Greek America Magazine: Spring 2012

Greek America Magazine | Spring 2012

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The Greeks of Turkey Is it too late?

Greek America’s

Forty Under 40

Around the Table

w/ Three Sisters

Byzantium and Islam

The Age of Transition

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EDITORIAL

NEARLY TWENTY YEARS after publishing our first edition – from the garage of my family’s home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Greek America Magazine has been fully integrated into the Greek America Foundation, a non-profit organization that was born out of the magazine nearly a decade ago.

Today, Greek America not only looks different than it did the last time you saw it – it is different. Readers are no longer “subscribers”, they are “members” of a movement called Greek America; and, you are not only invited to read what’s on our pages – but we encourage you to be an active participant in our movement.

WHAT IS GREEK AMERICA? Our scholarship endowment fund has a simple goal to send North American students to Greece for full semester study abroad programs at US-accredited institutions of higher learning. To date, since launching the fund in 2009 we’ve changed six students’ lives. This year, we doubled our scholarships from last year and have big plans for 2013 and beyond to increase the number.

Our recently launched internship program – together with our corporate partner Libra – will offer young people an opportunity for professional and personal development and growth that they will be hard-pressed to find elsewhere. This year, we’re sending ten young people to work for an entire summer at various locations throughout the world in fields like renewable energy, hospitality, shipping and other relevant fields.

Both of these programs will change young people’s lives. And that’s our goal. Pericles said “What you leave behind is not what is engraved on stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.”

Our Film & Photography festival (Greek Film & Foto Week) – in one short year since launching—has become North America’s premier festival of its kind for Greek Americans involved in filmmaking and photography. The 2012 festival has record participation from over three dozen U.S. and Canadian artists. We are supporting a new generation of artists by giving them a forum to share their art.

Our National Innovation Conference – also in its second run since launching in 2010 is once again attracting global leaders, innovators, thinkers – and game-changers. We are creating a modern-day Athenian Agora where those people who share the DNA of the “worldchanger” can come together and do just that – change the world.

We are placing a spotlight on the very Greek ideal of innovation and providing a forum for like-minded people to network amongst each other in an environment of new ideas.

The Gabby Awards – now approaching the third biennial celebration – have quickly become the benchmark for excellence in our community. After the historic success of Ellis Island, we have now set our sights on Hollywood and we’re busy planning an unforgettable Memorial Day Weekend in 2013. Again, we emphasize excellence, or arête, as a core ideal we should strive to reach.

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Another award brand we created is our Forty Under 40 awards, which are highlighted in this issue. Forty young leaders from throughout the nation – selected from a pool of over 400 candidates – and each selected for being successful at what they do, and for caring about the world around them.

This year’s winners are included in this issue as a gesture of our support for what these young people set their minds to and ultimately accomplish. These awards and the publicity we provide for the winners is our way of telling them – and everyone out there who strives for arête – excellence – in all they do that we are watching and we recognize your efforts.

Speaking of excellence – The cover story of this edition comes from another dedicated young leader of our community who recently graduated from one of the nation’s top journalism schools: Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Chicago. During her senior year, Tania Karas applied for and won the Eric Lund Global Reporting and Research Grant, which enabled her to pursue a passion to visit Turkey and document that country’s ethnic Greeks.

“WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT WHAT IS ENGRAVED ON STONE MONUMENTS, BUT WHAT IS WOVEN INTO THE LIVES OF OTHERS.” A few years earlier she had been in Turkey on a study abroad and found fascinating the stories of resilience of the last remaining Greeks – a mere 1,700 from what was millions at one time. At the time, Tania was an intern at the magazine’s offices and we provided her with all of the necessary resources to support her trip, as well as a forum to share her findings.

And although the story of the Greeks of Turkey is the real story here – our story here is that once again, the Greek America Foundation has been able to take an intern and embed in her the life-changing experiences and opportunities that will ultimately shape the individual for years to come.

This is the Greek America Foundation. An organization focused on providing life-changing experiences – as Pericles stated – that will be woven into the lives of people.

Please take a moment and “renew” your membership or if you are not a member, join the Greek America Foundation. A minimum membership of $50 will get you Greek America Magazine for a year.

Visit www.greekamerica.org and follow the “Join Now” instructions.

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Cover image and images on this page have been provided by Tony Koukos, an internationally acclaimed world travel photographer who visited Turkey and captured remnants ͖ hidden and in plain sight ͖ of that city’s Greek past. Tony is also a member of Greek America’s Forty Under 40 Class of 2012.

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The Greek America Foundation’s 300 Spartans We’ve launched a special program to find three hundred people throughout the nation who know, respect, understand and appreciate the work of the Greek America Foundation and will commit $1000 each or more to our general operating fund to help offset some of our basic operations that are not met by our existing grants and supporters.

Thank you to all of this year’s Spartans who have given so generously. If you or someone you know would like to support the Greek America Foundation, please contact us at 312-733-4633 or send us an email at info@greekamerica.org. You can also donate online at www.greekamerica.org Save the date for our next Spartan Retreat, September 21-23, 2012

OUR SPARTANS* Maria Allwin, Greenwich, CT

John T. John, Shoreline, WA

Gregory C. Pappas, Chicago, IL

Stephen & Naomi Antonakos, New York, NY

Thomas Kalaris, Summit, NJ

James Pedas, Washington, DC

Terry Athas, Glenview, IL

George & Bettina Kallins, Newport Beach, CA

Theodore Pedas, Washington, DC

Elizabeth Bartz & John Chames, Akron, OH

Chrysovalantis Kefalas, Washington, DC

Lee Polydor, Toronto, Canada

George Bellios DMD, Pittsburgh, PA

Elaine Velisaris Keim, Pittsburgh, PA

Peter Polydor, Huntington Beach, CA

Justin Bozonelis, New York, NY

Peter Kikis, New York, NY

Nora Presti, Columbia, MD

Kevin Charnota, Elmwood Park, IL

Nick Livanos, New York, NY

John Pyrovolakis, New York, NY

Dr. Stephan & Paula Cokinos, Melville, NY

Tina Livanos, New York, NY

Sosti Ropaitis & Connie Varvitsiotis, Wheaton, IL

Dimitris Eliopoulos, Chicago, IL

Kostas Mallios, Seattle, WA

E.John & Cleo Rumpakis, Portland, OR

Peter & Paula Fasseas, Chicago, IL

Michael Marks, Chicago, IL

Manos Sifakis, Wayne, PA

Zach Galifianakis, Los Angeles, CA

Dean & Maria Nicolacakis, San Francisco, CA

Chris Tomaras, Chicago, IL

Troy Geanopulos, Pittsburgh, PA

Louis Pahountis, Pittsburgh, PA

Dr. Ana Maria & Mr. George Triliouris, Merrick, NY

Nicholas Gialamas, Lake Forest, IL

Carli, Mariana & Nicholas Pantelidis, New York, NY

Peter & Tina Verros, Bloomingdale, IL

Anna Giannoulias, Chicago, IL

Eliana Papadakis, Haverford, PA

Brandon Wilson, Chicago, IL

Eleni Gianopulos, New York, NY

in memory of Taki Papadakis

Anthie Zairis, Columbia, MD

James & Ann Gianopulos, Beverly Hills, CA

Chris Papavasiliou, New York, NY

Lee Zapis, Bay Village, OH

Your contribution is 100% tax deductible. The Greek America Foundation is a 501(c)(3) publicly supported non-profit organization. Our Federal Tax lD # is 91-1874344. *At time of publication

Contents

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10 Society

14 Greek America

20 Cover Story

36 Arts & Culture

38 Food & Wine

40 Photography

46 Special Feature

98 Foundation News

Our camera caught Greeks everywhere celebrating, honoring, being honored and fundraising for their worthy causes

Byzantine and Islam: a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC

Profiling the young leaders of our community: the 2012 Class of Greek America’s Forty under 40

Greek Americans lending a hand; Meet the new Moe, Alethea Avramis’ Cannes-do attitude

At the dinner table with the Three Greek Sisters and their award-winning cookbook

Tania Karas spends a month in Turkey interviewing the Greeks of Turkey. Is it too late for this ancient community?

Andrew Pateras: Holy Week and Easter in Jerusalem: One of the holiest places in earth

A marathon running team, a film & photography festival, changing the lives of young students

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Blue Masque Ball February 25, 2012

The Greek America Foundation hosted its first Blue Masque Ball where Venice met Patra and ancient carnival traditions were brought to life in a major way in the Windy City. With aerial acrobats hanging from the ceiling to jugglers and jesters, as well as Grammy-nominated entertainment and a full-fledged casino… The good news: next year’s date has already been set for March 16, 2013.

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10 01 Stacy Paros, Alexis Fasseas, Rae Bovis, Stacy Mikuzis & Tina Verros 02 Brandon Wilson with Nike Demacopoulos 03 Manos Sifakis with Tony Koukos 04 Jane Monzures 05 Bottle service for our VIP guests 06 Endy & Vicky Zemenides 07 Paul Psarras performing with Margarita 08 The Athas Sisters 09 Ted Paros and Steve Livaditis in the Casino Lounge 10 Keke Kyriakopoulos & Tia Angelos 11 Dean & Katie Papadakis 12 Tina Livanos, the Blue Masque Ball costume winner 13 Kim Vatis, Lou and Monica Canellis, Anna Davlantes with husband David Gamperl & Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos 14 John & Nikol Sotos 15 Tina Livanos, Keke Kyriakopoulos, Anthoula Katsimatides & friends 16 Gregory Pappas with Nicholas Gialamas & Mike Greco 17 Nike Demacopoulos & Steve Livaditis ‣ More pictures are online on our Facebook page and our website

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John Varvatos 9th Annual Stuart House Benefit Over 1700 people gathered on March 11, 2012 at the annual John Varvatos benefit for Stuart House, a children’s rape treatment center in Los Angeles. The well-known menswear designer throws the annual street party every year, bringing together dozens of supporters from throughout the nation. The benefit raised over $700,000 and featured entertainment by Dave Matthews and a special children’s tent with activities for youngsters.

Clockwise from top: Dave Matthews with John Varvatos; Michael Chiklis & family; Melina Kanakaredes; Alice Cooper; John & Joyce Varvatos; Steven Tyler with John Varvatos; John Varatos with Cindy Crawford & Rande Geber ‣ Find more pictures online at www.johnvarvatos.com For more information on Stuart House, please visit their website at www.therapefoundation.org

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Meet the New Moe

by Kathy Tzilivakis

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EARLY YEARS "G?K?LRMNMSJMQร QFMUCBร FGQร R?JCLRร DMPร ?ARGLEร CTCLร @CDMPCร FCร AMSJBร PC?Bร ?ร QAPGNR ร &Cร U?Qร MLJWร QGVร WC?PQร MJBร UFCLร FCร QR?PRCBร NCPDMPKGLEร QFMPRร QICRAFCQร GLร DPMLRร MDร FGQร D?KGJW ร &GQร KMRFCPร QGELCBร FGKร SNร DMPร UCCICLBร ?ARGLEร AJ?QQCQร UFCLร FCร U?Qร CGEFR ร 'Rร U?QLยฆRร JMLEร @CDMPCร FCร U?Qร ?ARGLEร GLร AMKKCPAG?JQ ร ยฃ'ร U?Qร ?ร SLGMLร ?ARMPร @Wร RFCร ?ECร MDร ยคร FCร Q?GB ร Qร ?ร RCCL?ECP ร FCร QR?PRCBร BMGLEร AMKKSLGRWร RFC?RPC ร &Cร QAMSPCBร RFCร AJ?QQGหฟCBร ?BQร JMMIGLEร DMPร ?LWร ?ARGLEร HM@ ร &GQร N?PCLRQร UCPCร ?JU?WQร TCPWร QSNNMPRGTCร MDร FGQร ?ARGLEร A?PCCP ร ยฃ+Wร D?RFCP ร @PMRFCPร ?LBร QGQRCPร ?JJร UCLRร RMร 7MPIร 3LGTCPQGRWร GLร 2MPMLRM ยคร FCร Q?GB ร ยฃ LBร GRร QCCKCBร RF?Rร U?Qร UFCPCร 'ร U?Qร EMGLEร RMร EMร RMM ร SRร RFGQร AF?LECBร UFCLร KWร N?PCLRQร Q?Uร FMUร N?QQGML?RCร 'ร U?Qร ?@MSRร ?ARGLE ร 'ร U?Qร QMร ?ARGTCร GLร QCCIGLEร MSRร RFCร UMPIร ?LBร หฟLBGLEร N?WGLEร HM@Qร GLร RFCร RFC?RPC ร 'ร U?Qร MLJWร ร WC?PQร MJBร UFCLร 'ร QR?PRCBร ECRRGLEร QMKCร PC?JJWร EMMBร EGEQ ยค "G?K?LRMNMJMQร K?BCร FGQร หฟJKร BC@SRร ?Rร RFCร ?ECร MDร ร &Cร QR?PPCBร GLร 2FCร BSJRCPCP ร &GQร DC?RSPCร APCBGRQร ?JQMร GLAJSBCร RFCร RGRJCQร "PMNร "C?Bร 0MQCQ ร 'LRMร 2FCร $GPC ร 5CBBGLEร "?XC ร 2FPCCร "?WQร 2Mร 4CE?Qร ?LBร 3LBCPร ,CUร +?L?ECKCLR ร -Lร RCJCTGQGML ร FCร U?Qร .PCQGBCLRG?Jร !FGCD MD 1R?หพร 0M@ร 5CGQQร MLร RFCร CGEFRFร QC?QMLร MDร ร &Cร ?JQMร NJ?WCBร RFCร PMJCร MDร ?ARMP AMKCBG?Lร 0M@GLร 5GJJG?KQร GLร RFCร ร , !ร RCJCหฟJK ร CFGLBร 2FCร !?KCP? ร +MPI ร +GLBW ร DMPร UFGAFร FCร C?PLCBร %CKGLGร ?LBร .PGQKร U?PBร LMKGL?RGMLQร DMPร FGQร NCPDMPK?LAC ร -RFCPร RCJCTGQGMLร APCBGRQร GLAJSBCร ESCQR QR?Pร PMJCQร MLร *?Uร ร -PBCP ร $P?QGCP ร 2FCร 1MNP?LMQร ?LBร !1' ร ?Qร UCJJร ?Qร ?ร PCASPPGLEร PMJCร MLร RFCร FGRร , !ร RCJCTGQGMLร QFMUร 3Nร JJร ,GEFR

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Actor Chris Diamantopoulos has played a wide range of characters, from Frank Sinatra in the TV miniseries The Kennedys to a gay interior decorator in The Starter Wife. But now he’s got the role he has been practicing his whole life. Diamantopoulos is starring as Moe GLĂŒRFCĂŒJMLE ?U?GRCBĂŒ RFĂŒ!CLRSPWĂŒ$MVĂŒÉŒJKĂŒ2FCĂŒ2FPCCĂŒ1RMMECQĂŒRF?RĂŒAMKCQĂŒMSRĂŒRFGQĂŒKMLRF

“GROWING UP, ONE OF MY TRUE FIRST INFLUENCES WAS THE THREE STOOGES.�

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A Cannes-do Attitude

by Gregory C. Pappas

A YOUNG FILMMAKER whose credits include a documentary about the last-remaining widow from the World War II Kalavryta massacres who was originally reluctant to talk, and now a fun QFMPRĂ?ËżJKĂ??@MSRĂ??Ă?BWGLEĂ?%PCCIĂ?TGJlage which has just received a nod from the folks at Cannes.

tion built on favors, friends and freebies Í– Avramis put together a professional team of producers, site scouts, sets and a cast of real actors Í– all funded by her base Í– %PCCIĂ? KCPGA?LQĂ?AF?LLCJCBĂ? together by a "crowd-funding" campaign on the Indiegogo platform.

When Alethea Avramis puts her mind to something, she usually accomplishes it. She was one of only 18 students (out of hundreds of applicants) accepted into the prestigious graduate program at UCLA's School of Film, Theater & Television where notables like Francis Ford Coppola and Alexander Payne have picked up the skills necessary to become giants GLĂ?RFCGPĂ?ËżCJBQ

JJĂ?GLĂ??JJ Ă?MTCPĂ? Ă?U?QĂ?P?GQCBĂ? by dozens of people across the nation and world Í– many of whom Avramis has never met Í– all with the desire to support a young PGQGLEĂ?QR?PĂ?UFMĂ?AFMQCĂ?RMĂ?DSJËżJJĂ?RFCĂ? most important project of her life in the land of her ancestral heritage Í– ?RĂ??Ă?RGKCĂ?MDĂ?EPC?RĂ?ËżL?LAG?JĂ? turmoil and challenge.

Never one to rest on her laurels Í– she further challenged herself by AFMMQGLEĂ?%PCCACĂ??QĂ?RFCĂ?JMA?RGMLĂ? where she would shoot her thesis ËżJK Ă??Ă?ËżJKĂ?SLBCPĂ? Ă?KGLSRCQĂ?

PCOSGPCBĂ?RMĂ?ËżLGQFĂ?FCPĂ?+$ Ă?&CPĂ? decision wasn't based on pure altruism and her love for her ancestral homeland. Of course, she knew what she was getting herself into and once again Í– challenged herself to accomplish the un-accomplishable.

When most students would have QCRRJCBĂ?DMPĂ??Ă?QMSLBĂ?QR?ECĂ?GLĂ?&MJlywood and a shoe-string opera-

The result Í– The Foreigner, a KGLSRCĂ?JMLEĂ?QFMPRĂ?ËżJKĂ??@MSRĂ? a tiny village (shot on location not far from her ancestral Koroni) whose population decline makes for some innovating thinking on the part of the locals, if they are to remain on the map, and not be gobbled up by a nearby town and ultimately, lose their identity.

And identity is something always on Alethea's mind. “This particular experience taught KCĂ?RF?RĂ?CTCLĂ??ĚƒCPĂ?QMĂ?K?LWĂ?ECLCPations removed and despite all the ugly things happening these days GLĂ?%PCCAC Ă?QRGJJĂ?RFCPCĂ??PCĂ?QRPMLEĂ?

ties and solidarity among the %PCCIQ�MD�RFC�"G?QNMP? �?LB�RFCQC� ties become even more touching when they grow among people that haven’t even met before!

(SQRĂ??Ă?AMSNJCĂ?MDĂ?B?WQĂ??ĚƒCPĂ? publishing my video at www. indiegogo.com, I began receiving dozens of e-mails, messages and DSLBQĂ?DPMKĂ?%PCCIQĂ?MDĂ?RFCĂ?"G?QNMP?Ă? worldwide, from Canada to the U.S., while many of the contribuRGMLQĂ?UCPCĂ?DPMKĂ?%PCCAC Ă?Ă?'Ă?U?QĂ? touched by the enthusiasm of all those people who did not know me, their will to contribute in anyRFGLEĂ?RF?RĂ?FGEFJGEFRQĂ?%PCCACĂ?GLĂ??Ă?

BG˞CPCLR�U?W �CTCL�GD�RFGQ�GQ�?�˿JK� by a simple student. I believe that CV?ARJW�RFCQC�?QNCARQ�MD�RFC�%PCCI� nation we should all demonstrate: openness, solidarity and strong will to help one another.�

The Foreigner has been selected to screen at the Cannes Festival Short Film Corner Í– one of the world's most prestigious forums DMPĂ?ËżJKK?ICPQ Ă?$MPĂ?BCR?GJQĂ?TGQGRĂ?

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Foundation is a proud supporter of "The Foreigner" and is proud to be a part of the life-changing experience Alethea Avramis shared UFGJCĂ?K?IGLEĂ?FCPĂ?ËżJK

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The Greeks of Turkey: Is it too late?

