Greece Awaits Obama's Post-Election Visit

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The National Herald askedseveral Greek-Americans abouttheir thoughts on the upcomingelection. Here are a few of theresponses.

Andrew Manatos, formerAssistant U.S. Secretary ofCommerce, Founder and Pres-ident of the Washington OxiDay Foundation

“Strictly from the perspectiveof Orthodoxy and Hellenism onecan look at the election this way.Hillary Clinton was deeply in-volved in unprecedented accom-plishments for our issues. BillClinton become the first sittingPresident to visit the EcumenicalPatriarchate, switching the objec-tion of France and Germany toCyprus’ early accession to the EU,moving FYROM to remove fromits constitution language threat-ening northern Greece, apologiz-ing for America’s dealing with theJunta, getting Albania to releasefrom prison the "Omonoia Five”,convincing the Turks to withdrawfrom the islet of Imia and as Sec-retary of State, she got the Turksto withdraw their ship fromCyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zoneand pressed in an unsurpassedfashion for the reopening of theEcumenical Patriarchate’s Halkiseminary in Turkey.

Trump’s position on our is-sues is unknown. But bothGeorge Gigicos and ReincePriebus -respectively one of theclosest people to Trump duringthis campaign and the incredi-bly effective Chairman of the

Republican National Commit-tee- are both the extraordinarykind of Orthodox Christian andHellene who really uses theirpersonal chits with a presidentto elevate those issues where theinterests of America, their faithand their heritage merge.”

Nick Mamatas, Writer, Cal-ifornia

“It's perhaps no surprise, butas someone whose family is

from Ikaria, I dislike both majorcandidates for the election andwill be voting for a small left-wing party here in California:the Peace and Freedom candi-date is Gloria La Riva. I'd rathervote for what I want and not getit than vote for what I don'twant and get that.”

Olga Alexakos, AGAPW co-Founder and President

“I am looking forward to

when the election campaign isover, so we can all focus on thereal issues and on how to movethis country forward and keepthe American dream alive.”

Lambros Athanasopoulos,Queens

“I think Greek-Americans areevenly split in who they willvote for, but I think they appre-

Greek-Americans’ Thoughts on the Election

Attorney Nick Karambelas spoke at the Fordham Law School about the timely subject of ElectoralLaw on Oct 26. The event was organized by the Hellenic American Lawyers Association.

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NICOSIA — The leaders of eth-nically divided Cyprus' Greekand Turkish speaking commu-nities have agreed to conduct akey phase of reunification talksin Mont Pelerin, Switzerland,next month, a United Nationsspokesman said Oct. 26.

Aleem Siddique said GreekCypriot President Nicos Anas-tasiades and breakaway TurkishCypriot leader Mustafa Akinciwill concentrate in talks set forNov. 7-11 on how much terri-tory each side will administerunder an envisioned federation.Other related issues may also bediscussed.

Shifting negotiations abroadis aimed at lowering the risk ofleaks undercutting the talks' mo-mentum amid concerns of abacklash by some Turkish Cypri-ots who may have to relocate.

Siddique said in a statementthe leaders expressed hope thatthe Switzerland meeting "willpave the way for the last phaseof talks in line with their sharedcommitment to do their utmostin order to reach a settlementwithin 2016."

A 1974 Turkish invasion inresponse to a coup aiming tounite Cyprus with Greece re-sulted in the island's division

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ATHENS — A high court hascanceled a television licenseauction in Greece, dealing ablow to the country’s left-winggovernment which carried outthe sale as part of an anti-cor-ruption drive.

Judges from the Council ofState court ruled 14-11 late Oct.26 that the auction in Septem-ber was unconstitutional be-cause the process bypassed anindependent media regulator.

The ruling means the govern-ment will have to pay backmoney it has received from the246 million euro ($275 million)sale. And its plans to reduce thenumber of national privatebroadcasters from seven to fourwill be canceled.

The auction triggered a ma-jor political spat over corruptionand control of the news media.

Opposition parties accused

Greek CourtNixes TV Lic.Auction

By Demetris Tsakas

NEW YORK – The Hellenic-American Chamber of Com-merce (HACC) of New Yorkhonored Nitzia Logothetis,Founder and Executive Chair-woman of the Seleni Institutewith the “Person of the Year"award during its 68th AnnualDinner Dance which was heldon October 21 at The Pierre Ho-tel in Manhattan.

The Seleni Institute is an ad-vanced treatment center basedin Manhattan that aims to trans-form mental health and well-ness for women. It was foundedin 2011 by Nitzia and her hus-band, George and fully main-tains the character of a non-profit organization.

The dinner was attended bythe Consul Generals of Greeceand Cyprus, KonstantinosKoutras and Vasilios Philippourespectively, as well as represen-tatives of other Greek-American

institutions.HACC president Brian

Devine referred to the organi-zation’s activities and focusedhis attention on the most impor-tant events that are organizedtogether with other professionalbodies of New York.

Meanwhile, he pointed outthat next year marks the 70thanniversary of HACC’s founding,for which they are planning var-ious events. He said Nitzia Lo-gothetis’ charitable work is asimportant as that of Seleni. Healso talked about the coopera-tion with other institutions forchildren with disabilities inGreat Britain, Panama and Peru,and with the Hellenic Societyfor Disabled Children (ELEPAP)in Greece.

HACC Chair Nancy Papaioan-nou, who is also the presidentof Atlantic Bank, spoke aboutthe Chamber’s achievementsand noted that it made historytwo years ago by electing awoman as chairperson for thefirst time.

She then spoke about thehonoree and her husband , whois Chairman and CEO of the Li-bra Group, and invited him topresent his wife. George Logo-thetis spoke about the decisionthat was made six years ago tofound Seleni. He said it was herinitiative and aimed not only totreat women, but to alsoawaken public opinion in orderto stop the cycle of silence onthe mental health issues womenface during the prenatal period,as well as during childbirth andpostpartum.

He also spoke about the hon-oree’s collaboration with themotherland, and noted that dur-ing the difficult times Greece isgoing through, we must em-bolden the people and restoretheir confidence, hope and in-spiration.

Nitzia Logothetis isHonored as HACC’sPerson of the Year

By Eleni Sakellis

NEW YORK – Classical violinistLeonidas Kavakos performedwith the New York Philharmonicon October 20, 21, 22, and 25,marking his debut as a conduc-tor with the famed orchestra aswell. The incredibly talentedmusician dazzled the audienceswith his tremendous skill on theviolin, a priceless Stradivarius,making the listeners feel likethey are hearing the true soundof a violin for the first time.Kavakos is the Mary and JamesG. Wallach Artist-in-Residence

for the 2016-17 season and per-formed Johann Sebastian Bach’salways popular Violin Concertoin D minor. His stirring solo vi-olin was moving to say the least,with evidence of his passion formusic in every note. Kavakosrange as an artist is impressivein everything from Baroque tocontemporary pieces. He con-ducted Ferruccio Busoni’sBerceuse élégiaque, Op. 42, andRobert Schumann’s SymphonyNo. 2 in C major, Op.61.

The 48-year old artist andAthens-native comes from along line of traditional Greek

folk violinists in his family. Theexperience of performing takeson a religious quality forKavakos who said in an inter-view for the New York Philhar-monic Playbill, “It’s a commu-nion we are experiencing in theconcert hall,” noting that greatcomposers, “have given us thechance to get closer to divinity.”Speaking about his residency, heobserved that it, “generates in-credible emotions for me.” TheNew York Philharmonic is “anorchestra full of incredibly tal-

Violinist Leonidas Kavakos Conducts

Greece Celebrates Oxi DayWith Greek flags waving, the crowds lined the streets for the annual parade commemorating OxiDay and the historic victory of the Greek forces against fascism in World War II.

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Greece Awaits Obama’s Post-Election Visit

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ATHENS — Greece’s govern-ment says it was facing pressurefrom the International MonetaryFund to aggressively scale backunion powers and employmentrights, as the White House con-firmed Oct. 25 that U.S. Presi-dent Barack Obama will pay apost-election visit to Athens.

But also on the agenda is avisit to the refugee-overrun is-land of Lesbos near Turkey’scoast, and as the President re-portedly wants to defuse tensioncaused by Turkish President Re-cep Tayyip Erdogan’s covetingof Greek islands and even Thes-saloniki.

The President also wants todiscuss the slogging Cyprusunity talks in which Greece is aguarantor power.

Obama’s Nov. 15 trip couldboost efforts by the left-winggovernment in Athens to pressfor debt relief from Europeanbailout lenders, as the country’snational debt approaches 180percent of Greece’s stagnantGross Domestic Product. Obamawill travel on to Germany afterhis Greek visit.

Greece is pressing bailoutlenders to start talks on debt re-lief measures — with longer ma-turities and a more even repay-ment schedule — before the endof the year but is facing opposi-tion from lead rescue lenderGermany.

On Oct. 25, Prime MinisterAlexis Tsipras discussed the is-sue with French Foreign Minis-ter Jean Marc Ayrault.

MORE BAILOUT TALKBailout negotiators returned

to Athens last week after thelenders backed the payout of aloan installment worth 2.8 bil-lion euros ($3.1 billion). Pay-ment was formally approvedOct. 25 by the Eurozone rescue

Amid Tough BailoutTalks, White HouseConfirms Trip

What should have been a celebration of free-dom and democracy in this election cycle hasturned into a bitter, shallow exhibition of thetwo major party presidential candidates’ torturedpersonal worlds.

Consequently, rather than basking in theessence of the democratic process – that is, thedebate of ideas and the presentation of proposalsthat seek to solve some of the country’s mostpressing problems – we are instead subjected tothe clash of two personalities who seek, thoughthe popular vote, to exorcise their personaldemons, an undertaking that has resulted in bit-terly dividing the country.

That Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump havereached the pinnacle of political leadership is

not their fault alone. We, the voters, must all ac-cept a big part of the responsibility, as well asmust all those who guide public opinion.

Consequentially, the country is going througha period of self-doubt regarding its exceptional-ism and hopes to overcome it by selecting notthe best and brightest, but the lesser of two evils.

Judging by that criterion, the choice is clear:we prefer Hillary Clinton.

We confess of having toyed with the idea ofnot endorsing either of the two and instead ask-ing you, our readers, to vote according to thedictates of your judgement and conscience.

But that would have been equivalent to for-feiting our responsibility to express our positionwith clarity and in the best interests of our com-

munity, country, and Hellenism.Avoiding making an endorsement would have

rightly rendered us unworthy of your trust andrespect.

But merely stating whom we support is notenough. We have a responsibility to present youwith our reasoning for selecting Mrs. Clinton:the promise of the candidate, but also the short-comings.

To reach our conclusion, we examined criteriasuch as personality, temperament, trustworthi-ness to serve as commander-in-chief, knowledge,ability to listen and advise and learn, one’s stand-ing not only in the United States but throughout

For the Community and Country: Hillary for President

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ciate the way campaign swingsback and forth between seriousissues and comedy - like anAristophanes play.”

Jimmy Panagiotou, Produc-tion Manager, Melrose Ball-room

“As a Greek-American I’m soproud to support Hillary Clin-ton, she was an amazing Sena-tor in New York and I’m withher! I believe she will turn thecountry into the right direction,and not the direction of hateand racism like Trump!”

Demetri Kofinas- Princi-pal/Executive Producer, Of-fline Productions

“What has discouraged memost about this election cycle isits lack of civility and its deaf-ness. We are too busy being out-raged, too busy agitating our as-sailants and sharpening ourknives. We make no effort to lis-ten to or to try and understandone another. We pay a price forthis indulgence. It makes us vul-nerable to the machinations ofdemagogues and immune to ar-guments and reason.

It dulls our capacity to beinspired. In this sense, it makesus poor citizens, and we cannotafford this. If we do not learnhow to listen, learn and com-promise, we will not be able tohold onto this system of self-government. It will simply ceaseto function. This is how democ-racies devolve into totalitarian-ism.

The inability to achieve com-promise over time leads to po-litical disarray, and to the even-tual longing by the citizenry forsome clear direction and order.By that time, it will no longermatter how dark the messageis, only that it is loud and pow-erful. This should worry all ofus.”

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Nitzia Logothetis expressedher gratitude for the honor andfocused on Seleni’s role in treat-ing women's problems, includ-ing anxiety and depressionwhich are exacerbated bypoverty, starvation, and climatechange.

She also noted the coopera-tion with the Hellenic Societyfor Disabled Children (ELEPAP)and told the story of littleEpaminondas, emphasizing thateach person is entitled to treat-ment and to the provision of de-velopmental opportunities.

Logothetis thanked theChamber for the award, as wellas her partners at ELEPAP andthe Seleni. Papaioannou re-ferred to the success of the 10thannual New York City GreekFilm Festival and awarded anhonorary plaque to the leaderand director of the festivalJames Demetro.

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WASHINGTON, DC – The Wash-ington Oxi Day Foundation holdsits annual Gala at the U.S. Insti-tute of Peace on October 27. VicePresident Joe Biden and his lateson Beau (posthumously) will re-ceive the Oxi Day Award forCourage.

Also honored that eveningwill be survivor of ISIS atrocitiesand sexual slavery, Nobel PeacePrize Nominee and UN GoodwillAmbassador Nadia Murad. AmalClooney, who nominated Muradfor this award, will introduce herby video.

Each honoree was selectedfor exhibiting the same extraor-dinary David vs. Goliath couragethat Greece demonstratedagainst the Nazis during WorldWar II. The Foundation works tohonor and inspire courage in theworld today.

"Oxi" (pronounced "OH-hee")means "no" in Greek. It is the sin-

gle word that Prime MinisterIoannis Metaxas of Greece an-swered when Fascist Italy’s dic-tator Benito Mussolini demandedon October 28, 1940 that Greeceallow Axis Forces to enter andoccupy strategic positions.

Greece went on to become thefirst country to stop the Axis ad-vance in Europe and would inflicta wound that was instrumentalto Hitler's ultimate defeat. Thefirst victory against the forces ofFascism delayed Nazi Germany’sleader Adolf Hitler’s plans to at-tack the Soviet Union, which in-evitably helped turn the tide ofthe war.

The Greeks’ extraordinary ef-forts to hold off the enemy ledWinston Churchill to say: "if therehad not been the virtue andcourage of the Greeks, we do notknow which the outcome ofWorld War II would have been."

Vice President Biden andBeau have exemplified suchcourage: Beau for the valor he

showed in risking his life for ourcountry, in fighting for the pro-tection of children, and in hisfight against cancer. The courage

and grace Biden has shown inthe loss of his family members isremarkable and his David vs. Go-liath battle against what will

soon be the number one causeof death in the United States,cancer, is truly inspirational.Previous honorees recognized for

their commitment to freedom,democracy and humanity haveincluded: James Foley, nomi-nated by President Clinton in2014 – the first American killed(publicly and brutally) by ISIS inresponse to American airstrikesin Iraq; Nobel Laureate Aung SanSuu Kyi in 2011, and Chinesedissident Chen Guangchen in2012.

U2 singer Bono nominatedthe 2015 and 2013 honorees,Leyla Yunus of Azerbaijan andJohn Githongo of Kenya.

The Foundation, under theleadership of Founder and Pres-ident Andrew Manatos, whoserved as Secretary of Commercefor President Carter, and Execu-tive Director Mike Manatos, con-tinues to increase awareness ofGreece’s contributions in WorldWar II and to recognize individ-uals who exemplify the virtuesthat helped win the war.

More information is availableat oxidayfoundation.org.

VP Biden, son Beau, & ISIS Survivor Murad Receive Oxi Day Awards

LEFT: The official portrait of Vice President Joe Biden. RIGHT: Greek flags flank the emblem ofthe 8th Infantry Division, the first unit to face the Italian invasion: its motto is Oxi.

By Demetris Tsakas

NEW HYDE PARK, NY – A rallyheld in New Hyde Park atJonathan’s Restaurant on Octo-ber 19 to support the reelectionof New York State District Court(Nassau County) Judge HelenVoutsinas resulted in a massiveturnout of well-wishers, bothGreek and non-Greek alike.

Voutsinas was first elected tothe Court in 2010, becoming thefirst Greek-American judge onLong Island’s Nassau County.The Greek flag that hangs in heroffice beside the American flagis a testament to her pride inher Hellenic heritage.

Voutsinas was a domestic vi-olence judge and ascended tothe position of Presiding Judgeof the Domestic Violence Part.For the past two years. she hasbeen Presiding Judge of the Mis-demeanor DWI Court.

Both in her speech and com-ments to The National Herald,Voutsinas expressed her grati-tude for the support she has re-ceived from Greek-Americansand the communities of Long Is-land, as well as from her hus-band, Tony Grouzis, her parents,siblings, close friends, and rela-tives.

Voutsinas moved the audi-ence with her references to fam-ily values and the difficult roleundertaken by working moth-ers.

Grouzis expressed his grati-tude to the Greek-Americancommunity for its support of hercampaign and called on them toheavily participate in the elec-tions in order to ensure her re-election. He also pointed outthat, although they are not en-titled to vote for Helen Voutsi-nas, the Greek-Americans ofQueens and throughout theNew York metropolitan Area can

help by encouraging their rela-tives and friends living in Nas-sau county to vote for her.

Speaking to TNH, formerpresident of the HellenicLawyers Association MamieStathatos-Fulgieri expressed hersatisfaction with the turnoutand stressed that "Judge HelenVoutsinas has honored the robeand deserves the support of theGreek-American community.”She also noted that, in the lasttwo decades, Voutsinas "hasbeen involved with the publicand has proven to have greatleadership skills.

