NEW YORK – John “Senior” Koufakis, the founder of Star Auto Group of Queens, and a driving force with the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association, passed away on Long Island on July 8 at the age of 94, QNS reported.
WASHINGTON, DC – The International Coordinating Committee Justice for Cyprus, PSEKA, hosts the 36th Annual Cyprus & Hellenic Leadership Conference, titled Strengthening U.S.-Cyprus Relations in the Face of Turkish Intransigence, on Tuesday, July 20, 11 AM EDT, via Zoom.
BROOKLYN, NY – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) this week visited the North Brooklyn Angels’ new facility on Kent Street. The Congresswoman recently submitted a community project funding request for $676,000 to expand the North Brooklyn Angels preparation and distribution of free meals and produce to food-insecure individuals and fund projects including Operation Neighbors Feeding Seniors […]
NEW YORK – Alexandra Halaris is competing for title of Ms. Health and Fitness 2021 in the popular Muscle and Fitness HERS magazine and trying to get as many votes as possible. So far she is only in the 2nd place. There is one free vote daily every 24 hours and also warrior votes and […]
Detroit is famous for its Greektown and there’s plenty of restaurants there and in the metro area but one of them – Estia Greek Street Food – took its concept to where the people are, not just at an eatery.
VIRGINIA, MN – Starting around 1890, many Greeks, mainly single men, and many in their teens, left their villages in the Peloponnese region of Greece to find opportunity in America. They were poor farmers and shepherds, and America needed laborers for its railroads, mines, and mills for its growing economy. This is a story about […]
SAN FRANCISCO — The Ascension Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Oakland, CA hosted a gathering of GOYA members from the bay area on Saturday, June 26, 2021. Over 60 youth from the parishes of Ascension Cathedral (Oakland), Holy Cross (Belmont), Resurrection (Castro Valley), Nativity of Christ (Novato) and Saint Nicholas (San Jose) enjoyed an evening of […]
LONDON — Over the past year and a half, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain has actively sought out ways to grow his Archdiocese, even while the churches were closed and his faithful were in lockdown. As the whole world begins to emerge from the pandemic, albeit slowly, the seeds of ministry […]
The European Parliament on Thursday (8 July) called for the EU to boycott the February 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing unless China improves the human rights situation in Hong Kong and in the Xinjiang province which is home to the Uyghur Muslim minority.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY – The AHEPA Evzone Chapter #405 hosted its Annual Graduate Scholarship Luncheon at Holy Trinity Church in New Rochelle, NY, Westchester County on June 13. The event was chaired by Br. Joseph C. Keane, with the assistance of the Chapter’s President Harry Fotiadis. Scholarship awards were given to high school graduating seniors Alexander […]
