend their name everything. They always thought philosophy to medicine to archi - an elite group of universities that owns, develops and manages fitting tribute to all those who, to the George & Olga Tsunis Cen - of it as the 'great equalizer,'" Tsu - tecture to the arts. By establish - run federal research and devel - Hilton, Marriott, and Interconti - like George's parents, reached ter for Hellenic Studies at Stony nis said, recalling another piece ing a center to study and cele - opment laboratories. As the nental hotels throughout the our country and realized the Brook, Tsunis explained, because of his father's wisdom: "You owe brate Hellenism and by helping largest single-site employer on Northeast and Middle Atlantic. American Dream." they hope it might help create a your life to your mother, and you us attract a world-class scholar, Long Island, Stony Brook is a dri - Tsunis, who also serves as a Mr. Tsunis and his wife Olga model for Center of Hellenism owe the fact that you lead an en - Mr. and Mrs. Tsunis are giving ving force of the regional econ - member of the Greek Orthodox have made several substantial across the country. lightened life to your teachers." us the tools to examine and solve omy, with an annual economic Archdiocesan Council of the philanthropic gifts at different in - The James & Eleni Tsunis "This is truly a transforma - modern day challenges and in - impact of $4.65 billion, generat - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of stitutions, but this is the first time Chair in Hellenic Studies honors tional gift," remarked Stony spire generations of students, ing nearly 60,000 jobs, and ac - the United States and is a mem - they have put their names on an George Tsunis's parents, Greek Brook Provost Dennis Assanis, faculty, and members of our local counts for nearly 4% of all eco - ber of its Faith Endowment, was endowment. They both ex - immigrants who Tsunis says also of Greek descent. "By en - and global communities." nomic activity in Nassau and introduced to the idea of support - pressed admiration for Jim and came to the United States in abling us to establish a center ABOUT STONY BROOK Suffolk counties, and roughly 7.5 ing Stony Brook's Hellenic Stud - Marilyn Simons' generosity and search of the American dream. and a chair in Hellenic studies UNIVERSITY percent of total jobs in Suffolk ies center by his friend, Father leadership at Stony Brook, which "To my parents, education was here at Stony Brook, Mr. Tsunis Part of the State University of County. Connected through Time: Greek- & African-Americans Unite in Baltimore

By Zach Winters For Congressman Elijah Cum - explained how it applies in this the 150th year of the emancipa - Special to The National Herald mings, the ties between Greek- evening’s reception. tion proclamation, 100 years and African- Americans is built The evening’s commemora - from the death of Harriet Tub - BALTIMORE, MD – In 1965 at on a shared sense of empathy, tion of the inspired relationship man and the birth of Rosa Parks, the political and emotional height and acting upon this empathy is between the African-American and 50 years since the march on of the American Civil Rights the key to a bright future for both and Greek-American communi - Washington. The Order of AHEPA Movement, Dr. Martin Luther parties. ties arose from Sarbanes' Hel - will organize several other com - King Jr. issued a call for bravery “This is the way to advance lenism in the Public Service ini - memorations like the one in Bal - with the march on Selma. His call the race,” he says passionately to tiative, and was given great timore this year throughout the was answered by a Greek, Arch - a captivated and engaged audi - impetus when TNH published a country.” bishop Iakovos, one of the few ence. “By working together. Our commentary by Andreas Akaras, There will always be calls to prominent non African-American histories have been intertwined, "When Philotimo Stood With action voiced by great men like clergymen with the courage to and our destinies have been mar - African-Americans." Through Dr. King, and it is hoped that walk hand in hand with Dr. King ried together. This is a special re - these efforts, the Johns Hopkins there will always be men like on his momentous march. Their lationship that did not start in Hellenic Association answered Archbishop Iakovos willing to re - historic bond was captured on this generation – it started in the the call to public service and or - spond, for without reciprocity, the cover of LIFE Magazine on past, and it will continue into the ganized the evening's presenta - one man’s greatness can only do March 26th, 1965. future.” tion. so much. Perhaps it is said best 48 years later the Johns Hop - Andreas Akaras, Senior Advi - Akaras also noted that “2015 by an African proverb Congress - kins University Hellenic Associa - (L-R) Baltimore Dep. Mayor Kaliope Parthemos, George sor to Rep. John Sarbanes, was will mark 50 years since the man Cummings had the insight tion commemorated this timeless Petrocheilos and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake at event the last person to speak and he march on Selma, which will offer to quote: “If you want to go fast, cultural bond with the first ever hosted by the Johns Hopkins Univ. Hellenic Association. gave the historical background of a great opportunity for our com - go by yourself. If you want to go Greek and African-American Re - the two communities. Although munity to join African-Americans far, go together.” ception, held at The Reginald F. Rawlings-Blake now says many concrete evidence of the historic his remarks were brief, he em - in commemorating that struggle Lewis Museum of African-Amer - years later, “and we are exhibit and cultural turns of the future. phasized on the idea of Greek for full liberties.” Additional reporting by TNH ican History and Culture. The sto - A. Our history is a shared history “Look at history,” he says. philotimo – love of honor – and He added that “2013 marks staff. ried setting of this downtown – and what I think is a shared fu - “Every ethnicity takes a turn at Baltimore Museum seemed the ture.” being the minority of interest. perfect location to honor an eth - Aris Melissaratos, Senior Ad - Every ethnic group works hard nic connection that has endured viser to the Johns Hopkins Presi - to overcome the obstacles invari - through time. dent and Former Secretary of ably put in its way. You come to “This is the story that muse - Business and Economic Develop - this country and your people start ums exist to tell,” says Dr. Skipp ment in Maryland as well as a as dishwashers, then waiters, Sanders, Museum Director, and former top executive with West - then they own restaurants. And former Deputy Superintendent of inghouse, says we need only to soon they’re becoming lawyers Schools. look at patterns in the past to see and doctors.” It is particularly fitting that upon entering the museum one of the first things to greet mu - seum visitors are the names The HAPA Executive committee invites you to join us on May 21th2013 at 6:00PM for Georgia and Peter Angelos, the 14th Annual meeting of HAPA at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis. HAPA is fea - whose generous contribution years ago made the museum a turing two very special scientific presentations. Emmanuel Cassimatis MD, DFAPA, reality. Professor of Psychiatry, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, USUHS, President and Honored guests included for - mer Senator Paul Sarbanes, Lt. CEO President and CEO, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Governor of Maryland Anthony (ECFMG); Chair, Board of Directors, Foundation for Advancement of International Brown, Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Con - Medical Education and Research (FAIMER), will speak on “Improving the quality of gressman John P. Sarbanes, Con - www.GreekKitchennyc.com gressman Elijah E. Cummings, medical education worldwide: The contributions of ECFMG and FAIMER” . This is Deputy Mayor of Baltimore City a very timely and extremely relevant during this time of change. In addition, we are Kaliope Parthemos, Baltimore Po - lice Department Commissioner honored to have a presentation by Iannis Zervas, MD, Associate Professor of Psychia - Anthony W. Batts. try, Athens University Medical School and Chief of Women’s Mental Health & Perinatal A host of other distinguished names of the state’s business & Psychiatric Clinic, Eginition Hospital, Athens Greece present on the work of his group civic leaders were also present at the Eginition Hospital: “The first ten years”. including Brown Capital Manage - ment Chairman & CEO Eddie C. Brown, Former Westinghouse The Hellenic American Psychiatric Association (HAPA) is the ONLY Hellenic psychi - Corp. executive Aris Melissaratos, developer Theo C. Rogers, Presi - atric group in the APA promoting communication and addressing vital issues of inter - dent of Morgan State University est to psychiatrists living in the US, Greece and in the Greek Diaspora. The Association Dr. David Wilson, President of Verizon (Mid-Atlantic) Anthony meets annually on Tuesday evening at 6:00PM during the APA annual meeting. The Lewis, Dean of the University of executive committee of HAPA meets monthly via teleconference. All of HAPA business Maryland School of Medicine Dr. Albert Reece, Adcor Industries is on a volunteer basis mainly via the net. Currently, HAPA is in the process of estab - President Jimmy Stavrakis , lishing a foundation to fulfill its mission and advance its scientific and professional Michael Cryor of the Cryor Group, and DLA Piper attorneys POCKET-LESS goals including the possibility of funding a post graduate fellowship to aspiring recent Thomas Prevas and Guy Flynn. Greek or US graduate psychiatrists to further their professional development in special The event was orchestrated by the evening’s host, George PITA BREAD areas either in Greece or US. Petrocheilos, President of the Johns Hopkins Hellenic Associa - tion. Kontos Foods The HAPA business meeting follows the scientific presentation. A Dutch treat dinner at After a cocktail reception a gourmet restaurant with local flavors wraps up the evening in a relaxed enjoyable catered by Act Class Catering, the The Leading Company in Flat Breads mass of dignitaries gathered atmosphere. This year the HAPA Dutch treat dinner will be at 8:30PM at the famous round to give speeches and delve Well known for the Pocket-Less Pita into the true nature of the Greek KOKKARI ESTIATORIO in the heart of the Financial District of San Francisco. The and African American bond. manufacturers of Authentic Ethnic HAPA annual meetings are exciting opportunities to see good friends, network, dis - “It’s a legacy of solidarity,” hand Stretched Flat bread. says Congressman John Sarbanes Kontos the first family in fillo dough and fillo products. cover new friends and share cultural and professional experiences. Greek American powerfully to the diverse room. psychiatrists need a home in the APA and HAPA is fulfilling that need. Join HAPA, or “It’s a legacy of solidarity leading FIllo KAtAIFI, bAKlAVA, SPANAKoPItA, tyRoPItA up to today, and this day is some - NUt Roll, mElomAKARoNA re-join HAPA. Become part of the growth of the only Hellenic psychiatric professional thing to build on and form a tra - and the tRADItIoNAl mEDItERRANEAN DESSERtS. organization in the APA & the US. dition around.” “Our history is a shared his - Excellent quality and service. tory,” comments Mayor We distribute in USA and Canada. We urge you to join us in San Francisco by paying your HAPA membership dues (Gen - Stephanie Rawlings-Blake im - Special prices for communities, schools, churches pressively as she stands beside eral Members $52.00, $27.00 for Members-in-Training) at the HAPA website by credit festivals and other events her Deputy Mayor and longtime card thru PayPal: http://hellenic-psych.org. Reservations for the dinner are necessary friend Kaliope Parthemos at the podium. The two met in the sixth & seats are limited. Email: [email protected] to reserve your seat for the dinner. grade at a magnet school when See you in San Francisco, a young Mayor Rawlings-Blake was intrigued enough by Deputy Kontos Foods, Inc Katina Matthews-Ferrari, MD, HAPA President 2011-2014 Mayor Parthemos’ traditional b Greek lunch to go over to the lat - box 628, Paterson, NJ 07544 Maria T. Lymberis, MD, HAPA Founder & Past President ter’s lonely table and strike up a tel.: (973) 278-2800 Fax: (973) 278-7943 Kontos.com

conversation. “The cultural rela - a tionship speaks for itself,” Mayor 6 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 20-26, 2013

LEFT: The Greek flag will fly permanently across the street from the Detroit Art Institute, re - RIGHT: For some museum visitors the everyday items on display constitute an education, for minding the latter’s visitors the nation that filled the world’s museums lives on. CENTER & others they evoke flashbacks. Detroit Greeks’ Dream Realized with Establishment of Hellenic Museum

