WITH THIS ISSUE: Bringing the news BOOKS to generations of BI-ANNUAL INSERT The National Herald Greek Americans A WEEKLY GREEK AMERICAN PUBLICATION c v www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 10, ISSUE 502 May 26, 2007 $1.00 GREECE: 1.75 EURO Karamanlis First Greek Premier to Visit Oceania PM Meets with Heads of New Zealand and Australian Governments, Greeks Down Under 1,644 WORDS By Mark Frangos Special to The National Herald NEW YORK – During his trip to New Zealand and Australia this past week, Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis met with the prime ministers of both countries and discussed a variety of subjects the return of the Elgin Marbles from the British Museum to the Parthenon, the name dispute with FYROM, Greece’s entry into the an- ti-whaling lobby of the Internation- al Whaling Commission and pen- sions for Greek Australians. Mr. Karamanlis, accompanied by Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyan- ni and Deputy Foreign Minister Theodore Kassimis, had a packed agenda during his trip. He became the first Greek premier to ever visit Australia and New Zealand. AP PHOTO/TORSTEN BLACKWOOD, POOL On Monday, May 21, Mr. Kara- Greek Prime Minister Costas manlis met with New Zealand Karamanlis and his wife Natassa Prime Minister Helen Clark. The pass by the Sydney Opera House two leaders discussed economic, after taking a cruise on Sydney AP/MARK NOLAN commercial and educational top- Harbor this past Tuesday, May 22. Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis greets children at the Hellenic War Memorial this past Wednesday, May 23, in Canberra, Australia. ics; issues concerning the European Karamanlis, who is the first Prime Minister of Greece to come to Australia, also paid visits to New Zealand and the Australian cities of Sydney, Union and Kosovo; developments member state of the European Adelaide, Melbourne and Darwin during his tour Down Under, meeting with the prime ministers of both countries and members of Oceania’s in Greek-Turkish relations, Cyprus; Union and NATO. It must abandon 600-700 thousand-strong Greek community. and the Macedonian name issue. practices and actions that do not re- While he was in New Zealand, spect the principle of good neigh- Mr. Karamanlis issued some stern borly relations. That is the only se- words for FYROM, noting that cure way that can lead Skopia to a Greece has been proceeding con- smooth Euro-Atlantic course.” structively in its efforts to find a so- Prime Minister Clark praised Fulfilling HC/HC’s Vision is a “Constant Struggle” lution, while the government in Greece for its advances in conserva- Skopia (Skopje) has been recalci- tion by agreeing to join the IWC’s By Theodore Kalmoukos ministry), and is the only lay presi- During a comprehensive inter- clarify many issues concerning the trant. anti-whaling lobby. “Greece com- Special to The National Herald dent HC/HC has ever had in its 75- view with the National Herald, Dr. Theological School’s finances, in- “Our aspiration is for a jointly ing in to support the conservation year history – the rest of the presi- Lelon talked bout the current state cluding the Barletta property, acceptable solution to be found to movement is very greatly appreci- BOSTON – If there’s anyone who dents were clergy – either hierarchs of both institutions and said, “They which was purchased by the School the name dispute under the United ated by New Zealand,” she said. knows the ins and outs; the people or priests, like Metropolitan (then are on the right track. The fulfill- for $5.4 million. The property con- Nations-brokered process,” he said. Greece’s decision to join the an- involved and the circumstances; Bishop) Methodios of Boston, the ment of the vision is a constant sists of seven acres of land and a “We have proven our constructive ti-whaling lobby is significant. At the dynamics and the possibilities late Rev. Leonidas Contos or cur- struggle, but at the end the vision house. stance. We have done that which the IWC’s annual meetings each at Hellenic College/Holy Cross rent HC/HC President Rev. will be realized.” The School does not plan to sell we needed to do. It is the govern- year, Japan attempts to gain sup- Greek Orthodox School of Theolo- Nicholas Triantafilou. Dr. Lelon is widely considered the property, Dr. Lelon said. “The ment of FYROM that must abandon port to overturn the 21-year-old gy, it’s Dr. Thomas Lelon. His Eminence Archbishop an optimistic person by nature, and executive committee meets and its intransigence, which belongs to moratorium which bans whaling. He served as president of both Demetrios of America appointed said he believes, “Many good things looks at the financial position; it the past, and turn towards a Euro- Last year, the Japanese almost suc- institutions for more than a decade