A century of oppression has nearly wiped out a religious minority group with historic ties to the OBDFLK ¿&JMOLSBA¿MLIFQF@P¿LÖBO¿>¿KBT¿O>V¿LC¿ELMB ¿ But with their numbers dwindling, Turkey’s Greek ,OQELALU¿ EOFPQF>KP¿>OB¿çDEQFKD¿CLO¿PROSFS>I

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'LĂ‘RFCĂ‘QNPGLEĂ‘MDĂ‘ Ă‘RUMĂ‘WMSLEĂ‘HMSPL?JGQKĂ‘QRSBCLRQÑ̇CUĂ‘RMĂ‘'QR?L@SJ Ă‘ Turkey with a mission to shed light on a pressing violation of religious freedom and human rights. One of them, Tania Karas, a Greek American and 2011 graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of (MSPL?JGQK Ă‘PCACGTCBĂ‘?Ă‘EJM@?JĂ‘PCQC?PAFĂ‘EP?LRĂ‘RMĂ‘QNCLBĂ‘RFPCCĂ‘UCCIQĂ‘ documenting the daily lives and demographic strength of the country’s last Greek Orthodox Christians. She interviewed 20 community leadCPQ Ă‘WMSLEĂ‘NCMNJCĂ‘?LBĂ‘EMTCPLKCLRĂ‘MĚˆAG?JQĂ‘MLĂ‘RFCĂ‘AF?JJCLECQĂ‘MDĂ‘JGTGLEĂ‘ within a community whose population is in decline. The trip culminated in a meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of the world’s 250 million-plus Orthodox Christians whose Holy 1CCĂ‘F?QĂ‘@CCLĂ‘GLĂ‘'QR?L@SJĂ‘DMPĂ‘ Ă‘WC?PQ Ă‘3NMLĂ‘FCPĂ‘PCRSPLĂ‘RMĂ‘RFCĂ‘3 1

Ă‘ Tania tracked the community over the next 12 months. She found that BCQNGRCĂ‘K?PICBĂ‘GKNPMTCKCLRĂ‘GLĂ‘PCJ?RGMLQĂ‘@CRUCCLĂ‘2SPICWĂ‘?LBĂ‘GRQĂ‘KGnorities, many challenges remain. What follow are the stories of Greek resilience and pride she discovered.

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$MSPRF EP?BCPร 4?J?LRGQร +GF?GJGBGQร U?Qร RFCร QAFMMJยฆQร QMJCร QRSBCLRร J?QRร WC?P ร 2FCร WC?P MJBร AMKNJCRCBร RUMร EP?BCร JCTCJQร ?JMLC ร UGRFMSRร NCCPQร RMร BGQRP?ARร FGKร GLร AJ?QQร MPร IGAIร ?ร @?JJร UGRFร ?Rร PCACQQ ร 2FCร DMSPRFร EP?BCร AJ?QQPMMKร AMLR?GLCBร HSQRร RUMร BCQIQ ร NSNGJร ?LBร RC?AFCP ร &?LBUPGRRCLร CQQ?WQร R?AICBร RMร RFCร @SJJCRGLร @M?PBร ?JJร QF?PCBร RFCร Q?KCร ?SRFMP

"CA?BCQร ?EM ร 4?J?LRGQยฆร QAFMMJร ยกร ?LBร MRFCPร %PCCIร ?A?BCKGCQร LC?P@W ร LMUร AJMQCBร ยกร MTCPฬ MUCBร UGRFร AFGJBPCLร DPMKร FSLBPCBQร MDร %PCCIร D?KGJGCQร PCQGBGLEร GLร RFCร ?PC? ร ,MUร HSQRร ?ร DCUร %PCCIQร PCK?GL ร 2FCร PCQRร UCPCร DMPACBร MSRร @Wร 2SPIGQFร Mฬ AG?JQร MPร ฬ CBร TMJSLR?PGJW ร MSRร MDร DC?P ร GLร RGKCQร MDร FMQRGJGRWร @CRUCCLร 2SPICWร ?LBร %PCCAC ร +MPCร RF?Lร ?ร BMXCLร %PCCIร -PRFMBMVร !FPGQRG?Lร AFSPAFCQร QRGJJร BMRร )?Bล IrWร ?LBร GRQร QSPPMSLBGLEร FGJJQGBCร LCGEF@MPFMMBQ ร 2FMSEFร UCJJร K?GLR?GLCB ร KMQRร F?TCร LMร AMLEPCE?RGMLQร ?LBร ?PCร MNCLร HSQRร ?ร DCUร 1SLB?WQร ?LLS?JJW

2SAICBร @CRUCCLร )?Bล IrWยฆQร 2SPIGQFร RC?FMSQCQร QGRQร ?ร JMLCร @JMAIร MDร %PCCIร PCQR?SP?LRQ ร RFCGPร AFCCPDSJร @JSCร ?LBร UFGRCร ?ULGLEQร @CAIMLGLEร TGQGRMPQ ร 'Lร ?ร NJ?ACร RF?Rร U?Qร MLACร ?ร %PCCIร QRPMLEFMJB ร RFCQCร QFMNQร ?PCร RFCร J?QRร MLCQร QR?LBGLE ร #TCLร RFCร LCGEF@MPFMMBยฆQร MPGEGL?Jร %PCCIร L?KC ร !F?JICBML ร F?Qร @CCLร 2SPIGหฟCB

7MPEMร 'QRCD?LMNSJMQ ร AF?GPK?Lร MDร )?Bล IrWยฆQร QK?JJร %PCCIร AMKKSLGRW ร EP?BS?RCBร DPMKร )?Bล IrWร .PGK?PWร FGKQCJDร GLร ร GLร ?ร AJ?QQร MDร KMPCร RF?Lร ร QRSBCLRQ ร ฬ CPร 4?J?LRGQ ร RFCร QAFMMJร K?Wร LCTCPร GQQSCร ?LMRFCPร BGNJMK?

ยฃ1?BJWร RFGQร GQร RFCร RPSRFร ?@MSRร MSPร %PCCIร AMKKSLGRW ร LMRร MLJWร GLร )?Bล IrWร @SRร GLร RFCร CLRGPCร AGRWร MDร 'QR?L@SJ ยคร 'QRCD?LMNSJMQร Q?WQ ร ยฃ5Cร ?PCร ?JJร ECRRGLEร MJBCPร ?LBร RFCPCร ?PCร TCPWร DCUร WMSLEร IGBQ ยค )?Bล IrWร GQร ?ร KGAPMAMQKร DMPร RFCร D?RCร MDร 'QR?L@SJยฆQร ยกร ?LBร EPC?RCPร 2SPICWยฆQร ยกร %PCCIร 22

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-PRFMBMVร !FPGQRG?LQ ร ฬ CPร ?ร ACLRSPWร MDร @JMMBWร NMEPMKQ ร DMPACBร BCNMPR?RGMLQร ?LBร Q?LARGMLCBร BGQAPGKGL?RGMLร @Wร RFCร 2SPIGQFร EMTCPLKCLR ร SLACPR?GLRWร NCPKC?RCQร RFCGPร RGEFR ILGRร EPMSN ร 2FCร 'QR?L@SJ @?QCBร #ASKCLGA?Jร .?RPG?PAF?RC ร RFCร QNGPGRS?Jร ACLRCPร MDร RFCร -PRFMBMVร !FPGQRG?Lร !FSPAFร EJM@?JJW ร ?Qร UCJJร ?Qร RFCร DMA?Jร NMGLRร MDร 2SPICWยฆQร %PCCIร -PRFMBMVร AMKKSLGRW ร QSหพCPQร DPMKร J?AIร MDร KC?LQร RMร RP?GLร LCUร AJCPGAQร ?LBร PCJGEGMSQร JC?BCPQ ร RFCร 2SPIGQFร EMTCPLKCLRร QFSRร BMULร GRQร RFCMJMEGA?Jร QAFMMJร GLร ร 2SPICW ร ?Lร 'QJ?KGAร QR?RC ร F?Qร WCRร RMร ?JJMUร GRQร PCMNCLGLE ร &GQRMPGA?JJW ร 2SPICWยฆQร %PCCIQร F?TCร @CCLร FMQR?ECQร MDร @GRRCPร RCLQGMLQร @CRUCCLร PGT?Jร LCGEF@MPร L?RGMLQ ร AMKNJGA?RGLEร RFCGPร L?RGML?Jร ?JJCEG?LACQ ร %PCCAC ร ?ร AMSLRPWร UFMQCร AGRGXCLQร QF?PCร RFCGPร CRFLGAร FCPGR?ECร ?LBร PCJGEGMSQร GBCLRGRW ร TCPQSQร 2SPICW ร RFCร AMSLRPWร MDร RFCGPร AGRGXCLQFGNร ?LBร RFCร MLJWร FMKCJ?LBร RFCWร F?TCร CTCPร ILMUL ร

5GRFMSRร SPECLR ร AMKNPCFCLQGTCร GLRCPTCLRGML ร 2SPICWยฆQร PCK?GLGLEร %PCCIร NMNSJ?RGMLร K?Wร BGQ?NNC?Pร GLร RFCร LCVRร DCUร BCA?BCQ ร 2FCWร LSK@CPร ?PMSLBร ร RMB?W ร BMULร DPMKร CQRGK?RCQร ?PMSLBร ร KGJJGMLร ?Rร RFCร QR?PRร MDร RFCร RFร ACLRSPWร ยกร KMPCร RF?Lร ?ร ร NCPACLRร PCBSARGMLร MTCPร ร WC?PQ ร 5GRFร ?Lร ?TCP?ECร ?ECร MTCPร ร RFCร EPMSNร GQร BWGLEร MSR ร 7MSLEร ?BSJRQร KMTCร RMร %PCCACร GLร QC?PAFร MDร JMTC ร 1AFMMJQร UGRFMSRร QRSBCLRQร KSQRร AJMQC ร 1SLB?Wร JGRSPEGCQร ?PCร QN?PQCJWร ?RRCLBCB

1MKCร PCDMPKQร ?PCร MLร RFCร U?W ร RF?LIQร RMร KMPCร RF?Lร ?ร BCA?BCร MDร ?BTMA?AWร @Wร F?PBUMPIGLEร AMKKSLGRWร JC?BCPQร UFMร F?TCร BCK?LBCBร COS?Jร RPC?RKCLRร ?LBร NPMRCARGMLQร DMPร 2SPICWยฆQร PCJGEGMSQร KGLMPGRGCQ ร 1RGJJ ร GRร K?Wร @Cร RMMร J?RC ร Wร RFCร RGKCร RFCGPร EM?JQร ?PCร ?AFGCTCB ร RFCPCร K?Wร @Cร LMร %PCCIQร JCฬ ร GLร 2SPICWร RMร CLHMWร RFCร DPSGRQร MDร RFCGPร J?@MP

1?WQร 'QRCD?LMNSJMQ ร ยฃ5Cร ?PCร JGICร ?ร QNCAGCQร LC?PGLEร CVRGLARGMLร RF?Rร UCร F?TCร RMร Q?TC ยค

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ACGTCBร ?ร RP?BGRGML?J ร 0SKร CBSA?RGML ร ร GLร QAFMMJร MNCP?RGLEร DCCQร NCPร KMLRF ร NJSQร Q?J?PGCQร DMPร RUMร RC?AFCPQ ร $MPร .CQRCK?JAGMEJSร ?LBร 4?J?LRGQยฆร D?KGJW ร GRร U?Qร UMPRFร GR

2SPICWยฆQร %PCCIร -PRFMBMVร !FPGQRG?LQร A?JJร RFCKQCJTCQร 0SKQร NPMLMSLACBร ยฃPMMKQยค ร 'Rร AMKCQร DPMKร RFCร UMPBร 0MKMG ร MPร 0MK?LQ ร 2FCGPร PMMRQร EMร @?AIร KMPCร RF?Lร ร WC?PQร GLร 2GLร .MJG ร MPร 2FCร !GRW ร 'RยฆQร QFMPRF?LBร DMPร !MLQR?LRGLMNJC ร ?Qร RFCร 0SKQ ร ?LBร K?LWร %PCCIQร GLRCPL?RGML?JJW ร QRGJJร PCDCPร RMร RFCร DMPKCPร WX?LRGLCร AGRW ร 2FCร .?RPG?PAF?RCร U?Qร CQR?@JGQFCBร RFCPCร GLร RFCร DMSPRFร ACLRSPW ร 'RQร FC?B ร #ASKCLGA?Jร .?RPG?PAFร ?PRFMJMKCU ร GQร RFCร QNGPGRS?Jร JC?BCPร MDร KMPCร RF?Lร ร KGJJGMLร -PRFMBMVร !FPGQRG?LQร UMPJBUGBCร ยกร ?LBร BCร D?ARMร PCNPCQCLR?RGTCร DMPร RFCร JMA?J ร BUGLBJGLEร QJGTCPร MDร %PCCIQ

THE ROAD TO 1,700 'Rร U?QLยฆRร ?JU?WQร RFGQร U?W ร #RFLGAร %PCCIQร MLACร RFPGTCBร GLร RFCร PCEGML ร 2FCWร F?TCร JGTCBร GLร UF?Rร GQร LMUร 2SPICWร QGLACร ?LRGOSGRW ร JMLEร @CDMPCร JCV?LBCPร RFCร %PC?Rร A?NRSPCBร QG?ร +GLMPร DPMKร RFCร .CPQG?LQร ?PMSLBร ร ! ร L?RMJG? ร RFCร NCLGLQSJ?ร RF?Rร K?ICQร SNร KMQRร MDร KMBCPL B?Wร 2SPICW ร U?Qร RFCร @GPRFNJ?ACร MDร QSAFร ?LAGCLRร %PCCIร RGR?LQร ?Qร &MKCPร ?LBร 1?GLRร ,GAFMJ?Q ร 1AFMJ?PQร ?LBร NFGJMQMNFCPQร JGICร .WRF?EMPSQร ?LBร PGQRMRJCร U?LBCPCBร L?RMJG?ยฆQร J?LBQร RFPMSEFMSRร RFCGPร JGTCQ

2FCร %PCCIQร MDร QG?ร +GLMPร F?TCร QCCLร RFCร PGQCร ?LBร D?JJร MDร RUMร CKNGPCQ ร WX?LRGLCร ?LBร -RRMK?L ร 2MB?W ร RFCGPร DSRSPCร GQร LMRร ES?P?LRCCB ร .SLGRGTCร EMTCPLKCLRร NMJGAGCQร R?PECRGLEร PCJGEGMSQร KGLMPGRGCQร ยกร QSAFร ?Qร APGNNJGLEร R?VCQร MLร RFCGPร UC?JRF ร J?UQร K?IGLEร GRร LC?PJWร GKNMQQG@JCร DMPร RFCKร RMร @SWร MPร QCJJร NPMNCPRW ร ?LBร J?AIร MDร QR?RCร DSLBGLEร DMPร RFCGPร QAFMMJQร ?LBร QCPTGACQร ยกร F?TCร ?JJร @SRร QR?KNCBร RFCKร MSR ร RFPC?RCLGLEร RMร CLBร ?ร AMLRGLSMSQ ร SL@PM-

ICLร AF?NRCPร MDร %PCCIร FGQRMPWร GLร RFCร PCEGMLร QN?LLGLEร RUMร KGJJCLLG? ร ร "CQNGRCร NPCQCLRร BCKMEP?NFGAร PC?JGRGCQ ร K?LWร MDร 2SPICWยฆQร %PCCIQร PCDSQCร RMร @CJGCTCร RFGQร GQร RFCร CLBร MDร RFCร PM?B ร 'LQRC?B ร RFCWร NPCQQร ML ร GLQRGJJGLEร PCJGEGMSQร ?LBร ASJRSP?Jร RP?BGRGMLQร GLร RFCร LCVRร ECLCP?RGMLร UGRFMSRร ?AILMUJCBEGLEร RFCร NMQQG@GJGRWร MDร BCDC?R ร 'Lร ?Lร GLRCPTGCUร J?QRร QNPGLE ร 4?J?LRGQยฆร NPGLAGN?Jร ?LBร RC?AFCPร &PGQRMร .CQRCK?JAGMEJSร QUSLEร @CRUCCLร FMNCร ?LBร PCQGEL?RGML ร SLQSPCร UF?Rร FGQร QMJCร NSNGJยฆQร JMMKGLEร EP?BS?RGMLร MPร RP?LQDCPร KGEFRร KC?L

ยฃ5F?Rร AMSJBร F?NNCLร RMร MSPร QAFMMJร LCVRร WC?P ร 'ร BMLยฆRร ILMU ยคร FCร Q?GB ร &Cร BGBร LMRร ILMUร MDร ?LWร CRFLGAร %PCCIร AFGJBPCLร GLร RFCร )?Bล IrWร ?PC?ร MRFCPร RF?Lร 4?J?LRGQ ร ยฃ'Dร RFCPCร ?PCร AFGJBPCLร RFCWร ?PCร UCJAMKCร FCPC ร 'Dร RFCPCร ?PCLยฆRร ?LWร AFGJBPCLย UCร BMLยฆRร ILMUร UF?Rร UGJJร F?NNCL ยค LBร UF?Rร MDร RFCร AMQRร RMร CLQSPCร MLCร @MWร PC-

2FCร KMBCPLร BPMNร GLร 0SKQยฆร LSK@CPQร F?Qร GRQร MPGEGLQร GLร RFCร %PCCIร ?LBร PKCLG?Lร ECLMAGBCQร MDร RFCร C?PJWร Q ร UFCLร PCDMPKGQRร -RRMK?LQร IGJJCBร FSLBPCBQร MDร RFMSQ?LBQร GLร ?ร J?PEC QA?JCร CRFLGAร AJC?LQGLEร A?KN?GELร BPGTCLร @Wร +SQR?D?ร )CK?Jร R?RSPIยฆQร ยกร RFCร DMSLBCPร MDร RFCร 2SPIGQFร PCNS@JGAร ยกร BCQGPCร RMร APC?RCร ?Lร CRFLGA?JJWร NSPCร ยฃ2SPICWร DMPร RFCร 2SPIQ ยคร ร DSJJ ฬ CBECBร U?Pร @PMICร MSRร GLร QG?ร +GLMPร @CRUCCLร %PCCACร ?LBร 2SPICWร GLร ร ร 1KWPL? ร MLACร ?ร K?HMPGRW %PCCIร AGRWร ILMULร DMPร GRQร F?PKMLWร ?KMLEร CRFLGAร EPMSNQ ร @SPLCBร RMร RFCร EPMSLB ร QKMJBCPGLEร DMPร UCCIQ ร L?RMJG?ร UMSJBร LCTCPร @Cร RFCร Q?KC

+MQRร NPCQCLR B?Wร 0SKQร JGTCร GLร 'QR?L@SJร MPร RUMร GQJ?LBQร GLร RFCร CEC?Lร 1C? ร %rIgC?B?ร ?LBร MXA??B?ร DMPKCPJWร 'K@PMQร ?LBร 2CLCBMQ ร %PCCIQร JGTGLEร GLร RFMQCร RFPCCร ?PC?Qร UCPCร CVCKNRCBร DPMKร ?ร AMKNSJQMPWร NMNSJ?RGMLร CVAF?LECร GLร ร SLBCPร RCPKQร MDร ?ร NC?ACร RPC?RWร RMร CLBร RFCร %PCAM 2SPIGQFร 5?P ร %PCCACร CVNCJJCBร F?JDร ?ร KGJJGMLร MDร GRQร +SQJGKQ ร ?LBร 2SPICWร MSQRCBร KMPCร RF?Lร ร KGJJGMLร %PCCIร -PRFMBMVร !FPGQRG?LQร DPMKร L?RMJG? ร -LJWร