"Besides, this is evidenced bythe fact that during the period2014-2015 Helen Voutsinasserved as president of the Nas-sau County District CourtJudges Association,” Fulgieriadded.

Pediatrician ChryssanthiMoukas and her husband,George, who are very close toVoutsinas, told TNH that she isfully qualified and has alreadyproven that she honors the oathand the judge’s robe andthrough her work honors theGreek-American community.

Rally for Reelection Bid ofVoutsinas in Nassau County

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Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce Person of the YearNitzia Logothetis and husband George Logothetis, Chairmanand CEO of the Libra Group, at the gala dinner in Nitzia’s honor.

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The Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Endowment Fund joins all Orthodox faithful and theworld community of nations in commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Enthronement of the 270thsuccessor to the Throne of St. Andrew, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.

His All Holiness has been a beacon of light for the worldwide Holy Orthodox Church, for allChristians and for many faiths, as well as for the peoples of the world through his addressing concerns onthe Environment, Human Rights, Injustice, Interfaith Relations and Violence in the name of Religion.

In convening the Holy and Great Council of Orthodox Churches in June of 2016, His All Holinessconveyed to the world the eternal truths of the Orthodox Faith, providing hope, peace and love introubled times.

Those of us who are his spiritual children have grown in our collective witness to our Faith under hissteadfast leadership over the past two and a half decades.

Truly, God has given us a guiding light for our times.

Leadership 100 conveys its deepest respect and heartfelt gratitude to His All Holiness EcumenicalPatriarch Bartholomew.

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By Vasilis Papoutsis

LOS ANGELES, CA – DimitriToscas' latest directorial projectis the Off Broadway hit Buyer &Cellar written by playwrightJonathan Tolins that is based onBarbra Streisand's book My Pas-sion for Design.

The Falcon Theater, whichcommissioned the play. wasfounded by acclaimed directorGary Marshall, who is knownfor his hit movies Pretty Womanand The Princess's Diaries, andhis daughter Kathleen. It is lo-cated in Burbank, CA not farfrom the Warner Bros studios.

The play that Backstage

called “inventive, witty, andpretty wonderful” is a fictionalaccount that Tolins createdaround the one real elementwhich is the existing galleria inthe basement of Streisand's Mal-ibu home that houses all her col-lectibles. In this fictional ac-count, Alex More is a strugglingLA actor hired to be the shop-keeper of the mall for the oneand only client Streisand.

The one-man play is bril-liantly performed by Broadwayand TV actor Jai Rodriguez whoportrays several characters.When Tosca's was asked why heselected the play he told TNH‘‘when they play became avail-

able for licensing, I read the firsteight pages of the script andcould not stop laughing. I thensuggested it to Gary and Kath-leen.” They all agreed that ‘‘itshould be more theatrical andwould not have the feeling ofstand up performance.’‘ A charis-matic performer is required tocarry out a 95-minute perfor-mance that has no intermissionand Jai Rodriguez carries outperfectly. ‘‘Jai came in when Iwas out of town and auditionedwith Gary Marshall. When it wasover Gary immediately sent methe audition video. He said thatthe actor was fantastic and Iwould love his audition. And he

was right’‘ Toscas said. Toscas, who grew up in Joliet

IL, south of Chicago, had ini-tially chosen a different profes-sional path, that of a priest. Asa high school student he spenta lot of his time after school atthe Greek Orthodox church inJoliet and naturally decided toattend Hellenic College of HolyCross. Singing since he was achild at the church choir, Toscasbegan to perform again while atthe college. He was even offereda position with the BostonOpera and began to performsmall parts initially.

Unexpectedly, his love of Godconflicted with his love forsinging. When the seminaryfound out that he was perform-ing at the Boston Opera theygave him an ultimatum: eitherpriesthood or opera. Toscas de-cided to complete his degreeand quit the opera. But his lovefor music never faded, and aftergraduation decided to performrather than pursue priesthood.

His directing career startedwhen he wrote a children’sshow for a fringe festival in Or-lando that won the top award.Then, he was offered assistantdirector positions in regionalmusical theaters or operas,which eventually led to him get-ting opera directing jobs.

‘‘My training at the seminarygives me a unique perspectiveinto analyzing stories and char-acter,” he said. “Directing andpriesthood are both professionsthat want to help people.” Hav-ing directed an opera with over100 members and a one personplay Toscas said that “you wouldbe surprised to hear that a oneperson play is much harder todirect than directing an operawith over 100 people. In a oneman play there is nowhere tohide, all decisions you make getmagnified.” His association withthe Falcon Theater began whenhis friend Paul Vogt introducedhim to director Marshall. ‘‘Weimmediately connected artisti-cally. Gary loved family produc-tions and when I suggested towrite Cinderella an original mu-sical adaptation based on anopera, he was excited to bring

it to the Falcon.’‘ That was thestart of their association.

Other shows Toscas wroteand directed for the Falcon wereBunny Bunny, Laurel and Hardy,Magic Flute, and The Little Mer-maid, set in ancient Greece.‘‘Gary became my mentor,”Toscas said. “He would read myscripts and give me pointers.Participate in auditions, alwaysavailable to help.” When Mar-shall was directing his firstopera he asked Toscas for hisopinion. ‘‘I was extremely flat-

tered but Gary was that way. Atrue collaborator who wouldseek other artists’ suggestionsand actually adopting a lot ofthem.

Gary Marshall passed awayin July and Toscas and the Fal-con artists miss his presence.‘‘We were not just collaborators,we were part of the family. Andwe will remain part of the Fal-con family after his passing.’‘

The play performs until No-vember 6. More information isavailable at falcontheater.com.

ented people… they are suchfantastic colleagues and the at-mosphere is so beautiful andfriendly,” he said.

Kavakos made his debut per-forming with the New York Phil-harmonic in 2002 at the Con-certs in the Parks. Since thattime, he has performed withthem more than 30 times, evenjoining the orchestra on a Euro-pean tour. He has many friendsin the Philharmonic includingmusical director Alan Gilbertwhom he met in the 1990’swhen Gilbert was chief conduc-tor and artistic advisor of theStockholm Philharmonic Or-chestra. Assistant ConcertmasterMichelle Kim noted aboutKavakos, “His temperament fitswell with ours because we’re a

very charismatic orchestra andhe’s a very charismatic player.”Kim was impressed withKavakos’ dedication and his loveof practicing, something un-heard of for most musicians.Kavakos’ residency is also an op-portunity to bond more closelywith the orchestra and the au-dience. He said, “You really havea chance to form somethingvery special and very personal.”

About conducting the Phil-harmonic for the first time,Kavakos said eight or nine yearsago, he wouldn’t have believedit was happening, the dreamseemed so far-fetched at thattime. According to Playbill,Kavakos wanted to be a conduc-tor even before he began play-ing the violin. He observed, “Toimagine that I will have thechance to stand on the podium

in front of that orchestra as aconductor is something that-there are no words to describethat kind of feeling. There’snothing I could wish for more.”

Next on his schedule,Kavakos will perform in Hous-ton, TX, then concert dates inEurope before returning to theUnited States in February 2017.On March 1, he will perform inthe World Premiere of composerLera Auerbach’s Violin ConcertoNo. 4, written especially forhim, making another ofKavakos’ dreams come true.Playing a piece composed forhim by a composer he admireswill surely be an unforgettableexperience for the gifted musi-cian and for the audience aswell.

More information is availableat leonidaskavakos.com.

Dimitri Toscas Directs Buyer & Cellar at the Falcon Theater in Burbank, CA

Kavakos Conducts New York Philharmonic

The 7th Annual Opera and Ballet Night a Hit in AstoriaConductor Yannis Xylas led the orchestra on Oct. 23 at the Petros Patridis Cultural Center ofthe Cathedral of St. Demetrios. The event also celebrated the 89th anniversary of the parish.Among the guests- producer Nick Andriotis, Bishop Sebastianos, Fr. Nektarios Papazafeiropoulos,Emmanuel Dritsas- parish council president, General Consul of Greece Konstantinos Koutras,and Consul of Greece Manos Koubarakis.


Classical violinist and conductor Leonidas Kavakos plays Bach with the New York Philharmonicon October 20. Kavakos dreamed of being a conductor even before he played the violin.

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Cyprus Objects to Toledo Art AuctionTNH Staff

TOLEDO, OH – The governmentof Cyprus is objecting to an Ohiomuseum's sale of antiquities fromthe east Mediterranean island.

The Toledo Museum of Artalso had pieces from Egypt,Greece, and Italy among the 68artifacts to be sold in a New Yorkauction on October 25 and anonline sale closing that day.

A nationally-known archaeol-ogist criticized the sale, andEgyptian officials sought to stopit and have the items from Egyptreturned there.

The Blade newspaper re-ported that Cyprus' ambassadorto the United States also objectedon October 24, asking that thesale be postponed and the mu-seum reconsider keeping theitems. Leonidas Pantelides, am-bassador of Cyprus to the UnitedStates, told The Blade his coun-try “does not insist the pieces bereturned to it, but rather that themuseum consider keeping theCypriot antiquities in its collec-tion.”

Of special concern, Pantelidessaid, is a Cypriot limestone headof a male votary, from 6th cen-tury B.C. Valued at between$20,000 and $30,000, the arti-fact is part of today’s live auction,but the embassy would like tosee that piece, at minimum, staywith the museum.

Toledo Museum directorBrian Kennedy says the museumrespects others' viewpoints butsometimes sells items to main-tain a high-quality collection. Hesays this sale was expected togenerate $500,000 to be put to-ward acquisitions.

Christy Anagnos, ExecutiveDirector of the Association of ArtMuseum Directors, also issued a

statement that deaccessioning isa long-standing practice by mu-seums. The funds raised are of-ten invested in an acquisitionsendowment supporting the long-term growth of a museum’s col-lection, she observed. The ToledoMuseum is merely continuing aprofessional practice used bymany museums.

Joan Connelly, a renownedart expert, well-known archae-ologist, winner of the MacArthurFoundation Genius Award, andprofessor of classics and art his-tory at New York University, ob-jected to the sale. A Toledo na-tive, she told the Blade thatvisiting museums and seeingsuch artifacts during her child-hood inspired her to become anarchaeologist. Her work in Greekart, myth, and religion led to her1996 MacArthur Foundation Ge-nius Award. She is an honorarycitizen of Peyia Municipality inCyprus. She said, “The Cypriotlimestone head of a beardedvotary is especially important as

it is a superb example of votivestatuary. It must be from a sanc-tuary of Apollo in the Mesaorearegion of Cyprus. In fact, it wasthis piece that inspired me towrite my PhD dissertation andmy first book on Cypriot VotiveSculpture.”

Connelly noted, “I would hopethat whoever buys this significantpiece — the Cypriot limestonehead — would give it to a publicmuseum that will treasure it andput it on exhibition for the greaterpublic to see. Alternatively, theycould give it to Cyprus where itwould be cherished by the people.I would be sad to never see itagain ever, which will be the caseif it goes underground in a privatecollection.”

Christie’s Auction House inNew York released a statementsaying the sale would go on, not-ing that the proceeds would goto the Toledo Museum’s acquisi-tions fund and that “the ToledoMuseum of Art has clear title toall 68 works.”

Jai Rodriguez in Buyer & Cellar Photo by Sasha A. Venola

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The Cathedral School an-nounced that sixteen of theirlower and middle school stu-dents recently received honorscertificates for Ellinomatheia,the Greek Language exam. Stu-dents who participated in thisexam were tested on their Greekreading, writing, and speakingproficiency. They achieved ex-ceptional results, a tribute to thecollaborative efforts of theschool’s Greek language depart-ment and its dedicated andhard-working students.

Certificates were awardedthrough the Center of the GreekLanguage in Thessaloniki, whichorganizes worldwide certifica-

tion exams in Greek LanguageProficiency, in collaborationwith the Greek Ministry of Edu-cation, Culture and Religious Af-fairs. The certificate providesany user of Greek “with an ex-pert and objective opinion re-garding the level of their knowl-edge and language skills, andserves as proof of the successfulcandidate's level of attainmentin Greek in the work market.”

This accomplishment repre-sents a significant undertakingby the teachers, the school, and

the students and is a testamentto the interdisciplinary approachin which Greek is taught as aforeign language at Cathedral.“Our foreign language appren-ticeship is seamlessly woventhroughout the curriculum. Stu-dents are consistently learninghow to speak Greek through tra-ditional language classes andalso through literature, theater,art, and mythology. For in-stance, they have read TheOdyssey in English and inGreek. Our students should bevery proud of this language pro-ficiency certificate, and the hardwork they undertook to preparefor the exam,” said Head ofSchool Kristine Cecere.

As a school with over 65

years of experience in educatingyoung students Nursery-8thgrade, the Cathedral School of-fers a rigorous academic educa-tion in a small and supportivelearning environment. At itsfoundation, The CathedralSchool upholds its Orthodoxand Christian values and Hel-lenic heritage. With a low stu-dent-teacher ratio, an interna-tional student body andplacement of graduates in thecity’s best high schools, TheCathedral School continues itslegacy of preparing children forthe complexities and challengesof the world beyond school.More information about TheCathedral School is available atcathedralschoolny.org

Cathedral Students Receive High Honors on their Greek Language ExamSpyridoula Liakonis, teacherat The Cathedral School in-structs a student in the Greeklanguage.

By Terry Poulos

There are many good reasonsa record 350 prominent GreekAmericans traversed the globe toattend the exclusive, annual Na-tional Hellenic Society (NHS)“Heritage Weekend and Classic”retreat, held October 6-9 at theJW Marriott Las Vegas Resort &Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Crossing an ocean to join fes-tivities was Princess Tatiana ofDenmark and Greece, joiningsuch notable weekend speakersand presenters such as Congress-woman Dina Titus; AmbassadorJohn Negroponte; TNH Colum-nist Amb. Patrick Theros; HBOPresident of Miniseries and Cin-emax Programming Kary Antho-lis; NFL Hall of Fame Coach andphilhellene Marv Levy; formerNFL supervisor of officials andcurrent ESPN officiating analystJim Daopoulos; ultramarathonrunner Dean Karnazes; Vice Pres-ident of Race & Sports Opera-tions at Stations Casinos ArtManteris; co-authors of TheArchimedes Codex Drs. WilliamNoel and Reviel Netz; and sev-eral academicians, scientists,physicians, and more. The week-end was topped off with a con-cert by one of Greece’s top singer,Thanos Petrelis and his band.

The three-day event is an off-shoot of the Telly Savalas GolfOpen. Heritage Weekend re-pur-posed what the effervescentSavalas began in the 1980s withhis cult of a personality andcharisma. The NHS distinguishesitself by offering not only enter-tainment, golf, à-la-carte activi-ties such as race-car driving, hik-ing, desert tours, and watersports, but also educational andcultural enticements that promi-nent Hellenic and philhellene in-fluencers gravitate toward. Suchinfluencers include public ser-vants, business owners, scien-tists, educators, journalists, au-thors, and entertainers - allunder one roof.

Now in its eighth year withseven chapters in seven cities,the NHS is both efficient andproductive. It operates with amodest 20-percent administra-tion cost, thanks to its generousbenefactors and growing mem-bership. But there is somethingmuch more subtle, yet intriguing,occurring here. Something thatgoes beyond sheer money andsupporting worthy causes. Doingcharity, so to speak, in a casualand fun atmosphere, with manyopportunities over the three daysto interact in spontaneous face-to-face conversations, opposedto the standard one-night loudmusical dinner gala, fostersmany opportunities to exchangethought capital and allow the“right hand to know what theleft hand” is doing. HeritageWeekend was brilliantly orches-trated by the NHS’ founders.

A 501(c) 3 tax-exempt foun-dation, the NHS was founded byseveral individuals concernedabout the complacency of theGreek American communitydrifting away given demographicrealities: NHS Chairman, GeorgeMarcus (founder of Marcus andMillichap (MMI) and Essex Prop-erties (ESS), George Behrakis,George Stamas, Dr. George Ko-rkos, John Payiavlas, and several

others. They developed a newmodel for a Greek organizationthat they thought was needed, anon-competitive entity thatserved multiple roles, as venturecapitalist and thought engine.For their Executive Director, Belt-way attorney Art Dimopoulos,the NHS turned to ModernGreek art.

The NHS’ mission statementreads: "to create a lasting net-work of Greek-Americans thatwill preserve our heritagethrough the sponsorship and ini-tiation of programs that supportour Hellenic culture; benefit ourmembers and their families; andhonor our ancestors.” Addition-ally, it strives for "perpetuationof those values and ideals thatare embodied within the Hel-lenic heritage - classical ideas as-sociated with ancient Greekdemocracy including the pursuitof knowledge, education, the artsand civic responsibility."

Classical studies in generalhave been cut across the boardby universities and other institu-tions in America during the pasthalf century. There is a criticalneed to fill that void, or eventu-ally this slippery slope will drainknowledge of humanity's past.This is a price no one, Greek orotherwise, can afford.

With that, the NHS hit a bo-nanza in 2016. NHS served as aco-sponsor of the recent, criti-cally-acclaimed miniseries docu-mentary, The Greeks, whichaired this past summer on PBSstations across the nation andwas produced in conjunctionwith National Geographic Tele-vision (NGT). The miniseries wasviewed by millions. The Greeksis a companion to the incredibleexhibit, The Greeks: Agamem-non to Alexander the Great,which was first hosted at theField Museum in Chicago andthen traveled to the National Ge-ographic Museum in the sum-mer. It featured nearly 600 arti-facts from 22 museums in Greecethat covered a 5,000 year times-pan of ancient Greek history. Thisexhibition was made possiblethrough the largess and philan-thropy of NHS member, JohnCalamos, Chair of the NationalHellenic Museum.

