Jan 2010 issue

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Jan 2010 issue

Happy New Year!
2010
W E S T E R N G R E E K A M E R I C A N N E W S M O N T H LY
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contents
Folk Dance & Choral Festival welcomes
Letter from the Editor
Patriarch Demetrios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Faith, Dance and Fellowship, Mnimi
Foundation, Happy New Year!
Dear Readers:
Welcome to 2010! A new year is here and it’s to
Frosene
time revisit those resolutions you’ve been entertaining
Phillips
and start anew. Once again, we have featured our
Editor
cover with you, our Hellenic Journal fabric of faces
that graced our pages at one time or another last year
to offer a refreshing Hronia Polla! To discover who’s who, I invite
you to turn to page 5 for a complete list of names.
This month the Folk Dance and Choral Festival (FDF)
takes up its competition in San Jose, California, preparing to
celebrate thousands of dancers and families as well as Archbishop
Demetrios.
“Keeping our youth connected to their culture and faith
are very important to their future involvement in the Greek
Orthodox Church,” says His Eminence Metropolitan
Gerasimos of San Francisco. “We are blessed that this event
brings together so many Orthodox families and provides them
the opportunity to cultivate lasting friendships.” For complete
FDF details, see page 4.
This month, Greece’s acclaimed singer Yiannis Ploutarhos
launches his North American tour and the Sacramento-based
Mnimi Foundation joins Opa Productions to present his
California concert. The Mnimi Foundation’s celebrates Greece’s
modern heroes.
The foundation has supported such films as The 11h Day
(Crete1941.com). The documentary chronicles the story of the
men, women, and children of the Cretan civilization resistance
movement and their relentless battle against Nazi occupation forces
from 1941-1945. To learn more about the Mnimi Foundation and
Yiannis Ploutarhos, see page 10
As we welcome in the new year, I invite you to visit our
website hellenicjournal.org and send us your comments and events
throughout the coming year.
Happy New Year!
Papadreou meets newly-elected Samaras. . . . 6
FDF knows the
way to San Jose
page 4
Ancient Greek tragedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
News from Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Orthodox News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Did You Say Dance?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
New Democracy’s new
leader Antonis Samaras
page 6
Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Southern California Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Northwest and Pacific Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Business Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco
Folk Dance and Choral Festival “FAITH. DANCE. FELLOWSHIP.”
Archbishop Demetrios to
attend 2010 event in San
Jose
Founded in 1975
Board of Directors
• Fanis Economidis, President
• John Gumas, Vice President
• Ted Laliotis, Secretary
• Anthony T. Saris, CPA, Treasurer
• Kenneth Frangadakis, D.D.S.
• George M. Marcus
• Steve Padis
• Gary M. Vrionis
Managing Editor
• Frosene Phillips
Advisory Editorial Board
• Rev. John Bakas, Dean,
St. Sophia Cathedral
• Robert Bruce, Community
Newspapers, Editor Emeritus
• George Korkos, M.D.
• Markos Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis,
Journalist
• Virginia Lagiss, Educator
• Mort Levine, Community Newspapers,
Publisher
• Professor Pan Yotopoulos
The Hellenic Journal
Founder and Publisher,
the late Frank Agnost
Athens Correspondents
• Greg Mazarakis
• Alekos Rigas
U.S. Correspondents
• Theodora Dracopoulos Argue
• Athan Karras
• Mavis Manus
Special Correspondents
•Athan Bezaitis
• Ceil Koplos
• Dena Kouremetis • Virginia Lagiss
• Willard Manus
• Terry Phillips
Greek Language Advisor
• Elena Vlahu
Art Director
• Tula Asselanis
Advertising
• Yvonne Banis
• Teresa Basham
• Angie Leventis
The Greek Orthodox
Metropolis of San Francisco has
announced that His Eminence
Archbishop Demetrios will
honor the 34th Annual Folk
Dance and Choral Festival in
San Jose, California with his
presence and attendance at the
events throughout the weekend.
Archbishop Demetrios briefly
attended the 2007 FDF in
Ontario, California and referred to
this event as a “flagship ministry”
for the youth of our Church.
During His Eminence’s visit to
the 2010 FDF, the Archbishop
will interact with nearly 2,000
registered dancers and singers who
will participate in a weekend of
faith, dance and fellowship.
The weekend will begin on
Thursday, January 14 with an
Agiasmos service to bless the
convening of FDF. This will
be followed by the traditional
Opening Ceremonies and
procession of teams in the San Jose
Civic Auditorium.
Dance and Choral groups will
be participating in competition
throughout the weekend on
Friday, Saturday and final
competition on Sunday. Centered
around the theme “Family Takes
Center Stage,” the weekend will
include a series of workshops
offered by Metropolis Clergy and
Youth Workers. FDF participants
enthusiastically participated in the
new workshop structure offered
in 2009, and the plans for 2010
workshops will continue this
successful tradition. “Keeping our
youth connected to their culture
and faith are very important to
their future involvement in the
Greek Orthodox Church. Many
of the thousands of youth who
have participated in FDF over the
past 33 years have remained close
to the Church, and now serve
their parishes as Parish Council
members, Sunday
School teachers,
youth advisors,
and some of
our former
dancers are now
priests in our
Metropolis. We
are blessed that
this event brings
together so many
Orthodox
Metropolitan
Gerasimos and
FDF youth
Administrative Director
• Joanna Phillips
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families and
provides
them the
opportunity to
cultivate lasting
friendships,”
stated His
Eminence
Metropolitan
Acclaimed instructor Yannis Konstantinou
appears at FDF
Gerasimos of
PHOTO BY Katerina Deliopoulou
San Francisco.
Saturday evening’s Cultural
this special weekend. FDF is
Night will once again feature
particularly thrilled to welcome
stellar performances by the
the band Makedonikos Ichos
dance and choral groups who
(Macedonian Sound) led by
received the coveted Sweepstakes
Yiorgos Skopakis to FDF this
awards in 2009. A special
year. Famous throughout Greece,
presentation will be made by
Skopakis plays clarino and
the Metropolis Committee on
saxophone, with his two nephews,
Greek Education and Culture
Konstantinos on accordion and
where they will recognize
Elias on daoule/percussion,
students who have earned the
and Dimtrios Athanasiou on
Certificate of Attainment in the
trumpet. All were born and
Greek Language. They will also
raised in Florina and learned
be promoting a Greek Language
to play their instruments at
Immersion Camp aimed for
the knees of their grandfathers,
elementary school-aged youth
fathers and uncles. In addition to
being held at Saint Nicholas
Florina, their repertoire includes
Ranch in June 2010. Another
many areas of Makedonia and
highlight of the Cultural Night
across northern Greece (e.g.,
will be the presentations of
Kozani, Grevena, Edessa, Aridea,
The Elios Society Award and
Goumenissa and Thraki) as well
the Patriarch Athenagoras I
as tunes of the Vlach Greeks
Humanitarian Award to deserving who settled in these areas. If you
individuals in the Metropolis.
visit the Florina region, you will
Keeping with the family
undoubtedly hear Makedonikos
theme, the evenings will include
Ichos playing at a panegyri,
family-style Glendi’s featuring
wedding, baptism, or glendi as
both young, local musicians who
they are in great demand and
are actual products of the Folk
some of the most talented regional
Dance Festival and internationally
Folk Dance and Choral Festival
renowned musicians from Greece
continued on page 17
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faces welcome 2010
COVER PHOTOS
ROW THREE
Paula Gassoumis
Markos Lagios
Kitty Dukakis, Consul
Dimitris CaramitzosTziras, Governor Michael
Dukakis, and Mrs. Margarita
Caramitzos-Tziras
Anna Vissi
James Chressanthis
Archbishop Demetrios and
President Obama
Michael Pappajohn
Midshipman Peter Mann
Nick Arvanitidis
ROW ONE
Dr. Chris Vitakes
Theo Kousoulis
Young Dancers at FDF
George Stephanopoulos and Fr.