ร 0SKQร UCPCร ?JJMUCBร RMร QR?Wร NSR ร 2FCร *?SQ?LLCร 2PC?RW ร ?Qร GRร U?Qร A?JJCB ร ?JQMร E?TCร U?Wร DMPร RFCร CQR?@JGQFKCLRร MDร RFCร KMBCPLร 2SPIGQFร QR?RC ร 2FPCCร A?R?QRPMNFGAร CTCLRQร MTCPร RFCร LCVRร BCA?BCQร A?SQCBร RFCร CKNRWGLEร MDร 0SKร AJ?QQPMMKQร ?LBร LCGEF@MPFMMBQ ร RFCร 2SPIGQFร EMTCPLKCLR MPE?LGXCBร ยฃ1CNRCK@CPร 0GMRQยคร MDร ร UFCPCร ?Rร JC?QRร ?ร BMXCLร 0SKQร UCPCร Greek America Magazine - Spring 2012

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Students at Istanbul's Greek Orthodox community schools are the lifeblood of the community K?QQ?APCBร ?LBร FSLBPCBQร MDร FMKCQ ร QFMNQร ?LBร AFSPAFCQร T?LB?JGXCB ร RFCร DMPACBร 0SKร CVNSJQGMLQร GLร ร UFCLร %PCCI 2SPIGQFร RCLQGMLQร ฬ ?PCBร MTCPร !WNPSQ ร ?LBร RFCร 2SPIGQFร GLT?QGMLร MDร !WNPSQร GLร

2CLQร MDร RFMSQ?LBQร MDร 0SKQร ยกร CQNCAG?JJWร D?KGJGCQร UGRFร WMSLEร AFGJBPCLร ยกร QMSEFRร PCDSECร GLร %PCCACร UGRFร C?AFร ?RR?AIร MLร RFCGPร AMKKSLGRW ร 2FCWร ?@?LBMLCBร RFCGPร FMKCQร ?LBร @SQGLCQQCQ ร 2SPIGQFร Mฬ AG?JQร @?LLCBร RFMQCร UFMร PCK?GLCBร DPMKร QNC?IGLEร %PCCIร GLร RFCGPร MULร QAFMMJQร ?LBร GLร RFCร QRPCCRQ ร Wร RFCร RSPLร MDร RFCร QRร ACLRSPW ร RFCร 0SKร NMNSJ?RGMLร F?Bร BCAJGLCBร RMร GRQร ASPPCLRร

+MPCร PCACLRJW ร QMKCร 0SKQร CVNPCQQร FMNCร RFCGPร MJBร CLAJ?TCQร UGJJร @Cร หฟJJCBร ?E?GLร ?Qร ?ร ฬ MSPGQFGLEร CAMLMKWร GLร 'QR?L@SJร ยกร ?LBร DSJJ @JMULร หฟL?LAG?Jร APGQGQร GLร %PCCACร ยกร KGEFRร PC ?RRP?ARร RFMQCร UFMร UCPCร CVNCJJCBร BCA?BCQร ?EM ร 0SKQร NMGLRร RMร ?ร RPCLBร GLร SLCKNJMWCBร %PCCIร L?RGML?JQร GKKGEP?RGLEร RMร 'QR?L@SJร RMร หฟLBร UMPI

SRร RFCร %PCCIร !MLQSJ?RCร GLร 2SPICWร Q?WQร RFCGPร 24

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LSK@CPQร ?PCร GLQGELGหฟA?LR ร HSQRร ?ร F?LBDSJร ?LLS?JJW ร LBร GRยฆQร RMMร C?PJWร RMร RCJJร UFCRFCPร GKKGEP?LRQร DPMKร %PCCACร UGJJร QR?Wร JMLE RCPK ร หฟJJGLEร RFCร P?LIQร MDร ?ร RFGLLGLEร 0SKร AMKKSLGRW ร 2PSCร PCTCPQ?Jร MDร RFCGPร BMULU?PBร NMNSJ?RGMLร QNGP?Jร PCOSGPCQร ?ร D?Pร EPC?RCPร GLHCARGMLร MDร LCUร KCK@CPQ

A RUM REVIVAL .CPF?NQร LMร MLCร GQร KMPCร AMLหฟBCLRร ?@MSRร RFCร 0SKQยฆร DSRSPCร RF?Lร MLCร K?L ร *?IGร 4GLE?Qร GQร RFCร หฟPQRร LML +SQJGKร CJCARCBร RMร ?ร QC?Rร GLร ?ร L?RGML?Jร ?QQCK@JWร EMTCPLGLEร KGLMPGRWร J?LBร MULCPQFGN ร &CยฆQร ?ร NPMKGLCLRร EMTCPLKCLRร JGLIร DMPร RFCร 0SKQ ร UFMร F?TCร RP?BGRGML?JJWร @CCLร NSQFCBร RMร RFCร DPGLECร @Wร RFCร 2SPIGQFร K?HMPGRW

ร %PCCIร @SQGLCQQK?Lร UFMร EPCUร SNร GLร 'QR?L@SJ ร 4GLE?Qร QKGJCQร C?QGJWร ?LBร QNC?IQร UGRFร NMCRGAร AMLTGARGMLร ?@MSRร ?ร 0SKร PCTGT?J

ยฃ5F?Rร UCร F?TCร GQร ?ร @GEร RPCCร UGRFร TCPWร BCCNร PMMRQ ยคร 4GLE?Qร Q?WQ ร ยฃ SRร GLQRC?Bร MDร JCRRGLEร RFGQร RPCCร BGQ?NNC?Pร UGRFร FGQRMPW ร UCร F?TCร RMร

NPMRCARร GRร ?LBร DCCBร GRร ?LBร NPMTGBCร LCUร NMQQG@GJGRGCQร RMร EGTCร GRร LCUร @P?LAFCQ ยค 4GLE?Qร UMPIQร MLร @CF?JDร MDร KGLMPGRWร EPMSNQร RMร R?ICร @?AIร NPMNCPRGCQร AMLหฟQA?RCBร @Wร RFCร QR?RC ร QNJGRRGLEร FGQร RGKCร @CRUCCLร 'QR?L@SJร ?LBร LI?P? ร .PCQCLRJWร 2SPICWยฆQร LML +SQJGKร AMKKSLGRGCQร QSหพCPร DPMKร J?AIร MDร AMPNMP?RCร JCE?Jร QR?RSQ ร Qร ?ร AMLQRGRSRGML?JJWร QCASJ?Pร QR?RC ร 2SPICWร BMCQร LMRร PCAMELGXCร PCJGEGMSQร @MBGCQร JGICร RFCร .?RPG?PAF?RCร ?Qร JCE?Jร CLRGRGCQ ร 2FGQร K?ICQร GRร F?PBร DMPร RFCKร RMร @SW ร K?GLR?GLร MPร RP?LQDCPร NPMNCPRWร ยกร PCQRPGARGMLQร RF?Rร F?TCร @CCLร ?ร K?GLร TCFGAJCร DMPร QR?RCร AMLRPMJร MTCPร GRQร KGLMPGRGCQ

Wร J?U ร PCJGEGMSQร AMKKSLGRGCQร JGICร )?Bล IrWยฆQร ?PCร BGTGBCBร GLRMร ยฃDMSLB?RGMLQ ยคร NMBQร MDร RFPCCร RMร หฟTCร PCTCLSC QF?PGLEร NPMNCPRGCQร QSAFร ?Qร AFSPAFCQ ร QAFMMJQร ?LBร FMQNGR?JQ ร 2SPICWร BCTGQCBร RFCร ยฃDMSLB?RGMLร J?Uยคร GLร ร 'Rร JGKGRQร LML +SQJGKQร DPMKร ?AOSGPGLEร LCUร J?LBร ?LBร K?ICQร GRร C?QWร DMPร RFCร QR?RCร RMร QCGXCร RFCGPร CVGQRGLEร NPMNCPRGCQร ?Rร UGJJ ร -ULCPQFGNร ?LBร หฟL?LAG?Jร NPM@JCKQร QRCKKGLEร DPMKร RFCร DMSLB?RGMLร QWQRCKร F?TCร NJ?ESCBร KGLMPGRGCQร

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A symbolic drawing of the Resurrection Day hangs on a school bulletin board with smiling faces of youngest Greek residents QGLACร GRร U?Qร GKNJCKCLRCB

'Lร ?BBGRGMLร RMร ?ร DCUร RFMSQ?LBร 0SKQ ร 2SPICWยฆQร NMNSJ?RGMLร MDร ร KGJJGMLร GLAJSBCQร

ร PKCLG?Lร -PRFMBMVร !FPGQRG?LQร ?LBร

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Minas and Mihalis Vasiliadisยก the son and father team of the Apoyevmatini newspaper

A STRUGGLING GREEK NEWSPAPER GAINS NEW GROUND &?Bร GRร LMRร @CCLร DMPร ?U?PCLCQQร P?GQCBร @Wร ?Lร CRFLGAร 2SPI ร 2SPICWยฆQร %PCCIร AMKKSLGRWร KGEFRร F?TCร JMQRร GRQร J?PECQRร %PCCI J?LES?ECร B?GJWร LCUQN?NCPร RMร @?LIPSNRAWร J?QRร QSKKCP ร 2FCร WC?P MJBร NMWCTK?RGLGร F?Qร JMLEร @CCLร RFCร TMGACร MDร ?ร BUGLBJGLEร AMKKSLGRWร UFMQCร NMJGRGA?Jร QR?LBGLEร GLร RFCร AMSLRPWร D?Pร MSRUCGEFQร GRQร QGXC

PSLQร RFCร N?NCPร UGRFร FGQร QML ร +GL?Q ร AMLRGLSCBร NS@JGQFGLEร SLRGJร DSLBQร P?Lร MSR ร 2FCWร ?LLMSLACBร J?QRร (SLCร RFCWร UMSJBร AC?QCร NS@JGQFGLEร (SJWร ร MLร RFCร N?NCPยฆQร ?LLGTCPQ?PW

'Rร U?Qร ?Lร CRFLGAร 2SPIร UFMร QRCNNCBร GLร RMร Q?TCร GR ร 1?KGKร IErLvJ ร ?ร NMJGRGA?Jร QAGCLRGQRร ?Rร $P?LACยฆQร 3LGTCPQGRWร MDร 1RP?Q@MSPE ร J?SLAFCBร ?Lร 'LRCPLCRร NMWCTK?RGLGร PC?AFCQร KMPCร RF?Lร A?KN?GELร RMร P?GQCร RFCร NPMหฟJCร ร %PCCIร FMSQCFMJBQร NCPร B?W ร MDร RFCร QRPSEEJGLEร N?NCP ร ร LCUร MPร TGPRS?JJWร CTCPWร %PCCIร D?KGJWร GLร GLฬ SVร MDร QS@QAPGNRGMLQร @PMSEFRร 'QR?L@SJ ร UFCPCร 2SPICWยฆQร %PCCIQร GLร KSAF LCCBCBร A?QFร ยกร ?ร ยฃ@JMMBร ?PCร KMQRร FC?TGJWร AMLACLRP?RCB ร RP?LQDSQGML ยคร RFCร WMSLECPร NJSQร RUMร CEC?Lร GQJ?LBQ ร #BGRMPร 4?QGJG?BGQร A?JJQร GRร ยกร ICCNGLEร RFCร ?LBร NS@JGQFCPร +GF?JGQร 4?QGJG?BGQร RUM K?Lร LCUQPMMKร GLร @SQGJGICQร RMร @P?Eร RFCร N?NCPร BCQCPTCQร LCQQ ร 2FCร LCUQN?NCPร GQร LMRร MSRร ?ร %SGLLCQQร PCAMPB ร ยฃ5CยฆPCร RFCร MDร RFCร PCB ร @SRร GRQร NPCQCLRร @SBECRร MLJWร LCUQN?NCPร GLร RFCร UMPJBร RF?Rร GQร LMRร OSGRCร QMร BGPC

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UFMร PCK?GLCBร UCPCร RPC?RCBร ?Qร QCAMLB AJ?QQร AGRGXCLQร @Wร ?ร EMTCPLKCLRร GLRCLRร MLร QR?KNGLEร MSRร GRQร KGLMPGRGCQ ร 2FMSEFร FC?TGJWร ACLQMPCB ร NMECTK?RGLGร U?Qร ?ร APSAG?Jร LCUQร QMSPACร DMPร ?ร AMKKSLGRWร J?PECJWร ICNRร GLร RFCร B?PI

RPC?RKCLRร MDร GRQร KGLMPGRGCQร ยกร ?ร NMQGRGTCร QGELร RF?Rร GQร RMMร J?RCร RMร @PGLEร ?@MSRร ?ร PCTGT?J ร

2FCร CJBCPร 4?QGJG?BGQร GQร ?ร JGDCJMLEร LCUQN?NCPK?L ร MPLร ?LBร P?GQCBร GLร 'QR?L@SJ ร FCร U?Qร CVGJCBร RMร %PCCACร GLร ร DMPร NS@JGQFGLEร FGQร MULร %PCCI J?LES?ECร LCUQJCRRCPร RF?Rร ฬ MSRCBร 2SPICWยฆQร QRPGARร NPCQQร ACLQMPQFGNร PSJCQ ร Wร ร NMWCTK?RGLGยฆQร AGPASJ?RGMLร F?Bร BPMNNCBร RMร HSQRร ร ?LBร RFCร BWGLEร N?NCPร LCCBCBร ?ร QSAACQQMP ร 5FCPCร MRFCPQร K?Wร F?TCร QCCLร ?Lร GLQSPKMSLR?@JCร AF?JJCLEC ร 4?QGJG?BGQร Q?Uร MNNMPRSLGRW ร FCร KMTCBร @?AIร RMร FGQร FMKCJ?LBร UGRFร FGQร %PCCAC @MPLร QMLร RMร CLQSPCร RFCร N?NCPยฆQร QSPTGT?J

ฬ CPร ?JKMQRร RFPCCร BCA?BCQร GLร %PCCAC ร RFGQร U?Qร LMRร RFCร 'QR?L@SJร 4?QGJG?BGQร PCKCK@CPCB ร 'Lร ?BBGRGMLร RMร FGQร QFMAIร ?Rร RFCร K?PICBร BPMNร GLร %PCCIQยฆร LSK@CPQ ร FCร U?Qร @MRFร FC?PRCLCBร Q?BBCLCBร @Wร RFCร 2SPIGQFร QR?RCยฆQร GKNPMTGLEร

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ร 2FCร K?ICSNร MDร FGQร LCGEF@MPFMMBร RP?LQDMPKCBร ?Qร DPGCLBQร ?LBร PCJ?RGTCQร ฬ CBร RMร %PCCACร GLร BPMTCQร UGRFร C?AFร LCUร ?RR?AIร MLร RFCGPร AMKKSLGRWร ยกร GLร ร GLร ร ?LBร ?E?GLร GLร ร 2FMQCร UCPCร WC?PQร UFCPCร MLCร LCTCPร QNMICร %PCCIร GLร RFCร QRPCCRQ ร RMร UC?Pร MLCยฆQร -PRFMBMVร !FPGQRG?Lร @?NRGQK?Jร APMQQร GLร NS@JGAร U?Qร SLRFGLI?@JC ร LBร UFGJCร $P?EIMNJMQร U?Qร RCKNRCBร RMร JC?TCร ?Qร UCJJ ร FCร BCAGBCBร ?Qร ?ร WMSLEร QAFMMJRC?AFCPร RMร QR?Wร @CFGLBร ?LBร QCRร ?ร EMMBร CV?KNJCร DMPร FGQร QRSBCLRQ

ยฃ2FPMSEFร RFCร WC?PQร MSPร LSK@CPQร F?TCร @CCLร JMUCPCBร QJMUJW ร QJMUJW ยคร FCร Q?WQ ร ยฃ$MPร CV?KNJC ร UFCLร GRร QLMUQร WMSร NJ?Wร UGRFร QLMU@?JJQ ร 2FCร U?PKRFร MDร WMSPร @MBWร K?ICQร RFCร QLMU@?JJร KCJRร ?LBร KCJRร ?LBร KCJRร ?LBร KCJR ร LBร RF?Rร U?Wร UCร PCK?GL ร HSQRร ร %PCCIQร GLร RFCร AGRW ยค

THE ECUMENICAL PROTECTOR 2FCร 0SKQยฆร DMPCKMQRร @C?AMLร MDร FMNCร JGCQร UGRFGLร ?ร LCGEF@MPFMMBร KGBU?Wร SNร RFCร %MJBCLร &MPL ร 2FCร $CLCPร ยกร UFGAFร @MPPMUQร GRQร L?KCร DPMKร RFCร %PCCIร UMPBร D?L?PG ร MPร @C?AMLยกร GQร FMKCร RMร RFCร .?RPG?PAF?RC ร RFCร #?QRCPLร -PRFMBMVร !FSPAFยฆQร ACLRCPร MDร MNCP?RGMLQ

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.?RPG?PAFร ?PRFMJMKCUร ICCNQร ?ร DP?KCBร NFMRMร MDร FGKQCJDร QNC?IGLEร UGRFร .PCQGBCLRร

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-@?K?ร @CQGBCร FGQร BCQIร ?Rร RFCร FSK@JCร AFSPAFร FC?BOS?PRCPQ ร &GQร K?FME?LWร BCQIRMNร GQร @SPGCBร @CLC?RFร KMSLBQร MDร UPGRRCLร AMPPCQNMLBCLACร DPMKร GLฬ SCLRG?Jร JC?BCPQร QNPC?Bร RFPMSEFMSRร RFCร UMPJB ร 'Lร ?BBGRGMLร RMร JC?BGLEร RFCร #?QRCPLร -PRFMBMVร !FSPAF ร .?RPG?PAFร ?PRFMJMKCUร GQร ?BKGPCBร GLRCPL?RGML?JJWร ?Qร ?ร NPMKMRCPร MDร GLRCPD?GRFร F?PKMLWร ?LBร CLTGPMLKCLR?Jร AMLQCPT?RGML

"CQNGRCร RFGQ ร RFCร QRPGARJWร QCASJ?Pร 2SPIGQFร EMTCPLKCLRร BMCQร LMRร PCAMELGXCร .?RPG?PAFร ?PRFMJMKCUยฆQร CASKCLGA?Jร RGRJC ร 'LQRC?B ร RFCWร MLJWร QCCร FGKร ?Qร RFCร J?Wร JC?BCPร MDร 2SPICWยฆQร RGLWร EPMSNร MDร 0SKQ ร 2FCร 2SPIGQFร EMTCPLKCLRร ?JQMร PCR?GLQร RFCร NMUCPร RMร GLQR?JJร ?ร LCUร .?RPG?PAFร ?Rร RFCGPร UGJJ ร $SPRFCPร AMKNJGA?RGLEร K?RRCPQ ร 2SPIGQFร J?Uร PCQRPGARQร UMPIร NCPKGRQร DMPร DMPCGELCPQร FMNGLEร RMร UMPIร ?Rร RFCร .?RPG?PAF?RC ร QMKCRGKCQร JC?TGLEร RFCร MPE?LGX?RGMLร QFMPR QR?หพCB ร 2FCร DPMLRร E?RCร MDร RFCร .?RPG?PAF?Jร AMKNMSLBร F?Qร @CCLร @MJRCBร QFSRร DMPร ?JKMQRร ร WC?PQร ?Qร ?ร AMLQR?LRร PCKGLBCPร MDร RFCร QR?RCยฆQร FC?TWร F?LBร GLร RFCร AFSPAFยฆQร ?หพ?GPQ ร MLร #?QRCPร 1SLB?Wร GLร ร .?RPG?PAFร %PCEMPWร 4ร U?Qร NSJJCBร DPMKร ?ร AFSPAFร QCPTGACร @Wร RFCร -RRMK?Lร 1SJR?Lร +CFKCRร ''ร ?LBร FSLEร ?Rร RFCร K?GLร E?RC ร 2FCร EPSCQMKCร IGJJGLEร U?Qร FGQร NSLGQFKCLRร DMPร D?GJGLEร RMร QSNNPCQQร ?ร PCTMJSRGML?PWร SNPGQGLEร GLร LCGEF@MPGLEร %PCCAC ร 2FCร E?RCร U?Qร @MJRCBร QFSRร GLร FGQร KCKMPW ร ?LBร TGQGRMPQร RMร RFCร .?RPG?PAF?RCร F?TCร CLRCPCBร RFPMSEFร ?ร QGBCร BMMPร CTCPร QGLAC ร 'Lร ?Lร GLRCPTGCUร J?QRร +?PAF ร .?RPG?PAFร ?PRFMJMKCUร AFMQCร A?PCDSJร UMPBQร RMร AMKKCLBร RFCร 2SPIGQFร EMTCPLKCLRร DMPร GRQร GKNPMTCBร RPC?RKCLRร MDร 0SKQ

