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E 10 0 ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald anniversa ry N www.thenationalherald.com A weekly Greek-AmericAn PublicAtiOn 1915-2015 VOL. 18, ISSUE 921 June 6-12, 2015 c v $1.50 Tsipras Backs Half of Americans Raised Orthodox Stay wi1th Faith Bailout Plan Poll Reveals Religion To Troika as On Decline in US Talks Endure “No Affiliation” Rises TNH Staff BRUSSELS — Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis NEW YORK – An in-depth and Tsipras said early June 4 he extensively-cited study of reli - found a constructive ap - gious affiliation of Americans proach during a showdown published on May 12 by the with creditors in Brussels well-regarded Pew Research and all sides insisted talks Center found that the number to unlock crucial bailout of Americans who identify loans and save the country themselves as Christian is on the from financial disaster decline, while the number of would continue within days. American adults who do not Even though Greece is identify with any organized re - running out of cash and ligion is growing. faces more debt repayments The findings from interviews as soon as June 5, Tsipras with more than 35,000 Ameri - still found a lifeline to keep cans concludes that the percent - the momentum for more ne - age of adults who describe gotiations going. themselves as Christian has “I believe that, in any dropped by nearly eight points case, agreement is in sight – from 78.4% to 70.6% since but we need to conclude the Pew’s last survey just seven discussions with a realistic years ago. The fastest-growing point of view,” Tsipras said. religious affiliation are the French President Fran - “nones” as Pew’s findings call cois Hollande said ahead of them – those who do not affili - the Brussels talks that ended ate or self-identify with any or - around midnight June 3 ganized church or religion. Not that the negotiations were surprisingly, more and more at least heading in the right young adults – millennials – direction: “We are some identify themselves in this days, not to say some hours “none” category. away from a possible agree - The study’s results provided ment.” some interesting insight on the Greece has been negoti - state of Orthodox Christianity in ating for four months with the U.S., as compared to other its creditors over what bud - Community Bids Christian and non-Christian get reforms it should make Farewell faiths, including: to get the 7.2 billion euros • Orthodox Christians have ($8.1 billion) in loans that At Savopoulos Funeral the most wealth, on a per capita are left over in its bailout basis, compared to other Chris - fund. The meetings are part Hundreds of people attended tian denominations. Approxi - of a string of high-level the funeral for the Savopoulos mately 29% of Orthodox Chris - diplomatic efforts to bring family at Saint Sophia tians have a household income the negotiations to a suc - Cathedral in Washington, DC of more than $100,000 per year, on June 1. Above: Family Continued on page 11 members and friends, led by Continued on page 9 daughters Abigail Savopoulos, 19, and her 17-year-old sister Katerina, who were at their boarding schools at the time Verizon AOL of the killings, attended the Minos Papas' services, a traditional Greek Orthodox funeral conducted Grab Riles in Greek and English by Portrait of Archbishop Demetrios of America. Savvas (46) and Huffington Amy (47) Savopoulos and War Via Film their son Philip (10) were taken hostage and murdered, The Huffington Post of Ari - along with their maid, By Constantine S. Sirigos anna Stassinopoulos Huffington Veralicia Figueroa, on May 14 TNH Staff Writer may morph yet again now that during a robbery at their its parent company, AOL, has home. NEW YORK – Sometimes it been acquired by Verizon. takes an artist to bring clarity The news website, which has or a greater sense of urgency to more than 200 million unique the burning issues of the times. visitors a month and helped In the 19th century people like change the face of news distrib - Anthimos of Olympos, Retired Bishop, Passes at 81 Eugene Delacroix through paint - ution and challenge giants such ings such as “Greece on the ru - as the New York Times, has built ins of Missolonghi” helped shift itself on the back of using free By Theodore Kalmoukos elite and mass perceptions; to - bloggers and wire service sto - day, filmmakers like Minos Pa - ries. BOSTON, MA – Retired Bishop pas weigh on war from a differ - But just as it was moving to - Anthimos of Olympos died at ent perspective. ward global expansion – includ - age 81 at his home in West Living in New York, it began ing an office in Athens – and Yarmouth, MA on May 29, prob - to concern Papas that in the City heading toward developing ably from heart failure. one could hardly tell that Amer - more original content while Born as Georges Draconakis ica has been at war for more branching out its fields of inter - in Castelli, Crete on November than a decade. est, came the Verizon deal. 19, 1934 to Nicholas and Those who felt the brunt of With the HuffPost, as it is Kalliope, he was drawn to the the wars were the returning vet - called, valued at about $1 bil - church from a young age and erans, and he wants to tell their lion, Verizon was seen as keen followed the calling of the Lord. story. to use its assets, particularly ad - He was a graduate of the Patri - Papas has been researching archal Theological School of veterans and post-traumatic Continued on page 6 Halki where he received his stress disorder (PTSD) for three Theological degree. years and is preparing for the He was ordained to the Dia - production of a 15-minute short conate in 1954 and to the Holy subject, Tango on the Balcony, Priesthood in 1956. He was ele - which he plans to turn into a Diplomats are vated to the rank of Archiman - feature film. drite in 1959. He served He believes people are not Heading Back parishes in Belgium, where he aware of the full cost of war, not studied at the Catholic Univer - only in terms of deaths, but of sity of Louvain. From 1960 to lives damaged and families shat - To Greece 1969 he was assigned to the tered. Archdiocese of Germany in sev - Alexander Hamilton Chapter Celebrates 90th Anniversary Papas, however, doesn’t want By Demetris Tsakas eral capacities and served to rehash the causes but to shine TNH Staff Writer parishes in Berlin and Nurem - The past and the future were in the spotlight when the Alexander Hamilton Chapter of the a light on hope and moving for - berg before being appointed as Order of AHEPA celebrated its 90th Anniversary at the facilities of Graycliff Fine Catering. Seen ward. NEW YORK – The current Con - with scholarship recipients are Christopher Morgan, Chapter 54 president, Louis Arvanitis, sul General of Greece in New Continued on page 9 Scholarship Committee Chairman, and Andrew Zachariades, Supreme Secretary. Continued on page 6 York, Ambassador George Il - iopoulos, and his predecessor, Ambassador Aglaia Balta, cur - rently serving as Greece’s am - WITH THIS ISSUE bassador to Chile, will be return - Remembering Stratakos, Early Jazz Musician ing to the headquarters of the Greek Foreign Ministry. It is not known when they will leave By Steve Frangos cially remembered, within the ments. sent details of his life that will their current posts. TNH Staff Writer inner circles of jazz musicians Greek-American historical gain in importance as this ac - Balta is warmly remembered and historians, as one of the ear - studies also seem to inevitably count progresses. in New York and Iliopoulos has CHICAGO- Ellis Stratakos was liest proponents of “sweet” and involve of in questions related On December 1, 1903, Ellis earned the community’s respect one of the earliest musicians to so (as the jazz musician’s in- to family. Unexpectedly, for our Stratakos was born in New Or - through his dedication and by play the American created form group slang has it) “hot” jazz. survey here, during the time-pe - leans, LA to Greek immigrant participating in its events and of music now known as jazz. Jazz revival groups such as the riod under review, Louisiana, Louis George Stratakos (b. abt supporting its organizations. Starting as little more than a New Orleans-based New Mississippi and Texas were all 1870) and Ernestine Enoul Li - The decision was made on teenager Stratakos played as a Leviathan Oriental Fox Trot Or - states that Greek immigrants vaudias (b. abt 1876). Accord - trombonist in various bands and chestra proudly credit Stratakos with the surname of Stratakos ing to available records Louis Continued on page 10 orchestras throughout his ca - and his Orchestra for a number lived and worked. Given the Stratakos and Ernestine Livau - reer. In time Stratakos headed of their recordings. Yet for all of broad array of news articles we dias were married in New Or - his own orchestra touring back this attention by musicians and must also assume that the resi - leans on September 23, 1896. and forth throughout the Gulf jazz aficionados there is only dents of small towns and cities Louis Stratakos was born in a For subscription: States from Louisiana to Florida. scattered information about this along the Gulf of New Mexico small village near Sparta. At 718.784.5255 A well accepted fact of Jazz his - musician in print and on surviv - shore knew this wider cast of some point in the early years of [email protected] tory is that the Ellis Stratakos ing 78rpm records; we know characters quite well. Teasing the last century young Stratakos Orchestra in the late 1920s- next to nothing about the man. out Ellis Stratakos and his fam - inspired by enthusiastic letters early 30s was the house orches - For the moment then all we can ily of origin from this wider from cousins in America left tra at the luxurious New Or - offer here is working biography group requires a tight focus. Greece for Galveston, TX. It was leans’ roof-top dance lounge the of this notable musician based Given the full arch of Ellis Jung Hotel. Stratakos is espe - on this eclectic array of docu - Stratakos’ life we must also pre - Continued on page 7 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 6-12, 2015

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TNH Staff n THRU NOV. 1 Orthodox Church, 4949 Alton TARPON SPRINGS, FL – Night Parkway in Irvine, celebrates its LOS ANGELES, CA – University in the Islands returns to the 36th Greek festival Friday-Sun - of Southern California President world-famous Sponge Docks of day, June 26-28. Friday 5-10PM, Max Nikias and his wife, Niki, Tarpon Springs for 2015! Satur - Saturday Noon-10PM, Sunday were welcomed warmly at the days, 6-11PM: Jul. 11, Aug. 1, Noon-9PM. Delicious Greek National Technical University of Sept. 12, and Oct. 3. A free Food and Pastries, Athens (NTUA), his undergrad - event of Greek music, dancing, Greek Folk Dancing, Carnival uate alma mater, where he was and dining! And we will offer Rides, Opportunity Drawing, presented with an hononary an hour of free Greek dance Church Tours, Boutique and Gift doctorate in electrical and com - lessons by the Levendia Dance Items from around the world, puter engineering by NTUA’s Troupe from 6-7 PM. The festi - Carnival Rides, and Cooking Vice Rector, Dimitrios Papanto - val is supported in part by a Demonstrations await! $3.00 nis and that departments’ dean, grant from the National Endow - per person, Children under 10 Dimitrios M. Tsamakis. Presi - ment for the Arts. Come join us are free, Seniors 65+ are free dent Nikias was commended for for authentic island fun in the Saturday 12-5pm. For more in - his achievements as a scientist, warm Florida sun and mark formation, please visit scholar, and leader, and for be - your calendar and make this a http://irvinegreekfest.com or ing a global Hellenic ambas - regular destination! And if call the Church at (949) 733- sador. you’re just in town for a week 2366. “My time at NTUA represents or two, make sure to mark your some of the most important and calendar as you will not want SHEBOYGAN, WI – The St. formative years of my life, and to miss this! Tarpon Springs is a Spyridon Greek Orthodox as a result, the university still unique Greek experience in the Church, 1427 South Street in holds a very special place in my United States, one unlike any Sheboygan will hold its Greek heart,” Nikias said. “It was a other Greek community. Come festival Friday through Sunday, thrill to be invited back, and I be part of this one-of-a-kind June 26-28 at the following was humbled to receive this American experience that will times: Fri: 6-9PM; Sat: 11AM- honorary degree in the company USC President Max Nikias receives an honorary doctorate from his undergraduate alma mater, make you feel as if, truly, you 9PM; Sun: 11AM-6PM. Featur - of my esteemed peers, friends the National Technical University of Athens. are back in the homeland! ing authentic Greek food and and family. dancing at Deland Park on the “NTUA has built a well-de - rector of national research cen - neers (IEEE) and the American partment of Defense has n JUNE 5 beautiful Sheboygan Lake served legacy as one of the ters, dean, provost, and now Association for the Advance - adopted a number of his inno - MANHATTTAN – All are invited Michigan shoreline. Free admis - world’s top technical universi - president. He holds faculty ap - ment of Science. Among numer - vations and patents in sonar, to the Archdiocesan Cathedral sion, ticket purchase for food, ties. It is a legacy from which I pointments in both electrical en - ous other honors, he has re - radar, and communication sys - Soiree on Friday, Jun. 5th hon - beverages and children's activi - have greatly benefited, and one gineering and the classics. Ad - ceived the IEEE Simon Ramo tems. He has authored more oring industrialist Dennis ties. Lots of free parking. Liturgy of which I will always be proud.” ditionally, he leads special Medal, the State University of than 275 journal articles and Mehiel and formally welcoming on the grounds at 9 a.m. Sun - According to USC’s website: freshman seminars each fall on New York at Buffalo’s Distin - conference papers, three text - Fr. John Vlahos as Cathedral day. Dine with us, or carry out “C. L. Max Nikias became the ancient Athenian democracy guished Alumni Award, and books, and eight patents, and Dean. Enjoy one big party with available. For a complete list of University of Southern Califor - and drama. honorary doctorates from He - has mentored more than 30 "adults" and "young profession - entertainment and hours, call nia’s eleventh president in Au - “Dr. Nikias is a fellow of the brew Union College – Jewish In - Ph.D. and postdoctoral scholars. als" in a fantastic space. Cocktail (920) 452-2296. gust 2010. He holds the Robert American Academy of Arts and stitute of Religion and the Uni - Three of his publications re - hour 7PM, Soiree 8 PM until? C. Packard President’s Chair and Sciences, a member of the Na - versity of Cyprus. ceived prestigious best papers Dancing, gourmet food stations, RACINE, WI – The Kimisis Tis the Malcolm R. Currie Chair in tional Academy of Engineering, “Dr. Nikias is recognized in - awards. open bar, live Greek band/danc - Theotokou Greek Orthodox Technology and the Humanities, a charter fellow of the National ternationally for his pioneering “As president, Dr. Nikias has ing and DJ at Guastavinos, 409 Church, 1335 South Greek Bay and chairs the USC Health Sys - Academy of Inventors (NAI), research on digital signal pro - articulated a vision for USC to East 59th Street. For ticket in - Road in Racine, will celebrate tem Board. He has been at USC and a fellow of the Institute of cessing, digital media systems, attain undisputed, elite status formation visit www.thecathe - its Greek Festival from June 26- since 1991, as a professor, di - Electrical and Electronics Engi - and biomedicine. The U.S. De - as a global research university. dral.goarch.org/ and click above 28 (Friday thru Sunday). Friday His initiatives include recruiting the Soiree image. 5-10PM, Saturday 12Noon- a cadre of transformative, 10PM, Sunday 12Noon-8PM. world-class faculty; elevating n JUNE 13 Authentic Greek Food & Pastry, USC’s academic medical enter - MANHATTAN – The Greek- Greek Wines, Beer Tent, Carni - prise; expanding USC’s interna - American Writers Association val Rides, Greek Dancing & Mu - tional presence; further improv - invites you to a special evening sic, Greek Coffee Bar, Agora ing the breadth and quality of of comedy and poetry. Ellen Shopping, Church Tours, "Mys - USC’s outstanding student body; Karis, the “Greek Queen of Com - teries of Orthodox Christianity", and embarking on the largest edy” humorist, actress and Cooking Demos. etc., can you fundraising campaign in the his - stand-up comedienne – will per - say "OPA!"? For more informa - tory of higher education. form. Dean Kostos will present tion, please call: (262) 632- “The Chronicle of Higher Ed - work from his new This Is Not 5682. ucation has called Dr. Nikias a a Skyscraper (Red Hen Press), “prodigious fundraiser.” His first winner of the prestigious Ben - n JUNE 29 three years as president were jamin Saltman Poetry Award. MANHATTAN – Hellenic Profes - highlighted by 23 transforma - Penelope Karageorge will make sional Women and Hellenic tive gifts that allowed USC to the New York debut of her just- American Women's Council pre - raise an unprecedented total of published poetry collection, sent a special cultural event fea - $3 billion. These gifts include a The Neon Suitcase (Somerset turing Ioanna Lalaounis, Direc - $200 million gift from Dana and Hall Press). Enjoy the special tor of the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry David Dornsife to name USC’s ambiance of Greenwich Village. Museum Monday, Jun. 29 6- College of Letters, Arts and Sci - Meet old friends and discover 9PM at Hughes Hubbard and ences—the single largest dona - new at the easy-to-reach Cor - Reed, One Battery Park Plaza in tion in the university’s history; nelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Manhattan. The presentation a $150 million gift from the W. Street, located between will be illustrated with some of M. Keck Foundation for medi - Bleecker and West Fourth Lalaounis' most exquisite de - cine; a $142 million gift from Streets. Subways A, C, E, B, D, signs and will explain how his - an anonymous donor; $110 mil - M to West 4th Street or 1 to tory and the material remains lion gift from Julie and John Christopher Street. 6-8PM. $8 of the past provided inspiration Mork to support student schol - admission includes a glass of for modern Greek jewelry in the arships; a $70 million gift from wine, beer, or soft drink. second half of the 20th century, Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young while at the same time enabling for arts, technology, and the n JUNE 17 the revival of a traditional craft. Pan Gregorians of NY Support the Arts, Honor Tasos Manessis business of innovation; a $50 EASTCHESTER, NY – The Make Greek goldsmith and jewelry de - million gift from the Price Fam - a Difference with Loukoumi signer, Ilias Lalaounis, found ily Charitable Fund to endow Dance Party and Awards Gala, that ancient motifs and designs The Pan Gregorian Fund of Metro N.Y. & Long Island hosted its Academics, Arts and Community and name the USC Sol Price which celebrates Loukoumi’s could become agents of the Gala at on May 31. A number of groups were awarded grants, including the New York Greek School of Public Policy; and a 10th anniversary, takes place at spirit of their times, as well as Film Festival (L-R): Ekaterini Malliou; Costas Constantinides; Manos Koubarakis, Greek Consul, $50 million gift from Dr. Gary the Lake Isle Country Club, 660 prove desirable adornments for Andreas Tsangarides, Nick Bardis, Demetrios Kafchitsas, Yvette Manessis Corporon – whose fa - Michelson for convergent bio - White Plains Road in Eastch - a modern clientele. More than ther Tassos Manessis was honored; and Vasilios Philippou, Cypriot Consul General. science.” ester on Wednesday, Jun. 17 at 25 of the 50 jewelry collections 6PM. Guests include Oscar win - designed by Lalaounis draw ner Olympia Dukakis and Tony their inspiration from the arts Award Nominee Constantine of the past: from prehistoric, Maroulis. 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TNH Staff loved Greek-American singer in New York and Ketime dedicated NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The a song to her. Ketime also ac - “East Meets West…Musical knowledged Comodromos, who Bridges concert of the Metropo - is from Cyprus, before she ded - lis of New Jersey, a musical trib - icated “Oula Halalin Sou – Fare ute to the late Nicholas and the Well,” to that star-crossed Anna Bouras featuring young but beloved island nation, singer and santouri master Areti Ketime sang “Tzivaeri – My Ketime and a fine ensemble of Jewel” for her encore and ex - musicians at Rutgers University claimed, “thank you so much for on May 30 was two and a half this evening,” evoking thank hours of sheer joy. yous from the audience in turn. The black clad musicians en - Her fans – old and new – tered the stage to warm ap - could hear more on May 31 in plause and after the rumble of Baltimore and on Cosmos FM in the double bass announced the New York, were he performed ison, the held note of Byzantine with three violinists and her chant, Grigori and Petros Pa - santouri. A final concert will be paemmanouil, sang the Ortho - held at Queens College on June dox Doxology. 5. The two brothers, distin - The musicians, led by Achil - guished chanters from Greece leas Wastor on piano, who was also joined their voices to Ke - also the music director of the time’s for traditional and con - concert with well-chosen and temporary Greek music, and the beautifully performed songs was latter captured the hearts of the tnH/cOStAS beJ joined by Manolos Kottoros, Pet - audience as soon as they saw Areti Ketime’s voice, sweet and lilting with dramatic accents, Nights,” at the Metropolis of New Jersey concert held on the ros Klampanis, Engin Gunaydin, her at the Nicholas Music Cen - shined in many pieces, including “Nixtes Fotines – Brilliant main campus of that state's Rutgers University, in New Brunswick. Vasilis Costas, and Mavrothis ter, whose warm colors and Kontanis on Oud. The sound en - wood matched the young musi - Sweetness and grace, how - performs is often manifest as a Greece,” composed by Stavros “I have the privilege of serv - gineering was excellent and also cian’s santouri, the ancient in - ever abundant, do not fill halls shy smile that shines as her Xarhakos with its memorable ing a great metropolis and its garnered applause strument, kin to the hammered or lift jaded observers from their hands hover over the santouri lyrics by Nikos Gatsos “Ta great people. And I have a great “This night was organized dulcimer, she is famous for. seats for standing ovations like just before she begins a song. Pseftika ta Logia ta Megala – responsibility to promote the to support Metropolis and its A sunflower in her hair, Ke - Ketime does. The character, pro - Ketime pointed out the com - Your Big, Lying Words,” re - Greek language, culture, value, programs,” Comodromos told time strode onstage in black fessionalism and musical gifts posers and home regions of minded the audience of the ethics and art,” he said. TNH, and to present the culture slacks and a pink sweater. She of the 23-year-old, who began some of the songs: politicians who engendered the The goal was crowned with of Greece through music. The immediately began to sing, and to play the Santouri at six years “The last two were composed crisis. success. He congratulated the funds raised through ticket sales even as her lilting soprano be - old prevailed are the foundation by Mikis Theodorakis and The artist, who began her ca - event’s co-chairs, Andreas Co - and concerts will be added to gan to enchant, she communi - of her fame. Manos Hadjidakis,” and she was reer as a child prodigy, protects modromos and Ann Michals, the Metropolis’ general fend and cated silently with her audience She paused at the start to say thrilled to announce “let’s go to herself, grounded by her intelli - and praised Nicholas Bouras as will be applied to the balance – with movements, hand ges - “thank you for honoring me Kalamata” and “that was from gence and her Orthodox faith, a grand benefactor of the of its headquarters’ mortgage, tures and facial expressions, the with your presence” and Epiros.” as the Metropolitan noted. “I not Church. which now stands at $650,000. charming and gifted young thanked Metropolitan Evangelos She referred to Greece as a only work with fine musicians Bouras donated funds and George Pappas, president of woman invited all to sing and and Aphrodite Daniels’ and Syn- country of many colors, and but with good people. I sur - material – including steel pro - Hellenic University Club of clap along, immediately estab - Phonia Entertainment for the when she introduced “Mes tou round myself with people I love duced by his company – toward Philadelphia, said “I’m’ here to lishing rapport. concert’s organization and pro - Egeou – In the Aegean,” the and who love me,” she said the building of numerous support the Metropolis and en - When she announced that motion. song she played at the 2004 Metropolitan Evangelos ex - churches. Dr. Spiros Spireas, joy an night of Greek culture,” “Eche gia, panta gia – To Your “It is a joy and an honor to Athens Olympics, she praised pressed how delighted he was Demos Vasiliou, and the Pan and Dr. Thomas Papathomas, a Health, Always” would be the perform the music I love for the the blue of Hellas’ skies and to participate in the presenta - Gregorians were among those Dean at Rutgers, told TNH he last song, shouts of “no” and Diaspora” she said. seas. tion of Greek culture on a high Evangelos thanked, and he was delighted with Ketime’s per - “more” from Greeks and non- Indeed she seemed to have But there were also musical level in New Jersey and in Ke - lauded the musicians and orga - formance and said “We are Greeks – Ketime already shows fun throughout, which was in - hints of the clouds shrouding time’s North American Premier, nizers. lucky to be able to host at Rut - signs of broad international ap - fectious. the nation. and he praised her talent, faith The Metropolitan singled out gers such a special event for the peal – rang out. Her love of the music she “Mana Mou Ellas – Mother and character Daniels, who is also a much- community.” Xenia – Maybe on Way to a Date with Oscar – Screens in United States