Thomas J. Paris
Fotini Mitsinikos
Emanuel Mitsinikos
Emily Waxman
Dora Bakoyiannis
Happy New Year from the HJ Staff! Editor Frosene Phillips,
Account Executive Angie Leventis, Youth Correspondent
Giuliana Harris, Administrative Director Joanna Phillips,
Account Executives Teresa Basham and Yvonne Banis. Not
pictured: Graphic Designer Stephanie Kinsey
H
appy New Year
From the
Kytherian Society
of Northern
California
and the West
ROW TWO
George John
Ambassador Xenia Stefanidou
Sofia Keramari
Angie Leventis
Tassos Boulmetis
Theofanis Economidis and Ted
Laliotis
Angeliki Giannakopoulos and
Ersi Danou
ROW FOUR
Vicki Vlachakis
Mr. & Mrs. John Calamos
Nia Vardalos and Alexis
Georgoulis
Basil Katsikis
Susann Wilbur Tongas
Dean Karnazes
Irene Skarlatos and
Elizabeth Anthony
Rev. Fr. Thomas J.
Zaferes
of the
Kostas Karafotis
May the light
and warmth
Christmas season be
yours through the
New Year!
Pat Aleck
ROW FIVE
Harry Mark
Petrakis
Jim Gianopulos
and Mimi Denisi
Christina Padis and
Jeanette Saris
H a p p yNew
&
Thanos Petrelis and Effie
Makris
Neal Desby
Helene Ballas
Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis
ROW SIX
Aliki Stilianos
Ariana Savalas
Iason Athanasiadis
Prime Minister George
Papandreou
ROW SEVEN
Maria Menounos
Cory Lerios
Nicholas Gage, Marilu Henner,
and Michael Chiklis
Dr. Tikey Zes, Dr. Alexander
Lingas, Dr. Bissera
Pentcheva, Mark Powell,
and Fr. Aris P. Metrakos
George Marcus, Alexandria
Marcus
His Eminence Metropolitan
Gerasimos
George Chakiris
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news from greece
Ancient Tegea Excavations
PHOTO COURTESY OF ANA
athens news agency
Samaras new ND leader,
pledges unity
Antonis Samaras is the new
leader of main opposition New
Democracy (ND) party, after
winning an absolute majority
from the first round of the
election.
Samaras, who was culture
minister in the preceding ND
government, is New Democracy’s
seventh president, succeeding
former prime minister Costas
Karamanlis, who announced his
resignation from the party helm
after ND’s crushing defeat in the
October 4 general elections, that
brought the Panhellenic Socialist
Movement (PASOK) to power.
Samaras’ victory was
announced shortly after 4:00
a.m. by election supervisory
committee chairman Dimitris
Sioufas, as the tally of 72.68
percent of the election stations
set up throughout the country,
representing nearly 550,000
voters, showed 50.18 percent
of the vote in favor of Samaras,
against 38.76 percent for former
foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis
and 10.06 percent for the third
candidate, Thessaloniki prefect
Panagiotis Psomiadis.
Samaras’ prevalence with an
absolute majority was irreversible,
while Sioufas said that his
percentage was expected to
increase when all the votes are
tallied.
A total of 1,039 voting stations
were set up throughout the
country, while 64 voting stations
were set up in other European
countries.
Voting began at 7:00 a.m.
and were due to close at 7:00 in
the evening, but a glitch in the
on-line system for several hours,
due to a software problem, and
an unexpectedly large turnout
of voters obliged the supervisory
committee to extend the closing
time to 9:30 p.m.
This is the first time that
the ND president was elected
New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras
PHOTO COURTESY OF ANA
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by the party’s grass roots, after
voting was extended to all
registered party members through
an amendment of the New
Democracy Charter.
In early morning statements
after his victory was clinched,
Samaras said that it was an
honor for him to take on the
responsibility of leading the party
in new struggles for the progress
of the Greek people, and chiefly
for the young generation’s right
to hope, and for the party’s
return to new victories.
“The people have spoken. The
party’s rank-and-file, the voters,
have spoken. Their mandate is
resounding and undisputable,”
Samaras said.
“A month and a half ago, in
difficult times, I spoke to you
of hope, and you received the
message of hope and turned
it into a big, unprecedented,
peaceful and democratic
revolution. I asked you to turn
the streams into a river, and you
created a veritable sea that swept
away everything that was holding
us back, that was taking us back
and hurting us. The participation
in the election process, despite all
the problems that are natural in
such an unprecedented overture
to the grass roots, exceeded all
expectations. A new era begins
now for our democracy, and also
for New Democracy. Today, we
are all winners. There are no
losers. We were not opponents all
this time. I said this during the
difficult hours of the campaign
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race, and I say
it again today.
There are no
opponents
from here on,”
he added.
Samaras
noted that
he will speak
with fellow candidate Bakoyanni,
adding that he truly thanked her
for her congratulatory phone call,
and with Psomiadis, whom he
wished a speedy recovery, as the
third candidate was diagnosed
with pneumonia, as well as with
Karamanlis “with whom we will
be together in all the big battles
ahead.”
The new ND leader pledged
to safeguard the party’s unity,
noting that he did not care
who they voted for and that
everything said up to then has
been forgotten. “We will be all
together. Nothing separates us
now, but we are united by the
major challenges of the future,”
he added.
Gov’t: Greece will not back
down on fYRoM ‘name
issue’
Greece will not back down
from its “red line” regarding the
name dispute with the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
(fYRoM), government spokesman
George Petalotis stressed.
He had been asked whether
Greece would give in to pressures
for the start of EU-fYRoM
accession negotiations.
“I do not know whether there
will be pressures, but the Greek
government will not accept
(pressure) on this very important
issue for us,” he underlined.
PM Papandreou meets
newly-elected ND party
leader Samaras
Prime Minister George
Papandreou met with newlyelected main opposition New
Democracy (ND) party leader
Antonis Samaras at the Maximos
Mansion.
The prime minister wished
Samaras “all the best for the
motherland as well, because the
role of the main opposition party
is important” and stressed that
“we are particularly pleased over
the procedure that you followed.”
Papandreou further said
that “we look forward to close
cooperation on national issues
as well, because the problems
have swelled and dialogue and
consensus are required.”
On his part, the ND leader
thanked Papandreou and
said that “our constitutional
GREEK NEWS
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orthodox news
Presentation and Signing
of the New Book on the
Archbishop’s First Decade
gloss, hard cover book
contains 537 photographs,
all the work of the Official
Photographer of the Greek
“Archbishop Demetrios of America,
Orthodox Archdiocese of
The First Decade 1999-2009”
America Dimitrios Panagos,
and it is masterfully compiled
NEW YORK - A new book
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of America, The First Decade
The book presentation
1999-2009” was presented
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presence of Archbishop
Holy Trinity in Manhattan.