Continued from page 1 do to maintain the bonds be - The award recipients also in - tet led by Kypros Markou, the heritage. Nicholas the moment he arrived tween the community and cluded Gust and Zoel Anton and director of Orchestra Studies at THE DREAMS OF PIONEERS there in 1999. The Metropolitan ting ceremony and continued Greece.” Ted Gatzaros, who were honored Wayne state, played Byzantine Angie Bournias, who served told TNH, “We are stronger with the annual awards cere - The speakers and award re - posthumously with awards pre - adaptations in the auditorium. on the organizing committee when we are one,” and noted mony of the Greektown Preser - cipients thanked the many indi - sented to their families by Yanni Greek school students recited and works on publicity with that the community consists of vation Society at the DIA. viduals who worked to make the Dionisopoulos, and An na Di - poems and the dance groups of Joan DeRonne, Vice President of “people with common roots but A SENSE OF HISTORY Museum a reality. Jim Pappas, manataras, of whom Reganis the Church if St. Nicholas of Operations for the Museum, told we are not always able to do the The Museum’s opening ex - who was honored as Grand said she often responded to re - Troy, MI and the Assumption of TNH that the Museum is a re - Gospel message and look to the hibit will focus on the history of Benefactor of the Museum, said, quests for help with “oti thelete Grand Blanc delighted the markable achievement and needs of our neighbor. Once we Greektown and the story of “It is easy to have a vision and to – whatever you all want.” guests. added. “We are celebrating the began to do that, this is the re - Greek immigrants in Michigan. give money without the tireless Hellenic Heritage Awards John Hountalas is the direc - pioneers who came to Detroit sult.” Numerous people expressed workers,” the community’s were presented by His Emi - tor of one of the dance groups, and brought their traditions and Of the Museum and similar gratitude to Wayne State Univer - dreams cannot become a reality.” nence, Reganis, and Tony Mano - and Tina Souphis directs the St. dreams and values and created endeavors, he said, “They indi - sity for agreeing to sell the build - He reportedly donated approxi - lias, the Hellenic Heritage Nicholas of Troy dance group a community and a church.” cate a strong sense of a commu - ing – which will be a green facil - mately $300,000 of the build - Awards chairperson, to George and is also in charge of the De - George Mortis, AHEPA’s Dis - nity that understands where it ity supported by solar and ing’s $350,000 price. Dimopoulos, Diane Edgecomb troit Evzones. trict 10 Governor whose family came from, who it is and where geothermal energy – to the com - George Reganis, whose efforts (posthumously) Phillip Frangos, Nicoletta Sarris, a college has roots in Smyrna, said every - it is going.” munity. were instrumental to the re-es - AHEPA’s Supreme Secretary, Dr. freshman studying fine arts, said one was so happy to see the Mu - Regarding the crises in Greece After the strolling dinner in tablishment of Detroit’s Greek Steve Tsangalias, and Dr. George the dance groups also help con - seum finally open and expressed and Cyprus, his Eminence said the DIA’s Kresge Court, Zachary Parade in 2001 and a museum Tsiatalas. vey Hellenic culture to non- appreciation for the volunteers he believes people are contribut - welcomed the guests to the supporter, “finally agreed to have The evening was filled with Greeks. who worked for its creation. ing by assisting their own fami - award ceremony in the audito - his work formally acknowl - fellowship, food and music. Sotiria Serementis, a high The Detroit area’s community lies directly, but the Metropolis rium and was followed with edged,” in the words of one Oneiro, Mike Malis, and Achilles school student with roots in Naf - is very close-knit and proud of of Detroit has also been partici - comments from Metropolitan guest. Reganis, a retired GM ex - provided entertainment in the paktos, who said she may follow the way the different groups and pating in the fundraising efforts Nicholas, and Consul General ecutive, stressed the importance Museum’s courtyard tent, the her sisters into pre-med studies, parishes work together. TNH was of the Archdiocese. Efthymiadou, who declared how of the community’s endeavors Levendes performed in the added she too feels the impor - told unity and co-operation was proud she was at “the work you that focus on its youth. Kresge Court and a string quar - tance of exploring her cultural preached by Metropolitan By Constantine S. Sirigos

As the Detroit Evzones and Parade Committee Chairman Metropolitan Nicholas, who emphasizes unity and cooperation The Detroit Evzones, young adults organized and trained by George Reganis look on, Metropolitan Nicholas speaks about in the community, marched at the head of the Parade following Tina Souphis and Chris Mortis, brought a stately pride to the the meaning of the day at Evangelismos Cathedral. the Detroit Police Department Color Guard. Parade as they marched through the chilly streets. Rain on their Parade Literally, but Detroit’s Hellenes Shine Figuratively

Continued from page 1 Phillip Frangos, George Reganis, gin Mary of Plymouth, with its of what the community has State Senator John Papa - George of Southgate, and the Dr. George Tsiatalas, and Dr. Revma Dancers, rounded out the achieved and declared: “Hel - george presented a Greek Inde - Hellenic Society for the Perform - dren decked out in their tradi - Steve Tsangalias. parade in the Third Division, lenes have overcome greater ad - pendence Day Proclamation that ing Arts dance group of the tional costumes and members of The community’s parishes which included St. George of versity,” and noted that the Di - was signed by him and his fellow Church of the Assumption of St. local college Greek clubs, whose and organizations then began to Southgate, led by its banner- aspora Greeks and Philhellenes Greek-American state legislators Clare Shores. The Ya’Soo enthusiasm was not dampened pass through Greektown. The bearing altar boys and its young will play important roles in the and the Governor Rick Snyder. dancers of the Church of St. by the unexpected clouds and First Division included the girls in traditional costumes of present as they had in the past. Parade chairman George Re - Nicholas in Ann Arbor had early spring chill. Indeed, the churches of the Assumption – red and gold. At the post parade rally in ganis was thanked by Mayk for danced earlier at the Com - sun began to break through as apparently the most popular Greek-Americans are proud Greektown which was hosted by “all you have done, and all you puware building. soon as the participants in the names for area churches – of of their Hellenic Heritage and Richard Mayk, Efthymiadou ex - will do...because you will con - The KYKLOS Hellenic Society pre-parade reception that fol - both St. Clair Shores and of love Greece and Cyprus, but pressed optimism that Greece tinue to be called upon.” Reganis marched with a banner that ex - lowed the Divine Liturgy at the Grand Blanc, and the church of they feel powerful bonds with and Cyprus will overcome their declared “I had an army of peo - pressed the importance of the Cathedral of the Annunciation The Holy Cross of Detroit’s their towns and islands of origin current challenges as long as ple helping me,” and thanked all community’s cultural groups” exited the lobby of the Com - Canadian neighbor, Windsor, too. The Epirotic Society of “we don’t lose track of where we the committee chairs and volun - “Promoting Greek heritage and puware Building, the world Ontario Michigan, the Pan-Icarian Broth - came from, what our values are, teers. culture through music, song and headquarters of the software gi - The college student groups erhood of America, The Pan- and where we are going.” Nick Phillips was pleased at dance.” ant owned by Peter Karmanos. include the Dionysians of Wayne Macedonian Association’s Aris - Nicholas led local clergy – how smoothly everything ran Angie Bournias, a parade The celebration began in the State University, the Modern totelis Chapter of Detroit, and which had formed into an excel - and that “the community has committee member who was Cathedral of the Annunciation, Greek Club of Michigan State the Association of Stereoella - lent Byzantine choir – in the come out. I am on the commit - part of the public relations team apropos of the dual nature of University, and the University of dites, flashed their regional hymn to the Theotokos of Ti tee helping support George Re - with Phillips and Joan DeRonne, the March 25 holiday, which is Michigan Hellenic Students As - pride. The Naufpactian Associa - Ypermacho, and offered bless - ganis. My heart is with George.” summed up the day: “It’s a great also the parish’s feast day. sociation. The area’s Greek tion of Cleveland came to De - ings “and a blessed journey to It was then time for dancing, opportunity to “hand forward to The doxology that followed schools marched with their troit and the Messenian Associ - Pascha” to the Greeks who had with performances by the the younger generations our the Divine Liturgy at the Annun - parishes, and there are also a ation of Michigan and the youth jammed the sidewalks of Mon - Pselorites Dancers of Detroit - love for Greece and its beautiful ciation set the tone for the day contingent from the Aristotle group Messenian Nea Yenia also roe street in Greektown. Cretans, the Zoie Dancers of St. attributes.” also had the character of a Hellenic Academy. marched. memorial service as the heroes No doubt a fair number of Pancretan Association of the Greek Revolution of 1821 the students will one day be - Pselorites, the Cretan Ladies and and the pioneers of the Detroit come members of the Hellenic the Cretan Youth are proud of community were invoked by Bar Association of Michigan, their roots on the big island and Metropolitan Nicholas, who also which also had a parade pres - the Greeks of Asia Minor were prayed, “make us all worthy of ence. The components of the represented by the Semendre the freedom they made possi - AHEPA family of District 10 Brotherhood. ble…“they paid the price for our marched carrying a large un - A loud cheer of solidarity freedom.” furled Greek flag. greeted the American-Cyprus As - Detroit is world famous for The Cathedral of the Annun - sociation of Michigan. the world-transforming role it ciation led the Second Division. Area businesses participated played as the center of the early Its brick walls and classic Byzan - as the Greektown Merchants As - auto industry. The Ford Piquette tine dome dominates the Greek - sociation and the parade con - Museum provided the three Ford town area and the inside of the cluded with the Big Red Wagon Models that carried the 2013 pa - sanctuary, with its whitewashed – really a big red wagon, of the rade dignitaries and the Hellenic walls topped by glowing icons merchant Andy T. Heritage Award recipients who in fresco on golden back - During the Divine Liturgy were honored by the Greektown grounds, was a reminder of both over which the Metropolitan Preservation Society at the De - the humble origins of American presided, Holy Communion gave troit Institute of Art the night be - Hellenes and their glorious her - a foretaste of the festivities as fore. itage and precious faith. the children walked down the At the head of the parade was The members, including the center aisle in their tsolia and the Detroit Police Department proud parents and children of Amalia costumes. Color Guard. The Archons of the the Church of St. Nicholas of Chairman George Reganis Ecumenical Patriarchate fol - Ann Arbor marched with pride gave a welcome and thanked all lowed the vintage cars and next and joy, and were joined in the those who worked on the pa - Left photo: An enthusiastic audience in Constantinople turned out to honor the great Greek marched the new pride of the second division by the Holy rade. Noting the youth in their poet Constantine Cavafy, who is associated with his beloved Alexandria, Egypt, but who had community, the recently estab - Cross of Farmington Hills, Sts. Hellenic costumes he said, “We roots in the City on the Bosphorus. Right photo: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. lished Detroit Evzones. The Constantine and Helen of West - remember our history…we see group’s founders Tina Souphis land and Holy Trinity Cathedral it in our children.” He added and Chris Mortis, trained them of Toledo, OH. Hellenes can take courage from well. The young men mastered The large contingent of the the Heroes of 1821. The children Bartholomew is Unhappy with Demetrios both the stately march of their Church of St. Nicholas of Troy, remind us that what is happen - prototypes, the Presidential which included its dance troupe, ing in Greece and Cyprus today Guard of the Republic of Greece, marched in the Third Division. will also pass.” Continued from page 1 took part in the event. and the Ecumenical Patriar - and their steely stare. St. John the Baptist of Sterling Efthymiadou, after being He said he had high hopes chate, stating that, “we are op - The 2013 Grand Marshals Heights, St. George of Bloom - praised by Metropolitan students from Greece, Cyprus, about the future of the Greek timistic. That is why we con - were George Dimopoulos, field and the Nativity of the Vir - Nicholas, said “I am very proud” Constantinople, and Alexandria community of Constantinople tinue our efforts.” THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 20-26, 2013 COMMUNITY 7

ALL HISTORY Glamorous Entertainer Jeffries: Still "Frantastic" after All These Years