ยฃ'Lร 'QR?L@SJร RFCPCร GQร ?ร QNGPGRร MDร PCMPE?LGX?RGMLร GLร MSPร AMKKSLGRW ยคร RFCร .?RPG?PAFร Q?GB ร ยฃ5Cร JGTCร SLBCPร @CRRCPร AMLBGRGMLQร DPMKร ?ร NMJGRGA?Jร NMGLRร MDร TGCU ร +P ร #PBME?LยฆQร EMTCPLKCLRร GQร FCJNDSJร ?LBร ?RRCLRGTCร RMU?PBQร RFCร KGLMPGRGCQ ร 5Cร ?PCร TCPWร F?NNWร UGRFร FGQร ?BKGLGQRP?RGML ยค 'Lร ร -PRFMBMVร !FPGQRG?LQร UCPCร ?JJMUCBร RMร FMJBร RFCGPร หฟPQRร PCJGEGMSQร QCPTGACร GLร ร WC?PQร ?Rร 1vKCJ?ร +ML?QRCPWร GLร LMPRFCPLร 2SPICW ร 1RPGNNCBร MDร GRQร Mฬ AG?Jร PCJGEGMSQร QR?RSQร @Wร 2SPIGQFร Mฬ AG?JQร GLร ร RFCร WX?LRGLC CP? ร AJGหพQGBCร KML?QRCPWร UGJJร LMUร MNCLร DMPร ?ร MLAC WC?PJWร UMPQFGNร MLร SESQRร ร RFCร "MPKGRGMLร MDร RFCร 4GPEGLร +?PWร DC?QRร B?W ร 2FCร 2SPIGQFร EMTCPLKCLRร ?JQMร EP?LRCBร 2SPIGQFร N?QQNMPRQร ?LBร BS?Jร AGRGXCLQFGNร RMร ร DMPCGEL ร QCLGMPร %PCCIร -PRFMBMVร AJCPGAQร GLร ร UGBCLGLEร RFCร NMMJร MDร CJGEG@JCร A?LBGB?RCQร RMร QSAACCBร .?RPG?PAFร ?PRFMJMKCUร MLCร B?W

2FMSEFร FCร GQร RF?LIDSJร DMPร RFCร GKNPMTCBร PFCRMPGAร QSPPMSLBGLEร KGLMPGRWร PGEFRQร QGLACร #PBME?Lร RMMIร Mฬ AC ร .?RPG?PAFร ?PRFMJMKCUร ?JQMร Q?WQร 2SPICWร LCCBQร RMร AF?LECร FMUร GRร TGCUQร RFCร .?RPG?PAF?RC ร &Cร AMKN?PCBร RFCร ACLRSPGCQ MJBร AFSPAFร FC?BOS?PRCPQร RMร RFCร !?RFMJGAร 4?RGA?L ร A?JJGLEร GRร ?ร ASJRSP?Jร ?QQCRร RMร RFCร AMSLRPW

ยฃ2SPICWร QFMSJBร @Cร NPMSBร RMร F?TCร RFCร ACLRCPร MDร UMPJBUGBCร -PRFMBMVWร MLร GRQร QMGJ ยคร FCร Q?GB ร ยฃ'Rร GQร ?ร ACLRCPร ?AACNRCB ร ?BKGPCB ร PCQNCARCBร @Wร K?LW ร 'Rร GQร ?ร NPGTGJCECร DMPร 2SPICWร RMร F?TCร RFGQร GLQRGRSRGMLร MLร GRQร QMGJ ร 5Cร ?PCร LMRร ?ร RFPC?R ร 5Cร ?PCร LMRร QMKCRFGLEร B?LECPMSQ ร -Lร RFCร AMLRP?PW ร UCร UMPIร DMPร NC?AC ร UCร UMPIร DMPร PCAMLAGJG?RGML ร UCร NPMKMRCร BG?JMESCQ ร 5Cร AMLRPG@SRCร RMร ASJRSPCร ?LBร AGTGJGX?RGML ร &MUร K?LWร AMSLRPGCQร UMSJBร UGQFร RMร F?TCร QSAFร ?Lร GLQRGRSRGMLร UGRFร ร ACLRSPGCQร MDร FGQ-

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Members of Turkeyโ s Greek Orthodox Christian community explain their outlook on their future ยฃ5GRFMSRร RFCร QAFMMJQร RMร RC?AFร RFCร J?LES?ECร ?LBร ASQRMKQ ร UMSJBร UCร QRGJJร @Cร FCPC ร 5Cร BMLยฆRร U?LRร RMร @CAMKCร ?ร KSQCSK ยคร ร 7?LGร "CKGAGPEJS ร NPGLAGN?Jร MDร 8MEP?DWMLร %PCCIร KGBBJCร QAFMMJ ร UFGAFร F?Qร ?@MSRร ร QRSBCLRQ ร BMULร DPMKร ร GLร RFCร Qร ยฃ2FCร %PCCIQร MDร 'QR?L@SJร ?PCร RGCBร RMร RFGQร AGRW ร 'ร ?Kร ?ร .MJGRGQ? ร UGRFร ?ร A?NGR?Jร . ร .MJGRGQ?ร BMCQร LMRร HSQRร KC?Lร ยฅMLCร DPMKร ?ร AGRW ยฆร 'Rร GQร ?ร BGหพCPCLRร KC?LGLEร อ ร 'ร JGTCร GLร RFCร !GRWร MDร !GRGCQ ร 2FGQร AGRWร GQร 2FCร .MJG ร !MLQR?LRGLMNJC ร 2FCPCร GQร LMร MRFCPร AGRWร JGICร RFGQร GLร RFCร UMPJB ร 5FCPCTCPร UCร EM ร MSPร FC?PRQร ?LBร MSPร KGLBQร UGJJร ?JU?WQร @Cร FCPC ยคร ร 'หฟWCLG?ร +GP?LIM ร K?RFร RC?AFCPร ?Rร 8MEP?DWMLร QAFMMJ ยฃ#SPMNCร GQร NSQFGLEร 2SPICWร RMร AF?LEC ร 'Dร RFCWร U?LRร RMร CLRCPร RFCร #SPMNC?Lร 3LGMLร RFCWร F?TCร RMร AF?LECร RFCGPร AMLQRGRSRGML ร 2FCWร A?LยฆRร AMLRGLSCร RFGQร KGJGR?PGQRGAร ?NNPM?AFร RMร RFCร UMPJB ยคร ร ,GIGDMPMQร +CR?V?Q ร ?ร %PCCIร L?RGML?Jร UFM ร ?JMLEร UGRFร FGQร UGDC ร GQร @SGJBGLEร ?ร KSQGAร ?LBร ASJRSP?Jร ACLRCPร GLร 2SPICW ยฃ2FCร DSRSPCร GQร ?ร @GEร OSCQRGMLร K?PI ร -Dร AMSPQCร UCร ?PCร ?DP?GB ร SRร RFCร BCAPC?QCร GQร ?ร D?AR ร 'ร A?LLMRร RCJJร RFCร DSRSPCร @SRร UCร U?LRร RMร @Cร NMQGRGTC ร 2FCPCร ?PCร K?LWร %PCCIQร UFMร ?PCร AMKGLEร RMร 2SPICWร RMร UMPI ร 2FGQร GQร ?ร FMNC ร RFGQร GQร ?ร JGEFR ร 'Rร K?ICQร SQร KMPCร MNRGKGQRGA ยคร LL?ร 2FCMBMPGQร "CJร 0C ร J?LES?ECร ?LBร JGRCP?RSPCร RC?AFCPร ?Rร 8MEP?DWMLร QAFMMJร ยฃ2FPMSEFร RFCร WC?PQร MSPร LSK@CPQร F?TCร @CCLร JMUCPCBร QJMUJW ร QJMUJW ร $MPร CV?KNJC ร UFCLร GRร QLMUQร WMSร NJ?Wร UGRFร QLMU@?JJQ ร 2FCร U?PKRFร MDร WMSPร @MBWร K?ICQร RFCร QLMU@?JJร KCJRร ?LBร KCJRร ?LBร KCJRร ?LBร KCJR ร LBร RF?Rร U?Wร UCร PCK?GL ร HSQRร ร %PCCIQร GLร RFCร AGRW ยคร ร "GKGRPGQร $P?EIMNJMQ ร DMPKCPร FC?BK?QRCPร MDร 8MEP?DWMLร %PCCIร QAFMMJ ยฃ,MUร 2SPICWยฆQร Q?WGLE ร ยฅ-Fร WMSร UCPCร QMร EMMB ร WMSร UCPCร MSPร LCGEF@MPQ ร 5Cร U?LRร WMSร @?AI ยฆร SRร RFCPCยฆQร LMร MLCร UFMร A?Lร ร AMKCร @?AI ร 2FCWยฆTCร ?JJร BGCB ยคร +GF?JGQร 4?QGJG?BGQ ร CBGRMP GL AFGCDร MDร NMWCTK?RGLG ร ?ร AGPASJ?RGMLร B?GJWร LCUQN?NCPร DMPร %PCCIQร GLร 'QR?L@SJ ยฃ'Rร GQร RMMร J?RC ร 5Cร BMร LMRร NMQCร ?ร RFPC?Rร RMร RFCKร ?LWKMPC ร 2FCPCร ?PCร @?PCJWร ?LWร MDร SQร RMร ICCNร MSPร FCPGR?ECร EMGLE ร 'Rร GQร TCPWร Q?B ร +Wร MLJWร FMNCร GQร RF?Rร 2SPICWร UGJJร HMGLร RFCร #3 ยคร ร 7MPEMQร 'QRCD?LMNSJMQ ร AF?GPK?Lร MDร ?ร %PCCIร DMSLB?RGMLร GLร 'QR?L@SJ ยฃ'Dร RFCPCร GQร LMร NMNSJ?RGML ร ?JJร RF?Rร UGJJร @Cร JCฬ ร GQร @SGJBGLEQร ?LBร QRMLCQ ร 2FCร NCMNJCร K?ICร RFCร BGหพCPCLAC ร 5GRFMSRร RFCร NCMNJC ร RFCPCร GQร LMร AMKKSLGRW ยคร ,GIMQร 1?NMSLRXGQ ร GKKCBG?RCร N?QRร !MLQSJร MDร RFCร !MLQSJ?RCร %CLCP?Jร MDร %PCCACร GLร 'QR?L@SJ ยฃ5Cร ?PCร HSQRร MLร RFCร TCPEC ร 5Cร F?TCร ?ร JMLEร FGQRMPW ร ?LBร MSPร J?QRร ACLRSPWร U?Qร BGQ?QRPMSQ ร 5Cร ?PCร LMUร ?Rร ?ร LCUร NMGLRร UGRFร ?ร @CRRCPร DSRSPC ร UGRFร ?ร @CRRCPร TGQGMLร DMPร RFCร DSRSPC ร 5Cร QCCร RFGLEQร AF?LEGLEร GLร 2SPICW ร UCร QCCร RFCร NPMEPCQQร RF?Rร RFCร QR?RCร F?Qร K?BC

2GKCQร ?PCร AF?LEGLE ยคร ร *?IGร 4GLE?Q ร CJCARCBร PCNPCQCLR?RGTCร RMร ?ร L?RGML?Jร ?QQCK@JWร EMTCPLGLEร KGLMPGRWร J?LBร MULCPQFGN

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Turkish authorities banned the annual Greek pre-Lenten parade in 1941. The Carnival parade was a faraway memory of an oppressed community until four years ago when a group of Istanbul Greeks teamed up with Greek expats and a Turkish writer to revive it. It is the only public Carnival parade in the Muslim UMPJB Ì?ÌTG@P?LRÌNGCACÌMDÌ'QR?L@SJ¥QÌKSJRGCRFLGAÌFCPGR?ECÌRF?RÌU?QÌLC?PJWÌJMQR Ì2F?RÌ2SPICW¥QÌ%PCCIQÌ?PCÌLMUÌ permitted to observe this religious and cultural tradition demonstrates improving treatment of minority religious groups by a country known for its violations of religious freedom. &?PGQÌ2FCMBMPCJGQ 0GE?Q ÌMLCÌMDÌRFCÌN?P?BC¥QÌTMJSLRCCPÌMPE?LGXCPQ ÌLMRCQÌRF?RÌFGEFÌN?P?BCÌ?RRCLB?LACÌ P?RCQÌ ÌKMPCÌRF?LÌ ÌNCMNJCÌMTCPÌRUMÌAMJB ÌQLMUWÌLGEFRQÌ ÌGLBGA?RCÌRFCÌCLBÌMDÌ?ÌASJRSPCÌMDÌDC?P Ì¢'QR?L@SJ¥QÌ%PCCIQÌ?PCÌɌL?JJWÌ@CEGLLGLEÌRMÌDCCJÌ?RÌFMKCÌGLÌRFCGPÌ?LACQRP?JÌFC?PRFQ ÌACJC@P?RGLEÌRFCGPÌ?LAGCLRÌASQRMKQÌGLÌRFCÌTCPWÌQRPCCRQÌRF?RÌF?TCÌ@CCLÌNMNSJ?RCBÌ@WÌRFCGPÌ?LACQRMPQÌDMPÌFSLBPCBQÌMDÌWC?PQ £ÌÌ Ì2?LG?Ì)?P?QÌ

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"WHEN I WAS YOUNG, GREEKS OF THE ISLANDS NUMBERED 7,000. NOW THERE ARE ONLY 200.â&#x20AC;?

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Interview with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of more than 250 million Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide, guides the church from its headquarters in Istanbul. Since taking his position in 1991, he has worked tirelessly on behalf of QEBÂż@ERO@EÂżQLÂżOBPQLOBÂżQFBPÂżTFQEÂżQEBÂż1ROHFPEÂżDLSBOKJBKQÂż>Ă&#x161;BOÂż>Âż@BKQROVÂżLCÂżMBOsecution and oppression. A Turkish citizen, the Patriarch was born on the island of Imbros (now called GĂśkçeada) and studied theology at the Halki seminary, TEF@EÂżT>PÂżPERQQBOBAÂż?VÂż1ROHFPEÂżLĂ&#x2DC;@F>IPÂżFKÂż Âż&KÂż>KÂżBU@IRPFSBÂżFKQBOSFBTÂżI>PQÂż March, the Patriarch explained the present status of Turkeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dwindling Greek Orthodox minority and why he is optimistic about their future.

Q: Why is so important to continue the Orthodox Christian presence here in Istanbul?

A: This is the center of worldwide Orthodoxy.

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ARTS & CULTURE

Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition Landmark Metropolitan Museum Exhibition Considers Two Centuries that Shaped the Medieval World March 14-July 8, 2012 The Metropolitan Museum of Art AT THE START of the seventh century, the eastern Mediterranean – from Syria through Egypt and across North Africa – was central to the spiritual and political heart of the Byzantine Empire, ruled from Constantinople (modern Istanbul). By the end of the same century, the region had become a vital part of the emerging Islamic world, as it expanded westward from Mecca and Medina.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City opened an exhibition entitled, Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition and represents the first major museum exhibition to focus on this pivotal era in the history of the eastern Mediterranean.

Through more than 300 exceptional works of art, the groundbreaking presentation reveals the artistic and cultural adaptations and innovations that resulted during the initial centuries of contact between these two worlds.

The works are drawn primarily from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, the Benaki Museum in Athens, and the collections under the Department of Antiquities of Jordan. Many of these loans from other institutions in North America, Europe, and the Middle East have never been shown before in the United States.

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logue has been provided by Mary and Michael Jaharis, The Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and The Hagop Kevorkian Fund. Additional support has been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

Thomas P. Campbell, Director of the Metropolitan Museum commented: “Byzantium and Islam will contribute immeasurably to the intellectual legacy that was established by the Met’s previous three widely acclaimed exhibitions on the Byzantine Empire. By bringing to general attention a complex historical period that is neither well-known nor wellunderstood, this exhibition will provide an important opportunity for our audiences. These centuries in the development of Byzantine Orthodoxy, Eastern Christianity, Judaism, and Islam had a profound impact on traditions that exist today. As this exhibition will show, there was a great deal of interaction among Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities, whether as neighbors or as partners in trade.

We are grateful to our colleagues in museums worldwide for their collaboration on this important project, and are deeply honored by the loan of many significant works from museums and institutions that seldom lend.”

Exhibition organizer Helen C. Evans, the Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator of Byzantine Art,

continued: “Exceptional art was produced in the seventh century in the eastern Mediterranean when it was part of the Byzantine state; art of the same high quality continued to be made there in subsequent centuries under Islamic rule. Byzantium and Islam will begin with the arts of the region under Byzantine rule, then demonstrate their influence on the traditions that evolve under the new political and religious dominance of Islam, including new Muslim traditions that emerged from the process. The dialogue between established Byzantine and evolving Islamic styles and culture, as a central theme of the exhibition, will be demonstrated through works of art connected with authority, religion, and trade.”

The exhibition brings together works of art from museums in more than a dozen countries, including Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, the Republic of Georgia, the United Kingdom, and Vatican City among others. From the United States, lenders include: Brooklyn Museum, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Yale University Art Gallery.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City www.metmuseum.org

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Khirbat al-Mukhayyat, Jordan. ca. 535/36, Colored stone tesserae on a white background Franciscan Archaeological Institute â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mount Nebo, Custody of the Holy Land Image: Courtesy of the Franciscan Archaeological Institute-Mount Nebo

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FOOD & WINE

Three Sisters Around the Greek Table Success, According to Best-selling Cookbook Authors Three cups inspiration mixed with a pinch of nostalgia and a sprinkle of tradition ASK BETTY BAKOPOULOS and her two sisters Eleni and Samantha about growing up Greek in Canada and they will most likely start talking about food and the importance of spending time with family – eating, talking and sharing.

After all, they are the authors of the awardwinning cookbook – Three Sisters Around the Greek Table. It’s a Canadian bestseller.

What was their recipe for success? Three cups inspiration mixed with a pinch of nostalgia and a sprinkle of tradition.

“It all started when Samantha – the youngest – was getting married,” says Betty. “For a bridal shower gift we got her a bunch of mixers and kitchen gadgets and we also wanted to get her a Greek cookbook. But we couldn’t find one we liked.”

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from Kalamata in the Peloponnese in the 1970s, liked about Greek food – all the dishes they had enjoyed with their family growing up.

