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JERUSALEM – Specialists fromthe National Technical Univer-sity of Athens headed by Prof.Antonia Moropoulou have as-sumed the task to restore thecrypt in the Church of the Res-urrection they believe to havefound the very tomb of Christ.

As the National Geographicfirst reported, no one hadlooked inside the tomb for manycenturies, except recently whenthe team of specialists openedthe tomb and found the lime-stone burial bed where accord-ing to the Gospel accounts andoral traditions the body of JesusChrist lay after his crucifixionand before his resurrection.

Rev. Isidoros Fakitsas, the ec-clesiarch of the church of theHoly Sepulchre of the Greek Or-thodox Patriarchate ofJerusalem said that “we sawwhere Jesus Christ was laiddown,” and he added that “be-fore, nobody has saw it or atleast nobody alive today. Fr.Isidoros added that “We havethe history, the tradition. Nowwe saw with our own eyes the

Christ’s Tomb Believed to Have Been Discovered

BETHPAGE, NY – Authoritiessay Robert Crumb, age 44, fa-tally stabbed his wife MariaKontonis-Crumb, age 41, attheir suburban Bethpage, NYhome then led a 25-mile policechase that ended in a fiery crashat a Brooklyn gas station on No-vember 4.

Nassau County police say thecouple's 16-year-old daughter,Tiffany, suffered defensive stabwounds to her hands, forearms,and ankle during the incident.Her 12-year-old brother, Robbie,who called 911 around12:40AM on November 4, wasnot physically harmed.

Det. Lt. Richard LeBrun saysthe man was found on a park-way and fled west to Brooklynin his 2014 Honda.

He ran from his car aftercrashing in Brooklyn. Police sub-dued him as flames from twovehicles and a gas pump roarednearby at the Citgo gas stationon Flatlands Avenue in EastNew York.

Four officers were treated forinjuries including smoke inhala-tion.

The suspect was hospitalized

with non-life threatening stabwounds to his neck and wrist.At a news conference outsidethe Crumb home, Det. Lt. Le-Brun said, “This is a very, verytragic event for the communityand the family. Our hearts andprayers go out to the family andfriends.”

The funeral was scheduledfor November 9 at the St. JamesChurch in Seaford, NY.

The victim’s father, TakisKontonis told the National Her-ald that Maria “was an excellentmother. The hours from Fridayuntil Wednesday were the mostpainful, because acquaintancesand friends all had somethingspecial to say about her rarecharacter.

Asked about what led to thekilling, Kontonis said it was dueto his son-in-law’s jealousy. “Al-though everyone told her toleave him, she persevered andthis is the outcome,” he said, re-

Maria Kontonis-Crumb, 41, Murdered

Workers remove the top marble layer of the tomb said to be that of Jesus Christ in the Churchof Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. The marble layer was peeled away for the first time in centuriesin an effort to reach what it believes is the original rock surface where Jesus' body was laid.

Maria Kontonis-Crumb was 41years old.

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Pushing toward what theysaid is likely the last best hopefor Cyprus Unity, the island’s ri-val leaders moved the negotia-tions to a Swiss resort.

Cypriot President NicosAnastasiades and Turkish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akincihave set an end-of-year deadlineto hammer out a plan to bringtogether the island split since anunlawful Turkish invasion in1974.

The two moderates have saidthey think this is the bestchance, and likely the last if theyfail, to find an answer to adilemma that has been thegraveyard of two dozen diplo-mats and envoys for decades.They began five days of sched-uled talks on Nov. 7 in secretwith virtually no informationcoming out the first few days.

United Nations peacekeeperspatrol the dividing line in thecapital Nicosia between Cypriotsin the south and the occupyingTurks on the northern third in aterritory recognized only byTurkey.

“The prospect of a solutionin Cyprus is within their reach,”UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told reporters as the ne-gotiations got underway inMont Pelerin, Switzerland,Deusche Welle reported as herepeated his endless optimismthat has been dashed for yearsas he hopes for a conclusion be-fore his term runs out at the endof the year as well.

The secret talks to decide thefate of the island’s two popula-tions began 17 months ago be-tween Anastasiades andMustafa Akinci who have mademinor concessions but admittedthe biggest obstacles – the un-lawfully occupied homes ofCypriots and a standing Turkisharmy of 35,000 strong chiefamong them – unresolved.

“Disagreements remain on is-sues which have been dis-

At SwissResort,Cyprus UnityTalks Resume

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By Eleni Sakellis

Veterans Day honors the menand women who served in themilitary. Originally calledArmistice Day, commemoratingthe end of World War I on No-vember 11, 1918, it was firstcelebrated in 1919. In 1926, itbecame a legal holiday honoringWorld War I veterans.

The holiday officially becameVeterans Day in 1954 to honorveterans of all wars. A lawpassed in 1968 to give federalemployees three-day weekendsmoved Veterans Day to the mid-dle of October for a few yearsuntil President Ford signed alaw in 1975 restoring the his-torically significant date of No-

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ATHENS – Breaking yet anothercampaign vow to cut the Cabi-net size, Prime Minister AlexisTsipras’ shakeup sees him with42 ministers as he tries to com-plete a bailout review with in-ternational creditors.

The beleaguered Radical LeftSYRIZA leader can’t get the debtrelief he so critically needs – normore money from a staggeredthird bailout, this one for 86 bil-lion euros ($95.08) he swore hewould never seek nor accept be-fore doing both – until he im-plements more crushing mea-sures on orders of the lendershe vowed to oppose.

He has been pushing for adebt relief deal before Christmasfrom the 326 billion euros($360.43 billion) the countryowes in three bailouts, two fromprevious governments, after say-ing he wouldn’t ask for it until2018 before changing his mindagain.

He said the government be-lieves that growth must “bebased on a solid foundation andnot in an obliteration of the la-bor sector,” referring to hispledge not to implementchanges in laws to workers asthe creditors want, echoing pre-vious cries of resistance thatwere followed by submission.

Tsipras said conclusion of thesecond review was imperativeto boost employment, with dis-cussion to begin afterwards ondebt relief, the business news-paper Naftemporiki said.

“Economic recovery will helpus heal the wounds; for growthto be continuous and fair it

TsiprasWants Fast2nd BailoutReview

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ATHENS— The Stavros Niar-chos Foundation (SNF) cele-brates its 20th anniversary thisyear, fulfilling the original pur-pose of its establishment: tocontribute, with all the meansat its disposal, to the improve-ment of the lives of those lessprivileged and to support orga-nizations and projects that areexpected to achieve a broad,lasting, and positive impact forsociety at large. SNF’s philan-thropic activity, to date, hasspread across 111 countries,with particular emphasis onGreece which—among othergrants and programs—is wheresome of the most important ini-tiatives of the Foundation arebeing developed, such as the de-velopment of the Stavros Niar-chos Foundation Cultural Cen-ter, alongside Initiatives Againstthe Greek Crisis and forRecharging the Youth.

Since 1996, SNF has madegrant commitments of $1.9 bil-

lion (€1.56 billion) through3,646 grants to nonprofit orga-nizations across the globe, infour main areas: Arts and Cul-ture, Education, Health andSports, and Social Welfare.

Specifically, during the last20 years, SNF has committedthe following, in total:

Arts & Culture: 752 grants(totaling €387 million) with thekey strategic objective of broad-ening public access to the Arts,promoting Greek art and cultureworldwide, encouraging cre-ative partnerships between in-stitutions, organizations andartists on a national and globallevel, as well as strengtheningthe social role of cultural orga-nizations.

Education: 1,107 grants (to-taling €484 million) supportingthe implementation of innova-tive educational programs, theestablishment of new educationcenters in Greece and abroad,and the creation of significantcapacity building opportunitiesfor the benefit of diverse socialgroups.

Health & Sports: 672 grants(totaling €287 million) whichaim to improve the quality oflife of society as a whole, whilesimultaneously helping to widenaccessibility to comprehensivehealth care services for all.

Social Welfare: 1,115 grants(totaling €409 million) mainlyfocusing on the needs of themost vulnerable groups, includ-ing children, the elderly, thehomeless, refugees, and the dis-abled.

Initiatives: Against theGreek Crisis & Recharging theYouth

In addition to its regulargrant-making activities, and inorder to contribute towards theefforts to address the multifac-eted effects of the crisis on theGreek society, the Foundation.

Stavros Niarchos Fdn:Celebrating 20 Yearsof Grant-making

NEW YORK – His EminenceArchbishop Geron Demetrios ofAmerica, with the blessings ofHis All-Holiness Ecumenical Pa-triarch Bartholomew, will re-ceive during a special ceremonyon November 15 in Chicago, IL,a rare 9th century Greek manu-script (Codex 1424) of the com-plete New Testament, which isbeing returned by the LutheranSchool of Theology at Chicago(LSTC) to the Greek OrthodoxHoly Metropolis of Drama inGreece.

Hughes Hubbard and Reedone of the most respect law

firms in New York, representedthe Patriarchate on a pro bonobasis.

Archbishop Demetrios in awritten statement said that “inthe spirit of the upcomingThanksgiving holiday, our heartsare filled with gratitude to ourLutheran brothers and sisters forthis generous and kind gesture.

“Nearly a century ago,” hecontinued, “our faithful lost anintegral part of the treasures ofour Orthodox faith and traditionwhen the library of theMonastery of Panagia Eikosi-foinissa (Kosinitza Monastery)

was ransacked and many man-uscripts, Codex 1424 included,were taken. We hope that othercollections in the United Stateswhich also possess manuscriptsoriginating from the Monasteryof Panagia Eikosifoinissa willfollow the fine example set byLSTC and voluntarily return themanuscripts to their rightfulhome. Our gratitude to LSTC isenormous indeed for adheringto the original spiritual intentand moral mandate of the man-uscript itself.”

Demetrios, Return of Rare Codex

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Greek-Americans Won Big in Elections

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NEW YORK– Greek-Americansdid well this election year inNew York. Re-elected by a widemargin were five Greek-Ameri-can politicians. Michael Gianariswas re-elected to the office ofState Senator winning 86% ofthe vote. In the state senate, theDemocratic Party has secured 31seats and the Republicans 30seats, with two districts stillcounting the votes. Gianaris toldthe National Herald that in bothseats, the difference is small andthat the one outweighs the can-didate of the Democratic Partywith 33 votes.

“Even winning one of thetwo seats gives us the majorityin the State Senate,” said Gia-naris. If the election gives theDemocrats the majority as fore-cast, Gianaris will also be themajority leader.

He said, “We thank theGreek-American communitywho trusted us and gave us theopportunity to keep us in officein the state of New York. Ourgoal is to promote and get oth-ers involved in politics and toelect Greek-American candi-dates on Long Island and in theCity of New York.”

In the New York State Assem-bly, Aravella Simotas was re-elected to represent Astoria win-ning 99.45% of the votes. NewYork State assemblywoman forStaten Island and Bay Ridge,Brooklyn Nicole Malliotakis,considered a rising star of theRepublican Party in the regionwas elected with 77.09% of thevote. James Skoufis was re-elected to the state assembly inthe 99th district and Frank Skar-tados was re-elected to the stateassembly in the 104th region ofNew York with 57.20% of votes.The first four belong to theyounger generation of Greek

Re-election bidswere won in NY,FL, MD, NV, and RI

SNF co-President AndreasDracopoulos.

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NEW YORK — The InternationalRescue Committee (IRC) an-nounced a $15 million grantover five years from the StavrosNiarchos Foundation (SNF) tosupport its emergency responseefforts and organizational infra-structure systems. This is thelargest foundation award the IRChas ever received for its infra-structure programs.

This historic gift will trans-form the IRC’s organizational in-frastructure systems, and providethe critical resources needed to

sustain the organization’s lifesav-ing emergency response workglobally, including supportingcontinued refugee relief effortsin Greece.

“The generosity of the StavrosNiarchos Foundation will notonly enable the IRC to respondquickly when emergency strikes,but will also provide the foun-dational support necessary tosustain our response when theworld’s attention has moved onto the next crisis,” said IRC Pres-ident and CEO David Miliband.“This increased commitmentfrom SNF, which builds on the

Foundation’s longtime support ofthe IRC, will help us achieveeven more during this time ofunprecedented humanitarianneed.”

“The IRC’s response to theglobal refugee crisis not only inour home country of Greece butthroughout Europe, the MiddleEast, and Africa has been remark-able,” said SNF co-President andDirector Andreas Dracopoulos.“All of us at the Foundation, weare proud to make this commit-ment and look forward to seeingthe impact this gift will undoubt-edly have on the lives of the

world’s most vulnerable people.”The $15 million grant will be

invested equally in the IRC’semergency assistance programsand organizational infrastructuredevelopment, disbursed as $3million installments annually forfive years.

IRC responds to the world’sworst humanitarian crises, help-ing to restore health, safety, ed-ucation, economic wellbeing,and power to people devastatedby conflict and disaster. Foundedin 1933 at the call of Albert Ein-stein, the IRC is at work in over40 countries and 29 US cities

helping people to survive, re-claim control of their future, andstrengthen their communities.More information about IRC isavailable online at rescue.organd through IRC’s social mediaon Twitter and Facebook. TheStavros Niarchos Foundation isone of the world’s leading privateinternational philanthropic orga-nizations, making grants in theareas of arts and culture, educa-tion, health and sports, and so-cial welfare. The Foundationfunds organizations and projectsthat are expected to achieve abroad, lasting and positive im-

pact for society at large, focusingon vulnerable groups such aschildren and the elderly, and alsoexhibit strong leadership andsound management. The Foun-dation also seeks actively to sup-port projects that facilitate theformation of public-private part-nerships as an effective meansfor serving public welfare. Since1996, the SNF has made grantcommitments of $1.9 bil-lion/€1.6 billion, through 3,646grants to nonprofit organizationsin 111 nations around the world.Additional information is avail-able at snf.org.

International Rescue Committee Receives $15 Million Gift from the SNF

Beginning in 2012, SNFlaunched initiatives totaling€300 million, with the aim ofproviding immediate relief tothose most affected by the crisis,as well as creating new oppor-tunities, and better employmentprospects for the younger gen-eration, which has been severelyimpacted by one of the highestpercentages of youth unemploy-ment in Europe.

As part of the Grants againstthe Greek Crisis, SNF has made494 grants, totaling €164 mil-lion to address the effects of thecrisis. The purpose of this ini-tiative is twofold: through thesupported programs, it aims, onthe one hand, to contribute tothe immediate relief of those im-pacted severely by the crisisand, and on the other hand, tocreate those necessary condi-tions which will ensure long-term benefits. In this context, aseries of grants were designed,based on a strategic and long-term perspectives. The majorityof grants supported the devel-opment, adaptation and expan-sion of existing social programsand the operation of grantee or-ganizations. Additional grantswere made for the purchasingof equipment or vehicles, as well

as the construction and renova-tion of social structures.

As part of the Recharging theYouth Initiative, SNF has made57 grants, totaling €38 million,focusing on programs aimed atthe development of entrepre-neurship, the creation of skills,as well as education, while itcontinues to develop and assess

programs—in collaborationwith various local and interna-tional partners—which have thepotential to provide a boost inyouth employment.

STAVROS NIARCHOSFOUNDATION CULTURAL

CENTERIn addition to the SNF’s

3,646 grants and the special ini-

tiatives, the Foundation’s phil-anthropic activity is comple-mented by the creation of a newlandmark for the city of Athens:the Stavros Niarchos FoundationCultural Center (SNFCC). TheSNFCC is the Foundation’slargest single gift, with a totalbudget of €617 million, and ithas already recorded some sig-nificant successes, even beforeits official delivery to the GreekState, which will be the project’slegal owner.

The SNFCC’s constructionwas completed within 4 years,adhering, without any major de-viations, to the original projecttimetable, despite the project’sscope and complexity.

Designed by the Renzo PianοBuilding Workshop, the SNFCCis one of the few projects world-wide, which houses two na-tional cultural and educationalinstitutions, namely the GreekNational Opera and the Na-tional Library of Greece, com-plementing them with theStavros Niarchos Park, with atotal surface area of 210,000m², which connects the city cen-ter with the urban waterfront.

According to a study by theBoston Consulting Group, dur-ing the project’s construction,the SNFCC added €1.1 billionto the country’s Gross DomesticProduct (0.2% of GDP per year),contributing €57 million in tax

revenues. According to the samestudy, the construction of theSNFCC created more than13,000 jobs in total.

During the project’s imple-mentation, best practices wereused in terms of construction,alongside a mix of traditionaland innovative materials, whichensured the SNFCC’s innovationand functionality. The SNFCCearned the prestigious PlatinumLEED certification, the highestpossible rating for environmen-tally conscious and sustainablebuildings.

Beginning in mid-August,when the project opened itsdoors to the public through aseries of free events, funded ex-clusively by the SNF, the SNFCCwelcomes on a weekly basismore than 35,000 visitors.

SNF co-President AndreasDracopoulos said “at firstglance, the 20-year course of theStavros Niarchos Foundationmay reflect the innumerableneeds of society worldwide. Forus, however, it also reflects peo-ple’s possibilities and prospects,for which we should all strivemore. We feel proud that after20 years of grant making activ-ity, we have managed to evolveand strengthen our initiatives,while at the same time remainflexible to respond to all kindsof challenges, from the greatestones, such as the creation of theSNFCC, to supporting a smallorganization that demonstratesvision and commitment. Wehope to continue in the sameway in the coming years, help-ing to make our world a betterplace, to the best of our abili-ties.”

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Celebrating 20 Years of Grant-making

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The event at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation in Athens celebrating 20 years of grant-makingwas well-attended by distinguished guests and dignitaries. The guests were treated to a lively

discussion of the achievements and the continuing commitment of the SNF to making grants inthe areas of arts and culture, education, health and sports, and social welfare.

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ASTORIA – The New York CityParks Department is holding aworkshop on November 16about Astoria Park, as part ofMayor Bill de Blasio's AnchorPark program. The Astoria ParkCommunity Visioning Meetingtakes place from 7–9 pm at Bo-hemian Hall, 2919 24th Avenuein Astoria. NYC Parks is invest-ing $30 million to transform As-toria Park. Large parks are im-portant because of the varietyof things they offer the neigh-borhood. The fields, play areas,natural features, and manyother amenities help to “anchor”neighborhoods.

According to NYC Parks, bigdecisions will be made about As-toria Park, and the public is in-vited to share their ideas and bea part of shaping the park's fu-ture. NYC Parks urges the publicto attend the community vision-ing meeting.

The parks department flyerin English and in Greek notesthat the meetings will have re-freshments and kids activities.

Council Member Costa Con-stantinides said, “the AnchorPark $30 million investment forAstoria Park will transform ourneighborhood's vital green-space. The funding will bring

historic improvements to theplaying fields, playgrounds, andlawns.

This workshop is an oppor-tunity for residents to sharetheir ideas on how the $30 mil-lion allocation can improve thepark's use-of-space to benefit allAstorians. It is also an integralfirst step in the capital projectprocess - the design and con-struction phases will not beginuntil after public input is heard.We encourage our community

to bring friends and to spreadthe word about this workshop.We look forward to hearingeveryone's ideas. I thank theParks Department and Mayor deBlasio for their partnership onthis historic allocation.”