By Constantine S. Sirigos perhaps expressions of the bor - tention and immediate sales in TNH Staff Writer derline creative imagination of Europe and has been sold for artists – Odysseus says a number American distribution… but NEW YORK – Xenia, director of times that his brother is the when it won the best picture in Panos Koutras’ award-winning more talented sibling – or Greece, it became the Greek en - film that is simultaneously en - maybe of the state of Greece to - try for foreign film Oscar con - tertaining and disturbing, was day, where nobody knows what sideration,” DeMetro said. screened to a full house at the is really real. “Kostas Nikouli is terrific – Panoramo Europe film festival Amidst the broader theme of by the way, he is straight – and at Astoria’s Museum of the Mov - toleration, the film explores sex - he starred in a magnificent short ing Image on May 31. uality and begins with a called ‘Forever Young.’ They are The Festival was co-pre - provocative introduction of both non-professional actors sented by the Museum and the Danny on Crete. He eventually chosen from among hundreds European Union National Insti - finds his older brother, an aspir - actors, and there is such great tutes for Culture as a showcase ing singer, slinging food in a chemistry between them,” for contemporary short and fea - sandwich shop in Athens, and DeMetro said, adding of ture-length films. The Onassis they begin a sometimes hilari - Koutras, “He’s an original. He is Foundation (USA) and the ous but often perilous journey on his way to becoming an au - Greek Consulate in New York to find the Greek father who teur.” are co-organizers of Greek par - abandoned them and their DeMetro told TNH that both ticipation in the Festival. mother. Koutras and the script writer “Strangers in their own birth - Getting money is one moti - have said they will not pick up place, 16-year-old Danny vation, but securing their place their Hellenic Film Academy (Kostas Nikouli) and 18-year- in the only country they know awards until the Parliament old Odysseus (Nikos Gelia) cross is another. grants citizenship to those the country in search of their Poverty and social alienation mixed-marriage children born Greek father after their Albanian – Greece has still not granted in Greece. mother passes away…long the citizenship to the children of im - WHAT IS NORMAL TODAY? Odysseus (Nikos Gelia) comforts his brother Danny (Kostas Nikouli), during their oft-dangerous way, they encounter a country migrants with one Greek parent At Greek film events over the journey in search for the father who abandoned them. Their relationship represents a precious that, like themselves, is strug - born there – separated the past few years, comments have constant amidst Greece’s current chaos. Xenia’s settings are mainly urban, but cinematographers gling to find itself,” according brothers, who have a loving al - been overheard along the lines Hélène Louvart and Simos Sarketzis dazzle with shots of the countryside. to the Onassis website. though at times contentious re - “why don’t Greeks make movies They also track down flam - lationship. about regular lives?” Perhaps, coming out of Greece despite past,” but “I believe we must fo - that the Onassis Cultural Center boyant but loyal family friend Along the way they en - some responded, because film the crisis. cus and encourage contempo - “contributes decisively, with in - Tasso, played by Aggelos Pa - counter both right wing thugs makers live by their imagina - Greek Consul Manos rary artists in order to continue novative initiatives, to the pro - padimitriou, who won one of who hate their Albanian roots, tions. Other noted that art has Koubarakis also addressed the our rich cultural tradition…The motion of Greek culture in New the movie’s numerous Hellenic and, ironically, Albanian kids not been dominated by the urge audience, saying “It is with great film we are about to watch is York’s cultural life. We support Film Academy Awards. who bully Danny for being gay. to create “pretty things” for joy and pride that the Con - one great example of modern and present Greek artists world - Art is not merely self-expres - James DeMetro, Director of more than 100 years. sulate…supports such activities, Greek cultural production.” wide, giving them an opportu - sion; it is also born circum - New York Greek Film Festival, Along those lines, film mak - knowing that our country's Amalia Cosmetatou, the Ex - nity to have an international stances in a given time and which opens October 10, told ers will seek to depict the truths heavy industry is culture…We ecutive Director of the Onassis presence at a high level.” place. Koutras’ is Greece of the TNH “this is one of the most in - around them, no matter how tend to refer to our glorious Foundation (USA), told TNH economic crisis, which helped teresting Greek films of the past harsh or painful, but another re - spawn the Greek Weird Wave of few years. It covers issues very sponse could be: not too many films. important to Greeks and yet are people in Greece are living “reg - DELUSION OR WEIRD universal. The whole idea of be - ular lives” these days. REALITY? ing a foreigner in the land of David Schwartz, chief cura - While Xenia and Koutras are your birth, of bullying and fas - tor for the Museum, spoke about not representatives of the genre, cism, but what is so beautiful is the Greek community in Astoria, there are the surreal elements. the relationship between the which he feels close to, and The hallucinations of bunnies of two brothers.” about the resurgence of Greek various sizes and natures are The film “got immediate at - cinema and the quality films Nikitas Moustakas, Esq. Attorney at Law

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By Theodore Kalmoukos money and students, He was TNH Staff Writer rarely present on campus. Why wasn’t he successful in getting BOSTON, MA – Rev. Christo - more students all these years, pher Metropoulos, the newly- excluding the last two years he appointed president of Hellenic was ill? College and Holy Cross Greek CM: Fr. Nick did his best and Orthodox School of Theology I am not here to criticize Fr. (HCHC), granted his first exclu - Nicholas. sive interview to TNH in which TNH: I did not hear anything he addressed many and serious from you all this time about the issues confronted the Schools. Hellenic Heritage, the Greek He also spoke about his vision language; it is not included in concerning the Theological this faithfulness to the calling School. you have mentioned? Fr. Christopher discussed the CM: When we say faithful - issues of homosexuality and ness to the call I use the terms pederasty in the clergy with ref - Hellenic College and Holy Cross erence to the recent scandal Greek Orthodox School of The - caused by Rev. Adam Metropou - ology, Greek is a given, it is not los, a priest of the Metropolis of something that it is excluded in - Boston who was pastoring for tentionally or unintentionally. the last thirteen years at the St. The Greek language is a part of George parish in Bangor, ME. it. Every priest coming out of Metropoulos, who will as - the School who will serve the sume his presidential duties on Greek Orthodox Church must July 1st also discussed the know the Greek language. search committee’s selection Frankly, it behooves everyone to process and he verified TNH’S learn the Greek language so information that he is a they can study Scripture and be “koumparo” to Committee able to converse in the Greek Chairman Tomas Lelon, ap - language. pointed to that position by Arch - TNH: Would you bring in bishop Demetrios. Christopher some students from Greece? was chosen among 41 other ABOVE: The new president of Hellenic College – Holy Cross CM: I have no problem candidates. Greek Orthodox School of Theology. bringing students from Greece. The interview follows: LEFT: Fr. Christopher Metropoulos as a Liturgist. The problem is how to fund stu - TNH: How do you feel about dents? your selection to the HCHC the presidency? tell you that I was very im - Cross School of Theology, and and the administration. TNH: The same way we fund presidency? CM: I received a phone call pressed with the process itself, not about a commercial corpo - TNH: Has the departing students from the United States. CM: I am very humble. I was the day that the Executive Com - it was kept completely confiden - ration, like a department store. president apprised you of the The Leadership 100 is acting ac - there for the interviews at least mittee, the Presidential Search tial. CM: I understand what you School’s condition, financially tually as HCHC’s fundraiser. for the last segment when it be - Committee, and the full Board TNH: Speaking about the are saying, but again, I was per - and administratively? CM: It is one of the fundrais - came public who the two can - of Trustees met to have the offi - process, were you interviewed fectly fine in process. CM: I asked for many items. ers. didates were, and that day I be - cial election. Archbishop by Demetra Manis over the TNH: What are some of your They shared the bylaws, the TNH: What do you think the gan meeting with the faculties Demetrios, the Chairman of the phone? immediate priorities upon as - strategic plan. They have begun relationship should be between and students and staff. I went Board, called me that afternoon. CM: Yes she was one of the suming the presidency? under the direction of the arch - the School and the Eparchial to Chapel with the students, I TNH: What did say? individuals I spoke with during CM: There are two things I bishop and Dr. Lelon to prepare Synod? prayed during the Orthros, I CM: He said: “I want to in - the process. think that will very much out - transition books from each of CM: I do not know where went before the icon of Christ form you that you have elected TNH: Isn’t that bit strange? line the first months on campus. the offices so that I am com - you are heading with that ques - in the Chapel, which is the same unanimously by the Board of Manis, a layperson, interviewing There two central points to my pletely brought up to date on tion, but I do know that every icon I stood in front of 35 years Trustees to assume the position an accomplished clergyman for presidency. The first is the faith - the budgetary issues as well as member of the Eparchial Synod ago, so there was a feeling then of president; you are president- the position of the President of fulness to the sacred calling of the enrolment. As you know, is a member of the Board of of unworthiness of becoming a elect until Fr. Nicholas Tri - the Theological School? After all the School and that is the in - those two are keys to HCHC’s Trustees. They are an integral priest and then now going back antafillou steps down, and then the Theological School is no just creased focus on the School’s success. part of the School. as I have been selected to lead you become the president. a Department store or a per - core, an identity, a place of wor - TNH: Do you think that a TNH: Where do you stand on the School is a very humble ex - TNH: Do you know who the fume company. ship, a spiritual formation, and $12 million annual budget for the issue of homosexuality and perience. other 40 candidates were? CM: You have red all the preparation for Christian lead - HCHC, which has only 170 in pederasty? TNH: When did you learn CM: I do not, because it was communiqués that have come ership – both lay and clergy. the two schools combined, is a CM: I don’t think feel that it that you had been selected for a confidential process. I must out of the School with the num - TNH: Does the School have lot of money? has any place in this conversa - ber of candidates that applied a clear mission today? CM: I don’t know enough yet tion; we are talking about the and then the Search Committee CM: I believe it does. I don’t to tell you that for sure, but I presidency of the School. went through its process. The think it has been shared enough do know that enrollment needs TNH: The School had prob - Committee was appointed by and it might be because of Fr. to go up. lems and a recent one was Fr. His Eminence Archbishop Nick’s [Triantafillou] inability TNH: How are you going to Adamantios Metropoulos from Demetrios. The Presidential because of his illness to fully be increase enrollment? Why do Bangor, ME. Committee responds to the Ex - involved, but the School and the you think Fr. Triantafillou was CM: The Church is very clear ecutive Committee and the Ex - Church has stated very clearly not able to achieve that despite in the relationship of a man and ecutive Committee did the re - what its mission is through the all the proclamations he was a woman and their correct sex - port. process of the strategic plan. making all these years? uality. TNH: I understand that, but TNH: What is the purpose of CM: Fr. Triantafillou is a leg - TNH: Let me ask you this I am asking you specifically the existence of the School for end within the Archdiocese and way, would you accept students about the interview over the you? he has sacrificed his entire life at the School of Theology who phone by Mrs. Manis. CM: Number one, faithful - for the Church. I have the out - are known homosexuals or pe - CM: No, I didn’t find any - ness to the sacred calling. The most respect for Fr. Nicholas. dophiles. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. thing strange about it. If Arch - second is a bold adaptation for We know the last two years of CM: I would be hard pressed It is wholesome and bracing for the mind to have bishop Demetrios had confi - the future. Being faithful some - his ministry at the School have to do that, I do not know legally its faculties kept on the stretch. dence in her abilities, he had times means we don’t need to been very, very difficult. if I can stop that, but I say to Sir Richard Steele 1672-1729 checked her background – she change to serve the Church and TNH: Do you think the you that the choice of that British Dramatist, Essayist, Editor is quite an individual – person - the world and the students in School has neglected the Greek- lifestyle has no place either at ally I didn’t have any problem. the 21st century. Some changes American community? the Seminary or in the College. She was very good; she was very will be necessary, a bold vision CM: No. If anything, the TNH: Are you related in any encouraged, very concerned that takes advantage of what I Greek-American community way to Dr. Lelon? The National Herald Bookstore about the future of the Church feel are tremendous opportuni - needs to know more about the CM: Dr. Lelon and his won - Exercise your mind... and I found her to be profes - ties out there represented by School. derful wife, Alexis, are the God - sional and a person of integrity. technology and partnerships. TNH: With all due respect to parents of my oldest daughter, (718) 784-5255 • [email protected] TNH: Fr. Christopher, we are Possibly new degree programs, Fr. Triantafillou, he spent most Eleni. talking here about the Holy and working with the faculty of his time traveling to find THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 6-12, 2015 COMMUNITY 5 Madame Ambassador: Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis Pens Experiences

By Constantine S. Sirigos post-communist transition to excellence of U.S. military per - TNH Staff Writer Democracy – that challenged sonnel, whom she learned were basic freedoms and raised the admired by officials of other NEW YORK – Madam Ambas - specter of anti-semitism. countries. sador: Three Years of Diplomacy, The guests heard about a job “As a liberal Californian, I did Dinner Parties, and Democracy and processes that are mysteries not grow up with military peo - in Budapest, Eleni Tsakopoulos to the average American. They ple, and I developed a strong re - Kounalakis’ book that was just were intrigued to learn that an spect and admiration for them… published by The New Press, is Ambassador’s boss is not the they deserve it,” she said. not just a book about the first Secretary of State, but the Pres - The gathering at the Mehiel Greek-American woman to ident, whom she serves as his house brought together friends serve as an Ambassador of the personal representative. and family. Her sisters Chrysa United States that members of Guests appreciated the expla - and Alexa were there with their the community will enjoy and nation of the unique American husbands George Demos and take pride in. practice having ambassadors Alessandro Hillman, respec - It is document that should be who are not career diplomats. tively. party of every American’s civic Somewhat less than 20 per - The Ambassador’s father, An - education. cent bring their unique and gelo, who was present with the The articulate and efferves - valuable experience and per - Ambassador’s stepmother, cent Kounalakis – she is also one spective from the worlds of busi - Sophia, arrived in America as a of the youngest women to have ness or academia and about half poor immigrant and supported served as Ambassador – is cur - are former elected officials or himself working on farms. He rently on a nationwide book tour experts in their fields. was glowing with pride when coordinated by the firm of Man - There is a strong chain of he told TNH “I was thrilled but atos and Manatos which has in - command is embassies – which not surprised, because from the cluded a number of events in the technically include many facili - time she was in fourth grade New York Metropolitan Area. ties across a country. In Hungary was thinking above and beyond The tour began on May 16 GeOrGe kOkkinOS, nGtV she oversaw several hundred other children her age.” with a presentation hosted by (L-R) Fr. Constantine Lazarakis, Dr. Peter Michalos, Coula Johnides, Dr. Ambassador Eleni employees and the building She liked studying the clas - the Johnides Family Foundation Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, and Fr. Alexander Karloutsos at the Hamptons book signing. most people call “The Embassy” sics and about philosophy, he at the Kimisis Tis Theotokos is actually the Chancery. said, adding, “She would chal - Church of the Hamptons. The Greece, but there were too tunity is truly the honor and the ing for it.” Her management experience lenge everything,” he said. ambassador also had a lively many potential conflicts given privilege of your life,” she said. When the chance to go hunt - in the real estate industry Her sister Chrysa told TNH discussion about the trials and her family’s social and personal The guests at the events re - ing came up, she seized it. Her formed the backbone of the re - “We were so proud and excited achievements of a woman who contacts. ceived the books as gifts, so the dad taught her to hunt, a fa - lationships she developed with for her. It’s an amazing adven - successfully made the challeng - She said that after exploring Ambassador didn’t have to go vorite pastime among Greek- the staff, a responsibility she ture.” Filled with pride, she ing transition from business running for elected office, she into detail, but she did during Americans in California. She took very seriously. Being a role added “our nation was blessed leader to diplomat at the new was told “you can be a U.S. am - the intimate discussion with her was used to birds hunting how - model and mentor was a critical to have such wonderful repre - Philoptochos House of Philan - bassador,” and she responded well-informed Philoptochos sis - ever. In Hungary she went after function. sentation there.” thropy in Midtown Manhattan “You’ve got to be kidding me. ters. wild boar! Madame Ambassador had a “I don’t know if she has made on May 18, and she spoke again Why would anyone make me an The memoire has been hailed She did sketch her tenure in double dedication: “to my fam - any decision,” about running for at a reception hosted by Dennis ambassador?” as an informative tome that will Budapest that included the fas - ily,” and “to all the families of elected office,” Chrysa said, but and Karen Mehiel in their Fifth She was national chairman play an important role in help - cinating but often tumultuous the U.S. Foreign Service. We the Ambassador was just ap - Avenue home. for Greek-Americans for Hilary ing Americans have a better un - period that followed the rise of were honored and privileged to pointed by Governor Jerry The trip to Budapest was ten- Clinton’s presidential campaign derstanding of the vital work of Viktor Orban’s party. His Cen - serve with you,” she wrote on Brown to the state’s commission year journey for the ambassador in 2008, just as her father their nation’s ambassadors ter-Right party achieved a su - the frontispiece. on international trade. and her husband, journalist and played the same role for Bill abroad but she seemed to enjoy permajority in parliament that Some of work took her far She and her husband will her author Markos Kounalakis, and Clinton, a path that led to both talking about the board hunt the enabled him to virtually rewrite from Hungary. She went to continue in their philanthropic it included a tough vetting possibilities. most the country’s laws. Afghanistan twice – Hungary activities, which were spot - process that checks for improper She was called by Hilary Hungary looked fairly tepid Kounalakis navigated what has troops there serving along - lighted by Mike Manatos, who influences and personal vulner - Clinton late April of 2009 and in 2010 so she reasoned “If I constituted a revolution in post- side American forces. Her trip also suggested the Madame Am - abilities. was sworn in June, 2010. want some excitement during Soviet Hungary – the book contributed to her growing ap - bassador title should be supple - Her wish was to serve in “When you have that oppor - this post I will have to go look - jacket refers to “a crisis in its preciation of the dedication and mented in the future. Fellowship and Praise at Fordham Orthodox Christian Studies Center Event