The NHS and NGT also co-produced The Greek Guide toGreatness. This digital online se-ries was inspired and developedby the NHS. It distinguishes the

influence that ancient Greece hashad on the shaping of America.The Greek Guide to Greatnesshighlights the lasting impact ofthe ancient Greek world withinthe context and prism of modernsociety. It has been recognizedas being wildly successful in con-veying to the mainstream audi-ence how the ancient Greeks leda thorough explosion that rever-berated throughout the west andled eventually to the very cre-ation of America itself.

Among many, the NHS’ sig-nature initiative is the "HeritageGreece Program,” a "two- weekcultural educational immersionodyssey for accomplished GreekAmerican college students"hosted at the American Collegeof Greece (ACG) in Athens. TheProgram gives these students theopportunity to travel to Greeceand spend time learning the lan-guage and about Greek culturealongside a peer group of excep-tional students from ACG. Theyvisit historical sites to witness

and learn first-hand the historyof our ancestors, which allowsthem to become closer to theirroots and what it means to beGreek. Heritage Weekend alsohosted a reunion to 52 HeritageGreece alumni. The NHS con-tinues to play a role in their livesas mentors, engaging them to beinvolved with the NHS at the lo-cal and national level throughthe Heritage Greece Alumni Net-work. NHS members havehelped students land internships,jobs, and provide mentorshipand career advice while the stu-dents stay engaged with NHSand its programs.

The NHS also developed the"Heritage America Program,"which is sponsored in conjunc-tion with leading DC public af-fairs firm, Manatos & Manatos.The Program introduces studentsto a "who's who of Greek Ameri-can decision-makers, businessleaders, and other importantcontacts who will serve as futurementors and career guides for

Heritage America alumni." The NHS has taken a larger

role in recent years in supportingthe National Hellenic Museum(NHM) located in Chicago, andthe NHS and NHM co-developedexhibit, Spirit of the Marathon,was displayed during HeritageWeekend in the lobby of theplush JW Marriott Las Vegas Re-sort & Spa – right after it wasprominently on display at theGreek festival hosted by St. Johnthe Baptist Greek OrthodoxChurch of Las Vegas. Over60,000 visitors were treated to ahistory of the marathon from itsancient roots to modern daymarathon events.

The NHS developed my-parea.com, an online social net-work website for Greeks thatnow has an average of 150,000+weekly, unique visits, as well asthe HellenicCareerCenter.comjob board to connect GreekAmerican employers and job-seekers.

The 2016 Heritage Weekendand Classic must be consideredthe finest and most extensiveevent since its inception. That ishigh praise as many prominentfigures have graced NHS events,including 2015 Heritage Week-end headliner, famous A&E tele-vision Mindfreak illusionist CrissAngel, a proud Hellene who is aregular at the Luxor Hotel &Casino on the Las Vegas strip.This year, the committee broughtin the notables mentioned at theoutset, in addition to additionalpanel presenters and speakers,such as pharmaceutical pioneerGeorge Behrakis; Dr. Panos Anas-tasiadis of Mayo Clinic; cyber in-telligence expert (with a similarname) Panos Anastassiadis; CEOof the University of Virginia'sMiller Center William Antholis;Dr. John Camp, the lead arche-ologist of the world Heritage SiteAgora excavations at the Acrop-

olis; Editor in Chief of Washing-ton Monthly magazine and for-mer speechwriter for PresidentClinton, Paul Glastris; Dr. Stama-tios M. Krimigis, Emeritus Direc-tor of the Johns Hopkins AppliedPhysics Center where he led ef-forts for Voyager 1, Voyager 2and has been involved withevery unmanned space flightover nearly half a century; Eliz-abeth Lee of the non-profitCyArk international heritage sitevirtual reality simulations; for-mer National Geographic Direc-tor of Specials and Emmy Awardwinner, Jared Lipworth; Emeri-tus Director of USAID and Direc-tor of the Scowcroft Institute atTexas A&M, Andrew Natsios;leading pollster, David Paleolo-gos of Suffolk University PoliticalResearch Center; and John Gu-mas, president of SF Bay Area-based Gumas Advertising, whoseclients include the San FranciscoGiants and 49ers.

Heritage Weekend attendeesincluded Americas at GooglePresident Margo Georgiadis,DOW/Dupont Chemical Chair-man/CEO Andrew Liveris,Calamos Investments ChairmanJohn Calamos, Calamos Invest-ments CEO John Koudounis,FOX5 DC news reporter LauraEvans, CBS New York radiobroadcaster and Bloomberg Busi-ness reporter John Metaxas, andSan Francisco Bay Area NewsGroup columnist FrosenePhillips.

George Behrakis, brothersWilliam and Kary Antholis, andactor John Aniston were hon-ored at Heritage Weekend withportraits painted by artist Euripi-des “Rip” Kastaris. The portraitswill be inducted into the perma-nent collection of the GreekAmerican story at the NationalHellenic Museum. More infor-mation is available at hellenic-society.org.

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WATERTOWN, MA– Greek-American independent film-maker Alexandra Anthony hasworked on the acclaimed PBSTV series Nova and Frontline fornearly twenty years. Also ateacher of filmmaking at RhodeIsland School of Design, she re-cently released Lost in the Be-wilderness, the second film ofher nonfiction trilogy about hercousin Lucas. The film followsthe astonishing true story of theboy’s kidnapping at age fivefrom his home in Greece, andthen being found at age sixteenalive and well in the UnitedStates. On October 20, the filmwas screened at the Robbins Li-brary in Arlington, MA duringthe Arlington International FilmFestival's 2016 Robbins LibraryMonthly Film Series.

Anthony grew up in Greeceand England, then moved toBoston to study at Wellesley Col-lege. She said in an interviewwith the Watertown Tab, “Iknew I was going to be a visualartist from a young age. Goingto the movies was a religiousexperience for me. After college,I worked for WGBH-TV as aneditor and sound recordist forprograms such as Nova andFrontline, as well as many spe-cials for national and interna-tional broadcast. But I neverstopped making my own films.”

She spoke about her nonfic-

tion trilogy of “intergenerationalfamily stories which center onyoung protagonists caught be-tween two cultures, betweenyouth and adulthood, and at acrossroads in their life. The firstof these, Yaya was completed in1984 and the third film, ThreePomegranate Seeds, will soonbe in post-production. I am par-ticularly intrigued by the paral-lels of these contemporary sto-ries with Greek myth andtragedy and with the passage oftime.

“Lost in the Bewilderness isa feature-length documentaryabout my cousin Lucas… Thisstory of international parentalabduction, filmed for over 25years, chronicles Lucas’s journeyof growth and self-discovery,and culminates with a surpriseending. It’s not only a detectivestory but also a lyrical medita-tion on childhood, lost andfound, and an exploration ofhow the themes of ancientGreek myth and tragedy, withthe family at their center, arestill very much alive in the mod-ern world.

“The film was 30 years in themaking, and covers every tech-nology from Super-8 and 16mm film to high-definitionvideo. I shoot, take sound, edit,write, and narrate my ownwork.”

Speaking about Lucas andher family, Anthony said “ourfamilies were very close and I

witnessed first-hand the painthat his long absence caused,year in and year out. It was atime before the Internet, beforee-mail, when even a long-dis-tance phone call was astronom-ically expensive. The investiga-tion was frustratingly slow andfruitless for more than ten yearsand the waiting was excruciat-

ing. The decade-long odysseydefined the family – a constantlow-grade anxiety, a gray areaof not knowing if the child isalive or not, if he’ll ever befound. It was as if Lucas was onthe dark side of the moon. Everytime the phone rang, every let-ter that arrived, was a potentialanswer. As James Joyce wrote:

‘Absence becomes the highestform of presence.’

“As a budding filmmaker, ithad always been my intentionto write a narrative script aboutthis story, with its compellingdetective mystery, complex emo-tional components, and wonder-ful characters. (At this time,parental abductions were rarely

in the news, if at all.) And then,out of the blue, after 11 yearsof silence and mystery, Orestes,Lucas’ father, received a phonecall from his ex-wife, Athena,saying, ‘I have your son. We livein Laurel, Maryland. Do youwant him back?’ That was themoment that this film began, in1984. Orestes came to Boston,where I live, and I grabbed aSuper-8 camera and off we wentto find Lucas. I continued tofilm, intermittently, for the nextthree decades.”

About the filmmaking itself,Anthony observed that “thechallenge was how to tell thebackstory – there was nofootage, only a few pho-tographs, to recreate a worldout of nothing. I wanted theviewer to know the family mem-bers well, as well as I did, in or-der to understand the story fromtheir perspective, to empathizewith their emotions, with myserving as the guide.”

She concluded: “the more Iworked on it, I steered awayfrom the strictly cinema veriteorthodoxy in which I wastrained, and began to allowdeeper, less concrete story ele-ments to surface as well, suchas the parallels to Greek mythsand reflections on childhood,language, identity, memory, andlove.”

More information on the filmis available online at lostinthe-bewilderness.com.

Greek-American Filmmaker Tells Harrowing Family Story in Latest Film

Lost in the Bewilderness is the second film in the trilogy by filmmaker Alexandra Anthony onher cousin Lucas’ remarkable, true story of abduction and reappearance years later.

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LIMASSOL, CYPRUS – On Oc-tober 21 at the Rialto Theaterin Limassol, the Jury of the In-ternational Short Film Festivalof Cyprus (ISFFC) announcedthe festival winners. Minos Pa-pas was awarded the Best Di-rector award in the NationalCategory for his short filmTango on the Balcony. This isthe first Cypriot distinction forthe Greek-Cypriot director wholives and works in New YorkCity with his company CyprianFilms, New York.

Papas has previously beenawarded at international filmfestivals including the TribecaFilm Festival (Best Online Shortfor A Short Film About Guns in2013) and the Manhattan FilmFestival (Best Thriller for his sec-ond feature film Behind the Mir-ror in 2015), among others. TheISFFC Jury, an impressive groupof distinguished filmmakers in-cluded Yorgos Arvanitis- Direc-tor of Photography, AFC, GSC;Jukka-Pekka Laakso- festival di-rector of Tampere Film Festival;Dr. Bojidar Manov- Film Critic;Nicolas Khabbaz- LebaneseFilmmaker; Tonia Mishiali-Greek-Cypriot Filmmaker.

This is the 3rd award forTango on the Balcony, which sofar has been accepted at 8 filmfestivals, 2 short film markets,and was awarded at the FortWorth Indie Film Showcase withthe Best Foreign Short FilmOverall and Best Foreign ShortFilm Drama awards. In Tangoon the Balcony, Iraq war veteranJohn Wexler is faced with theapparition of someone he mayhave killed in combat. He strug-gles with the continuing symp-toms of post-traumatic stressdisorder (PTSD) and his transi-tion to civilian life. The film hasupcoming screenings at the BigApple Film Festival on Novem-ber 2nd, The Delhi InternationalFilm Festival on November 6thand the San Francisco Veterans

Film Festival on November 12th.Cyprian Films, New York

(CFNY) is a production com-pany specializing in narrativefilm and commercial video. Ser-vices include screen writing, de-velopment, pre-production,equipment rentals, production,and post-production. CFNY ismanaged by Producer/ DirectorPapas, who leads a team of tal-ented freelancers on every pro-ject.

The International Short FilmFestival of Cyprus is the officialcompetition festival for shortfilms in Cyprus. Set up by theCultural Services of the Ministryof Education and Culture andRialto Theatre in 2000, initially,it involved only a national com-petition section, but, since 2011it expanded into an interna-tional competition.

This year it celebrated itsfifth edition and welcomedeveryone to an exceptionalevent dedicated to short film.The ISFFC's main objective isthe promotion of cinemato-graphic art through a diverseshowcase of the best short filmsfrom Cyprus and across theglobe. It awards the work of tal-ented filmmakers who success-fully use creative cinematic lan-guage forms and effectively tella story in a short film.

The primary focus of the an-nual, seven day festival in Li-massol, is its International andNational Competition. Eachyear, fictional, animated shorts,and documentaries up to a max-imum of 25 minutes competefor the festival’s generousawards and prizes. The ISFFC’sjury for both sections is com-prised each year by five ac-claimed film professionals, aca-demics, and festival organizersfrom around the world.

More information is availableat cyprianfilmsny.com,isffc.com.cy, and tangoonthe-balcony.com. The full list of win-ners is available online and onthe ISFFC’s Facebook page.

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NEW YORK – The Greek-Italianactress Flavia Sgoifo performedonstage October 14-16 at theRoebuck Theatre in TimesSquare.

As part of the Thalia festival,Sgoifo was cast in short plays"Hashing it over,” written byMartha Patterson and "MonsterBash," by Laura Rohrman. Bothwere directed by Alice Ca-marota.

The AlphaNYC company runsThalia festival every year whereplays are written, directed, andperformed by women.

Martha Patterson has writtenmore than 100 plays and hashad work published in collec-tions by Pioneer Drama Service,Smith & Kraus/Applause The-atre & Cinema Books, the Inter-national Centre for WomenPlaywrights, JAC Publishing,and Original Works Publishing.Her work has been producedOff-Off-Broadway and in Eng-land, Scotland, Denmark,Canada, Korea, and Australia,as well as in 19 of the UnitedStates.

Laura Rohrman is the authorof several full-length plays in-

cluding: Reporter Girl (Semi-Fi-nalist O’Neill Festival, Weiss-berger Award Nominee andPrincess Grace Finalist). Herother plays include: My Life AsYou (Finalist Playwrights First

Award) and Hoboken. Laura hasalso written many one-act playsincluding: Below 14th andWithout, both finalists at theSamuel French Festival shortplay festival in New York City.

In Monster Bash Sgoifoplayed Remi, the girl about toget engaged to her boyfriendwhen she realizes she can't doit and after having a conversa-tion with her best friend, Ella,they both decide to turn backinto their real monster selvesand run away. The play was re-ally demanding for the actorsbecause of the transformationfrom the human body to themonster.

Sgoifo's physicality on stagewas excellent while her deepchest monster voice was impres-sive. Her execution of the trans-formation from human into amonster was successful as shemanaged to create two com-pletely different body and voicepostures for the role in a verybelievable and natural way.

Writer Laura Rohrman at-tended last performance onSunday and loved the way boththe director and the actors ap-proached, staged and performedher play.

Overall, Thalia festival wasreally interesting and gave theaudience the opportunity to seemany different type of womenonstage and watch some well-developed new plays.

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NEW YORK– F2T’s, a dynamicnew theatre company, made itsdebut in Manhattan on Septem-ber 30 through October 2 withsold-out, standing-room-onlyperformances for the world pre-miere of Love, Chekhov, and theMagic Trunk. The original adap-tation of three comedic one-actplays by Anton Chekhov’s waspresented off-Broadway for threeconsecutive nights.

“We are overwhelmed by thestrong and enthusiastic recep-tion,” said Mantalena Papadatou,the co-founder and producer ofthe emerging company. “Such aresponse is extremely rare insuch a competitive landscapeand it augurs well for our futureplans which we’ve already set inmotion.”

“Though we anticipated greatinterest, this surpassed our ex-pectations. My only regret is thatwe didn’t book the space for mul-tiple weekends,” said FotisBatzas, the co-founder and di-rector/playwright of the produc-tion.

Building upon Chekhov’s TheBear, The Proposal, and TheWedding, the company added akey component to the plays, anomniscient onstage narrator. Thepresence of the sly narrativevoice who “winks” at the audi-ence (figuratively and literally)bound the trio of farces together,unifying the inherent zaniness ofChekhov’s humor.

It also created an immediateconnection with the audiencefrom the moment the lights wenton, transporting contemporaryNew York City viewers into theearly 20th century Russianworld, a world where electricityis a novelty vying with flame,without skipping a beat. And, asthe narrator drew all into theplay’s arena, it helped the uni-versality and timelessness of thethemes in the one-acts to res-onate all the more. A “MagicTrunk” facilitated the seeminglyboundless capacity of theatre totransform people and places

through simple objects. Scarves,a mask, a pair of bright orangewater pistols used to hilariouscomic advantage in a sceneabout a duel, were drawn fromthe depths of the trunk. It alsoafforded a place where actorswere able to vanish and thenreemerge in unexpected guises.

Papadatou explained that thecreative team decided unani-mously on Chekhov for the in-augural production. “Chekhovdeals with the perennial strugglebetween the sexes and the un-derlying need to be loved which

is shared by all. While he is bestknown for his dramas – all ofwhich contain richly comic ele-ments - we were all eager toshowcase his amazing comedies.Adding our own special twistsmade all work out fabulously!”she said.

The super high-energy actorseach played multiple rolesthroughout the show. They wereperfectly chosen as the parts de-manded precise timing, highlyphysical slapstick comedy, andan ability to play larger-than-lifeemotions with conviction and

commitment and to switch fromone sentiment to another –forexample, extreme mourning tounbridled lust - in an instant.

The principals are intent onestablishing a core ensemble ofperformers that they hope willinclude several of the actors fromthe premiere show.

“The process in New York isfast and faster. Rehearsal time isshort. A production can progressmuch more smoothly if you havea talented core you can rely onto reach the level required withgreat speed,” says Batzas. Henotes too that there must be flex-ibility and fluidity in building ateam and that F2T’s will wel-come talented newcomers asneeded.

A distinguishing characteristicof the company that will remainis its international and diversecomposition.