By Steve Frangos Jeffries is forever associated Though she wrecks every sin - Sinatra, Herb Albert, Leslie TNH Staff Writer with that film. gle guy with what she’s got… Uggams, and many others were Yet 1964 was also the year Then a guy she can’t ignore part of that new technology. Es - PART THREE Jeffries appeared in the film, Tells her what she’s waited sentially, those were filmed per - Sex and the Single Girl as for formances of the most popular CHICAGO- By 1961, Fran Jef - Gretchen. Tony Curtis played And suddenly she’s not single singers and musicians of the era fries was performing in the Bob Weston, Gretchen’s anymore.” that could only be seen on one country’s most prestigious ho - boyfriend. Jeffries sang the title In 1966, Monument released of the Color-Sonic machines. In tels, clubs, and showrooms, in - song for the film but only after This is Fran Jefferies (MLP May 1966, 5,000 of those six- cluding but certainly not limited a deal had been struck between 8069). That album was “a col - foot tall television-music ma - to the Manhattan’s Plaza Hotel, Monument Records and Warner lection of standards and popular chines were set to go out to the Waldorf-Astoria, Copacabana, Brothers. In the November 7, songs, produced by Fred Foster public. As we learn, “filming of San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel, 1964 issue of Billboard under with arrangements by Dick the Color-Sonic features is tak - and Dallas’ Venetian Room. the tile: “Fran Jeffries Leading Grove and Bill Justis, including ing place at the Paramount Stu - Somehow, given this hectic Two Lives – as ‘The Single Girl,’” a rendition of Lennon-McCart - dios in Hollywood. With four schedule, Jeffries was also ap - we learn that, “although [Jef - ney’s ‘Yesterday.’” Billboard ar - films scheduled for completion pearing on a variety of television fries] recently signed an exclu - ticles on Monument Records in each month, the firm will be programs as well as the occa - sive three year contract with November and December 1966 able to supply operators with an sional movie role. All this says MGM Records. Miss Jeffries will speak of giving ‘special concen - equal number of replacements nothing for her recording career. also be heard on the soundtrack tration’ to Fran Jeffries’ records to augment the machines 26 se - In 1961, Monument Records album of ‘Sex and the Single lections. The firm has signed released Jeffries’ first album, Girl’ released by Warner Bros. contracts with Nancy Sinatra, Fran Can Really Hang You Up Simultaneous with the release As plentiful as Fran Jeffries, Connie Francis, the Most (W-2020). Putting of the Warner Bros. album later Jeffries’ musical Lainie Kazan and other record - aside the 1960s slang title, if this month will be her first LP recordings are, ing stars.” On September 17, one wishes to discover Jeffries’ for MGM titled, Fran Jeffries 1966, at the Century Plaza Ho - lasting appeal, the album is still Sings Sex and the Single Girl. the discography tel, Color-Sonics held a “spec - available. The cover photograph “After the double spread, is even greater tacular Hollywood bash” to an - features a three-quarter portrait however, Miss Jeffries’ loyalties nounce the availability of the of Jeffries when she was no will belong solely to MGM. She when considering Color-Sonics cinema jukeboxes. more than 25 years old. While is not sure yet which direction the Color-Sonics. Fran Jeffries was on hand to this album was a chart topper her disk life with MGM will perform for the nationally gath - for weeks, her ethereal beauty take, it depends, she said, on in their campaign to expand ered dignitaries. I do not recall is what catches the eye upon the reaction to the album and sales in Puerto Rico. This may ever seeing one of these ma - seeing this album cover. Monu - how the individual songs are re - have in fact been an effort to chines. But, aside from an Amer - ment Records was not interested ceived.” reach United States military per - ican market it seems that these in physical beauty, just sales. As a build up to the release sonnel stationed in the Pacific. machines were targeted to the And as Billboard magazine re - of the movie’s album MGM In the April 29, 1967 issue of growing military bases in the ported, Jeffries’ first album was The lyrics Fran Jeffries’ wrote for “Street of Dreams” could be records issued a total of six ad - Billboard we read that: “Fran Far East. a bestseller. She was quickly the anthem for a career that included recordings and TV, movie, ditional 45rpms which Jeffries Jeffries of Monument Records is In 2000, Jeffries’ issued yet signed to an exclusive three- and nightclub appearances nationwide. recorded on October 19-20, beginning a 26-day tour of the another album, All the Love. year contract. Jeffries’ star was 1964 in their New York City stu - Far East, opening in Tokyo on This recording is filled with pop - on the rise. Be Tonight),” a Latin, jet-set and Edwards because aside dios. Marty Manning did all the June 9, and is coming to Manila ular standards such as “Way You According to Jeffries, it was number is regarded by many as from her singing a song in the arrangements and conducted to perform at military bases.” Look Tonight”; “Very Thought around then that she signed a her best performance on film. Pink Panther sequel, A Shot in for all these songs. On October The escalation in the Vietnam of You”’ “Isn’t It a Pity,” and oth - seven-film contract with director The advertising for The Pink the Dark (1964) she did not ap - 19th Jeffries recorded: “What War lies hidden behind these ers. Jeffries is credited with Blake Edwards. Edwards show - Panther made special reference pear or perform in another Ed - are you waiting for?”; “Sex and otherwise bland announce - composing the lyrics for another cased Jeffries in The Pink Pan - to the fact that this film “intro - wards film. Still, as the release the single girl”; “Dreamer”; ments. song found on this compact ther (1963). Jeffries’ rendition duced” Fran Jeffries. But some - of the Ultimate Pink Panther “Make Love to Me”; “Warm As Jeffries’ popularity grew, disk, Street of Dreams. Here is of Meglio Stasera (It Had Better thing happened between Jeffries (2004) album demonstrates, Tonight”; and “I Thought of You Monument issued a number of just a segment: Last Night.” On October 20th, additional 45rpm records over “Love laughs at a king Jeffries next recorded “Early the next few years such as: Kings don’t mean a thing Morning Blues”; “I’d Do It “Honey and Wine/Take Me On the street of dreams Again”; “Ballad to a Brute”; (1966)”; “My Lonely Corner Dreams broken in two can be GREEK AMERICAN STORIES “Squeeze Me”; “Wouldn’t it Be (1967)”; and “Gone Now made like new Lovely”; and “Anniversary (1968).” One source asserts that On the street of dreams Song.” none of the B-sides of those later Gold, silver, and gold Survival Finally, the Sex and the Sin - 45rpms ever appeared on any All you can hold is in the gle Girl album saw release in of her albums. moonbeams 1965. The title song’s lyrics were This listing most probably Poor, no one is poor By Phylis (Kiki) Sembos hand, motioned that flowers for written by the film’s director does not constitute Fran Jeffries Long as love is sure Special to The National Herald Barbara were no longer free. Richard Quine while Neal Hefti full and complete discography. On the street of dreams” “I’ll give you a fair price for wrote the music. A segment One reason Jeffries’ full citation Anyone can still hear Fran The recession was causing flowers – but, no more free- from that song can convey its of recordings is difficult to com - Jeffries sing. Is there any reason the Dixon crowd anxiety, mak - bees!” Yiannis looked forlorn; overall theme: pile is the development of Color- not to? ing it the main topic that Sun - he nodded and appeared to “Mention sex and the single Sonics cinema jukeboxes. day. “These are bad times. My have accepted their sentences girl will blush a lot. Jeffries, along with Frank [email protected] diner is feeling the pinch,” said with some grace. A long silence Dimos stirring his coffee, commenced. Coffees were fin - thoughtfully. “Pretty soon I’ll ished, donuts gone and the time have to reduce some prices hop - to leave had come. Mumbling ing my regulars will continue ‘good bye’ he headed for the coming.” John nodded, sympa - door, walking as if he was going thetically, airing his own into the embalming room. dilemma. “Everyone has to eat, When he was gone the others Dimos. But, who buys flowers thought about Yiannis’ temerity, in times like these? I’ve thrown food to her boss each Thursday “…what nerve – the audacity… out so many wilted flowers. I’ve – day before pay day. “Some - ,” John replied, feeling manipu - cut back on deliveries. At least, times spinach pie, other times lated. Dimos uttered his objec - there’s weddings and funerals. roasted Lamb sandwiches. He’s tions, “Brazen, insolent…he has - The spring season – people still, so fond of what she brings that n’t a bone of conscience in that hopefully, get married. People he wouldn’t risk losing the tub of a body.” die, too. That means flower treats. His wife loves the flowers George, pleased with the crit - arrangements.” He eyed Kipreos she brings, too. He’s, especially, icisms he felt were a long time who sat complaisantly munch - addicted to the Double Choco - in coming and well deserved, ing a donut. “What about you, late cake with peppermint added, “And because he hasn’t Kipreos? Are you feeling a pinch cream frosting.” a bone of consciousness in him, at work?” Dimos’ head snapped up, he’ll come around hoping you’ll “Not me! I’m not worried – “Double choc…! Are they the forget and forgive and hand him for the present. A week ago I cakes you take from my diner ‘goodies’ again.” accidently fell holding two full Wednesdays? They were for “No, not a chance!” Dimos trays of éclairs and a tiered, chif - your family. You said it made waved an angry hand. fon cake. They were ruined,” he them very happy.” “Those flowers were for smiled. “And, a vase on a “They do!” explained Yian - sweet little Barbara - certainly, pedestal fell over and broke into nis, candidly. not Areti’s boss!” John ex - a million pieces and the boss “But, I have to take care of claimed, indignantly. said he was deducting from my my family, you know. I don’t A cloudless sunny spring pay for eight weeks to make up want us getting fat eating those Wednesday saw Barbara hold - for the damages.” Observing the rich cakes, or risk getting Dia - ing her school bag and entering broad grin on Kipreos’ face, they betes. The boss is happy, we’re John’s flower shop. asked him how he can be so happy and we have job security Happy to see her, John gath - pleased. “Don’t you see? I’ve got – like Kipreos.” Everyone’s cof - ered together branches of Lilacs eight weeks job security.” fee sat untouched as Dimos and and Forsythias and, happily, Dimos asked Yiannis about John shared a sense of having gave them to the girl, thanking Areti’s situation. He, too, wasn’t been used. George, never one her for her visit. Next, she went worried. to withhold comment, called to Dimos’ diner where she was “What if the boss tells her Yiannis an opportunist. Yiannis greeted with open arms by he’s firing her, what’ll you do?” merely shrugged. “Desperate Penelopi, Dimos’ wife who “He won’t do that!” was Yian - times call for desperate mea - wrapped up a lovely Strawberry nis’ confident reply, reaching for sures. Recession, you know.” Shortcake, “… to take home. a second donut. “You caused the recession!” Enjoy it,” she told the departing “How do you know that?” retorted George, sardonically. girl who walked to the corner asked Dimos. Yiannis grinned Dimos made it plain that he’d where her father awaited her. much like Kipreos had when job no longer give him another Looking down at her, he said, security was mentioned. He ex - layer cake. “Remember, Barbara, it’s a mat - plained that Areti takes special And John, putting up his ter of survival.” 8 OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 20-26, 2013

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By JC Reindl 400 Monroe in Greektown and company converted into a festi - cense because of allegations re - proud and felt vindicated," ments, including the high-profile Detroit Free Press the Atheneum Suite Hotel. Their val marketplace. garding his finances that were Young said. However, his own - Trappers Alley. other projects included the Mar - But the plan was scuttled in not publicly disclosed. So ership stake was dissolved fol - In a 2011 interview, Gatzaros Ted Gatzaros, 68, a Greek - quette, Blount and Murphy-Tele - the mid-1990s by then-Gov. Gatzaros and Papas sold their lowing Greektown Casino's 2008 credited his success in life to town developer who doubled- graph buildings. John Engler, who possessed veto stake in Greektown Casino, al - bankruptcy filing. hard work, initiative and his down on Detroit as others fled "He was an investor in the power because the tribe was to lowing it to open in 2000. Gatzaros, born Aug. 10, adopted homeland. He scoffed and was largely responsible for city of Detroit when a lot of peo - build on land outside its reser - "It was very frustrating to try 1944, was a teenager when he at the notion of a 40-hour work bringing casino gambling to the ple were leaving," said close vation. But Gatzaros and Papas to defend against some of these arrived here in 1963 from his week for an entrepreneur; "you city, died Thursday at McLaren friend Art Papapanos, a vice had another card to play. allegations," said Gatzaros' at - native Greece. need to make a commitment for Macomb Hospital following a president at the Detroit Eco - They helped lead the push for torney, Robert Young. "There Gatzaros washed dishes at 80-plus hours per week." battle with lung and stomach nomic Growth Corp. "He started the 1996 statewide referendum was nothing ever proven be - Gus' Coney Island in downtown "Detroit is one of the very few cancers. here from the bottom, and he that approved Detroit's three cause it didn't exist." Detroit and took classes at places where dreams for minori - Gatzaros and his family own achieved the American dream." present-day casinos. Several years later, the tribe Wayne State University. ties and immigrants can become the recently reopened London Gatzaros and Papas were also Then-Mayor Dennis Archer offered Gatzaros a 1% stake in He and Papas met and started realities," he said. Chop House, the Wah-Hoo Chi - partners in a business venture on Thursday praised Gatzaros' exchange for money still owed a contracting business. In 1976, Gatzaros, a Grosse Pointe res - nese restaurant and all three that began in 1988 and tried to efforts, saying the casinos pro - him. But he again needed state they started a restaurant - the ident and naturalized U.S. citi - Fishbone's Rhythm Kitchen open the city's first casino with vided Detroiters jobs. "If we did - gaming board approval. Odyssey -- in Cadillac Tower. zen, is survived by his wife, Cafés in metro Detroit. the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of n't have casino gaming in the In 2007, the Michigan Gam - They sold it about five years Maria; son, Nico Gatzaros; Along with Jim Papas, a fel - Chippewa Indians. They pro - city of Detroit, we'd have been ing Control Board finally cleared later and opened Pegasus Tav - daughter, Ellena Moisides and low Greek immigrant, Gatzaros vided the tribe with seven-tenths bankrupt several years ago." Gatzaros and granted him par - erna in Greektown. three grandchildren. developed what is now the In - of an acre in Greektown next to But the state's gaming board tial ownership. "When that day The partners took on addi - A private memorial service ternational Center Building at Trappers Alley, a former seed wouldn't grant Gatzaros a li - came, he was very happy and tional downtown redevelop - will be held next week.