By Constantine S. Sirigos Demacopoulos spotlighted He concluded by saying TNH Staff Writer this year’s initiatives, including “Everyone go and thank Jerry the new journal they will Makris,” the owner of Thalassa, NEW YORK – The Orthodox launch. for his hospitality. Christian Studies Center Benefit He emphasized the honor Gregory Stamos, the Cocktail Party at Thalassa and the challenge constituted by Supreme Counsellor for AHEPA, restaurant in Lower Manhattan the Center’s winning the presti - and an Archon, was there to was a celebration of what has gious National Endowment for support the Center, with which been achieved in a short period the Humanities matching grant. he became enamored while his of time after OCCS was officially “We have to raise $1.5 million daughter was a Fordham stu - founded by Dr. Aristotle Pa - and we are at $1.2 million – we dent. He said “Spirituality is the panikolaou and Dr. George E. are almost there.” That night, linchpin of what we do, but Demacopoulos in 2012. they got even closer. scholarship is what enables us According to its website “The After ticking off a list of more to grow and move forward.” Center serves as a locus of cur - initiatives, Demacopoulos said Ted Klingos, an Archon ricular, research, and outreach “we have the absolute commit - whose wife Linda is also an activities related to the interdis - ment of Fordham University, but alumna, told TNH “I was hon - ciplinary study of Orthodox they more resources because. ored that George and Telly [Pa - Christian traditions,” and its first “We need your continued sup - panicolaou] asked me to be a milestone was the establishment port,” he said. Like a good stew - member of the advisory council. of the Archbishop Demetrios ard, after thanking all the It’s a wonderful thing is to see Chair in Orthodox Theology and donors…he asked for more. the work the Center does.” Culture, a position held by Pa - panicolaou. Valerie K. Longwood, OCSC’s Director of Development thrilled guests at Thalassa when she an - nounced the second. After welcoming the guests she said, “I invite you back on Monday October 5th when Dr. George Demacopoulos will be awarded Father John Meyen - dorff and Patterson Family Chair Dr. Aristotle Papanikolaou, Prof. of Theology and George E. Demacopoulos, Prof. of Historical of Orthodox Christian Studies.” Theology, co-founder of the OCSC at Fordham, present award to Michael Palamara. That brings “Two, fully- funded, permanently endowed Stella Moundas,” he said. Fordham Jesuit community to - in Brookline, MA. Papanicolaou chairs of Orthodox Christian She was technically the pres - gether with the Greek Orthodox said “He was committed heart, studies. As long as Fordham ex - ident’s secretary, but Papanico - community with Archbihsop soul and body to everything that ists, we will have two senior laou said that after serving so Iakovos, Metropolitan Silas and he did,” as a leader of the Or - scholars whose teaching and many for decades “she was re - Father Alex.” thodox Christian Fellowship, writing is dedicated to Orthodox ally the president” of the Uni - Papanicolaou acknowledged which at Fordham “he took to a Christian studies,” Longwood versity. her family and said “it is a priv - completely new level.” said to loud applause. 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By Constantine S. Sirigos formance of the song for histor - TNH Staff Writer ical correctness. But Anna pulled herself to - NEW YORK – Byzantium was gether and “adopts her new re - resurrected at Carnegie Hall this sponsibilities with courage and spring in the form of a rock determination, helping to build opera by a group centered on the cultural foundations of Russ - the band Porphyra, proving the ian civilization.” value of energy and imagination When Vladimir returns, the in the community’s quest to pro - songs “No Fear,” and “Out of mote Hellenism among Non- Reach, further reveal the chal - Greeks and Greeks alike, espe - lenges they faced and that their cially young people. marriage emerged from the With original music and emotional fires tempered and lyrics by Billy Chrissochos, di - renewed. rected by Donna McLaughlin “Out of reach” sends a per - Wyant, and with participation sonal message to the audience. by the Greek American Folklore Chrissochos said it warns about society, “Anna and Vladimir: the relentless passing of time, The Love that ROCKED the which eventually runs out. World” brought a seminal mo - “Don’t let life pass you by,” he ment in Greek and world history said. to life, the conversion of Russia Chryssochos did not let life to Orthodox Christianity, pre - pass him by. Born in Astoria, at sented through the love story of ten months he and his family Vladimir, the Grand Prince of moved to Athens, but they came Kievan Rus, and Anna Porphy - ABOVE: Success is a multidimensional team effort. Musical back when he was nine years rogenita, princess of Byzantium. Dir. Dimitris Lambrianos, 5th from R, and composer Billy Chris - old. He studied political science The driving rhythms of the sochos shined on keyboards and guitar respectively, and the and history at the Center for overture introduced the songs belly dancers of the Shazadi Dance Project surrounded narrator Byzantine and Modern Greek and opened the musical doors Christos Alexandrou (center). RIGHT: Elaine Tuttle, who played Studies but music was his calling. to Constantinople in 988 AD. Anna, who is not only a gifted versatile singer but also a vocal Proof of the project’s success It was a period of military coach, and Singer/actor George Tsalikis as Vladimir shined in was the standing ovation by and cultural revival, but the Em - duet and solo turns. New Yorkers who aren’t easily pire was endangered by ene - made to rise from their seats. mies on many fronts, including and wanted to marry Anna. of leaving her beloved City and Chrissochos has big hopes or Vladimir. That was an unprecedented family, but homesickness in the the opera. “Next stop, hopefully The music, directed by Dim - and disturbing demand for a cold, undistinguished capital of Broadway.” itris Lambrinos, and dancing “barbarian,” but he did not rely the Rus, was inevitable. Never - Alexandrou, who has been choreographed by Dena Stevens on the power of his soldiers: he theless, love blossomed in her performing since he was seven brought out the glamor, hope too made a personal sacrifice. too: “My memories are black and studied music in conserva - and anxiety of the age, and the By converting to Orthodoxy, he and white, now every frame has tory in Athens and musical the - narration by Christos Alexan - walked away from his life of pa - come into view becoming col - ater in London, told TNH they drou, with his tall, stately pres - gan pleasures, which included orful and bright.” are back on the drawing board ence, spoke both to the romance a harem. The heart of the opera is not working on making this work as and the historical background. “It was a love story that a tale of palace intrigue or love’s a two hour show on tour. The musical and historical changed two nations forever, betrayal but the universals Alexandrou was instrumen - table was set by the rousing Alexandrou told TNH. theme of the sacrifices required tal in the process that turned “Glorious Macedonia” that con - Anna, played by Elaine Tuttle to make a difference in the the Porphyria CD into an opera nected the military exploits and and wearing a magnificent world, and what happens after to begin with. He referred cultural achievements of headdress entered stage with the initial rush of falling in love, Chryssochos to Wyant, who is Alexander the Great with Anna’s her ladies in waiting. It was the the inevitable emotional shifts working with him on his own family which was known as the moment of her wedding. or even crash, which not all cou - show, and his role shifted from Macedonian Dynasty, and espe - Vladimir sang his state of mind: ples survive. narrator/singer to creative di - cially to her brother Basil II, “For years my soul was cold and The challenges of Anna’s new rector. who as commander of its armies empty, I sought pleasure in the life were both external – her “The two of them made the saved the empire. arms of women and in the con - new husband is away fighting whole idea happen,” Chrysso - After risking his life fighting quering of lands, but nothing wars and she fears for Vladimir’s chos said, but he wrote the draft at the head of his troops, Basil filled the void inside/I was a life – and internal. Alexandrou script and outlined the songs. “I II was faced with a personal sac - hollow shell of a man – until, I intones “Anna misses the City gave them a story with some ba - rifice of a different order to turn looked into your eyes.” of Gold/in her new home in monaut.” The latter song was frozen north: “It’s cold, so cold sic ideas and they put in their Kiev from deadly enemy to ally: “Shine,” the song that fol - Russia she is lonely and cold.” written for the Porphyra CD that I can’t feel anything. …never own.” Vladimir was dazzled by his am - lowed, is a love duet between The song “Dreamkiller” de - inspired the opera. It projected been so alone.” Dimitri Lambrinos was the bassadors’ reports about the Anna and Vladimir. picts Anna’s inner world though ancient feelings into a future No member of the audience other key component. “He is a beautiful and cultured Anna As a princess, Anna had to a description of her nightmares, world, but it perfectly reflected would have chosen to be de - brilliant musician,” Chryssochos Porphyrogenita, Basil’s sister agree to make the penultimate supplemented by “The Last Cos - Anna’s state of mind in the prived of Tuttle’s shattering per - and Alexandrou told TNH. Tango on the Balcony – A Filmmaker’s Take on the War That Continues

Continued from page 1 Cypriot-American director do not touch. After graduation he free - Minos Papas, seen on a set, is Pappas is now in the midst lanced as a director and cine - “For the generation that has looking forward to the of an internet fundraising cam - matographer and has been mak - come back,” he said, and for the premier of “Behind the paign and more information is ing his own films and videos Iraqi people, “it is a process of Mirror,” his second feature available at www.tangoonthe - ever since he established healing, and it should not be film at the Manhattan Film balcony.com. The RocketHub Cyprian Films NY in 2005 as a politicized.” Nor does he seek to Festival on June 19. video can be viewed and dona - daughter company of his fa - glorify the soldiers. “It should tions can made be at: http://rk - ther’s firm in Cyprus. purely be about what they have thb.co/57550. “I feel I have a huge respon - been through.” Papas, an only child, recalls sibility to make films that are He worked very closely with research. wanting to make films since socially relevant,” he said, but veterans and began to under - “PTSD is often caused by a childhood. It came with the ter - not only due to family influence. stand the challenges they face single trauma that happens in ritory – his father Michael Papas The adolescent fantasies his col - from PTSD when he was an in - one instant that goes by in a is a feature film maker who leagues were expressing in the structor in a film making work - flash, but which can scar you… worked in England from the vanity films they were creating shop run by Benjamin Patton and change your life, and dic - 1960s to the 1980s and Minos caused him to want do some - called “I Was There.” tate how you will be for the rest was constantly in the produc - thing different. The project was for veterans of your life,” said Papas. tion office and on the sets. “We have to look beyond and family members coping The movie tells the story of He mother Susan met ourselves…and the best stories with the stress related to mili - Johnny, “a veteran who while in Michael Papas in London in the are found by looking at the hu - tary service and the transition the service, took down a target 1960s. “She worked on my fa - man condition as a whole,” he back to civilian life. on a balcony” – hence title of ther’s first film and since then said. Veterans are invited to make the film. “But that target comes they have been working to - And at one’s people. short films about their experi - back,” Papas said. gether since.” “All artists have the respon - ences and how they feel today. “Johnny sees him again and The parents appear to have sibility to tell the story of the “It encourages them to collabo - the target engages Johnny in a influenced both the form and tribe which leads the tribe to rate, communicate, and em - discussion, almost in a Shake - content of the son’s art. A num - understand itself…We under - power themselves through a spearean, Macbeth-like way… ber of the formers’ films deal stand ourselves through our sto - story,” Papas said. It’s very much about memory, with social and political issues. ries,” Pappas said, which re - “In the short film I touch how we deal with it and how it “Private Right” was about minded that his father directed upon things like the job search, continues to haunt us, and how Cyprus’ struggle for indepen - a second narrative feature film which is very challenging for we have to live with our memo - dence from the British. about Cyprus called Tomorrow’s veterans, and displaying the ries.” When he was 16, Papas Warrior. symptoms of PTSD such as in - Papas doesn’t believe these made a short film that won first One wonders if Papas is fated somnia, hypervigilance and hy - issues have been properly ad - prize in an international film – he certainly has nature, nur - per arousal,” he said. dressed for the current genera - completion, and it encouraged ture and the times pushing him It is still a mystery to scien - tion of soldiers, and in the film him to come to New York in – to tell the story of Greece’s tists, and Papas hope his film he will go into the gray areas 1999 to study film at the School and Cyprus’ recent painful stum - will stimulate funding for more that films like American Sniper of Visual Arts. bles, their tangos with tragedy. Arianna is in a Huff over Post, after Parent AOL is Taken over by Verizon

Continued from page 1 from sites such as BuzzFeed and quently BuzzFeed, wouldn’t talk Vice. to the Times about the Verizon vertising. But in a piece in the The takeover also has caught deal, but said the Huffington Times, the question was raised HuffPost in flux, with many vet - Post had three main areas for about what it will turn into and eran journalists leaving and potential growth. whether Huffington – whose complaints that Huffington is a “Certainly it can continue to contract ends this year - can too-hard taskmaster. Where grow internationally,” he said. keep her famous sense of inde - does she want it go next and “Secondly, video. When you pendence as the face of web will Verizon let her or step in? close your eyes and imagine journalism content is changing “It does raise that larger where the Internet is in X num - quickly. question,” the media analyst ber of years, whether it’s 50, 60, Huffington is showing no Ken Doctor told the Times. 70 percent video, the whole fu - signs of slowing, a decade after “When you have major journal - ture is video mobile.” AOL bought her site for $315 istic outfits owned by companies Third, he said the site could million. Among new ventures is that do not have a journalistic benefit if it were allowed to more video as younger audi - legacy, what happens when in - grow its own advertising sales ences turn away from print and tense pressures occur?” At the force, rather than relying on more toward instant gratifica - BBC or The Guardian, he said, AOL’s. Mr. Doctor said there tion. She wants to add comedy “you know the legacy is there; might also be a less glamorous and lifestyle offerings to put you know that there is going to alternative: Verizon might begin some air into the density of be such pushback that editorial putting The Huffington Post on news which has been the site’s integrity will be maintained.” its devices as a default app. base, along with politics dosed That is not so clear with new Some people would inevitably out with a liberal dash: contrary players like Verizon, he said. keep it, rather than deleting it, was difficult to imagine what ther investment, that it made thing, the blurring of the lines to Verizon’s conservative bent. Verizon hopes the HuffPost “and that could provide you a kind of owner Verizon might privately since securing AOL,” in this deal has shown that there As the Times noted, the un - will produce cash without, some decent amount of traffic.” be,” The Times wrote. the piece added. is a new order in quasi-journal - certainty about how heavy Ver - critics have said, too much “Current and former Huffin - “Others wondered whether There are worries about cen - ism, with the business being run izon’s hand will be – the site is worry about journalistic in - gton Post staff members, who contradictory cultures at the two sorship as well especially since by people who know little or still under AOL aegis for now – tegrity. insisted on anonymity, greeted companies could mesh, and Verizon has complied with or - nothing about it and whose bot - is weighing on staffers and ex - Kenneth Lerer, a venture cap - the news of the sale with a whether Verizon could make ders to turn over documents to tom line isn’t, as newspapermen ecutives alike, especially in an italist and co-founder of The blend of bemusement, dismay good on the promises, including the government, which a news - boast, the hunt for truth, but the era of fierce net competition Huffington Post and subse - and idealism. One said that it editorial independence, and fur - paper wouldn’t do. But, if any - hunt for money. THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 6-12, 2015 FEATURE 7

“Beautiful…Beautiful...” A ALL HISTORY Gambler’s Moment of Glory Recalling Ellis Stratakos – Early Jazz Musician