“We come from all over themap,” says Papadatou, “Italy,France, Greece, and of coursefrom throughout the UnitedStates. And we’ve all studied atconservatories worldwide - par-ticularly in London and in NewYork. Several of us are graduatesof the American Academy of Dra-matic Arts.”

F2T’s’ mission statementnotes this commitment, “a desireto create work that brings to-gether actors of all races, ethnic-ities, sexualities and sizes” be-cause “it is the intangiblequalities of being human, ouremotions and feelings, that aremost important, not the physicalbodies we live in.”

Papadatou and Batzas are al-ready focused on the next pro-ject. While the company’s name,F2T’s (Film, Theatre and Televi-sion) indicates that it will expandinto other media, for the imme-diate future the focus will remainon the stage.

“The first show revealed themagic inherent in theatre. Weknew it, the actors conveyed it,and the audience welcomed it.For the moment, we need to digdeeper into that groove and seewhat will develop,” said Batzas.

A still from the short film Tango on the Balcony. Courtesy ofCyprian Films, New York.

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Flavia Sgoifo Impresses as Remi at Times Square

Flavia Sgoifo, Laura Rohrman (writer) and Rio (actress) afterthe last performance of Thalia Festival on October 16.

NY Debut for F2T’s: Love, Chekhov, and the Magic

Dylan Arredondo and Samantha Clark in F2T's’ productionLove, Chekhov and the Magic Trunk by producer MantalenaPapadatou and co-producer/director Fotis Batzas.

Ingrid Raison and Patrick Madden in F2T's’ production Love,Chekhov and the Magic Trunk by producer Mantalena Papada-tou and co-producer/director Fotis Batzas.

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By Eleni Sakellis

Quince (kidoni in Greek) isa popular fruit for making jam,jelly, or preserves since it is tootart to eat raw and is high inpectin, a natural thickener. Orig-inating in Persia and in the samefamily as apples and pears, the

quince is thought by manyscholars to be the forbiddenfruit of the Garden of Eden. InGreek mythology, the golden ap-ple was probably a quinceawarded by Paris to the mostbeautiful goddess. He choseAphrodite who had bribed himwith the most beautiful womanin the world, Helen, with whomhe set off for Troy, causing theTrojan War. The fruit is well-liked throughout the Mediter-ranean region and the worldwhere various cultures havetheir own recipes for quince jamand other cooked sweets madewith the fruit. In Greece, it isoften made into preserves andserved as a spoon sweet alongwith a cold glass of water. Hereare two quince recipes to enjoy.

Quince Preserves

• 4 1/2 pounds quinces• 3 3/4 cups sugar• Water• Lemon

Prepare the quinces by wash-ing them and rubbing off anyremaining fuzz with a papertowel. Set out a large bowl ofcold water and the juice of onelemon in which to place theslices of quince to preventbrowning.

Slice the quince from top tobottom, peel and core as youwould an apple or pear. Thinlyslice the pieces and place theslices immediately in the bowlof lemon water. Continue withthe rest of the quinces. Drainand rinse the slices of quinceand place them in a large deeppot. Add enough water to coverthe quince slices and add thesugar.

Cover the pot and bring to aboil over medium high heat. Re-duce the heat to medium andremove cover. Stir and skim off

any foam that may collect onthe surface. Simmer for aboutan hour. The syrup should be ofmedium thickness, not toorunny, and should coat the backof a spoon. When cooked, thequinces color reddens to a pink-ish hue. Cool the preserves forabout thirty minutes and then

transfer to jars or other contain-ers with airtight seals. Allow tocool completely before sealingthe containers. Makes about 6to 7 cups of preserves. Store inthe refrigerator.

Baked Quince

• 4 large quinces• 1 1/2 cups sugar• 1 cup water• Whole cloves (optional)• Water• Lemon

Wash the quinces and rub offany fuzz with a paper towel.Slice each quince into fourpieces, peel and core. Place theslices in a large bowl of cold wa-ter and the juice of half a lemonto prevent browning. Set aside.In a medium saucepan, add thecup of water and the quincecores with the seeds. Cover thesaucepan and bring to a boilover high heat. Reduce tomedium heat and simmer for 15minutes. Preheat oven to 350degrees. Meanwhile, line up theslices of quince next to eachother in a nine or ten inch roundor square baking dish and sprin-kle with the sugar. Remove thesaucepan from the heat, strainthe liquid, and pour over theslices of quince in the bakingdish.

Cover the baking dish withfoil and bake in the preheated350 degree oven for 45-50 min-utes. Remove the foil and turneach slice of quince over, stickeach piece with a whole clove,if using. Return the baking dishto the oven and bake uncovereduntil the quince slices are rose-colored and tender.

Serve a slice or two of thebaked quince warm on its ownwith some of the cooking liquiddrizzled on top or as a toppingfor your favorite ice cream.

Quince: The Spicy Fruit thatStarted the Trojan War

GREEK GASTRONOMYOUR EVERYDAY GREEK

By Dr. Dimitra Kamarinou

1. You are ready to book a hotel room on Mykonos. This is adialogue over the phone with the hotel’s reception (H). Say andwrite your part (Y) in Greek like in the given example.Y: ……………………………………… (Good morning. I want tworooms. Have you got?) H. Καλημέρα. Ναι, έχουμε. (Good morning. Yes, we have.)Y: Καλημέρα. Θέλω δύο δωμάτια. Έχετε; (Good morning. I want tworooms. Have you got?) H. Καλημέρα. Ναι, έχουμε. (Good morning. Yes, we have.)

Y: …………………….? (Good morning. Hotel Oasis?)H: Καλημέρα. Ναι, είναι το ξενοδοχείο Όασις στη Μύκονο. (Goodmorning. Yes, it is the Hotel Oasis on Mykonos.)Y: ……………………..? (I want two rooms. Have you got?) H: Για πότε θέλετε δύο δωμάτια; (For when would you like the tworooms?)Y: ……………………? (Have you got two rooms for August?)H: Πότε; (When?)Y: ………………... (From the 14th to the 25th of August.)H: Για δέκα ή για έντεκα νύχτες; (For ten or eleven nights?)Y: ……………….. (For ten nights.)H: Έχουμε. Τι δωμάτια θέλετε; (We have. What kind of rooms wouldyou like?)Y: ……………….? (How much does a single room cost?)H: Ένα μονόκλινο κάνει εβδομήντα πέντε ευρώ. (A single room costs75 euros.)Y: ………………? (How much does a double cost?)H: Ένα δίκλινο κάνει εκατόν πέντε ευρώ. (A double costs 105 eu-ros.)Y: …………..? (A suite?)H: Η σουίτα κάνει διακόσια είκοσι ευρώ. (A suite costs 220 euros.)Y: ………………… (Are the prices with or without breakfast?)H: Οι τιμές είναι χωρίς πρωινό. (The prices are without breakfast.) Y: ……………? (How much does a breakfast cost?)H: Το πρωινό κάνει δέκα ευρώ το άτομο. (Breakfast costs 10 europer person.) Y: …………. (Ok. We want a double and a suite for nine nights.) H: Από τις δεκατέσσερις μέχρι τις είκοσι τέσσερις Αυγούστου; (Fromthe 14th to the 25th of August?)Y: ………….. (Yes. The double costs 1150 without breakfast.)H: Ναι, και χίλια διακόσια πενήντα ευρώ με πρωινό. (Υes, and 1250euro with breakfast.)Y: ………… (The suite costs 2200 euro without breakfast.)

Η: Ναι, και δύο χιλιάδες τριακόσια ευρώ με πρωινό. (Yes, and 2300euro with breakfast.)Y: …………. (Ok. Thank you. Bye.)

2. What about buying a summer house on Mykonos? Say andwrite your part (Y) in the dialogue over the phone with a real es-tate agent (A). Fill in the blanks the missing words in Greek.Y: …………..? (Good morning. I want a house in Mykonos with fivebedrooms. Have you got?)A: Ναι, έχουμε. (Yes, we have.)Y: …………………..? (How many bathrooms does it have?)A: Έχει ένα μπάνιο και μία τουαλέτα. (It has a bathroom and aWC.)Y: …………….? (Is the kitchen big?)A: Δεν είναι μικρή. (It is not small.)Y: .………….? (Does it have balconies?)A: Ναι, τα δύο υπνοδωμάτια και το σαλόνι έχουν μπαλκόνια. (Yes,the two bedrooms and the living room have balconies.) Y: …………? (Does it have a garden?) A: Ναι, το σπίτι είναι διακόσια πενήντα τετραγωνικά και έχει εξακό-σια τετραγωνικά οικόπεδο. (Yes, the house is 250 square metersand it has a 600 square meters plot.)Y: ………..? (How much does it cost?)A: Κάνει επτακόσιες ογδόντα χιλιάδες ευρώ. (It costs 780.000euro).Y: ……… (Thank you. Bye.)

3.You can definitely count in Greek from one to one million.Write the Greek words in numbers, like in the given example.Ένα εκατομμύριο διακόσιες πέντε χιλιάδες εξακόσια ογδόνταεπτά: 1.205.687Δύο χιλιάδες δέκα επτά: Δύο χιλιάδες τέσσερα:Επτά χιλιάδες οκτακόσια έντεκα:Πενήντα έξι χιλιάδες τριακόσια είκοσι οκτώ:Πεντακόσιες τριάντα δύο χιλιάδες πεντακόσια είκοσι έξι:Ένα εκατομμύριο τριακόσιες είκοσι πέντε χιλιάδες εξακόσια δέκατρία:Τρία εκατομμύρια εκατόν τριάντα δύο χιλιάδες τριακόσια δέκαοκτώ:

Dimitra Kamarinou, PhD, has studied philology and archaeology atthe University of Ioannina,Würzburg and Bochum in Germany. Shehas been honored with the Academy of Athens Award inArchaeology and Homeric Philology.

Review: From a Hotel Reservation to a Mykonos House

By Phyllis (Kiki) SembosSpecial to The National Herald

A lot has been said aboutAristotle. Let’s call him Ari.What a guy! But much of whatwe’re informed about him issaid with so much literate pom-posity that they lost me at thetitle. So, I am going to attemptto tell you as clearly as I can alittle about Ari – what he saidand what he hoped to convey.Most of his sayings have beenrepeated or adopted by manyscholars, authors, statesmen andteachers with some adjustments,probably, to make his wisdomsound more their own originalthoughts.

But, let me quote him frommy own research. At that time,Greece was under repeatedthreats of invasion by the Per-sian Empire who sought to con-quer all the lands surroundingits borders in order to becomethe greatest empire. Greecenever went to war to gain accessto oil or to covet more land.

Greece always protected its bor-ders and still does! What is as-tounding is that with all thethreats and wars in defendingthe borders and the main landand being vastly outnumbered,it took 300 Spartans to finallydefeat those arrogant upstartsonce and for all. Otherwise to-day we’d be Persians. But,Greece was constantly on guard,having no choice but to showDarius that Greece meant tokeep her proud sovereignty.When people fight for some-thing that is honorable and rightthe driving force becomesstronger.

At that crucial time, Aristotlesaid, “we go to war so that wemay live in peace.” Then, whenit was over, he worried aboutthe shaky peace, and said “it isnot enough to win a war, it ismore important to organize thepeace.” And that’s harder to dothan the actual fighting.

Among his many sayings,one of my favorites is what hesaid about being criticized. “To

avoid criticism, say nothing, donothing, be nothing.” So, ifyou’re going to be afraid of be-ing criticized, expressing yourbeliefs, follow his advice andstep aside.

Plato and Aristotle were not

always in agree-ment with eachother. But, Platohad to concedethat Aristotle wastruly a genius,having not only adeep understand-ing of reason andethics but in somany other areasof deep thought,like in Meteorol-ogy, Biology, Poli-tics, Ethics andwith a piececalled, On TheSoul; this, 500years beforeChristianity. Ofthe estimated 200works he wroteonly about 31 are

still in circulation.He, firmly, believed that na-

ture does nothing uselessly. Givethought to a tree; it is there fora reason. Think! Contemplate!One saying of his clings in mymind. And I think about it a lot.

He said, ‘Educating the mindwithout educating the heart isno education at all’. In my un-derstanding of it, it means youcan write books, have ideas, cre-ate inventions or give a speech.But, if they’re done solely forprofit or self aggrandizement,then all that material is likenothing because it lacks emo-tional sentiment; it is like anempty shell.

Another of his sayings that isworth mentioning and is veryrelevant today, is, ‘Poverty is theparent of revolution and crime.’How true! Where there ishunger, humiliation, a lack ofuseful occupation the mindsways toward mischievousthoughts, anger and outrage.The victim asks, “How can Ichange my situation? Why am Itossed aside? I am suffering andno one cares!” Those sentimentsbecame the seeds of the Frenchrevolution, the Russian uprising,the China march to freedomfrom foreign oppression, theAmerican Civil War; it is a time

when people have had enough! Ari was a true teacher, a man

held in high esteem. That waswhy King Phillip of Macedoniachose Aristotle to come and tu-tor his 11 year old son, Alexan-der. And, he had a good studentin Alexander. Alexander foughtwith humaneness and justice.Instead of plunder and rape, hemarried 10,000 of his troops toPersian women. For those ef-forts, according to the NationalGeographic magazine, to thisday, many people in Iran andIraq boast that they have Greekblood.

Another area of fascinationfor Ari was his observation onmarine biology. And, his obser-vations, by today’s standards,are considerably accurate. So,to conclude, Ari’s work and in-fluence on Western thought, onhumanity and social studies areunparalleled with the exceptionof his teacher, Plato and Plato’steacher, Socrates. So, along withAlexander, the Great, there isAristotle, the Great!

GREEK AMERICAN STORIES

Aristotle Speaks Again

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By Vasilis Papoutsis

MACHUPICCHU, PERU –Machu Picchu, an Inca citadelfrom the fifteenth century in themountains of Peru, had been onour bucket list for a long time.

Our first stop was the wealthyenclave of Miraflores on thecoast of Lima. A beautiful andsafe city in which to walk aroundduring the evening. A lot of areasin Lima are not safe at night, andit is best to ask hotel personnelfor suggestions before venturingout.

We visited the LarcomarShopping Center one of the mostbeautiful to behold. Built on arocky hill, it has spectacularocean views and stores with in-ternational and Peruvian high-end fashion items.

On our walks around the citywe did not see any Greek busi-nesses, as one might find in mostplaces around the globe. Yeras-simos Davaris, recently ap-pointed Greek Ambassador inLima, told TNH that “the Greekcommunity here is very small,around 300 families. The Greekcompany Intralot has been thelargest business presence herebut they recently sold a largeportion of their company.”

Intralot is a subsidiary of theIntracom group owned by Greekbusinessman Socrates Kokkalis.

The Orthodox Church of theHoly Trinity in Lima is the onlychurch in Peru uniting all Ortho-dox people. Formed by Greeks,Russians, Palestinians, Romani-ans and Peruvian converts, thechurch is under the jurisdictionof the Greek Orthodox Archdio-cese of Buenos Aires and the Ec-umenical Patriarchate of Con-stantinople.

Our next stop was Cusco, thelegendary capital of the Inca em-pire, a 90-minute flight fromLima. The city was declared a

World Heritage Site by UNESCOin 1983 and hosts nearly twomillion visitors per year. Cuscois a vibrant city that takes oneback in time as most of the Incabuildings remain to this day. Butthe city also offers luxury accom-modations and a plethora ofchoices for dining and shopping.

The plateia's center has abeautiful fountain and an impos-ing statue of an Inca king, a greatplace to take an afternoon stroll.Up the street is the artisan neigh-borhood of Barrio de San Blas,with hundreds of craft shops andworkshop spaces.

On a suggestion from a friendwe visited the Calle Del MedioRestaurant, which specializes inPeruvian cuisine. Delicious food,excellent service, reasonableprices, and views of the plaza.

Cusco's rich history is exhib-ited in the city's many museumsmost notably, the Museo Inkaand the Museo Historico Re-gional de Cuzco. Cusco is the be-ginning of the four-day Inca trailthat is 26 miles long and runsalong the railway and treks highinto the mountains finishing at

the Sun Gate. The hike is a vig-orous one that requires one tobe in top shape. PeruRail offersa great alternative as the trip toAguas Calliente is less than fourhours, the service is great, as isthe fashion show of local designsby the employees. AguasCalientes is an idyllic location tospend an evening before takinglocal bus to Machu Picchu.

Visitors to Machu Picchu willbe captivated by the beauty ofthe city and the two surroundingmountains, Machu and HuaynaPicchu. It is believed that MachuPicchu was built as an estate forthe Inca emperor Pachacutiaround 1450 but it was desertedabout 100 years later around thetime of the Spanish Conquest,even though there is no conclu-sive evidence that the Spanishvisited or even knew Machu Pic-chu existed.

The city is divided in two sec-tions, the urban sector where thetemples and imperial housingwas and the lower section whereagriculture activities took place.It features the classic Inca styleof building called ashlar, a col-

lection of dry stone walls cut per-fectly to fit together withoutmortar. The Temple of the Sun,the Room of the Three Windowsand Inti Watana which are theprimary buildings were all builtwith this technique. The Incashad mastered this technique butit was not a new technique. InNorthwest Europe, drywall con-struction is dated back to the Ne-olithic Age and the Lions Gate inthe Acropolis of Mycenae wasbuilt as a dry wall around 1300BC.