The Anchor Park programprovides funding to five largeNew York City parks that serveas centers of activity for the sur-rounding neighborhoods.

More information is availableat parks.nyc.gov.

Parks Department to Hold Workshop

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By Vasilis Papoutsis

LOS ANGELES, CA – At theirannual dinner dance, the Cre-tans of Southern California(CSC) honored Alex Gus one oftheir longest serving membersand paid tribute to the ArkadiHolocaust.

The event took place at St.Anthony's church in Pasadenaand featured a Cretan musicgroup that was brought here di-rectly from Crete, delicious Cre-tan food, skilled dancers, andlots of fun.

CSC President Thanasis Lant-zourakis presented the historicaltribute on the 150th anniversaryof the Arkadi Holocaust. In 1866after two hundred years of bru-tal Ottoman rule, the Christiansof Crete decided to react andformed the Cretan revolutionarycommittee. The decision was toseek Unification with Greeceand to stop recognizing theTurkish rule. The monastery ofArkadi in Rethymnon becamethe heart of the revolution andthe Turkish ruler Ishmail Pashasent a letter requesting that therevolutionary forces surrenderupon his arrival. Their answerwas similar to the one Leonida'ssent to the invading Persians,We Prefer War.

The battle was hugely un-even as of the 964 people insidethe monastery only 325 weremen trained to fight against fif-teen thousand Ottomans withheavy artillery. Once the Turksgot inside the monastery theCretans decided to sacrificethemselves and inspire others.They blew up the gunpowderroom and the explosion killedmost of the Christians and atleast 1,500 Turks died. Three

years later, in 1869, a new re-bellion broke out and this timeCrete was liberated vindicatingthe Arkadi sacrifice.

CSC honored Gus for his al-most 60 years of contributions.CSC was formed in October,1950 and Gus joined in 1957.The idea of an association tookshape during a social gatheringat the Joe Metzidis' familyhome. Metzidis and GeorgeSkandale were instrumental in

the formation of the associationand it has been active eversince. They joined the Pan Cre-tan Association in 1956. Thechapter awarded its own schol-arships in addition of participat-ing in all of the philanthropicfundraisers of the PAA. Gus' his-tory with the organization is aninteresting one since he is notborn Cretan but he married intothe Cretan family.

“I was injected with the Cre-

tan culture. I was humbled bytheir warmth and inclusivenessand I consider them family,” Gustold TNH. They liked him somuch that they had to changethe bylaws so he could be ableto serve on the board. Alex hasserved two terms as Presidentand was the recording secretaryfor 11 years. Gus’ family leftGreece in 1939 after Hitler hadinvaded Poland and came toAmerica. “At age 12, I remem-ber collecting money for theGreek Aid wearing proudly myfoustanela,” he said. He was alsopart of the team that cam-paigned to bring the PAA Na-tional convention to California

and finally hosting it for the firsttime in Anaheim in 1990.Chaired by George Skandaleand Mike Stavros, it was pro-claimed “as one of the best ever”and it is one of the highlights inthe club's history. New SCCAPresident Thanasis Lantzourakisand the new board that consistsof George Zoumberakis VicePresident, Corresponding Secre-tary Helen Skandale, RecordingSecretary Bobby Zoumberakis,and Treasurer Mike Sapon havebig ambitions for the new year.Lantzourakis who had servedfor many years in different ca-pacities in the PAA told TNHthat he and the new board wantto increase membership by 25%by approaching young familieswho are of Cretan descend, andby adopting Nikos Kazantzakis’belief, who said that “whoeversets foot on this island senses amysterious force branching

warmly through their veins, Ibelieve once we approach themit will reignite the dormantspark in their hearts as manyhave passionate memories fromvisiting the island, a lot of themas exchange students.”

With involvement from Cre-tans Omonoia, Orange County“we want to establish Cretandance groups from an early ageto high school age students.Other goals are sponsorship oflocal and national programs thatpromote Cretan and Greek cul-ture and to reestablish the localscholarship program.”

Now, the focus will be on theChristmas dinner that the chap-ter hosts with the CretansOmonoia of Orange County, onDecember 11 at St. John in Ana-heim, CA.

More information is availableon the Facebook page Socalcre-tans.

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NEW YORK – The Onassis Cul-tural Center New York presentsits second annual Onassis Sym-posium, on The Role of theArtist in Society today. The in-ternationally distinguishedpanel from diverse creative andintellectual disciplines will sharetheir ideas about the contribu-tions artists make to larger so-cietal issues and how artists' in-sights and works create both acurrent commentary and a last-ing legacy. The event is free andopen to the public, reservationsare required. The Role of theArtist in Society takes place onNovember 15 at 7 pm at theOnassis Cultural Center NewYork, 645 Fifth Avenue, NewYork. The event will also belivestreamed.

“With a nod to the symposiaof ancient Greece, this year'sevent invites us to think aboutthe role of the artist in an in-creasingly complex world. Webring together an extraordinaryassembly of luminaries and in-novators to think out loud and

in each other's company, to seewhat conclusions they reach,”says Amalia Cosmetatou, Exec-utive and Cultural Director ofthe Onassis Foundation USA.

Moderator Philip Gourevitchhas been a contributor and staffwriter at The New Yorker since1995, reporting from Africa,Asia, Europe and the UnitedStates on topics ranging fromgenocide to cold-case homicideto the music of James Brown.Winner of numerous awards forhis nonfiction, he is best knownfor We Wish to Inform You ThatTomorrow We Will Be KilledWith Our Families: Stories fromRwanda (1998).

Gourevitch will lead thepanel which includes Alex Atala,Azar Nafisi, Eli Reed, and NancySpector.

Atala is the chef of D.O.Mrestaurant in Sao Paulo, Brazil,the only chef to be named oneof Time Magazine's 100 Most In-fluential People in the World in2014. Known internationally asan environmental activist, Atalauses indigenous produce fromthe Amazon to craft a cuisine

steeped in classical techniquesthat are uniquely Brazilian.

Author Nafisi, whose inter-national bestseller, ReadingLolita in Tehran: A Memoir inBooks, is a compassionate por-trait of the Islamic revolution

and its impact on a professorand her students, and presentsan incisive exploration of thetransformative power of fictionin a world of tyranny.

Reed, an American photog-rapher and photojournalist, has

authored several books includ-ing Black in America, is a formerNeiman Fellow at Harvard Uni-versity, and currently a professorof photojournalism at the Uni-versity of Texas at Austin.

Spector, Chief Curator and

Deputy Director at the BrooklynMuseum is a preeminent au-thority on contemporary visualculture and a former Deputy Di-rector and Chief Curator at theSolomon R. Guggenheim Mu-seum and Foundation. Knownfor her radical innovation inaward-winning exhibitions andpublic programs, she has pre-sented artists Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Matthew Barney,Richard Prince, MarinaAbramovic, Tino Sehgal, andMaurizio Cattelan at pivotal mo-ments in their careers.

While admission to the eventis free, there is limited seating.Reservations may be made on-line at onassisusa.org.

The Onassis Cultural CenterNew York explores Greek cul-ture from antiquity to today,through a diverse program ofexhibitions, events, and onlineengagement for audiences of allages and interests. All programsand exhibitions-from scholarlyto those designed for families,novices, and experts – are pre-sented free of charge to makethe experience accessible to all.

Onassis Symposium on the Role of the Artist in Society on Nov. 15 in NY

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Onassis Symposium 2016 will feature a discussion on the Role of the Artist in Society with AlexAtala, Azar Nafisi, Eli Reed, and Nancy Spector. The event will be livestreamed.

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This year’s Award is being bestowed on

Mr. Michael Psaros

Michael Psaros is a Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner of KPS Capital Partners, LP, and a member of its Investment Committee. KPS Capital Partners, LP is the manager

of KPS Special Situations Funds, a family of private equity funds with approximately $5.6 billion of assets under management focused on making controlling equity investments

in companies across a diverse range of manufacturing industries.As a result of its investments, KPS has saved tens of thousands

of premium U.S. industrial and manufacturing jobs.

Mr. Psaros is the Treasurer of the Holy Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America. He is an Archon, and a founding member of FAITH: An Endowment for Orthodoxy and Hellenism.

He serves on the Board of Trustees of The Leadership 100, and on his Parish Council. He has received numerous awards for his work in the Greek-American Community.

Along with his wife Robin, he is a great supporter ofUS/Hellenic and Orthodox causes.

By Eleni Sakellis

Dimitris Basis is currentlytouring North America, per-forming to sold-out crowds.Born in Germany to Greek par-ents, Basis and his family re-turned to Greece when he waseight years old. His life-longlove of Greek music led him tostudy Byzantine music and afterreceiving his degree, he hasgone on to become one of themost beloved Greek singers to-day. His beautiful voice with itsclear tone and natural powerhas brought him success in thehighly competitive music indus-try. Yet, Basis, one of the great-est, if not the greatest singer ofhis generation, remains humble.His charm and warm personal-ity endear him to fans who haveloved him and followed his ca-reer since the beginning. Dim-itris Basis took time out fromhis busy schedule to talk with

The National Herald about hismusic, the audiences of theGreek diaspora, and Greece.

Basis said he has been wel-comed warmly by the Greek ex-patriate community whereverhe tours. Having lived with hisfamily in Germany, he knowswhat it is like to be far from thehomeland, and he finds that inthe songs he sings from the clas-sic Greek repertoire, there is afeeling of home. “The songs areour heritage,” he said. They arean education in themselves. Forthis generation, learning theclassic songs is a way to con-tinue the tradition and passdown these great Greek songsto the younger generations.

When asked what he thinksabout the United States and theGreek-American community, Ba-sis noted that for him Americais the Greek community and heenjoys keeping in touch since hereturns every year since 2013,

his tour has become an annualevent. He feels every time hevisits that “here is another sec-tion of Greece, no matter howfar away it is, Greece is here andGreece’s heart beats here andthough we’re going through dif-ficult times in Greece right now,there is a brotherhood, anotherpiece of Hellenism here and itsupports us. I know there is agreat deal being done here tohelp Greece, there are events,the church, various groups, andassociations are helping at thismoment during the crisis, andall we can say in Greece is thankyou to our brothers and sistershere. It’s very important and it’snot only the things being sentto help, some money or food,it’s that we know we’re not en-tirely alone in this and that’svery meaningful.”

Basis mentioned the wonder-ful reception he has received:“Wherever we’ve performed, the

audience has embraced us,showing their love, and it’stouching that they know mysongs, and they have a goodtime, some of them have beenstarved for entertainment, andwith some of the older songs, Isee they are moved becausethey have their own attachmentto the songs and the homeland.”

When asked about his back-ground in Byzantine music, Ba-sis noted that Byzantine musicis very important to him and hiscareer, and receiving his degreeand the knowledge gainedthrough the study of Byzantinemusic made him a better musi-cian.

Basis also made time be-tween his concert appearancesto visit Times Square, notingthat it is necessary sometimesto visit the sites like any touristwould. New York is the heart ofthe world, and Times Square theheart of New York.

Abouthis pastp e r f o r -m a n c e swith Greekmusic leg-ends PaschalisTerzis and the lateD i m i t r i sMitropanos, Basissaid it was very mean-ingful to him and ahighlight of hiscareer to per-form withthem.

B a s i sN o r t hAmericantour con-tinued with concerts in Mon-treal, Toronto, Boston, Detroit,Chicago, and Baltimore.

“It’s important to travel withmy songs and bring some joy tothe audiences and performing

live, the connection brings mejoy as well. It’s very meaning-ful.”

Basis returns to New York fora concert on November 12 be-fore returning to Greece.

An Interview with Singing Star Dimitris Basis

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By Flavia Sgoifo

ASTORIA – On November 6,“Marriage a la Russe” opened atthe Hellenic Cultural Center inAstoria. Based on three ac-claimed comedic one-act playsby Anton Chekhov adapted byIoanna Katsarou and KaterinaAlexaki, directed by DemetriBonaros (The Bear), Ioanna Kat-sarou (The Proposal), KaterinaAlexaki (The Anniversary), theplay stars the talented ChristosAlexandridis, Demetri Bonaros,Ioanna Katsarou, TheodoraLoukas, Deodoros Pagoudis,Alexandra Skendrou.

The play features three hilar-ious stories in three differentsettings: rural Russia (Winter1886); Thessaly, Central Greece(Summer 1966); New York City(Fall 2016) and a merry-go-round of outrageous charactersand situations, a farcical look atthe battle of the sexes throughspace and time, and... a ubiqui-tous, omnipotent maid...

Men and women fight tillthey fall … Will there be a wed-ding? What is a bear doing in agrieving widow’s house? Whichanniversary are we celebratingon November 4, 2016?

The audience at Sunday’sshow was very excited and en-

tertained by the performance.All the actors did a great job indelivering the comedy to the au-dience. Skedrou gave a hysteri-cal performance as the maidwho interacted with the audi-ence while Bonaro’s physicality

was remarkable as he managedto create two completely differ-ent characters, the nerdy andshy guy who is planning to pro-pose to the love of his life in theProposal and the psychotic andstressed employee who hateswomen- or people for that mat-ter- in the Anniversary. Both Kat-sarou and Loukas were reallybelievable and funny duringtheir performance.

The fact that some peoplefrom the audience would yell“bravo, Ioanna” or “well done,Theodora” in the middle of theshow wasn’t a surprise at all.Actor Pagoudis made the audi-ence laugh as well playing thestereotypical Greek father fromthe suburbs in the Proposal. Lastbut definitely not least Alexan-dridis who is also the set de-signer of the show did a greatjob in both his acting perfor-mance and in the designing ofthe set which turned out amaz-ing.

Anton Chekhov was a lead-ing playwright of the late 19thand early 20th centuries and aseminal figure in modern the-atre. These three comedic one-act plays – The Bear, The Pro-posal, and The Anniversary –are among the most popularpieces in the contemporary dra-

matic repertoire.Eclipses Group Theater New

York (EGTNY) is a nonprofit the-ater company that serves as acultural bridge between Greeceand the United States, promot-ing all forms of Greek drama,music, dance, poetry, and liter-ature. It was founded five yearsago by Ioanna Katsarou, Dim-itris Bozinis, Theodora Loukas,and Antonis Armeftis and hasalready produced eight (includ-ing “Marriage a la Russe”) playsin off and off Broadway stagesin Manhattan and Astoria.

“We focus on an explorativeapproach of the Greek andworld classic and modern Plays,presenting them to an Americanand international audience. Wefeel incredibly thankful for allthe support we have from theGreek community and we reallyhope we will be putting on moreshows and eventually biggerproductions on some of themain stages in New York,”EGTNY founders told TNH.

“Marriage a la Russe” is pre-sented in Greek with English su-pertitles at the Hellenic CulturalCenter in Astoria through De-cember 4, on Fridays and Sat-urdays at 8PM and Sundays at4PM. More information is avail-able at egtny.com.

"Marriage à la Russe” by Eclipses Group Theater New York: A Must See

ABOVE: The cast of Marriagea la Russe. LEFT: TheodoraPapachristofilou Loukas, De-odoros Pagoudis, DemetriBonaros in Marriage a laRusse.

By Eleni Sakellis

NEW YORK– Actor/Writer EvanZes is a San Jose, CA-native, buthis experience renting an apart-ment in New York City inspiredhis funny, at times poignant, one-man show Rent Control. The of-ficial breakout hit of this year’sFringe Encore Series 2016 atSoHo Playhouse, the play wasextended for an additional fourweeks through November 12.

The life of a struggling actoris not as glamorous as one mightexpect and for those of us in thetristate area who know the risingcost of real estate will easily re-late to the drama that ensued forZes living in a rent-controlledapartment on the Upper EastSide. The often fraught world ofsubletting is revealed along withthe lure of easy riches throughAirbnb, the peer-to-peer onlinemarketplace allowing people torent rooms in residential prop-erties short term.

As Zes notes on the Rent Con-trol website, “Something crazyhappened to me about a yearand a half ago that could onlyhappen in New York. It involvedmy rent-controlled apartment onthe Upper East Side. Every timeI go out to dinner or to meetsome friends at a bar, within 3minutes I hear everyone talking

about their living situation, be-cause everybody who lives inNew York has an apartmentstory. Well, this crazy thing thathappened to me, as it was hap-pening, I thought to myself, ‘Payattention, cuz one day this is go-ing to make a great story. It’s nota great story now because it’shappening to me and I want todie. But someday…’ I didn’t die.Now, I’m glad that crazy thinghappened to me because I wrotea play about it.”

Having been told he neededto be older, fatter, uglier, andbalder in order to land the char-acter actor roles he seems des-tined to play, Zes has created anentertaining play to tide himover until those future roles be-gin pouring in. He demonstratesan impressive range as he por-trays nearly thirty characters inthe play based on his real life.Zes had found the Holy Grail ofsituations for a struggling actorthrough the rent-controlledapartment. The rent for the two-bedroom was $900 a month, afact Zes only discovered when“roommate from hell” Soniamoved out and revealed that shewas not on the apartment’s lease.The woman who was on thelease had moved to New Zealandyears before and had never re-turned to New York. Zes reno-

vated and rented out the apart-ment in a money-making schemethat allowed him to pursue hisdream of acting. Zes built up hisresume with theatrical rolesacross the country while rentingout the New York apartment andbuilding up a considerable nestegg in the process, unheard offor most New York actors. If, andhere we insert a spoiler alert, itseemed too good to last, youwould be right.

The play takes a dramatic, yetstill funny, turn as the pitfalls ofthe scheme are revealed. Zes’skill as a storyteller keeps the au-dience riveted as his world un-ravels. The sold-out crowd ap-preciated his angst and hishumor in retelling this caution-ary tale.

Zes spoke with The NationalHerald, noting that Rent Controlwas extended twice and is thelast show still running out of the210 or so that ran during theFringe Festival in August. Thesuccess of the show has led manyto share their own apartmentstories with Zes. He said that attimes, he feels like he’s runninga real estate support group.

Now living in Astoria, Zes ob-served, “It’s nice hearing Greekspoken in the street… it remindsme of my childhood.” He alsomentioned the family roots from

Athens on his father’s side andthe island of Kythira on hismother’s side. Zes’ father, Dr.Tikey A. Zes has directed GreekOrthodox choirs since 1953 andhas been the director of the St.Nicholas Choir of San Jose, CAsince 1971. Dr. Zes has beenguest conductor and workshopclinician for the Greek OrthodoxChoir Federations throughoutthe United States and has com-posed/arranged extensively forthe services of the OrthodoxChurch, including 5 liturgies(one in English). In addition, hehas written numerous arrange-ments/compositions for chorusand piano based on Greek folkand popular songs. In 1976, hereceived the Patriarch title of "Of-fikion" (letter of patent) from theEcumenical Patriarch Demetriusand was conferred as "Archon ofthe Great Church of Christ" forhis distinguished work in ChurchMusic. As his son pointed out,the 88-year-old Dr. Zes continuesto travel, compose, and conduct.