By Harry Mark Petrakis Rangas and I saved our money. Continued from page 1 lems with tracing Ellis Stratakos’ About a week later, as I entered musical career is that he had ab - “Show me a horseplayer,” the handbook, Rangas met me. in Galveston that Stratakos solutely no problem with chang - Rangas would say, “and I’ll tell “Don’t take off your hat,” he learned the candy maker’s trade. ing either his name, the name you a sad story.” He was a said. “We’re going to the track. Always on the lookout for better of his orchestra, and even share craggy-featured, hardship-rav - A conspiratorial smile creased prospects Stratakos moved to or give credit to someone else aged gambler in his seventies I his sad face,” Bright Star is run - New Orleans where he married as the orchestra director. This met in the shabby betting parlor ning… a longer race.” and where his three children flexibility is most certainly con - where for three years in the “I’ve only got ten dollars,” I were all born. firmed by news accounts of greening of my youth I spent a said. By 1909, the Louis Stratakos Stratakos’ appearances up and good part of my days. I met Ran - “I have $500,” Rangas said. family moved to Gulfport, MS down the Gulf shore coast. By gas the first time I entered the “Last week I cashed in my $2000 where his brother Nick was al - 1925, Stratakos and his orches - handbook and saw him for the dollar life insurance policy. I’ll ready well-established with a tra are appearing at the Riviera last time when I finally stopped loan you a $100.” bustling fruit stand. Within Pavilion as the Original Gulf gambling. I was aghast at his affluence. three years Louis bought out his Coast Jazzers. Rangas would be in the hand - “If the horse loses I’ll never brother’s interest in the business How and why jazz developed book when I arrived and remain be able to pay you back.” and began operating a combi - in New Orleans are questions after I left. We shared Greek an - “You’ll pay me back at the nation fruit stand and confec - still being studied and debated. cestry and came to be friends. end of the day. tionery store at 13th and 27th A point that is never disputed is He took me under his wing and We left the handbook for the Avenues. Located right across that during the Roaring Twen - in between races; he tutored me South Shore station on 63rd the street from the Gulf and ties and well into the Great De - in colt and mare bloodlines. For Street. Seated in the train, I felt Ship Island Railroad (GSIR) pression the Gulf shore coastline all of his knowledge, both of us in some kind of cocoon, sounds building the Stratakos Candy hosted some of the most impres - still lost most of the time. of people around me muted as I Emporium thrived. sive resorts, hotels, night clubs I never heard Rangas speak thought only about Bright Star As a matter of course Louis and high-end restaurants in the of being married, or of having and the fortune we would be Stratakos became friends with nation. The climate favored children. He had once owned a betting. Captain Joseph T. Jones (1842- these kinds of establishments lunchroom, but that was in the We arrived at Washington 1916) the entrepreneur who not and tourism helped support distant past. As one of the an - Park as the fourth race was be - only owned the GSIR but was their existence. Consequently, nouncers called the horses at the ginning. Rangas rented a second also the co-founder of the City musicians who could provide post at Aqueduct, Suffolk Downs pair of binoculars. Our programs of Gulfport and developer of its the latest in popular entertain - or Arlington Park, Rangas would showed Bright Star entered in seaport. “A great friend and ad - ment were much sought after. slouch toward one of the win - the last race of the day and his mirer of Captain Jones…[h]e Here is a 1926, news account of dows and make his bet. He odds posted at 10 to 1. rented part of Captain Jones’ ice Gulfport MI’s fabled Markham Hotel, where Louis Stratakos Ellis Stratakos and his orchestra didn’t have the money to make “He’ll go down a few more plant to use as cold storage for was Grand Patriarch of the Grand Lodge of the Mississippi just at the moment their careers big bets although he bet larger points,” Rangas said. “We’re not his fruit, and remembers how Odd Fellows’ 100th annual meeting. are beginning. It offers some sums than I did. Most races he the only ones who were at the he packed around 25 big bas - sense of the professional musi - lost. He’d toss his tickets away track that day he ran.” kets of fruit every Christmas for port who will recollect how they a much respected member of his cians’ lifestyle and seasonal Captain Jones, his wife and his used to stand fascinated as they community as his rank within schedule of performances: “Ellis daughter, which they personally watched Louis pulling 60 the Gulfport IOOF illustrates. Stratakos and his Gulf Coast or - distributed to needy Gulfport pounds of taffy at one time and Again, just to note the obvious, chestra, under the direction of families (Gulfport News Novem - skillfully and artistically blend - this social standing extended it - Bob Rice, are leaving Thursday ber 8, 1958).” ing the soft sweet smelling red self to the enter Stratakos fam - for a tour of the mid-west states After only a few years opera - and white strands (Gulfport ily. Louis Stratakos passed away where they will play a series of tion a tremendous fire destroyed News November 8, 1958).” in Gulfport in 1963 and was concerts at various theaters and not only Stratakos’ 27th Avenue Sometime in the mid-1930s, buried in Evergreen Cemetery. some dances. They will return store but several other nearby Stratakos discontinued the fruit Being from a notable Gulf - to Gulfport for the series of buildings. Undaunted Stratakos, business and concentrated on port family various news ac - coastal Christmas dances and raised nearly $7,000 and estab - his candy business. For well over counts report on Ellis Stratakos’ then return to the road until the lished yet another candy store 25 years Stratakos’ candies and early life. In 1919, we hear that summer season opens on the this time located at the corner especially his pecan pralines be - Ellis Stratakos is attending Je - Coast…The party plans to travel of 27th Avenue and 14th Street. came much sought after by the suits College in New Orleans. In by car, three autos to be used Around 1923, Stratakos moved, local tourist trade. keeping with later fragmentary by the orchestra. This group of once again, this time to 2503 We know from other kinds of reports Ellis Stratakos had some Coast musicians, all of them Fourteen Street a downtown reports that Louis Stratakos was musical background that with professionals, have made a Gulfport location where he re - socially also a person of conse - his college years led him to the name for themselves as unusu - mained for the next 35 years. quence in Gulfport. On June 19, new music of the times jazz. On ally fine jazz artists. They have As Greek-Americans are today 1940, he was Grand Patriarch April 20, 1919, we find that just completed a successful sea - recognized all across North of the 100th annual meeting of Stratakos is not only a member son playing at the Buena Vista America as owner/operators of the Grand Lodge of the Missis - of the Gulfport Band but that he Hotel, Biloxi…The personnel of restaurants back in the 1890s sippi Odd Fellows (IOOF) is playing the snare drum with the Gulf Coast Orchestra (in - Washington Park Tace Track in 1946 up until WWI, at least, they hosted in Gulfport at the fabled this group at the local Elks Club. cludes): Ellis Stratakos, son of were known as confectioners. Markham Hotel. As we know Murella Powell, a local historian Louis Stratakos of Gulfport, who and chew gloomily on his limp We waited impatiently So embedded were these Greek from reading Thomas Burgess’ for the Gulf shore region, re - plays the violin and trombone cigar. through the intervening races, candy and ice cream men in the 1913 volume, Greeks In Amer - ports that Stratakos on his re - and directs the orchestra; Joe We discovered a horse named betting no more than two dollars average American’s conscious - ica An Account Of Their Coming turn to New Orleans joins other Fallo, piano; Tony Fallo, banjo; Hurry Home Harry, a dismal per - a race. As the last race was ness that when Sinclair Lewis Progress Customs Living And aspiring white jazz musicians “Sock” Kahn, saxophone; former except on a rainy day posted, Rangas and I walked to (1885-1951) published his 1920 Aspirations, that many of the frequenting black jazz clubs to Emanuel Nickelson, saxophone; when the track turned sloppy. the tote windows. award winning novel, “Main very early Greek arrivals gained listen and learn this new genre Joe Sharkey, trumpet; Ben Then the poor nag became the “Five hundred to win on Street” of small town life the last prominence in their local com - of music. Ms. Powell, goes on Dableu, drums…Mr. Stratakos steed of Apollo. His fondness for Number nine, “Rangas said. I business described as being on munities by joining such frater - to state that by 1921 Ellis is one of the most popular Coast a muddy track was sometimes caught a flash of respect in the the square of every Main Street nal organizations. In point of Stratakos has formed his first musicians. He grew up here in overlooked and we’d catch him teller’s eyes, square in the nation was a fact, if one visits the gravesites band, the New Orleans Jazzers. Gulfport studying as a boy, latter at odds of four or five to one. Afterwards, I followed Ran - Greek confectionery. of this senior generation of By late August 1922, going to Germany to study, and The most exciting part of my gas down to one of the prime For nearly fifty years Greek immigrants many are Stratakos is back in Gulfport his playing adds greatly to the week was a rainy day when I boxes overlooking the finish line. Stratakos arrived at his store at adorned with emblems and playing again at the Elks Club success of the orchestra (Biloxi heard Rangas say, “Our boy is That day I had no fear of being 5AM remaining often until other markers noting their but this time the band is called Daily Herald November 18, running today!” We would bet thrown out. Rangas radiated 7:30PM. Here is how one local membership in such local and Ellis Stratakos and his Dixieland 1926).” what money we could muster such confidence no usher would report recalls his presence: national organizations. Far from Roamers of New Orleans. Un - and then wait serenely while the have dared question his legiti - “There are old-timers in Gulf - being a despised foreigner was questionably one of the prob - [email protected] race was being run. Hurry Home macy. Harry never let us down. As we lounged in our seats When the Washington Park Rangas unsheathed a pair of cig - Race Track was in season, Ran - ars. gas and I hoarded our money “Five dollars apiece,” he said. GREEK AMERICAN STORIES and once a week rode the South “Victory stogies.” Shore Line to the track. We’d sit “How can you be so sure?” I high in the grandstand until late asked, my own heart thumping Yiannis’ Vacation Plans in the day when the affluent box in apprehension. holders would vacate their sanc - “Death, taxes and Bright tified environs. Rangas led me Star,” Rangas said. By Phylis (Kiki) Sembos down to one of the boxes over - The horses were mustered Special to The National Herald looking the home stretch. He’d into the gate, A moment of tense enthrone himself in the box with silence and then they were off. “Listen!” Yiannis told his an ease and assurance that sug - Rangas and I sat frozen to our buddies in Dixon’s. “Did any of gested he was exactly where he binoculars. you read last Sunday’s National belonged. From time to time, a The field ran bunched for the Herald?” dyspeptic usher would chase us opening furlongs, Bright Star Dimos nodded. John did, out of the box, but as the stands near the rear of the pack. As they too. Kipreos asked, “Why do you emptied, the ushers grew apa - rounded into the far turn, Ran - ask?” Whipping out the edition, thetic and allowed us to finish gas whispered, “Now…” An in - he indicated one article in par - the day’s racing in an aura of stant later Bright Star, wearing ticular. “Andrew Pappas, a luxury. his blue colors, passed his first recluse, died at age 89. Lived On a day near the end of the horse. Then he passed a string on 79th Street; leaves no living Washington Park season Rangas of other horses. A rumbling relations. Never married or had and I were at the track. The last swept the crowd and people children. The landlady, who race, a six-furlong allowance, stood to get a better view. found him in the hallway, told was about to run. We had made As they pounded down the police, ‘Probably, getting his our bets and were sitting in a stretch, Bright Star was only a mail. Nice n’ quiet but a loner. box near the finish line. length behind the leader. A mo - Always paid his rent on time!’” The horses sprang from the ment later he had taken the “So?” George asked. Yiannis gate and raced bunched around lead. As the horses raced toward smiled like the Cheshire cat. the first turn. Rangas had our the finish line, Bright Star pulled “Sad – dying without anyone single set of binoculars and as further and further away, leaving saying ‘goodbye.’” No response. the horses circled the oval, he the field of horses in his wake. He continued. “He lived alone – let loose a sibilant whistle. I cannot remember whether had no living relatives. Notice way.” saw Yiannis on several occasions Yiannis swallowed hard, but “The number eight horse in I shouted or cheered. I do re - we have the same last name? I What he didn’t tell anyone visiting the deceased. The two with a shaking hand handed the blue colors,” he said. “What’s his member catching a glimpse of could be a relation.” George be - was that he’d already contacted went to court, filled out some three tens. “Now, I want my name?” Rangas’s face in that moment, gan to understand. “You think, a lawyer who promised he papers that Yiannis signed and share. I told you I wanted no I looked into the program. all his customary somberness maybe, he left money – or some - didn’t want any money until the the court, seeing no great dis - money until the case was over. “Bright Star,” I said. “He’s and hopelessness replaced by thing. Right?” “Could be! Peo - case is over. Yiannis handed him crepancies or complications, al - It’s over!” twenty-five to one.” the visage of joy and triumph. ple come from somewhere, letters with his name on them lowed the lawyer and Yiannis to Sweating, Yiannis asked, Rangas handed me the binoc - Through his teeth clenched don’t they? ” Dimos interrupted. proving he was Yiannis Pappas. enter the apartment. Inside, An - ‘How much?” Doing quick math, ulars. “Watch him…” on his cigar, I heard his voice, “Yiannis! There are ways of lo - The lawyer shook his head. drew Pappas’ bank book, nearly he said, “I’ll take forty bucks.” I focused on Bright Star who hoarse and reverential, ”Beauti - cating relatives. They have to go “This doesn’t prove you’re re - depleted, contained many with - His mouth dropping open, Yian - was about twenty lengths be - ful… beautiful…” to court to prove who they are. lated to Andrew Pappas.” Yian - drawals. The furnishings, nis objected, vehemently. “All hind the leaders but who ap - Not long after Bright Star’s One has to find a lawyer and nis pressed on. “Th’ guy was a clothes, and personal items you did was bribe the landlady! peared to be flying past the victory I quit gambling. Many show birth certificates...some - recluse! He didn’t want my com - proved of no value. But, an oak You c’n lose your license for horses ahead of him. years passed and I never saw thing.” John piped in. “That’s pany. I tried hard to see him!” tag envelope on the bureau, that!” The lawyer smiled. “And, “He’s going to take it all!” I Rangas again although several right! Besides, he’d have left a The lawyer shook his head. with the deceased’s’ name on you c’n go to jail for perjury.” said. times I considered returning to will. What are you thinking?” “You’ve got to have more proof them, appeared of interest. The Sweating profusely, Yiannis “Maybe,” Rangas said. the handbook to find him. But I George stirred his coffee, than this. These say who YOU lawyer studied them, carefully. handed over the forty, grabbed Bright Star did not win, place feared being ensnared once slowly. “Can’t you guess? Claim are, but...” he handed back his Then, turned to Yiannis and the envelope and left. With ner - or show that day but finished more, so I do not know what he’s a relative and see what he letters. Getting desperate, Yian - said, “Well, these papers show vous fingers, sitting on a park fifth, a mere two lengths behind happened to him. can get out of it, naturally.” nis leveled with him. ”Look! The what th’ guy was worth. You bench, he opened the envelope the winners. But the speed at Whenever I think of the glum Yiannis shrugged. “It’s worth a apartment’s going to be emptied sure you still want to be recipi - and shuffled through all the pa - which he was closing left no and despondent old gambler, try. Paid his rent on time, it said; and the body buried. Think of ent of whatever he owed or pers – most were stubs from question that given an additional lamenting his day’s losses, toss - apartment must have something all that stuff going to waste! owned?” Anxiously rubbing his horse racing events. But, one furlong he would have won in a ing aside his useless tickets, in it worth something.” Dimos Can’t we do something to make hands together, Yiannis nodded, short letter, written in pencil, breeze. chewing forlornly on limp cigars, shook his head. “Good luck! But, it look like I’m related?” The vigorously. “Yeah! Yeah!” Stuff - fell out. It read, “Andy. we been “We’ll watch for him next in my memory all these are over - I think its waste of time.” pleading look in Yiannis’ eyes ing back the contents of the en - patient long enough. We watch - time…” Rangas said. “The Rac - shadowed by that matchless mo - Kipreos agreed, saying, “It got the lawyer thinking. “Oh, I velope the lawyer told him he ing your pad. cook up the cash ing Form will only show the ment at the track when with sounds kinda’...unethical to me. get it! Yeah! Maybe we can fig - can have it all, “after you pay or you’ll be wearing cement horse finished fifth. No one mane flying and majestic head Maybe he was so mean no one ure something out. Gimme an the landlady what I promised boots! signed, No Nose Nelson.” could know how fast he was extended, Bright Star romped to wanted anything to do with hour! OK?” her for swearing she’d seen you That’s when he decided that running unless they had seen victory. And the radiance in Ran - him.” Yiannis shrugged. “So The lawyer worked out a visiting the deceased.” Yiannis Greece wasn’t as hot in June as him.” gas’ face as he murmured, what! He’s dead! Besides, all his deal with the landlady who was frowned. “How much?” “Thirty it could be in New York. He’d For the following few days, “Beautiful… beautiful…” stuff will go to the heap, any - willing to say – for a price – she bucks!” get tickets tomorrow. 8 OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 6-12, 2015