Demetrios, by Mike
It is a beautifully produced
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America. The 368-page highGreek News.
for his 10th Anniversary of
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role obliges us to have these
discussions with the president of
the government.”
Samaras added that “according
to the issues we are sometimes
together and sometimes opposite.
Together because we serve the
same society, opposite because we
serve different ideologies. And
this is the role of the opposition.”
Papandreou asked Samaras
“how the election struggle went”
within ND and he replied that
“it was not an election struggle,
but an intraparty competition.”
The prime minister further
asked how long it lasted and
the ND leader said “40 days. It
created an introversion for us
which we must overcome.”
Excavations in Ancient
Tegea
The first stage of a fiveyear (2009-2013) excavation
project in Ancient Tegea, near
Tripolis, has been completed
by an international team
of archaeologists led by the
Norwegian Institute in Athens
in Collaboration with the Greek
culture ministry’s 38th Ephoria
for Prehistoric and Classical
Antiquities and 25th Ephoria of
Byzantine Antiquities.
The area of excavation is
a field located to the west of
the theatre and the Basilica of
Thyrsos, where magnetometer
survey 2003-2004 documented
the probable location of a major
north-south street and a stoa
bordering the agora.
The two ongoing field-projects
at Tegea, a survey of a side-valley
to the east of the urban centre
and an excavation in the centre of
the ancient city, started in June,
2009.
Tegea was a settlement in
ancient Greece, and it is also a
municipality in modern Arcadia,
with its seat in the village Stadio.
Ancient Tegea was an important
religious center of ancient Greece,
containing the Temenos (Temple)
of Athena Alea. The temenos was
founded by Aleus. Votive bronzes
at the site from the Geometric
and Archaic periods take the
forms of horses and deer; there
are sealstones and fibulae. In the
Archaic period the nine villages
that underlie Tegea banded
together in a synoecism form one
city. Tegea was listed in Homer’s
Catalogue of Ships as one of the
cities that contributed ships and
men for the Achaean assault on
Troy.
Tegea struggled against Spartan
hegemony in Arcadia and was
finally conquered ca 560 BCE. In
the fourth century Tegea joined
the Arcadian League and struggled
to free itself from Sparta.
The Temple of Athena Alea
burned in 394 BC and was
magnificently rebuilt to designs by
Scopas of Paros, with reliefs of the
Calydonian boar hunt in the main
pediment. The city retained civic
life under the Roman Empire; it
was sacked in 395 by the Goths.
The site of ancient Tegea is
now located within the modern
town of Alea, which is located
about 10 kilometers southeast of
Tripolis.
Education minister
holds talks with second
generation immigrants
organizations
Education Minister Anna
Diamantopoulou met with
representatives of second
generation immigrants in Greece.
Speaking after the meeting,
the minister said “today there are
200,000 children in our country
that, although having their origin
in other countries, were born and
grew up in Greece and speak the
Greek language. These are the
children for whom our country is
also their country.”
Diamantopoulou further said
that “with their representatives,
who are from the junior high
school, the senior high school,
university schools and youth
groups we discussed important
issues concerning the educational
system. The changes in education
now concern the generation of
immigrants as well and start
from the kindergarten, support
classes and accession classes,
the handling of the issue of
the mother language and reach
support for the parents who
must have the possibility of
communicating with teachers and
with the community in the Greek
language.”
CENTER FOR MODERN GREEK STUDIES
THE NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS CHAIR
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY
SPRING 2010 COURSES
MGS 151............................................................................................... Modern Greek II
A continuation of Modern Greek I. Prerequisite: MGS 150 or equivalent. This is a GE
course [4 units] schedule # 14675
Location: HUM 384 Mon/Wed 2:10-3:50 pm • Instructor: Ismini Ioannou
MGS 470.............................................................................................. Modern Greek IV
A continuation of Modern Greek III. Conversation, grammar and composition writing.
Reading and translation of representative literary and other texts. Prerequisite: MGS 365
or equivalent. This is a GE course [4 units] schedule #14678
Location: HUM 114 Mon/Wed 11:10 am-12:50 pm • Instructor: Ismini Ioannou
MGS 397/ENG 398..............................................................Greek American Literature
A survey of the major Greek American authors and poets of the 20th century against the
backdrop of Greek migration to the U.S. Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
[3 units] Schedule #14677
Location: HUM 286 Thursdays 4:10-6:55 pm • Instructor: Prof. Martha Klironomos
MGS/HIST 350........................................................................ Greece and the Balkans
This is a survey course of the Balkans from 1453 to the present with particular emphasis
on the history of modern Greece. This is a GE course [3 units] schedule # 14105
Location: HUM 129 Mondays 4:10-6:55 pm • Instructor: Dr. E. Doxiadis
HIST 347....The Voices of European Women from the Renaissance to the Present
This course will cover the history of European women from the Renaissance to the
Modern Era. [3 units] Schedule #14102
Location: HSS 310 Thursdays 9:35-10:50 am • Instructor: Dr. E. Doxiadis
HIST 349........ Venetians and Ottomans in the Eastern Mediterranean and Greece
This course will examine the Republic of Venice in conjunction with
the Ottoman Empire. [3 units] schedule #14104
Location: T-A 1 Tues/Thurs 2:10-3:25 pm • Instructor: Dr. E. Doxiadis
Registration Information
Spring Classes begin: Monday, January 25
Open registration: January 4-15 & January 17-24
For more information on registration at San Francisco State University see: SFSU Registrar information web page
or call the Registrar’s office at (415) 338-2350. Any adult in the community may enroll in University courses through
Open University without being formally admitted to the University. To find out details of enrollment, please contact
SFSU College of Extended Learning at (415) 405-7700. Eldercollege is for people age 50 or older who want to
enroll in SFSU classes for fun or personal enrichment. Eldercollege students may enroll in any fall, spring or
summer semester class on a space available, noncredit basis for just $55 a semester. For more information, call the
Eldercollege at (415) 338-1376. The Over 60 Degree Program is for people age 60 or older who want to take classes
for credit or earn a baccalaureate or masters degree. The cost is only $3 per semester, and there is no application
fee. For more information call the Over-Sixty Program at (415) 338-2143.
For more information: The Center for Modern Greek Studies
e-mail: modgreek@sfsu.edu • Phone: (415) 338-1892
Website: www.sfsu.edu/~modgreek
NAVARINO MESSINIAN SOCIETY
San Francisco Bay Area
Presents
*Apokriatiko Dinner Dance*
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2010
Annunciation Cathedral, San Francisco
No-Host Cocktails 6:30 p.m. • Dinner 7:30 p.m.
Live Music by MYTHOS Band
Dancing • Raffle
Donations: Adults $50.00
Children $20.00 (under 12)
Proceeds to go to the Annunciation Building Fund
For information or reservations call:
Vasilis Harbas 510-352-3448
Niki & Tom Kastoras 415-337-7819
Kalliope Fousekis 650-591-5409
Make checks payable to Navarino Messinian Society
Mail to: Niki Kastoras
586 Wildwood Way, San Francisco, CA 94112
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January 29, 2010
The Annunciation Cathedral Ladies
Philoptochos Society San Francisco
28th Annual Crab Feed
Cocktail Reception: 6:00 p.m. • Dinner: 7:30 p.m.