The final two performancesof Rent Control take place on No-vember 10 at 7PM and Novem-ber 12 at 9PM at the Huron Clubof the SoHo Playhouse, 15 Van-dam Street in New York City.More information is available atsohoplayhouse.com andevanzesrentcontrol.com

Photos: tnh/eleni sakellis

Evan Zes Starring in Rent Control through Nov. 12

TNH Staff

NEW YORK – The 3rd AnnualDine Out for Heroes (DOFH), abenefit for the Bob WoodruffFoundation takes place this Vet-erans Day, November 11.Restaurant-goers will have theopportunity that day to raisefunds for injured veterans justby eating out at their favoriterestaurants. Participating NewYork City restaurants, includingKellari Taverna and Tavern onthe Green, will donate $1 percustomer served on VeteransDay.

As noted in a news release,celebrity chef Alex Guar-naschelli is calling upon NewYork City’s restaurants and din-ers to join her in honoring ournation’s heroes this VeteransDay. The Food Network person-ality and executive chef of But-ter Restaurant said, “Dine Outfor Heroes is just such an easyway for restaurants to honor

those who’ve served while af-fording diners the opportunityto take a break from their busyschedules, enjoy a great meal,and reflect on the meaning ofthe holiday.”

Restaurants wishing to par-ticipate pledge through an on-line form to join the benefit.Also participating this year areMichael Jordan's The SteakHouse NYC, Beauty & Essex,The Lambs Club, BLT Steak &BLT Prime, Jane Restaurant,Nobu, and Tribeca Grill.

A list of participating restau-rants will be available on theBob Woodruff Foundation’swebsite, and highlighted bysponsor OpenTable, a simpleway for patrons to make reser-vations. Window clings willidentify the restaurants as wellfor potential customers amongpassersby, including the esti-mated half-million people whovisit Manhattan for the annualVeterans Day Parade.

DOFH is spearheaded byrestaurateurs Peter and PennyGlazier- founders of GlazierWorks, with Caroline Hirsch andAndrew Fox- founders of theNew York Comedy Festival, andBob and Lee Woodruff- co-founders of the Bob WoodruffFoundation (BWF).

“We’ve been overwhelmedwith the amount of support re-ceived from patrons over thepast two years,” said PennyGlazier and Caroline Hirsch.“With Alex Guarnaschelli nowon board, we look forward towelcoming many new restau-rants and community mem-bers.”

The Veterans Day event willfollow on the heels of the 10thannual Stand Up for Heroes, acollaboration between the BobWoodruff Foundation and theNew York Comedy Festival thathas raised more than $33 mil-lion to date to support injuredservice members and their fam-

ilies. Together, these efforts will

continue to honor the sacrifice

of returning service members,veterans and their families byoffering support in the effort to

heal the physical and psycholog-ical wounds of war. To date,BWF has reached more than 2.5million impacted veterans, ser-vice members and their families.

Restaurants can register forthis year’s Dine Out for Heroesby visiting bobwoodrufffounda-tion.org.

BWF was founded in 2006after reporter Bob Woodruff washit by a roadside bomb whilecovering the war in Iraq. Sincethen, BWF has led an enduringcall to action for people to standup for heroes and meet theemerging and long-term needsof today’s veterans. To date,BWF has invested more than$33 million to find, fund, andshape programs that have em-powered more than 2.5 millionimpacted veterans, servicemembers and their families.More information is availableonline at bobwoodrufffounda-tion.org and on Twitter at@Stand4Heroes.

New York’s Best Restaurants to Honor and Support Injured Heroes

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By Eleni Sakellis

NEW YORK – Cancer is not of-ten an easy topic of conversationfor most people, but it shouldbe. Avoiding the word, likemany Greeks have done in thepast and some continue to dotoday, doesn’t make the diseaseor its impact on people’s healthgo away.

The informative discussionpresented by the Association ofGreek American ProfessionalWomen (AGAPW) and the Hel-lenic Medical Society of NewYork (HMSNY) was held on No-vember 3 at the Wells Fargo Cor-porate Building Conference Cen-ter in midtown Manhattan. Thesymposium focused on the cur-rent state of cancer preventionand treatment in America andwas attended by members ofAGAPW, professionals from var-ious backgrounds, includingmany doctors from HMSNY, andthe distinguished panelists.

The event was dedicated tothe memory of Liz Tsaoussis,who passed away on September12 after her four-year battle withovarian cancer as AGAPWFounder and President OlgaAlexakos said in her opening re-

marks. Alexakos introducedTsaoussis’ children EvangeliaMoran and George TsaoussisCarter who honored his mother’smemory with moving wordsabout her inspiring strength andspirit during her cancer battle.Given three months to live,Tsaoussis fought on and lived forfour years, continuing to workat the Children’s Museum ofManhattan and help others inspite of her diagnosis and failinghealth. As Alexakos noted abouther dear friend Liz, she lives onin her children and in the won-derful memories they shared.

Radiation oncologist Dr.Stella Lymberis moderated thediscussion and participatedalong with panelists Dr. GeorgeTsioulias, surgical oncologist; Dr.Evi Giannakakou, research sci-entist; Dr. Karen Burke Goulan-dres, dermatologist and researchscientist; Dr. Ioannis Hatzara,surgical oncologist; and Dr. AliceZervoudakis, medical oncologist.

The topic of cancer hasgained more attention recently.In his final State of the Unionaddress, President Obamatasked Vice President Joe Bidenwith leading a new national ef-fort, a cancer moonshot. The ul-timate goal of Biden’s Moonshotinitiative is to achieve a decade’sworth of advances in cancer pre-vention, diagnosis, and treat-ment, in just five years. The ef-fort will hopefully increase thenumber of new breakthroughsin treatment through intensifiedresearch on immunotherapy,more clinical trials, and in-creased sharing of data to im-prove access to care and reducedisparities in care for all pa-tients. Dr. Lymberis pointed outhow Greek culture affects the

discussion of the disease. Foryears, Greeks would simply notsay the word cancer, though theword itself is of Greek origin, orwould refer to it with eu-phemisms. Even today, there areGreeks and people of Greek de-scent who continue the practice,but not speaking about cancerand not even saying the worddoes nothing to raise awarenessabout prevention, treatment,and the advances that have in-creased survival rates dramati-cally in recent years.

Dr. Tsioulias spoke about theadvances in breast cancer treat-ment, noting that 1 out of 7women will be diagnosed.Through the advancements inearly detection, especially mam-mography, early breast cancer istreatable and curable. Hepointed out that mammographyis almost 50 years old, and thelatest 4th generation machinesare digital and pick up lesionsat earlier stages and the radia-tion associated with mammog-raphy is miniscule compared toeven a few years ago. About50% of women get screened,Tsioulias observed, imaginewhat a success it would be if thatnumber was 90%. Women overage 50 should be screened everyyear or every other year if theyhave no family history of breastor ovarian cancer. Those with a

family history should bescreened ten years earlier thanthe youngest diagnosis in thefamily. Self-examinations arealso vital for the early detectionof breast cancer.

Surgical oncologist IoannisHatzaras pointed out that cancersurgery is a hundred years oldand advancements in treatmenthave made surgery much less in-vasive so patients are able to re-cover faster and can proceedwith other treatments adminis-tered by a medical oncologist.Dr. Hatzaras noted that the rightdiagnosis is important since can-cer is not one disease, but manydifferent diseases. The treatmentcan then be tailored to the pa-tient and their specific type ofcancer. He also emphasized thatcancer is a complex illness thatrequires a team of doctors, ateam of oncologists, working to-gether to tailor the treatmentplan.

As a medical oncologist atMemorial Sloan Kettering, Dr.Zervoudakis treats patients withearly stage and advanced stagesof cancer, noting that doctorsmust be sensitive about the waythey inform patients of a cancerdiagnosis. She noted that differ-ent types of chemotherapy areavailable to help patients livelonger and maintain their qual-ity of life. Clinical trials are also

an important way to advancecancer treatment. Immunother-apy uses the patient’s own im-mune system to fight cancer andit is effective for certain types ofcancers, but not yet for all. Moreresearch needs to be done. Dr.Lymberis pointed out that canceris transformative and how pa-tients react to the diagnosis canvary widely.

Dr. Burke spoke about thedifferent types of skin cancerand the importance of preven-tion and screening. Sun expo-sure and smoking increase thechances of developing skin can-cer and anyone who notices anabnormal, asymmetrical moleshould see their dermatologistright away since early detectionis the key to surviving this com-mon form of cancer.

President of HMSNY Dr.George Liakeas and his wifeNicole also attended the eventas well as Gus Lambropoulos, aprivate mortgage banker atWells Fargo who helped withproviding the venue.

AGAPW and Hellenic Medical Society Host Informative Cancer Talk

Dr. Karen Burke, Dr. George Liakeas, Dr. Alice Zervoudakis, Dr. Penny Andreopoulou, Irene Sarri, Dr. Stella Lymberis, Dr.George Tsioulias, Dr. Evi Giannakakou, Dr. Olga Alexakos, Gus Lambropoulos, Dr. Pannie Triffilis, Dr. Aphrodite Navab.

By Eleni Sakellis

ASTORIA – Greek Orthodoxchanting is an art forged overthe millennia of church history.The tradition continues todaywith talented chanter andByzantine music teacher Anto-nios Kehagias. He spoke withThe National Herald aboutchanting and the importance ofkeeping up the tradition that isso unique to the Greek Ortho-dox Christian faith.

From age seven, Kehagiaswas an altar boy and soon be-came interested in the chantingthat filled the church with heav-enly music. By fifteen, Kehagiaswas on his way to becoming achanter, taking formal instruc-tion in Byzantine Music from Ar-chon Protopsaltis of the Arch-diocese of North and SouthAmerica, Nicholaos Steliaros.

While taking lessons withSteliaros, Kehagias attended St.Demetrios and St. CatherineParochial Greek OrthodoxChurch School in Astoria andparticipated in the Byzantinemusic choir supervised byGerasimos Vasilopoulos as wellas Kehagias’ older brother,

Demetrios who is the choir di-rector of the Archdiocese Byzan-tine Choir. Kehagias also partic-ipated in various concerts thatwere organized at the HellenicCultural Center of the Archdio-cese Atlanta, the ArchdiocesanCathedral of the Holy Trinity inManhattan, and variouschurches throughout the NewYork Tristate area.

At 23, he passed examina-tions and obtained the Certifi-cate of Byzantine Music (ptixio)with the grade of arista (perfect)from the National Conservatoryof Athens. That same year, Ke-hagias was appointed firstchanter at Saints Constantineand Helen Church in JacksonHeights.

In 2009, he passed examina-tions and obtained the Diplomain Byzantine Music from the Na-tional Conservatory of Athens,with the grade distinction ofarista (perfect) as well. He wasthen hired as the Protopsaltis(first chanter) of St. Catherineand St. George Greek OrthodoxChurch in Astoria. Most recently,he was appointed Protopsaltisat Holy Cross Greek OrthodoxChurch of Whitestone.

Kehagias told TNH aboutlearning to chant, noting thatthere is more to it than justlearning to read the music. Lis-tening to the best chanters wasanother way the student-chanters develop the style of

chanting, but there was noYouTube in the past. The onlyway to hear great chanters wason cassette tapes. He said “20years ago, we would trade cas-settes with other chanters andlisten for hours to the little de-

tails, how the chanter did thatwith his voice.” Kehagias ex-plained, “You paint a picturewith your voice.” Variations intone, loud, soft, feeling- happy,sad, serious, allow the chantersto express in music what theGospels express in words. Thetone and feeling must match thewords as well, Kehagias noted.He mentioned especially, thereadings from the Letters of St.Paul reading them carefully tomake sure his chanting matcheswhat the Apostle’s words. Agood chanter helps to bring peo-ple to church and fell more con-nected to God. “When you hearnice music, it creates feelings inyou and that’s especially impor-tant when you want to pray.”

Kehagias recalled a turningpoint in his life at age 15 whenhe thought about giving upchanting. His father urged himto continue chanting and now,he is thankful for his father’s en-couragement that has shapedhis life. He hopes young peoplewill follow the example andkeep up with an activity since itmight lead to their life’s work.Kehagias mentioned that his fa-ther is from Sparta and his

mother from Andros. As one ofthe three teachers at the Arch-diocesan School of ByzantineMusic, he is impressed with theenthusiasm of his students, in-cluding more and more youngpeople and especially thosefrom diverse backgrounds whodid not grow up in the GreekOrthodox Church. Kehagiasnoted that many students areGreek or of Greek descent, butthere are also Italians and evenan Iraqi student. An airline pilot,a police officer, and a retired de-tective are also among the stu-dents learning to chant.

When asked if he views hisrole as Protopsalti as a steppingstone to the priesthood, Kaha-gias said he might consider be-coming a priest in the future,but not right now. It is clear thathe enjoys his work. Kehagias’talent as a chanter and as ateacher with a profound respectand love for the tradition ofByzantine music bodes well forthe future of chanting in thechurch.

More information on theArchdiocesan School of Byzan-tine Music is available online atasbm.goarch.org

An Interview with Holy Cross Church Protopsalti Antonios Kehagias

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COMMUNITY8 THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 12-18, 2016

TNH Staff

President Obama is planningto deliver what American offi-cials have described as a “legacyspeech” when he visits Athensfrom Nov. 15-17, the newspaperKathimerini said it was told.

Although the details of thepresident’s trip have not beenfinalized, officials in Washingtonindicated that Obama intends tomake a statement that resonateswhen he comes to Greece thepaper said, with one officialcomparing it to the historicspeech delivered by John F.Kennedy when he visited Berlinin 1962.

Obama is expected to makeextensive references to democ-racy and how it has endured inGreece despite its twin crises ofthe economy and refugeeslocked out by other EuropeanUnion countries.

Obama is also expected callfor debt relief, giving Prime Min-ister and Radical Left SYRIZAleader Alexis Tsipras a boost as

his fortunes are sagging and hiscoalition teetering.

But Obama is also expectedto press Tsipras to keep on withthe austerity reforms demandedby international lenders whichhave weighed down the Greekgovernment and led to its recordunpopularity.

Obama will likely walk a linebetween supporting Greece aswell as German Chancellor An-gela Merkel, whose country hasput up the bulk of three bailoutsof 326 billion euros ($363.23billion) and who insisted on theharsh conditions which have hitworkers, pensioners and thepoor the hardest while the rich,politicians and tax cheatsskated.

Sources said that the Ameri-can president’s speech will alsocontain a message for Turkey,whose President Recep TayyipErdogan is cracking down in thewake of a failed coup attemptand stepping up his OttomanEmpire desires, sending fighterjets into Greek air space repeat-

edly and warships past Greek is-lands.

Erdogan has also threatenedto again let human traffickerssend refugees and migrants intoGreece unless the EuropeanUnion speeds its deal to givehim six billion euros, visa-freetravel for Turkish citizens andfaster-track entry into the blocat the same he still refuses torecognize member Cyprus andbars its ships and planes and re-unification hopes for the dividedisland remain stuck.

Obama also will show sym-pathy for the plight of the64,000 refugees and migrantsstuck in Greece but securityfears mean he won’t visit someon the island of Lesbos, it wasreported, although he could visita camp near Athens.

It’s not known who will bein his entourage although plansright now reportedly do not in-clude First Lady MichelleObama or whether TreasurySecretary Jack Lew will alsocome.

It is considered likely that As-sistant Secretary of State for Eu-ropean and Eurasian Affairs Vic-toria Nuland and Special Envoyfor International Energy AffairsAmos Hochstein will be part ofthe team that will fly to Greecefrom Washington, the newspa-per added.

PROTESTS ARE EXPECTEDObama’s Nov. 15-17 visit to

Greece will likely be met withprotests as it coincides with theanniversary of a student Nov.17, 1973 uprising against a mil-itary dictatorship then backedby the United States.

A group of around 15 people

aligned with anarchist groupsdistributed flyers in Thessalonikito protest Obama’s coming toAthens.

The group made it up intothe building housing the U.S.Consulate, shouted anti-Ameri-can slogans and tried to hang abanner outside the window be-fore being stopped by police, thenewspaper Kathimerini said.

The protestors are reportedlymembers of the anti-establish-ment groups Thessaloniki Lib-ertarian Initiative and the Rou-vikonas Anarchist Collective, thepaper said, and six were re-manded in custody for question-ing.

Greece’s Radical Left SYRIZAgovernment is stepping up se-curity and has already beenjoined by American agents, thepaper said, to protect Obama,who also plans to tour a refugeedetention camp outside Athens.

Sources told Kathimerini thataround 300 American agentswill be dispatched to Greece forthe visit.

For Athens Visit, Obama Plans JFK-Like Speech Touting Greek Heritage

President Obama

Americans while Frank Skarta-dos was born in Greece. AnotherGreek-American, RepublicanJon Kostakopoulos, ran for NewYork state assembly in the 76thdistrict but lost by a wide mar-gin. He won 27.12% of the voteand incumbent Democrat Re-becca Seawright won 72.79% ofthe vote. In Nassau County He-len Voutsinas was re-electedjudge to the district court. Afterhearing the results, Voutsinascontacted the National Heraldand expressed her gratitude tothe Greek-American communitywho supported her re-electioncampaign, as well as the Na-tional Herald which a week be-fore the election honoredVoutsinas in its Women issue. InRhode Island, State SenatorLeonidas Raptakis was re-elected. In Colorado, the racefor the 7th district pitted Greek-American Republican GeorgeAthanasopoulos against incum-

bent Democrat Ed Perlmutter.Athanasopoulos fought a worthybattle, but lost to the incum-bent.

Republican Gus Bilirakis inFlorida, Democrat John Sar-banes in Maryland, and Demo-crat Dina Titus in Nevada wereamong those re-elected to theirseats in the US House of Repre-sentatives. Democrat and for-mer Florida Governor CharlieCrist was just elected to theHouse representing that state’s13th District. In Congress, theHouse and the Senate both havea Republican majority.

In Astoria on Election Day,Senator Michael Gianaris andAssemblywoman Aravella Simo-tas headed to the polls and casttheir votes for the 2016 presi-dential race, and local races, in-cluding their own. Senator Gia-naris, who is also the DeputyDemocratic Conference Leader,represents the 12th Senate Dis-trict.

Assemblywoman Simotasrepresents the 36th AssemblyDistrict. Both won reelection.

Senator Michael Gianarissaid, “I am proud to have thehonor of representing so manyof my neighbors in Astoria, LongIsland City, Sunnyside, Wood-side, Ridgewood, and Wood-haven, and working alongsidethem on the important issuesabout which we care passion-ately. I encourage everyone toexercise his or her right to votein this historic election."

Assemblywoman AravellaSimotas said, “I’m proud that Ihave exercised the most impor-tant right that we have as Amer-icans – the right to vote! In somany ways the world we nowlive in can feel uncertain anddangerous and that means it iscrucial that people go to thepolls and choose the local, stateand federal representatives whowill put public interests aboveall else. It is my sincere hope

that all Greek-Americans whocan vote, will vote, whicheverway their conscience guidesthem, and by doing so demon-strate Hellenic-Americans’strength and commitment todemocracy.”

Senator Gianaris is a leadingreformer on voting rights issuesand is the author of the VoterEmpowerment Act which wouldregister more than two millioneligible New Yorkers to vote. Inaddition to automatically regis-tering eligible consenting citi-zens, the Voter EmpowermentAct would allow voters to auto-matically update their informa-tion, permit pre-registration of16- and 17- year-olds, automat-ically transfer registrations ofNew Yorkers who move withinthe state, provide access to voterregistration records and regis-tration of eligible citizens on-line, and allow people to regis-ter or change their party laterin the election cycle.