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LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE "Notice of formation of George Folias & n BOURLOGIANNIS, ELENI Carol Canyon Rd., San Diego, tractor in December 1966. He was a devoted lifelong member. Assc. LLC. Articles of Organization filed Notice of Formation of FISCHER FLOOR BROCKTON, MA (From the En - followed by burial at Oakwood was past president of the Home A Trisagion service is scheduled with the Secretary of State of New York (SS - PLANS LLC. (DOM. LLC) Articles of Organiza - terprise, published on May 16) Cemetery in Canoga Park. May Builders Association as well as for Thursday, May 28, at 6 p.m. NY) on April 14, 2015. Office Location: Nas - tion filed with the Secretary of State of New sau County. SSNY designated for service of York (SSNY) on 02/05/15. Office location: – Eleni Helen Bourlogiannis, 90, her memory be eternal. Builder of the Year in 1982. Al - at the Annunciation Greek Or - process to C/O The LLC, 408 Waukena Av - Kings County. SSNY is designated as agent of of Brockton, died peacefully on though Bill was a humble man, thodox Church, 600 Alhambra enue, Oceanside, NY 11572. Purpose: Any the LLC upon whom process against it may be Thursday, May 14, 2015, at the n EVANGELIDIS, never wanting anyone to thank Blvd., Sacramento. A funeral lawful activity." served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Braemoor Health Center in CHRYSANTHI him for the many kindnesses he service for our dear Theo 274444/1 9544 Seth Mulvey, 240 Jefferson Street 3R, Brooklyn, NY 10237. Purpose: Any lawful Brockton. Helen was born in WORCESTER, MA (From the did, he was a strong, complex George will be held at the same LEGAL NOTICE purpose. Vythos, Greece, August 1, 1924. Worcester Telegram & Gazette, person, both mentally and phys - church Friday, May 29, at 11 274398/19500 She was married to Kostantino published on May 25) –Chrysan - ically. Bill enjoyed to travel, be a.m., with a burial to follow at "Notice of formation of C 2 HEALTHCARE CONSULTANTS, LLC. (DOM. LLC.) LEGAL NOTICE Bourlogiannis in 1948. They thi "Chris" (Evangelou) Evange - with friends, take anyone who Odd Fellows Cemetery that will Articles of Organization filed with the Sec - raised two children, John and lidis, 86, resident of Worcester, wanted to come fishing on his include military honors and a retary of State of New York (SSNY) on LEI Smart LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 5/7/15. Office in NY Co. SSNY designated for Jenny. Helen lost her husband MA passed away at St. John's boat Wednesday's, card playing Masonic Service. Donations can 05/18/2015. Office Location: Nassau County. SSNY designated for service of service of process and shall mail to: LEI Smart in 1966 and immigrated with Hospital in Yonkers on the with his friends and working for be made to Annunciation Greek process to: THE LLC, 8 Roads End, LLC, 225 Rector Place Ste. 3M, New York, NY her two teenage children to morning of Saturday, May 23, his community. He served as Orthodox Church Building Brookville, NY 11545. Purpose: Any lawful 10280. Purpose: Any lawful activity. America. She joined her family 2015 surrounded by her loving President 1974, 1975 and Trea - Fund. The family wants to thank activity." 274409/18796 274442/1 9279 and worked at Howes Leather family. Her husband of 41 years, surer as well as working the Lind Mortuary (Carla and LEGAL NOTICE Company. She was fiercely de - Kostas Evangelidis passed away Greek Festivals each year. Bill is Louie) for their tremendous LEGAL NOTICE voted to her children and grand - in 1995. She is survived by her survived by his wife of 58 years help in handling everything in Notice of formation of Montur Family Pizzeria Basura LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ SSNY LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary children, tending to her home son Fr. Evan Evangelidis, her Gonny Maria and his children such a caring and thoughtful 2/27/15. Office in NY Co. SSNY designated of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/18/2015. and hosting visitors. Helen was daughter Dr. Vicky Sakellson Catherine Henry (Robert) their manner during this trying time. for service of process and shall mail to Reg. Office located at Nassau County. SSNY has been a beloved mother and a cher - and her husband, Dr. Stanley children Shannon and Paul, Agent: U.S. Corp. Agents, 7014 13th Ave. designated as agent of the LLC upon whom Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any process against it may be served. The post office ished Yiayia. She is survived by Sakellson, her granddaughter John Kaoudis (Donna) their n PALLIS, EVANGELOS lawful activity address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of her children, John and Elpiniki Alexandra Evangelidis, her children William, Diana, Caro - RANDOLPH, NJ (From the 274440/1 8796 any process served against the LLC at 658 Sunrise Niki Bourlogianis of Pittsburgh, daughter in law, Dr. Oxana line and Zack, Elizabeth Fergu - Record, published on May 20) Highway, Baldwin, NY 11510. Purpose/character Pa., and Jenny Malatantis of Popescu, as well as her brother son (Royall) their children Roy - – Evangelos Pallis died on Mon - LEGAL NOTICE of LLC: Any lawful purpose. 274390/19493 Brockton; four grandchildren, Harisi Evangelou and his family, all IV, Alexander and Victor, day, May 18, 2015 surrounded Notice of Formation of BEEKMAN PICTURES, Labrini and Sean Nelligan and along with many other family Nicholas Kaoudis (Kathryn) by his loving family. Evangelos LLC a (DOM. LLC). Articles of Or ganization filed with the Secretary of State of New LEGAL NOTICE their children, Grace and Liam, members in Greece. She was their children Kelly and Michael. was born in Analipsis, Greece. York, (SSNY) on 04/28/2015. Office Notice of Formation of BLACKJADEDWOLF Konstantin and Ashley Bour - born in Konitsa, Greece and im - Also, four great grandchildren, He came to America at the age location: Kings County. SSNY is designated logianis, Eleni Malatantis and migrated to the United States in Dylan, Evangelea, Annabella of 13 and settled in Dover. He as agent upon whom process against the LLC. (DOM. LLC). Articles of Organization LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process filed with the Secretary of State of New York Joanna Bourlogianis. She was 1972. She was the daughter of and Adrian. Bill has two sisters was a graduate of Dover High to: THE LLC, 2111 Beekman Pl. Apt. 3G, (SSNY) on 08/22/14. Office location: Kings preceded in death by her sib - the late Demetrios and Garo - in Greece, Diamando and Nota, School Class of 1967. Van was Brooklyn, NY 11225. Purpose: Any Lawful County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC Purpose . upon whom process against it may be served. lings, Andrew Tsoumas and ufalia Evangelou. Chysanthi was his brother-in-law Jimmy Dri - a Navy veteran who served on SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Shevon Theodora Roula Georgantas. Fu - a loving, kind and gentle vas, plus many cousins, the USS Ranger CVA-61 super 274447 /1 9548 Collins, 49 Erasmus Street, 2D, Brooklyn, NY neral from the Russell & Pica woman who was loved by all nephews and nieces. The family carrier during the Vietnam War. LEGAL NOTICE 11226. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Funeral Home, 165 Belmont St. who knew her. She enjoyed would like to thank and express After being honorably dis - 274384/19491 (Rte. 123), Brockton, Monday, cooking, sewing, gardening and gratitude to the friends who charged from the Navy in 1971, 5TH 26 LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ SSNY May 18, at 9 a.m., followed by crocheting. Chris was an avid helped us over the past nine Van returned home and joined 5/20/15. Office in NY Co. SSNY FUNERAL HOMES designated for service of process and a funeral service in the Annun - reader and could always be years: Roni, Trisha, Barbara, the family painting business and shall mail to: 5TH 26 LLC, 225 5th Avenue ciation Greek Orthodox Church, found with a book in her hands. Betty, Ruth, Marcia and Donna. later became an entrepreneur. Ste. 12C, New York, NY 10010. Purpose: APOSTOLOPOULOS 457 Oak St., Brockton, at 10 She was a devoted wife, mother Our Visiting Angels Cindy and Evangelos was a member of the Any lawful activity. Apostle Family - a.m. The Rev. Anthony Evange - and grandmother who cher - Margaret. On Monday, May 18, St. Andrew Greek Orthodox 27 4431/18796 latos will officiate. Interment ished her family and would do 2015 a Trisagion Prayer Service Church where he was an Exec - Gregory, Nicholas, Andrew - will follow in Melrose Cemetery, anything for them. Chris lived will be held at 7pm at the Sts. utive Board Member of AHEPA LEGAL NOTICE Funeral Directors of Brockton. Calling hours Sunday with her children in New York Constantine and Helen Greek for many years. He was also an Notice of Formation of K&A BUSINESS SOLUTIONS RIVERDALE from 2-5 p.m. For directions, for the last few months of her Orthodox Church, 60 Traverse Executive member of the LLC. (DOM. LLC) Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York FUNERAL HOME Inc. visit www.Russellpicafuneral - life. She will be dearly missed Road, Newport News, Virginia. Analipsis Progressive Society (SSNY) on 03/03/15. Office location: Nassau home.com. by all who knew her and will Funeral services will be held at from his birth place in Greece. County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC 5044 Broadway upon whom process against it may be served. New York, NY 10034 always be remembered with 11am on Tuesday, May 19 at the He is survived by his wife of 44 SSNY shall mail copy of process to: K&A n DEMOSS, CAROLYN love, affection, and fondness. church officiated by Father years, Anastasia; three children Business Solutions LLC, 57 Eastwood Lane, (212) 942-4000 (SCARVELIS) Her funeral is Wednesday, May George Chioros. In lieu of flow - Maria McCarthy and her hus - Valley Stream, NY 11581. Purpose: Any lawful Toll Free 1-888-GAPOSTLE LA JOLLA, CA (From the La 27th with a service at 11AM in ers the family would suggest a band William, Gus, and George purpose. CONSTANTINIDES Jolla Light, published on May St. Spyridon Orthodox Cathe - contribution to a memorial of and his wife Maria; five siblings 274422/19526 28) – Carolyn DeMoss, 87, of La dral. A calling hour will be held your choice or The Alzheimer's Paris Pallis, Irene Ferenc, Oura - FUNERAL PARLOR Co. Jolla, California, passed away from 10AM until the time of the Association , Hampton Roads nia Huber, Loukas Pallis and LEGAL NOTICE (718) 745-1010 peacefully in her home on May service. Burial will follow in Chapter, 20 Interstate Corporate Dimitra Pallis. He is also sur - Uptown Physical Therapy PLLC. Art. of Services in all localities - 18, 2015. She was surrounded Hope Cemetery, 119 Webster Center, Norfolk, Virginia 23502. vived by two grandchildren Org. filed w/ SSNY 4/6/15. Office in NY Co. SSNY designated for service of Low cost shipping to Greece by family. Born to Greek immi - Street, Worcester. In lieu of Arrangements are in the care of Anastasia and Evangelos. He process and shall mail to: The LLC, 355 grants in Cleveland, Ohio, on flowers, donations may be made Peninsula Funeral Home. was predeceased by his parents Old Tarrytown Rd. #604, Greenburgh, March 7, 1928, Carolyn was the in Chrysanthi's memory to St. Constantino and Maria Pallis. NY 10603. Purpose: Physical Therapy. ANTONOPOULOS fourth child of George and Eu - Spyridon Greek Orthodox n KUTUVINIS, GEORGE Visitation today, Wednesday, 274432/18796 FUNERAL HOME, INC. genia Scarvelis. She was the Cathedral, 102 Russell Street, SACRAMENTO, CA (From the May 20, 2015, 5:00pm-9:00pm Konstantinos Antonopoulos - younger sister of the late Nolan Worcester, MA 01609 which she Sacramento Bee, published on at Tuttle Funeral Home, 272 LEGAL NOTICE "Nick" Francis, the late Anne Tri - loved and adorned greatly. The May 24) – Kutuvinis, George. State Route 10 West, Randolph Notice of Formation of 1420-44 STREET Funeral Director ENTERPRISES LLC. (DOM. LLC) Articles of 38-08 Ditmars Blvd., ant and brother, Steve Scarvelis. family has entrusted the funeral Our dear brother, uncle and (www.tuttlefh.com). Funeral Organization filed with the Secretary of She moved with her family to arrangements to Apostle Fu - friend passed away peacefully Services will be Thursday, May State of New York (SSNY) on 04/23/15. Astoria, New York 11105 Los Angeles after World War II neral Home of Riverdale, NY at his Sacramento home on May 21, 2015, 11:30 AM at St. An - Office location: King County. SSNY is desig - nated as agent of the LLC upon whom (718) 728-8500 where she attended Hollywood and to O'connor Brothers Fu - 15, 2015, just one month shy of drew Greek Orthodox Church, process against it maybe served. SSNY shall Not affiliated with any High School and subsequently neral Home, 592 Park Avenue, his 85th birthday. He was sur - Randolph. Interment will follow mail copy of process to: 1420 - 44th Street Enterprises LLC, 1420-44th Street, other funeral home. El Camino Community College. Worcester. rounded by pictures of his fam - at Locust Hill Cemetery, Dover. Brooklyn, NY 11219. Purpose: Any lawful Proud of her parents' heritage, ily, special memories of family In lieu of flowers, donations are purpose. as a young woman she was ac - n GENES, GEORGE gatherings, and the love of his requested to St. Andrew Greek 27 4427/19533 tive in the Greek Orthodox WELLESLEY, MA (From the family. We will miss the loud Orthodox Church, 1447 Sussex Church, teaching Sunday School Boston Globe, published on May sound of his prized possession, Turnpike, Randolph, NJ 07869 and serving as a youth coun - 21) – George N. Genes of a 1968 Ranchero, pulling up to or the Wounded Warrior Project tO PlAce yOur clASSiFieD AD, cAll: (718) 784-5255, selor. A true pioneer in her ca - Wellesley, Mass. passed away our home for one of those visits. P.O. Box 758517 Topeka, KS ext. 106, e-mAil: classifieds@ thenationalherald.com reer, as in her life, Carolyn was peacefully in his home on Mon - George was born in Vallejo, Cal - 66675. one of the first ever woman day, May 18. 2015. He was 88 ifornia, and raised in Sacra - vice-presidents of a company. years of age. He was the beloved mento since he was two years n PSOMAS, PANSY Her career included bookkeeper son of Nicholas and Lefcula old. He was preceded in death GREENWOOD, SC (From the In - for Hollywood Bank, Assistant (Damascos) Genes, and brother by his parents, Nick and Deme - dex-Journal, published on May ley Place were a blessing to her, years, he owned a variety of Vice President for Continental of the late Esmine. George is tra Kutuvinis, who immigrated 18) – Pansy Zouras Psomas "Yia and we wish them all the best. businesses, including restau - Bank, escrow officer for Escrow survived by his devoted wife of to the U.S.A. from Greece, and Yia" passed away on May 16, The family will be at the home rants, bars, a wholesale meat Administrators and Malaga 52 years, Maria Genes of Welles - by his sister Anna Countryman. 2015 at age 91. She was born of her son, 113 Partridge Road company, and a food delivery Cove Escrow and vice president ley, and his loving son Nicholas His service and commitment to on March 26, 1924, in Hender - in Cherokee Hills and will re - service. Pete and Julie had four of the title insurance company, and his wife Jennifer of New his family, church, and commu - son, N.C. and spent her early ceive friends and family at Blyth children: Marlene Stamos, Ticor. She moved to La Jolla in York City, along with other rela - nity was unconditional. His big childhood there until her father Funeral Home Monday, May Jacque (Jeff) Stamos-Gray, Steve 1978 where she established a tives and friends.George was loves in life were those family sent her and her family to his 18th between 6 and 8 p.m. Tris - (Tasia) Stamos, Effie (Jason) real estate brokerage practice born on May 28, 1926 in Vres - gatherings, involvement with family home in Kareya, Greece agion will be held at 2:30 p.m. McCarren, all of Portage. Pete and was an active member of thena, Greece. He immigrated the Masonic Lodge, Scottish because of the depression. She Tuesday, May 19th with funeral also had five surviving grand - the La Jolla Board of Realtors to the United States as an infant Rite, and Shriners and the char - reminisced often about her time services to begin at 3 p.m. at children: Betsy (Eric) Stoneb - for many years. Carolyn devoted and was raised in Boston. He ities they encompass, watching in Greece and loved telling sto - Greenwood First Baptist Church urner of Richland, Julie Stamos herself to numerous La Jolla was a graduate of the Boston his great nephew Lucas with ries of her childhood. At age 12, Chapel. Interment will follow in of New York City, Peter Stamos charitable activities, including English High School and then great pride at his baseball her father wrote to the family Edgewood Cemetery. In lieu of of Kalamazoo, Christos Gurd of the Museum of Contemporary served in the US Army during games, restoring cars and and told them to return to flowers, donations should be Kalamazoo, and Peter McCarren Art, the Darlington House and WWII. After the war, George spending time with his long America due to impending war made to the St. George Greek of Portage. Finally, Pete had two The League House and Meals studied at Tufts University time best friend, Dick Bertolucci, in Europe. On her return to the Orthodox Church, 12345 great grandchildren, Brenden on Wheels. Throughout her life where he earned a Bachelor of and enjoying coffee with US, she moved to Greenwood, Church Street, Greenville, S.C., and Makenna Stoneburner of she impressed all with her style, Arts in Chemistry. George made muffins or donuts or bagels with SC and attended their public Federation of the Blind SC, P.O. Richland. He was preceded in charm, wit and graciousness. his career as an engineer for the his nephew/Godson Paul. schools. She worked in her fam - box 2467 Columbia, SC or First death by his beloved wife Julie Carolyn lived her life with dig - Commonwealth of Massachu - George was proud of his mili - ily's restaurant until she was Baptist Church, 722 Grace in 2012, grandson Jay Gurd in nity, perseverance, focus and setts and retired after 50 years tary service in the U.S. Army married to Achillies George Pso - Street, Greenwood, SC. For on - 1998, and his sister Helen courage. She loved art, the of service. In 1962, George mar - during the Korean War, and later mas. They had one son, George. line condolences please visit Davilis in 2010. Pete was a de - opera, ballet, traveling and ried Maria Solomos and even - earned the rank of Colonel in Sadly, her husband passed away www.blythfuneralhome.com. voted husband, father, grandfa - shopping. She was a great friend tually settled in Wellesley. the U.S. Air Force reserve before when her son was only 18 ther, and great grandfather. He to many people, even those George will be remembered for retiring from his work at Mc - months old. After her husband's n STAMOS, PETER enjoyed family dinners, spend - from different generations, who his kindness, patience, but most Clellan Air Force Base, having death she worked at The Coffee KALAMZOO, MI (From the Kala - ing time with friends and play - were impressed with her sharp of all, as an extraordinary hus - trained and mentored many Pot restaurant, The Auto Drive- mazoo Gazette, published on ing cards with anyone who mind and active body, practicing band and father. Funeral Service along the way in his field of ma - in Theater, and The Village The - May 10) – Mr. Pete Stamos aka would pull up a chair. Pete was yoga even into her 80's. A loyal scheduled for Friday, May 22, chinery. George was a member ater. She went on to be a co- Papa Pete, age 79, of Kalamazoo, devoted to his faith and was a daughter, sister, aunt and friend, 2015 at 11am at St. Demetrios of the Masonic Lodge, Tehama owner of Zouras Company, Inc. Michigan passed away at home life long member of the Annun - Carolyn will be remembered for Greek Orthodox Church, 57 # 3. He was also a member of and then became the kitchen on May 6, 2015. He was born ciation Greek Orthodox Church. her love of family and her gen - Brown St., Weston, Mass. There the Scottish Rite, where he re - manager at her son's restaurant, on July 9, 1935 in Achladokam - He served in several capacities erosity. Her legacy and lessons will be a brief visitation prior to ceived the honor of the 33rd de - George's. Much of her life was bos, Greece to Spiro and on the church council and was will continue through those she the Service from 10- 11am at gree, and went on to become a spent being a caregiver to those Efthemia (Karahalios) Stamate - also a member of the Order of left behind. She is survived by the Church. Relatives and member of the Ben Ali Shrine, she loved. She took care of her los, who preceded him in death. the AHEPA. Christmas was his her devoted brother, Steve friends kindly invited to attend. where he was the Chairman of husband before his death and Pete was the youngest of six chil - favorite holiday and he never Scarvelis; sister in law, June Interment at Forest Hills Ceme - the Financial Committee for then took care of her mother, dren. He started his first busi - wanted anyone to ever spend Francis; and beloved nieces and tery. In lieu of flowers donations many years. As an avid car en - father, and her sister who was ness in his village when he was the day alone. In the 70's, he nephews, Penny and Nickolaos in his memory may be made to thusiast, he also was a member blind. Her greatest joy was car - only 8 years old. Pete purchased started bringing home customers Travlos of Athens, Greece, St. Demetrios Church. For on - in the Classic Auto Unit, and ing for and spending time with eggs from the older women in and employees from the Rex Caf George and Alexandra Scarvelis line guestbook please visit was also Chairman of the her three grandchildren: Lau - the village then went to market to have dinner with Julie and of Santa Barbara, Reverend Fr. www.faggas.com Greeters Unit for several years. ren, Maria, and John. She was and sold them for a tidy little the kids. When the number of Costas Constantinou and Dr. Eu - George also was a member of a member of the St. George profit. He immigrated to Kala - people he brought home got to genia Scarvelis Constantinou of n KAOUDIS, BASILIOS the Royal Order of Jesters. In Greek Orthodox Church and at - mazoo in 1951. Pete enlisted in be too much for their home, San Diego, Diana Dennen of NEWPORT NEWS, VA (From the all of these fraternal organiza - tended Greenwood First Baptist the United States Army in 1955, Julie insisted on opening the Lake Havasu, and Stella Virginian Pilot, published on tions, George was one of the Church in her later years. She he was stationed in Amberg, restaurant to serve anyone who Scarvelis of La Jolla. She is also May 16) – Basilios (Bill) John most highly respected and loved was predeceased by her parents Germany. While in the army, wanted to come for a free meal survived by her cherished great- Kaoudis, born in Athens, Greece members and a mentor to many. Speros P. Zouras and Nikkoleta Pete earned a Marksman award on Christmas Day. Later, the free nieces and nephews, Marianna, he served his country both in He will be greatly missed by his Mandis Zouras, her siblings Pete for the rifle and a Good Conduct Christmas dinners continued at Alexandra and Mia Travlos, the Navy and the Merchant large, extended family, his Speros Zouras and Despo Medal. Pete was very proud of the Blue Dolphin Restaurant. Steven, Nicholas and Stamatia Marines. Bill came to the US in friends, and all who knew him. Zouras, and her husband his military service and became This was such a highlight for Scarvelis, Christopher Constan - the mid 1950's, worked hard at He is survived by his sisters Alice Achilles George Psomas. She is an American citizen after he was him, everyone who walked in tinou and Bobby and Nicole various jobs before settling on a Teri, Kaye, and Ellie; nieces survived by her son George discharged. He met and married the door was considered a Schindler. A Trisagion memorial landscaping partnership. Even - D'Anne and Mia and her hus - Achilles Psomas and his wife the love of his life, Julie while friend. Pete inspired his children service will be held on Monday, tually this led him to move his band Tom; nephew Paul Lane Beverly Taylor Psomas of Green - she was a waitress at his restau - and grandchildren, he believed May 25, 2015, at 6:30 PM at El family to Newport News. Bills and his wife Cynthia; Godson wood, S.C.; grandchildren Lau - rant the Char Steak. Over the that they could be anything they Camino Memorial Park, with a interest then turned to building. and nephew Paul Curtin and his ren Eaves Sawyer (John) of desired and he always supported funeral service 9:30 AM Tues - From garages to rooms then wife Patricia; great nieces Ana - Conway, S.C., Maria Psomas this is a service their every endeavor. He was a day. Both services to be held at homes and restaurants. Thus Sofia, and Kate; Godson and Jones (Nathan) of Charleston, to the community. spectator at wrestling matches, the St. Demetrios Chapel at El Bill J. Kaoudis Inc, Builder/De - great nephew Julius and his S.C., and John Taylor Psomas of Announcements of deaths softball games, football games, Camino Memorial Park, 5660 veloper began. Building the Ab - wife Ashley; great nephews Ae - Charleston, S.C.; and her great- may be telephoned to the soccer games, theatre produc - erdeen Barn Restaurants in neas, Matthew, Quinn, Andrew, grandchildren, Taylor Jordan classified Department of tions, and forensic competitions. Tyson's Corner, Virginia Beach, Kyle and his wife Krysteen, and Sawyer and Eleanor Grace the national Herald at The funeral will be at the An - Days and dates of funerals, Newport News and Char - Jessie; great grand nephew Dy - Jones. We want to express our (718) 784-5255, nunciation Greek Orthodox memorials, and other events di - lottesville, Gus's Hot Dog King, lan and great grand niece Pay - appreciation to all the staff of monday through Friday, Church, 507 S. Westnedge on rectly correspond to the original many sections of Newport ton; and his great love and long- Ashley Place Assisted Living. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. eSt Monday, May 11 at 11:00am. In publication date, which appears News, Poquoson and Scotts time companion Rosemary. They not only gave her wonder - or e-mailed to: lieu of flowers, memorials may at the beginning of each notice. Pond in Williamsburg. Bill was George was baptized by the ful care but showed great affec - [email protected] be directed to the Annunciation licensed by the state as a con - Greek organization G.A.P.A. and tion for her. Her friends at Ash - Greek Orthodox Church. THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 6-12, 2015 COMMUNITY 9 OBITUARIES Beloyanis’ Parents Awarded $45.6 M for his Death