“This is basically why we decided to make our own cookbook, even though we aren’t chefs,” said Eleni, a professional photographer. Samantha and Betty were both teachers.

“All three of us just love to cook. This is what we wanted to share with others.”

It took the trio a year of vigorous brainstorming, editing and proofing to get their 277-page book ready for publication. They selected the best 100 dishes they could think of – from stuffed grape leaves (dolmades) to pork and celery stew, they cooked all of them and took lots of pictures.

They even set up their own publishing company, which they named Adelphes (Greek for sisters), so they could publish the book themselves.

But they never dreamed it would become a

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national bestseller. “A bestseller in Canada is 5,000 copies,” Betty says. “We hit 5,000 in the first year of sales.”

The book has since sold 11,000 copies and counting.

“It was a real eye opener for all the cookbook reviewers,” Betty adds. “One of their comments was – who knew? Many people associate Greek cuisine with souvlaki and tzatziki. They didn’t know there were so many vegetarian dishes or that the food could be so rustic and delicious.”

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ry about how we, as Greek Canadians, stay close as a family and how food is what helps us do it. It’s about sitting around the table everyday at the same time with our family. I think our book pulled people’s heart strings” Betty says some people have told them they cried when they read the cookbook. “It made them think about their family,” she says.

Now, the sisters are sitting around the table again – this time brainstorming for their second cookbook. According to Betty, their new book will take the reader on a journey back to Greece – a nostalgic homecoming.

What sets the sisters’ book apart from other Greek cookbooks? Eleni is quick to say it is that Greek food – too long considered the poor relation of the French and Italian cuisine – is finally being showcased in a “beautiful” light.

“The story that unfolds is about going back to Greece – bringing our children back,” she says. “Sure, it will be an extension of the first book, but it will also have its own theme about how Greece always pulls you back.”

“The way the book is written is different too,” she adds. “It’s not just a recipe book. It’s a sto-

To find out more, visit www.3greeksisters.com

“FOR A BRIDAL SHOWER GIFT WE GOT HER A BUNCH OF MIXERS AND KITCHEN GADGETS AND WE ALSO WANTED TO GET HER A GREEK COOKBOOK. BUT WE COULDN’T FIND ONE WE LIKED.”

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Have you seen a Miracle?

Award-winning photographer Andrew Pateras has.

Follow him during Holy Week & Pascha in Jeruselum

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PHOTOGRAPHY

NOT MANY PEOPLE can say they have actually witnessed a true to life miracle, but that all changed for me one year ago when I visited Jerusalem for Easter weekend.

I am a full time photographer and my focus is high end weddings.

In the winter, my business slows down enough to allow me to travel to parts of the world that I have not yet seen. Last January, I embarked on a five month journey that would take me through over twenty countries and four continents with over 30 flight segments connecting it all. The entire expedition was based on one thing: To spend Easter in Jerusalem. Even after being in downtown Tokyo during the big earthquake, Easter of 2011 was still one of the most memorable weekends of my life.

As I drove into Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, I was immediately lost.

The ancient city was obviously not designed with the automobile in mind. I eventually found my way and before I knew it I was – literally – walking in the steps of Christ.

It was Good Friday and the streets were full of pilgrims from all around the world. The first place I wanted to visit was the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (also called Church of the Resurrection). Getting to the church was impossible as the narrow streets and passages were packed with people.

The enormous structure was built surrounding the most important spot in Christendom: The Holy Ciborium. This is the actual spot where Christ was buried, over 2000 years ago.

After soaking it in and snapping some pictures, I made my way to the office of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem. I waited over two hours to meet him and to ask for his blessing to enter the Church for the Holy Light ceremony

the following day. When I finally met him, I was surprised at how humble, friendly and generous he was on his busiest day of the year.

After introducing myself, he gave me a blue card that he said would help get me into the Church the following day. He also signed a note on his stationary saying “With our Patriarchal wishes and blessings, Jerusalem 22.04.2011”. I did not understand the power of these two small pieces of paper until the following day. I was just happy to meet him and to get his blessing.

In the morning there were crowds of people at every police checkpoint on my way to the church.

As I made my way to the front of the barricade, I flashed the blue card and I was immediately pulled through the checkpoint. There were three more checkpoints on the way to the church and with every one, the same result.

Growing up in a Greek home, I knew that every Easter, we would wait outside our church for the light of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ – light from darkness. I understood what the symbolism meant, but did not feel the magnitude until experiencing it in Jerusalem.

Every Easter on the Holy Saturday beginning at around 11:00am, the Christian Arabs chant traditional hymns to the sound of drums.

Local authorities then enter the tomb and check for any potential source of fire: a match or a lighter.

The Patriarch then enters the Holy Ciborium with two unlit candles, kneels at the spot where Christ’s body was laid to rest and begins to recite prayers that have been recited for hundreds of years. After the prayers, the candles spontaneously ignite!

At 10:00am, we were allowed to start securing our spots in the

church, as I was one of the first people there, one of the officers waved me into the gated area directly in front of the Ciborium door.

I ended up having a front row seat, only about 20 feet from where the ceremony was to take place. From 11:00am until 3:00pm, I stood in that exact spot, not being able to move my feet.

I watched the ceremonies that I mentioned earlier and the atmosphere was electric. The Christian Arabs chanted and beat their drums with passion and enthusiasm. They climbed on each other’s shoulders as they waved flags, unlit candles and crosses. As the Patriarch’s procession entered, the crowd became quiet as he circled the Holy Ciborium three times.

He was searched for lighters or matches. As he entered the Chapel, there was silence and then out of nowhere, I saw the light of God. Fire from nothing! It was surreal. It spread through the church and lit the enormous room with a warm, orange glow.

Let me explain the scene a little better because the images I took don’t even look real. This was no ordinary fire. It danced around and was much larger than a normal candle’s flame. There were pillars of fire emanating from every candle inside the church. It was like a giant pillars of fire dancing in a windstorm. It was unlike anything I had ever experienced.

The most amazing part was yet to come. I was snapping images before receiving the light from another pilgrim. As my 33 candles ignited, they danced like there was a tornado in the room.

Months before, I had heard from a friend that the holy fire would not burn me. A lady next to me with a film crew was very skeptical when I told her what I heard from my friend, and she and the others in the film crew snickered.

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“PHOTOJOURNALISM IS THE ART OF CAPTURING ONE SINGLE MOMENT AND ONE SINGLE EMOTION” Andrew Pateras, Photojournalistic Event and Travel Photographer 42

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AS MY CANDLES IGNITED, THEY DANCED LIKE THERE WAS A TORNADO IN THE ROOM

Photography and travel are ANDREW PATERASâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two greatest passions.

He has journeyed to remote and exotic locations in 45 countries on all six continents in search of adventure and authentic cultural experiences. He counts his visit to Jerusalem as one of the greatest experiences of his life. www.andrewpateras.com

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Plant Your Roots in Greece To Reverse the Loss of Greece’s Forests

Someday our descendants will see the rich, lush mountains of Greece, and that will be our living legacy to them. Make the dream a reality... “Plant Your Roots in Greece” Since ancient times—even more so now— the value of trees to Greece has been immeasurable and their loss has been heartbreaking. “Plant Your Roots in Greece” offers you a unique opportunity to become an integral part of this splendor now and forever.

cerned and wishes to restore Greece’s natural splendor, to plant a tree in Greece in their name or in the name of a loved one or friend.

Vouliagmeni, Kalavryta, Arcadia, Delphi, Maniaki, Thraki, Crete, Messinia, Serres, Arta, Dion Pierias, Penteli and Patras.

Be a Part of History

Matching Funds from the European Community

At a minimum donation of $20 for two trees, including an inscribed certificate, the program is affordable to all. It is expected that millions of trees can be planted through this program and there will be vast forests in the name of individuals, associations and corporations as a manifestation of their love for Greece.

The Plant Your Roots in Greece program could reforest the hills and mountains of Greece fully by 2010. It is the single largest environmental program in the European Union and will be one of the most massive efforts in history involving the planting and cultivation of seedlings.

The Plant Your Roots in Greece Foundation

In addition to tree planting, an aggressive program of fire-fighting has been instituted and in 1999, for the first time in millennia, reforestation exceeded destruction from fires.

It is the single largest environmental program in the European Union for Greece and will be one of the most massive efforts in history involving the planting and cultivation of seedlings.

The program will be a magnitude unmatched since the Greek American community came to Greece’s assistance after the devastation of World War II and the subsequent Civil War. The program centers around the ability of anyone, of Greek descent or not, or anyone who is con-

The first forest was planted in Sounion in 1999 with the help of the Federation of ENOSIS and was named the “Forest of Illinois.” Since then, several plantings have taken place in the area of Sounion.

Trees have also been planted on the island of Samos, Samothrace, at Ancient Olympia,

The government of Greece has also arranged with the European Union for the EU to match on a one-to-one basis the dollars generated through the Plant Your Roots program. Thus, for every tree we plant, the EU will match funds for additional trees.

Today the enemy of Greece’s forests is not warfare but forest fires which, with subsequent erosion, create a vicious cycle of forest and loss soil. Where mountains were once lush, they are now barren, the rich soil washed away, the once plentiful flora and fauna gone. The Greek government has recognized the critical problems and is committing major resources to this reforestation effort.

YES, I will join the “Plant Your Roots Program” to reforest the Greek mountains and countryside.

 $20 - 2 Trees (minimum donation)  $50 - 5 Trees  $100 - 10 Trees  $1,000 - A "Grove" of 100 Trees  $5,000 - A "Glen" of 500 Trees

Mr. Mrs. Ms. (circle one) Name: Address: Telephone: Email:

Enclosed is my check for $__________ for__________trees

The trees will be planted in honor of or memory of anyone you designate. All gifts will be acknowledged with a beautifully inscribed certificate of classic green elegance of the Greek mountains. Please indicate in whose honor or memory the gift is being made and the name and address of the person who should receive the certificate.

Make checks payable to: Plant Your Roots in Greece Foundation Inc. 801 West Adams Street, Suite 235, Chicago, IL 60607 Tel: 312-627-1821 Fax: 312-627-1943

Send Certificate to: Mr. Mrs. Ms. (circle one) Name: Address:

Deposits in Greece: Alpha Bank Acct: # 143-0021-1-037288 Eurobank Acct: # 0026.0012.39.0100763237

To honor/ In memory of (circle one)

Plant Your Roots in Greece Foundation is a not-forprofit, tax exempt organization under the auspices of SAE / USA and HANC, offers contribution opportunities both to those who wish to support primarily victims of fire and those who wish to contribute to reforestation.

plantyourrootsingreece.com saeusa.org

Photography by Peter Wesley Brown

We searched high and low. Our mission was to identify the 2012 Class of Greek America’s Forty Under 40 – forty young leaders who were not only excellent at what they set their mind to, but cared about the world around them. These young leaders espouse two important ideals that we believe should define who we are – arete and philanthropia. Excellence and philanthropy. From a pool of over 400 nominations from throughout the United States and Canada... Meet the Class of 2012.

MEET THE APRIL 28th, 2012 CLASS OF 2012 NEW YORK CITY

Panos Bethanis Boston, Massachusetts

PANOS BETHANIS is a builder. This Athens-born entrepreneur with the unique ability to bounce back in difficult times, started creating and running successful businesses while still in college.

The 37-year-old is currently chief executive officer at nSphere, a local data and search company.

Last year, he successfully led the acquisition of Peekaboo Mobile, a mobile coupon startup that enables local businesses to connect to customers. He also led the acquisition of Survey.com, a 20-year old pioneering firm in market research and data management.

Bethanis, who moved to the United States when he was 16 to attend university, is also the cofounder of Alkemy Ltd, a green technology firm with patents designed to provide the world’s largest cities a longterm alternative to landfills. He also sits on the boards of Hireyard, a data aggregator for employment recruiting and the marketing organizations Elevage and Clear Ally.

Bethanis’ entrepreneurial spirit also stretches all the way back to Greece where he is the majority owner and Chairman of Opinion SA, one of the country’s leading market research firms.

He has also combined his love of sports and business by purchasing the regional soccer team Korinthos FC in August 2011.

And when he is not building companies or funding startups, Bethanis is looking for new ways to give back to the community.

In 2005, he founded the New Life Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization that helps orphans in developing countries get an education. He is also funding the creation of a software innovation program at Brandeis University, his alma mater.

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Ariana Bostian-Kentes Ann Arbor, Michigan What is your idea of perfect happiness?

I think Socrates was right on when it came to virtue being behind true happiness. For me, doing good in this world makes me happy because it makes others happy. Doing good and being good at it? Even better. That’s what I work towards.

What is your favorite journey?

One where I am challenging myself to do something new and different...and one where I’m with all my favorite people in life.

What single trait or characteristic about being Greek to you love the most?

I have to pick one?? It would have to be that being Greek ties me to a strong cultural community that is literally all over the world. We have an amazing history and it connects every one of us because we are so proud of our history. If I had to pick two, it would be the dancing.

What is your greatest achievement?

ARIANA BOSTIAN-KENTES helped to change how the United States treats gays and lesbians serving in the military.

This 28-year-old learned the hard way that relationships under the military’s 1993 “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which prohibited homosexuals from serving openly in the military, are extremely difficult to maintain.

But Bostian-Kentes helped convince policymakers that it was time for change. She was invited to make her case heard before the Pentagon’s Comprehensive Working Group on the matter.

They listened and so did the current administration.

President Barack Obama repealed the controversial policy in December 2010 and signed into law a landmark bill allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military.

Meanwhile, Bostian-Kentes is also the co-founder of the Military Partners and Family Coalition, the first organization of its kind in the United States to provide support, resources and advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families. The five other founding members elected her as the president, a position she continues to hold.

In December 2011, Bostian-Kentes was invited to attend a holiday reception at the White House in recognition of her work.

She currently works at the Spectrum Center, an office serving gay, lesbian and transgender students, faculty and friends at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Her partner, Nicole, is a US Army Officer who has just recently returned from a deployment in Afghanistan.

Being brave enough to use my voice and share my story to make things better.

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Yianna Bouyioukou Los Angeles, California What is your idea of perfect happiness?

Living close to the people I love the most.

What is your favorite journey?

From conceiving the idea for a building to seeing it built.

What is your greatest regret?

Not having learned more languages.

What is your most treasured possession?

The dictionary my dad gave me when I finished primary school.

Who are your favorite writers?

Plato, Dostoyevsky, Saramago, Cortazar, Kundera

Award-winning architect YIANNA BOUYIOUKOU has built her career around designing highly crafted modern residences, commercial, and institutional buildings, while always abiding by the strictest environmental standards - she is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional.

Bouyioukou earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Southern California Institute of Architecture and a Master of Architecture from the University of California, Los Angeles, on a full scholarship.

Her work at UCLA landed Yianna an Associate position at Barton Myers and Associates. The Los Angeles-based architecture and planning firm is internationally known for their cutting edge work in glass and steel structures.

Most recently, Bouyioukou served as Project Architect for the firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Montecito Residence in California. It was selected by Architectural Record Magazine (May 2011) as one of only six houses from all over the world demonstrating innovative design.

The 36-year-old has won three AIA (American Institute of Architects) Los Angeles Design Awards, two of which were awarded for projects undertaken by her own firm, Your Building Here, which she co-founded in 2008. The third AIA award was for her work on the Montecito Residence.

When not designing, Bouyioukou volunteers for the Voices and Faces Project, a non-profit national survivor network that gives voice and face to rape survivors. She is currently developing the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first Spanish-language, survivor story-focused website. She has also been a supporter of the Habitat for Humanity as well as the American Hellenic Council of Southern California.

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Nicholas J. Chakos Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania What is your idea of perfect happiness?

Not having to manage, direct, negotiate, scold, discipline, convince, fix, justify, defend anything or anyone for an entire 24 hour day. And a frosted mug.

Which historical figure do you most identify with?

There are so many people who have made important contributions to history that help me identify my role in society…. Obviously I admire and love most, Jesus Christ, who said that our lives will be judged by how we serve others. On a more national level, I think that Alexander Hamilton is probably the most important founding father of the United States whose legacy continues to affect our daily lives more so than almost any other.

NICHOLAS CHAKOS, 39, is strongly committed to charity work. He has managed emergency aid and sustainable development programs worth more than 100 million dollars and helped more than 9 million people in the United States and around the world. He was recently appointed Executive Director of FOCUS, the Orthodox domestic services and charitable agency.

While working for the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC), the largest Orthodox philanthropic and charitable organization in the world, he designed and managed an HIV/AIDS awareness and treatment project in Ethiopia that currently cares for more than 20,000 adults and orphans affected by the disease. He undertook a similar initiative in Tanzania.

In Romania, he worked with the government to home some 3,000 orphaned children in order to shut down the country’s notorious orphanages. For his work, Chakos was bestowed the Patriarch Miron Cross, the highest distinction given by the Romanian Orthodox Church to civilians for outstanding social service to Romania.

His lifelong commitment to helping others in need also took him to the West Bank. This is where he designed a job creation program employing more than 50,000 unemployed Palestinians in projects for the construction of new schools and park facilities in destitute and conflict-ridden villages.

What is your favorite journey?

Here in the US, he led the IOCC’s emergency response to Hurricane Katrina providing 400,000 people with emergency assistance and evacuation from New Orleans and other Gulf Coast areas.

Who is your favorite hero of fiction?

He is currently teaching graduate level courses at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. His lessons focus on the logistics behind designing, implementing and managing foreign aid programs.

Cairo to Capetown.

Tom Sawyer

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Maria Christofilis Seattle, Washington What is your greatest extravagance?

Forget chemical air fresheners. MARIA CHRISTOFILIS can make your home smell like a white blossom blend featuring notes of bougainvillea honeysuckle and lotus blossom.

If you weren’t a(n) [insert your occupation here] I’d be a(n):

The founder and creative director of Anthousa, a popular and luxurious brand of scents that are reminiscent of Greece and the whole of the Mediterranean. An innovator in her field, Christofilis brought the home fragrance diffuser to the US luxury market in 2003. The founder and creative director of Anthousa, a popular brand of home scents.

Three weeks of uninterrupted holiday in Europe every summer.

If I wasn’t a creative director for Anthousa, I would be living by the sea on a Greek island creating jewelry.

If you pressed “play” what band/singer is playing on your iPod right now?

At the moment, Talking Heads

Who is your favorite hero of fiction?

Superwoman

Her signature line of fragrances, diffusers and candles are sold nationwide and around the world in some of the most high-end boutiques and department stores, including Neiman-Marcus, Barneys New York and Harvey Nichols.

Last year, Christofilis launched her home fragrance flagship boutique in Seattle. Currently, she is developing and launching an eau de parfum collection which she has collaborated with French and American master perfumers, and bringing the collection to market this fall.

She also teamed up with the British company De Gournay, the source of the world’s most famous hand painted wallpapers and fabrics, to produce a limited edition scent. Bottles and packaging were both hand painted by De Gournay artists.

Success in business is one thing. But those who know Christofilis will also know just how keen she is to give back to her community. Maria helped raise more than $150,000 for a fellow Greek friend from Athens who could not afford and receive proper treatment in Athen’s for his fight against cancer. Maria is also involved with supporting the annual auction at her parish, in Seattle, WA.

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Chris Diamantopoulos Los Angeles, California What is your idea of perfect happiness?

My family is healthy, and so am I. And I have a gigs lined up for the next sixty years.

What is your greatest achievement?

My marriage.

The late Steve Jobs once said he’d give up all of his technology for an afternoon with Socrates. What would you give up for an afternoon and with whom?

The late Steve Jobs once said he’d give up all of his technology for an afternoon with Socrates. What would you give up for an afternoon and with whom?

I would give up all my stooge memorabilia for an afternoon with Moe Howard.