The Sun Gate is a steep climbfrom the city but those who scaleit are rewarded with breathtak-ing views. Hiring a tour guide isadvisable. The city was dedicatedto Inti, their Sun God and theirgreatest deity. It is built in a highaltitude, 7.972 ft to be exact, notonly because it is a strategic po-sition that afforded them safetybut also because they believedthat it will bring them closer totheir God.

Experiencing the Inca civiliza-tion was memorable, as was thePeruvian people’s kindness andhospitality.

TRAVEL

Visiting Machu Picchu: 1 of the 7 Wonders of the World

Magestic Machu Picchu in the Peruvian mountains. One of the seven wonders of the world.

John Chrysochoos, who as aUniversity of Toledo chemistryprofessor was respected for histeaching and research and whoin retirement was a prolific au-thor — with books of fiction,nonfiction, and autobiography— died Sunday in his WestToledo home. He was 82.

He likely had a heart attack,his son Mike said. His death wasunexpected. Earlier in the day,he went for a walk through theneighborhood and picked veg-etables from his garden. He reg-ularly visited — and worked in— his UT office. He retired in2004.

“One of his passions when heleft academia was to write out-side the realm of technical pa-pers and abstracts,” son Mikesaid. “It’s something he alwayswanted to do.”

Mr. Chrysochoos’ first book,Beyond the Blue Ikarian Sea,tells of growing up on the Greekisland of Ikaria, his youth inter-rupted by the German and Ital-ian occupation during WorldWar II. His family was rescuedby the British and relocated asrefugees to Palestine, then un-der British control.

That experience “gave him alot of insight and empathy towhat was going on in theworld,” his son said. “He was aproud American, but under-stood a lot of the rest of theworld.”

Back on Ikaria after the war,he completed his schooling. Aplacement exam confirmed hisaffinity for math and science.He went to the University ofAthens, from which he receiveda diploma of chemistry.

After a two-year hitch in theGreek Navy, Mr. Chrysochoosleft for North America. He re-ceived master’s and doctoral de-grees from from the Universityof British Columbia in Vancou-ver. Post-doctoral studies tookhim to Harvard University andChicago.

He came to the UT in 1967.During his tenure, he was in-terim chairman; chairman ofundergraduate advising, and di-rector of graduate studies.

“We grew up with graduatestudents and research studentscoming over to dinner,” sonMike said.

He’d also been a member ofthe college of arts and sciencescouncil.

“He was a valued teacher,”said A. Alan Pinkerton, a formerdepartment chairman and a dis-

tinguished university professoremeritus. His research, espe-cially in the earlier part of hiscareer, was valued as well, Mr.Pinkerton said.

His background was in phys-ical chemistry and spectroscopy,Mr. Pinkerton said, but still hetaught introductory chemistry.

“John was I think you wouldcall a gentleman,” Mr. Pinker-ton. “Many ways old school, youwould say.”

UT became his community,and he was a devoted fan of thewomen’s basketball team. Afterhis first book, Mr. Chrysochooswrote a novel, published in2009, which told the challengesof a young science teacher in anurban school. He also wrote vol-umes about the history of hishome island, the challenges ofgrowing old, and reason and ob-

jective judgment.He returned to his home is-

land every few years and tookhis children several times.

“He showed us where hishouse was and where he played.It’s amazing the stuff he did,”son Constantine said.

Surviving are his wife,Alexandra, whom he marriedMay 17, 1964; sons, Michaeland Constantine; daughter,Irene Chrysochoos; brother, Mit-

sos; sister, Zoe Scaros, and fivegrandchildren.

Visitation will be from 2-8p.m. Thursday in the Ansberg-West Funeral Home, with Trisa-gion services at 7 p.m. Funeralservices will be at 10 a.m. Fridayat Holy Trinity Greek OrthodoxCathedral, where he was amember.

The family suggests tributesto the cathedral.

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DEATH NOTICES

n CORVALLIS, PETERPORTLAND, OR (from The Ore-gonian, published on Oct. 14)—Corvallis, Peter 85 Jan. 25, 1931Oct. 11, 2016 Show businesswas always in his blood. By age9 Peter was projecting films forfriends in his parents' NE Port-land home before becoming aprojectionist and on the stagecrew at Irvington Elementaryand U.S. Grant High schools, go-ing onto working in local movietheaters. Peter will always beknown for his tenacious hardwork, even from an early age.Peter joined the Army in 1956.He studied film making at at theSignal School at Ft. Monmouth,NJ and then served as the basephotographer for the 82nd Air-borne Div. at Ft. Bragg, NC. Pe-ter was the personal photogra-pher during base tours for KingHussein of Jordon and PrinceConstantine of Greece. After hisservice he studied photographyat the Brooks Institute in Ven-tura, Calif. When televisionstarted in Oregon Peter was thefirst TV news film cameramanin the state shooting for KOIN-TV. One of Portland's first film-makers, Corvallis worked withmany Hollywood studios. Hewent on to become staff photo-journalist for the Oregon Jour-nal and the Oregonian from1959-68. Peter shot presidents,starlets, sports stars and every-day people doing everydaythings. More than 10,000 of hisstill photographs were pub-lished, earning five regionalnews and feature awards in theannual Associated Press photog-raphy contests. His pictures alsoappeared in Life, Detective, Pa-rade and Time magazines. Hissubjects have included SupremeCourt justice William Douglas,Louis Armstrong, Greek Ortho-dox Archbishop Iakavos, BobHope, JFK, Catholic BishopHoward and 100 other celebri-

ties. He directed fashion andtradeshows for Pendleton,Jantzen and White Stag, hastaken photos, film and videos ofhundreds of weddings. Hestarted Peter Corvallis Produc-tions in the basement of thePortlands Hilton Hotel and heand his family grew it into thelargest event rental company inthe NW, providing AV, eventstaging and dcor to every imag-inable client, from the Rose Fes-tival to the White House. Peterwas a life-long member of HolyTrinity Greek Orthodox Cathe-dral, a member of Philoptochos,AHEPA (American Hellenic Ed-ucation Progressive Assoc.) andAGRO (Assoc. of Greek Restau-rant Owners). In 1994 Peter wasawarded the AHEPA PlatoAward for his outstanding con-tributions in the church and thelocal community. In 2005, Peterwas the recipient of the Busi-nessman of the Year Award forOregon as part of the RonaldReagan Republican Gold Medalby the National Republican Con-gressional Committee. In 2007,Peter was awarded the Arch-diocesan Medal of St. Paul byHis Eminence ArchbishopDemetrios of America in recog-nition of his 70 years of docu-menting the Greek communitiesand church. Peter is survived byhis wife, Catalina; daughters,Maria (Andy), Athena, andDemetria (Stephen); 8 grand-children, who Peter cherished,Peter, Sophia, Anthea, Alex,Olivia, Will, Lena and Mia.Please send remembrances toHoly Trinity Senior Care Min-istry, 3131 NE Glisan, Portland97232.

n EFTHIMIOU,KONSTANTINOS

GROTON, CT (from The Day,published on Oct. 9)— Groton -Konstantinos Efthimiou, 80,died peacefully at St. RaphaelHospital in New Haven on Fri-day, Oct. 7, 2016. He was bornin Pireaus, Greece, on July 17,1936, to the late George andEvangeline (Purceli) Efthimiou.On Nov. 24, 1963, he marriedhis beloved Efmorfia (Anagnos-tou) in Athens, Greece. In 1970,

he immigrated to the UnitedStates, where he originally set-tled in Norwich. He was a hard-working man who owned andoperated Cookie's Place in Gro-ton until he sold the businessand semi-retired. He continuedworking with his family at hisson's Green Onion Pizza II in N.Stonington, until he fell ill.When not at work, Konstantinosenjoyed gardening and fishing,but family and time spent withthem was most important tohim. He is survived by his wife;his son, George and daughter,Maria, and their families; andseveral nieces and nephews. Vis-itation will be held from 8:30to 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, atHoly Trinity Greek OrthodoxChurch, 247 Washington St.,Norwich, with the funeral at 10a.m. Burial will immediately fol-low at Maplewood Cemetery,184 Salem Tnpk., Norwich.Memorial donations may bemade to the church in Konstan-tinos' name. To leave an onlinecondolence, please visitwww.labenskifuneralhome.com.

n GOTSIS, STAVRULA CHICAGO, IL (from the ChicagoTribune Media Group, publishedon Oct. 16) Dr. Stavrula P. Got-sis, M.D., 91. Attended the Na-tional & Kapodistrian Universityof Athens Medical School ofHealth Sciences during the Ger-man occupation of Greece inWW2. Graduating with highscholastic honors in 1949, shereceived U.S. citizenship andresidency through a special actof Congress. She obtained herCook County medical license in1954 and was the first practic-ing woman plastic reconstruc-tive surgeon in Chicago. Chiefof surgical staff in severalChicago metropolitan area hos-pitals and focusing on trauma,her professional career lastedwell into her 70's. She was thebeloved daughter of the lateChristos Perutseas and the latePhilanthi Perutsea, both of Tse-ria, Messinias, Greece, daugh-ter-in-law to the late PericlesGotsis and the late Stavrula An-drews Gotsis of Springfield, MA,sister of the late Angelos Perut-

seas, J.D. of Athens, Greece, thelate Katina Perutsea Stasinopou-los of Athens, Greece, and thelate Akis Perutseas, J.D. ofAthens, Greece. Her sister, Dr.Athena Perutsea Papadimitriou,of Athens, Greece, survives her.She was the loyal aunt to PanosStasinopoulos, Christiana Perut-sea, Lilian Perutsea, Dr. BasilisFoivos Papadimitriou, and thelate Olga Perutsea, all of Athens,Greece. She was also thebeloved aunt to Dr. Perry Gotsis,M.D. of Naples, Florida, whoserved as ring bearer at herwedding in 1959 to her late andmuch loved husband, Dr. FabianGotsis, M.D. with whom sheshared her life and medicalpractice for over 45 years. Dr.Gotsis was a dear mother to thelate Philene Gotsis, J.D. ofCleveland Ohio who passedaway in April of 2016, andleaves her youngest daughterLia Gotsis Paschal and son-in-law, Kent Avery Paschal of NewYork City. Her greatest pride wasfor her adored grandsons, PhilipKent Paschal and Gregory KentPaschal of New York City. Withwarmth of heart she lived herlife's motto, "where there is awill there is a way". In lieu offlowers, donations may be madeto SOS Children's VillagesGreece, http://www.soschil-drensvillages.org.uk/sponsor-a-child/europe/greece. Info 773-736-3833 or visit Dr. Stavrula'smemorial at smithcorcoran.com

n PAGOUNES, JOHNBOSTON, MA (from The BostonGlobe, published on Oct. 8)—Pagounes, John (Yiannis) Passedsuddenly at a young age on Sep-tember 26, 2016. He was bornin Peristeri, a suburb of Athens,Greece and immigrated to theUnited States with his family.He attended and graduatedfrom Tufts University with Hon-ors. Though he had planned togo to medical school, while atcollege, John discovered a talentand passion for art. He spentthe rest of his life deeply en-gaged in creating his art, andhe achieved multiple awardsand recognition's. John workedat several Boston-area hospitals

providing translation servicesfor patients from Greece. Hisphilanthropic nature was evi-dent every day, as he wentabove and beyond the require-ments of his profession, provid-ing off-hours comfort and assis-tance to countless patients as hehelped them to navigate theirnew surroundings and to com-municate with their doctors.John was a devoted brother tohis sister Kaiti Galanopoulos andher husband Vasilios; and to hisbrother James Pagounes and hiswife Joanne. He is also survivedby his nieces AnastasiaGalanopoulos and her husbandNikos, Helen Galanopoulos andher husband Marcel, and AngelaGalanopoulos and her husbandStelios. John had a special andloving bond with all his niecesand nephews whom he loved ashis own: Othon, Kimon andIraklis Pagounes, Vassilis, An-dreas and Stefanos George,Alexandra and Marina Dardati,and Yiorgos and KaterinaKaraminas. He will always beremembered for his kind andgenerous heart and his philo-sophic spirit. In lieu of flowersall donations should be made toSt. Athanasius the Great GreekOrthodox Church, 4 AppletonSt., Arlington, MA

n PAPPAS, CHRISTINASALT LAKE CITY, UT (from theSalt Lake Tribune, published onOct. 23)— Christina KorakisClark Pappas our loving and de-voted mother and grandmother,sister, aunt and friend left thisworld peacefully Wednesday,October 19, 2016. She is sur-vived by her Daughter Pamelaand Grandsons; Shane, Coryand Brandon, sisters, nephews

and nieces. Christina was bornJanuary 31, 1927, in the midstof a blizzard by midwife to LouisKorakis and Stella Frankos Ko-rakis. She was the seventh ofeight children born in Magna,Utah. Both of Christina's parentsemigrated from Greece to makea better life for them, her fatherimmigrating first and settling inMagna, Utah; then sent for aproxy bride, Stella, to start theirfamily as many of the Greek im-migrants did. She was born andraised Greek Orthodox in theirfamily home in Magna and at-tended Cypress High School.Christina met and marriedWayne Clark where they mar-ried in Las Vegas, one of hermost favorite places to visit;then moved to California forseveral years with Wayne untilhis untimely passing. Shemoved back to Utah where shemet her 2nd husband GeorgePappas, they had one daughtertogether and divorced later.Christina was devoted to herfamily and friends and enjoyedbeing involved in Church, aux-iliaries and functions. Her fa-vorite pass time was being in-volved with her family helpingand being there in all ways shepossibly could. She made greatfriendships throughout life,many that felt she was part oftheir family and they part ofours. She always looked forwardto her social group and friendsshe made while working atCostco as a demo lady. She en-joyed her home, gardening andtaking care of a multitude ofpets throughout her life.Christina being a strong lady allthroughout life endured obsta-cles and hardships even beingcalled a "miracle lady" overcom-ing a severe illness in her middleyears. Her Love, Devotion andStrength was known to all thatknew her and is what we all feltand will carry with us in hermemory and pass through toher future generations. Viewingservices will be held MondayOctober 24, 2016 at 6:00 pmthrough 8:00 pm at Holy TrinityGreek Cathedral, 279 south 300West, SLC with Trisagion Ser-vice at 7:00 pm.

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Costas Costidis passed awayon October 21. He was born onNovember 24, 1924 on Nisyros.His mother, Maroukla, raisedCostas, his identical twin Spiro,and younger brother Achileas,on the small Greek island.Costas’ father, George, was inthe United States with his oldestson Nick, working to supportthe family. Costas attended highschool in Nisyros through his ju-nior year when he was forcedto withdraw by the Italian gov-ernment that occupied the Do-decanese Islands.

Costas volunteered in theGreek Army to serve his moth-erland Greece during World WarII. He was captured by the Ger-man Army and held prisoner ofwar on the Island of Rhodes. Af-ter two months of brutal tortureand suffering he was con-demned to face the firing squad.Through some Divine interven-tion, he survived and was re-leased and returned home toNisyros. After the war, Costasbought his own boat “Trata” andwas transporting goods for mer-chants between the mainlandand the islands in the AegeanSea.

On April 27, 1949, he mar-ried Stamatia PanagiotouChristoforou, and one year latertheir daughter Maria was born.In 1954, Costas and his familyimmigrated to the United Statesto achieve the American Dream.Costas worked as a dishwasherat first, and later as a waiter,while Stamatia remained hometo raise their family. In the yearsthat followed, Costas worked asa waiter at the Irving Trust Com-pany, at the bank’s headquartersexecutive officers club restau-rant on Wall Street, moving upthe ladder and becoming man-ager, supervising a staff of 36employees. In that position, he

helped many of his fellow Greekimmigrants by giving them em-ployment.

Costas and his family livedin an apartment in lower West-side Manhattan for a few yearsbefore moving to Astoria. OnFebruary 7, 1960 their sonGeorge was born and that sameyear, only six years after arrivingin New York, Costas and Stama-tia purchased their first house,a two-family in Astoria.

The family became membersof Saint Demetrios Cathedralwhere both Maria and Georgeattended the Saint DemetriosSchool. Costas’ love of the Greekculture, language, and tradi-tions and his unfaltering faithin God drove him to become ac-tively involved in the commu-nity.

Costas was elected to theParish Council of SaintDemetrios in 1970. Throughoutthe years, he served as Vice Pres-ident, Executive Vice President,and President in 1991, 1995,and 1996. He also served on nu-merous committees and chairedseveral including the annual fes-tival and community journals.With his personal involvement,over $1,000,000 was raised forthe external restoration of thechurch, as well as for the iconog-raphy that fills the interior of theCathedral.

In 1975, Costas and Stamatiapurchased property in Matti-tuck, NY and built a single fam-ily house to vacation in the sum-mer months with their family.Upon Costas’ retirement in1989, they relocated from Asto-ria to Mattituck. There, they alsosupported the Greek OrthodoxChurch of the Transfiguration ofChrist by attending church andcreating strong ties with otherparishioners.

In 1997, His All Holiness Ec-

umenical PatriarchBartholomew acknowledgedCostas’ dedication and commit-ment to the Church by bestow-ing upon him the title of ArchonIpomnimon. This is the highesthonor for a layperson, recogniz-ing outstanding service to theChurch.