$45 per person • Group Tables Available at $450
Maximum Ten People Per Table
For reservations call: Annunciation Cathedral (415) 864-8000
Include with your check the names of all guests to be seated at the table along
with your name, address and telephone number. Send checks by January 15,
2010 to: Annunciation Philoptochos, Crab Feed • 245 Valencia Street,
(Tickets will be held at the door) • Parking Available
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Greek sensation Yiannis Ploutarhos appears in Sacramento
T
he Mnimi Foundation,
a 501c3 nonprofit
organization, is proud
to bring Greek vocal superstar
Yiannis Ploutarhos to Sacramento
for a one-night-only concert,
Saturday, Jan. 31.
His performance will include
Yiorgos
Tagaras, CPA
Tax Services, Film, Property
Matters, Wills, Start Up
Business, Bookkeeping,
License. Legal Advice with
Associate Lawyer
hits from his triple platinum
selling albums as well as the latest
songs from his 2009-2010 North
American Tour. Proceeds will
support The Mnimi Foundation’s
World War II and Korean War
veterans memorial projects.
Mnimi means ‘remembrance,’
and likewise it is remembrance
that gives the Mnimi Foundation
its meaning and purpose. The
battles of Achilles and Alexander
are known throughout the world.
Less well known are the battles of
the heroic Greek men, women,
and children who fought their
Nazi occupiers in World War II.
Fewer still know of the company
of Greek heroes of the Korean War
who, like the legendary Spartans
of Thermopylae, fought an enemy
the aggressors were again routed and
30 times their number and, despite
the friendly positions restored.”
such grim odds, brought about that The Mnimi Foundation website
enemy’s defeat. According to official has over 80,000 registered users
U.S. military records, “Company
from over 76 countries. Visitors
P of the Greek Battalion, refusing
are able to freely access material
to withdraw, closed in and met the
from its documentary film projects,
attackers in a
including an archive
furious hand to
of thousands of
hand struggle
photographs and
in which many
documents. (The
of the enemy
11th Day archive
were driven off.
is the largest online
The aggressors
archive of World
Yiannis Ploutarhos
regrouped,
War II photos and
quickly attacked a second time, and documents in the world.) Visitors
again gained the friendly trenches.
are also able to share their own
Immediately, the Greek Forces
family stories via an online forum
launched a series of counterattacks.
section and guestbook section.
After two hours of close-in fighting, For more information about
the foundation, visit MNIMI.org.
For tickets and more information
regarding Yiannis Ploutarhos’
Sacramento concert, call 916-9731120, email Christos@archangelfilms.
com; call 1-877-OPA-SHOW or
visit yiannisploutarhostour.com.
Yiannis Ploutarhos’
North American Tour
Vancouver: Jan. 16
Montreal: Jan. 22
Chicago: Jan. 23
Toronto: Jan. 29
Atlantic City: Jan. 30
Sacramento: Jan. 31
For complete details visit:
yiannisploutarhostour.com
1325 Calumet Avenue
Los Angeles, California
90026
US +1-626-379-6671
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yiorgostagaras@gmail.com
ishing
all
W
a H e a lt h y
and Prosperous 2010
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community
Philoptochos Society Honors Past
President
New Pan-Macedonian Chapters
Marina Velliou Moustakas, Governor of the
Pacific States of the Pan-Macedonian Association,
USA, and Nina Peropoulos, Past Supreme
President of the Association, came to Seattle from
San Jose and Houston respectively to create new
chapters in the Northwest. Marina gave a slide talk
on Macedonia and Northern Greece to interested
people at St. Demetrios Church in Seattle who then
established a Puget Sound chapter. Nina went on
to Portland to plant a Macedonian chapter there.
Vancouver, B.C., also has a chapter with a Canadian
District Governor. John Soudas is the Membership
Chairman for the Pacific States and can be reached
at soudas@comcast.net or 206-948-8356.
PHOTO BY Theodora Argue
The Philoptochos Society of Oakland honored
past President Eleni Apostolopoulos at a luncheon
recently at the Claremont Resort in Berkeley,
Ca. More than 50 members, family and friends
attended. Pictured: Litsa Miller, President,
Eleni Apostolopoulos, Honoree, and
Rev. Fr. Thomas J. Zaferes of Ascension
Cathedral, Oakland, Ca.
Events in the Pacific Northwest
See page 16 for complete story.
1.
1. Comedian Basile with the youth of St. Demetrios
Church who served the meal when he performed in Seattle.
Photo by Lefteris Sitaras
2. His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch
Bartholomew of Constantinople holding the
environmentally sturdy green “Bartholomew Rose”
presented to him by Ann Neuendorf at Fordham
University in New York City.
3. Some of the exuberant supporters of soccer player
George John at his first game in hometown Seattle,
albeit for FC Dallas Soccer as they played Seattle Sounders
FC.
Photo by Lefteris Sitaras
Hellenic Law Society
The annual Christmas Dinner of the Hellenic
Law Society (HLS) was held at Ghirardelli Square’s
McCormick & Kuletos Restaurant. HLS presented
its annual Athenian Award to the Honorable George
Chopelas, retired judge of the Californis Superior
Court. The dinner was organized by HLS president
Mia Matis. The award was presented by HLS
founding member Peter Bagatelos. Pictured: Mia
Matis, Judge George Chopelas, and Peter
Bagatelos.
PHOTO SUBMITTED BY TED LALIOTIS
2.
4. Participants in the recent University of Washington
Hellenic Studies Program Founders Celebration included
(front row, left to right) Maria Kaltsounis; Dr.
Theodore
Kaltsounis,
3.
professor
emeritus and
a founder of
the program;
Dr. Carol
Thomas,
the Vidalakis
The Bay Area Greek American Business Association
Is Proud to Present Its
Special Speaker Event for 2010
Guest Speakers:
Byron Scordelis - former President and CEO of Greater Bay Bancorp
Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 7:00pm
Where:
The Sir Francis Drake Hotel in the Franciscan Room
450 Powell Street , San Francisco, CA 94102
(3 blocks from Powell St. BART Station and steps from the Union Square Garage)
Cost:
Complimentary to Members with ONE Guest ($75 for 2010 Membership dues paid)
Complimentary to Student-Member ONE Guest ($20 for 2010 Membership dues paid)
Non-Members $35.00
Hosted hors d'oeuvres and a beverage.
RSVP:
Required by January 18th - Send your check to:
BAGABA c/o Peter Zouras 177 Post Street, #550, San Francisco, CA 94108
John Protopappas - President and CEO of Madison Park Financial
Corporation an Oakland residential development and investment company
Learn how you may be affected and what you can expect in 2010 and beyond.
Each speaker will present for approximately 20 minutes with ample time
for the audience follow-up question and answer period.
Photo By Clifford
Argue
When:
(now merged with Wells Fargo Bank)
These two distingished leaders within their respective fields will share their
knowledge, insights and viewpoints regarding the current state of affairs within the
banking and real estate markets.
Professor and Director of the program; Dr. Taso Lagos, Instructor
and Director of the Athens Program. (back row, l to r) John T. John,
President of the Hellenes of the Northwest and a founder of the Hellenic
Studies Program; Chris Legeros, KIRO-TV news reporter and Master
of Ceremonies; Paul Plumis, member of the Steering Committee; and
Gus Kravas, Special Assistant in the Office of the Provost at UW. Several
individuals in the photo are wearing the medals awarded to donors to
the campaign to find 300 Spartans to fund a permanent full-time faculty
position in the UW Hellenic Studies Program. Readers are encouraged
to become Spartans to help perpetuate the Greek culture among the
next generation of
Greek Americans, by
4.
pledging or donating
$1,000 each to
Hellenic Studies, Box
353650, University of
Washington, Seattle,
WA 98195.