What is your motto?

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined.

- Theroux

CHRIS DIAMANTOPOULOS will be starring as Moe Howard in the upcoming feature film The Three Stooges.

This 37-year-old actor made his film debut in the starring role in The Adulterer 12 years ago. His feature credits also include the titles Drop Dead Roses, Into The Fire, Wedding Daze, Three Days To Vegas, and Under New Management.

In 2001, he appeared on Broadway as Ethan Girard in the popular Tony-nominated musical, The Full Monty.

Diamantopoulos is also well-known for several diverse character portrayals on television. He was the interior designer, Rodney, opposite Debra Messing on the Emmy-nominated drama, The Starter Wife. He played the role of Frank Sinatra alongside Greg Kinnear’s title role on the recent Emmy-nominated The Kennedys. He was Presidential Chief-of-Staff Rob Weiss on the eighth season of 24. He also played the role of actor-comedian Robin Williams in the 2005 NBC telefilm, Behind The Camera: Mork& Mindy, for which he earned Gemini and Prism Award nominations for his performance.

Other television credits include guest-star roles on Law & Order, Frasier, The Sopranos and CSI, as well as a recurring role on the hit NBC television show Up All Night.

Most recently, he starred opposite his wife, Becki Newton, in Jerry Zaks’ Encore! presentation of the Gershwin musical, Girl Crazy at New York’s famed City Center Theater.

Acting has always been a part of his life, starting from when he was a child. Diamantopoulos, who split his childhood between Canada and Greece, began appearing in Canadian TV commercials at the age of nine. He also played the lead in several high school musicals in Toronto.

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Helen Dimaras Toronto, Ontario, Canada Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

“Siga!”, “That’s hilarious,” and “I was right.”

What single trait or characteristic about being Greek to you love the most?

Our passion: it brings out the best in us, and the worst, but it always makes us feel alive.

What is your greatest achievement?

Running a marathon.

Who are your favorite writers?

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Lucy Maud Montgomery.

While teaching genetics to budding scientists, HELEN DIMARAS is also researching childhood eye cancer, running a full marathon (and a handful of half marathons) and blogging.

This 32-year-old is one of those people who always finds the time to do just about everything they set their mind to.

Dimaras is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences at the University of Toronto and affiliate scientist at the Toronto Western Research Institute. She also teaches undergraduate courses in genetics and global health in the department of Human Biology at the University of Toronto.

In 2007, she completed a PhD in the department of Molecular & Medical genetics at the University of Toronto, where she studied the molecular genetic development of the childhood eye cancer called retinoblastoma. Her PhD thesis work filled a 25-year gap in knowledge and was cited over 50 times, spurring related research from other research groups around the world.

After graduating, she declined an offer to teach at MIT, and shifted her research focus from the laboratory to global health and clinical trials. Her dream is to one day eradicate the health inequalities that result in poor outcomes for children with retinoblastoma in developing countries.

Dimaras also served as a steering committee member of the Canadian National Retinoblastoma Strategy Guidelines for Care. These guidelines were not only adopted by Canada, but by several countries around the world including Kenya where she is a member of the Kenyan National Retinoblastoma Strategy group.

Dimaras has worked in Egypt and India developing several research initiatives. She has also coordinated a major international clinical trial with sites throughout Canada, Singapore, India and Chile.

Dimaras was also just awarded a Canada’s Rising Stars in Global Health” grant from Grand Challenges Canada.

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Dimitri Peter Eliopoulos Chicago, Illinois What single trait or characteristic about being Greek to you love the most?

Family. The foundation that a Greek family provides a person is second to none.

What single trait or characteristic about being Greek to you despise the most?

DIMITRI PETER ELIOPOULOS has invested 11 years with RMB Capital Management, a company that he helped grow from a small office of five in Chicago to one with a staff of 65 and offices in Chicago, Denver and Jackson Hole.

He also helped to develop nearly $200 million of new assets and turn the company into one of the fastest growing independent wealth management firms in the country. The firm has been recognized in publications such as Chicago Magazine and Barron’s Magazine. Dimitri has also been featured in NBC 5 Chicago’s Smart Money segment.

The perception around the world that Greeks are lazy and add little value to the world.

That can’t be farther from the truth. We have successful, hard working people of Greek decent all over the world, including Greece, that are productive in their communities. The situation in Greece stems from many different issues, but it’s not the average Greek citizen who’s at fault and should carry the blame.

Forbes Magazine listed RMB as one of “Top 10 Most Dependable Wealth Managers in the Great Lakes”.

Who is your favorite hero of fiction?

Eliopoulos is also on the board of his alma mater Koraes Elementary School - one of the oldest parochial Greek Orthodox day schools in the country.

Jack Bauer from the TV series 24.

Who are your heroes in real life?

My parents, Peter and Savoula Eliopoulos - Their love and support have served as the single most important foundation in my life.

They are great examples in having respect for others, showing humility, and having a strong work ethic...values that can be easily taken for granted. To me, this honor is more of a testament to their hard work than it is recognition of what I’ve been able to accomplish. My spiritual father, Fr. Byron Papanikolaou - I’ve never met someone who loves life and loves people more than he does.

Though passionate about his career, it’s not all number crunching for this 32 year old.

Eliopoulos is a member of the Young Leaders Fund at the Chicago Community Trust, an organization that he co-Chaired from 2009-2011, which tries to nurture the philanthropy gene in young professionals. He has been part of a team that helped numerous nonprofit organizations in underprivileged areas of Chicago secure much-needed funding and grants.

For the past several years, he has also volunteered his thoughts and ideas to the Greek America Foundation for projects related to the investment management of the foundation endowment money as well as other programs.

Dimitri is also a member of the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC), and organization designed to promote a renewed commitment to civic involvement, human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world; and to enhance the historic relationship between the United States and worldwide Hellenism.

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CONGR ATULATIONS to RMB Capital Management’s

DIMITRI P. ELIOPOULOS

Dimitri has been a relentless champion of the RMB philosophy and mission for more than 11 years.

His dedication, skill, and integrity have contributed to the near 100% rate of client retention that our firm has enjoyed since inception. We couldn’t be more proud to have him on our team.

RMB Capital Management is a Registered Investment Advisory firm providing comprehensive wealth management and asset management services—a combination that few financial institutions can provide. We offer the high-touch service of a boutique firm with the discipline, broad expertise, proprietary research, and world-class investment opportunities usually associated with a much larger institution.

Simply put, as an independent firm with an open-architecture investment platform, we are driven by, and positioned to support, our clients’ best interests.

Learn more about RMB Capital Management at rmbcap.com

Jason Filippou Baltimore, Maryland What is your greatest fear?

That I will wake up one day regretting the things I didn’t do instead of the things I have done even if they were mistakes.

Which historical figure do you most identify with?

Emilano Zapata, a mexican revolutionary from humble beginnings whose famous trademark “It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees” has always resonated with me.

What is your greatest regret?

I wish I spent more time talking in the backyard with my late grandmother, Marianthi Filippou.

When and where were you happiest?

I recently took my daughter out for a doughnut and she looked at me and said “Daddy I’m so happy.” Nothing can compete with that feeling.

JASON FILIPPOU, 30, is building a community in Baltimore. He is the executive director of the Greektown Community Development Corporation.

Drawing on his previous experience at the Maryland Governor’s Office of Business Advocacy, Filippou is now working to preserve and promote the identity of his Southeast Baltimore neighborhood known as Greektown.

Residents know Filippou as a hands-on community advocate. His passion for Greektown is shown through his greening projects, crime deterring efforts, community organizing, extensive community outreach and major economic development planning initiatives. His ambitious revitalization strategy includes attracting residential and commercial developers to Greektown. He also helps many residents directly, as well as a growing elderly Greek population, with a variety of neighborhood services.

And it’s working. The number of new businesses opening up in the area has increased two-fold.

Young professionals are also moving to the neighborhood and injecting a new vitality to the area.

Filippou is also helping facilitate the developments of both Athena and O’Donnell Square, an ambitious project that includes the building of more than 500 homes in Greektown, many corintheon inspired.

In cooperation with the church and local schools, Filippou organizes a variety of educational programs and is trying to secure city grants for children in Greektown. He has also piloted an arts initiative that showcases local talent at various Greektown restaurants.

After running for State Delegate in 2010, he now serves on the 46th District Democratic Central Committee. With strong support from the local Greek community, he has great ambition to be part of the Baltimore political arena. He is active in over a dozen local committees and boards, including the Maryland Greek Independence Day Committee, Saint Nicholas Greek Folk Festival Committee, Ahepa, the Bayview Johns Hopkins Community Advisory Board and Johns Hopkins Mental Health Advisory Committee.

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Michael Galanakis South Gate, California What is your guilty pleasure?

Johnnie Walker Blue

MICHAEL GALANAKIS is the president of MG Development Group, a company that focuses on single and multi-family residential development and investments in Southern California.

What is your greatest achievement?

Also a licensed lawyer, the 38-year-old served as a deputy city attorney with an emphasis in land-use, redevelopment and public finance law.

Finishing the police academy

Who are your favorite writers?

F. Scott Fitzgerald and John Steinbeck

What is your motto?

Pan metron ariston

Galanakis, however, is probably best known for his commitment to promoting the Greek heritage and culture. He wears many different hats in the Greek community: board member of the Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE), president of the American Hellenic Council of California (AHC), member of the Greek Heritage Society of Southern California, board member of the LA Greek Film Festival, and member of the Hellenic University Club of Southern California.

As president of the AHC, he has co-hosted numerous fundraisers for members of the U.S. House and Senate; co-sponsored quarterly young professional mixers; advanced cultural performances in southern California; and advocated issues affecting Greece, Cyprus and the Ecumenical Patriarchate during frequent visits with policymakers.

As a board member of the SAE, Galanakis had undertaken initiatives to promote volunteerism and participation in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. He also supported the World Youth Camp for Greeks abroad held annually in Greece during the summer months.

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Nicholas T. Gialamas Lake Forest, Illinois What is your idea of perfect happiness?

Seeing my children smile.

If you pressed “play” what band/singer is playing on your iPod right now?

The cast of Glee

What single trait or characteristic about being Greek to you love the most?

It’s a tossup between the pride that my ancestors gave the world philosophy, logic and democracy OR my mother’s koulouria.

Who are your heroes in real life?

My parents and my brothers.

NICHOLAS GIALAMAS, 39, embarked on his career at a nationally renowned insurance company. It is here that he gained a deep understanding of the employee benefits field – not only from the perspective of how a company can offer cost-effective benefits, but also how the benefits can affect the quality of life for the employees of his clients.

In 1998, he set off on his own to establish Forest Financial Group, Inc. (FFG), an employee benefits consulting firm headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois. His vision was to provide “best-inclass” employee benefit consulting services for his clients. He currently serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer.

From humble beginnings, who with a strong work ethic learned from his parents – made himself into a very successful businessman and a credit to the community. Nick has built FFG into a team of dedicated business professionals and benefit specialists. Guided by Nick’s vision and integrity, the company grew rapidly and expanded both geographically and in its service offerings. He now services hundreds of clients nationally and globally with regional offices in Florida, Indiana and California. In addition to employee benefits, FFG provides wealth management, risk management, and human resource consulting services. The most recent service addition is the development of Forest Advisors, a workplace and domestic violence prevention and intervention division.

Meanwhile, Gialamas has become recognized as a thought-leader in the employee benefits arena. He speaks frequently throughout the country, is an active participant on insurance industry trend advisory boards and is a recognized expert on consumer-driven health plans. Clients have become reliant on his insights and expertise to create and provide world-class benefit programs for their employees.

Over the years, Gialamas has not forgotten to give back to his community. This is demonstrated in the many community activities, donations and contributions, and board positions he holds.

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Svigos Asset Management

Property Development & Asset Management

Svigos Asset Management Congratulates

NICK GIALAMAS

For His Outstanding Forty Under 40 Achievements!!!

Svigos Asset Management specializes in the management and development of vintage apartment buildings and grocery store anchored shopping centers in the Chicagoland area.

580 N. Bank Lane  Suite 33  Lake Forest  IL  60045  t (847 ) 735 – 0656  f (847) 735 – 8060  www.svigos.com

Daddy, We Love You! “Life Is Good” Thank You we are so proud of you…..

Love Maggie, Hannah, Jack and the Sandner-Gialamas Family xoxo

Congratulations to the

CLASS OF 2012

For more information on the Greek America Foundation, please visit our website at www.greekamerica.org

On behalf of Aetna, Congratulations is in order for one of the true thought leaders in our industry:

NICK GIALAMAS Aetna is thrilled that the Greek America Foundation recognizes the talent in you that we experience on a daily basis!

Andrew G. Kaffes Washington, District of Columbia What is your idea of perfect happiness?

It is probably captured perfectly in the last half hour of the movie “Field of Dreams.”

So basically perfect happiness for me would be playing pick-up games of baseball, carefree, all day on that Iowa field.

Granted that means I would be a ghost, but you get the point.

ANDREW KAFFES, 39, is a government relations consultant who enjoys seeing the gleam in an advocate’s eye when they convey their issues to a member of Congress. That gleam is why he started A.G. Kaffes & Associates in 2007 with the goal in mind to help “Main Street” organizations and start-up companies find their voices and navigate through Washington.

What is your guilty pleasure?

Kaffes has spent the most part of his busy and successful career devising federal budget lobbying plans, analyzing legislation and organizing meetings with the highest levels of government officials in federal agencies. He has also organized Capitol Hill Day events. Some accomplishments include: executing a legislative strategy that propelled implementation of a Homeland Security policy in support of U.S. - Greece relations, garnering support to restore funding for Voice of America’s Greece Desk, and devising a government relations outreach campaign to create awareness of an energy efficiency technology that led to a business development opportunity.

When and where were you happiest?

Andrew also has successfully advocated for proper federal funding of medical research at NIH, the prevention of domestic violence, and organized a client’s first-ever congressional briefing on the importance of oral health disparities and cultural competence to the Hispanic population.

Oreos. Lots of them.

Anytime I am on a beach or at the ballpark and my family is around me.

The late Steve Jobs once said he’d give up all of his technology for an afternoon with Socrates. What would you give up for an afternoon and with whom?

I would give up all my savings to spend an afternoon with my paternal grandfather who I never met and after who I am named. I would love to hear about his journey to America in the late 1910s and his story about settling here.

Moreover, he has organized several public policy forums that included the participation of U.S. and foreign government officials, prominent think-tank organizations, leading academics and non-profit professionals and foreign journalists.

During his career, Andrew spent nearly 12 years working for the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), seven as its public affairs director, and on two occasions he served as the organization’s interim executive director at the ages of 23 and 27.

Andrew graduated Valedictorian of his class at The George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management, earning an M.A. in Political Management. He is a 1994 cum laude graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University where he earned a B.S. in Public Relations.

He is excited about the opportunity to help the five-year-old Greek Orthodox Parish of Loudoun County find a permanent home as a member of its Future Planning Committee.

One of Andrew’s greatest thrills was being named an Olympic Torchbearer for the 2002 Winter Games.

Andrew and his wife, Vasiliki, have a daughter, Maria, 8.

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Best Wishes to Greek America Foundation and Congratulations to the Distinguished Honorees of Greek America’s “Forty Under 40” Class of 2012

Andrew G. Kaffes, President “Forty Under 40” Class of 2012 Honoree

“Providing Main Street and Discovery-Stage Clients with a Voice in Washington.”

Government Relations ● Strategic Communications ● Public Relations 1909 Q Street, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202.441.5099 www.agkaffes.com info@agkaffes.com

Barbara Kakiris Cleveland, Ohio What is your guilty pleasure?

(1) eating dark chocolate and (2) reading People magazine. I do both weekly.

What is your greatest achievement?

Being steadfastly committed to embodying my ideal of a good person.

Everyday, I try to be as genuinely good to myself and to others as I possibly can (regardless of whether or not its always reciprocated). Authenticity and integrity are really important to me.

The first in her family to go to college, Kakiris worked at the center throughout her undergraduate and graduate degrees, and stayed on as a fulltime contractor after completing her Master’s degree.

If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?

All her hard work did not go unnoticed. In 2004, she received a TGIR (Turning Goals into Reality) award for her success in educating the public about NASA’s capabilities and accomplishments.

I’d like to come back as either a vehicle for world peace or as the woman responsible for creating the next invention to revolutionize our world.

Who are your heroes in real life?

My parents, sister, and friends are awesome. I try to keep people I admire close. People who take a chance despite fear and who stand up for their core beliefs really do it for me. I’m fortunate to have quite a few of them in my life.

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BARBARA KAKIRIS, 37, helped propel NASA Glenn Research Center’s profile to new heights.

She had been chosen by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center to be groomed for a fast-tracked career path in various fields. She was actually one of only 10 high school graduates in the United States to be picked up by NASA fresh out of high school.

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She served the center’s research and program management organizations as a media relations specialist, publicizing accomplishments, including those of women and minorities, in the print and broadcast media.

Up until last year, Kakiris was responsible for overseeing as many as five dozen annual conferences and events for a multitude of NASA customers. She also coordinated NASA Glenn’s external awards process, performed technical writing and editing, and served as a reliable consultant to the center’s senior leadership for all of their marketing, outreach, and other administrative needs.

Barbara is currently Communications Director for research and technology at NASA Glenn.

Kakiris is also committed to improving the lives of those around her. She served as Young Careerist Chairperson for the Business and Professional Women of Ohio, leading efforts to advance the careers of women who are relatively new in their chosen field.

She is also the recipient of numerous awards, including the NASA Public Service Medal (2006) and the United States Congressional Achievement Award (1998).

Theane Evangelis Kapur Los Angeles, California What is your favorite journey?

Visiting the beautiful Greek island of Lesvos

What or who is the greatest love of your life?

My husband, Teddy Kapur

What single trait or characteristic about being Greek to you love the most?

Philotimo

What is your greatest achievement?

My son, Evangelos

Who are your heroes in real life?

My parents, Gregory and Patricia Evangelis

THEANE EVANGELIS KAPUR, 35, is a partner in the Los Angeles office of the global law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Theane is focused on appellate and constitutional law, as well as media and entertainment matters. She is currently representing two gay couples in Perry v. Brown, a lawsuit challenging Proposition 8 – the California constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. On February 7, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a landmark ruling upholding the historic August 2010 decision of the Federal District Court that found Proposition 8 unconstitutional. It’s a case that is receiving widespread media coverage and is expected to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

She has also handled a wide range of constitutional, media and entertainment matters for Fortune 500 companies and well-known celebrities.

Recent wins include persuading the Supreme Court to reverse the certification of the largest employment class action in American history. The case, Wal-Mart v. Dukes, presented important issues of nationwide significance, including those related to the federal law governing class actions. Theane also successfully defended Starbucks Corporation in a lawsuit filed by singersongwriter Carly Simon.

She has also represented pro bono, women journalists from around the world who have been persecuted for their work.

Theane has been named a Southern California Super Lawyer “Rising Star” by the publisher of Los Angeles Magazine. Before joining Gibson Dunn, she served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor after graduating first in her class from New York University School of Law. She is also well-known for her public and community service. She serves on the board of the California Women’s Law Center and the advisory board of the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival.

As a child, she attended Sunday school and Greek school at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Church in Somerville, Massachusetts. She traces her roots on both sides to the island of Lesvos.

Theane and her husband Teddy have a one-year-old son, Evangelos.

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Julie Karatzis Long Beach, California What is your idea of perfect happiness?

JULIE KARATZIS, 29, is the founder and owner of Cartoules Press, a design + letterpress studio based in Long Beach, California, and publicist at Secret Agent PR, a public relations agency which specializes in design and cultural clients including Dwell on Design, GOOD Magazine, the Los Angeles Design Festival, and the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center in Los Angeles.