Costas was also actively in-volved with many other organi-zations. He was a member ofthe Archdiocesan Hellenic Cul-tural Center in Astoria, the Pan-Dodecanesian Federation, andAHEPA’s “Hermes” chapter. Inaddition to these culturalgroups, he was an active mem-ber of the Panagia ThermianiNisyrian Society for which heserved as Vice President duringthe 1970s and President foreight years, 1980-1988.Throughout his years of serviceto the Society, Costas committedhimself to helping with themany needs of his beloved is-land of Nisyros. During his pres-idency, he was instrumental inraising the necessary funds, over$85,000, sent to Nisyros to builda hotel in his native village of

Pali. Over the years, the Costidis

family grew. In April, 1972,Maria married Fotios Pa-pamichael, another Nisyrian na-tive. In March 1973, Costas andStamatia were blessed withtheir first grandchild, Stamatia(Tina), and in August 1975,with their second grandchild,Panagioti (Peter). In November1991, George married MarissaPapageorge, from Karpathos.

On February 29, 1996, theGood Lord chose, suddenly andwithout warning to take Stama-tia into His arms. However,Costas and his family were notforsaken, within hours after thedeath of their beloved wife andmother, George and Marissawere blessed with the birth oftheir twin babies, ConstantineGeorge and Margo (Mαριγω)Stamatia. Costas’ devastation atlosing his wife of forty-six yearswas comforted and blessed witha miracle from God in receivingalmost immediately two beauti-ful grandchildren. Two yearslater, George and Marissa wereagain blessed with another setof twin babies, George Aristotleand Spyridon George. In 2003,Costas’ first grandchild, Stamatiamarried Sotirios Molos, and onNovember 30, 2004, he becamea great-grandfather with thebirth of Maria Andreana. OnSeptember 4, 2006, Stamatiagave birth to Costas’ second greatgrandchild, Ioannis Sotirios.And, his third great grandchildFotios Sotirios was born on Oc-tober 5, 2008 and his fourthgreat grandchild ParaskeviRafaela on October 27, 2010.

In recent years, Costasresided in Little Neck, NY withhis children and enjoyed spend-ing time in Mattituck with hisgrandchildren and great grand-children.

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ATHENS – Desperately seekingdebt relief while fending offgrowing anger over his renegingon anti-austerity vows, GreekPremier Alexis Tsipras is also un-der siege by dissidents in his rul-ing Radical Left SYRIZA partywhile he keeps plummeting thepolls.

After vowing to stop the saleand lease of state enterprises,Tsipras has surrendered to thedemands of the country’s inter-national creditors and picked upthe pace of privatization, anger-ing his party’s so-called Groupof 53 faction which occasionallycriticize him before voting forwhat he wants.

They made little noise duringthe party’s recent Congress butwhen it ended sounded off, thenewspaper Kathimerini said,urging SYRIZA members to“fight against privatizations inthe energy sector” that are goingahead anyway.

Energy Minister MinisterPanos Skourletis objects to thesale of a 17 percent stake in thePublic Power Corporation andis likely to be replaced in a Cab-inet shakeup, the newspapersaid as Tsipras keeps muzzlingcritics in his party.

Skourletis said last week thathis refusal to get on board wasnot a “personal crusade” but dic-tated by opposition to the salewithin SYRIZA’s philosophicalranks.

Ironically, the Group of 53 isled by Finance Minister Euclid

Tsakalotos, a Marxist economistwho has given in to the Capital-ist lenders and faithfully obeysTsipras’ orders while at the sametime trying to appease dissi-dents.

“We cannot talk of leftist pol-icy on the sidelines of thebailouts,” he said, siding withTsipras again as the two negoti-ate the terms of more austerityattached to a third bailout of 86billion euros ($93.67 billion)Tsipras said he would never seek

nor accept before doing both.The Group of 53 – minus its

leader Tsakalotos – defendedSkourletis, the second consecu-tive Energy Minister to be atodds with Tsipras.

The group said Skourletiswas right to fight the sale of athe Independent Power Trans-mission Operator ADMIE“against the demands by credi-tors and the willing within thecountry, including the leader-ship of TAIPED (the country’s

privatization agency” eventhough they voted to go alongwith it.

Despite the criticism, Tsiprasremains firmly in control of theparty as shown during the Con-gress where he was re-electedeasily although running withoutopposition from any of his crit-ics.

POLL PLUNGEGreece’s major opposition

New Democracy has built at 11-point lead over SYRIZA in the

wake Tsipras’ constant renegingon anti-austerity promises.

The Conservatives have beenenergized under leader KyriakosMitsotakis, who keeps snipingat Tsipras as the country’s econ-omy remains stagnant.

New Democracy gained agrowing advantage in the pollcommissioned and published inthe Athens daily “Efimerida tonSyntakton” (Journalists’Gazette), and conducted by thefirm Prorata, the business news-paper Naftemporiki reported.

New Democracy got 28 per-cent, up 2 percent from a Sep-tember poll, with SYRIZA lag-ging in second at 17 percent,down 1 percent.

The Communists of KKE,with 13 percent, took over thirdfrom the extreme-right GoldenDawn, which fell to sixth at 8percent.

The former PASOK, now De-mocratic Alignment, was fourthat 10 percent, followed by thecentrist To Potami at 9 percentwhile the Union of Centrists wasseventh at 7 percent.

Also above the 3 percentthreshold needed to get intoParliament were three otherparties, the anti-bailout leftistsof former SYRIZA stalwart andprevious Parliament PresidentZoe Contantopoulou, 5 percentfor the radical leftists Antarsyaand 5 percent for another for-mer SYRIZA veteran, PanayiotisLafazanis’ party.

SYRIZA’s coalition partner,the pro-austerity, far-right, jin-goistic Independent Greeks

(ANEL) were right at 3 percent.Mitsotakis kept up sniping af-

ter Tsipras’ address on Oct. 23to SYRIZA’s central committeemembers where the Leftistleader defended his double talkof criticizing his own actions.

“He’s (Tsipras) reverting toan artificial polarization; a bo-gus division, as well as an ex-tremist speech, which I do notbelieve correspond with thelevel of political dialogue citi-zens expect,” he said, the news-paper added.

DEBT RELIEF FIGHTRebuffed by the country’s Eu-

ropean lenders, again pushedfor debt relief by the year’s endand warned that the far-right isgaining a foothold on the Con-tinent.

Tsipras, who had agreed notto seek a debt break until 2018has changed his mind and saidthe country’s creditors shouldhonor a promise for easier termsto repay the 326 billion euros($355.18 billion) in threebailouts sought by successivegovernments since 2010.

He made the call during aspeech opening a Euro-Mediter-ranean summit in Vravrona,eastern Attica, the newspaperKathimerini said.

“Now is the time for ourcreditors to honor their commit-ments, as Greece has done, sothat we can achieve a lighteningof the debt by the end of theyear,” he said, repeating whathe told EU leaders at a meetingin Brussels where it was ig-nored.

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SYRIZA Dissidents Fighting Privatization, New Democracy Builds Lead

into an internationally recog-nized Greek Cypriot south anda breakaway Turkish Cypriotnorth.

Only Turkey recognizes aTurkish Cypriot declaration of in-dependence and maintains morethan 35,000 troops in the north.Cyprus joined the EuropeanUnion in 2004, but only the

south enjoys full membershipbenefits.

Anastasiades and Akinci havemade significant headway sincethe U.N. facilitated talks resumednearly 18 months ago, but im-portant differences remain.

A key sticking point is Turkishmilitary intervention rights thatTurkish Cypriots see as vital totheir security while Greek Cypri-ots view that as a threat.

The territory issue is consid-ered pivotal to a peace deal.Greek Cypriots argue the morepeople are able to reclaim homesand property lost during the war,the greater the support a deal willreceive from the majority GreekCypriots when it's put to a votein simultaneous referendums inboth communities.

Additionally, the projectedcost of a settlement would drop

substantially if more people re-claim homes and property andforego compensation for theirloss.

Anastasiades said negotiationsare at a "truly crucial juncture"and that how talks will fare ter-ritory will indicate whether ornot an accord is within reach.

A peace deal would help un-lock energy cooperation on eastMediterranean gas deposits, lift

obstacles to Turkey's troubled bidto join the European Union andusher in a degree of stability in atumultuous region.

BIG DEADLINE The two have set an end-of-

the-year deadline for ending 41years of division caused by anunlawful Turkish invasion in1974, in a bid to make it happenbefore UN Secretary-General BanKi-moon gives up his office afterjoining a long list of other diplo-mats who’ve failed to solve thedilemma.

The two met Oct. 24 butmade essentially no progress al-though Anastasiades said thatthey discussed details of how “thevarious, either freedoms or rights,would be implemented. Therewas, I must say, relative progress,which needs further discussion,”

the Cyprus Mail reported.“We focused on the essence of

what we had before us, ratherthan determining the location(for carrying out the meetings onterritorial issues),” he said, asthey keep pushing back estimatesof resolving issues.

They haven’t yet talked aboutthe territorial issue althoughAnastasiades said the occupiedtown of Morphou has to be re-turned to Cyprus, which theTurkish side has rejected outright.

Akinci claims it would not beeasy to return the area, whichhas been substantially developedin recent years, the newspapersaid, although it could be a deal-breaker if unresolved.

(Material from the AssociatedPress was used in this report)

Rival Cyprus Leaders to Continue Unity Talks in Switzerland, Stop Leaks

Greece' Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras walks on stage to deliver his speech during his party con-gress in Athens, Oct. 13 while rival party New Democracy support continues to grow.

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ATHENS – Greek diplomatshave reportedly briefed Euro-pean Union officials over a risein aggression by Turkey, whichcontinues to send fighters jetsand warships into Greek terri-tory.

With military officers inTurkey having been replaced af-ter a failed coup against Presi-dent Recep Tayyip Erdogan, thathas raised fears of an accidentalclash between forces and politi-cal instability contributing to thepossibility as he conducts an on-going crackdown.

Erdogan has been on an Ot-toman rant since disputing the1923 Treaty of Lausanne, whichset borders between the coun-tries and Greek defense officialsare said to be jittery over thecontinued incursion of Turkishfighter jets, some of which en-gaged in mock dogfights withGreek pilots, and a Turkish war-ship off the island of Karpathosnear Turkey and Rhodes.

Turkey regularly violatesGreek air space and waters butthe number has picked up.

That has led to a flurry ofdiplomatic talks between Greekand EU officials, the newspaperKathimerini said, but no satisfac-tion with Europe reportedly ea-ger to keep appeasing Erdoganso he won't unleash morerefugees and migrants on theContinent.

Some 64,000 are stranded inGreece with the suspension of aEU swap deal with Turkey be-cause of an overwhelming num-ber of asylum applications afterEurope closed its borders to themleaving it to Athens to deal with.

The newspaper said thatGreek ambassadors have ex-pressed worry about the revision-ism conveyed in a series of recentspeeches by Erdogan, and grow-ing nationalist rhetoric in Turkeywith anxiety it could it could es-calate into a military confronta-tion as almost happened over thedisputed islet of Imia in 1996.

Greek envoys noted Turkeyhas a military presence in threeneighboring countries – Cyprus,Syria and Iraq – and as Erdogan

said he would support the Mus-lim minority in northern Greece.

An official representing a ma-jor Western European countrysaid there was understanding forGreece’s predicament but thatTurkey’s isolation on the interna-tional stage due to developmentsin the broader region should beborne in mind, the newspaperadded.

TURKISH INCURSIONSTurkish F-16s invaded Greek

airspace early on Oct. 20, a dayafter another incursion in whichTurkish and Greek pilots engagedeach other in mock fights inwhich they track each other andas Greece tries to show strengthwhile the EU, US, NATO and theUnited Nations say nothing.

Greek officials said the Turk-ish fighters were intercepted un-der international law whileNATO – to which both countriesbelong – did and said nothingabout repeated Turkish viola-tions.

According to reports, the air-craft entered the Athens FlightInformation Region (FIR) twice,first at 3.38AM and then at5.32AM, flying over the islet ofPanagia, east of Oinousses.

After a failed coup againsthim, Erdogan has stepped up hisrhetoric, increasing tension be-tween the two countries althoughGreek Prime Minister and RadicalLeft SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsiprashas said nothing about it, leavingit to Defense Minister Panos Kam-menos, head of the pro-austerity,far-right, jingoistic IndependentGreeks to respond.

Two Turkish F-16s violatedGreek air space southeast ofRhodes and south of Kastellorizoshortly before 4PM on Oct. 19and were pursued by two Greekfighter jets dispatched from abase at Souda Bay, according toDefense Ministry officials.

A misinterpretation, however,of more recent comments by Er-dogan, which suggested that hehad called for a referendum inthe Greek region of Thrace,added to the growing tension.

That led to the head of theGreek Embassy’s press office inAnkara being brought back toAthens, Kathimerini also said.

Compiled byEraklis Diamataris

OCTOBER 25, 1822The Ottoman Turk forces attempted to

retake the strategically important port townof Missolonghi. The first siege of Misso-longhi occurred during the early stages ofthe Greek War of Independence. The Greekcommander of the nearly 2,000 soldiers forthe Greek revolutionaries was AlexandrosMavrokordatos. The Ottoman forces triedto surprise the Greeks on Christmas Eve butthe Greeks were tipped off by the Greeksecretary of the Ottoman commander. TheGreeks beat back the Ottomans and woulda year later resist another siege earning Eu-ropean-wide praise and giving the Greekshope for independence. During the thirdsiege of the city, the Greek forces held outfor a long time but the city finally fell in1826 with Missolonghi gaining worldwideattention for being the place where reveredphilhellene Lord Byron died.

OCTOBER 26, 1954Greek footballing genius Vasilis Hatzi-

panagis was born to political refugees inTashkent of Soviet Uzbekistan. Nicknamedthe “Greek Maradona” Hatzipanagis primar-ily made his name for Thessaloniki clubIraklis where he made 281 appearances andscored 62 goals. During his long stay atIraklis he led the club to victory in the GreekCup during the 1975-1976 season. This at-tacking midfield maestro known for his longcurly black hair joined a World XI in 1984that continued the likes of Franz Becken-bauer, Mario Kempes, Hugo Sanchez andfellow countryman Thomas Mavros for amatch against the New York Cosmos in NewJersey. Iraklis made it difficult for their star

man to leave andtherefore wasn’table to test him-self in betterleagues withnoted interestfrom Lazio andEnglish giantsArsenal. In No-vember of 2003,Vasilis Hatzi-panagis was se-lected as Greece’sgolden player ofthe last 50 years.He only repre-sented his coun-try once because

he was forced to get Soviet citizenship inorder to play for the Supreme Soviet Leaguewhich he cites is one of his biggest regrets.

OCTOBER 27, 312Constantine I sees the phrase “Εν Τούτῳ

Νίκα" in the night sky the night before thebattle of the Milvian Bridge. Constantine’sadversary was Maxentius and the prize wasan important route over the Tiber River. Af-ter the vision Constantine adopted the firsttwo letters of Christ in Greek “XP” and putit on his army’s shields. Constantine’s deci-sive victory at Milvian Bridge paved the wayfor him to arrive to Rome and he won deci-sively there too. With the fall of Rome Con-stantine created the framework for Chris-tianity to become the dominant religion ofthe Roman Empire and then of Europe as awhole which would come the followingyear, 313.

OCTOBER 28, 1940Italian dictator Benito Mussolini sends

an ultimatum to Greek Prime Minister Ioan-

nis Metaxas demanding the cession of GreekTerritory. Prime Minister Metaxas replied“no” and the Italian forces gathered in Al-

bania began their invasion of Greece,thereby dragging Greece into World War II.The commander-in-chief of Greece againstthe Italians was Alexander Papagos. TheGreeks beat back the Italians in the moun-tains of Northern Epirus and Greece andstunned the world. At the time, Greece wasthe United Kingdom’s only active ally fight-ing in Europe and delivered the first victoryagainst the Axis forces in World War II. Thefailure of Italy to secure Greece proved de-cisive as it forced Hitler to divert forces andstall time from his invasion of the SovietUnion. The latter is the most significant partas the harsh Russian winter set in and de-stroyed the invading Germany army ratherthan invading in the Spring time as planned.

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Greek Fears OverAccidental Clash WithTurkey Soar, EU Briefed

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras —whose left-wing SYRIZA party isa relative newcomer to main-stream politics — of trying to gaininfluence over the news media.

Tsipras had made the auctionthe centerpiece of his reforms. Heargued it would sever a corruptrelationship between traditionallypowerful political parties and in-dustrialists who used media own-ership to seek lucrative state con-tracts — a relationship the

government said created decadesof financial mismanagement andwas a cause of Greece’s cripplingfinancial crisis.

In weekend speech to partymembers, Tsipras had promisedto defend the license overhaul.“This is not just one front in the

war in the war on corruption. Itis a fight to defend democracyand the rule of law in this coun-try,” he said.

Nikos Pappas, a Minister ofState whose office drafted the lawthat was struck down as uncon-stitutional, said he will presentnew draft legislation Oct. 31 onTV licensing rules.

New Democracy, the conserv-ative main opposition party, de-scribed the auction and its fate incourt as a “failed media coup.” Itrenewed a call for Tsipras to stepdown and call early elections.

The Conservatives said thatthe government’s assault on theruling was “deeply undemocraticand anti-institutional and a “direpolitical defeat.

Government spokeswomanOlga Gerovasili said the rulingwould cost the state millions inlicensing fees earmarked for wel-fare spending and blamed thecourt for backing bailouts.

She said that, “Nothing willstand in the way of the govern-ment’s determination to bringsome order to the radio and tele-vision landscape,” but without ex-plaining what it would do next.

Greek High Court Overturns TV License Auction


fund, the European StabilityMechanism.

Labor Minister George Ka-trougalos said the governmentwas opposed to easing firingrules for struggling businessesand wanted to restore collectivewage bargaining agreements be-tween unions and employers thatwere stopped under previousbailout agreements.