DEATH NOTICES n COSTAS, NANCY Driscoll, educator and profes - join Fr. Economou. They lived in member of St. George Greek Or - Public Schools and graduated Greece, on Jan. 17, 1935, the CHICAGO, IL (From the Chicago sional pianist. For nearly 20 years Lawrence, Massachusetts before thodox Cathedral, the Philopto - from Brockton High School in son of Demetrios and Athanasia Tribune, published on Mar. 15) they resided in West Palm Beach, coming to Saginaw in 1951, hos at St. George and the Cretan 1983. After graduation, she at - (Kakridonis) Frangos. He sur - – Nancy A. Costas devoted Florida, where she became active where Fr. Economou was as - Ladies' Association, Proodos. An - tended Mount Ida College vived difficult times growing up daughter of the late James and in charity events for the arts. An signed to St. Demetrios Greek tonia was a very devoted wife, where she studied fashion de - in Greece during World War II the late Anna Costas; dear sister enthusiastic traveler, she visited Orthodox Church. Fr. and Mrs. mother, and grandmother. She sign and then became employed and the Civil War, with frequent of the late Peter, Frances and Es - much of our country and once Economou loved their church, led a very simple life because at Bloomingdale's in Brookline. famine and hardship, and he ther; many loving cousins here took a round-the-world scenic and together they lived their she valued family above all else. In 1990, she along with her fam - spent his early years working at and in Greece; many wonderful tour of five continents. When in faith by feeding the poor, nursing She was predeceased by her ily co-founded Glad Acres the family farm. He came to friends throughout. In lieu of Europe she joined relatives in the sick, and comforting the beloved husband of 35 years Cleaners in West Bridgewater Dover in 1956 to live with his flowers, donations to Assump - Greece, since she was fluent in lonely, often in their own home. Nicholas Fantakis in 1993, the and Brockton where she man - brother, Costas, and his family, tion Greek Orthodox Church, Greek. Catherine always enjoyed It was common to have 30 peo - life altering loss of her son Evan - aged the finances. Maria was a who helped him get established 601 S. Central, Chicago, IL sightseeing major cities of the ple at the family table. Mrs. gelos Fantakis in 2009 and her member of the Annunciation here. George was a longtime en - 60644 appreciated. world. Returning to their Economou worked at Ferris brothers Vasilis and Lefteris Greek Orthodox Church in trepreneur in the greater Dover Towanda home in the new mil - Brothers Furs until its closing, Hamilakis and sister Maria Sta - Brockton. She was deeply in - area having owned a number of n DRISCOLL, CATHERINE lennium, she and her husband and then worked from her home matakis. Antonia is survived by volved in several of it's min - different businesses including TOWANDA, NY (From the Daily were commissioned Eucharistic as a seamstress. Her customers her loving daughter Christine istries including the Youth George's Hair Stylists (with sev - Review, published on Mar. 24) – Ministers through the Pastoral never left without eating some Dourountoudakis and her hus - Group and the Ladies Philopto - eral locations in the greater Catherine S. Driscoll, age 82 of Formation Institute of the Dio - of her excellent cooking. Her band Costas of Ludlow, her chos Society where she served Dover area), the Wooden Spoon Towanda, wife of Dr. Charles cese of Scranton. They assisted husband, Fr. Gregory Economou, daughter-in-law Charlene Fan - on the board. Maria was a kind restaurant, laundromats, apart - Driscoll, died peacefully at the at SS. Peter and Paul Parish predeceased her 13 years ago on takis of Westfield, her five cher - and loving person who was al - ment buildings, and most re - Towanda Memorial Hospital on where she also served as church Mar. 23, 2000. Surviving are four ished grandchildren, Niko Fan - ways helping others and would cently Central Barber Shop in Friday, Mar. 22. She will be sacristan. She will be deeply children, Electra Innes, Califor - takis, Ariana Fantakis, Kalista never say no. She was the heart Dover. He moved back to his na - fondly remembered for her missed by her husband Charles nia; Euripides (Dee), Arizona; Fantakis, Dino Dourountoudakis and soul of her family and will tive Greece in 1984 where he friendly spirit and her helpful - after 31 years of marriage, and Lou (Soula), Saginaw; Demetrios and Maria Dourountoudakis and be deeply missed. She is sur - owned a glue business and re - ness to others. Catherine was by her children with their (Trisha), Florida; ten grandchil - her fiancee Mike Matroni, her vived by her husband, Nicholas turned to Dover in 1991. His born Feb. 22, 1931, of Greek— spouses: Dr. Debra Lopatofsky dren, John (Caree), Dena (JR), brother Aristedes Hamilakis in Fitopoulos; her children, Teddy, Greek heritage was very impor - American parents, George and and her husband, Dr. Bruce Alexis (Dave), Gregory (Betsy), Greece, her sister Georgia Geor - Andy and Nicky Fitopoulos; her tant to him and he passed that Anna Karamis of Philadelphia. Bense of Troy; Dr. Sandra Mark (Sonia), Loukia, Alexia giakakis in Greece, her niece father, Androklis Mike the Tailor heritage on to his family. He also There she was graduated from Behnam of Exton; and Catherine (Evan), Alexandra, Stephanie (fi - Christina Stebbins and her fam - Michailidis; her brother, Nick enjoyed spending time with his St. George's Cathedral Greek Busch Rumsey and her husband, ance Mike), and Gregory; ten ily, and sister-in-law Marika Michailidis. Donations can be family, Greek cuisine, playing School and received her com - Todd Rumsey of Troy; by her great-grandchildren, Luke, Lind - Hamilakis and her family. In lieu made to the Fitopoulos Children cards and backgammon with mercial diploma from the Kens - daughter-in-law, Dr. Nicole say, Arianna, Victor, Rip, Luke, of flowers, donations in Anto - Fund, please contact the family family and friends, and garden - ington High School For Girls. She Quezada Lopatofsky of Wells - AJ, Gregory, Georgia, and Con - nia's name may be directed to for details. ing. He was a member of the was originally employed in the boro; also by her grandchildren: stantine; five sisters-in-law, one the Cretan Ladies' Association, Greek Orthodox Church of the accounting department of the Spencer, Madison and Connor brother-in-law, and many nieces, 35 Carew Street, Springfield, n FRANGOS, GEORGE Annunciation. He is survived by Sears Building of Philadelphia. Bense, Andrew Behnam, Hannah nephews, and their families. MA 01104. DOVER, NH (From Fosters, pub - his wife of more than 40 years In later years she continued her and Abby Busch, Eric and Taylor Those planning an expression of lished on Mar. 10) – George D. Stacy (Andronis) Frangos, his education at Elmira College, N.Y. Lopatofsky. Condolences may be sympathy may wish to consider n FITOPOULOS, MARIA Frangos, 78, died peacefully on children and their families In 1954 she married Dr. George expressed at www.bowenfuner - St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox BROCKTON, MA (From The En - Saturday Mar. 9, at his home Demetrios Frangos and wife Lopatofsky. The couple moved to alhomes.com. Church, 4970 Mackinaw Road, terprise, published on Mar. 24) surrounded by his family, after Heather and their children Troy, Pa., where he opened his Saginaw or HealthSource, Sagi - – Maria (Michailidis) Fitopou - a courageous battle with cancer. Emme and Kate, all of Boston, dental practice and she managed n ECONOMOU, ALEXANDRA naw, Patient Recreation Fund. los, 48, of Brockton, passed He was born in Vlahopoulo, in Mass.; Athanasia Smith and hus - his office accounting. A caring SAGINAW, MI (From the Sagi - away unexpectedly on Friday, the Peloponnese region of band Gregg and their children mother and a business woman, naw News on MLive.com, pub - n FANTAKIS, ANTONIA Mar. 22 at the Good Samaritan Olivia and Noah, all of Medfield, Catherine eventually directed lished on Mar. 24) – Alexandra SPRINGFIELD, MA (From The Medical Center. She was the lov - this is a service Mass.; and many nieces, her own real estate investment Economou passed away early Republican, published on Mar. ing wife of Nicholas Fitopoulos. to the community. nephews, brothers-in-law and business. In 1982 Catherine Saturday, Mar. 23 at Health - 16) – Antonia (Hamilakis) Fan - Born Sept. 16, 1964 in Edessa, Announcements of deaths sisters-in-law. In George's mem - again married, then Dr. Charles Source, Saginaw. Age 96 years. takis, 81, passed away Friday, Greece, she was the daughter of may be telephoned to the ory you are asked to give your Alexandra Vasiliou was born Feb. Mar.15 at Baystate Medical Cen - Androklis Mike the Tailor Classified Department of family or loved one a hug in his 11, 1917, in Silipiana, Karditsis, ter. She was born on the Greek Michailidis of Brockton and the the National herald at honor and those who desire Days and dates of funerals, Greece, the daughter of the late Island of Crete to the late late Anastasia (Karaoglanidou) (718) 784-5255, may make memorials in his memorials, and other events di - Loukia (Papantoniou) and Menelaos and Eleni (Kout - Michailidis. Her family immi - monday through Friday, name to either the Seacoast rectly correspond to the original Demetrios Vasiliou. She married sourelis) Hamilakis. Antonia grated to Reading, PA when she 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ESt Cancer Center, 789 Central Ave., publication date, which appears Fr. Gregory Economou on Jan. worked as a sewing machine op - was a young child and then or e-mailed to: Dover, NH 03820 or the Annun - at the beginning of each notice. 1, 1929. In 1948, she came to erator for many years for Gemini moved to Brockton in 1976 [email protected] ciation Church, Cemetery Fund, the U.S. with their children to Inc. in Springfield. She was a where she attended Brockton 93 Locust St., Dover, NH 03820. THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 20-26, 2013 GREECE CYPRUS 9 Samaras Still Pushes for Harsh Reforms, But Pledges Tax Relief As Well