What is your guilty pleasure?

As a long time paper fanatic and lover of design, Julie always appreciated the art of quality made stationery and the craft of letterpress. Because she and her husband planned to wed in Greece, their invitations needed to be bilingual. After not finding someone to fulfill their invitation needs, Julie designed and printed them herself. Having enjoyed her experience so much, she set up shop. Since then, business has been booming. Her love and appreciation for good design has also allowed her to connect with her design clients and speak on their behalf from a genuine perspective.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?

What sets Cartoules Press apart from a commercial print shop? The fact that she prints on a letterpress – the original method of movable type printing that dates back to the mid-15th century.

She hand-feeds each piece of paper on an antique, 800 pound, 1887 Golding & Co. Pearl press, and a 1,500 pound 1926 Chandler & Price press.

Laying on my favorite beach in Kefalonia with a frappe and a good book.

I’m inspired by paper and design all around me, so when I have a few free moments, I love sitting in the sun and reading design and shelter magazines. I also love trolling flea markets for antique finds.

A lack of passion and closed mindedness.

What is your favorite journey?

Building my letterpress business these last few years. It started out as a hobby, and has turned into something I can actually do for a living. I really feel like a proud mother who’s watched her baby grow. I feel the appreciation and admiration from my clients and peers and it’s a journey that continues to surprise me everyday.

A public relations guru and entrepreneur, Karatzis has been steadily increasing her own brand’s online presence, and those of her clients, through website and social media networks like Twitter and Facebook, and traditional media avenues as well.

Proud of her Greek roots, she blogs about Greek culture and design. Throughout the years, she has also been actively part of the Greek-American community at Holy Cross in her hometown of Belmont, California, and through teaching Greek folk dance and Greek school at the Saint Sophia Church in Los Angeles. She’s also been part of the management team of the annual Greek Orthodox Folk Dance Festival (FDF).

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Michael T. Kasseris Belmont, Massacusetts What is your greatest fear?

Feeling like I am not spending enough time with my loved ones. I’ve lost a few close friends already in life and it taught me to have deeper relationships with those I care about.

What is your most treasured possession?

My sense of humor. I never leave home without it.

Who are your favorite writers?

Hemingway, Douglass Rushkoff, Vonnegut, Chomsky, Murakami, Palast.

Who are your heroes in real life?

My parents, no question.

MICHAEL KASSERIS is a budding social entrepreneur. The 28-year-old business graduate, who once owned a restaurant in Massachusetts and worked at Fidelity and JPMorgan, wants to feed the world’s poor.

Kasseris, who joined a microfinance institution called Kiva.org, is focused on micro-lending in Vietnam. Three months in Hanoi helped him to contextualize all he had learned in the classroom and discover way to apply it firsthand as a vehicle to help improve people’s lives.

After returning from Vietnam, Michael got accepted into Babson College where he completed his Master of Business Administration. This is when he invented a product and business plan called, VitaFlavor. It’s an all-natural multivitamin and essential nutrient supplement paired with a flavoring mix for undernourished populations in the developing world.

VitaFlavor has won first place at the Babson Next Big Idea Competition, as well as countless other awards and grants across the state and internationally. VitaFlavor has been selected as a semifinalist in the 2012 Echoing Green Fellowship and are competing for the finals.

Kasseris was also a grant recipient for Start-Up Chile, a program funded by the Chilean government to attract world-class early stage entrepreneurs to start their business in Chile. He is also working in Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam to assess enterprises working to bring consumer product distribution services to rural and underserved populations living below poverty levels that do not have access to stable sources of nutrition and other personal care products.

He hopes to open the first VitaFlavor branch in Indonesia and run a pilot program this year.

Back home, he volunteers with local non-profit organizations, particularly in the Greek community. Kasseris has chaired the environmental committee of the World Council of Greeks Abroad (SAE) and is a board member of the Taxiarche Greek Orthodox Church in Watertown, Massachussets. He was also a camp counselor for the Metropolis of Boston Greek Orthodox Camp.

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Anthoula Katsimatides Astoria, New York What is your idea of perfect happiness?

To be free.

What single trait or characteristic about being Greek to you love the most?

Passion and Greek dance!

What is your greatest achievement?

Helping to build the National September 11th Memorial & Museum.

If you weren’t a(n) [insert your occupation here] I’d be a(n):

If I wasn’t an actress, I would own a doggie day care.

The late Steve Jobs once said he’d give up all of his technology for an afternoon with Socrates.

What would you give up for an afternoon and with whom?

I would give up all my worldly possessions for an afternoon with my father and brothers Michael and John.

ANTHOULA KATSIMATIDES, 40, is an actress, producer, writer, radio host, teacher and an inspiration to the Greek community in New York.

She worked closely with the Greek community of New York City while serving as former New York Governor George Pataki’s community affairs assistant.

After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, however, Katsimatides was assigned to the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation to assist with the massive rebuilding effort. She served as the main point of contact for the families of victims.

She is also on the board of the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. Many describe her as a driving force behind its opening of America’s Memorial last year.

Having lost two of her three brothers – one was killed in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and the other had committed suicide about a year earlier – Katsimatides also launched a charity in their honor. The Johnny and Mikey Katsimatides Foundation for Life or JAM for Life was founded in January of 2002 to promote a diverse set of charitable endeavors, including the arts, music education, cancer research, assistance to underprivileged youth, suicide prevention and the rights of crime victims by donating funds raised through a variety of community events.

Katsimatides is also known throughout the tri-state area for volunteering her time to annually prepare for and MC the New York City Greek Independence Day Parade. She also hosts a radio show that draws a devoted Greek audience throughout Greater New York.

Acting, however, was always on her mind and she is now chasing her dream. She has auditioned and won parts in major films such as “Taking Woodtsock” as well as television series such as “Big Lake” and “Damages”.

Katsimatides is now working on her own one-woman show, which she hopes to complete and produce this year.

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Kostas D. Katsiris New York, New York Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

I intentionally overuse “I love you” in my household. I want my daughters to hear those words every day.

What is your greatest achievement?

I grew up in Michigan. When I moved to New York City in 1999 to make my way as a young lawyer, I knew virtually no one in the city. I’m still here and lucky enough to be surrounded by friends, family, and clients who mean a lot to me.

If you weren’t a(n) [insert your occupation here] I’d be a(n): If I weren’t a lawyer, I’d be a writer, film director, music conductor, or celebrity chef.

Who are your favorite writers?

Constantine Cavafy, Franz Kafka, Henry Miller, John Fowles, Cormac McCarthy.

KOSTAS KATSIRIS, 38, is a litigation partner in the New York office of Venable LLP, one of America’s top 100 law firms. He represents clients in complex commercial litigation, regulatory proceedings and internal investigations.

Katsiris’ litany of professional accomplishments is long. He has worked on some of the largest class action litigations in the country and has achieved notable results for prominent companies in a variety of industries, including financial services, retailing, and construction.

After graduating cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served as the Articles Editor of the Law Review, he clerked for the late Shirley Wohl Kram, a federal judge in New York.

He then worked six years at the prominent New York law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell, and later joined the international law firm of Howrey LLP, where he was ultimately promoted to partner.

He joined Venable last year.

He is a well-known lawyer and active member of the Federal Bar Council and the New York City Bar Association, where he recently completed a three-year term as secretary of the Government Ethics Committee. Katsiris is also a member of the Hellenic Lawyers Association, where he recently sponsored a Benefactor Table at the HLA’s 23rd Annual Gala, which raised $1,000 in scholarship money for a Greek-American law student in New York.

Throughout his career, Katsiris has provided legal services to the community on a pro bono basis.

Katsiris was born and raised in Michigan, where his father worked at a General Motors assembly plant. His father is from Dorio in the Peloponnese, and his mother is from Nafpaktos.

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Artemis Diane Kohas New York, New York What is the trait you most deplore in others?

Intolerance. I find it very difficult to be with people who judge and discriminate others. I believe in acceptance and celebration of people’s differences as a vehicle for growth and understanding.

When and where were you happiest?

Childhood summers in Komi beach, Chios.

What do you most value in your friends?

I most value honesty, patience, intellectual conversation, and compassion.

What is your motto?

The only thing you can control is yourself. Take a hard, objective look at your actions and reactions and work on those. Trust that the universe has a plan for everything else.

What are your favorite names?

I love historic Greek names - Alexander, Alexandra, Konstantine, Athena, Eleni

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ARTEMIS KOHAS is an ambassador of Chios Mastiha and Greek culture. Born to Chios immigrants in Allentown, PA, she has stayed close to her Greek roots throughout her life participating in philanthropic activities in both the USA and Chios. Over the years, Artemis and her sister Kalliopi cultivated a relationship with the Chios Mastiha Growers Association leading to the groundbreaking opening of the first American “mastihashop” in 2007.

Kohas was drawn to the mastihashop concept as an embodiment of her heritage, beliefs and values. Chios Mastiha is a natural remedy for many oral, digestive and skin ailments. Selling a variety of therapeutic products, including cosmetics and gourmet foods, mastihashop is a lifestyle boutique that gives an ancient resin a modern appeal. More importantly, it is a vehicle to educate Americans about Mastiha and Greek products.

Artemis conveys the mastihashop concept beyond her store through press and philanthropy.

Mastihashop has received recognition from prestigious publications ranging from the New York Times and Vogue, to winning the British Airways Face of Opportunity contest for small businesses last year. She has given presentations at the Experimental Cuisine Collective and the Greek Embassy in Washington D.C. Further, Kohas ensures that mastihashop supports countless charities including Autism Speaks, Voices Against Brain Cancer, the LA and NYC Greek Film Fests, the Archaeological Institute of America, and various Greek organizations.

Independent from mastihashop, Artemis champions causes important to her. Since 2005, she has participated in the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Her team’s efforts have raised $30,000 to date. Kohas writes regularly on topics of cultural interest for the Goddess of the Hunt. She serves on the board of the Gus Kohas Memorial Scholarship awarded annually in her father’s name and also supports female entrepreneurship through CRAVE NYC. Pre-mastihashop, Artemis earned a B.S. from Lafayette College and M.A. from NYU both in psychology. She is a licensed mental health counselor, and worked with children and families affected by 9/11 at P.S. 150 in Tribeca.

Tony Koukos Toronto, Ontario, Canada

TONY KOUKOS is a self-taught photographer who has traveled around the world, capturing 38 countries on camera.

He is currently just a few snaps away from shooting his 40th country, India and Colombia on the top of his list.

The 36-year-old Toronto-based, world-renowned entrepreneur stumbled upon his passion for photography during a trip to Greece in 1998. He purchased a small point-and-shoot Pentax camera and started taking photos. When he developed the film, he was so impressed he decided to continue.

Today, he has more than 70,000 photographs catalogued â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a portfolio that spans over a decade.

He is now looking to publish a book featuring travel imagery from Greece, Italy, France and Spain.

Behind the lens, Koukos is a philanthropist. He is an earnest advocate who encourages the betterment of those around him, through health, physical activity and charity. Last summer, he coorganized a cocktail party event Design for Hope that raised more than $7,000 for the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Northern Cancer Fund.

Over the years, Koukos has donated his artwork and his time to raise thousands of dollars for various other organizations like the Canadian Cancer Society, Canadian Mental Health Association and the Thunder Bay District Memorial Hospital, as well as Aids research.

He has always been drawn to charity. Koukos began fundraising for the local regional hospital while at university in Thunder Bay, Ontario. For years, he participated in the Save a Heart ball and Bachelor for Auction. Every year during both events, his efforts of fundraising through raffle tickets and donations of his own photography raised thousands of dollars.

His work has also appeared on a non-profit fundraising calendar distributed to over 300 corporations.

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Tina Livanos New York, New York Which historical figure do you most identify with?

TINA LIVANOS, an attorney of law, worked for her family’s real estate management and development business based in New York and Greece.

What is your greatest extravagance?

But it wasn’t long before she was bitten by the fashion bug. In 2007, she decided to start her own handbag line, which she called “Livanou”. It quickly sold in boutiques across the United States, as well as Europe and Hong Kong.

Gertrude Bell

Being at an airport somewhere interesting often.

What is your greatest achievement?

Each and every time I make someone laugh or feel better about themselves.

The late Steve Jobs once said he’d give up all of his technology for an afternoon with Socrates. What would you give up for an afternoon and with whom?

I would give up my passport for tea with Christopher Columbus....ask him if he was really from Chios.

What is your most treasured possession?

Memories

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In addition, Tina has extended her love for fashion into her charity work. Through her travels and work she encountered many communities in need. She also witnessed the amount of excess and waste in the fashion industry production cycle. In 2011, she launched Fashion from Friends, which takes clothes, accessories, make-up and other fashion donations from leading fashion brands and houses and brings it to young women struggling to make ends meet.

Tina is an active member of New York’s Greek community and a firm supporter of many charitable organizations. She participates in the fundraising efforts for Greek charities, political candidates and causes.

As an expression of love for her ancestral homeland, Livanos recently launched a new charitable endeavor called Help Hellas (helpinghellas.org) which aims to pair US based goods and services donated by businesses with institutions in Greece that need the items. Through a partnership with Desmos, an Athens-based not-for-profit, Livanos will match American clothing, pharmaceuticals and other non-perishable supplies with Greek organizations in need.

George Logothetis New York, New York

GEORGE LOGOTHETIS, age 37, has principal executive responsibility for the Libra Group and its 30 subsidiaries which span 20 locations across four continents. The group is predominantly focused on shipping, aviation, real estate, hospitality and renewable energy.

George joined his family’s shipping company in 1993, becoming CEO in 1994 at the age of 19. In the ensuing years he presided over the company’s transformation from three vessels into a fleet of 55. George created the Libra Group as a means of diversifying the family’s business which was facilitated by the sale of 67 vessels between 2004 and 2007.

Today the group has a collection of over 20 hotels and a global real estate portfolio in prime locations such as Buenos Aires, New York, London, Athens and Singapore. Libra’s renewable energy interests include fuel cell power plants and bio fuel manufacturing in the USA as well as solar, wind and biogas interests across Europe.

Meanwhile, under George’s direction Libra’s shipping fleet has grown to almost 40 vessels the group has acquired fixed wing aircraft and helicopters valued at nearly $5 billion.

In growing and managing the Libra Group George has been keen to provide opportunity and reward initiative. Epitomising this spirit of opportunity is Libra’s global internship program that is specifically targeted at Greek students and at North American students with Greek connections.

Outside business George has undertaken numerous charitable ventures globally. Most recently he and his wife Nitzia have established Seleni, a foundation that provides advocacy, mental health care and wellness support for women.

George and Nitzia Logothetis live in New York City and have one son.

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John J. Louizos Stamford, Connecticut

JOHN LOUIZOS is a lawyer with Curtis, Brinckerhoff & Barrett, PC â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a firm founded in 1864. He was one of the youngest partners to join the firm.

Since earning his law degree in 1997, Louizos has served as a law clerk with the Supreme Court of Virginia and in private practice has counseled clients in the general practice of law. The 39-year-old lawyer has tried cases before the Connecticut Superior Courts and in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut.

One of the high points of his career is when he argued before the Connecticut Supreme Court and was involved in the case Aposporos vs Stamford Urban Redevelopment Commission, which was a predecessor to the landmark Kelo eminent domain case in New London that went to the US Supreme Court.

He is a former member of the Connecticut Bar Association House of Delegates and a past board member of the Fairfield County Bar Association.

Louizos also serves his community as a city-wide elected official. With a population of 117,000, Stamford is the fourth largest city in Connecticut and an economic driver for the state with corporations such as UBS, RBS, NBC Sports, NHL Network, GE, Nestle Waters and Starwood Hotels among others calling Stamford home.

At the age of 33, Louizos was first elected to the Stamford Board of Finance and served as its Vice Chairman. He also served as chairman of the Education Committee and the Legal Affairs & Personnel Committee of the Board. Last year, he was elected to another four-year term and was endorsed by US Senator Richard Blumenthal, US Congressman Jim Himes and Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy.

Louizos immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of three. He was raised in Stamford where his father worked as an auto mechanic and was the first one in his family to go to college. Louizos is married with a 5 year-old son.

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Nicole Malliotakis Staten Island, New York

NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS, 32, is a member of the New York State Assembly, representing parts of Staten Island and Brooklyn.

Her career started as a liaison for the late Senator John Marchi and Governor George Pataki. She worked with civic groups, not-for-profits, and government agencies. She also served as Patakiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s representative in New York City and liaison to the Greek American community.

In 2010, she was elected to the New York State Assembly, defeating a two-term incumbent to become the first Greek American woman. She is also the only current female Republican elected to any office in New York City.

During her first year in office, Malliotakis worked to stop the closure of local firehouses and senior centers and eliminate a $10 billion budget deficit without raising or instituting new taxes or fees.

Malliotakis is also a vocal advocate for freedom of religion. She helped circulate a letter among her fellow legislators, addressed to the Turkish embassy in Washington, calling for the re-opening of the Halki Theological School in Turkey. She also accompanied the Cyprus Federation of America to Cyprus where she met with the Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis.

She supported the reconstruction of the St Nicholas church that was destroyed near the World Trade Center in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Malliotakis is also the recipient of numerous awards. She was named a Rising Star by the Capitol newspaper. She also received special recognition at the 2011 Women of Achievement Awards by the Staten Island Advance and an Award of Gratitude by the Order of AHEPA for serving as the honorary speaker at their 2011 Scholarship Awards Graduation, as well as her contributions to the local Greek community.

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Penny Manis New York, New York What is your greatest regret?

I have no regrets. Hopefully I’ll be able to look back in 20-30 years and feel the same way. That is my greatest wish.

What single trait or characteristic about being Greek to you love the most?

A combination of strong sense of community injected with huge dose of humor and healthy appreciation of history, food and dance.

What is your greatest achievement?

Becoming an international journalist who has lived and worked around the world. It had been a life-long dream and sometimes I still can’t believe it’s become reality.

It all started with an internship. Today, PENELOPE MANIS is the senior producer for AC360, a primetime CNN program which broadcasts to both a domestic and global audiences. It’s hosted by top journalist Anderson Cooper.

The show covers breaking national and international news related to politics, international developments and social issues.

Manis’ hard work has not gone unnoticed. She recently led a team that won two Emmy awards for reporting of the Haiti earthquake two years ago. Other awards include a George Foster Peabody award for coverage of Hurricane Katrina as well as the 2008 Presidential Campaign coverage. Her team also received an Alfred I. duPont Award for reporting of the South Asian tsunami, and an Emmy nomination for the AC360 investigative report: “Highway Robbery?”

Manis joined CNN 16 years ago as an associate producer for CNN’s Washington bureau where she covered stories relating to US-Latin American relations. She then transferred to CNN’s Atlanta headquarters to become an editorial producer, booking and pre-interviewing newsmakers and analysts on CNNUSA, CNN International and CNN en Espanol.

Manis has worked overseas in CNN’s London offices, selecting and producing stories for CNN’s European and Middle Eastern audiences.

Who are your heroes in real life?

I admire my parents for coming to this country with zero English skills and creating a happy and successful life for their family. I am also blessed to work with some of the most fascinating people in the world; journalists who dedicate their lives to traveling into hostile areas to report on crucial world events. Their pure passion for reporting the news outweighs their fears when traveling to war zones or natural disasters.

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Stella A. Papadopoulos Chicago, Illinois

STELLA A. PAPADOPOULOS is a visiting assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture in South Bend, Indiana. For the 2011-12 academic year, she is teaching design studio and advanced drawing and painting at their Rome Studies Program. The Yale School of Architecture graduate is a veteran of several New York and London firms.