Greek-Americans Top Election Results in New York, Rhode Island, & Across US

actual burial place of JesusChrist.”

The tomb believed to beChrist’s was opened as part of acomplex renovation of theshrine that was built around itlong after his death in what istoday known as the Church ofthe Holy Sepulcher, perhapsChristianity’s holiest site.

The church was first builtwhere the tomb was discoveredin the fourth century during thereign of Constantine, the firstRoman emperor to officiallyconvert to Christianity. It wassacked after Jerusalem fell tothe Persians in the seventh cen-tury, then rebuilt and later de-stroyed by Muslim caliphs in the11th century. After the Cru-saders captured Jerusalem, thechurch was restored in the 12thcentury but burned to theground in the 19th century andthen rebuilt yet again.

A site known as the GardenTomb is said by some to be thesite of the crucifixion, while theChurch of the Holy Sepulcher ismore commonly deemed byChristians to be the place whereJesus was buried and roseagain.

At the time, it was outsidethe Old City, but the wall waslater moved to include thechurch and its famous tomb.

The National Geographic So-ciety teamed up with the Tech-nical University of Athens towork on cultural restoration andthe National Geographic Chan-nel will air a program later thismonth documenting the project.

Under Moropoulou’s direc-tion, the conservation expertsremoved the iron cage built bythe British in 1947 to shore upthe earthquake-damaged

Aedicule and then began takingapart the shrine piece by piece.They removed disintegratingmortar, reconstructed parts ofthe sometimes-swollen masonry,reset the columns and injectedgrout into cracks in the struc-ture.

The specialists had no plansat first to open the tomb, butthey decided a couple of weeksago that they needed to do soin order to ensure that nothingcould leak inside.

It was a delicate operation.The top of the tomb was split,and the specialists worried thatlifting it would break it.

“The main goal was not tobreak the plate,” said HarrisMouzakis, an assistant professorof civil engineering at NationalTechnical University who is

working on the project.The team felt the pressure.

“We had to be very careful,”Mouzakis said. “It was not justa tomb we had to open. It wasthe tomb of Jesus Christ that isa symbol for all of Christianity— and not only for them but forother religions.”

Once they removed the mar-ble cladding, they discoveredanother marble slab with a crosscarved into it. Beneath that,they found the limestone slabhewed from the wall of a cavethat is believed to be where Je-sus lay after his death.

That slab had not been seensince at least the 1500s. Theteam worked around the clockfor three days, gathering dirtand other material from insidethe tomb for future study. They

closed it again quickly to avoiddisrupting the visits of pilgrimswho still flock to the churcheach day.

“Every Christian, they wantto come and visit the holy placeand open his heart to them,”said Father Isidoros, 43, whofirst came to the church a quar-ter-century ago, and lives there.

The hardest part of the ren-ovation is now behind the team,but months of work to bolsterthe shrine lay ahead.

“It will last many, manyyears,” Mr. Mouzakis said. “Wewill succeed if after 200 or 500years somebody will come backto restore our work.”

(Material from National Geo-graphic and the New YorkTimes was used in this report)

LSTC President James Nie-man, said: “For nearly a century,we have been blessed to be thestewards of this remarkable doc-ument, and today we areblessed again by the opportunityto return it to our Greek Ortho-dox friends and strengthen thebond we have together in ChristJesus.”

At the end of November,Demetrios and Nieman willtravel to the Ecumenical Patri-archate in Constantinople forthe Thronal Feast of Saint An-drew and then will go to Greeceto participate in ceremonies forthe return of the manuscript tothe Drama Metropolis.

The manuscript, knownamong biblical scholars asCodex 1424, was one of manymanuscripts taken in 1917 fromthe Monastery of Panagia Eikosi-foinissa, in the Paggaion moun-tain range near Drama, follow-ing the Balkan Wars of five yearsearlier.

It found its way to a Euro-pean book dealer and was pur-chased in 1920 by Levi FranklinGruber, who later became pres-ident of Chicago Lutheran The-ological Seminary, one of LSTC’spredecessor schools.

Gruber bequeathed the codexto his widow, and the seminarylater received his entire rarebook collection from her.

Earlier this year, the Ecu-menical Patriarchate directlyand through its representationin the United States, requestedthe return of the manuscript, towhich LSTC voluntarily andreadily agreed.

Greek manuscripts that con-tain the entire New Testament

are rare. According to biblicalscholar Kurt Aland, there areonly 60 such manuscripts inworld collections.

Codex 1424, written in theninth century AD, is the oldestcomplete minuscule manuscript(written in cursive script) of theGreek New Testament in theworld. Moreover, the order ofthe books of the New Testamentis unusual.

For example, the book ofRevelation, today located at theend of the New Testament, inthe Codex 1424 precedes thePauline letters.

The manuscript was copiedby a monk named Savas, andother monks three centurieslater added excerpts from St.John Chrysostom, St. Basil theGreat, St. Gregory of Nyssa, andothers as commentaries in themargins of the pages.

The Center for the Study ofNew Testament Manuscripts hasphotographed the manuscript.It may be viewed at csntm.org.

Ralph W. Klein, curator of theLSTC rare book collection, said“manuscripts like Codex 1424enable New Testament scholarsto construct a definitive text ofthe Greek New Testament sincenone of the original texts hassurvived and ancient manu-scripts contain thousands ofvariant readings. We are in-debted to our ancestors in thefaith who took such care thatthe Sacred Scriptures were pre-served for posterity. Codex 1424represents the Byzantine familyof manuscripts that became thebackbone for the Textus Recep-tus in the 16th century and wasthe Greek edition used by thetranslators of the King JamesVersion.”

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NY State Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas and State SenatorMichael Gianaris won reelection on November 8.

Photo courtesy of sen. michael Gianaris.

Continued from page 1

John Sarbanes Nicole Malliotakis Carolyn Maloney Leonidas Raptakis

Archbishop Demetrios &Return of Rare New TestamentContinued from page 1

Christ’s Tomb Believed to Have Been DiscoveredContinued from page 1

Steel girders supporting the Edicule at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher will be removed whenrestoration work is completed next spring.

oDeD balilty, aP for national GeoGraPhic

By Eleni Sakellis

One of the easiest ways toimprove your health is by eatingmore fruits and vegetables. Withsuch a wide variety of produceavailable throughout the year,it shouldn’t be difficult to incor-porate the recommended 5 serv-ings a day into your diet. Withbusy schedules, however, manypeople fall into a rut when itcomes to eating their vegeta-bles. Variety, as the saying goes,is the spice of life. Try a newvegetable, every now and then,or one you’ve tried before anddidn’t quite like but with a newrecipe and you might be sur-prised how easy it is to reachthat five servings a day. Vegeta-bles are, of course, packed withnutrients, vitamins, and fiberwhich can help improve overallhealth. Some vegetables release

more of their nutritional valuewith light cooking, like crucif-erous vegetables broccoli andcauliflower. Be advised, if youare taking certain medications,some fruits and vegetables canactually interfere with how themedications work, so ask yourdoctor.

Cauliflower andMushrooms

• 1 medium to largecauliflower

• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil• 2 cups sliced mushrooms, of

your choice• Salt and freshly ground

pepper

For the topping:• 2 cups breadcrumbs• 4 tablespoons grated

Pecorino Romano cheese ormezithra

• 1 teaspoon dried oregano• 1 teaspoon dried parsley or 1

tablespoon fresh parsley,finely chopped

• 4 tablespoons butter

Bring a large pot of water toa boil, add a tablespoon of salt.Break the cauliflower into flo-rets and blanch in the salted,

boiling water for 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat, drain,

and place the cauliflower floretsin a large baking dish that cango from oven to table. Set aside.

In a skillet, heat the olive oilover medium high heat, Add thesliced mushrooms and sauté for2-3 minutes. Remove from heat,add to the cauliflower in thebaking dish, and season withsalt and pepper to taste.

In a mixing bowl, combinethe breadcrumbs, grated cheese,oregano, and parsley. Sprinklethe mixture over the vegetablesin the baking dish.

Cut the butter into smallpieces and place on top of thecrumb topping. Bake in a pre-heated 425 degree oven forabout 15 minutes or until thetopping is golden brown andcrisp.

Serve immediately as a side

dish or a vegetarian maincourse. If preferred, serve witha squeeze of fresh lemon juiceon top.

Roasted BrusselsSprouts andCauliflower

• 1 pound Brussels sprouts,trimmed and cut in half

• 1 medium cauliflower,broken into florets

• 2 medium red onions, cutinto wedges

• 4 tablespoons extra virginolive oil

• 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground

pepper• Lemon

In a mixing bowl, toss theBrussel sprouts, cauliflower flo-rets, and onions with the oliveoil, salt, and pepper.

Transfer to a large bakingpan and bake in 425 degreeoven for 20 to 25 minutes oruntil the vegetables are tender,stirring once about halfwaythrough the baking time.

Serve immediately with yourfavorite roast chicken recipe andwith a squeeze of fresh lemonjuice, if preferred.

Flavorful, Seasonal Recipesfor Fall Vegetables

GREEK GASTRONOMYOUR EVERYDAY GREEK

By Dr. Dimitra Kamarinou

Greeks love to eat and cook fresh vegetables, λαχανικά. Thereis no wonder why in Astoria one can find the best groceries in NewYork. In the table below note that the word for vegetables, λαχανικά,derives from the word λάχανα, cabbage. Some of the Greek wordsfor vegetables resemble English ones. The rest derive from otherlanguages than Greek. Let’s say that you and your sister Maria goto a Greek grocery to buy vegetables for a family dinner. This isthe vocabulary you will need.

Greek word Pronunciation MeaningΟ μανάβης O maNAvis the grocer Το μανάβικο TO maNAviko groceryΤα λαχανικά TA lahaniKA vegetablesΤο λάχανο TO LAhano cabbage Η ντομάτα EE doMAta tomatoΗ πατάτα EE paTAta potatoΗ πιπεριά EE pipeRYIA pepperΤο καρότο TO kaROto carrotΤο σπανάκι TO spaNAki spinachΤο μπρόκολο TO BROkolo broccoli Το κολοκύθι TO kokoKEEthi zucchiniΗ κολοκύθα EE koloKEEtha pumpkinΗ μελιτζάνα EE meliTZAna eggplantΤο αγγούρι TO aGOOri cucumberΤο μαρούλι TO maROOLi lettuceΤο κουνουπίδι TO koonooPEEdi cauliflowerΤα χόρτα TA HOrta greensΤα φασολάκια TA fasoLAkia green beansΟ αρακάς O araKAS peasΤο κρεμμύδι TO kreMEEdi onionΤο σκόρδο TO SKOrdo garlicΤο μανιτάρι TO maniTAri mushroom

THE ACCUSATIVE CASEWhat will you buy? This is how we form the accusative case of

the nouns. The accusative case concerns the object of the verb’saction, the what. Τι θέλει να αγοράσει η Μαρία; Η Μαρία θέλει νααγοράσει δύο κιλά ντομάτες.

THE ACCUSATIVE CASE ARTICLESingular Plural

Masculine: Τον ΤουςFeminine: Την Τις Neuter: Το Τα

THE ACCUSATIVE CASE ENDINGSMasculine nounsSingular Plural Τον Τους-ο (λογαριασμ-ό) -ους (λογαριασμ-ούς)-η (μανάβ-η) -ες (μανάβη-δες)-α (αρακ-ά) -δες (αρακά-δες)-ε (καφ-έ) -δες (καφέ-δες)

Feminine nounsSingular Plural Την Τις-η (Τρίτη) -ες (Τρίτ-ες)

-α (ντομάτα) -ες (ντομάτ-ες)

Neutral nounsΤο Τα-ι (κρεμμύδ-ι) -α (κρεμμύδ-ια)-ο (σκόρδ-ο) -α (σκόρδ-α)

Note that in the accusative case singular only the endings ofthe masculine nouns change, by omitting the final -ς.The endingsof the feminine and neuter nouns remain the same as in the nom-inative case. Note also that in the plural the endings remain thesame as in the nominative case plural except for the masculinenouns that end in -ος. The masculine nouns that end in –ης formthe nominative and accusative plural either in –ες or –δες.

Ο δρόμος/ τον δρόμο, οι δρόμοι/τους δρόμους.Ο μανάβης/τον μανάβη, οι μανάβηδες/τους μανάβηδες.Ο αρακάς/τον αρακά, οι αρακάδες/τους αρακάδες.Ο καφές/τον καφέ. Οι καφέδες/τους καφέδες.

EXERCISE1. Τι θέλεις να αγοράσεις στο μανάβικο; Form the accusative

case singular and plural of the words below. Ένα is one for themasculine and neuter nouns and μία is one for the feminine nouns.

Θέλω ένα/μίαZucchini:Cucumber:Pumpkin: Cauliflower:Broccoli:Onion:Garlic:Cabbage:

2. DIALOGUEPut the nouns in the dialogue in the accusative case. Note that

the noun that follows the word για (=for) is always put in ac-cusative form.

-Μαρία, να ο μανάβης. Καλημέρα.-Καλημέρα. Τι ……. (vegetables) θέλετε;-Θέλω να αγοράσω για …… (the salads) δύο κιλά …… (toma-

toes), δύο …… (cucumbers), ένα κιλό …… (peppers), ένα ……(onion), ένα …… (broccoli), ένα ……. (cauliflower), ένα κιλό ……. (spinach), δύο κιλά …… (greens), ένα ….. (cabbage) και δύο……. (lettuces). Έχετε;

-Έχουμε. Τι άλλο θέλετε;- Μία …… (pumpkin), τρία ……. (onion), ένα …… (garlic) και

ένα κιλό ……. (mushrooms) για …… (the soup). Ποιος είναι ο λο-γαριασμός;

-Ο λογαριασμός είναι ……. (69) ευρώ.PRONUNCIATION KEY

i (i-diom), ee (n-ee-dle), e (e-nergy), o (o-rganism), oo (b-oo-t), y (y-es), h (h-elium), th (th-eory), d (th-e), gh (w-olf). The cap-italized syllables are accented.

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.

Πατα τες, Nτομα τες, Mελιτζανες, Mom’s Favorite Veggies

By Phyllis (Kiki) SembosSpecial to The National Herald

Basili (Bill, to you) and I werewatching a movie on TV onenight when an ad came upshowing a man in overalls,laughingly sawing a thick sheetof wood as if it were made ofpie pastry.

“See that?” he shouted, as ifour hearing wasn’t good. “And,that’s not all! Look! This sawcalled ‘Rollinrazor’ can cutthrough aluminum, tile, 2x4s.drywall and more. No morehandsaws, jigsaws, power saws.All you need is this one saw withthe three blades.” He demon-strated by cutting through alu-minum, paneling, tile and wood.“Awesome!” cried Bill. “Look atthat! What a great tool! I couldsell all my other saws and keepjust that one.” That’s when I re-minded him, “You’ve never usedany of those saws once. Whywould you want buy anothersaw?” Bill, whose recent suc-cesses around the house was

changing the valves on our ra-diators and changing the filtersin the air conditioners, lookedat me as if I had been replacedby an alien being. “For starters,remember saying you wanted anew foyer floor?” “But that wasten years ago. I could live withit another ten, Bill.”

“The reason I didn’t do it wasbecause I worried that you’d callin that overrated, overcharging,know-it-all, Stavros to do it. He’sgood at things because he ownsgreat tools! But, with a saw likethat I could cut and place thetiles in the foyer in ...ah, say, onehour.” First place, Stavros wasn’ta “know-it-all,” Bill describes.He’s the “can-do -it- all, for ahefty price,” of course. So, I said,“we might have to call Stavrosanyway if you get stuck!”

He raised his brows. “Stuck?That’s your trouble, Kiki. Youthink I’m useless.” Not true!Changing the batteries in our re-mote control, replacing the lightbulb in the hallway, you...” Henodded. “Proves I CAN do

things.” “I’d worry about aloaded Rollinrazor in yourhands.” Sulking, Bill said nomore. He sat there thinking.And, I sat there trying not to.

Next day, Bill was gone forhours and returned with a boxcontaining the Rollinrazor, threeboxes of tile and floor glue.“You’re really going to lay downa new foyer, aren’t you, Bill.” Hischin firm, he said, “Yup!” And

went straight to work armedwith a measuring tape, glovesand safety glasses. I left Stavros’telephone number on thekitchen table just in case and leftthe scene of the crime to do myweekly shopping. I must havebeen gone about forty minuteswhen my cell phone rang. Myintuition pictured Bill with nofinger, no hand, no...” It wasStavros, calling from my house.

“Nothing to worry about,” he as-sured with enthusiasm. “Yourfoyer floor is beautiful. And Billdid it all by himself.” “Then, whyare you there?” I asked. “Billcalled me on another matter.”Relieved, and thinking Bill hadcalled Stavros for, maybe, ap-proval or advice, I headed forhome. Opening the door, Istepped onto a beautifully tiledfoyer floor. I found Bill andStavros, drinking beer in canson the sofa together watchingbaseball. That’s when I noticedBill’s left hand wrapped up withso many bandages it looked likea boxing glove. “What happenedto your hand, Bill?” “Later”, hewaved his hand with avid inter-est in the game. So, I askedagain. “Bill! Your hand! That’snot how it was before I left.”Stavros, grinning, responded,“Just a little accident. Happens!Good thing you left my numberon the kitchen table. I took Bill,here, to the emergency room.No problem!” He said, jovially,returning his attention back to

an exciting moment on TV. “Justanswer me one question. Howmany fingers does he have left?”I waited until the first basemanreached third base safely. Then,he said, “Oh, no fingers.”

Feeling faint, I groaned,“What?” He continued silent un-til an advertisement came on.Then, Stavros explained, “Imean, he didn’t lose no fingers.He wuz packin’ away thatRollinrazor but, forgot to unplugit before removing the blade.Well, you know! Zoop! Just a cut– 23 stitches. It’ll heal by NewYear’s.” Then, he said, cheerfully,“Best part is, Bill’s agreed to giveme all his tools – including theRollinrazor – at half price.” Idrew in a deep breath of sheerrelief. “All gazillion tools?”“Yeah! Looks like it was a luckyday after all,” he said, proudlylifting and removing from myhouse all the weapons of massdestruction like he was carryinga lunch box. He was right! Itlooked like it was a lucky dayafter all. Mine!

GREEK AMERICAN STORIES

Tools of the Trade

FEATURETHE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 12-18, 2016 9

vember 11 to Veterans Day. Alsoworth noting for the grammarobsessed, there is no apostrophein Veterans Day. The contribu-tions of Greek-Americans in theUS military go back to the Amer-ican Civil War. Their heroic actsin defense of freedom shouldnever be forgotten. Here are afew books to add to your read-ing list in honor of Veterans Day.