Continued from page 1 lenders because it was locked bloated from 40 years of alter - Stournaras said that Greece’s out of the markets when former nating New Democracy and PA - four so-called “systemic” banks manding.” finance minister Evangelos SOK governments packing pay - could absorb all the country’s The government will choose Venizelos, now head of the PA - rolls with needless workers in smaller lenders. “By the end of which public organizations SOK Socialists who are one of return for votes. July, there will have to be a should merge or shut down by two coalition partners in the Alexis Tsipras, head of the strategy for the whole of the next month, Administrative Re - government led by Samaras, the major opposition Coalition of banking sector, including the form Minister Antonis Manitakis New Democracy Conservative the Radical Left (SYRIZA) part small banks,” he said. said, allowing the transfer of leader, imposed 74 percent said the austerity measures have "The most pressing goal is workers who are needed from losses on investors to write left “social wreckage” in their achieving a primary budget sur - jobs that are redundant. Many down the country’s debt, to little wake, and urged action to re - plus even as of this year, so that of the workers set to be laid off avail. vive the economy. we can activate the clause for a and eventually fired will come “We still face a hard road “Every year, recovery is de - debt restructuring agreed in the from dozens of agencies that ahead, until Greece can access layed until the following year,” Eurogroup meeting of Novem - will be shut down. markets again,” current Finance said Tsipras, recommending an ber 27. Our biggest challenge is Samaras also said Greece’s Minister Yiannis Stournaras economic stimulus package in - the combination of fiscal adjust - tax collection system has failed. said. “But we have covered at stead of austerity. He said if he ment and economic growth. “An “It is necessary to change our least two-thirds of the way, as were Premier that no workers upbeat Samaras said that, “It is tax system because it had essen - far as fiscal adjustment goes, would be fired and no spending not just the quantitative indica - tially collapsed in a frenzy of and three quarters of the way cuts would be made, breaking tors but qualitative ones such as unprecedented tax evasion,” he on competitiveness.” Greece the deal with the Troika. He did - competitiveness that show it said. ranks among the worst in the n’t say how he would pay the will be daybreak soon.” There are also big backlogs world in that category. country’s bills, workers, and Samaras, however, empha - in collections, including 1.3 bil - AP Photo/PEtRoS GIANNAKoURIS The human cost has been pensioners. sized the need for aspects of the lion euros ($1.69) in a 100 per - Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras delivers his speech high, however, counted in job The government now is also program to change, particularly cent property tax surcharge during an conference on the economy in Athens, Tuesday. losses, lost pay, suicides, depres - turning to recapitalizing the with regard to taxation. He said stuffed in utility bills under the sion and homelessness. Nearly banks that were hard hit by the Greece needs to cut its value- threat of having power turned a primary budget surplus — further debt relief from its cred - 1,000 jobs a day are being lost Venizelos move, and wants to added tax rates in order to be off for non-payment. which excludes the cost of ser - itors. in the private sector while there speed the pace of privatization able to compete with neighbor - The Public Power Corpora - vicing the huge public debt — BACK TO THE MARKETS have been none in the protected of state entities and sale and ing countries, where they range tion (PPC) said it’s shutting off in 2013, with hopes of winning Greece is still reliant on the public sector that was hugely lease of state properties. between 8 and 10 percent. the lights to 30,000 customers a month, leading the govern - ment to get approval from the Troika of the European Union- International Monetary Fund- COMMENTARY European Central Bank (EU- IMF-ECB) to give customers with previously good payment That Socrates Kokkalis is a Factor Again Reveals Greece’s Lack of Strategy records up to 40 installments to catch up. “No, we have not overcome By A. H. Diamataris in September, and then seeing unable to develop because a small order to secure government con - sports betting monopoly opera - the crisis yet, but light is begin - what they will do is not a strat - but powerful economic elite ex - tracts. However, as negative as tion that is partly-owned by the ning to appear at the end of the During my recent visit to egy. erts a stranglehold on the econ - these developments are, I must Greek government, despite the tunnel,” Samaras told the an - Athens I was mostly searching for The answer I got almost in - omy, hindering competition and confess that I did not imagine that fact that this golden goose entity nual conference of The Econo - answers to two questions: First, stantly when I asked the first reforms in general, limiting access even today the nation is still is supposed to undergo immedi - mist magazine meeting in what is Greece’s strategy for over - question is that there is no strat - to capital, favoring the expansion plagued by a name from the past: ate privatization. Athens. But he added: “No one coming the crisis? Second, is the egy. The authorities are just trying of bureaucracy, etc. Socrates Kokkalis – a business - Do not doubt that his next step is betting on a Greek exit from cancer of corruption being con - to deal with the challenges of The answer I received to the man implicated in scandals in - will be the acquisition of OPAP at the euro anymore.” That came fronted? everyday life. corruption question was also neg - volving espionage, bribery, and a reduced price, too. This story is after Greece struck a deal with Greece’s recovery depends, I Regarding the corruption, ative. I was told to count the num - money-laundering. deeply offensive to the intelli - the Troika to release $11.55 bil - believe, in large part on these two there is empirical evidence all ber of newspapers that are circu - One would think that he gence of the Greek people and its lion in delayed loans, although questions. over the world that there is a di - lating in Athens, which lately has would keep a very low profile, as interests. it will have speed the process of Everything will depend on the rect, statistically-proven relation - risen to a higher figure than ever. others have shrewdly done. In - The people are watching all streamlining the workforce. strategy that Greece does or does ship between corruption and un - Businessmen are starting up stead, he secured a five-year con - this in disbelief. A spark is needed Greece, in its sixth year of re - not apply. Waiting to see what derdevelopment. Countries facing papers to increase their influence tract extension for new equip - for them to revolt, and nobody cession, is struggling to achieve happens in the German elections serious corruption problems are over the levers of government in ment for the OPAP lottery and knows what that might mean. Germany Agrees to Troika Bailout: Will Cyprus’ Parliament Agree, Too?

Continued from page 1 Anastasiades. Opposition mem - devalued 74 percent and by bad bers had called for a vote, saying loans to Greek businesses that keep people from withdrawing the assembly could not be ig - went belly-up in that country’s large sums. nored on such an important is - crushing economic crisis, lead - That has divided the country sue. ing banks there to go after and undermined support for “Whoever is prepared to vote smaller loan holders and writing President Nicos Anastasiades, against the loan agreement off much of the debt of big who was elected in February on should at the same time propose loans. a promise to not seize bank as - where this 10 billion euros will Cyprus is under pressure to sets but reversed himself almost be found,” government reduce its financing needs as fel - as soon as he took office. He spokesman Christos Stylianides low euro-area governments complained he had been forced told state radio. harden their determination to to do so by the Troika to save “They should also propose limit rescue loans to 10 billion the banks and economy. how we would deal with issues euros. Cyprus will make up the Germany, Europe’s biggest such as paying wages and pen - remaining 11 billion euros economy, insisted on those hold - sions, and how we would deal ($14.38 billion) in asset sales, ing large deposits in Cyprus’ with the international uproar selling its gold reserves, extend - biggest banks contribute to the caused by a possible rejection ing the redemption of govern - rescue, a position backed even of the loan agreement,” he said. ment bonds and loans from Rus - by opposition parties to German Media reports said half the sia, the paper showed. Chancellor Angela Merkel, a 56-member Parliament already The latest financial plan is a hardliner on austerity for has lined up against the bailout “program envelope, which rests Cyprus as she was for Greece. deal and the one representative on plausible growth and fiscal All bailouts involving Eurozone of the Greens Party said he assumptions, includes buffers in countries need approval from would reject it. The Communist case of worse than expected Germany. AKEL and Socialist EDEK parties, macroeconomic and financial Now Anastasiades will have which together have 24 seats, AP Photo/mIChAEl SohN sector outcomes,” according to to again face his own Parlia - have been vocal in their opposi - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, casts her vote during meeting of the German federal the paper, a copy of which was ment, which initially voted 39- tion to the bailout, and are seen parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, April 18, 2013. The German Parliament obtained by Bloomberg News. 0 against a bank seizure deal as likely to vote against, al - has approved a 10 billion euro (US $13 billion) rescue package for Cyprus by a wide margin. The governor of Cyprus’ cen - that would have gone after though there is some chance tral bank said the government guaranteed deposits under they may abstain instead. The bailout agreement was country and everyone needs to paper showed. is attacking his institution’s in - 100,000 euros as well. He was “We’ve fought for freedom, expected to be put to the assem - take responsibility,” said Lefteris The document estimated that dependence at the same time as able to avoid going back to them we’ve fought to maintain the bly at the end of the month, Christoforou, Vice Chairman of Cyprus needs a total of 21 bil - his family endures death threats when the lawmakers gave him Cypriot Republic,” lawmaker once it has been approved by the ruling Democratic Rally lion euros ($27.42 billion) over from people who lost money in authority to negotiate another George Perdikis said in state - the cabinet, Parliament’s acting Party. the next three years, less than the country’s bailout. deal without them. ment. “It is, in my opinion, a permanent secretary, Socrates In return for the 10 billion the 23 billion euros ($30.04 bil - “The independence of the The deal, which still requires crime and wrong to deliver Socratous, told Reuters. euros, Cyprus has to come up lion) projected in March. The central bank of Cyprus is being ratification by parliaments in Cyprus into the hands of the Two of the biggest parties in with funds on its own because new estimate means the govern - attacked at this time,” Panicos some EU member states, must Troika and allow it to become a parliament and allies in govern - the Troika said it would not pro - ment will need to confiscate 8.3 Demetriades, who is also a also be put to Cyprus’ Parlia - colony,” he said. ment, the Democratic Rally and vide the full amount needed to billion euros ($10.83 billion) member of the European Cen - ment for a vote – a previously The deal is expected to in - the Democratic Party, will vote save the country, fearing it could from bank depositors who had tral Bank’s Governing Council, unscheduled plan – according crease unemployment sharply in favor of the deal. Even com - never be repaid. nothing to do with their bank’s said in an interview with to the Attorney General, Petros and throw the country into a bined, however, they fall short Cyprus’s estimated financing failures, instead of 10.6 billion Bloomberg. Clerides. prolonged recession, as hap - of a majority, leaving the gov - needs and the size of seizures euros ($13.84 billion) as first His ability to manage the sit - He cited a constitutional re - pened in Greece which imple - ernment scrambling to find sup - from depositors were lowered figured. uation is being made more dif - quirement for a vote on the mented pay cuts, tax hikes and port among smaller parties. as the country tries to find new The state’s banks were ficult by “death threats not only bailout deal after it is formally slashed pensions in return for “It’s time to face this critical sources of revenue to stay sol - brought to ruin with large hold - to myself, but toward my chil - submitted to the assembly by $325 billion in two bailouts. situation for the salvation of our vent, a European Commission ings in Greek bonds that were dren and my wife,” he said. Noted Financial Expert John Calamos Addresses Greek Economic Crisis

Continued from page 1 of the Minister of Finance, John around 30 percent last year, but “I see progress here. So in Stournaras). The reorganization it is still down 83 percent from this regard we will continue to potential in many areas. of the Government will make the highs of 2007.” seek opportunities in Greece Tourism could be developed possible more effective regula - Another positive note, he and we hope the country will much further. Also, shipping tion and empower people to set said, is that “there are many remain on track.” and agriculture. All these areas up new businesses.” good companies. The issue for He admits that a casual ob - present significant opportuni - “We heard about innovation. global markets is not whether server in the United States ties. How can Greece be helped How do you create more inno - or not to invest in Greece. That would say that Greece is a “lost to realize its potential? Can vation? If you cannot start a is how it works with other coun - cause” but added that “investors someone [easily] start a busi - business how can you leverage tries also. We look at the com - are always on the lookout, al - ness here? Also, what can be any advantages you possess? pany…For Greece, we are ways searching for opportunities done about the brain drain that They must open their markets. guardedly optimistic, but it need and the basic principle is that if is taking place? It is very important to have open capital, greater competitiveness everything were perfect, there “As global investors,” and free markets,” he said. and higher productivity. These I would be no opportunities for Calamos continued, “we look for And referring to the previous believe will come. Growth and investment.” economic freedoms and those discussion between Stournaras productivity will come from the “Turbulence creates opportu - countries which offer the most and Poul M. Thomsen, Deputy private sector and the privatiza - nity,” and while “someone en - economic freedom, where busi - Director of the IMF's European tion program.” countered at random on the nesses and markets are doing Department, he said “We heard He said “another big factor street would recommend that better financially. Greece is in that one and a half years ago is that local banks alone cannot we be careful,” he is not de - 40th place out of the top 43 in they came up with the idea of finance development. Markets terred. He admitted, however, terms of economic freedoms.” stabilizing income rates as a must have capital for there to that while a positive outlook for He said there are four prin - means of stopping tax evasion. be growth. Capital markets are the Greek stock market pre - cipal areas of concern: “property This was successfully imple - better judges of conditions than sented on the panel, “We have rights, protection of property, mented in other European coun - the banks which are controlled had experiences where many limited government interference tries.” by the state.” rising markets get bogged - unfortunately I did not hear Calamos said the “The Greek He said a key criterion for down…So what I want to em - anything concrete about that, stock market has recovered. global investors: is there phasize is that I would like to and the reorganization of gov - This is due to investors like us, Financial expert John Calamos expressed guarded optimism progress in these areas? He him - see major changes occur which ernment (Editor’s note: He was who see it as an emerging mar - and raised tough questions about Greece at a conference hosted self remains guardedly opti - will make Greece worthy of in - referring to the earlier speech ket. There was a recovery of by the Economist magazine in Athens this week. mistic. vestments.” 10 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 20-26, 2013