THE BRONX – A jury in New tial Factor’ in causing the paral - George Panagiotis Demeter, York State Supreme Court in the ysis. Bronx on May 29 awarded “Torgan argued that if a scan Michael Beloyanis and Virginia had been performed, doctors Was a Real Estate Visionary Beaton $45.6 million for pain would have seen the screws and suffering and related dam - early on and possibly been able ages resulting from the death of to restore some of Beloyianis' BOSTON, MA – After an espe - their son, Edward, who died in mobility. cially courageous battle with 2010, eight years after under - “Despite the paralysis, Be - cancer, George Panagiotis going corrective surgery at New loyianis enrolled at Farmingdale Demeter passed away peacefully York Presbyterian Hospital/Co - State College and was studying at home on June 1, surrounded lumbia University Medical Cen - computer science. by his family. He was born in ter (Presbyterian) for scoliosis, “Beloyianis' death in 2010 Mytilene, Greece, son to Pana - Newsday reported. stemmed from a urinary tract giotis and Merope Papadim - Presbyterian and its director infection that Torgan said was itriou, but lived most of his adult of pediatric orthopedic surgery caused by his paralysis. Farm - life in Boston, as beloved hus - (Edward was 14 years old at the ingdale posthumously awarded band to Katerina; loving father time of the operation), Dr. David him a degree in 2011.” to Panagiotis Demeter and his Roye, were held equally respon - Presbyterian in a statement, wife Sara, Alexandra Psikarakis sible for the injuries that led to against Edward’s spinal column, surgical injury to the spinal Newsday reported, said that and her husband Michael, Evan - Edward’s death. resulting in his paralysis. cord, Torgan said. However, the while they sympathize with the gelia Demeter, and stepdaughter The operation involved in - hospital never ordered a CT Beloyanis family, they believe Elena Archimandritou and hus - serting screws into Edward’s The Newsday article contin - scan, the lawyer said. “the verdict has no basis in law band Konstantinos; cherished spine, Newsday reported, and ues: “The family was told Ed - “The jury ruled that Roye or fact and it will be appealed.” grandfather to Sebastian, rods into his spinal column. His ward Beloyianis had suffered a and the hospital departed from Torgan said the Beloyianises George, Yasmine, and Anastasia; George Panagiotis Demeter attorney, Evan Trogan, argued stroke during surgery and that ‘accepted medical Practice’ by “feel that justice was finally faithful brother to Irene Paleol - that Roye had misplaced four the hospital performed a CT not having the scan done and served.” ogos; adoring uncle to Merope Great parish of Arlington, MA, screws, causing them to lodge scan, which found there was no that the decision was a ‘substan - Kapetanakis and her husband and a philanthropist to count - Constantine, and their daugh - less organizations and causes. ters and grandson, Irina, Corina, He was a former Trustee of Hel - and Lucio. lenic College-Holy Cross School A real estate visionary, Deme - of Theology and an active coun - John Cats Jr. Graduates, Inspires Millennial Republicans ter purchased his first piece of cil member of Alpha Omega. real estate in Boston’s Back Bay He was a lover of the arts in the early 1960s while work - and avid supporter of the By Constantinos E. Scaros main efforts in 2014 were to ing at MIT. While many devel - Boston Symphony Orchestra provide volunteers to the nu - opers at the time were compro - and was Chairman of the Board Last month, John Catsima - merous republican races hap - mising the integrity of these of Alea III, a contemporary mu - tidis, Jr. concluded one chapter pening around the state and buildings, George was busy sic ensemble at Boston Univer - of his life – undergraduate stud - also to grow current chapters restoring the properties back to sity. ies – and contemplates how and and expand to new universities. their original grandeur. In 1974 Demeter was a kind and gen - when to begin the next one. Now in 2015, we are on the he purchased the well-known erous soul who always helped Meanwhile, he continues to be brink of launching our new field Beacon Hill real estate broker - friends and family in need. He involved in helping his fellow program, which is based off of age firm of A.F. Doyle and Com - truly was a remarkable man millennials become politically successful programs from other pany. In 1987, he and a group who was loved by all who knew aware, and active. states. This program aims to of investors founded Mercantile him. Catsimatidis graduated from gather voter identification and Bank and Trust Company, where In lieu of flowers, contribu - New York University’s Leonard register new voters.” he was Chairman of the Board tions in his name can be made N. Stern School of Business, So, what’s next for Catsima - of Mercantile Capital Corp until to Greek Orthodox Metropolis where he double concentrated tidis, academically and profes - it was sold to Commerce Bank of Boston, St. Athanasius the in Finance and Management. He sionally? “Now that I have grad - of Worcester. Great Greek Orthodox Church, was honored to receive an All uated,” he explained, “I will Demeter was an Archon of and Hellenic College-Holy Cross University President’s Service continue to work in our family the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in - School of Theology of Brookline, Award for his community build - business the Red Apple Group.” volved in the St. Athanasius the MA. ing efforts on Campus. The company is owned by his Much of that service involves father, John Sr., an entrepreneur his being President of the New involved in multiple businesses, York State College Republicans, 2013 candidate for Mayor of and Catsimatidis described to New York, and host of the polit - TNH his involvement with that ical radio show Cats Round - organization: “I began attending table. College Republican (CR) meet - “I worked during most of my ings in sophomore year of high time at NYU, scheduling my school, so I guess you could say classes for late afternoon until I have been a college republican evening, in order to maximize for seven years! Once I started both my in class and out of attending NYU, I immediately classroom experience and edu - involved myself with CRs,” he cation. I am currently deciding said. on what is next for me academ - “My sister, Andrea, was Pres - John Catsimatidis Jr. receives the an award for his community ically and am contemplating ident at the time, and taught me leadership on campus from NYU Stern School of Business Pres - graduate school.” about leading the club and ident John Sexton. Catsimatidis is thankful to keeping members motivated. I “everyone that helped me get to later ran and was elected Presi - “In April, 2014 I was elected publicans for New York State. this point, especially my family. dent of the club, continuing the to serve as Chairman of the New The organization has over 30 Without the sage advice of my efforts of leaders before me and York Federation of College Re - chapters and universities incor - father, mother, and sister, none continuing to grow our mem - publicans,” he continued, “the porated within it, representing of what I am doing would have bership to record levels. governing body of college re - thousands of members. Our been possible.” About Half of Americans Raised Orthodox Stay in the Faith Retired Bishop Anthimos of Continued from page 1 as compared to 19% of Catholic households and 14% of Evan - Olympos Passes at Age 81 gelicals. When including non-Christ - ian groups, 44% of Jewish Continued from page 1 Grace Bishop Anthimos, I could households have an income of not help but reflect on our many more than $100,000 and 36% the Archdiocese Vicar. years of friendship and collabo - in Hindu families. In July, 1969 he arrived in ration, and especially on the day • Marriage rates were down the United States as was ap - of my ordination to the Holy Di - 6% overall, but Orthodox Chris - pointed as the parish priest of aconate at which His Grace tians marriage rates are down Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Bishop Anthimos was the pre - more significantly than other re - Church in Clinton, MA. During siding Hierarch. He was a man ligious groups. In 2007, 58% of that time, he continued his ed - of deep faith who was dedicated Orthodox Christians identified ucation at the Harvard Divinity to our Hellenic culture, and themselves as married, com - School. In July, 1971 he was ap - loved his homeland of Crete. He pared to 48% in 2014. In com - pointed Dean of the Archdioce - was a devoted servant of the parison, marriage rates for san Cathedral in New York City, Lord for 61 years, and always Catholics were down 6%, for where he served until his elec - remained focused on bringing Protestants down 4% and Jews tion as Bishop in 1977. From the word of the Lord to everyone down 1%. Marriage rates for then through 1979 he served as he served. It is my fervent prayer those who identified themselves Bishop of the Pittsburgh Dio - that His Grace Bishop Anthimos as Atheist were down 3%. cese. Anthimos was enthroned is now resting eternally in the • The Orthodox Church as Bishop of the Diocese of loving embrace of our Lord and seems to be more impacted by Boston in April 1979 and served Savior Jesus Christ.” interfaith marriage than other there until 1982. Due to accu - Nondas Lagonakis from religions. Hindus are more likely sations and articles in the main - Salem, who was Anthimos’ clos - than any other religious group stream media for inappropriate est friend for many years told to have a spouse or partner with A recent Pew study reveals that the younger Americans are, the less likely they tend to identify sexual behavior involving the TNH that “I spoke with Fr. Peter the same religion (91%), 82% with any organized religion. young daughter of his chancel - Giannakopoulos from the St. of Mormons, 79% of and Mus - lor, the late Rev. George Gallas, George church in Cape Cod, lims, and 75% of Catholics and • Orthodox Christians have the highest concentration of Christian denominations. Only he was transferred to the Dio - who told me that they had a Evangelical Protestants are mar - the highest concentration of first-generation Americans at 53% of adults who were raised cese of Denver in 1983 where luncheon arrangement for Fri - ried or living with a partner first-generation born Americans 61%, and 26% of Buddhists are in the Orthodox Church still he remained until his retirement day afternoon (May 29), but the have a mate who shares their at 40%, significantly more than first-generation immigrants. identify themselves as Orthodox from active ministry in 1987. bishop didn’t show up and he religion. For Orthodox Chris - other Christian groups, com - • Orthodox Christians have Christians. Compare that to Hin - The Ecumenical Patriarchate didn’t call, which was not typi - tians, that number is only about pared to 27% of Catholics and one of the lowest rates of reten - dus (80%), Jewish (75%), Mor - granted him the title of the Dio - cal of him because he was al - half at just 53%. 8% of Protestants. Muslims have tion across Christian and non- mon (64%) and Catholic (59%). cese of Olympos. ways on time in his meetings. Bishop Anthimos was a close Fr. Peter called him but there friend of His Eminence Metro - was no answer and thus he politan Anthony of San Fran - went to his residence he cisco, of blessed memory, both knocked on the door and there having been born and raised in was no answer. He contacted Don’t miss... TNH ’s Crete. Anthimos was a frequent the authorities and when they visitor to the Metropolis of San opened the house they found Francisco. He loved attending the Bishop lying there dead.” the annual Folk Dance and Lagonakis also said “we were Choral Festival and was a great very good friends for many religion & Spirituality supporter of Saint Nicholas years. I met him when he came Ranch and Retreat Center and to the United States as a priest. the Monastery of the Theotokos He was a very dynamic man, A quarterly issue the Life Giving Spring in Dun - hard worker, and very learned. lap, CA. I spoke to him on Wednesday He is survived by his brother, night, May 27th, and told him Rev. Konstantinos Draconakis, that I would be waiting him to who had served as a priest in have dinner together on Sunday, Germany for many years, and is May 31st. He sounded well, he now retired and resides in Crete. told me that he was going to go Coming June 20th Metropolitan Gerasimos of to Crete for the summer and San Francisco, who was or - that he was getting ready to dained to the Diaconate by the send a container, which had late Bishop Anthimos in a writ - some extra space in case I Please notify us of your interest in participating in this special issue by June 12th, 2015 . ten statement stated that “upon wanted to send something to tel: (718) 784-5255 ext. 101, e-mail: [email protected] learning of the passing of His Crete as well.” 10 GREECE THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 6-12, 2015

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June 3 by the Supreme Service Council. Based on past practice, THE HERALD SQUARE the transfer is considered a given, since most transfers are TNH's Crossword Challenge based on the recommendations of the Foreign Ministry’s top of - ficials. The report includes informa - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ti o n abo ut ot her dipl omats, in - c lu ding the form er Deputy Per - 13 14 15 16 manent Representative of G r eece to the UN and current 17 18 19 A m bassador of Greece to Lithuania in Vilnius, Michael 20 21 22 23 24 D a ratziki. 25 26 27 The Nat ional Herald con - tacted the Consul General of

28 29 30 31 Greece in New York, Ambas - s a dor G eo rge Iliopou los, who 32 33 34 35 36 confirmed the report but de - c li ned t o comme nt on it. 37 38 39 40 The A mb assa dor of G ree ce to the United States, Christos 41 42 43 Pa nagopo ulos, who was due to c o mplete his ter m of ser vice in 44 45 Washington this year, is not in - Ambassador George Iliopoulos, Consul General of Greece in NY. c lu ded on the l ist of ambas - 46 47 48 49 s a dors be ing mov ed. T he deci - Anastasios Mitsialis, who had can) I. Rizopoulos (Rabat) E. sion for him to stay is apparently assumed the duties of General Tsaousis (Warsaw) D. Zevelakis 50 51 52 53 54 in recognition of the importa nt Secretary of the Ministry of For - (Buenos Aires) N. Patakas (Ad - ro le he is playin g as the repre - eign Affairs during the govern - dis Ababa) S. Tsiepas (Santiago, 55 56 57 58 59 60 sentative of his country in the ment Antonis Samaras, resigned Chile) S. Athanasios (Podgorica, U . S. when SYRIZA took office, and Montenegro) K. Moatsos 61 62 63 But i n America there are has retired. (Nairobi). C. Dogoritis (Jakarta) ot her diplo mat s – consuls, sub- According to the newspaper Ch. Karykopoulou (Valletta, 64 65 66 c onsuls and secretaries – who To Vima, the Supreme Service Malta) and Aikaterini Xagoraris h a d alre ady completed their ser - has decided on the return of the (Canberra). www.CrosswordWeaver.com v i ce, bu t the decisions on following diplomats to Athens: The following will be moved whether they will stay for an - C. Papadopoulos (from the Vat - from embassies and consulates ACROS S 11 Ms. Lau p er o t her yea r or be t ransferred will ican) A. Kallidopoulos (Ljubl - abroad embassies: Mr. C. Geor - 1 Fleecy 12 Metal tip on the end of a lance be made by a different bod y, the jana), Harry Dafaranos (Can - gios Chatzimichelakis, (from 5 Afloat (2 wds.) 14 Gree k ic e d coffe e drink Service Council, which is ex - berra) Eleftherios Proios Riga to Tbilisi) P. Kalogeropou - 10 Famous TV m a ker of old (abbrev.) 22 Digi tal a udio tape p e cted to con vene in the c oming (Tbilisi) Platon Alexis Had - los (from Berlin to New Delhi) 13 Main 24 Long Range Init. weeks. jimichali (Rabat), Ioannis E. H. Asteriadis (from Strasbourg

15 Govern 25 Can adia n Song writer Ro lla ____ The decisions of the Supreme (New Delhi) Theodore Tsakiris, to Vilnius) A. Rallis, (The Inter - 16 Multinatio nal I ns. Org. 26 Pede sta l part S e rvice Co uncil will be imple - (Consul General, Smyrna) Eleni national Civil Aviation Organi - 17 Cargo vessel 27 Tails m ented in stage s , appa rently Leivaditou, (Buenos Aires), zation to Riga) Th. Daskarolis 18 City 28 Ribb on t ie due to funds shortages, and it Maria Diamantopoulou, (Preto - (Valletta to Berlin) E. Kouvari - 19 Trgt. Nomi nat io n List (abbrev.) 29 Hint c a nnot be exc luded t hat Iliopou - ria), and Spyridon Lampridis takis (Nairobi to Pretoria) M. 20 Turkey 30 Plain lo s will r emain at his post at (Tel Aviv). Protonotarios (Addis Ababa to 21 A Cartwrig ht 31 Sold Ol i ver Dougl as his farm in Hooterville least until the end of the year. The following will move Ljubljana), and P.Polychroniou 23 Slip 34 Trop ica l edible ro ot The former A mbassado r of from Athens to new posts (from the Consulate General in 25 Opaque gem 35 Graven image G r eece to t he UN, Ambass ador abroad: A. Kougias (to the Vati - Jeddah to Riyadh). 26 City of Tig ers a nd Lion s, but no t Bears 36 Rep air 28 Forge 38 ____ Va l ley - wine r egio n 31 National ca pit a l 39 Base bal l card compa ny 32 Fish tank growth 40 Baton This Week in Greek History: 33 Totals 42 Hon eyc o mb stru cture 34 David's Me et t h e Press p redecessor 43 Arch ed p assag ewa y 37 Brood 44 Revolutions per minute Constantine Phaulkon Executed in Siam 38 Taboos 45 American Bankruptc y Institute (init.) 40 Walk throu gh w ater 46 Prej udic e d pe rson 41 ___! (call attention) 47 Vermont Founder Allen This week, on June 5, 1688, Constantine 42 Infant 48 Qua ke P h aulkon, a w ise, successful and valuable con - 43 Moses' bro ther 4 9 Rece sse s s u ltant t o Narai, the King of Siam (n ow Thailand), 44 Give back all of the money 51 Abu Dhabi Stock Exchng. (abbrev.) was executed as part of a political coup. 45 Gov. Schwartze negg er 52 Roman c loaks Born in Kef alonia in 1647 as Constantine Ger - 46 Engage be fore h and 53 Colo rles s a k is (the G reek w ord for falcon, his surname 49 Alphabet's first four 54 Regional Signal Transmission Org. (RSTO) Phaulkon a French/Thai derivative) he traveled 50 Objects 57 Base bal l stat. (abbrev. ) to Siam in 16 75 as a merchant, and because of 51 Capital of Wes t ern Sa moa 58 Extactable Org. Halogen (abbrev.) h i s fluency in various l anguages, became a trans - 52 ___ and Feathers 60 Perimeter la tor in King Narai’s court . He was instrumental 55 Flanked by F a n d J in achieving a rapprochement between Siam and 56 Gardner's enemy Solution to last week’s puzzle F r ance, for w hich n ot only Na rai was grateful, Solution: 59 Waste matter b u t also Franc e’s Kin g, Louis XIV, who com - 61 Org. of America n States (abbrev .) P E A S A U D I P A V A T mended Phaulkon. 62 Got up L A N A C N E D O B A M A In 1688, N arai was terminally ill and it was 63 Square root of sixty-four E widely believed he would die shortly. Phaulkon’s R N C H I C O A E S O P 64 Train Network Mgmt. (abbrev.) A S A P I T A L I C E K E close relationship with the king was the envy of 65 Lefts or rig hts o n a gr aph many, including Pra Phetracha, who spread a pre - 66 Condiment O G L S H E posterous rumor – that Phaulkon planned to use A M P U L E F L E X E S the heir apparent, Phra Pui, as a puppet so that DOWN R C A M E T R O D A N N Y he – Phaulkon – could be the de facto king. As a 1 Scotsman A C H E S H I N S M O O R result, Phaulkon, Pui, and their followers were 2 American river arrested and executed. Narai was too weak to do G R E A T E N D U E C W A 3 Predecessor of digital imagery anything about it, and died a few days later. 4 Golf ball stand A R T H U R A P A C H E Phetracha then proclaimed himself King of 5 Wild sheep S I N E R A Siam and began a xenophobic reign that expelled 6 Swarm S S E S I S T E R A U R A virtually all foreigners from the country. 7 Transgression T E M P T C O L I C S A W 8 Precedes centric or maniac 9 Newsman Ernie A R I E L A R I O N E G O The Falcon of Siam, by Axel Alywen, is a his - 10 2:1, for example B E T T E T E A R S D E L torical novel about the life and times of Ke - falonian Constantine (Gerakis) Phaulkon.

THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 6-12, 2015 GREECE CYPRUS 11 The “A-Team” to the Rescue! Antasiades, Akinci Raise Unification Hopes

NICOSIA – After decades of ir - Nicos Anastasiades, of a similar Anastasiades and Akinci, time is not on the side of either The toughest part of talks Erdogan could still be the resolution and division, dreams persuasion: they want a solu - Cyprus’ new A-Team. Will they party. The paper said he could will come in areas which have wild card, saying he won’t rec - of a unified Cyprus are rising tion. be the ones to find the way to - be the game-changer to solve brought previous attempts to ognize Cyprus nor allow its again now that Greek and Turk - Akinci could yet be blocked ward a reunification after a raft the elusive riddle of reconcilia - find an answer to a screeching planes and ships into Turkey, ish Cypriots have leaders com - by Turkish President Recep of international diplomats and tion. halt: what to do with property which wants to join the EU but mitted to finding an answer. Tayyip Erdogan, who reminded envoys have thrown up their “The passage of time is not confiscated by Turkey and keeps undercutting its own The recent election of mod - the new leader that his budget hands in frustration and walked helping a solution,” he told the which still, European courts hopes with an irresolute stance. erate Mustafa Akinci to head the and marching orders come from away? paper, mourning the loss of have ruled, belong to the right - Akinci is getting indirect sup - Turkish-occupied northern third Ankara. But so far Akinci has al - In an interview with the common memories of co-exis - ful Cypriot owners forced out port from his constituents who of the island seized by an un - ready made some symbolic con - British newspaper The tence. by the invasion. flock to the Cypriot side to take lawful invasion in 1974 pairs cessions, being matched by Guardian, Akinci said this could “The more time passes, the THE TWILIGHT ZONE children to schools there and en - him with Cypriot President Anastasiades. be the last, best shot because more the division becomes con - Akinci has especially strong joy restaurants and services. He solidated. This is a fact that motives: his part of the island is agreed to end visa requirements everyone should understand.” recognized only by Turkey and and the two men agreed to open Both men have moved is essentially isolated from the more border crossings to allow swiftly so far. Anastasiades gave rest of the world while Cyprus more integration. his counterpart a map of mines is part of the European Union Akinci and Anastasiades have placed in the mountains outside and enjoys diplomatic and fi - seen an array of leaders fall be - the capital during the invasion nancial support, including a 10- fore, especially hardliners who and they’ve already talked about billion euro bailout in 2013 were simultaneously intransi - having a common sewerage sys - when the country’s banks were gent and refused to buckle, be - tem crossing the dividing line brought to the edge of insol - lieving compromise was issuing that’s patrolled by United Na - vency by bad loans to failed unilateral conditions demanding tions buffer zone forces. Greek businesses and big hold - the other side accept. Also in progress are plans to ings in devalued Greek bonds. “What we shouldn’t have is link mobile phone and electric - “On every level, economi - yet another disappointment,” ity grids, have closer political, cally, socially, politically, it’s as asserted Akinci who has been business, cultural and sports ties if we don’t exist,” Ozdil Nami, positively received by Greek even as they said they will also the Turkish Cypriot negotiator Cypriots. “We have to be careful talk directly and not leave the in talks, told The Guardian’s He - in our messages. We have to negotiations to appointed tech - lena Smith. “We live in a coun - have empathy. When we look at nocrats. try where regular contact with them, and they look at us, it is They took a widely-publi - the rest of the world is severely important that it is not enemies cized arm-in-arm stroll through jeopardized.” but future partners that we see.” Nicosia’s dividing line and After decades of irresolution With reunification, would seemed closer than any previous and division, dreams of a uni - come international law and or - leaders on both sides who spent fied Cyprus are rising again now der. “The younger generation most of their time taking verbal that Greek and Turkish Cypriots has a very blurred picture of the shots at each other without have leaders committed to find - future. They don’t know what making an iota of progress. ing an answer. tomorrow will bring.” Tough obstacles remain, of With yet another UN envoy, He added: “It is our fate as course, and Greek President Espen Barth Eide from Norway, Turkish Cypriots and Greek AP PHOtO/PetrOS kArADJiAS Prokopis Pavlopoulos signaled now the new interlocutor and Cypriots to live together on this Crisis, Schmisis! Life's a Beach! his country wouldn’t go along the United States pressing for a island. The Cyprus problem has with any prospective deal that resolution, there is for the first been negotiated exhaustively. Holidaymakers enjoy the sea and the good weather at Ayia Napa resort in southeast part of the doesn’t include Turkey removing time in a long time more than All that is needed, now, is de - Island of Cyprus. Officials say prospects for tourist arrivals to Cyprus this year are strong as the a standing army in the occupied wan lip service being paid to the termination, political will and a country tries to cope with the most severe economic crisis it has had to deal with in decades. area. talks. shared wisdom and vision.” Greek Law Enforcement Agency Reportedly Tied to Human Trafficking

ATHENS – As Greece is being SYRIZA in general elections. scheme that has been con - inundated by waves of illegal Officers were said to have demned by international human immigrants and beseeching the recorded telephone conversa - rights groups but is said to flour - European Union for more aid, tions between the suspect and ish in the country. an investigation by the Greek a member of the police’s Aliens’ U.S. FINDS FAULT Police (ELAS) Internal Affairs Bureau who is alleged to have In 2013, the U.S. State De - department has reportedly released irregular immigrants partment said in its annual re - found cops, Coast Guard leaders on the instructions of human port that Greece was doing too and agents of the National In - traffickers, indicating that police little to stop human trafficking, telligence Service (EYP) to rack - are taking their orders from including going after govern - ets helping smuggle them in. criminals they are supposed to ment officials and agents al - Three top-ranking officers of arrest. legedly working with smuggling the Coast Guard have been im - In the phone calls, reference rings. plicated in the operation of hu - is made to removing Panousis According to the report, man trafficking, the newspaper from his position because of Greece is a primarily a Tier 2 Kathimerini said, citing un - fears he would try to stop the transit and destination for traf - named sources. traffickers, although it wasn’t re - ficking, rather than source. Their exact role wasn’t vealed whether that included The report showed that spelled out as corruption prose - the alleged participation by women from Albania, Belarus, cutors who have been given the Greek law enforcement officials Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, report by internal affairs officers themselves. Moldova, Russia, Romania, are trying to determine the level The suspect was investigated Ukraine, Georgia, Nigeria, and of their involvement. Nobody by officers of the police’s some Asian countries are victims was named, a common practice counter-terrorism unit in 2008 of sex trafficking in Greece. in Greece. and 2009 due to suspicions that Men, mostly from Alternate Minister for Ship - he was helping supply weapons Afghanistan, Albania, AP PHOtO/PetrOS GiAnnAkOuriS ping Theodoris Dritsas is said to to terrorist groups, the newspa - Bangladesh, Bulgaria, India, A migrant from Syria waits at the port of Kos island, Greece, on Tuesday, June 2, 2015, after have been briefed too. Interior per said. Moldova, Pakistan and Roma - she and others were rescued by Greek Coast Guard while they were trying to cross from Turkey Minister Nikos Voutsis, Citizens’ All this comes as Tsipras has nia, often fall victim to forced to Greece on a dinghy. Greece and Italy are the main points of entry into the EU for refugees Protection Minister Yiannis instructed the removal of illegal labor, mostly in the agricultural and economic migrants from the Middle East and Africa hoping to reach other EU countries. Panousis and EYP chief Yiannis immigrants from detention and construction sectors, it said. Roubatis met May 29 discuss the camps and back into the general The report also indicates that The report pointed out there ing, contradicted now by the and forced labor in Italy and findings of the report and Prime population and as his govern - hundreds of children, mostly had been no prosecution or ar - Greek police report. other European Union coun - Minister Alexis Tsipras is also ment is moving to release ter - gypsies from Albania and Roma - rests of Greek officials accused The US said that women are tries, the report added. expected to be informed due to rorists and other hardened crim - nia, also are forced to work of being involved in human traf - brought to Greece through the “The government is more the seriousness of the affair. inals from jail. cheap or without pay and are ficking rings, particularly low- Aegean islands and the Greek- strict” against perpetrators com - One of the main suspects has Human trafficking, including forced to beg or commit petty ranking police officers paid to Turkish border in Evros and pared to the previous year and tied to Tsipras’ ruling Radical bringing illegal immigrants as theft. look the other way or to help in taken to Athens and other major had done more to tackle the Left SYRIZA party. The newspa - well as unsuspecting women The report noted that little the operations. cities to be “subjected to traf - problem, arresting more traf - per said the suspect, 66, was ap - and children into Greece to be progress had then been made in Last year, the US State De - ficking as prostitution is legal. fickers but no officials said to proached in 2007 to stand as a used as prostitutes and sex Greece to do much to stop the partment said there had been Women are transported through be involved. candidate in Piraeus with slaves is a highly lucrative traffickers despite some arrests. progress in tackling the traffick - Greece for sexual exploitation As Prime Minister Tsipras Defends Bailout Plan to Troika, the Talks Drone Along

Continued from page 1 posed by Mr. Juncker during his forms, as well as some changes cal reforms Greece was suggest - meeting with the Greek prime to consumer tax that have gone ing in return for its final bailout cessful end. minister is beneath (our) expec - unresolved. funds. Asked whether he would be tations in every way,” he told The Eurozone’s top financial BACK TO SQUARE ONE able to make the next repay - Greek TV. “If reports are con - official, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, “The realistic proposals on ment to the International Mon - firmed, obviously we cannot ac - was also in Brussels and met the table are the proposals of etary Fund June 5, Tsipras said: cept them,” he said. with Juncker and Tsipras. He the Greek government,” Tsipras “Don’t worry about it.” At the same time, Tsipras was less upbeat than others go - told reporters in Brussels. We After his dinner with EU maintained he would continue ing into the meeting, saying: can’t “make the same mistakes, Commission chief Jean-Claude to defend the poor and needy “We still have a lot of work to the mistakes of the past,” he Juncker, Tsipras stressed the in the face of calls for more aus - do.” But he also came out saying said before returning to Athens positive. The Commission terity reforms to unlock bailout the talks would continue within to convene with his ministers. showed a constructive intention funds. days. Repeated dead deadlines to reach common ground,” he Tsipras said “proposals such Greek markets were rising on have come and gone but now said. “Discussions will continue as cutting supplementary pay - hopes of a deal, with the main the new one is June 14, in the in coming days.” He did not pro - ments to people with very low stock index closing up 4.1 per - middle of a bevy of payments vide any elaboration on what pensions, or increasing VAT on cent. of more than 1.5 billion euros was in either the plan he sent power bills by ten percentage Time is pressing. Greece ($1.7 billion) Greece must pay or a counter-proposal presented points are proposals that, natu - must repay 1.6 billion euros to the troika during the month. him. rally, lack any basis for us to dis - the IMF this month alone. The Greece needs the loans be - NOT SO FAST cuss them.” first installment of just over 300 cause it is locked out of the in - The 40-year-old premier Tsipras also spoke by telecon - million euros is due June 5, with ternational bond markets as faces dissent from hardliners ference with Hollande and Ger - other installments on June 12, wary investors demand prohib - from within his own radical left man Chancellor Angela Merkel 16 and 19. Although Athens in - itively high interest rates to lend SYRIZA party, some of whom ahead of his meeting with sists it intends to repay its debts, it money. The country has not openly say they prefer a rupture Juncker, a Greek government of - it is unclear how much longer it received bailout funds since Au - in negotiations and even a euro ficial said. will be able to do so without gust. exit, to capitulation on pre-elec - The three agreed on the need outside help. So far it has managed to tion promises. for Greece to have lower pri - One option Greece could scrape together enough to repay One of the most vocal critics mary surpluses — the budget choose is to bundle this month’s its debts by seizing the reserves of compromise has been Energy balance without taking into ac - IMF payments into one on June of state enterprises, including Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis. count debt servicing. 30, giving more time for nego - municipalities, schools, em - “The logic of a deal at any AP PHOtO/tHierry mOnASSe “We are very close in an tiations. While allowed under bassies and hospitals. But those cost ... is a logic of the country’s European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (R), shakes agreement in the primary sur - IMF regulations, the option is funds will not be enough to sus - total surrender to the worst neo - hands with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras as they arrive pluses, that means that all the rarely used. tain the country through the colonial regime,” Lafazanis was for a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday. sides agreed to go further with - Without bailout funds, summer. quoted as telling the news web - out the tough austerity mea - Greece could eventually default Elected in January on site Real.gr. “A deal will either quell dissent from the most rad - said Greece would not “surren - sures of the past,” Tsipras said. on its debts and crash out of the promises to repeal the deeply be compatible with SYRIZA’s ical elements in his radical party, der” to demands from the troika Lower primary surpluses euro, possibly pushing Europe resented austerity measures progressive program, or it will who want Greece taken out of of the European Union-Interna - than those initially demanded and potentially the global econ - Greece had to impose in return not exist.” the Eurozone, along with leav - tional Monetary Fund-European under Greece’s five-year bailout omy into turmoil. for its five-year bailout, Tsipras It didn’t take long for ing NATO and the European Central Bank (EU-IMF-ECB) have been one of Athens’ main “We are working with high said his government had made SYRIZA’s other disgruntled Union and aligning itself with that has put up 240 billion euros requests, although it appears to pressure” to find a solution, concessions during the negotia - members to say they wouldn’t Russia and China and adopting ($272.31 billion) in two bailouts have been the easiest to over - Merkel said in Berlin. tions. support the deal, even though Soviet Republic-style failed eco - since 2010. come in the negotiations. Tsipras says he submitted his no details have been provided. nomic models. “What appears to have been Sticking points appear to proposal to creditors on June 2 (Material from the Associated Tsipras is faced with trying to Deputy Shipping Minister discussed and to have been pro - have been labor and pension re - but gave no details of what fis - Press was used in this report) 12 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 6-12, 2015

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Orthodoxy’s Decline ECONOMY & POLITICS

We rarely undertake studies on questions related to our com - Update on the Crisis: “At the Time of Writing,” Yet Again munity. Perhaps we avoid them for economic or other reasons that have to do with accountability. Thus, we are grateful to the prestigious Pew Research Center It is incredible to think that would be real luxu - themselves! In net exports and American multi - for conducting a study on the future of religion, which naturally we are almost halfway through ries to be overheard other words, we national companies being more includes our own: Orthodox Christianity. the year. On a macro level, these on a sidewalk in have not seen any cautious about their global foot - The results are devastating. They show a religion in an ad - past five months have marked a Athens. bump in consumer print, it is reasonable that Amer - vance stage of crisis that should concern us all very deeply, es - period of quite a few surprises. Beyond Greek spending as a re - ican consumers would also pecially the leaders of the Church. Let us consider the obvious, matters, the U.S. sult of what is adopt a cautious stand for them - Among the findings we read that the percentage of the Or - namely, the aftermath of the economy has sur - mathematically a selves. Wage growth, after all, thodox Christian population in the country is in steep decline. Greek elections. prised observers positive externality has remained soft during this In fact, “Orthodox Christians have one of the lowest rates of re - After SYRIZA’s stunning vic - and investors alike. for household bal - time. The scary thing, if there is tention across Christian and non-Christian denominations. Only tory in January’s polls, here we This robust econ - ance sheets. one, is that all this is taking 53% of adults who were raised in the Orthodox Church still are, week after week, awaiting omy with record It is hard to place without the Federal Re - identify themselves as Orthodox Christians. Compare that to a deal that was supposed to job creation last know why con - serve having raised rates at all Hindus (80%), Jewish (75%), Mormon (64%) and Catholic have been signed over the pre - year has all of a by STEFANOS sumers have been – what will happen when it ac - (59%).” ceding week. It actually be - sudden contracted KASSELAKIS reticent, but ulti - tually does? The severity of the Essentially, Pew discovered that nearly half of all Orthodox comes tiring for columnists and during the first mately, the expen - Global Recession caused the Fed Christians leave the religion once they become adults. Moreover, reporters, who have to place the quarter of this year Special to diture on gasoline to take unprecedented steps, according to other sources, the Greek Orthodox paid membership customary disclaimer – “at the by an annualized The National Herald is only one compo - and we are now treading un - nationwide has fallen dramatically in the past five years some time of writing” – front and cen - rate of 0.7%. The nent of the con - chartered waters. say by as much as of 38%. ter. The same disclaimer applies pace of job creation has slowed sumer spending calculus. An - Allow me to conclude with a These findings are in total contradiction with the rosy picture here yet again. down too. I warned of some of other factor that plays a big role “point of personal privilege,” a painted by the leadership of our church. This misleading picture The National Herald has pro - the factors behind this slow - is the rise of the U.S. dollar. The small tribute to a friend who left constitutes the worst possible service to our faith and community, vided some very good analysis down in previous columns, such world’s reserve currency is part us a week ago, Beau Biden. I because valuable time is wasted in taking action to reverse the on the situation and, more im - as the fact that oil drillers were of a dynamic system that is in - met Beau through our mutual course. portantly, has vocalized the feel - laying down rigs at a very fast fluenced by foreign stimuli alma mater, the University of Yet this is exactly what is needed: we must wake up and face ings of our community, feelings pace following the drop in the while, at the same time, is also Pennsylvania, about nine years reality. Church officials must understand that the lack of strong of angst and some embarrass - price of crude. Jobs at these rigs generating such stimuli. Con - ago. He was an incredibly car - leadership, the scandals that have come to light over the past ment. It is indeed saddening to may be blue-collar in nature but sider for example the develop - ing, humble, and kind person. couple of decades that turn off especially our youth, the lack of see Greece treated like a joke they are very lucrative, easily ing world, where the unwind of He was also fun (despite being paying attention to the basics of our religion, that is its spiritu - from our friends or business exceeding six figures. The US the dollar carry trade (borrow - Delaware’s Attorney General!). ality, the imbalance in the power bases between clergy and laity partners in the United States has a conflicted employment ing in USD, investing in local Beau’s fight against brain cancer at the local level, the oft-lack of transparency, and the void of and abroad. Obviously a big picture, on the one hand expe - currencies where higher yields has struck a chord with the formulation and presentation of a vision for the future, are all part of this predicament is a self- riencing a deficit of candidates exist) is causing increased insta - American public not only be - eating at the heart of our community and our church. inflicted wound, but a good for high-skilled positions, while bility in those economies, thus cause of how valiantly this Iraq Let these highly disturbing findings act as a wakeup call. Let dose of compassion is also war - on the other hand suffering in turn reducing demand for US war veteran fought this different there be a dialogue between our clergy and laity people as to ranted. After having spent a few from a surplus of “unskilled” la - and European exports. Europe fight, but also because of how what is needed. Let us bring in experts to advise us. But above, weeks in Greece, one of the first bor (i.e. those blue-collar work - itself came to a standstill early exceptional, all-around, a hu - all let’s do something. things I noticed upon returning ers that have formed America’s in the year, with Germany bor - man being he was. In the eyes This status quo is not pretty, it is not worthy of us, and it is to New York was how different middle class). Having those rigs dering zero growth, prompting of many of the staffers of his not sustainable. the nature and tone of people’s shut down was expected to the European Central Bank to dad’s 2008 presidential cam - “problems” was. You could just strike hard at this part of the la - initiate its quantitative easing paign, it was Beau who would hear it walking through the bor force, and it did. What was program. A side effect of that reach the country’s highest of - The Nerves of Tsipras crowd during the workweek: not expected, however, was that program is an even stronger dol - fice. It is a major loss for his the complaints about people’s consumers would keep the oil lar, which in a way exports de - family, his friends, and for the colleagues or bonuses or flight windfall – the newfound savings flation from Europe to the nation. As a Greek saying goes, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has a huge weight on his shoul - delays or whatever. These from lower gasoline prices – for United States. With a drag in let us live to remember him. ders. The pressure is enormous. When he engaged his partners, he was looking for one thing, but found another. He was hoping to makes changes not only in PRESS CLIPPING Greece but also in Europe. He was expecting solidarity from the countries of Southern Europe, but instead was met with an al - most hostile reaction. He was also hoping for help from comrade Putin of Russia, but instead of gold he received…a lump of coal. Paul Krugman Describes “1914 Feeling” And in addition, the pressures from within his party are sub - stantial. He was recently forced by SYRIZA to withdraw the nom - ination of Elena Panaritis, a former professor at the famous Whar - TNH Staff outcome. So Mr. Lew was doing case. ton School of the University of Pennsylvania, as Greece’s IMF his best to deliver a wake-up So we know what the out - representative, accused of supporting pro-austerity policies. [A June 1 op-ed piece in the call… come of a successful negotiation For four months now, Mr. Tsipras has literally lived under a New York Times by columnist There’s a definite 1914 feel - would be: Greece would be sword of Damocles. The possibility of the country’s bankruptcy Paul Krugman, titled “That 1914 ing to what’s happening, a sense obliged to run a positive but hangs over his head suspended by the thin thread of hope. Yet Feeling,” describes the political that pride, annoyance, and small “primary surplus,” that is, he continues to smile. And not only smile but firmly hold the and economic risks to all of sheer miscalculation are leading an excess of revenue over nation’s steering wheel, driving straight ahead even though Europe if Greece exits from the Europe off a cliff it could and spending not including interest. even anxious to get on with the bankruptcy is just a few feet away. Eurozone. Excerpts from that should have avoided. Everything else should be about catastrophe – a sort of modern For instance, he recently said that when European Commis - article follow] The thing is, it’s pretty clear framing and packaging… version of the “spirit of 1914,” sion President Jean-Claude Juncker called to invite him to a what the substance of a deal be - Meanwhile, the alternative in which many people were en - meeting to inform him about what was decided at the Berlin U.S. officials are generally tween Greece and its creditors — basically Greece running out thusiastic about the prospect of Summit and to try to find a solution to the impasse, he accepted cautious about intervening in would involve. Greece simply is - of euros, and being forced to war. These players have con - the invitation “with great joy.” Shortly before leaving for his ap - European policy debates…So n’t going to get a net inflow of reintroduce its own currency vinced themselves that the rest pointments, smiling and comfortable, Tsipras approached the it’s startling to learn that Jacob money. amid a banking crisis — is of Europe can shrug off a Greek television cameras and said that he warned “the political lead - Lew, the Treasury secretary, re - At most, it will be able to bor - something everyone should exit from the euro, and that ership” of Europe to be “realistic” – a word he used two times – cently warned Europeans that row back part of the interest on want to avoid. Yet negotiations such an exit might even have a if they want “unity” and not “division” in the Eurozone. they had better settle the Greek its existing debt. On the other are by all accounts going badly, salutary effect by showing the Now, whether or not he himself demonstrates realism is an - situation soon, lest there be a hand, Greece can’t and won’t and there’s a very real possibility price of bad behavior. other matter. And so is the question of whether or not his state - destructive “accident.” pay all of the interest coming that the worst will, in fact, hap - But they are making a terri - ments are for domestic consumption. It is a truly impressive But I understand why Mr. due, let alone pay back its debt, pen. ble mistake…Greece is, like it display of fortitude, regardless of his reasons for taking that po - Lew said what he did. A forced because that would require a Why can’t the players here or not, part of the European sition. Additionally, he is now bearing the burden alone, since Greek exit from the euro would crippling new round of austerity reach a mutually beneficial Union, and its troubles would he sidelined Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, who is persona create huge economic and po - that would inflict severe eco - deal?,,, surely spill over to the rest of non grata among the Europeans. litical risks, yet Europe seems to nomic damage and would be Some major players seem the union even if the financial The question today – now more than ever – is what will hap - be sleepwalking toward that politically impossible in any strangely fatalistic, willing and bulwarks hold. pen if the front against Athens does not show “realism,” or shows its own kind of realism? Will Greece be unable to pay its next installment? Will there be elections? Will a government Observations By Antonis H. Diamataris national salvation emerge, as we strongly support? Doesn’t the continuation of this climate increase the already huge amount of pressure Mr. Tsipras is under? Aren’t nerves of steel required? National Salvation Government The second message is the formalization ate a primary budget surplus. Let us wish him courage. He will definitely need it. of the front against Athens: all against one: According to the Wall Street Journal, the On Monday in Berlin there was a historic the Eurozone and IMF vs. Athens. lenders seem to have lost all patience and meeting of IMF and Eurozone leaders to Up in smoke went the fruits of the labors are expected to insist that Mr. Tsipras must Choice among Democrats discuss Greece’s future. And yet, Greece was of Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, who simply accept their conditions if he wants absent. from the birth of the coalition government further financial assistance. What a tragedy! tried to divide the Eurozone, and later to If this is not an ultimatum, what is? Just a few weeks ago, while about a dozen Republicans had Historians certainly will record this meet - drive a wedge between it and the IMF. So, after four months of negotiations and already declared their intention to run for president in 2016, ing as an audacious, unprecedented act in Message Three: The front against Athens billions of euros worth of damage to the there was only one candidate spoken about on the Democratic the recent history of democratic Europe, a has hardened instead of softening, as we economy, all they have achieved is a hole side: Hillary Clinton. But since then, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders gathering reminiscent of another meeting had hoped. in the water: we returned to the place from (I-VT) and former Governors Martin O’Malley (MD) and Lincoln which determined the fate of nations, The ultimatum this front sends to Mr. which we started. And now what? Chafee (RI) have thrown their hats into the ring. Good for the among them Greece, which were not rep - Tsipras – it does constitute an ultimatum, It is time for Mr. Tsipras to face reality country, we say. resented: Yalta. although it is being presented as simply the and make a profound change of course. The Regardless of political affiliation or allegiance, being chosen This alone should be enough to cause conditions for the disbursement of 7.2 bil - government is unable to deal with this ma - to represent a political party should be a nomination, not a officials in Athens to awaken from their lion euros – demands more sophisticated jor national crisis. This is more than evi - coronation. Choice and competition permeate American society, delusions, to make them think about the treatment of the matters pertaining to the dent. and so should they permeate American politics. reasons they were not invited to participate, Greek government’s “red lines,” such as He must either hold new elections or, Whether Hillary Clinton indeed becomes our next president, and to explain this reality frankly to the modifications to the pension system and an preferably, he should form, immediately, a she will be better for it if challenged not only by Republicans, people of Greece. end to early retirement. It also calls for government of national salvation. but also by competitors within her own party. That is the first message of the Berlin changes to labor laws and seeks more But that requires a sense of responsibility summit. “painful” austerity measures in order to cre - towards the country. THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 6-12, 2015 VIEWPOINTS 13 Greek Brain Drain Threat Pataki Paradox: ex-Gov Could be Strong or Weak in 2016

