Posts tagged with "AHEPA"
Nashville Parthenon Monument and Museum Next on Greek Bicentennial Tour - Call for Return of Parthenon Marbles Reinforced in Nashville Celebration
April 7th, 202101779 Nashville, TN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmfuVcTeJHU On April 1, 2021, from the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros received a Proclamation from Mayor John Cooper celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Greek Revolution of 1821. Joining Archbishop Elpidophoros and Mayor Cooper were His...
AHEPA performs Greek Bicentennial Reenactment of the Greek Ball of New York
March 19th, 202101081 New York.- On Saturday, March 13, 2021 the Order of AHEPA presented a unique show for the ages. In Astoria, at the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York’s Stathakion Center, AHEPA paid homage to the American support to the Greek War of Independence. Many fundraisers were made during the war to assist the...
“The Legacy of the Hellenic Diaspora in the Hellenic Revolution of 1821” Panel Discussion
February 27th, 202101381 New York.- The Eastern Mediterranean Business Cultural Alliance (EMBCA) will have a panel discussion webinar, titled “The Legacy of the Hellenic Diaspora in the Revolution of 1821”, on Sunday, March 7 at 2 P.M. EST (11 A.M. PST, 9 P.M. Athens EEST) in Association with AHEPA’s Hellenic Cultural Commission and the Hellenic American...
AHEPA releases Global Greek Bicentennial Schedule of Events
February 27th, 202102273 Washington, DC AHEPA, the largest Hellenic based organization worldwide, releases a comprehensive schedule of events for the Greek Bicentennial. AHEPA's districts and chapters globally will acknowledge the Bicentennial of Greece in the upcoming months, with social distancing and public health being of primary concern. The below...
Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt: AHEPA "Puts Our Shared Values into Practice"
January 26th, 202131779 Athens.- U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey R. Pyatt detailed AHEPA’s extensive contribution to the U.S.-Greece relationship at a "Conference on Cultural Diplomacy and Contribution of Diaspora" organized by AHEPA Hellas District 25 and Chapter HJ-25, Patras, Jan. 20, 2021. Ambassador Pyatt’s...
In spite of Trump’s mob invasion Nicole Malliotakis voted against the approval of the Electoral College’s results
January 10th, 202121639 New York.- By Apostolos Zoupaniotis All six Greek American members of the House of Representatives condemned the violent invasion that occurred on Wednesday and disrupted the meeting to confirm the vote of the College of Electors. The Republicans Nicole Malliotakis and Gus Bilirakis didn’t mention who were the invaders and what...
Greek American Organizations hail U.S. decision to impose CAATSA sanctions on Turkey
December 14th, 202001208 New York.- (GreekNewsOnline, Reuters) The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of Russian ground-to-air defenses and targeted the top Turkish defense development body, its president and three employees. It’s the first time that the United States imposed sanctions designed by Congress to to...
World Hellenism mourns a Greek American Hero, Paul S. Sarbanes
December 8th, 202012374 New York.- By Apostolos Zoupaniotis When Turkey invaded Cyprus, on July 20, 1974, following the Coup of the military Junta in Athens, Hellenism was fortunate enough to have in the U.S. House of Representatives two of their own; John Brademas and Paul Sarbanes. Both Democrats and opponents of the military junta and of the Nixon...