Event Committee: Michael Meniktas, Dean Zaracostas, Alexander Gailas, and Margo Pavsidis
For more information Contact: meniktas@mac.com or 510-701-0295
"The mission of BAGABA is to promote and unify Greek and Philhellene business men and
women through networking fellowship and camaraderie".
SEE THE NEWLY ENHANCED WEBSITE WWW.BAGABA.ORG
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did you say dance?
By Athan Karras
Troades
(Trojan
Women) by
Euripides
C
ulturally speaking,
the Greek-American
community on the
west coast has been in a state of
malnutrition since nourishing
cultural events from Greece
rarely make it past Chicago.
Thanks to the efforts of Ted
Laliotis, President of United
Hellenic American Societies
and through the generous
support of the Elios Foundation
and SAE we finally had an
opportunity to attend an
intriguing performance by the
Greek ensemble The Leonidas
Loizides Theatrical Group
of the ancient Greek drama
by Euripides Troades (Trojan
Women) under the masterful
direction of Leonidas Loizides.
Individual performances were
made available through out
California this November
and I was able to attend The
American Hellenic Council’s
presentation at the Downey
Theater.
Although rare, enactments
of Ancient Greek tragedies are
a treat and this year we have
had a run of luck with UCLA
Live’s production of Euripides’
Medea starring Annette Bening
and the Getty Villa’s production
of Peace by Aristophanes.
These ancient plays are not
easy to produce without having
the background and prime
understanding of the multiple
facets of this art form; it can’t
sophisticated playwright of his
the play. This dramatic scene was audience members trouble in
be treated it as ordinary theater.
time, explores the despicable
omitted, and the revised opening making a connection and perhaps
Nor should they be seen as
aftermath of war, for there are
scene was inserted with a loosely
the production would have been
just museum pieces but rather
actually no
better served by
appreciated for the timeless
victors in war
music. Some
Although rare, enactments of Ancient original
themes and issues the ancient
only a temporary
dance sequences
playwrights brought forth that
hallucination of
Greek tragedies are a treat and this
also suffered from
still intrigue us with relevant
military power,
this association,
year we have had a run of luck
and valid propositions in our
which ultimately
since we lack direct
21st Century experience.
destroys
authenticity as how
Ancient drama relies on
the victor along with the
interpretive zeimbekiko dance to
movement was represented in
poetic verse, which paints
vanquished. He dared to criticize contemporary music thus giving
ancient times.
pictures of incidents and actions. the Greeks at the height of
us a more current association
It is daring for a director to
Euripides’ Troades is an unusual Athenian democracy by showing
with the themes of the play.
make such choices in song and
and morbid play, which offers
how war-time men commit
Loizides chose to engross us in a
movement, for he intends to
a political commentary on war
outrageous acts, losing their
ritual lament so that we would
involve the audience musically
from the anguished victim’s
humanity. Euripides would like
expiate our own sins or monsters
and dramatically. He knew how
point of view. It
by debating the
Greek audiences would respond
takes place at the
complexity of our to the music, the woeful pain,
end of the Trojan
own humanity.
the question of justice in war, as
War; Troy has
In order
in Axion Esti. There is no such
been sacked and
to appeal to
thing that “all is fair” in war, any
all of her men
a modern
victory must be won with honor.
have been killed
audience, Loizides Euripides showed that there isn’t
and the surviving
bridges theater
any rationale to justifying such
women will
conventions of the agonies that man brings to his
be shipped to
past by blending
fellow man.
Greece as slaves.
them with the
Director’s choices in
In the opening
contemporary
approaching ancient tragedy,
scene, Troy’s
music of
either to stylize the presentation
walls are burning
accompanying
or adapt it to modern theater
under the siege
dirges like the
conventions, turns into an
and all future
Miroloia still
artistic choice of how best to
generations are
found in Mani,
deliver the author’s message.
to be annihilated
the Peloponese,
Loizides’ use of mournful
Euripides’ Troades
in an act of
where professional cadences engulfed Troades with
PHOTO BY JULIE GEORGANTIDOU
genocide by the
mourners are
deep-toned wailing passion,
Greeks. As the
hired during a
and the women’s movements
Trojan women gather to lament
us to examine our values, the
wake to goad family and friends
of rolling on the ground and
their fate, Queen Hecuba’s
meaning of power, and our place to release their mournful tears
pounding the earth served
grandson, the last male child
in civilization.
and be cleansed from despair.
to rouse the dispassionate
and innocent toddler Astyanax,
Director Loizides met this
By also choosing the music of
audience to endorse the suffering
is ripped from his mother’s arms challenge with deliberate force
Mikis Theodorakis’ well known
deprecation. Overall it was
to be thrown from the parapet
and action. The recompense that composition Axion Esti, Loizides’ a production with merit and
and killed, thereby eliminating
Athena and Poseidon offer as a
audiences can directly relate with
inventiveness worthy of its
any remaining possible seed for
condemnation of the Greeks for
similar association. However
prestigious presentation with
future propagation of this race.
their actions could be interpreted the overwhelming familiarity of
a cast that made it viable for a
In Troades, Euripides, a
as a ritualistic lament opening
Theodorakis’ music caused some
national tour.
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calendar
Arts, Events, Lectures & Entertainment
January 7 • Thursday
Hellenic Business NetworkNetworking After Hours. Meet
and socialize with Greek and Bay
Area business people.
Four Seasons – Seasons Bar
757 Market St., San Francisco,
CA. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. For more
information: www.hbngroup.org
January 9 • Saturday
Polirinia Cretan Chapter’s
6th Annual Crab Feed Glendi.
Delicious Crab feast dinner with
Music and Dancing. Nativity of
Christ Greek Orthodox Church
Announcement
Basil P. Caloyeras Center
for Modern Greek Studies
at Loyola Marymount
University
Schedule of courses available for
the Spring 2010 Semester. Spring
Classes begin Tuesday, January
19. For more information: 310338-1971, 310-338-4463 or
online http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/
moderngreek
Center for Modern Greek
Studies
Schedule of courses available for
the Spring 2010 Semester. Spring
Classes Begin Monday, January
25. For more information:
415.338.1892 or www.sfsu.
edu/~modgreek
Fellowship Hall 1100 Highland
Dr., Novato, CA. 6 p.m. $45.00 per
person, $20.00 for children 6-14
years old, children five and under
free. Reservations: Vasilis Fourakis
415-823-9432 or vfourakis@aol.com
January 21 • Thursday
Bay Area Greek American
Business Association. Special
Speaker Event featuring Byron
Scordelis and John Protopappas.
Vasilopita served at the end of the
program. The Sir Francis Drake
Hotel - Franciscan Room 450
Powell St., San Francisco, CA. 7 p.m.
For more information: meniktas@
mac.com or 510-701-0295
Sixth Annual Vasilopita
Tea. Learn about an Orthodox
Orphanage for girls in Calcutta.
Hosted by Daughters of Penelope –
Daphne #29 at St. Nicholas Greek
Orthodox Church 1260 Davis St.,
San Jose, CA. 2:00 p.m. For more
information: Kassandra Skordilis
408-268-0812
Zakynthino Glendi. Complete
Prime Rib Dinner which includes
two bottles of wine per table. Held
at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1221
Chess Drive, Foster City, CA. 6 p.m.