A Story That Should Be Toldby the Rose of New EnglandChapter 110, Order of AHEPA ofNorwich, CT is a remarkable vol-ume. This history book took twoyears of research and collectingmaterial from the descendantsof Greek-American veteransfrom all over the United Statesto produce and is now availableonline and through the NorwichAHEPA 110. The chapter do-nated $10,000 to fund and pub-lish the book out of respect forall our veterans. All the proceedsfrom the book sales will be do-nated to the Holy Trinity GreekOrthodox Church of Norwich,CT in the memory of the veter-ans of both World Wars. Duringthe research process the chapterfound that Norwich had 97Greek-American veterans fromthe WWII era. Among pastrecords and old newspapers theyfound 27 Greek veterans of WWI

and decided to include them inthe book. Another noteworthyfind was the story of one Greekveteran of the American CivilWar. It was reported that therewere approximately 71,900Greek-American veterans ofWWII. A Story That Should BeTold is an extraordinary recordof how the chapter was able toresearch the names, photos, andmilitary information of all ourveterans, searching througharchives and databases and com-piling this book on the importantcontributions of the veterans ofthree major conflicts in worldhistory.

A Higher Call by AdamMakos recounts an incredibleWorld War II story about a se-verely damaged Americanbomber flying over Germany,struggling to fly back to base inEngland when a German pilotflies up next to the plane.Twenty-one-year-old SecondLieutenant Charlie Brown wasthe pilot of the American planewith half of his crew eitherwounded or dead, confronted byGerman ace Franz Stigler whocould have easily shot down thedamaged American plane. Whatfollowed will challenge whatmost people think of the war.

Written by Greek-American au-thor and journalist Makos, thebook is inspiring. Makos’ grand-fathers, Francis Panfili and MikeMakos, both served in WorldWar II and inspired his interestin history and military history inparticular. The book is availableonline, in bookstores, and yourlocal library. Makos is also theauthor of Devotion: An EpicStory of Heroism, Friendship,and Sacrifice, about the KoreanWar and specifically the U.S.Navy’s most famous aviator duo,Lieutenant Tom Hudner and En-sign Jesse Brown, and theMarines they fought to defend.

LITERARY REVIEW

Books to Add to Your Reading List for Veterans DayContinued from page 1

Θέλω δύο κιλά:Eggplant:Potatoes:Mushrooms:Tomatoes:Peppers:Greens:Green beans:Peas:Spinach:

OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS10 THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 12-18, 2016

DEATH NOTICES

n COVELLIS, ANNA GLENOSBIRMINGHAM, AL (from TheBirmingham News, publishedon Oct. 16)— July 1, 1917 ~October 13, 2016 Anna GlenosCovellis, age 99, of Birmingham,a beloved mother, "Yia Yia"(grandmother), and great-grandmother passed awaypeacefully on October 13, 2016.Anna was born on July 1, 1917,in Birmingham, Alabama. Shewas the first-born child of Greekimmigrants, Paul and MelbaAnastasia, from Mytilene,Greece. She grew up in the En-sley neighborhood, and marriedLouis N. Glenos, from Andros,Greece, at the age of eighteen.The couple owned and operatedseveral Birmingham restaurantstogether, including Anne'sSteakhouse and the PatioRestaurant to name a few. Thecouple was married for twenty-six years and had one son, NickL. Glenos. Her husband, Louis,passed away in 1960. In 1978,Anna remarried, to Tom G. Cov-ellis. She was married to Tomfor fourteen years, until hisdeath, in 1992. Anna very muchenjoyed working with peopleand, after retiring, continued towork part time for many yearsin retail at Pizitz and then as acashier at Leos' Restaurant.Anna was known for her inde-pendence, elegance and grace.She enjoyed cooking and bak-ing, especially Greek pastries.Her grandchildren frequentlysquabbled over the last servingof her famous rice pudding! Shewas a remarkable and dearwoman who will be missed byher family. She is preceded indeath by her parents, Paul andMelba Anastasia; her son, NickL. Glenos; husbands, Louis N.Glenos and Tom G. Covellis;brother, James Anastasia (killedin WWII); brother-in-law, Au-gustus Kavalos; and sister-in-law, Sylvia Anastasia. She is sur-vived by her daughter-in-law,Kay Glenos; grandchildren,Chris Glenos (Amy), MonicaGlenos, Nikol Gaut (Scotty);great-grandchildren, KatherineGriffin, Nicholas Griffin, Christ-ian Glenos, Sophia Glenos,Frances Gaut and Philip Gaut;brother, Pete Anastasia; sister,Helen Kavalos; and nieces andnephew, Debra Delaney, AlexaHorowitz; and Michael Anasta-sia. The family would like to ex-press its sincere gratitude toEvelyn Leshore, Mary Butler,and all of Anna's other nursesand care-givers for their tenderand loving care of Anna duringher final days on this earth. Fu-neral services will be held atHoly Trinity-Holy Cross GreekOrthodox Cathedral, 307 19thStreet South, Birmingham, AL,on Wednesday, October 19, asfollows: Visitation at 10 a.m.and Funeral at 11:00 a.m., withgraveside to follow at SouthernHeritage Cemetery in Pelham.In lieu of flowers the family re-quests that memorials be madeto the "Greek Orthodox ChurchAHEPA 420 Scholarship Fund,"307 19th Street South, Birming-ham, AL 35233.

n PEROULAS, PANAGIOTISCHARLOTTE, NC (from theCharlotte Observe, published onOctober 11)— Panagiotis NickPeroulas 67, passed away a hishome the 10th of October 2016surrounded by his family. Hewas born in Ditiki Fragista,Evrytania, Greece, the 4th ofMay 1949. Pete lived in Dussel-dorf, Germany prior to movingto the US. He initially went toChicago, IL , but decided to set-tle for the warmer climate ofCharlotte, NC in 1979. Peteworked at Lance Inc for 40years, working hard to help

raise his family, which headored. He believed in familyhard work, faith and his pareaof friends. Panagiotis, enjoyedhis time with friends and family.He never missed a moment toreminisce about his beloved vil-lage, never missing a momentto tell stories of his child hood.This mostly occurred when vis-iting his friends at the “kafenio".Panagiotis, is survived by hisbeloved wife of 37 years, Dia-mando; son Nikolaos and his fi-ance, Michelle; daughter Eleni,and her husband Peter; sistersAlexandra and Athina, grand-children Yianni, Georgia andDiamando and many nieces andnephews. The Trisagion Servicewill be at Six o'clock in theevening, Tuesday, the 11th ofOctober 2016 at the Cathedral.The Funeral Service will beEleven o'clock in the morning,the 12th day of October 2016at Holy Trinity Greek OrthodoxCathedral, 600 East Blvd, Char-lotte, NC. Burial will follow inEvergreen Cemetery. The familywould like to thank Dr. Brooksand the nurses at CarolinasNuero Muscular Center and theJo Martin ALS Foundation,100N. Tryone St., Suite 3420, Char-lotte, NC 28202. In lieu of flow-ers, the family requests dona-tions be sent to the Joe MartinALS Association, 100 N. TryoneSt., Suite 3420, Charlotte, NC28202. Notes of encouragementand condolences may be madeby visiting www.ellingtonfuner-alservices.com. The Peroulasfamily is being served by Elling-ton Funeral Services, "The His-toric Morehead St. Chapel", 727E. Morehead Street, Charlotte,NC 28202. Family owned since1944.

n RENDZIPERIS, ASPASIA ROCHESTER, MI (from The Ma-comb Daily, published on Oct.16)— Aspasia Rendziperis ofRochester, Michigan; passedaway on October 15, 2016. Bornin Athens, Greece to George andCatherine Souyias, she came tothe United States in 1967. Shewas married on September 15,1968 to William LouisRendziperis, deceased July 1,2012. Aspasia loved family, herfaith, to help others and to cookdelicious greek food. She is sur-vived by her sons, Aris andGeorge (Kelley); along with hergrandchildren, Riley andWilliam. Her grandchildrenwere truly blessed to receive theunconditional love and adora-tion of their Yaya. Also survivingis her brother, Socrates (Gloria)and her sisters, in Greece, Mi-randa and Vivi (Sakis). FuneralService Tuesday, October 18,2016 at 3 p.m. at St. GeorgeGreek Orthodox Church, 43816Woodward Ave, in BloomfieldHills. Aspasia’s family will re-ceive friends at Pixley FuneralHome, 322 W. University Drivein downtown Rochester onMonday, October 17, 2016 from2 p.m. until 8 p.m. with Trisa-gion at 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers,the family would greatly appre-ciate that contributions in hername be directed to the Ameri-can Cancer Society or the Amer-ican Diabetes Association.Please visit, www.pixleyfu-neral.com

n SAKALOGLOU, ANTHONY G.

WORCESTER, MA (from theWorcester Telegram & Gazette,published on Oct. 22)— An-thony G. Sakaloglou, 27 Worces-ter - Anthony G. Sakaloglou,loving and beloved son, brother,nephew and grandson, passedaway peacefully on October 20,2016. He was 27 years old. An-thony fought the battle of anxi-ety and addiction for manyyears, and now he is at rest. Hisfamily prays for all of the vic-tims of this epidemic. Anthonywas born on August 3, 1989 inWorcester and was a graduateof Saint Peter Marion JuniorHigh School and Worcester

Technical High School. He issurvived by his parents, Georgeand Gail A. (Wood) Sakaloglouof Worcester; a brother, GeorgeA. Sakaloglou of Worcester andhis paternal grandmother, Jes-timani Sakaloglou "YaiYai" ofGreece and many aunts and un-cles. He is predeceased by hismaternal grandparents, Frankand Marie Wood and his pater-nal grandfather, SpiroSakaloglou. Anthony worked inhis dad's construction business,and at Home Depot as managerof the electrical department. Heplayed baseball for Jack BarryLittle League, and was on theWorcester Crew Team. Rowingwas his passion. He loved hiscoach and his team members,and took pride in the team'ssportsmanship and its victories.Anthony loved to cook, and tocreate his own recipes. Helearned many dishes from Yi-aYia, as he cooked alongsideher. Anthony enjoyed watchingthe History Channel, and debat-ing topics such as UFO's, con-spiracy theories, and nature'swonders. His favorite pastimewas driving with his dad in thegreen Corvette with the T-topsoff, listening to LucianoPavarotti. Anthony loved ani-mals, and they loved him back.He endured Bella, his cat, sleep-ing on his chest every night, de-spite being allergic to her andwaking up each day with a soreback. Anthony had a great senseof humor, and put everyone atease. He will be rememberedmostly for his kind and caringheart. Anthony would want usto honor his memory, ratherthan grieve his loss, to smilewhen we think of him, ratherthan to cry. He is loved verymuch by all, and will be misseddearly. Family, friends, and oth-ers whose lives Anthonytouched are invited to Mer-cadante Funeral Home &Chapel, 370 Plantation Street,Worcester from 4:00 p.m. to7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Octo-ber 26, 2016. His funeral willbe celebrated on Thursday at10:00 am in Saint SpyridonGreek Orthodox Cathedral 102Russell Street, Worcester. Burialwill follow in Hope Cemetery.Those who wish to rememberAnthony by way of a memorialtribute are kindly asked to con-sider the St. Francis Community1030 NE 13th Avenue FortLauderdale, FL 33304. To shareyour thoughts and memories ofAnthony, please visit his per-sonal guestbook at: www.mer-cadantefuneral.com

n SCANDALIS, DEMETRISESACRAMENTO, CA (from theSacramento Bee, published onOct. 19)— Demetrise Dallas"Dee" Scandalis (1922-2016)Born May 27, 1922 in Modesto,California; Dee passed peace-fully from this life on October16, 2016 at the age of 94. Deewas the daughter of George Dal-las of Piana, Greece and HarrietGavis, (who passed away whenDee was a baby) of Chicago, Illi-nois. During Dee's early life shelived in many agricultural townsuntil settling in Sacramento inher high school years. Her firstjob was at the soda fountain ofthe downtown SacramentoWoolworths, where she quicklywas promoted to windowdresser due to her artistic flair.She went on to work at the So-cial Security Administrationwhere she rose to a supervisoryposition. While Dee had greatpotential as a career woman,her heart lay in wanting to be agood wife, mother, and home-maker. In 1948 Dee married thelove of her life, Peter G. Scan-dalis, who preceded her indeath in 1981, and with whomshe had three children. After hermarriage, Dee traveled theworld over as an Air Force wifeand had many fascinating expe-riences and adventures. Duringher Air Force life she was activeas a Red Cross Volunteer, a

Brownie Leader, and a CubScout Leader. Always with agreat love of her Greek heritageand church, after returninghome to Sacramento she be-came an active volunteer withthe Greek Orthodox Churchteaching Sunday school andcontinuing her long time mem-bership with the Ladies Philop-tochos Society. She served asFounding President of the St.Katherine Philoptochos and alsoserved the Daughters of Pene-lope as Past President of the lo-cal Artemis Chapter as well asDistrict Governor for NorthernCalifornia. Dee also had a greatlove of art and beauty and wasa docent at the Crocker Art Mu-seum for several years. Also pre-ceded in death by her belovedbrother Harry G. Dallas, sur-vived by her children, Diane I.Scandalis, Alexis D. Genung,and Peter Dallas (Robby),grandchildren Anne Charley,April Genung Wooden (James),Johanna Wahlstrom Riggs (Jer-rod), and Ellen WahlstromWatzig (Jon) as well as manynieces, nephews, and greatgrandchildren in whom she tookgreat delight, especially the ba-bies. The Trisaigon will be Mon-day, October 24th at 7 p.m. atAnnunciation Greek OrthodoxChurch; 600 Alhambra Blvd. Fu-neral Services will be Tuesday,October 25th at 10 a.m. at St.Katherine Greek OrthodoxChurch, 9165 Peets Street, ElkGrove, with a lunch to follow.Interment will be at 2 p.m. atSierra View Cemetery in thetown of Olivehurst. Remem-brances in lieu of flowers canbe made to Annunciation'sBuilding Fund (https://the-buildsac.networkforgood.com).

n STAVROPULOS, MARY BELMONT, MA (from TheBoston Globe, published on Oct.20)— Stavropulos, Mary (Pa-poulias) of Belmont, MA, passedaway on October 17, 2016.Beloved wife of the lateNicholas Stavropulos. Devotedmother of Georgia Bitsikas andher husband Peter, and ElaineTripoli and her husband Mark.Loving grandmother of Constan-tinos Bitsikas, Maryssa Tripoli,Damian Bitsikas, and NicoleTripoli. Sister of Nikki Varsamisand her husband John, and thelate Christos Papoulias, Demos-thenis Papoulias, and the lateGeorgia Karellas. Sister-in-lawof Rhoe Papoulias and Loula Pa-poulias. Also survived by manynieces, nephews, relatives andfriends here and in Greece. Fu-neral Service on Thursday, Oct.20, 2016 at 11:30 AM at theTaxiarchae Greek OrthodoxChurch, 25 Bigelow Ave., Wa-tertown, MA. Visiting hoursprior to the Service from 10AMto 11:30 AM at the church.Please omit flowers. Donationsin her memory may be made tothe above named church. Burialin Mt. Auburn Cemetery. For on-line guestbook please visitwww.Faggas.com Faggas Fu-neral Home 800-222-2586.

n TSAKOPOULOS, GEORGE E.

MUNSTER, IN (from The Times,published on Oct. 13)— GeorgeE. Tsakopoulos, age 81, passedaway peacefully surrounded byhis family on October 11, 2016.He was born March 22, 1935 inNestani, Tripolis, Greece. Hecame to the United States 60years ago seeking to create abetter life for himself and hisfamily. George was a devotedhusband, father, grandfatherand business owner in North-west Indiana. He was a restau-ranteur for over 40 years own-ing the Indiana Restaurant,Woodmar Restaurant and theEmbers Restaurant which laterbecame the Olympic Flame inSchererville, Indiana. He wasthe patriarch of a large andbeautiful family. He is survivedby his beloved wife of 54 yearsKoula (nee Papagiannis), loving

and proud father of Georgia(Steve) Karnezis, Mary Kara-batak, Dina Tsakopoulos andAngie (Chuck) Weis. Adoredand loving Papou to Gina, Peter,Kiki, Yiorgo, Gia ("Sunshine")and Chloe ("Diamandi").Brother of Maria (John)Tsakopoulos, Christine (Gus)Kottaras. Brother in law to Irene(late Gus) Tsakopoulos. Pre-ceded in death by his parentsEvangelos and GeorgiaTsakopoulos, loving brother GusTsakopoulos. He will be missedby many nieces, nephews,cousins koumbari and friendshere in the United States,Canada and Greece. Visitationwill be held on Friday, October14, 2016 from 3:00 - 8:00 p.m.with Trisagion Prayer Service at6:00 p.m. at Kish Funeral Home,10000 Calumet Ave. Munster,IN. Funeral will be held on Sat-urday, October 15, 2016 at10:00 a.m. at St DemetriosGreek Orthodox Church, 7021Hohman Avenue, Hammond,IN. Interment will be atRidgelawn Cemetery, Gary, IN.George was an active memberof St. Demetrios Greek Ortho-dox Church, AHEPA Chapter#157 and the Pan Arcadian Fed-eration. He will be rememberedas a strong, kindhearted, hon-orable man with a great mem-ory. He often recalled exactdates of events, birthdays andanniversaries of friends andfamilies. He was very proud ofall that he had accomplished inhis life, but especially proud ofthe family he and his wife,Koula created. He will be missedby all who had the pleasure ofknowing him. In lieu of flowers,contributions to St. DemetriosGreek Orthodox Church in hismemory would be appreciated.www.kishfuneralhome.net

n VENIANAKIS, STILIANOS "STEVE"VINELAND, NJ (from The DailyJournal, published on Oct.22)— Stilianos "Steve" Veni-anakis, age 73, passed away onThursday, October 20, 2016 athome with his beloved wife,Vasiliki "Vicki" by his side. Stevewas born in Krioneri Crete,Greece on November 6, 1942 toEmmanuel and Theonifi Veni-anakis. Steve was a devoted fa-ther to Emmanuel, George andMichael; and dear brother anduncle of many residing inGreece. Steve and his wife mi-

grated to America, utilized theirknowledge of textiles to ownand operate La Kostas ClothingCo. in Vineland, NJ. Steve wasone of the founding members ofThe Cretan Fraternity Knossosof Cherry Hill, NJ devoting histime to keeping the Cretan cul-ture alive and growing withinhis family and in the Greek com-munity. Overall Steve was thebest person to put a smile onyour face. The viewing will beheld on Monday, October 24,2016 from 9am to 11am at St.Anthony's Greek OrthodoxChurch, 430 W. Wheat Rd,Vineland, NJ 08360, followedby a funeral service at 11am atthe church. Steve will be laid torest at Siloam Cemetery inVineland. In lieu of flowers, do-nations in Steve's memory canbe made to St. Anthony's GreekOrthodox Church. Arrange-ments are by DeMarco-Luisi Fu-neral Home 2755 S. LincolnAve., Vineland. Memories,thoughts and prayers may be ex-tended to the family by visitingdlfuneral.com.

n ZOANOS, KATINATARPON SPRINGS, FL (from theTampa Bay Times, published onOct. 17) Katina Zoanos, 80, ofTarpon Springs, formerly of Ka-lymnos, Greece, died on Octo-ber 14, 2016. Survived by herhusband, Antonios; children,Andreas, Michael and GeorgeZoanos and Maria Lelekis;grandchildren, Anixi, Katina,Melina, Irene, Anthony, Maria,Kalotina, Dimitra, Levi andKatina; great grandchildren,Michael, Frances, Aiyana andMichael; brothers, Anthony andEmmanuel Mougros. Trisagionis Wednesday, October 19,10:15 am at St. Nicholas GreekOrthodox Cathedral followed bya funeral service at 11 am. In-terment at Cycadia Cemetery.Dobies Funeral Home, TarponSprings (727) 942-0515

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calling that her refusal to listento the advice to leave her hus-band was the only time hisdaughter ever disobeyed.