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By Depoina Skenteris area of present-day Greece. So still under Ottoman rule. His Venizelos fell from power and A Patriarch’s Complaint Special to The National Herald Greeks have been living in Asia first name was Mustafa. His was replaced by Dimitrios Minor, in today’s Turkey, for math teacher called him Kemal, Gounaris, who appointed inex - It is the first time as far as we can recall that Ecumenical Patri - It has been 90 years since over 3,000 years. which means “perfection,” be - perienced officers to senior com - arch Bartholomew allowed himself to publicly express a grievance. “the savage extermination of The Greeks, who inhabited cause of his academic excel - mands. He must really be hurting. Christian civilization throughout Asia Minor since the ancient lence. Later in life, when it was The Greeks kept winning for At the same time, he opened a small window into his soul, large the length and breadth of the times, were Greeks by identity, required that all Turkish citizens a while, but then the British re - enough to enable us to have a peek into the philosophical influ - old Byzantine Empire.” That is by their roots, their language, took a last name, he was given fused to give them military as - ences, apart from the Christian thought, that formed him as a per - what James W. Gerard, former their religion, their traditions, the name “Ataturk”, Father of sistance of fear of provoking the son and set him on the course that shaped his life and the Patriar - Ambassador to Germany, states their civilization, regardless of Turks, for his reforms and for French, while the Turks received chate. in the foreword of the book The the fact that they did not live creating the modern Turkish significant assistance from the The occasion for his comments was an event organized by the Blight of Asia, by George Hor - within the borders of Greece, or country. Soviet Union. June 1921-August schools of Constantinople marking the 150th anniversary of the ton. Horton was the Consul the fact that they were not Ataturk became increasingly 1922 was the final phase of that birth of Constantine Cavafy. They were published in the newspaper General of the United States in Greek citizens. They were edu - angry with the concessions the war when the Greeks were de - Apogevmatini. the Near East. He was there, cated and were always proud of sultan kept making to the Allies, feated. The great poet had lived in the city for a time, apparently drawn saw it all, and wrote his book in being Greek. he organized the Turkish Na - After the Turkish victory, the by his mother’s birth in the villages of the Bosporus, but also by 1926. The Greek genocide was the tionalist Party and began to government of Ataturk refused the importance of the history of the Patriarchate and its role in Among others, he wrote: systematic killing of the Greek form an army. to recognize the Treaty of Sevre determining the future of Hellenism. “The careful and impartial his - population of the Ottoman Em - Meanwhile, following and was in a position to request The patriarch complained that despite the fact that "we wished torian, William Stearns Davis, pire from 1913–1923. It in - Greece's participation on the Al - a new peace treaty. That was the for and tried to bring representatives from the omogeneia of Amer - says ‘The Turks drove straight cluded massacres, forced depor - lied side, Greece sent 20.000 Treaty of Lausanne, signed in ica,” to participate in the events and learn about Cavafy, at least a onward to Smyrna, which they tations involving death marches, troops to Smyrni to take control 1923, under which a significant few young people; unfortunately there was not the requisite inter - took and then burned.’” expulsions, executions, and de - of the city, as planned by the provision was the exchange of est" from the Archdiocese. The name of the city was struction of Christian Orthodox Triple Entente (France, Britain, populations which ended Greek A few simple words, chosen, each one with care, by a master of originally Myrrha(M ύρρα ), later cultural, historical and religious and Russia) for the partition of presence in Asia Minor after the Greek language, a tear in his eyes because his “wish" to welcome evolved to Smyrna( Σμύρνα ), monuments and churches. the Ottoman Empire. It was May 3,000 years. “at least a few young people" from America was not realized. the mother of Adonis in Greek It is estimated that more than 15, 1919. And the Greeks went A few simple words, but enough to write history. mythology. Goddess Aphrodite, 2.7 million Greeks, Armenians Legal justifications for the “home.” Home, though, is a fa - What remains to be seen is what the consequences will be – if after a quarrel with Myrrha, got and Assyrians were outright Greek army to land in Smyrni miliar place, a place with mem - any – of the failure to show the “the requisite interest.” her revenge by making Myrrha slaughtered or were victims of was found in the article 7 of the ories, a place where ancestors A representative of the Archdiocese told us that they "tried but fall in love with her own father, the "white death" of disease and Armistice of Mudros, which al - are buried, a place where you it was not possible" to send some young people to the event. Cinyras ( Κινύρας ), King of starvation. lowed the Allies "to occupy any are welcome. None of this was Perhaps the deeper significance of the matter is rooted in the Cyprus. Myrrha dressed as a Turkish nationalists, “the strategic points in the event of true for the πρόσφυγες – the fact that Bartholomew was a student of Cavafy from childhood. slave of the palace, tricked her Young Turks”, gained control of any situation arising which refugees. They left a country While many choose the poems "Ithaca" or "Waiting for the Bar - father, and spent the night with the Ottoman government by re - threatens the security of Allies." and a home they loved and barians" as their favorites poems by Cavafy, the one that befits the him. When her father found out volting against Sultan Hamid in As soon as Ataturk found out went to a place where they were Patriarch is "Thermopylae," especially the line “Never stirring from her identity, he became furious, 1908. The goal of the Turkish about the Greek troops being in strangers and were disliked. duty.." drew his sword and pursued nationalists was to achieve the Smyrni, he informed the Grand They lived in towns of παρά - This should not surprise anyone. Bartholomew sees the meaning Myrrha. She fled and she turned Turkification of the Empire by γκες – shacks made of whatever of his life and his mission in this light: he is guarding a Thermopy - to the gods for help. They took eliminating ethnic Christian mi - cheap material they could find. lae, a bastion of Hellenism and Orthodoxy – the Patriarchate. To pity on her and transformed her norities such as Greeks, Arme - After eliminating a The once very prosperous do justice to the debt he feels, the appropriate spirit and practices into a myrrh-tree. While in plant nians and Assyrians. big part of the male Greeks of Asia Minor were are those... of the soldiers of ancient Sparta, embodied in the form, Myrrha gave birth to Ado - First, the Christian men were Greek population, stripped of their wealth, went motto: I tan I epi tas – return with your shield or on it – or to use nis – he jumped off the trunk of rounded up and sent to labor to Greece and became paupers. modern sports language: leave it all on the field. the tree. And according to leg - battalions in the interior of the Turks focused In 1926 the Greek govern - There is no other way. end, the aromatic exuding Turkey, which were essentially on women, children, ment founded a “settlement” by There are "Thermopylaes” still to be guarded today, here in the (μύρο ) of the myrrh-tree are "battalions of death,” or were the city of Athens and named it Diaspora, in Athens, and in Nicosia. Myrrha's tears. forced into some ditch for exe - and the elderly, via Νέα Σμύρνη. In 1928 it had only Would we, too, display such dedication, “Never stirring from Smyrni was founded around cution. starvation and illness. 210 people. Today, with 75,000 duty?” the 11th century BC, first as an After eliminating a signifi - residents, it is one of the most Here is the entire poem: Aeolian settlement, and later cant part of the male popula - Vezir Ferit Paa with telegram beautiful suburbs of Athens with Thermopylae taken over and developed by the tion, the Turks proceeded to stating that he would never ac - a church of St. Photini, just like Honor to those who in their lives Ionians, descendants of Ion, eliminate the rest of the Greek cept the invasion of zmir in Smyrni, and a statue of the have defined and guard their Thermopylae. who founded the historical re - population including the elderly, (Smyrni)...And so started the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Never stirring from duty; gion of Ionia in Asia Minor. women, and children. Their Greek-Turkish war. Chrysostomos of Smyrni whom just and upright in all their deeds, The Ancient Greeks were ac - plan was to deport the Greeks The first phase of the war, the Turks lynched and then bru - yet with pity and compassion too; tive seamen seeking opportuni - and Armenians to the interior, May 1919 – October 1920, en - tally murdered. generous when they are rich, and when ties for trade and founding new and expose them to severe compasses the Greek landings George Horton wrote about they are poor, again a little generous, independent colonies at coastal weather conditions, hunger, and in Asia Minor and their consoli - the Metropolitan Chrysostomos: again helping as much as they can; sites across the Mediterranean illness. And so they did. dation along the Aegean coast. “A Turkish officer and two sol - always speaking the truth, Sea. In the 11th century BC, The 1st WW was a disaster In August of 1920 the Turks and diers went to the offices of the yet without hatred for those who lie. Greeks colonized the Eastern for the Ottoman Empire, and the allies sign the Treaty of cathedral and took him to And more honor is due to them coasts of the Aegean Sea. In 700 the Allies (France, Britain, and Sevres in France which had vir - Nureddin Pasha, the Turkish when they foresee (and many do foresee) BC, Greek colonization spread Russia) started demanding Ot - tually destroyed Turkey as a na - commander-in-chief, who that Ephialtes will finally appear, to Southern Italy, and in toman territory. Sultan Mehmed tion-state. turned him over to the fanatical and that the Medes in the end will break through. 657 BC, the Greeks found VI, in order to ensure the con - The second phase, October mob to work its will upon him. Constantine P. Cavafy (1903) Byzantium, which was later re - tinuation of his rule, was willing 1920 - June 1921, was charac - He was spit upon, his beard torn named Constantinople to honor to cooperate with the Allies. terized by Greek offensive op - out by the roots, beaten, Emperor Constantine the Great Turkey signed the Armistice of erations: in October 1920, the stabbed to death and then Perpetual Vulnerability – St. Constantine in the Ortho - Mudros ( Ανακωχή του Μού - Greek army advanced further dragged about the streets. dox Church – who ruled the Ro - δρου ) in October, 1918 marking east into the country, with the “He was offered a refuge in man Empire for 31 years. the defeat of the Ottoman Em - encouragement of the British the French Consulate but he re - Our Lives Changed after the Terrorist Attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The immigration effectively pire. It was signed on the ship Prime Minister David Lloyd fused saying that it was his duty First, Americans, but gradually everyone else, had to endure ceased in the 6th century, by Agamemnon at the harbor of George. This advance had to remain with his flock. He died humiliating searches at airports in the name of security. which time the Greek world the island of Lemnos. started under the government a martyr and deserves the high - The country is becoming increasingly militaristic and hundreds had, culturally and linguistically, Kemal Ataturk was born in of Eleftherios Venizelos, but est honors in the bestowal of the of billions of dollars have been spent to defend against new terrorist become much larger than the 1881 in Thessaloniki, which was soon after the offensive began, Greek Church and government." attacks. Society is bombarded with threats from aspiring terrorists that conspire to cause panic, making people accept ever more oner - ous measures in the name of security. For 12 years there were no terrorist attacks on American soil. The steps taken by the government worked, as President Barack Tourism on Autopilot Obama stated during his re-election campaign. The country was protected against a new blow. It was necessary, however, for Afghanistan to be invaded, and By A.H. Diamataris central square was often turned quent trip during which she ex - then Iraq. Nearly 5,000 lives needed to be sacrificed, and the gov - into a battlefield. The only peo - pected to report on tangible re - ernment spent unbelievable amounts of money. Hundreds of Al- "Kathimerini tis Kiriakis,” the ple that could be expected to sults: the visit never took place. Qaeda members and allies had to be killed with drones. Osama authoritative newspaper of dare to go were Diaspora Rather, the Minister focused bin Laden needed be tracked down and executed. Athens, published a page one a Greeks, who know that just be - on Russian tourists, who have After a decade, new buildings have replaced the Twin Towers photo yesterday of Santorini, yond Syntagma Square, and es - been traveling more frequently of the World Trade Center – bigger, stronger, more imposing. which showed two young pecially on the islands, things to Greece in recent years, but Unfortunately, the Church of St. Nicholas has yet to be rebuilt. tourists literally dragging a suit - are very different. During the while they do spend some New York, the city that endured the main blows on 9/11, did case down the middle of the past two years however, the sit - money they do not always make not merely survive, but emerged even more impressive and vigorous road and which bore the title uation has been relatively calm, the best impression. than before. All those things send a loud and powerful message to "Great Expectations for Foreign even in Athens. The situation regarding di - our enemies. Tourism." Nevertheless, on many is - rect flights between New York We were also convinced that the attack of 9/11 was an excep - Under other circumstances, lands, the residents greet visi - and Athens is also very reveal - tional case, a "Black Swan" that we would never experience again. that is exactly what should be tors disembarking from cruise ing. Delta, after a six-month hia - On that day there was an unfortunate confluence of many elements the case. In a country that is in ships with open arms and wel - tus, resumes daily, direct flights that could not be repeated. Many flukes were necessary for such a the midst of a deep recession come them with traditional to Greece on June 1. Qatar had forceful blow to be directed against those great icons of capitalism and where tourism constitutes sweets, music, and drinks. That announced that it will begin di - at Ground Zero, and at the city that is a symbol of not just American, its "heavy industry," it is per - is unprecedented. rect flights from Athens to New but of human possibility. fectly reasonable for hope to Hence, the conditions are York, but they have…disap - And suddenly, a marathon – a symbol of peace and friendship – turn to foreign tourists for an ripe for a campaign to attract peared from the radar. in a city known for culture and progress, became the target of a economic shot in the arm. tourists, and which will simul - It thus appears that the only madman who turned the center of Boston into a battleground. However, as with everything taneously affect a much-needed company that really cares about sis, Greece seemed to do little Human bodies without legs. Limbs scattered on the blood- else in life, nothing takes place improvement to the image of the Greek-American traveler is: to realize what many industry stained pavement. in a vacuum. the country in general. Turkish Airlines. experts believe is its enormous Why? For what reason? Why those innocent victims? And who “Sin Athena ke hira kini,” the Yet, it appears that the rele - Now, under such circum - potential. is responsible? Greeks say – when drowning, vant authorities have other stances, how can one expect, as The prospect of an increase We do not know yet. What we do know is that April 15 shattered pray to Athena, but move your things on their minds. is often said in Greece, a signif - is welcome, but it would be dif - the feeling of security that took us so long to recover after 9/11. hands a little also. The Tourism Minister did un - icant increase in tourism? It is ficult for someone to forecast That was the day’s greatest victim. If it can happen in Boston, at a Greece has "rolled down the dertake a well-prepared visit to hard to see. that it will jumpstart the wheels marathon, it can happen anywhere. shutters" of its tourism sector New York in late 2012. She and Of course, there will be an of the Greek economy. Is anything still sacred? Is anybody safe? over the last four years. Few for - her colleagues worked hard to increase this year because the Apart from the proper au - The key question is, however: can society protect itself? It is a eigners would risk visiting a promote Greece as a travel des - numbers for prior years have thorities, who may be victims of question that no generation has had to face thus far. country where the capital city’s tination and promised a subse - been low – even before the cri - their own propaganda. THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 20-26, 2013 VIEWPOINTS 11 It is Time for Cyprus to Start Acting for Itself and to Become the Master of its Own Fate