Tickets are $75 adults, $30 children
under 12. Call Nick Vlahiotis for
more information at 415-810-6023
January 24 • Sunday
Sts Constantine & Helen
Golden Gate
Boys Choir and
Bellringers
Currently holding auditions to apply
for membership for ages 7 and older
with unchanged voices
Wide repertoire, vocal skills, and knowledge of
music theory • Performances locally, nationally, and
internationally • Largest collection of handbells and
chimes on the West Coast
1988
OLDEN
ATE
BOYS CHOIR
The Boys learn: teamwork, independence, leadership,
self-esteem, prioritizing, responsible decision making,
and how to present themselves in public with grace
and dignity.
Convenient Rehearsal Locations in San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda or
Hayward • Local Summer Music Camp • Annual Appearances at Ascension
Cathedral and Greek Dinner Nights at Summer Music Camp
We invite you to come to one of our Concerts or Rehearsals
to see what the choir is all about!
For more information view our web page at:
www.ggbc.org or phone us at: 510-887-4311
Cathedral’s Blessing of the
Waters with His Eminence
Metropolitan Gerasimos. The
day’s festivities begin at Hale Koa
Hotel on Waikiki with Orthros at 8
a.m., Divine Liturgy at 9 a.m. and
the Blessing of Waters. A luncheon
will follow immediately after.
For more details contact Fr. John
Kuehnle at 808-675-1400
are $75.00 Reservations: 760-5689901
January 29 • Friday
Roumeli Society of the
Bay Area Dinner-Dance.
California Leg of Lamb Dinner
held at Ascension Cathedral
Community Center 4700 Lincoln
Metropolis of San Francisco
Family Golf Tournament.
Proceeds benefit the Metropolis
of San Franciso Family Wellness
Ministry. The tournament features
LPGA Golfer Nicole Dalkas
Castrale. Talega Golf Club 990
Avenida Talega, San Clemente, CA.
Shotgun Start at 12:00 noon. For
more information and to register
contact the Metropolis of San
Francisco 415-753-3075
Annunciation Philoptochos
Society’s 28th Annual Crab
Feed. The evening begins with a
Cocktail Reception at 6 p.m. and
Dinner at 7:30 p.m. Annunciation
Cathedral 245 Valencia St., San
Francisco, CA. $45.00 per person
Reservations: 415-864-8000
Fifth Anniversary of the
Consecration of St. George
Greek Orthodox Church. The
Celebration begins at 6 p.m. and will
be held at The Springs Country
Club in Rancho Mirage, CA. Tickets
“Evening With Friends”
Fundraising event for Saint Sophia
Philoptochos Society honoring Mr.
Chris John Julias. Bel Air Country
Club, Beverly Hills, CA. For more
information: Marianna Politis 310275-4074
Ave. Oakland, CA. $55.00 per
person by reservation only. For more
information: Athena Lagios 510530-9273
January 31 • Sunday
North American Tour 2010
– Yiannis Ploutarhos. OPA
PRODUCTIONS in association with
The Mnimi Foundation for Veterans
present Yiannis Ploutarhos Live
at the Radisson Hotel 500 Leisure
Lane, Sacramento, CA. Tickets and
info: 877-OPA-SHOW or 916-9731120. Visit: www.mnimi.org and
www.yiannisploutarhostour.com
CALIFORNIA TOUR OF YANNIS
KONSTANTINOU & MAKEDONIKOS ICHOS
Sat., Jan 9:
room TBA. Info: www.
US DEBUT
yourfdf.org
GLENDI: Dinner,
Mon., Jan 18: Dance
Performances,
Workshop, music by
and DANCING!
Makedonikos Ichos.
$35. St. Nicholas
$15. GreekFeet,
Church, 1260
Presidio Dance
Davis St., San Jose,
Academy, San
CA 95612. Tickets:
Francisco, 1158
s_efstratiou@
Gorgas Ave. @
hotmail.com,
Marshall St., San
caroline_simmonds@
Francisco, CA.
Yiorgos Skopakis,
hotmail.com
Pre-registration:
Leader of
Sat., Jan 16:
makaronis@earthlink.
Makedonikos Ichos net
Evening Glendi
PHOTO by Caroline
– Makedonikos
Simmonds Wed., Jan 20: Dance
Ichos (and
lesson & Glendi.
other musicians!). $30. FDF
$15. Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo
Competition
Ave., Berkeley, CA. Info: caroline_
San Jose Convention Center, exact simmonds@hotmail.com
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southern california notes
Shelly Papadopoulos, Producer, during the German occupation
before coming to the U.S. and
Antonia Lianos, editor Rich
summed it up with “I am proud
Uber and composer Bob
to be a Greek, I am proud to be
Luna, in addition to numerous
a Jew, and I’m proud to be an
hard-working volunteers and
American. I’ve been blessed with
contributors.
three great heritages.”
The screening took place on
November 12 at The Motion
■■■
Picture Academy in Beverly
The second cast of the
Hills before an enthusiastic
spectacularly successful “Barber
audience. John Aniston hosted
of Seville” at the Music Center
the evening and introduced the
included the distinguished
makers of the film who talked
bass-baritone,
about some of the
Philip Cokorinos.
difficulties but
He returned to the
mostly of the joys
Los Angeles Opera
of putting the
Company to sing the
project together.
role of Dr. Bartolo,
Zoye Fidler,
and delivered a finely
President and one
nuanced though
of the founders
powerful performance
of GHS, brought
in a role that is often
Anna Lianos into
played as a caricature.
the organization,
His interpretation
and their team
was one of the finest
Bass-baritone
managed to
Philip Cokorinos
I’ve ever seen, as
discover many
befits a singer who has sung over
wonderful stories, including
30 roles at the New York Met and
tales of struggle and of
at major opera houses around the
participation in WWII in the
armed forces. Always uppermost world.
was the determination to get an
■■■
education and make a good life
for themselves and their families. Runners were dusting off their
track shoes on December 6 in the
The question of identity was
first Santa Barbara International
brought up more than once,
Marathon race. AHEPA Santa
with such comments as “We are
Barbara sponsored 12 local Greeknot just Greeks, we are not just
Americans to run in the Marathon
Americans, but are a new breed
and relay races. Not that dust has
– Greek-Americans!” Professor
any time to gather on these fine
Frederic Kakis put that insight
athletes. One of the team, Panos
in a global context. He talked
Mitroulias, who arrived in the
about surviving in Athens
By Mavis
Manus
In 1988 The Greek Heritage
Society, had a dream and
that was to pay tribute to
the immigrants’ stories and
experiences from Greece to
Southern California. In the first
installment of this ambitious
Greek American epic, The
Pioneers 1900-1943, completed
in 2002, was redefined later as
part one of a trilogy. Included
were heartwarming stories from
the early immigrants and their
struggles to overcome language
problems, poverty and lack of
education en route to becoming
successful citizens. Now the
second installment entitled The
Promise of Tomorrow, 1940-1960,
highlights the achievements
of their offspring, the next
generation of Greeks. The film
is filled with its own artistic
and historical worth and is
successful on many levels, as a
human document, a reflection
of social changes, a confirmation
of moral strength and traditional
values. Also the film is brilliantly
written, directed and edited.
GHS has given birth to a work
of art.