The couple had begun theirrelationship when Maria was inher early twenties, four yearslater they married and she gavebirth to two children. Tiffany is16 and Robbie is 12 years old.

“Maria worked as a secretaryin Rego Park and also as a hair-dresser because she wanted herchildren to grow up without pri-vations,” Kontonis noted.

The couple's relationshipcontinued, though the last tenyears have been problematic be-cause of the suspect's jealousy,but no one could have imaginedthat it would end in tragedy.

“Maria had taken karatelessons, and was strong and theperpetrator knew that very well.So the first stab was in the backand when she fell, he continuedthe attack and killed her,” saidthe bereaved father.

Asked about the situation of

the suspect, he said: “I hope helives to experience Divine Jus-tice and rots in jail.” Takis Kon-tonis born and raised in Zante,came to America more than four

decades ago. He is married toPatricia Ferrara-Kontoni andthey had three children, Mariawas 41 years old, Nicholas is 36years old, and George is 28

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cussed,” Anastasiades told re-porters. “Important … securityand territorial issues – which aredecisive – have not yet been theobject of any substantive dia-logue,” he said.

THE 2004 FAILUREThe last peace efforts col-

lapsed in 2004 when a proposalworked out by then-UN chief KofiAnnan was accepted by mostTurkish Cypriots, but resound-ingly rejected by Greek Cypriotsin twin referendums.

“This is not something that wecan keep discussing after 50 yearsfor another 50 years. Everyone,including the UN, is aware ofthis,” Akinci said in a speech ear-lier.

The two sides are trying tosolve an internal boundary be-tween two future constituentstates, allowing for the return ofsome areas in Turkish-held north-ern Cyprus to Greek Cypriots, al-ready resisted by the Turks livingthere.

A confounding catalyst isTurkish President Recep TayyipErdogan, who refuses to recog-nize the Cypriot government andbars Cypriot ships and planes andsaid he won’t remove his army,what Anastasiades said would bea deal breaker likely dooming theisland to permanent partition.

Turkey’s input will be pivotalin overcoming key obstacles pre-venting a deal to reunify ethni-cally divided Cyprus, the island’sPresident said ahead of crucial

talks in Switzerland next week.Anastasiades said he and Ak-

inci have made significantprogress on numerous issuesmaking an envisioned Federationworkable.Those issues includeensuring the country’s economicviability and the right of all citi-zens to live and work whereverthey choose.

But he said it’ll take the “res-olute contribution” of Turkey andthe Turkish Cypriot leadership toreach agreement on core issuessuch as security and how muchterritory either side will admin-ister under an envisioned Federalstate.

The talks at the Swiss resortof Mont Pelerin were to concen-trate directly on the tricky terri-tory issues.

Officials say sufficientprogress on this key issue wouldpave the way for a final summitto hammer out a comprehensivedeal encompassing security mat-ters.

BAN CHECKS INU.N. Secretary-General Ban

Ki-moon was at the talks kick-offin Switzerland hoping for a dealbefore he leaves office at the endof the year.

“This is a critical juncture inthe talks and he welcomes verymuch the fact that the two lead-ers have jointly expressed theirhope that this meeting will pavethe way for the last phase of thetalks,” U.N. spokesman StephaneDujarric said in New York.

A Turkish invasion in 1974following a coup aiming at union

with Greece split the easternMediterranean island into abreakaway Turkish-speakingnorth and an internationally rec-ognized Greek-speaking south.

Only Turkey recognizes aTurkish Cypriot declaration of in-dependence and keeps more than35,000 troops in the north.

Anastasiades said progress inthe talks means both sides mustproduce maps showing howmuch territory will fall in the ad-ministrative zone of each Federalstate.

The territorial component ofa peace deal is crucial — Anas-tasiades said at least 100,000Greek Cypriots must reclaimhomes and property lost in thewar, which would bolster supportfor any deal, which will be put toa vote in both communities.

Anastasiades said in a tele-vised news conference “there’s nochance” he would accept movingonto a final phase of talks if nomaps are produced.

But in a separate news con-ference, Akinci said maps willonly appear during final thephase of talks where Britain,Greece and Turkey will join dis-cussions to tackle the difficult is-sue of security.

Anastasiades ruled out allow-ing Turkey to retain any militaryintervention rights in Cyprus orto keep troops on the ground af-

ter a deal, something that TurkishCypriots insist is crucial to theirsecurity.

“A European state has noneed of either guarantors or oc-cupation troops,” Anastasiadessaid.

“Occupation troops may offersecurity for one community, butcertainly they create insecurity ofthe other community,” he said,adding that a beefed-up UnitedNations police force answeringdirectly to the U.N. SecurityCouncil could provide ample se-curity for both sides.

Akinci suggested such securityguarantees could be abolished intime, but not before TurkishCypriots feel assured their secu-rity isn’t compromised.The Turk-ish Cypriot leader said all citizenscould live where they choose ina reunified island, but only a fifthof Greek Cypriots opting to livein the Turkish Cypriot-run zonewould be granted voting rightsthere.

He said 8 billion euros ($8.87billion) would be enough tocover the cost of an accord.

“This land is enough for all ofus,” Akinci said, adding, “Itwould be a great same if we missthis historic opportunity.”

(Material from the AssociatedPress was used in this report)

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At Swiss Resort, Cyprus’ Rival Leaders Try Last-Ditch Effort at Unity Talks

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With a European Union swapdeal with Turkey suspended,Greek islands are stuck withmore than 15,000 refugees andmigrants.

They are being housed in de-tention centers and refugeecamps called “hot spots,” wheretheir asylum applications are be-ing processed.

Greece may have to keepthem as the EU closed its bor-ders to them and Turkey won’ttake them back and even threat-ened to let human traffickersunleash more unless it gets sixbillion euros, faster-track entryinto the bloc and visa-free travelfor its citzens.

The number of migrants onthe five islands of the easternAegean with so-called “hot spots”to accommodate arrivals fromneighboring Turkey rose above15,000 over the weekend, ac-cording to government figures.

On Lesbos, an official countshows that 6,147 migrants are

awaiting either the outcome oftheir asylum applications or de-portation with 4,210 on Chios,2,707 on Samos, 2,016 on Kos

and 826 on Leros, the newspa-per Kathimerini reported.

In a reshuffle over the week-end, Prime Minister Alexis

Tsipras gave the Migration Min-istry separate powers instead ofbeing under the Interior Min-istry as the country struggleswith deal with more than64,000 refugees and migrants.

Yiannis Mouzalas kept hispost as Migration Minister de-spite admitting the governmenthad fumbled the crisis in manyrespects under his direction.

TROUBLE ON CHIOSA crisis meeting chaired by

State Minister Alekos Flam-bouraris led to the governmentsaying it would build a new de-tention center on the island ofChios, over the objection of res-idents who said they’ve doneenough.

The government’s proposalforesees the creation of a newso-called hot spot on the site ofa former landfill, Kathimerinisaid. The main facility in thearea of Souda, close to the is-land’s main port, to be used asa registration point for migrantsbefore their transfer to the newaccommodation center.

The main facility on Soudais housing four times its maxi-mum capacity of 1,100 andmore refugees are arriving fromTurkey daily, sometimes asmany as 100 or more with theEuropean Union’s swap dealwith Turkey suspended becauseof an overwhelming number ofasylum applications.

Mouzalas recently expressedconcern about the repercussionson Greece if a deal betweenTurkey and the European Unionto crack down on human smug-gling in the Aegean founders.

New government spokesmanDimitris Tzanakopoulos wasasked at his first news confer-ence whether there was a con-tingency plan if Turkey opensthe floodgates again but duckedit, saying it had to honored byboth the EU and Turkey.

EU officials though saidTurkey is balking at the deal asPresident Recep Tayyip Erdoganis demanding the EU comethrough first or he will let humantraffickers operate again and

overrun Greece with refugees.HUMAN SMUGGLERS

Police say a car crash inNorthern Greece has revealedyet another migrant smugglingoperation.

A car with Bulgarian licenseplates collided with a local ve-hicle outside the city of Thessa-loniki on Nov. 5 and its driverfled.

Police say two migrants - anIndian and Syrian or Iraqi -werefound slightly injured and theytook them to the hospital.

A third migrant, a Pakistani,was found unharmed in the car’strunk. Alerted by the driver of theother vehicle, police also foundtwo more Indians and a Pakistaniwho had left the car and werewalking toward the city.

The Bulgarian car’s driver isstill at large. Police say the carhad crossed over from Turkey,340 kilometers (211 miles) tothe east.

(Material from the AssociatedPress was used in this report)

Greek Islands Now Harboring More than 15,000 Refugees and Migrants

TNH Staff

ATHENS – Police said 15 pro-testers were arrested in Athensfor staging an occupation at asite where the mosque is due tobe built using state funds.

Protests were launched at thesite two weeks earlier but endedearly Nov. 4 when riot policewere sent to the area to makethe arrests shortly after dawn.

The protesters face chargesof public disturbance and are toappear at a prosecutor’s officelater in the day.

Parliament voted for the950,000-euro ($1 million) pro-ject in August, with the left-winggovernment receiving cross-party support.

The number of Muslims liv-ing in Greece has risen in recentyears due to a spike in immigra-tion and the refugee crisis.

The extreme-right GoldenDawn Party opposes the mosqueand had supported the protest.

A site where Greece plans tobuild an official mosque for thecountry’s Muslims was takenover by protesters who want tostop its construction.

About a dozen demonstra-tors occupied the area in theVotanikos district on Nov. 2 andset up a makeshift center tohouse homeless Greeks but notrefugees, the newspaperKathimerini said.

The move was supported bythe ultra-right super-extremistGolden Dawn party whose law-makers and dozens of support-ers are on trial on charges of op-erating a criminal gang andorchestrating attacks againstforeigners, which they deny.One was charged in the murderof an anti-fascist hip-hop artistin 2013.

On Oct. 30, Golden Dawnleader Nikos Michaloliakos ad-dressed the second of twoprotest rallies near the plot –formerly a Hellenic Navy base –organized by the party to de-nounce the idea of a mosque inVotanikos, or anywhere else inGreece in what Kathimerini saidappeared to be an attempt toblock its construction.

The group occupying the plotcalls itself the Association of Re-servist Infantryman had fenced

the area off with barbed wire.Construction for the work on

the mosque, paid for by the gov-ernment during a crushing eco-nomic crisis, was approved inParliament in August but hasn’tbegun yet because of more bu-reaucratic delays that haveslowed its building for years.

“The actions of these groupsare reminiscent of past manifes-tations of hate which pose athreat to law, order and secu-rity,” said a statement issued byKostis Papaioannou, the GeneralSecretary of the Ministry of Jus-tice, Transparency and HumanRights.

IT’S OFFICIALAthens Mayor Giorgos

Kaminis said that the mosque’sconstruction is a constitutionaland international obligation thatGreece must fulfill.

“It’s far better to have one of-ficial place of worship ratherthan have 200 informal placesaround the city,” he said.

Tens of thousands of Muslimmigrants live in greater Athensand use informal prayer roomsaround the capital — many setup in basements and failed busi-nesses in run-down neighbor-hoods.

The number of Muslims inGreece has increased followingthe refugee crisis last year, whenthe country was on Europe’sbusiest transit route for peoplefleeing to the continent.

The proposed site of the newmosque is in a mainly industrialarea on the outskirts of the citycenter, near a United Nations-run camp for refugees.

Former Education MinisterNikos Filis that Greece shouldavoid mistakes made by otherEuropean policymakers that leftcountries vulnerable to the in-fluence of violent and extremereligious ideology.

“It is truly the elephant inroom: Europe has not acceptedthat Islam is a reality,” he toldParliament. “The existence ofmakeshift mosques (in Athens)is a disgrace for our country.”

But Golden Dawn lawmakerYiannis Lagos remained defiant.“We will not allow this to hap-pen. Golden Dawn will doeverything in its power to stopit,” he said.

Compiled byEraklis Diamataris

NOVEMBER 7, 1986: Greek model andTV presenter Doukissa Nomikou was bornin Athens. Nomikou is the daughter of fa-mous Greek singer Nikos Nomikos and Ur-

sula Nomikou.Doukissa repre-sented Greece atthe 2007 Miss Uni-verse 2007pageant and atjust the age of 20she was crownedMiss Star Hellas in2007. She is cur-rently dating andliving with Greekbusinessman Dim-itris Theodoridiswho is the son ofEleni Kokkali andSavvas Theoridis.Doukissa Nomikouis commonly rated

amongst the most beautiful Greek womenin the world.

NOVEMBER 8, 1940: The battle ofElaia-Kalamas which had taken place fromNovember 2-8 ended with a decisive Greekvictory. The battle was fought during theonset of the Greco-Italian War when FascistItaly launched the core of its invasion intoGreece through Epirus. Coupled with theBattle of Pindus, the battle of Elaia-Kalamassolidified the humiliating Italian defeat towhat amounted to Greek guerilla forces inthe mountains. The Greeks brimming withconfidence following the two major victoriesbegan a counter-offensive which woulddrive the Italian forces 80 kilometers intoAlbanian territory from the Pindus moun-tains. These defeats were the first for theFascist powers in WWII and would force

Hitler to come to Mussolini’s rescue inGreece by invading in April 1941.

NOVEMBER 10, 1986: Born inAkhmeta, Kakheti in Soviet Georgia, Greekjudoka Ilias Illiadis was born. Iliadis hasrepresented Greece since the beginning ofhis international career when his familymoved to Greece in 2003. One of the mostsuccessful Greek athletes at a world level,Iliadis has been crowned World Championof Judo at the 90-kilogram weight classthree times, European champion twice, andan Olympic medal winner twice. In theOlympics, Iliadis won gold in Athens andbronze in London. Ilias Iliadis was Greece’sflag bearer when the Greek Olympic Teamentered the Opening Ceremony of the 2008Beijing Olympic Games.

NOVEMBER 12, 1912: After 482 yearsof Ottoman rule, King George I of Greecetriumphantly entered Thessaloniki after theGreek army led by Crown Prince Constan-tine liberated it. King George I’s entry intothe city came three days after the Greek

army accepted the surrender of TahsinPasha and the Ottomans. The Bulgarianarmy in a bid to claim Thessaloniki for theirown arrived one day after the surrender tothe Greeks occurred. The Greek army beatthe Bulgarian forces to Thessaloniki afterPrime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos orderedCrown Prince Constantine to take Thessa-loniki at all costs after initial hesitation fromConstantine. When the Bulgarians finallyarrived, Tahsin Pasha told the Bulgarians “Ihave only one Thessaloniki, which I havesurrendered.” The rest of Macedonia wouldbe liberated and annexed to Greece by theTreaty of Bucharest in 1913. Less than ayear after riding triumphantly throughnewly liberated Thessaloniki, George I ofGreece would be assassinated in Thessa-loniki by Alexandros Schinas on March 18,1913.

NOVEMBER 13, 1864: The Second Na-tional Assembly of the Hellenes ratified theGreek constitution of 1864. The constitutionwas closely modeled on Belgium’s of 1821and on Denmark’s constitution of 1849. Thenew constitution dealt with the matters ofgetting a new sovereign and making thetransition form a constitutional monarchyto a crowned republic as smooth as possible.Initially, the Greek assembly offered PrinceAlfred of Great Britain the Greek crown inNovember 1862 following the overthrow ofKing Otto but he refused. After much delib-eration the Greek assembly, with consider-able influence from the Great Powers, se-lected Danish Prince William ofSchleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glüksburgto be the new King where he would be fittedwith the style George I King of the Hellenes.George I would be modern Greece’s longestserving monarch with a reign of almost fiftyyears (1863-1913). The creation of a singlechamber Parliament (Vouli) with a four-year term was also created as a result ofthe new constitution.

This Week in Greek History (November 7- 13)

Anti-Muslim ProtestersOccupy Athens Mosque Site

A woman mops the floor outside her tent inside the buildingof the Kalochori refugee camp, set up in a disused supermarket,on the outskirts of Thessaloniki, Tuesday, Nov. 8.

aP Photo/thanassis staVrakis

(growth) must stand on a solidfoundation, and should not bebased on an obliteration of thelabor sector; it must be basedon high-quality and well-paidlabor,” he said, without goinginto details on how this will beachieved.

After dragging his feet allyear on the unfinished reforms,he said they could now be donein a matter of a few weeks be-fore a Dec. 5 meeting of the Eu-rogroup, the working organiza-tion of the Eurozone financechiefs.

The spokesman for the majoropposition New DemocracyConservatives, GiorgosKoumoutsakos snickered onTwitter that Tsipras’ shakeupwas “the first Cabinet meetingof the last SYRIZA government.”

But Cabinet members re-placed by Tsipras complainedpublicly about their removal,ratcheting up tension inSYRIZA.

The loudest gripe came fromformer Education Minister NikosFilis, who was ousted and notmoved to another ministry after

he feuded with the head of theChurch of Greece, ArchbishopIeronymos, after the prelatechallenged plans to teach reli-gions other than Greek Ortho-doxy and for religion to betaught in a secular manner.

Filis, a college dropout whorankled many with his provoca-tive stances, said he couldn’t un-derstand why he was fired fromhis post, Kathimerini reported,although he will stay in theparty and follow Tsipras’ ordershow to vote.

Filis had gotten the secondhighest number of votes at a re-cent SYRIZA Congress and hisremoval could further rankle updissension after Tsipras’ newshakeup meant to slow his plum-meting in polls for reneging onanti-austerity promises and theparty’s alleged principles as hesurrendered to internationallenders he vowed to resist.

Outgoing energy minister

Panos Skourletis said he willkeep fighting the state’s plannedsale of a 17 percent stake in theGreek Power Corporation,which is apparently why he losthis job and was replaced by for-mer Economy Minister GiorgosStathakis, who has no experi-ence in the field.

Outgoing Merchant MarineMinister Thodoris Dristas alsoexpressed disappointment, say-ing his departure from the min-istry was not “voluntary,” thenewspaper said.

Another used Cabinet mem-ber, this one from Tsipras’ part-ner in the marginal, far-right,extremist, jingoistic Indepen-dent Greeks, former Deputy In-frastructure Minister MariaChrysoveloni was also sacrificedand complained she wasn’t tolduntil it happened.

WHERE’S THE BEEF?Repeating what Tsipras said

without doing it, Greece’s newEconomy Minister Dimitris Pa-padimitriou said the countryneeds investments to recover.

Papadimitriou, President ofthe Levy Economics Institute atBard College in New York, re-placed hardliner Giorgos

Stathakis, who said bailouts, in-cluding a third for 86 billion($95.18 billion) Tsipras soughtand accepted after saying hewould do neither, wouldn’twork at all.