Dr. Lelon vice chairman of the have been achieved, and many looks at the options available in or- pean future. It must abandon pro- ceeded, falling one vote shy of (from 1976 to 1986, during the late HC/HC Board of Trustees (the more remain to be achieved.” He pagandistic actions, irredentist atti- Archbishop Iakovos’ archiepiscopal Archbishop is chairman). accepted the Herald’s invitation to Continued on page 4 tudes and rationales towards a Continued on page 7 Greek Orthodox Clergy Voice A $2.5 Million Concerns about Fr. Katinas, Graduation Some Call for Defrocking him Gift for HC/HC By Theodore Kalmoukos Trinity Church in Dallas, should be By Theodore Kalmoukos Special to the National Herald tried by a spiritual court and de- Special to The National Herald frocked. BOSTON, Mass. – Several clergy- Out of the eleven clerics ques- BOSTON – The 65th commence- men in the Greek Orthodox Arch- tioned, only two said Father Kati- ment of Hellenic College/Holy Cross diocese of America said that their nas need not necessarily be de- Greek Orthodox School of Theology retired and subsequently suspend- frocked: Rev. George Kaloudis, pas- was marked by a $2.5 million gift ed colleague, Rev. Nicholas Katinas, tor of the Holy Trinity Church in from Greek American businessman former longtime pastor of Holy Chicago, and Rev. Dr. Robert Charles Masterpolis of Savanna, Stephanopoulos, dean of the Arch- Georgia last Saturday, May 19. diocesan Cathedral of the Holy HC/HC President Rev. Nicholas Trinity in New York, Holy Trinity Triantafilou, who has known the Archdiocesan Cathedral in New donor for many years and had ap- York City. They were the only cler- pealed to him to consider helping RMH Holds gymen who said they believed Fa- the School, heralded Mr. Masterpo- ther Katinas should not be removed lis’ generous gift 12th Annual from the priesthood. Mr. Masterpolis (Mastro- Rev. Emmanuel Metaxas, pastor giannopoulos) is a first-generation emeritus of the Taxiarcahe- American of Greek heritage. His par- Walkathon Archangels Church in Watertown, ents emigrated from Kalamata to the who has been one of Archbishop United States in the early 20th cen- Demetrios’ closest friends for tury. He started his business with a By Stavros Marmarinos decades, said he believes small department store, and then Special to the National Herald Demetrios is not in actuality the started investing in real estate. He Archbishop of America, but func- had purchased land in Texas, which NEW YORK – Georgia Iliakis came tionally a locum tenens (caretaker) AP/IVAN SEKRETAREV was turned over to the School. The down from the Bronx with her two and mere figurehead, and that Rev. How sweet it is property was then sold for $2.5 mil- granddaughters to participate in Alexander Karloutsos, director of lion. The funds are slated for general the annual Walkathon organized by the Archdiocese’s Faith Endow- AC Milan’s Kaka, left, and Massimo Oddo hold the trophy in the air after their team beat Liverpool 2-1 to use. the Ronald McDonald House Greek ment and executive advisor of the win the Champions League Final soccer match between AC Milan and Liverpool at the Olympic Stadium in The School bestowed Mr. Master- Division, a nonprofit organization Order of Saint Andrew – Archons of Athens this past Wednesday, May 23. See story on page 9. polis with an honorary doctorate in dedicated to helping children un- the Ecumenical Patriarchate, is the humanities. dergoing treatment for cancer. man who is really in charge of the Mr. Masterpolis told the National “The cloud cover and expected Archdiocese, since Ecumenical Pa- Herald he was happy with his deci- rain worried us at the beginning, triarch Bartholomew of Constan- sion because he gets to witness the but we brought our umbrellas and tinople “does whatever Father Kar- fruits of his gift came to support this institution, loutsos tells him.” House Committee Presses Erdogan “I feel very good today, and I’m which is a home away from home “We have a double standard. glad I did it now, instead of leaving it for sick children from Greece and (Emmanuel) Koveos, who did noth- By Mark Frangos quiring that the Patriarch of Con- ognizes the Greek Orthodox Patri- in my will, because I would have Cyprus,” Mrs. Iliakis told the Na- ing compared to what Katinas did, Special to The National Herald stantinople be a Turkish citizen; archate in Istanbul as an Ecumeni- otherwise missed the opportunity to tional Herald. was defrocked,” said Father and protests the Turkish Govern- cal Patriarchate. Its ecumenical na- get to know all these fine people of “Fortunately, the rain did not Metaxas, who has served the Wa- NEW YORK – The overwhelming ment’s persistent confiscation of ture derives from its history and the Church,” he said. come until after we finished walk- tertown parish for 55 years.