Could Spread to Diaspora Former NY Governor George party were Ronald over all the hurdles Not much has changed in Pataki is running for president Reagan and George that will be thrown 150 years. Voters still talk a big of the United States. This is a W. Bush. Sure, her way, from game, but in the end, it’s the Perhaps the quick (and justifi - cause for celebration and con - Richard Nixon and Benghazi to Email - safe candidate who wins. greatest threat fac - ably so) to casti - cern all at the same time, among the elder Bush gate – who better Sure, Republicans might flirt ing Greece during gate are manifest Democrats and Republicans (George H.W.) also to emerge as the with Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, or this ongoing eco - within our commu - alike. won, but they faced slow and steady even Carly Fiorina (forget Scott nomic crisis, whose nities as well. One The Empire State’s three- opponents who did winner than the Walker – I think that dance is proportions are sur - would be hard time chief executive and prior not mount strong safe Pataki? already over), but eventually passing that of the pressed to make to that mayor of his native Peek - and effective cam - COLD FEET they’ll buckle down and choose Great Depression the argument that skill, has never lost an election paigns against Few voters can someone less risky. (the country has cronyism is not in his life. He is what can best them. Otherwise, be called bigger A great deal, then, regarding lost 25% of its GDP present within the be deemed a “grownup” Repub - Republicans either by CONSTANTINOS E. scaredy-cats than how formidable Pataki can be since the crisis be - organized Dias - lican. You know, not the kind branded bold candi - SCAROS Americans. They will depend on how effective a gan – equal to the pora as well. For who call Barack Obama a social - dates – John Con - talk a good game campaign Hillary mounts. GDP lost by West - by Christopher example, the Arch - ist, think he was born in Kenya, nally, Pat Buchanan, Special to during the early EFFECT ON JEB ern Europe and the TRIPOULAS diocese’s Uniform and accuse him daily of under - Newt Gingrich, The National Herald primaries – when Perhaps the most interesting U.S. during World Special to Parish Regulations mining both our freedom and Herman Cain – or the likes of Iowa aspect of Pataki’s entry into the War II) is the “brain The National Herald are systematically national sovereignty. safe ones – Bob Dole, John Mc - and New Hampshire gain atten - GOP horserace is the effect this drain,” or loss of violated in certain He is John McCain, but Cain, Mitt Romney – none of tion by bucking conventional might have on Jeb Bush. The human capital. communities, impacting finan - younger (actually, Pataki will who won the election. Only the wisdom – but in the end, voters former Florida governor, son of According to MarketWatch’s cial, labor, administrative, and turn 70 in a couple of weeks, ones that were both bold and usually buckle down, especially a former president, and sibling Ellie Ismailidou, an estimated sometimes even spiritual aspects but who’s counting? They say safe – Reagan and the younger on the Republican side, and toe of another has waited until now 180,000 to 200,000 of Greece’s of a parish’s (the basic nucleus “60’s the new 40,” but in poli - Bush, both of whom fired up the line. – when a good dozen other can - best and brightest are migrating of the Greek-American Commu - tics, it’s more like 70 is the new their party’s base but also got It all started with the first Re - didates have declared – though elsewhere in search of a future. nity right now) operation, yet 40. He is Mitt Romney, but more the nod of the GOP’s country publican victory in 1860. The he has been raising money and That’s about 10 percent of the Church administrators seem un - sincere and comfortable in his club/Wall Street establishment voters loved what Abraham Lin - getting his ducks in a row. With country’s total college-educated willing to enforce regulations own skin. He is Jeb Bush, but crowd – made it to the White coln had to say, but no one had Mitt Romney definitively declar - labor force, as estimated by Lois evenhandedly. On the one hand, the surname “Pataki” doesn’t House, two times apiece. heard of a “Republican” before ing that he will not run, and Lambrinidis, a professor of eco - parish council candidates are conjure up loathsome images in Pataki has a good amount of – the two major parties at the Chris Christie still smarting over nomic geography at the Univer - obliged to attend annual the minds of some, as the sur - the safe part, but not enough of time were the Democrats and Bridgegate and an executive sity of Macedonia. To be more pseudo-sanctimonious seminars name “Bush” does. And former the bold. That will be his major the Whigs. By choosing Democ - record in New Jersey that does precise, Ismailidou cites a Euro - to learn how to be good “lead - governors of New York have an weakness against Hillary, whose rat John C. Breckinridge as his not seem all that remarkable pean University Institute study ers,” while on the other hand, excellent track record winning millions of adoring followers running mate, and four years upon further review, Bush that pegs 88 percent of Greece’s once elections are held (with or presidential elections. Grover might just be enough to put her later Andrew Johnson, another seemed like the establishment migrants as college educated, without due process), adminis - Cleveland and Teddy Roosevelt over the top, despite millions of Democrat, it was as almost if favorite and the default fron - with over 60 percent holding a tration becomes a “free for all.” each won two of them, and others who absolute cannot Lincoln were saying: “ok, you trunner. Is Pataki, though, a graduate degree and 11 percent Greece is often accused of Teddy’s cousin, Franklin, won stand her. big babies, I chose a Democrat, more attractive choice, given his possessing a doctorate. In addi - not adhered to a system of rule four. So, if Hillary lands the De - Then again, if Hillary stum - see? Now you don’t have to be negatives are fewer? And what tion to those who actually made of law, but when Archdiocesan mocratic nomination as many bles – if her abrasive personality afraid of a party you never if Ohio’s John Kasich – another the leap (mostly to the United parishes or other community or - expect her to, Pataki may very prevents her from smoothing heard of. Ya bunch of wimps!” “grownup” Republican, joins the Kingdom, Germany, and the ganizations do not adhere to by- well be her toughest general mix? At that point, the only Netherlands), there are many laws and chancellors or other election opponent – and he thing that could possibly make others who are contemplating administrators either blatantly could also be her easiest. Bush more electable in some cir - it. In January 2014, the Greek ignore or pontificate (rather BOLD AND SAFE cles than those two, and less newspaper “To Vima” published than discuss, mediate, advise, Forget the Republican presi - electable in other circles, is his a study by Greek market re - educate), are they not guilty of dents of the 1920s – Warren last name. search firm Kapa Research indi - the same exact thing? To say Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Ultimately, it all boils down cating that 70 percent of recent nothing at all of administrators Herbert Hoover. That was an to this: if we close our eyes and Greek graduates wish to work who play favorites, discriminate entirely different time. They picture who will take the presi - abroad and 10 percent are al - amongst their coworkers or won because the country was dential oath on January 20, ready actively looking to relo - flock, and quash the complaints still not ready to accept Democ - 2017, does it really seem feasi - cate. or protests of genuinely con - rats back into the fold – barely ble that it will be George Pataki? cerned mem - having elected any since they Then again, does it seem par - bers of organi - were associated with thwarting ticularly feasible that it will be zational bodies the abolition of slavery and the anyone currently running, in ei - by forwarding reconstruction period back in ther party? (or betraying; the 1860s. It wasn’t until This is why it is still a wide depending on Franklin Roosevelt – and the open race, anyone’s to win, or your perspec - tireless efforts of his wife, lose. tive) the iden - Eleanor – that the Democrats tity of “dis - again became a dominant force Constantinos E. Scaros’ latest senters” to the in presidential politics. Sure, book, about the 2016 presiden - protagonists of Dwight Eisenhower won twice tial race, will be published this their com - in the Fifties, but he the World summer. It is titled Grumpy Old plaints. Surely, War II legend was probably the Party: 20 Tips on How the Re - such amoral most popular man in America. Former NY Governor George Pataki, a “grownup” Republican, publicans Can Shed their Anger, behavior will Beyond that, the only two Re - is a safe choice for president. But is he bold enough to win the Reclaim their Respectability, one day in - publicans who won over their nomination and the general election? and Win Back the White House. evitably result Of course, the phenomenon in their “eating crow” (or Pheas - of “brain drain” is something ant), but at what cost? The that has plagued Greece (and damage sustained because of LETTER FROM ATHENS profited the rest of the world) the number of people who will throughout its lengthy and often have withdrawn through disen - tumultuous history. In the mod - chantment or the overall loss in ern era, many promising young morale will have proven a far What the Rout of New Democracy, PASOK Has Wrought professionals, academicians, worse loss of human resources. and entrepreneurs have been Another apparent problem is forced to relocate as a result of the lack of real investment in If then-Prime Minister and spent the time since to come back with to some other unfortunate the complete absence of meri - the youth. While endless lip ser - New Democracy Capitalist winning the election a new party. sucker who will finish the sink - tocracy and the omnipresence vice is paid to the importance leader Antonis Samaras had on Jan. 25 to dis - Under Evange - ing. He’s not doing it because of cronyism. In a country where of young people in the Commu - nominated a neutral candidate mantle reforms the los “Opportunist” he has a shred of decency – be - excellence has been purged as nity, very little is done in prac - for Greece’s president, he would New Democracy Venizelos, who cause he doesn’t – but because a threat to the system and medi - tice to support these empty still be in that position and the leader had put in would have he’s not going to be the Captain ocrity rewarded in exchange for words. With the exception of a country might be headed to - place, those that agreed to work who went down with it. blind devotion to the ruling par - small number of communities ward some kind of rocky recov - were worth any - with anyone who So let’s be the first to throw ties appointing their “fanatics,” that support day schools or ac - ery, although still painful for the thing of course. would keep him in the shroud over PASOK and for - loss of human capital has con - tively invest in their afternoon masses who didn’t have political So instead of power as a puppet get it ever existed. Now it’s New sistently thwarted development. schools, an incredibly small cover. heading for a recov - deputy, PASOK fin - Democracy’s turn to pay and For a long time, the Greek Dias - share of the budget is allocated Instead, because of pride or ery that could have ished dead last in Samaras could find himself get - pora was the beneficiary of this towards Greek education, be - whatever reason he concocted, begun this year and by ANDY the elections. ting the Venizelos Treatment. human capital, with many cause students are not “produc - Samaras put up his own party’s brought in in - DABILIS The party that You could say there’s a lot of Greek expats enjoying remark - tive.” Even in major Community Vice President Stavros Dimas in - vestors, Greece is won almost 44 soul-searching in the party but able success abroad after being functions, like Greek parades, stead of someone who could ap - going south again, Special to percent of the vote it doesn’t have one, uncaring as spurned at home. For the Greek students are not even engaged peal to his party, his then-part - the economy pre - The National Herald and 160 seats in it was about the fate of workers, Diaspora, this was often a symbolically by being allowed ner the PASOK Anti-Socialists, dicted now to shrink the 300-member pensioners and the poor it “boiler plate” in its list of to march in a prominent place. and – most importantly – the again, not grow, and has fallen Parliament in 2009 because Pa - crushed while letting politicians, achievements. However, history, Furthermore, there is no real in - Looney Left SYRIZA, which polls back into recession. Because pandreou lied there was money the rich, Parliament workers which is never devoid of irony, centive for young people to as - showed would win an election. Samaras wanted his own guy. for all, finished seventh and last and the rich escape with near might be spinning a new tail in sume responsibilities, as their Greece’s Constitution re - If not, this week would have this year with 4.7 percent and impunity. the decades to come… presence is often viewed with quired a new ballot if the Par - seen Greece limping toward 13 seats, a 90 percent drop. So blind is New Democracy “Brain drain” also threatens latent (or manifest) hostility by liament couldn’t get a super-ma - growth instead of tripping into That’s the price Venizelos though that a recent survey the Greek Diaspora, as the or - entrenched members of the “old jority to agree on a President, a uncertainty again. Samaras and the Anti-Socialists paid for showed most of its members ganized Community is faced guard,” who are reluctant to symbolic, powerless position would still be Prime Minister, betraying their party’s alleged wanted as its new leader its old with the challenges of engaging cede or even share power and that consists of nodding to pho - still twisting the truth and giving principles, and rightfully so. leader, former Premier Costas younger generations of foreign- entertain new ways of doing tographers occasionally and tak - his friends the rich benefits they Unfortunately they passed “The Invisible Man” Karamanlis, born Greeks, replenishing its re - things. ing home a nice paycheck for believe are their entitlements as the 3 percent threshold needed who has to wear tie shoes so he sources, and maintaining the These are only a fraction of being a figurehead. the Ruling Class. to enter Parliament or we won’t float out of the room. continuity of the Hellenic pres - the endemic problems that pose That’s why ruling parties had New Democracy and PASOK wouldn’t be hearing from He’s the one who lied about ence in a meaningful way. The a serious threat to the vitality traditionally put up as a candi - had taken turns the previous 40 Venizelos at all, who’s still snip - the state of the economy in structure of our communities and longterm existence of the date someone from the opposi - years packing payrolls with pa - ing from the sidelines, distanc - 2009, which brought down him (especially here in the United Greek Diaspora. Good sense dic - tion, who then could not vote tronage lackeys and using the ing himself from the big pay and his party to Papandreou’s States, where there was not a tates that these issues should be stomach the notion of finding country’s coffers as a personal cuts, tax hikes, slashed pensions, Gang. Karamanlis has spent the pre-existing Hellenic presence brought to light and discussed someone who would appeal to ATM, taking public money with - and worker firings he backed, last six years hiding or sitting in as in Alexandria or Odessa, and openly in order to find solutions SYRIZA’s limp leader Alexis out accounting for it and “bor - unrepentant about the 74 per - the back of the Parliament, where some institutions had to that will ensure unity and not Tsipras, who against their man rowing” from banks without cent stiffing he gave investors, shamelessly collecting a big pay - be developed “on the fly”) and divisiveness, growth and not at - Letter from Athens (it’s always paying back the loans at the including those in the Diaspora. check to do nothing but keep the organizational norms that trition, continuity and not alien - a man) and the government same time demanding that File it under Retributive Jus - bleeding the people he swore to exist within require some retool - ation. For those following the would go on functioning. Greeks they buried under aus - tice for this law professor who serve. ing if we are to ever “see past Greek crisis, it would be wise But Samaras couldn’t over - terity had to cough it up. also escaped the noose in the He made no apologies for his the end of our collective noses” for the Diaspora to study and sees a herd of cats that move So they have gotten what scandal of the so-called Lagarde administration’s lies and barely and create an environment for learn from it, as it may face sim - only the left. That’s where Di - they deserve, especially PASOK, List of Greek tax cheats hiding uttered a word since, probably growth, development, and con - ilar challenges, not the least of mas came in and where New a once-dominant power whose money in secret Swiss bank ac - because he can’t string together tinuity within the Greek-Ameri - which is the costly consequence Democracy and PASOK went demise began under George counts he knew about as then- a sentence cohesively. So here’s can community. of brain drain. out. “The Money is There” Papan - Finance Minister but did noth - what he can say now: let some - Many of the problems con - Samaras’ political vanity dreou who, thank Zeus, has fi - ing. one else kill New Democracy. fronting the Greek state, which Follow me on Twitter brought to power the amateur nally begun falling into the Land He’s quitting this month to Diaspora Greeks are all too @CTripoulas gamblers of SYRIZA, who have of the Forgotten after he tried turn over the Titanic of PASOK [email protected] 14 THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 6-12, 2015