Papadimitriou is an academicwho said that role led him tomistakenly discuss the possibil-ity last year of a parallel cur-rency for Greece if it was forcedout of the Eurozone, commentsfor which he apologized, thenewspaper Kathimerini said.

“Until last week I was an aca-demic. Academics can say manythings. However, when they arecalled upon to implement a pro-gram, they see that some thingsthey have said may have beenwrong,” he said.

“There is no parallel currencyfor Greece and nor will they beone, at least for this govern-ment,” he added.

He said the governmentbadly needs more Direct ForeignInvestment even though anavalanche of new taxes and po-litical uncertainty has under-mined that hope.

(Material from the AssociatedPress was used in this report)

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EDITORIALS LETTERS12 THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 12-18, 2016

Making One LastStump for Trump

To the Editor:With a couple of days left un-

til the election, the DemocraticParty continued protectingCrooked Hillary (Clinton) fromher dismal public scandals.

If this letter is published, wewill know the results by thatpoint. But as I write this, I amhoping Mr. (Donald) Trumpwins, because if Crooked Hillary

wins, America is gone!She wants to bring in thou-

sands of Syrians and otherrefugees, thereby overwhelmingour social services and emer-gency rooms.

Free government services isthe rallying cry of Democrats.That same old socialist mindsetthat has destroyed Americafrom within. Fifty years of lib-eralism has made Americaweaker.

How will Greek-Americanvoters choose? Will they votefor more of that, or for theAmerican Phoenix to rise fromdespair and become greatagain?

John VasilakosBethpage, NY

Hopeful that Tsandikos Will Bring Church Transparency

To the Editor:My wife and I were encour-

aged to read in your newspaperthat George Tsandikos has beenappointed Vice Chairman of theArchdiocesan Council (“An In-terview with New ArchdiocesanVice Chairman G. Tsandikos,”Oct. 22). It is our hope that the

Council will work in earnest todevelop uniform financial regu-lations that provide transparencyand accountability in every fi-nancial transaction and at everylevel of the Archdiocese.

We are aware of questionablefinancial church transactions. Atthe beginning of this year, mywife and I became painfullyaware of a deplorable lack of fi-nancial transparency and ac-countability in one particularGreek Orthodox Church.

We had traveled to thatchurch to sponsor my god-mother's three-year memorial,only to discover that her bequestof $224,000, to establish en-dowed scholarships, was not es-tablished and that all the fundsfrom her bequest were used forother purposes.

With the help of the newlyassigned priest and our threat oflegal action, my godmother's be-quest was fully restored, andsome financial transparency wasimplemented.

The point of sharing this per-sonal example is not to assignblame but to underscore the factthe Archdiocese, with the helpof the Archdiocesan Council,must develop a uniform openand accountable financial struc-

ture to be implemented andmonitored at every level of theArchdiocese.

We, the Orthodox faithful,have every right to know, in de-tail, where and how our desig-nated contributions are used.No one should have to resort tothreats of legal action to right-fully restore funds. Financial ac-countability must be restored ifour Greek Orthodox faith is toprosper and grow.

Michael and Mary KellerGrand Rapids, MI

The New AmericaI welcome you, friends and readers, to the new America, the

America of – we must get used to this – President-elect DonaldJ. Trump.

We extend to him our heartfelt congratulations and wishevery success for the best interests of the country and the entireworld.

What has happened, beyond all predictions, is tantamountto a political earthquake.

He came out of nowhere and broke through as a politicalmovement, operating outside the existing political framework,social ways, and means.

A movement that trounced the economic, political, and mediaestablishment.

A movement that will have an international impact, becauseit will be emulated.

Trump’s victory, and the magnitude of his victory, exceededall expectations.

Trump was considered to be almost un-American, and evena danger to democracy.

Yet it did not affect the people. They went off script and didnot elect Hillary Clinton.

It was the response and the anger of the people who feelthat they have been abandoned by Washington, that they cannotmake ends meet although they work hard, that the country’sinfrastructure is unacceptable, and that the elite takes care ofeveryone else, both within and outside the country, except forthem.

For years we experienced the revolution of African-Ameri-cans, as well as various other minorities. Now it is white Amer-icans who are revolting.

Thus, a new chapter is starting for America.At this point in time, Trump represents the new, the future.

Hillary and her family represent the past.And so, hope springs anew. Hope that the newcomers, these

individuals who are not conventionally political, will introducenew ideas, launch new initiatives, and revitalize American’s po-sition on the world stage.

Let's hope so. Although movements tend to deflate relativelyquickly.

And in terms of the Greek-American community, standingnext to Trump is a powerful political player, the Chairman ofthe Republican National Committee, Reince Priebus, who hadthe intelligence, good judgment and fortune to support Trump.

It was for this reason that Trump mentioned Priebus in hisvictory speech and called him to the podium. Priebus is Greek-American – on his mother’s side – and has spent many of hissummers as a child in Greece. He speaks Greek well and is aGreek-Orthodox Christian.

Hence, there is a window of possible communication betweenour community and the new government at the higher levels.

The President of Turkey“Mr. Erdogan long ago veered down an authoritarian, anti-

democratic path and has often proved to be an unreliable, evendangerous ally in dealing with foreign challenges.”

These articulate characterizations, written in a recent edito-rial of the New York Times, clearly and precisely summarizethe manner with which America perceives Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan’s personality and politics. The editorialexpresses the concern on the American side about the dangersposed by Ankara’s authoritarian, adventurous, and often violentbehavior under Erdogan’s leadership to the stability of thegeopolitical area surrounding Turkey.

The recent crisis in its relations with Russia caused by theTurkish shooting down of Russian military aircraft, the atrociousreactions against the Kurds, and the violent tendencies of Turkishpolicy, not only in Iraq but throughout the Middle East, arecharacteristic of the way Ankara treats its neighbors. The Turkishpresident’s reiterative, pompous, and revisionist statements onthe history and territorial and sovereign facts of the region arehighly alarming portents for stability and indicate obvious risksfor Greece’s territorial integrity.

Recently, this newspaper also published an editorial in thesame spirit as the Times, noting the paramount importance ofthe level and nature of the Turkish leadership vis-à-vis Greece’ssecurity, as well as the dangerous crises caused in the past bythe adventurous and expansive policies of prime ministers suchas Bülent Ecevit and Tansu Çiller.

Therefore, President Obama’s upcoming visit to Athensshould be interpreted and exploited in this light.

Instead of boasting about its multifaceted foreign policy,which as it says, brings the American leader to Athens afterChina and Russia, the Greek government ought to treat thevisit seriously and not as an opportunity for its own promotion.In other words, it must view the president’s trip to Athens asAmerica’s indirect desire to ratify the geopolitical status quo ofthe region. It should aim for President Obama’s presence to bea message to Ankara about the need to respect the peace, sta-bility, sovereignty and inviolability of the borders in the sensitiveregion of Southeast Europe and the Aegean Archipelago.

Crises related to the economy or to refugees are severelydamaging and cause great suffering. But from a historic, long-term perspective, nothing can be compared to a crisis that canthreaten a country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. Therepetitious statements, the overall foreign policy and the his-torical vision of the current Turkish president can easily lead tothe conclusion that such a crisis, unfortunately, looms menac-ingly.

The top issue on the agenda of Obama’s forthcoming visit toAthens, besides the Cyprus issue, cannot and must not be anyother than Greece’s security.

The Timing on CyprusNegotiations

The critical negotiations taking place in Switzerland betweenthe leaders of the two communities in Cyprus might well deter-mine the future of that tortured island and its people.

Yet we wonder: is it not strange that the negotiations coincidewith a power vacuum in Washington, as we just held our elec-tions and we are in the process of the transferring the powerfrom one administration to the next?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

COMMENTARY

By Nicos A. Rolandis

“Smyrni, My dearest, when your

beautiful body was up in flamesreaching the stars

There was no God nor ahuman being to help you.

The day was speechless and thenight was sullen

because people turned intomonsters and God had goneaway…” wrote Angelos Simirio-tis.

On November 14, 1922, aRevolutionary Court martial wasset up in Athens, which sen-tenced to death former PrimeMinisters Gounaris, Protopa-padakis, and Stratos, former Bal-tatzis and Theotokis, and FieldMartial Hadjanestis and also sen-tenced to life imprisonment for-mer Ministers Goudas and Strati-gos. Those sentenced to deathwere executed in the morning ofthe 15th. The legendary Greekleader Eleftherios Venizelos senta telegram from Lausanne,Switzerland and tried in vain tostop the executions, pleading thatthe convicted persons “had actedwith the consent of the people.”

Although the above judgmentwas reviewed in recent years, itconstitutes the tragic epilogue ofthe Asia Minor catastrophe,which was the result, inter alia,of a number of blunders of Hel-lenism. The Lausanne Treaty of1923 followed, which, accordingto Greek historians, was one ofthe saddest moments of the his-tory of Greece. “The Hellenismof Ionia, Thrace and Pontos hadterminated its long and gloriousmarch in history.”

It was a history and a civiliza-tion of 3.000 years that perished.And a population of one and ahalf million people who were dis-placed or slaughtered.

Smyrni, beloved, and also youMimi Denisi, who through yourexcellent theatrical performancehave brought to us the memoriesof those years. It all started,Smyrni, with the landing of theGreek army into your embrace inMay 1919 in a frenzy of patrio-tism and great dreams of the peo-ple and their leaders: It ended upthree years and three monthslater with the sad final curtainand the termination of 3.000years of history, as a result ofblunders and lack of planning byHellenism.

The great poet Angelos Sike-lianos wrote about the above, inhis “Prayer”:

“Spirit of pain, elevatedthrough your sad struggles into

the centuriesListen to the people who are

hamming like bees…And their prayers are like cy-

press treesIn their divine sorrow…Fifty-two years later, in July

1974, Cyprus moved into themaelstrom of carnage, invasionand occupation. Like Smyrni,what happened in Cyprus did notcome fortuitously:

It was preceded by the glori-ous but very poorly programmedstruggle of 1955-1959 for unionwith Greece. The outcome wasnot “union” but a crippled inde-pendence, with an upgradedTurkish-Cypriot element, whichwas elevated from minority tocommunity with many privileges.The Republic of Cyprus whichwas born in 1960 was the “or-phan of the Mediterranean”, be-cause its people (Greeks andTurks) never believed in it. Afterall, the head of state, ArchbishopMakarios, in a letter addressedto Greek Prime Minister GeorgePapandreou in March 1964wrote: “I am the signatory ofthese Treaties (London-Zurich, bywhich the Republic of Cyprus wascreated). But not even for a mo-ment did I believe, that this con-stituted the creation of a perma-nent state,” (AmbassadorKranidiotis: “Unfortified State”,Volume 1, page 135). This iswhat the head of state wroteabout the country he had created,even if four years earlier he hadtaken an oath of “faith to and re-spect for the constitution of theRepublic of Cyprus.” In parallelthe Turkish Cypriots were work-ing for partition.

So, what could be the chancesand expectations of the “Orphanof the Mediterranean”? None.And the tragic outcome cameabout with the Greek coup d’étatand the Turkish invasion of 1974.Something similar to the carnageof Smyrni: 37% of the territoryof the country under occupation,40,000 Turkish troops, foreignguarantees, 160,000 refugees,2000 Greek and Turkish missingpersons, 3000 people killed.

We now anticipate, 42 yearson, the tragic epilogue, our own“Lausanne Treaty.” But Lausannelike all types of Lausannes, aftera lost war, are always, ruthless,hard and painful.

I personally lived throughmany of the tragic moments ofCyprus, either as a private indi-vidual or as a politician. I tookexception to the decisions taken,I shouted, I resigned from thepost of Minister of Foreign Af-

fairs. But the course was alwaysthe same: Empty rhetoric, unsub-stantiated enthusiasm, lack of po-litical acumen and wisdom,cheap “patriotism”, corruption,pursuit of public office. Nothingelse. What a shame!!

During these critical momentsI would like to repeat and under-score once more some of ourtragic failures:

1. Before 1974 I was ofthe opinion that the course whichwe followed, full of politicalbrinkmanship, clashes, murdersand instability, might lead to aTurkish invasion, which wasthreatened by Turkey time andagain especially since 1964.However, the great majority ofthe people and the leadershipwere sailing, like in the case ofSmyrni, in their mythical world,believing that the Turks would“eventually boil in their ownjuice”. The few of us were thedanger mongers, the cowards. Ata meeting organized by GlafcosClerides in the upper hall of theHouse of Representative in theearly 1970s, where I was invited,the Cyprus problem and the in-herent dangers were analyzedand discussed. However, nobodywould listen. Finally, we had thecoup d’ teat and the invasion andone half of Cyprus was gone.

2. On November 10,1978, the Anglo-American-Cana-dian Plan was handed over to us.I personally received it from USAssistant Secretary of StateMatthew Nimetz at the HarvardClub, New York. It was probablythe best Plan we ever had. It wasconverting the unitary state of1960 into Federal. Varosha wouldbe returned to its people fromthe very outset, irrespective ofthe outcome of the talks. At thattime:

• There were no Turkish set-tlers

• No “users” of properties• No rotating presidency• No virgin-birth • No bizonality, the way it was

interpreted later on.• The return of Morphou was

not disputed• There were no huge Turkish

investments and water and elec-tricity from Turkey.

• The occupation was not“deep” yet.

Nimetz told me that “Ankarawas not negative.” However, werejected the Plan, despite mystrong objections. It was rejectedby the “great patriots,” who grad-ually destroyed Cyprus, the samepeople who are objecting andshouting today as well.

3. On the 8th August 1983I received personally from HugoGobbi, the Special Representativeof UN Secretary-General Perez deCuellar the “Indicators” initiative.The conditions were favorable,like in 1978. I had warned that arejection of the initiative mightlead to a declaration of a Turk-ish-Cypriot state. These were therumors in the internationalarena. President Kyprianou toldme that he had the assurance ofPresident Ceausescu of Romania,who had close ties with Ankara,that such a thing would not hap-pen. The initiative was rejected,despite the objections of DISYand AKEL. I resigned from thepost of Foreign Minister on the20th September 1983. The “Turk-ish state” was declared 55 dayslater on the 15th November1983.

4. Other plans followed:The Consolidated Documents(1985), the Set of Ideas (1992),Troutbeck (1996), Annan Plan(2002). Each Plan was worsethan the previous one, becausethere were faits-accomplis, astime went by. The talks ofChristofias-Talat followed as well(2008).

Nothing happened. We werealways pursuing the unachiev-able. In a world where, aroundus, people are bombed and per-ish, almost one half of the globeis immersed in blood and povertywe split hairs and we debate forweeks whether “Antigone”should go to the occupiedSalamis Theatre (which appar-ently must be punished becauseit was occupied, as a result of ourstupidity as well).

We forget, dear Smyrni, thatIonia does not exist anymore andthat none of the mighty peopleever cared or were annoyed ordid not have their whiskies, be-cause Ionia was gone.

Similarly, nobody’s comfort-able life was ever disturbed whenCyprus was occupied in 1974 andthere was not even a single help-ing hand.

Perhaps God is still gone away.I am glad that President Anas-

tasiades is exerting a titanic ef-fort, before it is too late.

Mr. Rolandis was the CypriotGovernment’s ForeignMinister (1978-83) andMinister of Commerce,Industry & Tourism (1998-2003). He was also a memberof the Cyprus House of Repre-sentatives (1991-96) andchairman of the Liberal Party(1986-98).

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• Niarchos: Greek Goldenstandard of excellence

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)celebrated its 20th Anniversary since itsfounding.

During this time it not only granted 2.47billion euros, not only uplifted the Greekname internationally but it also became theGreek golden standard of excellence.

This is a priceless contribution that wehope will find many imitators.

• Greece is in Good Hands in the USGreece’s new Ambassador to the United

States, Harry Lalakos, visited our offices, asis customary, and met with our newspaper’smanagement and staff.

Rarely does a Greek ambassador notmake such a visit.

Cypriot ambassadors, on the other hand,rarely do so. Perhaps they have much moreimportant business to take care of than meetwith the personnel of our community’s

newspapers.Obviously either they don’t think we

matter as a community, they take us forgranted, or they just spend their time withfew well-connected individuals with theleadership of the country so that in the hopethey can enhance their carriers.

Ambassador Lalakos is a young, well-ed-ucated and experienced diplomat who hasserved in Washington (2002-2004) and insome tough capitals including Ankara andSkopje.

• A Father’s ComplaintWe printed in our Greek edition a letter

from a father, living in Athens, chastisingthe community for not helping his son whowent to Fordham School of Law in NewYork.

The author, Thomas Bouboulis, con-cludes: “It is my view that the Greek-Amer-ican community is not as what it likes topresent itself. Whereas we hold it in highesteem, it does not stand up to our expec-tations for assistance and solidary whenneeded.”

We are sorry that Mr. Bouboulis feels

that way about the community. Certain, weare not perfect. Surely we could be betterorganized and have more institutions thanwe do.

We wonder, though, whom did Mr.Bouboulis’ undoubtedly intelligent son askfor assistance? For example, he could havecome to is. Granted it would not be a phil-anthropic case, but we could have helped –we would not have left him unassisted. Atthe very least, we could have directed himto the proper individuals and organizations.

Did he seek a job at a restaurant or diner,as so many of us did when we first arrivedto this country?

It is true that life in New York leaveslittle time to spare. But if our community isknown for something, it is philoxenia – hos-pitality. Countless Greek-Americans taketime from their busy lives to help those whocome from overseas. But I don’t need to de-fend philoxenia in our community, becauseit needs no defense. I am just presentingthe case.

And I would add that even now, Mr.Bouboulis, even if there is something wecan do for your son even now, please let usknow.

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It’s never worked, but Greekprime ministers with plummet-ing ratings keep thinking if theychange their Cabinets it willhelp restore their popularity.

They don’t know if a thou-sand people on the street wereasked to name one Ministerthey’d look like a dog who’s justheard a high-pitched whistle.

Yet Premier Alexis “The GreatReneger” Tsipras, who beganadult life as Che Guevara Com-munist but became a neo-liberalCapitalist when he caved in tothe international lenders whoown Greece, thought by movingpeople around he could erasehis 90 percent unfavorable rat-ings and 24 percent lead in pollstaken by the New DemocracyCapitalist.

It won’t work but gave himheadlines for a day and a storyabout his real intent: a thirdpurge of dissidents who actuallybelieve in the Radical LeftSYRIZA platform and a motleyparty of Maoists, Stalinists,Leninists, Trotskyites, Commies,anarchists, terrorists, and evena few ecologists thrown in forunbalance.

Tsipras wanted to get rid ofthe party’s True Believers andreplace them with androidswho’ll follow any order or anyphilosophy as he moves to com-plete his surrender to the Troikaof the European Union-Interna-tional Monetary Fund-EuropeanCentral Bank and now the Eu-ropean Stability Mechanism.

They demanded harsh aus-terity measures – big pay cuts,tax hikes, slashed pensions andworker firings – in return forthree bailouts since 2010 of 326billion euros ($363.23 billion)Greece has been living on for 6½ years – including a third for86 billion euros ($95.82 billion)that Tsipras sought and ac-

cepted after sayinghe would do nei-ther.