“It’s the usual tactic in thesenegotiations. The starting posi-tions are very tough. Talks don’tstart with a position that will leadto a solution,” Katrougalos toldpro-government Sto Kokkino ra-

dio, ruling out more pension cutsand harsh reforms.

Bailout lenders want Greeceto rapidly reduce the risk tobanks by clearing non-perform-ing loans, and describe currentmortgage protection rules as be-ing too generous. They also insistjob guarantees are holding up thecountry’s economic recovery.

The aim of the visit, the news-paper Kathimerini said, was toshow support for Greece in itsbattles with its internationallenders and the European Union.US diplomats said Greece was a“bulwark of stability” in the re-gion although critics said Amer-ica frequently favors Turkey.

After his visit in Athens,Obama is expected to travel onto Berlin where the refugee crisisand Greece’s debt problem areexpected to be broached in talkswith German Chancellor AngelaMerkel, whose country has putup the bulk of 326 billion euros($356.23 billion) and who de-manded harsh austerity in return.

Obama is expected to under-line US support for Greek debtrelief he and Treasury SecretaryJack Lew have emphasized sev-eral times, a notion rejected outof hand by Merkel.

(Material from the AssociatedPress was used in this report)

Greece Awaits Obama’s Post-Election Visit

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EDITORIALS LETTERS10 THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Best Wishes for New ViceChairman Tsandikos§

To the Editor:I was pleased to see the in-

terview with the new Archdioce-san Vice Chairman GeorgeTsandikos in last week’s issue. Ithink it is time for more trans-parency especially with fi-nances. My own experienceworking with a nonprofit orga-nization where every penny hadto be accounted for leads me to

believe this is the only waythings should be run. Hopefully,the new Vice Chairman and HisEminence ArchbishopDemetrios who seem to have ex-cellent communication witheach other will be able to workthings out for the benefit of theChurch.

Good luck to Mr. Tsandikos,I am sure he will do an excellentjob.

Bill K. PoulosSan Diego, CA

the world, and the capability of representing and promotingthe ideals on which this country is based.

Dear readers,America and the world are amid an uncertain, uneasy, and

potentially transformational period. This is an epoch that de-mands a steady hand at the helm of the most powerful countryon earth.

Frankly – and this is one of our biggest concerns – we arefrightened to imagine Donald Trump as commander-in-chief.He is so unpredictable, so impulsive, and so much a lone wolfin reaching decisions, that we believe he presents an unaccept-able risk to the country.

On the other hand, Hillary Clinton is much steadier andmore experienced. Her tenure as first lady, United States senator,and secretary of state is a professional portfolio few who everran for president can match.

To his credit, Donald Trump was able to understand – andexploit – the desperation and anger of the middle class and thepoor. He tapped into their feeling of abandonment by the polit-ical, intellectual, and business elite. He railed against a crum-bling infrastructure, and unacceptable levels of corruption.

But his inability to articulate a viable alternative is a missedopportunity of historical proportions. Tearing down the old isnot good enough; one has to be able to build a new and betterworld too.

And Mr. Trump cannot do that. As Peggy Noonan of the WallStreet Journal recently lamented, it’s too bad he is a “nut.” Wewould like to add how wise the primary system of politics iswhich affords us the opportunity to figure it out.

Next, we turn to Hellenism. Hillary Clinton knows the issuesfacing us Greeks from her various positions of authority.Granted, she did not help achieve any breakthroughs.

Nonetheless, she was helpful during the economic crisis bypressuring the European governments to help keep Greecewithin the Eurozone.

In July 2011, she visited Greece where she pushed for re-forms, explaining that they would give Greece a major boostforward.

Moreover, she visited the Ecumenical Patriarchate and ex-pressed strong support of it against threats from Turkish ex-tremists.

As a presidential candidate, Mrs. Clinton has expressed out-rage over the “tragedy unfolding in Greece” and reminded thatGreece is a member of NATO and the Eurozone, that the UnitedStates has “an important, energetic, and successful Greek-Amer-ican community” and that as result she wants “to find a solu-tion.”

Granted, that might not be enough, but in notable contrast,Mr. Trump has been silent on these issues.

We are the first ones to express serious concerns about HillaryClinton, as we have already done. It is not an accident that themajority of the people do not trust her.

But we hope that after reaching the very top, the presidency– her lifelong ambition – she will find the strength to discoverher better self, to do all that she can to prove herself worthy ofthe honor, and to prove her critics wrong.

Last, but not least, we note that Donald Trump built his can-didacy on xenophobia – on hostility toward immigrants, mi-norities, and women.

He seems not to understand, ascribe to, or support the prin-ciples and ideas upon which this great country was founded.

How then can we, ourselves immigrants or the children orgrandchildren of immigrants, support such a candidate?

So, we ask you please, above all, to vote.And we urge you to vote for Hillary Clinton.

The Point of Obama's Visit Barack Obama’s decision to visit abroad– to Greece, Germany

and Peru - after the presidential elections and just before hand-ing the power over to his successor is unusual.

What is the point? It seems more like a humanitarian missionto a country harshly affected and with tens of thousands ofrefugees on its land, combined with a bit of tourism, ratherthan anything else. But it is not devoid of general significance,he is president after all, the spotlight will be on him and he iscertainly well informed on the issues.

According to a White House statement, the purpose of thePresident’s visits is to highlight his commitment to "solidarity, astrong and united Europe” and “will underscore the linkagesbetween our security interests and our economic agenda,” andsupport for economic reforms.

The careful reader will note that Greece, without beingnamed, is "photographed" in a series of words, such as "inte-grated", “linkages”, "security”, “reforms” .... It is however sur-prising that the President wants to emphasize things that arealmost self-evident for Hillary Clinton, his most likely succes-sor.

Unless he is not so sure ... and wants to send a few messagesto Trump from the locations at which these positions have thegreatest impact. It is interesting that only a few days earlier theWhite House had denied – in response to a question submittedby the National Herald - that the President was going to visitGreece.

What might have intervened?According to the statement, the American President will re-

main in Greece for about a day and a half, which is a fairlygood amount of time. Therefore, it can be assumed that apartfrom Athens, his meetings and sightseeing, Obama will possiblyvisit the refugee camp in Lesvos in order to "humanize" therefugee issue.

During his stay in Athens, it is certain that beyond his positivepublic statements about Greek hospitality and the cradle ofDemocracy, President Obama will repeat even more openly,now that his term is coming to an end, the need for reforms inthe Greek economy, just as it is stated in the White House an-nouncement.

Of course, Barack Obama will put the Greek government ina difficult position because a large portion of SYRIZA supportersoppose America and the presence of its president will not godown particularly well... Especially during the events commem-orating the Polytechnic uprising of 1973...

On the other hand, the Prime Minister's office will definitelytry to present the presidential visit as a vote of confidence to-wards it, which it certainly is not.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

COMMENTARY

Our tortuously long and toxicpresidential campaign is in its fi-nal days. Given that none of thecandidates have spoken aboutGreece, Cyprus, or embattledOrthodoxy, Greek Americansmust make a choice based oneach candidate’s general domes-tic and foreign policy proposals.The essence of each candidate’scharacter and the spirit eachwould bring to the White Househave been established. The reg-ularly appearing Wiki leaks thatcompromise Clinton and thewomen stepping forward to ac-cuse Trump of sexual assaultonly substantiate what we al-ready know.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is aclassic centrist. She enjoys thesupport of Wall Street and hasthe respect of our foreign allieseven though she advocates amore hawkish foreign policy thanPresident Obama’s. On domesticissues, Clinton has championedthe rights of women and eth-nic minorities all her politicallife. Pressure from the pro-gressive wing of her partyhave pushed her to bemore vigorous on issuessuch as raising the min-imum wage, studentloan relief, enhancingMedicare, and opposingnoxious trade agree-ments. Clinton’s websitedetails her various politi-cal positions in a system-atic manner. She suffersfrom being thought secretive,untrustworthy, and thoroughlyestablishmentarian.

Donald J. Trump remains apolitician of many faces. He rou-tinely outlines different positionson the same issue. He revels inmaking extremely offensive andcoarse statements that often arenot factual and then walkingthem back with complaints ofhaving had his words distortedby mass media. He denies sayingthings that are readily availableon video tapes. His political

mantra is “makeAmerican Greatagain,” but he of-fers few policy de-tails beyond mas-sive tax cuts for thesuper wealthy, es-pecially those inreal estate. Hehasn’t paid federalincome taxes for atleast a decade andhas made very fewgifts to charities de-spite bragging oth-erwise. He some-times is to the leftof Clinton on for-eign policy, but then supports theuse of torture, carpet bombing,and in a break with all previouspresidential candidates, he statesnuclear proliferation might be agood thing. Our foreign allies are

a p -

palled atthe thought of him as presidentof the United States.

Trump supporters fabricatethe Trump they like out of hisconflicting statements and dis-card the rest as electioneering,trivia, or media distortions. I amreminded of an old televisionshow that had three contestantspretending to be a real person.

It ended with, “Willthe real X, pleasestand?” Sometimesviewers were verysurprised by theperson who stoodup.

Gary Johnson ofthe Libertarians hasdisappointed voterslooking for a dy-namic alternative toTrump and Clinton.“What’s Aleppo?”Johnson, who couldnot name a singleforeign leader headmires, wants to

be entrusted with shaping a lessaggressive but effective foreignpolicy. He has not spoken muchabout opposing federal aid onstudent loans, further deregulat-ing Wall Street, curtailing SocialSecurity, and other views thatwould not ring many bells. Hav-ing failed to attract many dis-

gruntled students and Democ-rats, the Libertarians have

shifted their focus to attract-ing disillusioned Republi-cans, whatever their ori-entation. The LibertarianParty had 1,225,1973votes (1%) in the totalpresidential tally in2012. This year the pro-jected Libertarian votecould be large enough in

some swing states such asNew Hampshire and

Nevada to tip those states toClinton. Jill Stein of the Green Party

has spent most of her time com-plaining about not being in-cluded in debates and not receiv-ing proper coverage in nationalmedia. The major reason for thatneglect is that there is no evi-dence that the Greens have wonover many of the 13 millionBernie Sanders voters whoshould be attracted to the Greenplatform. Stein also has squan-dered the scant media air shegets with a rambling listing of

wants rather than a forceful pre-sentation of her program. TheGreens had 469,637 votes (.4%)of the total tally in 2012. Win-ning significantly more votes in2016 seems unlikely. The Greensdo not appear to be affecting theoutcome in any specific statewith the possible exception ofFlorida.

An unanticipated electoral de-velopment has surfaced in Utahwhich has voted Republican inevery presidential election since1964. Currently there is a threeway tie between newcomer EvanMcMullin, Trump, and Clinton.The Utah-born McMullin, a Mor-mon, has launched Better forAmerica, a national conservativemovement that will be presentin most states. McMullin hasbeen a CIA operative, a Republi-can Party consultant, a UN offi-cer in Jordan, and an investmentbanker. If the latest Trump scan-dals peel off more Republicanvotes from what had been a biglead a month ago, it is conceiv-able that McMullin could takeUtah’s 6 electoral voters or tip itto Clinton. The McMullin up-surge could also tip Arizona, an-other Republican stronghold, toClinton.

Many Americans alienated byboth major candidates may con-sider staying home on electionday. That wastes the opportunityto send a political message byvoting for a third party. Evenmore significant are the down-ballot Congressional contests.

The winners will be voting inthe next four years on major con-cerns such as Supreme Courtnominees, Social Security cuts,and national security. A goodtime to influence that Congressand whoever becomes the newpresident is Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Prof. Georgakas is Director ofthe Greek American Studies Pro-ject at Queens College – CUNYand Consulting Editor ofCINEASTE magazine.

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Clouds are Gathering Indeed

“The Clouds are Gathering over Greece”read the headline in Kathimerini’s October23 edition.

A title that is frightening and perhapsdisturbing, but true.

The clouds are gathering, indeed.There is much evidence. Too much. Re-

gardless if many pretend that it does notexist, that they do not see it.

I hope you noticed, for example, the pho-tograph of Greek Prime Minister AlexisTsipras with German Chancellor AngelaMerkel from their last meeting, which wasrecently published by Ethnikos Kyrix on thefront page. It was a very sad picture for everyGreek, regardless of political inclination. Mr.Tsipras has an expression on his face such asthat of a student who has failed his examand just received the bad news from histeacher. And she – Merkel – seems as if to besaying, “I'm sorry, but what can I do? You

should have studied. Now it's too late…”I hope you noticed that Mr. Nikos Filis –

yes Filis, the Greek Minister of Education –received 1,308 votes: he came in second af-ter Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos atSYRIZA’s conference.

I hope you are aware that Turkish Presi-dent Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues tochallenge the borders, going so far as tosuggest that even Thessaloniki should beTurkish, since Kemal Ataturk was bornthere.

Furthermore, I hope you noticed the ap-pointment of an imam to Hagia Sophia,turning the words of the Turkish presidentinto symbolic steps, which would not bewise for anyone to ignore.

And while all this and much more is hap-pening, for the first time in decades thereis a widespread belief that Greece’s democ-ratic system is eroding.

The recent examples of the judicial sys-tem and the TV licenses are two alarmingexamples.

In that context, former Foreign MinisterTheodoros Pangalos’ article in that October23 Kathimerini edition is an interesting one:“The recent SYRIZA conference stood to re-mind anyone who had forgotten that thosewho hold the real reins of power are ene-mies of 'bourgeois' democracy, democraticfreedoms and human rights, freedom of thepress, and an independent judiciary.” Andhe calls upon “those who have the courageand the will to defend democracy, to createa new electoral coalition now...the leader-ship of the joint effort, he continues belongsde facto to the newly elected leader of NewDemocracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He has theresponsibility to extend an invitation to all,so that the high-level contacts for the cre-ation of this 'National Democratic Rally' maycommence.”

There is no guarantee that such schemesyield results. Possibly the opposite.

But Mr. Pangalos’ words provide a newdynamic to Greece’s need for a change ofgovernment.

ANTI-Logos By A.H. Diamataris

• Good LuckThe incentives for Archbishop Demetrios’

appointment of George Tsandikos to the im-portant position of Vice Chairman of theArchdiocesan Council arouse the interest ofthe Greek-American community.

In any case, Tsandikos is not a randomperson. He is an educated, professionallyacclaimed Greek-American.

In the interesting interview he gave us,he places the subject of education and theGreek language at the top of his interests.Good for him.

He can rest assured that he will find weare supporters and fellow-combatants.

Of course, the late Michael Jaharis can-not be easily replaced – Tsandikos rightlyreferred to him as a giant – and he will in-evitably be compared to him, at least for awhile.

In any event, the reins of the Church arebeing passed to another generation ofGreek-Americans, even though its leader-ship is now tired.

By the way, exactly what was decidedduring the recent conference call of theFaith organization members?

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of "Periodiko", last weekend to the 25th an-niversary of the enthronement ofBartholomew as the Ecumenical Patriarch.We thank the sponsors who contributed toits creation.

This is an important anniversary that weat least, as Greek-Americans who are underhis jurisdiction, ought to honor and thankhim for his service.

A quarter of a century at the helm of anorganization is no small thing. All the moreso when he is at the wheel of the long-suf-fering ecumenical throne.

And the fact that Bartholomew, with hisleadership, keeps the Patriarchate high inour conscience and has established it as avoice and presence of international impor-tance. That is really a major contribution.

It can therefore be said that the Patri-archy is in solid hands under Bartholomew.

The question is: what happens next?

• Student VisitsOne of the most enjoyable moments at

the office for me is when the students ofour schools visit us, just as the students ofthe Cathedral School of New York did re-cently.

It was a delight.Smart, polite, in their uniforms and with

very good questions, they refreshed us withtheir presence and gave us even greater

hope for the future.We thank them for their visit.

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Yet, despite the fact that thousands ofGreek-Americans are using this service, anddespite the fact that we have offered it formany years, I continue to meet people whoare not aware of it and treat it with suspi-cion.

A woman recently insisted that it is im-possible for the National Herald to do some-thing like this, that only the major newspa-pers can manage it, she said, and more orless accused me of not telling the truth.

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Hillary for PresidentContinued from page 1

By Theodore Kalmoukos

His Eminence ArchbishopDemetrios of America recentlyappointed George Tsandikos tothe position of Vice Chairman ofthe Archdiocesan Council, suc-ceeding the late Michael Jaharis.

A churchman and the son ofa priest, Tsandikos is very well-educated, holding degrees ineconomics and law, and he chairsthe prominent Leadership 100organization with dignity andsuccess .

Some of the issues thatTsandikos should examine, alongwith the archbishop and othermembers of the ArchdiocesanExecutive Committee includelaunching a detailed forensic au-dit – down to the smallest in-voice – into the Archdiocese’s fi-nances by external, independentauditors.

This means Executive Direc-

tor Jerry Dimitriou and his asso-ciates should not be permittedto just provide some general in-spection of expenses and pay-ments, but the auditors shouldbe given access to all books andrecords.

That was the message in ourinterview with Tsandikos in ourOctober 22 edition, which in-cluded this pertinent excerpt:

TNH: May we assume thatyou will be informed about thefinances of the Archdiocese,specifically, how its systemworks, who makes the decisions,and who is the person or the per-sons dealing with the finances?

GT: Absolutely, and I think inmy role as vice-chairman it is im-perative that I be informed ofthat and certainly that is one as-pect that we will be talkingabout.

TNH: Would you insist on anexamination of the books, an ex-

tensive audit to see where theArchdiocese is at the presenttime financially? How much theArchdiocese spends? If theparishes can afford to contributewhat they have been asked tocontribute?