If we learned anything from bad that it should never have sack depositor ac - eastern Mediter - ened Greece, to prevent Cyprus energy that can be used to at - the current crisis in Cyprus, it is been voted on in the first place. counts – including ac - ranean States on from exploiting its gas fields. tract direct foreign investment that the Cypriot leadership con - Well, the Cypriots have now counts guaranteed by which it depends However, given that the United into industrial projects. Gas can tinues to show no skill at actually done it again. They should have the Cypriot Govern - for support in the States clearly would like Israel form the basis for a domestic running the island. From 1960 seen the banking crisis coming. ment. Anastasiades region. Unfortu - to cement its ties with Turkey petrochemical industry. Numer - until the present, Cypriot leaders Two years ago, the “troika” con - agreed, despite the nately, for and will try to persuade it to ous new technologies exist to have allowed foreign players to jured up the so-called “haircut” clear illegality of the Cyprus, this turn build a gas export pipeline to convert natural gas directly into decide the Island’s fate. Arch - on private holders of Greek Gov - demand, but his Par - of events calls Turkey, this would put Cyprus in clean high-quality diesel fuel for bishop Makarios, in return for ernment bonds. Cypriot banks liament balked. into question a bind. Without Israeli gas, domestic use or for export. If a his freedom and the Presidency held approximately $29 billion Cyprus finally got its Nicosia’s slavish Cypriot deposits are too small to pipeline must be built, build it of Cyprus, allowed the British to of Greek debt as assets. The rollover loan from the embrace of Israel justify a huge investment in a to Egypt, which already needs impose the 1960 Constitution, a “haircut” cost the banks about EU under circum - as a protector liquefied natural gas facility. more natural gas to meet con - document so fatally flawed that $15 billion. To put this in con - stances that have un - by AMB. PATRICK N. against Turkey’s Building a pipeline to Turkey tractual demands, or to Lebanon it inevitably led to the breakup text, the total annual GDP of dermined the basis of THEROS threats to prevent would turn the island into a whose energy imports from of the Republic and the Turkish Cyprus did not exceed $24 bil - the Cypriot economy Cypriot exploita - hostage to Turkey’s whims. Syria are imperiled. invasion. After his overthrow in lion. Cypriot banks, like their and created a bitter Special to tion of new- No one on Cyprus seems to The time has come for Cyprus 1974, Makarios publicly called brethren in Iceland five years enemy in Russia. The National Herald found gas de - have the imagination consider to start acting for itself. on the “Guarantor Powers” to re - ago, paid high interest rates they Another and posits. Now, that alternatives. Some Cypriots have store him to office. Turkey seized could not service in order to at - equally-threatening problem has protection has been called into already begun to bemoan their The Hon. Ambassador Theros is the fact that it was one of the tract questionable deposits from now appeared on the horizon: question and Turkey has turned fate and even seem willing to president of the U.S.-Qatar Busi - three “Guarantor Powers” and Russia and Greece that were five President Obama, in a perfectly up the pressure to prevent accept the inevitable subjugation ness Council. He served in the took Makarios’ call as an explicit times Cyprus’ GDP. A banking valid pursuit of American inter - Cyprus from exploiting the de - of their economy – and political U.S. Foreign Service for 36 invitation to invade. sector that big in relative terms ests, coerced Israeli President posits without first giving Turkey freedom – to Turkey. In fact, years, mostly in the Middle East, Since 1974 every initiative on posed a serious threat to such a Netanyahu into apologizing to a veto over their disposal and Cyprus has many other alterna - and was American Ambassador Cyprus has a non-Cypriot origin. small economy; Cyprus had a Erdogan over the shooting of force Cyprus to build a pipeline tives. Many alternatives, in fact, to Qatar from 1995 to 1998. He British and American diplomats “too big to fail” problem on Turkish protestors at sea two to ship all its gas to Turkey. It is could be more beneficial to the also directed the State Depart - devised the infamous Annan steroids. The Cypriot Govern - years ago. The United States doubtful that Turkey would risk Cypriot economy than simply ex - ment’s Counter-Terrorism Plan – based on the 1960 Con - ment should have bitten the bul - aims to restore good relations war in that dangerous part of porting gas via pipeline or LNG Office, and holds numerous U.S. stitution only worse. At no time let and forced the banks to re - between the two most powerful the world, even with a weak - tankers. Gas can provide cheap Government decorations. since 1974 have Cypriot political trench two years earlier. Instead leaders put forward a plan of they again sought a foreign sav - their own for discussion leaving ior. President Christofias ran to the only the Annan Plan on the Moscow. The Russians gave him table. This undermined the a $323 billion loan, enough to Boston Marathon Attacks Underscore an Endless Jihad Cypriot hand while allowing the make him look silly but far too Turks to rewrite the Plan. Then small to do any good. Con - President Papadopoulos, having fronted with an economy about The terrorist attack against Olympic Park, car - against soft targets. movement that is worldwide and no plan of his own, first sup - to go over the cliff and a gov - the Boston Marathon can only be ried out by Eric The difficulties for secret. Some may genuinely feel ported it, then opposed it, and ernment unable to pay its bills, described as an act of pure hate. Rudolph was moti - lone wolf terrorists that there really is a war between finally allowed the world to the newly-elected President, The marathon does not represent vated by anti-abor - are significantly re - Islam and the West, led by the blame Greek Cypriot “intransi - Nicos Anastasiades, received an a military target, a symbol of cap - tion extremism. Re - duced when the tar - United States. gence” for rejecting a plan so ultimatum from the troika: ran - italism, US interventionist policy, markably, after 9/11 get is an easily ac - Many in the Middle East see or even some variation of so- there have been sev - cessible large public the America-led War on Terror called U.S. imperialism. Partici - eral attempts at ter - event. as an excuse for attacking their pants and spectators from all rorism but only one Furthermore, countries. Since the War on Ter - LETTER FROM ATHENS over the world could not, under actual bombing (in the lone wolves are ror is fought in the shadows, or even the most extremist ideology, 2004 by a white su - expendable. Al- conducted by Special Forces in have harbored any ill will toward premacist, Dennis Qaeda, rather than black ops, it has become an am - a specific group and/or people Mahon). by DR. ANDRE investing time and biguous and amorphous conflict. Greece Itself May Survive, who perpetrated this attack. Yet One important GEROLYMATOS considerable funds It is not fought on a conventional since 9/11, America has been a consideration for in producing highly battlefield, but is waged within target of extremists with a variety this lack of terrorist Special to trained terrorists, the civilian populations of the But AEK Athens Will Not of motives. attacks is that U.S. The National Herald simply provide ba - combatants. The jihadist narra - American authorities have in - counterterrorism sic advice on mak - tive is that if U.S. drones and dicted 380 individuals for acts of measures implemented since ing crude bombs and rudimen - bombs can kill women and chil - If it weren’t so hurt, two police offi - violence with a political slant 9/11 has been very effective in tary tradecraft to temporarily dren in Pakistan and pathetic, the free cers were injured post 9/11. According to the New deterring potential terrorists. elude capture. The lone-wolf ter - Afghanistan, then Mujahedeen fall of the once- and 15 AEK fans America Foundation, 81 man - Equally significant is the trans - rorist also enjoys home court ad - can inflict similar pain and suf - powerful AEK were arrested, in - aged to acquire explosives or the formation, or rather mutation, of vantage since he or she is some - fering against their enemies. Athens soccer cluding six minors, necessary materials to make a al-Qaeda from a single entity into one who is either born in the On one level the War on Ter - team would be from a total of 39 bomb. Out of those, 51 were hundreds of groups and thou - United States or has grown up ror has been a limited success in laughable, but its people who were de - linked to extreme rightwing or - sands of individuals. In effect, al- there. that it has kept terrorism at bay rapid decline is a tained at the ganizations. Twenty-three were Qaeda has become a source of Consequently, the security ser - in the United States, but the tac - perfect parallel Olympic Stadium, radicals claiming spiritual links inspiration and guidance to af - vices are not aware of such indi - tics of covert operations seem to and sports putting an end to the to al-Qaeda, five were described filiate groups that undertake ac - viduals until the terrorist is cap - inflate, not diminish, the ranks metaphor for why worst season for AEK as anarchists, and one was an en - tual operations, rather than do - tured attempting to or executing of the jihadists. Meanwhile, the Greece has fallen, in its 89-year history. vironmental terrorist. ing them themselves. a terrorist event. At the present same tactics have forced al- too. by ANDY Its having a Because of magnitude of A key element in this new time, it is impossible to estimate Qaeda to diffuse into a myriad Sports in DABILIS worse year than 9/11’s death toll and casualties, strategy is the lone wolf terrorist how many individuals in the of subsidiary organizations, mak - Greece – like poli - Prime Minister An - it is the pivotal moment in the who does not use electronic com - United States have committed ing it impossible for the United tics – is rife with Special to tonis Samaras, who history of terrorism in the United munications, or travels overseas themselves to al-Qaeda and its States to strike at the enemy. The corruption, mis - The National Herald at least found an an - States. Prior to that tragedy, how - to Pakistan, Afghanistan, or any jihad. mere survival of the terrorist or - management, gel in the Troika of ever, Americans were victims of other country known to harbor The fundamental question, of ganization enables it to proclaim avarice, fake injuries, and im - the European Union-Interna - several bombings. In 1993, the terrorist organizations. As a re - course, is why anyone living in victory. After twelve years of war, punity from justice. You have to tional Monetary Fund-European truck bomb that exploded at the sult, such individuals have no the United States would buy in al-Qaeda is still a formidable wonder why they even play the Central Bank to come to Greece’s World Trade Center, killing six, record of radical activity, and for to al-Qaeda’s message, or for that force, with or without Osama bin games because Greek soccer so rescue at the small cost of en - was inspired by al-Qaeda. In the most part are unknown to matter subscribe to the ideology Laden. fixed that it makes professional slaving everyone in the country 1995, Timothy McVeigh attacked the authorities. Because these of any organization that preaches wrestling look like the real thing who wasn’t rich or a politician. his own country with a truck men, and perhaps women, are hate and death. One speculation Andre Gerolymatos is the by comparison. AEK is even worse off finan - bomb in Oklahoma City, killing not trained in making elaborate is that the typical al-Qaeda