Collaborators in the project
were writer and director Anna
Giannotis, executive producer
Santa Barbara International Marathon
PHOTOS COURTESY OF PANAGIOTIS NIK. MITROULIAS
U.S. a year and a half ago from
Patras, had been training for a
month in the hopes that he would
be able to complete the run in
four hours. “Though I may be a
little slower,” he said. He had just
returned from Ohio on a business
trip and then had to drive from
LAX to Santa Barbara. “But all
twelve of us are a strong team,
happy doing this and feel we are
helping promote the Marathon’s
heritage and the Olympics’ ideals.”
The original 26.2 miles
was run by Pheidippides, a
news-bearing foot soldier, who
announced with his last breath,
“Victory” – the victory of the
Greeks against the Persians in the
battle of Marathon, 490 BC.
■■■
“Evening With Friends” is
the appropriate title of this
year’s winter fundraiser to be
hosted by the Saint Sophia
Philoptochos Society. The event,
chaired by Mariann Politis, will
be held at the Bel Air Country
Club on Saturday January
30. Chris John Julias will be
the honored guest. “Chris has
devoted his life to his family and
church and is a supportive friend
of the Philoptochos Society,”
said publicity chairman Lola
Gialketsis, “and we are all very
pleased to be honoring him
this year. Chris, his wife Kathy
and son John, daughter and her
husband Christina and Armando
Rangel are all active participants
in the Saint Sophia Cathedral
community. This event will be
an evening of fun and friendship
with great entertainment, music
and dancing.” For information
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■■■
Anne Sirota guarantees to
blast those inevitable postHoliday blues away. She is
coordinating the return visit of
Master dance teacher Yannis
Konstantinou to California this
month. He will be accompanied
by the incomparable Florina
brass band, Makedonikos Ichos
for their 2010 U.S. tour.
Yannis Konstantinou has
been dancing from childhood
alongside his parents, family and
friends in the village of Florina
located in northwest Greece, and
to this day his personal teaching
and dancing style conveys this
lifelong experience. He has a
deep passion and commitment
to preserving and sharing the
local traditions and culture of
the various ethnic groups living
in the region and has studied the
cross-border influences of
neighboring communities on
dance and music along the
northern border of Greece. Yannis
teaches extensively throughout
Europe and each year organizes
Greek and Balkan seminars in the
villages of the Prespes Lakes.
Makedonikos Ichos is led
by Yiorgos Skopakis (clarinet
- saxophone) with his uncle,
Konstantinos Skopakis
(accordion), cousin, Elias
Skopakis (daoule), and childhood
friend, Athanasiou Dimitrios
(trumpet). Like Yannis, the
musicians learned local tunes as
children from their fathers and
grandfathers, and as adults have
expanded their repertoire to
include the music of the various
ethnic populations that have
relocated to the Florina region. In addition to Florina, the band
plays music from Grevena,
Kozani, Kastoria, Edessa, Aridea,
Goumenissa, and as far east as
Thrace. The band is in great
demand, playing at weddings,
christenings, glendia, and
panegyria (Saint’s day festivals) in
and around Florina.
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northwest and pacific notes
By
Theodora
Dracopoulos
Argue
with Fr. Dimosthenis and
outgoing proistamenos Fr. C. Paul
Schroeder. On November 29,
Philoptochos and Parish Council
honored Fr. Paul Schroeder at
coffee hour.
NEW PUBLICATIONS
Archimandrite Cherouvim
WISHING YOU A HAPPY NEW G. Apostolou, originally from
YEAR!!
Seattle and currently serving in
Thessaloniki, has
NEW PASTORAL
just published H
LEADERS
Asmatikh Akolonuia
Holy Trinity
ton Termanon thq
Cathedral in
Alaskaq (The
Portland welcomed
Spiritual Akolouthia
its two new clergy:
of St. Herman
Fr. John Angelis as
of Alaska), his
interim proistamenos
dissertation. In doing
and Fr. Dimosthenis
his research, Fr.
Paraskevaidis as
Cherouvim, a monk
Newly arrived
from Greece is
assistant priest. Fr.
for many years on
Fr. Dimosthenis
John Angelis and
Mount Athos, went
Paraskevaidis,
Presvytera Anna
to Alaska to Kodiak
the new Assistant
Priest at Holy
arrived in Portland
and Spruce Island to
Trinity Cathedral in
on December 1.
retrace the steps of St.
Portland, Oregon.
A beloved priest
Photo from “Dynamis”
Herman. He visited
Holy Trinity monthly
for over 43 years,
with present day
newsletter
Fr. Angelis first
Orthodox in Kodiak,
served in St. Paul, MN, then in
as evidenced by the photographs
San Francisco Metropolis parishes
of the people and of the relics
in Sacramento, Fresno, Chandler
of the saint himself. The glossy
(AZ), Seattle, and in “retirement”
250-page book, which also has
Honolulu and Tacoma. The
comprehensive bibliography and
Portland bulletin states, “Fr. John
beautiful Orthodox page borders,
is known to be a man of warmth,
will inspire Greek-speaking
humility and love. We are fortunate people as they learn about the
to have a man of his caliber assist
life of St. Herman, his impact
us during our transition.”
on Alaska, and read the prayerful
Fr. Dimosthenis Paraskevaidis
services dedicated to the muchand his Presvytera Magdalini
beloved saint. To order, write Fr.
and their children Paraskevas,
Cherouvim at herap@otenet.gr.
Sevastiani, and Evanthia arrived
St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press
from Greece on November 13
recently has issued Book 38 of
after months of working through
The Popular Patristic Series:
the tightened immigration rules to
On Social Justice—St. Basil
obtain a U.S. religious worker visa. the Great, translation with
Fr. Dimosthenis previously served
introduction and commentary
in Kavala, Greece. On November
by Fr. C. Paul Schroeder, an
15th, Metropolitan Gerasimos
independent scholar and translator
concelebrated the Divine Liturgy
of early patristic texts.
“You know, the Greeks invented real estate!”
MEMORY ETERNAL
Just two weeks after Seattle’s St.
Demetrios Church parishioners
honored Nikolaos Kokonas on
his 100th birthday, as noted in the
December issue, sadly he passed
away. May his memory be eternal!
IOCC IN PORTLAND
On Friday, January 29, the
Portland Metropolitan Area
International Orthodox Christian
Charities (IOCC) Committee
benefit concert will feature the
Portland area Orthodox Church
choirs.
ICARIANS
Recently a Pan-Icarian
Brotherhood Dinner was held in
Portland. For chapter information,
please contact charley@msn.com
and carlene_irini@yahoo.com.
ELECTION RESULTS
Three people in races for
political office in Washington
State of interest to Hellenic Journal
readers have won their races by
over 50 percent. King County
Councilman Dow Constantine
became the eighth King County
Executive, handily winning
over former TV newscaster Susan
Hutchinson for the leadership of
the County. Constantine takes
the place of Ron Sims who was
appointed by President Obama
as the Deputy Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development. Dean Grafos
will take his seat on the Council
of the City of Spokane Valley,
and Incumbent Spokane School
District Board President Rocky
Treppiedi (wife Marianthi) was
returned by the voters to the board.