GT: Again, it is early to talkabout insistence but given the re-lationship I have with His Emi-nence and the others at the Arch-diocese it is not a question ofinsistence, but obviously we willdo what we have to do to worktogether to help people under-stand, similar to what we haveat The Leadership 100- trans-parency, accountability and wehave that too at the Archdiocese.Every organization has to havetransparency, accountability, andgood practice.

Tsandikos is certainly correctwhen he said that “every orga-nization has to have trans-parency, accountability, and

good practice,” and more so theChurch. The faithful with itsstewardship, contributions, anddonations who support and sus-tain everything and everybodyat the Archdiocese have the rightto know. Thus, it is imperativethat a detailed list should bemade public and be sent to allmembers of all the parishes asto how the $30 million of theArchdiocesan budget is spent. Itshould be detailed and not theway it has been done all theseyears with generalities.

Also, the Archdiocese’s num-ber of employees, includingheads of the various departmentsand so-called ministries, alongwith their job descriptions, an-nual salaries, and benefits,should be made public. Theparishes and their members havea right to know exactly what isgoing on.

Here is a proposal: a new,

competent, serious, and honestCFO should be hired, who is go-ing to oversee the existing finan-cial group, who will report di-rectly to the ExecutiveCommittee of the ArchdiocesanCouncil in which the membersof the Holy Eparchial Synod areincluded. Let me note that themembers of Executive Commit-tee have a fiduciary responsibil-ity to the authorities.

Mr. Tsandikos’ decision is cer-tainly correct to look into the is-sue of the monasteries that Fr.Ephraim has established all overthe United States. Not only interms of a detailed financial au-dit, but also an examination allof their fundamental teachings,the oracles, and the prophecies.

The monasteries issue is over-due; something has to be doneabout the health of the entireChurch in the United States be-fore it is too late.

Analysis: New Vice Chairman of Archdiocesan Council Tsandikos Should Be Bold

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Somewhere inside the delu-sional mind of Greek Sub-PrimeMinister Alexis “Happy Days AreHere Again” Tsipras, he may ac-tually believe he’s saving thecountry he likes less than hisown Looney Left SYRIZA party’sMaoist, Stalinist, Leninist, Trot-skyite bent. It’s better than themore obvious alternative: thathe is manipulating, deceivingand harming the workers, pen-sioners and the poor he sworeto protect but sold out to inter-national lender demands fasterthan you can say Che is Dead.

Tsipras came to power inJanuary 2015, promising a far-Leftist revolution sweeping Eu-rope before he was crushed likea bug by the Capitalists andbankers he hates and who con-trol the world and whose poli-cies he had to swallow and likeit.

Knowing the game was overbefore it started, it didn’t takelong for him to be the whippingboy and lap dog of the country’screditors, the EU-IMF-ECBTroika he called “The Institu-tions” to take away the sting ofhis miserable defeat.

He retreated into a fantasyworld where he could simulta-neously say he was philosophi-cally opposed to the pay cuts,tax hikes, slashed pensions,worker firings, stripping ofworker rights and privatizationshe decried while at the sametime accepting them, just an-other One Who Flew Over TheCuckoo’s Nest.

He went to Brussels for ameeting of EU leaders only tobe spanked again, appearing inphotos like a scolded schoolboy.

But he immediatelywent into the rosyspin control heprefers and said allwas well withGreece under hiswatch even if his bidfor debt relief –which he promisednot to seek until2018– was pushedaside like floorsweepings.

Tsipras said thatthree difficultmonths are ahead ofus, “But we knowabout difficulties,we have a plan to take us out ofthe memorandums and of thesupervision regime” the AthensNews Agency reported.

He actually said in platitudesso embarrassing only he didn’tnotice it that: “The people willjudge our government after thecompletion of our four-yeartenure in 2019 and will makethe comparison with the disas-trous period of 2010-2015.”

That was in reference to pre-vious governments which im-posed austerity –which he hasdone to an even stronger de-gree, including burying workers,pensioners and the poor with anavalanche of taxes while lettingthe rich and politicians and taxcheats go free, forgetting hisvow to “crush the oligarchy” be-fore it crushed him.

Instead of being embar-rassed, he struts around pre-tending he’s the country’s savior,an Emperor Without Clotheswho’s being told by his fellowSyrizans, who also sold out theirparty, principles, and country

that they aren’t theenemy of the peo-ple when they are.

So deranged ishis Spin Controlmind that he seesnothing wrongwith obstructingjustice and inter-fering with thecourts and judgesd e l i b e r a t i n gwhether he vio-lated the Constitu-tion by orderingthe closing of threeprivate TV stationsand the licensing

of only four.His puppet, State Minister

Nikos Pappas, a pathetic controlfreak, took over control of theTV licenses and, before an out-cry, even wanted the stations toclose within five days if thecourts ruled in favor of SYRIZA,which they might given thatTsipras told the judges he’d givethem pay raises, offering atransparent quid pro quo he sawnothing wrong with.

That’s a dictatorial attitudeand the kind prevalent in themind of a man who thinks hiscountry is an academic exercisein a Communist café where heand his ilk can sit around drink-ing coffee and moving thepawns of workers, pensionersand the poor around.

It didn’t work in Cuba orVenezuela or anywhere else ex-cept China and North Korea andit won’t work in Greece becausethere are still enough Greekswilling to fight him with theirteeth despite polls showing asmany as 15% have swallowed

his Commie line. Here’s how heactually talks while lookingthrough rose-colored glasses ata country he’s helped bring toruin: “We are all deeply aware,we are not walking on air be-cause we know the difficultiesand the restrictions but we arenot pessimistic but determinedto face even the biggest difficul-ties.”

Huh? What does that evenmean? Nothing, really, just yes-terday’s baloney with a littlechicken spread on it. He saidthat “war” is raging but that,“The deepest darkness is beforedawn,” although if he keeps upthis line of thinking it could beGolden Dawn for Greece.

After EU leaders snubbed hiscall for debt relief, he said they’dchange their mind, maybe be-cause he’s so eloquent they’dhave no choice but to fall underhis spell the way Greeks didtwice last year in electing andre-electing this dangerous fool.

He demanded debt relief be-fore Christmas and expects itwill happen, or more likely it’sjust more tomfoolery spread be-fore people he knows will buyit long enough to keep him col-lecting monthly checks as longas he can.

Tsipras said the EU will comearound by Dec. 5 when thebloc’s finance chiefs meet andthat Greece will get QuantitativeEasing (QE), more liquidity,from the ECB. “That will senda signal to the investment com-munity, which is waiting to de-termine that the worst is behindus,” he said. That would be him.

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I first joined the collegeYoung Republicans in 1960 be-cause the GOP had coherentcentrist policies, advocatedsmall business and an efficientfederal government, and alsobecause Eisenhower was a Re-publican.

The Democratic Party turnedme off because it was everythingto everyone, bringing southernsegregationists and outrightracists, states’ righters, tradeunions, and leftist academicsinto its one “big tent (honestyrequires me to note that I wasalso trying to get the attentionof a girl.) I still carry the GOPregistration card out of nostalgiafor a betrayed cause and thefast-receding hope of the partyreturning to its roots. Now, theParty of Lincoln, Teddy Roo-sevelt and Dwight Eisenhowerhas morphed into a fascist mon-strosity personified by DonaldTrump.

President Lyndon Johnsoncaused this disturbing metamor-phosis, albeit as an unintendedconsequence of doing good. In1877 the Democratic Party cuta Faustian bargain with South-ern Democrats, the so-called“Dixiecrats,” to end Reconstruc-tion, restore white control, andsuppress blacks. For the nextninety years, national Democ-rats tolerated the brutal repres-sion of blacks and the Dixiecratsfrequently delivered the Houseof Representatives and often theWhite House to the Democrats.A single political purpose, therepression of blacks, providedthe cohesion that kept the Dix-iecrats in power in the South.

After signing into law thelandmark 1964 Civil Rights Act,an Act that legally ended almosta century of state-sanctioned op-pression in the South, PresidentLyndon B. Johnson told his as-sistant Bill Moyers “we have de-livered the South to the Repub-lican Party for a long time tocome.” When LBJ called off thatbargain, he opened the door forRichard Nixon to develop his“Southern strategy” to persuade

the Dixiecrats thattheir only hope tokeep blacks in theirplace lay with theGOP. Ronald Rea-gan, by conflatingblacks with welfare,reinforced the strat-egy and the Dix-iecrats converted tothe GOP en masse.

However, neitherof these two other-wise smart presi-dents understoodthat Southerners arethe smartest politi-cians in the country.Over the next three decades,they outmaneuvered and sup-planted the traditional effeteEast Coast liberal patriarchs ofthe GOP. The “Dixiecans” (punintended) had ninety years ex-perience of winning by appeal-ing to a cohesive single-issueconstituency. Now they broughtthat strategy to the GOP, recruit-ing an array of other single-issueconstituencies. They made thenew GOP into a coalition of sin-gle-issue constituencies: anti-abortionists, gun extremists, andhomophobes, to name the bestknown. The Dixiecans cementedtheir power-infusing anti-blackracism into “anti” groups. TheDixiecan GOP leadership alsoused these mostly social issuesto recruit the enthusiastic sup-port of reactionary religious el-ements in the American CatholicChurch and Southern-basedevangelical preachers. The oldGOP leadership based in corpo-rate boardrooms and libertarianacademia, few of whom sharedthese social views, signed up tothis new Faustian Bargain.These social issues diverted theresentment of those who lostjobs while the financiers pros-pered. They saw that the disap-pearing middle class could beenergized to hate the scapegoatsand ignore the real source oftheir misery.

And then the George W. BushAdministration blindsided thecountry by launching an ill-ad-

vised war ofchoice thatbrought hugelosses in blood,treasure, andAmerican prestigewhile simultane-ously loweringtaxes. The combi-nation of GOPdeficits and an un-shackled financialindustry came to ahead with theGreat Recession of2008.

That calamityensured the elec-

tion of Barack Obama, whosehalf-black ancestry, commitmentto social justice, and accommo-dating view of evolving Ameri-can social mores created theperfect nightmare for the sin-gle-issue groups. The GOP triedto beat him first with a certifiedwar hero and then a traditionalWall Street banker. But Obamatrounced them both.

Donald J. Trump then ap-peared on the scene. Trump hadthe genius not only to doubledown on the resentments of thesingle issue constituencies butto hijack a traditional Democra-tic constituency; the older, whitetrade unionist workforce, who

suffered as the rest of the coun-try made great strides in themodern economy. He con-founded the elites in both par-ties who ignored them, indeedhad treated them with disdain.His demagogic stance againstfree trade and immigrants – thebogeymen of the Rust Belt –brought literally millions of tra-ditional Democrats to registeras Republicans, wildly bestingPresident Reagan’s attempts todo the same. Mr. Trump took on17 reasonably qualified tradi-tional Republican politicians inthe primaries and devastatedthem.

Donald Trump has cleverlybrought together the myriad ofsingle-issue groups, linked themto a political constituency withlegitimate grievances and gluedthem together with the hatredof Hillary Clinton, a hatred care-fully cultivated and nurtured forthree decades by the GOP lead-ership. That leadership has nowfound itself in a quandary: sup-port a candidate whom theyknow presents the greatestthreat to American democracysince the Civil War, or opposehim and incur the wrath of thecore constituency of what wasonce known as the Grand OldParty. They have a choice be-tween political obscurity or notsleeping at night. The smarterones have correctly concludedthat even if they support Trump,they have no place in the bravenew world of the Trumpist GOP.

Trump did not create thenew GOP; he exploited it. As apolitical party it has finallyabandoned me.

The Hon. Ambassador Theros ispresident of the U.S.-QatarBusiness Council. He served inthe U.S. Foreign Service for 36years, mostly in the MiddleEast, and was American Ambas-sador to Qatar from 1995 to1998. He also directed the StateDepartment’s Counter-Terrorism Office, and holds nu-merous U.S. Government deco-rations.

Lyndon Johnson Created Donald Trump and the New GOP

LETTER FROM ATHENS

Everything’s Coming Up Roses in Tsipras’ SYRIZA World

by ANDYDABILIS


Dear FellowGreek:

Are you an im-migrant (or thechild of immi-grants) to this coun-try? Did you arrivehere speaking littleor no English, anddespite flashing anoptimistic smile andmustering up somebravado, felt a knotin your stomachdue to nervous ap-prehension abouthow you would farein this vast andstrange new land?

Did you hear stories fromyour Greek friends and familymembers, who arrived to theseshores long before you did, thatthe “xenoi” (foreigners – aka,the Americans) oftentimes donot treat “us” (Greeks) verywell?

After many years of livinghere, earning a comfortable liv-ing, raising a family, and feelingat home, have those old, un-pleasant memories risen to thesurface with the presidentialcandidacy of Donald Trump?

Does the fact that he is ofGerman descent make the feel-ings even worse? Come on, youcan admit it – it doesn’t have tobe out loud. Does his Germanname, tall and imposing frame,and light hair and blue eyes, re-mind you of the Nazi oppressionof Greece during World War II,or far more recently, Germany’sbullying of Greece in the EUera?

Do you fear a Trump regimewould have a fascistic elementto it, where coffee shops in As-toria will be raided by his De-portation Force, backgammonboards overturned and cardgames disrupted as his goonsdemand to “see your papers”?

Do you think Trump’s candi-dacy represents an ugly, nativistAmerica, where people of black,brown, yellow, and Mediter-ranean olive skin will be mar-ginalized, clearly delineated asinferior?

In short, do you have the im-pression that Donald Trump isthe big, bad anti-immigrantwolf?

If that is what you believe,you have been duped by thefearmongering mainstream me-dia, which at this point – and Imake this audacious claim thisyear for the first time ever – islittle more than an extension ofHillary Clinton’s presidentialcampaign. Yes, I know, conspir-acy theory rightwingers havesaid it for years, but I dismissedthem as extremist wackos. I wasa loyal reader of the WashingtonPost for years, and the New YorkTimes before that. I never saweye-to-eye with their editorialpolicies, but at least they usuallyhad the decency to present thenews with at least some sem-blance of objectivity. Not so any-more.

Back to Donald Trump: he isnot against immigration, he isagainst lawlessness. He is notagainst foreigners coming to theUnited States legally; he isagainst criminal trespass. Henever said “Mexicans arerapists” nor did he “call for aban on Muslims.” Quite simply,nothing about Donald Trump’sactual words leave any reason-

able impressionthat he would ex-clude people be-cause of their race,nationality, or reli-gion.

Nonetheless, ifyou are here ille-gally, I’ll give it toyou straight: startworrying. BecauseDonald Trump willnot turn a blindeye to our porousborders, like presi-dents in both ma-jor parties havedone for decades.

But if you are here legally, asare the vast majority of Greeksand other foreign-born individ-uals currently inhabiting theUnited States, then DonaldTrump welcomes you with armsjust as open and embracing asthe most liberal politician youcan imagine.

Donald Trump is not anti-im-migrant. His mother was an im-migrant. So were two of hiswives, including his current one,Melania. She speaks with a dis-tinctively foreign accent, and yethe lives with her, eats with her,sleeps by her side, and is raisingtheir child with her. You don’tdo such things if you are anti-immigrant, especially when youare a multibillionaire and thereare plenty of American-bornwomen – kind, intelligent,young, and beautiful – whowould be thrilled to be Mrs.Donald Trump. It seems the ap-ple of his eye is his oldestdaughter, Ivanka. Why on earthwould a foreign-hating Yankgive his daughter a name like“Ivanka” if he were anti-immi-grant?

Moreover, Donald Trump isa Manhattan boy. Granted, hewas born in Queens, but hespent most of his life in Man-hattan. And not as a wallflowerfading in the crowd. He embod-ies Manhattan. His name is plas-tered all over the New York CitySkyline. He is Mister Fifth Av-enue himself.

He has wined and dined withcelebrities, and he’s been in theentertainment business fordecades. You don’t live that kindof lifestyle without having – ordeveloping – a natural predis-position to ethnic diversity.

My own lifestyle is light yearsaway from Trump’s – my networth cannot even begin to ap-proach his galaxy, nor do I travelin the same circles as he does –yet I am a Manhattan boy my-self. I was born and raised there,and I went to school there. Un-like the transplanted Kansansand Minnesotans who arrive toNew York by the busload, wait-ing tables and tending bar asthey seek their big break on theBroadway stage, I never had todo any “deprogramming” ofracial or ethnic intolerance, be-cause I didn’t grow up in a smalltown where everyone was “thesame.”

We who come from big citiesunderstand this better than any-one. So, I ask you: whom wouldyou think is more likely to em-brace – not by words, but by agut reaction – a foreigner? Is itthe lifelong New Yorker, or hisopponent, the hayseed fromrural Arkansas?

“But he’s said some reallybad things about immigrants,”some will counter. Actually, no,he hasn’t. If you listen to hisown words, rather than the me-dia’s spin on them, you’ll seethat. Again, he is not anti-im-migration, just anti-lawlessness.

As are all of us, who keeplocks on our front doors to keepaway the intruders, yet open thedoor with welcoming arms toall of our houseguests.

Constantinos E. Scaros' latestbook, Grumpy Old Party (aboutthe 2016 presidential election),is available for purchase onamazon.com and in bookstoresnationwide.

Donald Trump Not the BigBad, Anti-Immigrant Wolf

by CONSTANTINOS E.SCAROS


by AMB. PATRICK N.THEROS


George Tsandikos

Lyndon Johnson

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