re - Director of the Stavros Niarchos Greek soccer players take cially than Greece, which is 168 people. While McVeigh was explosives, and operate as indi - cruit, the lone wolf, is a loner Foundation for Hellenic Studies dives better than The Rock ever broke, but can steal money from driven by extreme rightwing viduals or in groups of two, they who cannot fit into society. They at Simon Fraser University in did, but maybe that’s inherent taxpayers while AEK has to con - ideas, the bombing in the 1996 can only undertake operations find personal solace by joining a Vancouver. in a sport where if someone vince people to show up to breathes on you that you have watch a team that’s as exciting to fall down like you were shot as watching paint dry and in the leg. should wear LOSERS on its AEK already was dealing shirts. In Europe, Hymn to Sorrow Should Replace Hymn to Joy with bankruptcy and the dis - Without cash, drowning in grace of its young star, Giorgos debt, no home field, AEK re - Katidis, being banned for life leased most of its real profes - By Ambassador Alexandros South against the North, and the from perfection. This assessment derstood; it is not tolerated: in from Greece’s national team for sionals last year and fielded a Mallias North against the South. It is po - is not related exclusively to a sin - fact, it is rejected by society. Eu - giving a Nazi-like salute after bunch of teenagers with a cou - Crisis Observatory litical and institutional, it is more gle country; it applies also to rope must reach the people; reach scoring the winning goal for his ple of veterans thrown in to de - about the EURO value and less many in the European Union, in - the jobless and the unemployed; team in a Greek league match. ceive people they’re not watch - I was honoured and humbled about Europe's values. cluding those who pull the reigns. reach the dispossessed; reach You’d think a life ban from ing amateurs. It may not matter to serve the (then) European From a geostrategic perspec - Furthermore, it is clear that those who cannot buy their med - your national team might elicit because AEK doesn’t have Community, the European vision tive, Europe's South East includ - the alignments, sacrifices and icine or feed their children. some disciplinary action from enough money to field a team and ideals, since 1970. Indeed, ing two EU members Greece and compromises that are the prereq - Definitely, the ''polis” ( πόλις ) your own team, but Katidis – as next year which could spell the my first job was at the Informa - Cyprus, should normally matter uisites, the conditionality, for join - and the ''politis'' (citizen- πολίτης ) is virtually everybody in Greece end of the once-storied fran - tion Centre of the European Com - more, due to its immediate vicin - ing the European Union cannot are not able to understand why with clout except for a few sac - chise. munities in Athens (1970-1972). ity to the Middle and Near East, simply stop on the day you are painful economic measures or rificial goats – got only a five- Doom was coming from a In the late sixties and early as well as to North Africa and to in. Greece, Spain, Portugal and countermeasures are imposed to game suspension from his team, long way off because the man - seventies, while Greece was ruled the ongoing historic mutations recently Cyprus are learning their them, while their democratically which is lower in the Greek agement put up with thugs in by the military junta, the Euro - and changes. lesson the hard way. elected archons themselves are league standings than Greece on the stands and players that pean institutions stood for the op - Whatever is the outcome of not often the best (the '' άριστοι'' ). the world corruption chart. didn’t care. It may survive only pressed Greeks. I am proud to be the present circle of these mega If ethos and accountability are He also was fined 1,000 eu - as an amateur club, one way the a pro-European activist through - changes one thing is clear: Eu - Europeans must learn not the code of political conduct, ros ($1,300) and barred from management can write off its out my life. rope's Near East neighbors will politics is a long-distance then we are failing our own coun - attending professional games crushing debt, which Greeks As a diplomat, till my retire - be different. Definitely in politics; try and our Europe as well. for three months unless he buried by pay cuts, tax hikes, ment as Ambassador of Greece in probably also in territory. Yes, it race, not a short dash. The Aristotelian concepts of sneaks in as a hooligan. Given and slashed pensions can’t do 2010, I was privileged to work in is also clear that the era of ''sta - ''catharsis'' and ''metron'' should what’s happened to his team, as they’re being hounded by the shadow of true European bility'' in the Middle East guaran - It is not just a failure of eco - be the rule and not the exception which will be relegated to the banks to pay back 100 percent leaders whose vision and action teed by tyrants and dictators is nomics. It is a failure of politics. to the rule in politics, both at a second division of also-rans, of what they owe. for Europe was beneficial to over. Furthermore, this transfor - The present European crisis cou - European as well as at a national AEK should worry that it’s given AEK may reportedly acquire Greece, to Europe and to the mation, still in its early phase, will pled with the collapse of the per - level. Yet, the same ''metron'' is its fans a lifetime ban. the tax registration number of South East Europe at large, be unpredictably long. I anticipate sonal dignity of Greeks, Spaniards also necessary when austerity or It’s impossible to take Greek another team and play in the notwithstanding their different the moving sand will progress to and Cypriots, all holders of the rather impoverishment measures soccer seriously, knowing that second division with a different ideologies, tactics and political the Persian Gulf and beyond. European passport, proves also are prescribed as remedies. some of the players and refer - name, but with no debts. Why agendas. In fact, what is currently hap - that it is not just enough to work The path to Europe and the ees, who obviously learned from didn’t Samaras think of that? He It is fair to say that from a po - pening in the southern and east - and ''deal'' with the established path of Europe is our common the management, are paid to fix could change Greece’s name to litical as well as from an institu - ern shores of the Mediterranean political elites, or simply with the Odyssey. There is no credible al - matches and yet the empty Bulgaria, erase the borders, and tional point of view, Greece's ac - has some similarities with the fall establishment. ternative. heads that pose as fans believe tell the Troika to have the other cession opened the door to of the Iron Curtain and the col - Yes, we as part of this system We owe an apology to those their teams are trying to win guy pay. further enlargements and mem - lapse of the totalitarian regimes also bear responsibility for our European citizens, in Greece in and care about them. A big Just when you think it could - berships. in the former Soviet Union and own mistakes and failures. The Spain and elsewhere, who lost game in soccer is a 0-0 tie. n’t get any worse for AEK, its Many in Greece, in Cyprus, in the authoritarian regime in the political elites, either in office or their right to dignity. Democracy One thing you learn fast as a President Andreas Dimitrelos Spain and elsewhere are upset former Yugoslavia. Few are still in opposition, should display is not simply holding fair elec - journalist covering professional was arrested over 170 million with the prejudice colouring some nostalgic of the era of this incon - more humility and show a higher tions. It is above all about pre - sports is that these guys would euros ($223.7 million) in taxes comments and statements regard - venient ''stability''. degree of accountability. Yet, their serving our own personal dignity. change uniforms during the the team hasn’t paid. Join the ing Europe's South; in fact regard - South East Europe is also the political ''logos'' is that of arro - A lesson learned from the on - game if the other side would club and get in line with most ing the peoples of the South. energy gateway and the cross- gance and bickering. going crisis and the decline of Eu - play them more money. They everyone else in Greece who Well, I witnessed myself their point of routes from the East to On election day, fear and de - rope's fundamental values is that know there’s no W’s and L’s on doesn’t pay as well. Like AEK existence even from an institu - Central and Western Europe. It is spair are determining our vote; the European Union is losing the checks and it doesn’t matter players, they can’t kick about it, tional point of view when Greece this part of Europe's forefront that not the perspective of "change'' or ground. Furthermore, we lose our if they win or lose because they either. applied for membership to the links the old continent to Asia and of ''better days.'' faith in our Europe. get paid, unless the checks AEK said the debt occurred European Union. to North Africa's Egypt and Libya. Moreover, there is a dramatic Politics and policies are a bounce, which could happen before Dimetrelos joined a long Greece became the first EU Yet, the European Union as public information: communica - marathon run; not a 100-meter any time now for AEK. list of team owners and he pat - member from (in) the periphery. such is still remarkably absent tion deficit within the European dash. I am afraid that the Euro - AEK fans sealed their team’s ted himself on the back for Yet, we were still considered from the Middle Eastern stage. Union's institutions as well as pean Union, our Europe, while fate at a match this month keeping the team alive even somehow “different.” A rhetorical question: does within our own democratic sys - focusing on the first kilometer against an even-lowlier team, harder than Samaras did in tak - The concept of ''L'Europe a anyone argue or believe that the tems. Think for example of the risks of losing the marathon race. Panthrakikos, which was lead - ing credit for saving Greece. deux vitesses'' was elaborated and present political division between way party discipline, often in an This is why on May 9, in ing 1-0 thanks to an AEK player An Athens prosecutor has is - indeed publicly proposed already the North and the South or if you irrational way, prevails over per - Athens, in Nicosia in Madrid as scoring against his own team, sued arrest warrants for four in 1977-79 during Greece's acces - wish between the South and the sonal conscience. well as in Brussels, in Berlin, all prompting the lunatics in the former owners, but if they’re sion process. I still recall Gaston North makes Europe more palat - The gap between the average over Europe, ''A Hymn to Sorrow stands to charge the field and smart they’ll disguise themselves Thorn and Leo Tindemans ex - able to its immediate neighbor - citizen from one side, the Euro - '' for our Europe should replace try to attack anyone wearing an as empty seats and blend into pounding this idea. hood? pean institutions and the political the "Hymn to Joy." AEK uniform. AEK players ran the AEK crowd, or empty suits My account of the ongoing Eu - Well, we have all realized that elites from the other side has faster for the exits than they did and fit right into the Parliament. ropean crisis, not to use the term membership in the European never been deeper and wider. It Alexandros Mallias was Greece’s during the game. debacle, is that: it is deep, divisive Union is not tantamount to per - is not surprising that the message Ambassador to the United States Two Panthrakikos players got [email protected] and grass-rooted, it turned the fection. Yes, indeed, we are far does not get through; It is not un - from 2005-2009. 12 THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 20-26, 2013

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