PATRIARCHAL HONORS
Fordham University in
New York City conferred its
highest honor, the Honorary
Doctorate of Laws, to His All
Bartholomew “for his remarkable
service to the world community
and for the principles that he
continues to uphold.” Anne
Neuendorf, a sophomore, former
member of Holy Transfiguration
Greek Orthodox Church in
Anchorage, AK, and president of
the Orthodox Christian Fellowship
at Fordham, was chosen to present
the Patriarch with a special
“green” rose developed to thrive in
harsh conditions and named the
“Bartholomew Rose” to honor the
Patriarch’s global environmental
ministry.
Theodore Primis, also formerly
of the Anchorage parish, was in
the Manhattan Philharmonic
Orchestra playing the French horn
when it performed at the Lincoln
Center under the baton of GreekAmerican Conductor Peter Tiboris
in the “Tribute to Peacemakers
Concert” to honor His All
Bartholomew, and to celebrate His
Eminence Archbishop Demetrios’
10th Anniversary as leader of the
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.
NEW ARCHONS
At the end of the Divine
Liturgy on Sunday, November
1, at Holy Trinity Cathedral in
New York City, the 2009 Class
of Archons of the Order of St.
Andrew had the unique pleasure
and honor of having His All
Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew
himself induct them into the
organization that supports and
defends the Patriarchate. Two
2009 Archons are from the
Metropolis of San Francisco:
Mihail Koulakis of St. Nicholas
Church, Northridge, CA, and
Chrysostomos L. Nikias, PhD, of
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He is active in the ministries of
the Metropolis of San Francisco,
including the Metropolitan
Council and St. Nicholas Ranch.
Dr. Nikias (who will be inducted
at a later date), is Provost and
Executive Vice President of the
University of Southern California.
As the second ranking officer
there, he oversees an institution
with an annual budget of over $2
billion and its 33,000 students and
3,200 full-time faculty members.
Another new Archon, Dr. Gregory
George Papadeas, of Colorado,
has a connection with the Pacific
Northwest in that his wife, Stellee
Pallis Papadeas, is from Seattle.
West Coast Archons and their
wives known to be at the festivities
during the Patriarch’s visit to
New York were: Theofanis
Economidis of Los Altos, CA
and President of the Hellenic
Journal Board of Directors;
Isidoros and Maria Garifalakis
and Stephanos and Mary
Vertopoulos from Vancouver,
WA; Paul Sogotis of Burlingame,
CA; Dr. James G. and Virginia
Kallins from Downey, CA; John
Demetropoulos from Phoenix,
AZ; Clifford and Theodora
Argue, Mercer Island, WA.
Metropolitan Gerasimos was
present along with all the other
Metropolitans of the Archdiocese.
As President of the Archdiocesan
Presbyters Council, Fr. Steven
Tsichlis, Proistamenos of St. Paul,
Irvine, CA, participated in the
Patriarchal Divine Liturgy and at
the Archon Banquet.
PAN ORTHODOX WINTER
RETREAT
Early registration ($85) for the
February 26-28, 2010, high school
Cascade Mountain retreat is due by
January 15. Obtain forms online at
www.stpaulorthodox.org/registration.
pdf.
Email Theodora Argue at
yiayia2@aol.com
Fanari Academy of Greek Education, a 501
(c) (3) nonprofit Greek language program, is
accepting applications for teaching positions for
2009-2010. Also needed is a Computer & Greek
language instructor: Applicants must hold a
degree in computer science or related field and
speak Greek fluently. This position is designed
to enhance teaching Greek with the integration
of computers. The school is located at the
campus of Rainbow Montessori in Sunnyvale.
Qualified candidates should be fluent in Greek
and have a university degree. Please register
online www.fanariacademy.org or contact us by
e-mail at info@fanariacademy.org.
Folk Dance and Choral Festival
musicians in Greece and the US.
Sunday morning the FDF
participants and their families will
begin the day with a Hierarchical
Divine Liturgy at the San Jose Civic
Auditorium, celebrated by His
Eminence Archbishop Demetrios.
The Youth Choir from Saint John
the Baptist Church in Las Vegas,
NV, joined by other youth choir
members from the Metropolis, will
sing the hymns and responses for
the Divine Liturgy.
Following the conclusion of
the final round of competition for
the Advanced Senior division, over
2,500 people are expected to gather
for the Awards Banquet honoring
the outstanding performances
of the weekend. The festivities
will continue after the awards
presentations with dancing to the
music of The Olympians.
For over 30 years, the Greek
Orthodox Folk Dance and Choral
Festival (FDF) has become one of
the most vibrant youth ministries
in the Greek Orthodox Church.
With over 65 parishes across
the western United States which
comprise the Metropolis of San
Francisco, FDF has been the
meeting place for thousands of
Greek Orthodox Christians year
after year.
FDF is one of the central
ministries of the Metropolis of
San Francisco and is designed to
bring together Greek Orthodox
Christians of all ages through the
love of Greek folk dance and music.
It is a forum where youth can come
together in friendly competition
to share and showcase the history
of the Greek people, share in faith
and fellowship, and create lifelong
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Glendale, CA 91203
323-660-9916
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Alexander Mallas
Post Office Box 444
Belmont, CA 94002-0444
Ph: 650-591-1010 • Fax: 650-345-4742
Email: info@vitalsounds.net
www.vitalsounds.net
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Christos Sarantakis
707-939-9063
www.medsoul.com
Email: christos@medsoul.com
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COAST FUNDING GROUP, INC.
“Financing Homes to Hamburgerstands”
Since 1984
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Ted Learakos
Kostas Hatzidakis
1401 N. Tustin Ave., Suite 155
Santa Ana, California 92705
Ph: 714-547-3444
Email: john@coastfundinggroup.com
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Santa Monica, California 90405
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2365 Mission Street
San Franciso, California 94110
Ph: 415-282-2237 • Fax: 415-282-4250
Email: hellenicimports@aol.com
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du vin fine wines
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Dan Marshall
2526 A Santa Clara Ave.
Alameda, CA 94501
Ph: 510-769-9463 • Fax: 510-769-9443
Email: dan@duvinfinewines.com
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2365 Mission Street
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ndiafos@comcast.net
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Bay Bridge Office
5890 Horton St., Suite 500
Emeryville, California 94608
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Cell: 510-205-5433
Email: demetrios@nyl.com
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200 Valley Drive Suite 20
Brisbane, California 94005
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101 Utah Street Suite 201
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888 Brannan Street Suite 165
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888 Brannan Street Suite 126
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Serving the Greek Orthodox Community
Your trusted source for providing
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Chrys Chrys
2771 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90006
Ph: 323-737-2970
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Email: WeCare@GreerFamilyMortuary.com
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Colma, CA 94014
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2694 Blanding Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501
Ph: 510-865-3755 • Fax: 510-865-1327
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Serving the Orthodox Community for over
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Ph: 510-522-5188
Cell: 510-368-3892
Email: hgreer7215@aol.com
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160 Estudillo Avenue
San Leandro, CA. 94577
Ph: 510-483-0123
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Traditional Funeral Services, On-Call 24
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1140 B Street, Hayward, CA. 94541
Ph: 510-581-1234
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Ph: 858-292-6070
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Ph: 415-282-2237
REAL ESTATE
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Petros Mungridis
422 Tyler Street, Monterey, CA 93940
Ph: 831-655-8108
www.epsilonrestaruant.com
Papa Cristo’s
Authentic Greek Taverna Since 1948
Chrys Chrys
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Rita Cocalis - Site Management
Cell: 925-234-8008
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4340 Redwood Hwy, Suite A33
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Ph: 415-472-4572 • Fax: 415-472-4575
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