Tsipras vowed tocut the number ofministers and posi-tions but increasedthem to 42 so hecould dole out high-paying, no-heavylifting jobs to peopleunqualified to run ahot dog stand out-side Yankee Sta-dium and try to buyloyalty.

K o s t a sGavroglou, a profes-sor who’s unqualified to be Ed-ucation Minister because he’seducated, replaces collegedropout Nikos Filis, who paidthe price for wanting to allowschools to teach religions otherthan Greek Orthodox – whichthey should – and to secularizethe subject.

Archbishop Ieronymos, thehead of the Church of Greece,wanted a monopoly on religiousthinking in the schools andsteamrolled Filis and Tsiprasinto giving in. Filis wasn’t shut-tled to some other position forwhich he’d also be unqualified,but bounced from TeamSYRIZA.

Gavroglou, a physicist who’staught at the Ivy League schoolsHarvard and University of Penn-sylvania, as well as Cambridge,is a specialist in Artificial Cold,which Tsipras has already cov-ered the country with so the Ed-ucation Ministry, at least, is ingood cold hands.

But what’s the thinking aboutmoving Giorgos Stathakis, aMarxist economist with no back-ground in energy to be EnergyMinister? It’s part of the MusicalChairs game in which PrimeMinisters persist, believing it

makes a differenceoutside the roomin which they sit.

Stathakis was apawn, shuffledaround because hedared to say pub-licly that the threebailouts that camewith more of theausterity Tsiprasvowed to rejectwouldn’t work andGreece’s debt isunsustainable.

Here’s how itworks in thisgame: an unquali-

fied Stathakis becomes EnergyMinister, replacing the unquali-fied Panos Skourletis, a zealotCommunist who opposed theprivatizations demanded by thecountry’s owners and interna-tional lenders, and who be-comes Interior Minister, wherehe’ll have time to gaze at hisnavel.

Former State Minister Nikos“I’m in Charge” Pappas, whothinks he’s Prime Minister, gotbumped up to a new Ministryof Digital Policy, ironic sinceSYRIZA’s still in the Abacus Age.

It was his reward for essen-tially sinking SYRIZA by assum-ing he was the law and cut thenumber of private TV stationsfrom seven to four with a licenseauction before the country’shighest administrative courtruled against him.

So instead of changing thepeople, none of whose namesyou know, let’s just have Truth-in-Advertising and change thenames of the ministries underSYRIZA and its partner and oth-erwise rival, the pro-austerity,far-right, marginal, irrelevant,useless, jingoistic DependentGreeks of Panos “Opportunitist”Kammenos.

The new lineup:• The Finance Ministry

becomes The Ministry of SillyTalks, charged with pretendingto resist international creditorsbefore surrendering to them

• There will be a newMinistry of Surrender to sign allthe documents of concession

• The Education Min-istry becomes the Ministry of Ig-norance and will admit all highschool graduates to collegewhere they will not be requiredto attend classes and can get apension when 72

• Ministry of Indefensi-bility. As Turkey buys F-35’s andsends fighter jets into Greek air-space and warships in to Greekwaters, Kammenos will befound wearing fatigues and hid-ing under his desk crying

• Ministry of Lack ofCommunications. This is re-sponsible for lying, spinning,babblespeak, and putting outpress releases claiming Tsiprasis the country’s savior

• Ministry of Very For-eign Affairs where incumbentNikos “Seeing Red” Kotzias willtry to find new ways to grovelbefore Russian PresidentVladimir Putin and tout the sad,broken country of Venezuelaand its empty supermarkets

• Ministry of Redun-dancy Redundancy RedundancyRedundancy. This will overseethe rehiring of all workers firedby previous governments. Theywon’t be paid as there’s nomoney but Tsipras technicallycan say he fulfilled one promise.

• The Interior Ministerbecomes the Ulterior MotiveMinister and will find ways toblame everyone else for Greece’sproblems

Game Over.

adabilis@thenationalherald.com

During this presidential cam-paign, many American votersvoiced their outrage regardingthe financial scheming of “theestablishment.” Although oftenwritten off as crazed populismor worse, the public’s outragestems from actual behavior. Acase in point is the scandal atWells Fargo bank.

Between 2011 and mid-2016, Wells Fargo illegally re-moved 240 million dollars of le-gitimate deposits and placed thefunds in 1.5 million fake bankaccounts and 563,943 fakecredit card accounts. Annualfees, interest charges overdraftprotection fees, and othermeans generated a profit of $2.6million for the employees di-rectly involved and unknownprofit for Wells Fargo. A hint ofwhat that sum might be is thatjust 14,000 of the fake creditcard accounts generated$400,000 in corporate profits.

Addition funds were gener-ated when depositors had to payoverdraft fees on legitimate ac-counts depleted by sums movedto fake accounts. Customerswho raised queries about theirmissing money were told it wasa clerical error and the moneyfrom the fake account was rein-stated into the actual account.We are not speaking of a swin-dle engineered by a maverickindividual or a branch manager,but a systemwide practice.

The 6,000 local branches in-volved were under the supervi-sion of Carrie Tolstedt, seniorvice president for communitybanking. Tolstedt opted to retireshortly after the scandal becamepublic. Corporate documents in-dicate that in just one year(2015) she received $9 millionin pay and bonuses. Her retire-ment is further sweetened byapproximately $125 million in

stock options andrestricted shares.

Over five thou-sand Wells Fargoemployees directlyinvolved in creatingthe phony accountshave been dis-missed. But theyhave not beenfined. Just as signif-icant in revealingWells Fargo valuesis that personnelpreviously fired forrefusing to partici-pate in the fraudhave not been re-hired or compensated. A num-ber have started lawsuits.

The city and county of LosAngeles, rather than federalagencies were the force thatbrought the swindling to light.They initiated a lawsuit againstWells Fargo in 2015 and got a

$185 million settlement thisSeptember. Publicity about thelawsuit prompted Senate andHouse committees on bankingto subpoena John Stumpf, thechief executive officer of WellsFargo, to testify about the al-leged fraud.

Stumpf admitted to the na-ture of the bank scam but de-clared the bank had rescindedthe policies that sparked the il-legal transfers. Senator Eliza-beth Warren characterized whathad happened as a federal crimeand called on the Justice De-partment to take action. She

also insisted thatStumpf resign.Stumpf respondedthat he would re-main CEO of WellsFargo for as thebank wanted him.Two weeks lateramid the firestormcreated by Warrenand her colleaguesin both parties,Wells Fargo askedfor Stumpf’s resig-nation.

Wells Fargoseemed to takestern action.

Stumpf was forced to give backhis $2.5 million annual salaryand $41 million in previousprofits. Left untouched, how-ever, was the $45 million he hadmade by selling the portion ofhis pay that came in stock op-tions.

Every school I have ever at-tended taught us that if an indi-vidual takes money out of some-one else’s bank account withoutthat person’s knowledge or ap-proval, the action is termed“theft.” That’s a crime. When anorganization does the same in asystematic manner for years, weare dealing with what is termed“a criminal conspiracy.” Thatsome funds were eventually re-turned to the accounts does notmake the thieving legal. Just askthe IRS about that. The bottomline is that to date, no one atWells Fargo has been chargedwith a crime and no state or fed-eral charges have been broughtagainst Wells Fargo. This is notgetting away with murder butcertainly getting away with cashin hand.

Many politicians call forderegulation of business as ameans for stimulating the econ-omy. They seem to have forgot-

ten that the easing of bank reg-ulations during the Bush yearsled to the reckless lending prac-tices of banks that brought onthe Great Recession. Those samebanks are now bigger andwealthier than ever. The samecannot be said for the 7 millionAmericans who lost their homesand the millions more who hadto endure unemployment foryears.

Our politicians promise tonarrow the financial distancebetween the super wealthy andthe average person, the famousincome gap separating the top1% from the rest of us. Onemeans of doing that would beto break up financial institutionstouted as too big to fail. Thatoption had been taken by Re-publican Theodore Roosevelt atthe turn of the century to curbmonopolies and what werecalled “the robber barons.” De-mocrat Franklin Rooseveltfirmly curbed the power of thebanks to help lift us out of theGreat Depression. The new Con-gress needs to follow a similarcourse of strengthening, notweakening regulations onbanks.

Growing up in Detroit, I of-ten went to the see cowboymovies at Saturday matinees.Many featured a stage coachlike the one Wells Fargo uses asa trademark. The stage coacheswere always being threatenedby outlaws out to get our hard-earned money. Now the stagecoach itself is the outlaw. Is thesheriff in on the heist or is thesheriff prepared to restore lawand order?

Prof. Georgakas is Director ofthe Greek American StudiesProject at Queens College –CUNY and Consulting Editor ofCINEASTE magazine.

The Wells Fargo Robbery: Swindling Customers for Profit

LETTER FROM ATHENS

Tsipras Rearranges Deck Chairs on His Not-So-Titanic

by ANDYDABILIS

Special to The National Herald

Greek diplomatswere stunned whenTurkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdo-gan announced thatthe Turkish delega-tion that negotiatedthe 1923 Treaty ofLausanne “be-trayed” Turkey bygiving away theAegean Islands toGreece. He spoke ofhis frustration thatthese islands, whichare “so close he canshout to them”, arenot part of Turkeyand stopped just short of de-manding that their return toTurkey. He also stated thatTurkey has a historic obligationto “protect” the Muslim popula-tions of its lost Balkan provincesin Greek Thrace, Bulgaria, Ser-bia and further west.

These inflammatory com-ments come in the context of re-peated Turkish justification forintervention in Iraq and Syriaagain based on a “historicalobligation” to protect Sunnisfrom Shiite (i.e., Iran and Iraq)oppression. He implied Turkeyneeded to restore Mosul to itsrightful owner.

The Greek foreign ministryprotested Erdogan’s “provocativestatements” while downplayingtheir significance as “meant forinternal consumption.” I beg todiffer.

The Treaty of Lausanne de-marcated a border between thetwo countries designed to mini-mize the likelihood of futurewars between the two old ene-mies. For the first 32 years, Lau-sanne worked. Turkey turnedthe relationship upside down in1955 instigating pogroms inConstantinople. From then,Turkey has constantly escalatedtensions between the two coun-tries and undermined Greek sov-ereignty. Readers are familiarwith Turkey’s frequent violationsof Greek sovereign airspace andterritorial waters and will re-member the Imia incident. Thatwould certainly have resulted inopen war had President Clintonnot intervened.

Erdogan’s declarations haveopened an entirely new chapterin this ongoing crisis. Until now,Turkey based its claims on cleverreinterpretations of existingtreaties and agreements or on ademand for “equity” in the ex-ploitation of the seabed. Neverbefore has a Turkish Prime Min-ister formally questioned the va-lidity of an existing internation-ally recognized Treaty. Erdogandeclared Lausanne, a treaty thatalso demarcated Turkey’s bor-ders with Syria and Iraq, nulland void. Under the guise offighting ISIS, Turkish groundforces have entered the territoryof both countries and nowthreaten Iraqi sovereignty overthe Mosul region. Turkey hasnow positioned itself as the pro-tector of Sunnis against Shite re-pression led by Iraq with Iraniansupport, i.e., it has taken overthe role of the Islamic State.

The Western political estab-lishment has fallen into its oldhabits. It “tut-tuts” at Erdogan’sflagrant grab for dictatorial pow-ers and his attacks on our alliesthe Kurds and then strains everymuscle to placate Turkey as anally in the fight against ISIS.Worse for Greece, westernprotests at Erdogan’s denuncia-tion of Lausanne and his ques-tioning of Greek sovereignty inthe Aegean have been largelypro forma.

Erdogan has, without doubt,declared his intentions to undothe Treaty of Lausanne. He hasalready begun the process inIraq and Syria. We must not dis-count the danger that once hehas settled accounts with lost Ot-toman provinces in Syria andIraq he will turn his attention toGreece and the Aegean. Cur-rently, the war in Syria and Iraq

constrains him.Furthermore, thepurge of the Turk-ish military, espe-cially of his airforce, has shiftedthe current balanceof forces in Greece’sfavor. The officergroup most af-fected by dismissalsis Turkish Air Force(TAF) combat pi-lots. Prior to thecoup the TAF, had600 active pilots for325 fighter planesor almost two pilots

per plane. Erdogan has dis-missed and/or jailed half ofthem. This ration has fallen to0.8/1. With two pilots per plane,the Hellenic Air Force currentlyhas a decisive tactical advantage.Similar purges have also weak-ened other elements of the Turk-ish military though not so dra-matically.

This gives Greece a breathingspace of a few years. However,by 2020 we can expect the bal-ance to turn dramatically inTurkey’s favor. New pilots willbe recruited and trained. Moredramatically, Turkey will con-tinue to procure more modernaircraft while Greece, hobbledby budget constraints, will strug-gle to maintain its existing fleet.Turkey is on schedule in twoyears to acquire six F35 fighters,the most modern plane cominginto the US inventory, and sev-eral dozen more in the nextdecade. Even though the num-bers are small, its stealth capa-bility will seriously challengeGreek air defenses. It may takeseveral years to fully integratethe F35 but by 2020 the balanceof air power will have decisivelyshifted to Turkey’s favor, if noth-ing changes. By 2020, Erdoganwill probably have satisfied histerritorial ambitions to the Southand will be free to turn his at-tentions towards Greece. If hesucceeds in recapturing “Ot-toman” territories in Syria andIraq, what will dissuade himfrom doing so in the Aegean?

Given its current internal po-litical disarray and its financialproblems, Greece will probablydo nothing to prepare for a morepowerful Turkey with Erdoganin charge promising to restoreits “historic boundaries.” Ger-many seems equally dismissiveof the threat and continues toinsist that Greece drastically re-duce defense spending before itwill discuss debt relief. Erdoganalso holds Mrs. Merkel hostagewith the implied threat that hewill release hordes of refugeesinto Europe if Berlin does not dohis bidding.

What can Greece do? It’s besthope remains the Greek-Ameri-can community. The Greek gov-ernment and the communitymust reverse fifty years of worstpractices and make a deter-mined effort to persuade the USmaintain a balance of power inthe Aegean. Blocking the sale ofthe F35 may be difficult toachieve given that Turkey has al-ready paid almost $200 millioninto the F35 development pro-gram. It should be easier to per-suade Congress to reinstitute amilitary aid program to Greece;even 50 to 100 F16 or F15 fight-ers and a couple of missile de-stroyers would add enormouslyto future Greek deterrence. Al-ternatively, Greece might be leftwith its only other choice: goingto war now before the oddschange.

The Hon. Ambassador Theros ispresident of the U.S.-Qatar Busi-ness Council. He served in theU.S. Foreign Service for 36years, mostly in the Middle East,and was American Ambassadorto Qatar from 1995 to 1998. Healso directed the State Depart-ment’s Counter-TerrorismOffice, and holds numerous U.S.Government decorations.

The Growing TurkishThreat to Greece

by PROF. DANGEORGAKAS

Special to The National Herald

by AMB. PATRICK N.THEROS

Special to The National Herald

Wells Fargo CEO admittedto the nature of the bankscam but declaredthe bank had rescindedthe policies that sparkedthe illegal transfers.

Of all the presidents of theUnited States, from George Wash-ington to Barack Obama, nonewas a woman and none lackedboth government and military ex-perience prior to taking office.

In electing Hillary Clinton orDonald Trump, one of those twoglass ceilings would shatter. Alleyes – by the media, by the es-tablishment, and by most Ameri-cans – were on Hillary, and thefact that she would become thefirst ever woman president.

But on November 9, Americaawoke to a different reality. Don-ald Trump, a man with no previ-ous political or military experi-ence, who never before ran foroffice, won the election.

His rise to the White House isnothing short of miraculous. Notbecause the Democrats mounteda vigorous campaign against him,with a lot of help from much ofthe mainstream media, academia,and Hollywood – that part wasto be expected. But because

Trump’s own party – the Repub-licans – was against him. RNCChairman Reince Priebus did amostly good job in toeing the line– reining in the anti-Trump rene-gades while not being overly en-thusiastic about Trump at the riskof losing congressional elections.

But the two former PresidentsBush and Jeb, former GOP nom-inees John McCain and Mitt Rom-ney, conservative writers GeorgeWill and Bill Kristol, and scoresof other Republicans turned onTrump. Conservative newspapersvilified him, either refraining fromendorsing anyone or actuallypicking Hillary.

Donald Trump was like a quar-terback, scrambling for his life toavoid being tackled by the oppos-ing team, but whose own re-ceivers sat with their arms foldedshouting: “don’t bother throwingus the football, because we’re notgonna catch it!”

And yet, he won.The sheer will of the American

people catapultedTrump to power.The hoi polloi wereindeed defiant in theface of an establish-ment that scoldedthem, admonished,them, and instructedthem to vote other-wise.

The media waslazy at best, deceitfulat worst, in cuttingand pasting Trump’sown words to pre-sent a false – yes,false – narrative that“Trump calls Mexi-cans ‘rapists’…Trump will ban allMuslims from the United States…Trump bragged about committingsexual assault…Trump referredto Megyn Kelly menstruating…Trump mocked a reporter’s dis-ability…” and on and on. Onceagain: no, he didn’t. Look ateverything carefully, and in con-text.

But the anti-Trump establish-ment media would-n’t sacrifice blindrage for the sake ofgood journalism.They insisted in per-petuating the falsenarrative, andblamed the tens ofmillions of Ameri-cans who stood byTrump’s side. Some,not least of whichHillary Clinton, la-beled them “de-plorable.” Surely,the warped logic

went, since Trump is racist, sexist,anti-immigrant, etc., then his sup-porters must be all of those badthings too.

Others damned the Trumpiesby faint praise. They’re not reallybad people, just gullible. Dupedby a supreme con man. A manout of his depth and so utterly in-capable of governing, and crazy

enough to push the nuclear but-ton. Does any of that sound fa-miliar? Because that’s exactlywhat they said about Ronald Rea-gan in 1980. Practically word forword.

But for those of us who sup-ported Trump’s candidacy, this isnot a time to gloat. Nothing de-cent is gained by rubbing salt inthe wounds of so many of thosewho are truly disappointed – ifnot frightened – by the prospectof a Trump presidency.

Instead, let us focus on someindisputable blessings, and throwin a few wishful ones, for goodmeasure: newspaper endorse-ments, big money, party elites,“ground game” door-knockingand robocalls, polls, and punditsare now all practically meaning-less.

And it gets even better: con-trary to what makes many peoplecringe, that Trump will be an evildictator in the mold of Hitler orMussolini, what he actually craves

most is to be loved and adoredby the masses.

And that is exactly why in duetime, progressives will be pleas-antly surprised about how manyof their biggest priorities – froma minimum wage raise to cleandrinking water – will become re-ality. Wait and see.

And remember, Donald Trumpis no more a Republican than heis a Democrat. He is a one-mannational security, politically incor-rect, anti-establishment populist,not unlike Andrew Jackson andHarry Truman (both Democrats,by the way). And despite theworld’s efforts to stop him, hewon.

Talk about shattering a glassceiling.

On Election Night There Were Two Glass Ceilings; Only One of Them was Shattered

by CONSTANTINOS E.SCAROS

Special to The National Herald

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

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