Papadopoulos is known for her high-end residential designs. As a senior associate and project architect/designer, she worked extensively on residences in the Hamptons as well as hospitality projects in California and New York. She has worked on designing interiors for upscale retail stores like Takashimaya’s former New York flagship on Fifth Avenue, in addition to other boutiques and retail environments.

Her international projects include the Grove Quadrangle at Magdalen College in Oxford, England, with Porphyrios and Associates in London. While working at John Simpson & Partners, her projects included the new market hall in Poundbury and the Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace.

Her work has been featured in numerous books, periodicals and magazines, including most recently Architect Magazine, World of Interiors, Interior Design, Elle Décor, and A&C International.

As an active Greek American, she is a member and supports several Greek organizations and foundations. In Greece itself, Papadopoulos worked on the Leventis Residence on the Greek island of Spetses, and the design of the architecture and town planning of Pitiousa, Spetses. She is currently redesigning a public church square and villa in a small village in the Peloponnese.

Papadopoulos volunteers for Habitat for Humanity and Architecture for Humanity and runs Poleis Design Architecture, a multi-disciplinary design studio. She is currently researching Greek Neoclassical Architecture and is writing “Classical Design as Thinking.” Papadopoulos is always infusing young architect’s minds with traditional and classical architecture and researching sustainable architecture/urbanism. She hopes to create a more sustainable and beautiful world through the recovery of the traditional practice of architecture.

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Lee Polydor

Toronto, Ontario, Canada What is your guilty pleasure?

Godfather movies and sushi.

What is your favorite journey?

Exploring Asia.

What or who is the greatest love of your life?

I will let you know when I find her.

What are your favorite names?

Anything from ancient Greece, like Lysimachos.

LEE POLYDOR is Founder and Managing Partner of Queen Street Partners (“QSP”), a private investment firm focused on Property, Media and Technology. Polydor has made an impact, both locally and globally while demonstrating a proven track record of creating value and deploying investor capital into future neighborhoods and brands before they are broadly recognized.

The firm’s core competencies have included revitalizing urban neighborhoods, investment in digital media and bringing new life to marquee brands. Polydor’s projects include purchasing landmark properties such as turn of the century urban department stores and repositioning the buildings into creative cultural and commercial destinations. Another project has been the resurrection of an 1848 newspaper onto a new, award-winning, digital media platform. Other investments have included the latest in bioinformatics and energy efficiency technologies that are some of the fastest growing companies in North America. Companies like CNS Response, which brings personalized medicine to people suffering from mental illness, and SN Tech, which develops the world’s most efficient smart electric motor.

Polydor is a philanthropic advocate of the arts and a mentor to entrepreneurs. He supports a number of Hellenic organizations such as the Greek America Foundation, Hellenic Canadian Board of Trade and Hellenic Home for the Aged. He was an essential part of the founding of the annual Greek Film & Foto Week and a co-producer on Giorgos Lanthimos’ recent film Alps, winner of Best Screenplay at the 2011 Venice International Film Festival. Outside of film, Polydor is a supporter of art and history as a member of the Young Patron’s Circle at the Royal Ontario Museum, and has been integral to the growth of select Canadian fashion designers.

Before founding QSP, Polydor worked in investment banking in New York City at BMO Nesbitt Burns working in private debt and equity. Polydor is a graduate of NYU Stern School of Business where he received his BSc in Finance and International Business. He received his Masters from Columbia University in 2006.

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Elle Sakellis New York, New York What is your favorite journey?

The 20 minute plane ride from Athens to Mykonos.

What is your greatest regret?

I don’t believe in them.

What is your greatest fear?

My greatest fear is not living up to my fullest potential.

When and where were you happiest?

Poolside at the Delano in Miami the night before my girlfriends came down for my 30th birthday. I went a day earlier to spend that night by myself with a bottle of wine and pack of smokes outside under the stars in utter happiness.

If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?

A Sea Turtle

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ELLE SAKELLIS is an Ivy League graduate who left a career on Wall Street to pursue her dream: Fashion.

In 2004, the 36-year-old launched Otrera as a private label accessories production company working with clients such as Victoria’s Secret, Boston Proper & Spiegel Catalog. After years of designing accessories for other labels, she decided to attempt her own branded line of scarves.

After launching her now famous “Evil Eye Scarf”, it took just three short months for her collection to be picked up by hundreds of stores worldwide. Her creations have been worn by celebrities such as Alicia Keys, Rachel Ray, Paris Hilton, Stacy Keibler, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jennifer Lopez.

Elle’s designs were knocked off almost immediately after they hit the market and she was featured on the cover of the Life Style section of the Wall Street Journal in an article entitled “The Problem With Being a Trendsetter”. It was then that she decided to capitalize on her personal experience by expanding her business offerings into consulting. She began working with other young designers who needed help launching their innovative designs into the marketplace. She helps them navigate through the process of starting a business and avoiding the costly mistakes generated by their inexperience. She now also consults with retailers such as Scoop & Saks Fifth Avenue and DNA 2050. Sakellis is particularly dedicated to empowering women designers and particularly young Greek women attempting to enter the world of fashion. She helps them prepare business plans and introduces them to manufacturers and distributors. She demystifies the process, propelling them to success.

Sakellis’ Greek heritage has played a prominent role in her entrepreneurship. Even the name of her line comes from childhood memories of her grandmother telling her stories about Otrera, the ancient Greek Mother of the Amazons known for her empowering ability to lead a tribe of warrior women. The Otrera brand continues to grow launching various scarves adorned with good luck charms from all over the world both in print and sewn into the accessory itself. The message of positivity, protection and good luck that the brand delivers has had the fashion press label Sakellis as the “Karma Queen”.

Elena Skardis Saviolakis Bethesda, Maryland What is your idea of perfect happiness?

Perfect happiness for me is always being surrounded by family and friends.

ELENA SAVIOLAKIS was only 25 when she became the executive director of the Daughters of Penelope, a Greek-American women’s organization dedicated to promoting Greek culture, Education, Philanthropy, Civic Responsibility and Family & Individual Excellence. The organization has chapters across the United States, Canada, Cyprus and Greece.

What single trait or characteristic about being Greek to you love the most?

Saviolakis has achieved a lot over the past five years at the helm. Among other accomplishments, she created a website for the organization, started a monthly e-newsletter that is currently sent to 10,000 members, and has modernized their membership system.

Filotimo.

If you pressed “play” what band/ singer is playing on your iPod right now?

“Listen to your Heart” by the band, DHT.

What is your motto?

“Do not tell me the sky is the limit when there is footprints on the moon.”

Saviolakis has also helped to execute civic responsibility campaigns on Capitol Hill aimed to educate Congress and to encourage increased civic participation among Daughters of Penelope members. As such, she helped organize annual Capitol Hill Days, worked to augment the collective voice for victims’ rights, and advocated for the commemoration of the admirable work of Greek American women through a congressional resolution acknowledging the 80th Anniversary of the Daughters of Penelope.

As a result of her efforts to transform the Daughters of Penelope through the use of technology and public relations, the organization has received tremendous exposure and continues to grow.

Saviolakis also travels annually to Greece, Cyprus, Israel and Turkey to discuss various Hellenic issues with senior political officials in each respective country.

The 28-year-old is currently an MBA student at George Washington University.

During her studies in Greece at the American College, she also played for a Division 1 Women’s Soccer team in Athens. Saviolakis was also chosen to perform in the Athens Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in 2004.

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g{x Wtâz{àxÜá Éy cxÇxÄÉÑx Congratulates Our Executive Director Elena Saviolakis & Our Legislative Consultant Andrew Kaffes On their Forty Under 40 Achievements!

The Daughters of Penelope (DOP) is a preeminent international women’s organization and affiliate organization of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), whose mission is to promote the ideals of ancient Greece, education, philanthropy, civic responsibility, family, and individual excellence through community service and volunteerism.

For membership opportunities, please contact Headquarters.

Daughters of Penelope Headquarters 1909 Q Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202.234.9741 | Fax: 202.483.6983 dophq@ahepa.org | www.daughtersofpenelope.org

Demitre Serletis Toronto, Ontario, Canada What is your favorite journey?

Growing up, I recall many summer trips to Greece with my family to visit the village where my parents were born and raised. This little village, named Karya for its large walnut trees, lies nestled in the valleys of Mount Olympos. Even to this day, this place holds a special place in my heart and is unparalleled as my favorite travel destination.

Which talent would you most like to have?

The ability to speed-read and retain it all.

This would definitely come in handy when it comes time to write my final board exam this year.

If you pressed “play” what band/singer is playing on your iPod right now?

Smashing Pumpkins, Prodigy, Bush, Andrea Bocelli and a lot of trance and classical music.

Who is your favorite hero of fiction?

DEMITRE SERLETIS, 32, is currently in his chief year of neurosurgical training at the University of Toronto. He has active ongoing research interests in the application of complexity theory and dynamical systems theory to the study of normal and epileptic brain activity.

Serletis has devised an array of impressive analytical methodologies for classifying and identifying brain states, specifically in relation to epileptic transitions. He has also developed a set of experimental data in the lab based on in-vitro preparations and neurophysiological recordings from animal and human hippocampal and cortical tissues.

Colleagues have described his research as important and innovative. It is also interdisciplinary, spanning a large number of areas including neuroscience, physiology, engineering, physics, and mathematics.

In fact, Serletis is launching an entire field in this area. The clinical implications of his work could be remarkable for the treatment of pharmacologically resistant cases of epilepsy, given that his methodology may be used to differentiate between different dynamic scenarios of epileptic seizure generation. Such a revolutionary approach will have profound impact on the diagnosis and treatment of this adverse neurological condition.

Academically, Serletis is amongst the best published Canadian neurosurgeons in his age group.

He has published over 20 articles in professional journals, presented at over 25 conferences in Canada, the United States and in Europe and has received over 22 different awards and honors.

Serletis has great intellectual curiosity, good intuition, as well as good judgment about what is interesting and important. He strives to make the world around him a better place and has uncompromisingly dedicated himself to neurosurgery and to cutting-edge medical research.

Alexis Zorba from Kazantzakis’ book ‘Zorba the Greek.’ In his simple way, he demonstrates a free-spirited love of life that reminds us to seize the day and make your own happiness.

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Athan E. Stephanopoulos New York, New York What is your idea of perfect happiness?

A summer sunset by the sea.

What is your greatest achievement?

Climbing Kilimanjaro.

If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?

I don’t know what it would be, but I’d want it to be the luggage of Tina Livanos.

Who are your heroes in real life?

My mother. Only after becoming a parent did I gain a more appropriate appreciation of what it meant to raise six kids.

What is your motto?

Keep calm and carry on.

ATHAN E. STEPHANOPOULOS, 35, is the founder and chief executive officer of GorillaSpot, Inc., a New York City-based social media marketing and development company that provides video applications for media and entertainment companies to engage and interact with millions fans across Facebook and other social networks.

Having always had the entrepreneurship bug, Stephanopoulos launched the company in 2007 as a response to the effects he saw digital technologies having on the traditional media industry - something he witnessed first-hand while working for a prominent entertainment advertising agency.

Today, GorillaSpot boasts an impressive list of companies who utilize their technologies to manage their marketing campaigns across the social web. Clients include Paramount Pictures, HBO, ABC, South Park, AMC, FX Networks, CBS Sports, MTV, Starz, MLB and Saturday Night Live.

Led by Stephanopoulos, GorillaSpot has developed cutting edge campaigns for top shows like Entourage, The Walking Dead, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Spartacus, Modern Family and South Park.

Aside from running day-to-day management of GorillaSpot, Stephanopoulos also serves as an adjunct professor at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Business in New York City, where he teaches courses on Media Entrepreneurship and Social Media. In this capacity, he also chairs a Media Lecture Series that interviews top media executives to examine the effects that digital disruption is having on the industry today.

Stephanopoulos is also well-known within the national Greek community. Prior to his endeavors in media and entertainment, he worked for the Greek Orthodox Church raising money for its philanthropic and missionary activities around the world. He spent time living in Hong Kong where he documented the Church’s presence in South East Asia. While in India, he produced a video about a girl’s orphanage built and run by a Greek Orthodox monk and nun. His video ultimately helped raise more than $400,000 to support its efforts.

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Christiana Thanos Los Angeles, California Which historical figure do you most identify with?

After graduating from the University of California Los Angeles in 2004, CHRISTIANA THANOS was almost immediately off to India where she spent six months volunteering at the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Girl’s Orphanage in Kolkata.

What is your favorite journey?

Upon returning to Los Angeles, she worked in a local gang-prevention program. She worked closely with inner-city youth, families and schools to provide middle school children with a safe environment – an alternative to joining gangs.

Jane Addams

My first trip to India.

What is your greatest achievement?

Being accepted to Columbia University for graduate school.

The late Steve Jobs once said he’d give up all of his technology for an afternoon with Socrates. What would you give up for an afternoon and with whom?

Jesus Christ

She returned to school and earned her Master’s in social work from Columbia University. She also won the Critical Language Scholarship from the US State Department to study Bengali in Bangladesh.

This is when she decided to launch a fundraising campaign to allow her and a filmmaker travel to the orphanage in Kolkata and produce a short film to help the girls.

Thanos directed and produced Lucky Girls, which started as a movie and has now grown into an international platform to help the orphanage, which was co-founded by Sister Nectaria, a nun from Corinth, and Bishop Ignatius of Madagascar. The movie has been viewed in 114 countries.

Last year, Thanos launched a Lenten campaign called 4,000 Raindrops to raise $4,000 in 40 days to help the orphanage build a well. Thanos exceeded her goal as she and her team raised nearly $10,000.

Her future plans include the creation of a non-profit organization that will encourage young people to creatively give back to Orthodox organizations that benefit girls. She has also started a blog called “DIY + Philanthropy”.

Thanos is currently the Assistant Director of development at the University of Southern California’s School of Social Work.

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Aliki Theofilopoulos Grafft Burbank, California What is your guilty pleasure?

Watching Project Runway with a bowl of ice-cream after the kids have gone to bed.

Which historical figure do you most identify with?

Mary Blair...she was one of the first women in animation to really stand out among a very male dominated industry...she paved the way for many of us.

What is your greatest achievement?

My children first, then my career in animation which allows me to bring joy not only to myself, but children and families all over the world.

What is your most treasured possession?

My engagement ring...a reminder that this journey of marriage, starting a family, and building a life together, all began with a ring and a question.

It all started after college when ALIKI THEOFILOPOULOS GRAFFT attended an after-school animation class. A recruiter from Walt Disney was so impressed by her portfolio that she was offered a training internship.

Grafft always loved cartoons (she was a huge fan of Popeye and Looney Tunes cartoons, as well as the classic Disney films.) and drawing was always a part of her life.

She worked in the animation department on such films as Hercules, Tarzan, Fantasia 2000, and Treasure Planet. She trained under some of the best animators like Brian Ferguson, John Ripa and Eric Goldberg. And she was also fortunate enough to be part of the monthly drawing lessons held by the late Walt Stanchfield (animator on classics like Winnie the Pooh and The Jungle Book).

It wasn’t long before Grafft sold an original pilot to Nickelodeon/Frederator where she co-produced Yaki and Yumi – a cartoon about a bat and a dragon (both characters based on her parents). She even found an actor for the Yaki the bat who had a Greek accent.

Her second original pilot was Girls on the GO! about a Greek American girl named Katerina Metropoulos.

In 2006, Disney hired her back as writer and storyboard artist and writer for the Phineas and Ferb show. She is the voice behind the character Mandy. She has worked closely with the show’s creators Dan Povenmire and Swampy Marsh to shape the stories, humor and overall tone of the show. Grafft is an Emmy-nominated song writer for the show as well.

She has also been developing show ideas for major studios and draws much inspiration from her children, Ruby and Niko.

Last year, Grafft participated in an animation conference in Athens. The event proved a unique opportunity to meet animators in Greece and discuss possible future collaborations.

Grafft, a member of Women in Animation, has a deep passion for inspiring other women animators. She is also a member of ASIFA Hollywood, an organization dedicated to the art of animation through education, expression and recognition of its members.

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Kristin Thomas Los Angeles, California What is your guilty pleasure?

Grey’s Anatomy & Chocolate. Sometimes together.

What or who is the greatest love of your life?

KRISTIN THOMAS, 31, is director of casting at CBS Television Studios. She is responsible for 16 television series and 11 pilots.

During pilot season, she works around the clock to cast the right talent for each role while meeting budgetary and fiscal needs specific to each project.

My husband Nate, followed closely by Greek dance and the Lakers.

Her success in her role as director of casting has reportedly placed her on the fast track to vicepresident status at CBS.

What is your greatest achievement?

When not in the studio, Thomas teaches dance to Greek American children. She was an active member of the St Nicholas Greek Orthodox community in Northridge, California where she grew up.

I’m pretty darn proud of this fantastic award I’m receiving. In addition to that, I have to say my greatest achievement is perpetuating our culture and heritage to the youth in our community at St. Sophia. Seeing the kids that I direct or have directed, evolve to become dance directors themselves is rewarding and inspiring.

What do you most value in your friends?

Their selflessness. I have an amazing group of friends who will drop anything and everything for each other. I am incredibly blessed to have them in my life and can’t imagine it without them.

As a young adult, Thomas joined the St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Community in Los Angeles. She is also the Greek dance director at the Cathedral and the co-founder of the Annual Greek Dance Glendi at Saint Sophia Cathedral Parish. The event raises over $20,000 each year.

She also plays a major role in the broader fundraising efforts. Each year, Thomas co-sponsors the LA Greek Fest, an annual event organized by the Cathedral. She also operates the loukoumades booth, which raises some $10,000 each year from her delicious sweets.

Thomas is also the co-organizer of the annual Zorba Dance contest held on the Friday night of the festival. Thanks to her many contacts in the entertainment world, the contest is judged by celebrities in the Greek community.

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Stavros Thomopoulos Saint Louis, Missouri What is your greatest achievement?

STAVROS THOMOPOULOS, 38, is an associate professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri.

What do you most value in your friends?

Thomopoulos’ Ph.D. dissertation examined the role of mechanical loading on tendon-to-bone healing in the rotator cuff. The thesis demonstrated that protective mobilization, rather than aggressive activity, was beneficial to healing. These results have significantly influenced how clinicians treat rotator cuff injuries.

Academic Tenure

Kindness, humour, loyalty

Who are your favorite writers?

William Faulkner, Nikos Kazantzakis

If you pressed “play” what band/singer is playing on your iPod right now?

Pink Floyd

What is your favorite journey?

Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

Thomopoulos received the Kappa Delta Young Investigator Award from the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons in 2009, which is the highest award given in the orthopedics community.

He is also a recipient of the prestigious YC Fung Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the highest award given in the bioengineering community.

Among the many grants Thomopoulos has received over the years, he is particularly proud of the three National Institute of Health (NIH) R01 grants and the National Science Foundation CAREER award that currently funds his research.

Thomopoulos is passionate about science and giving back to his community. He has taken an active part in “Moving and Shaking: An Introduction to Engineering”, a learning lab program that encourages middle school students, especially girls, to take an interest in science.

Thomopoulos contributes a significant amount of his time to numerous professional societies.

He is involved in the Orthopedic Research Society and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and has chaired several positions, including publications and local arrangements.

Besides mentoring students and post-doctoral fellows, Thomopoulos has taken an active role in bringing orthopedic surgeons from Greece to work in his laboratory and learn clinical techniques.

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Christopher N. Tsakalos Phoenix, Maryland What is your greatest achievement?

My greatest achievement would be my active participation in our family owned bakery which has grown to be the largest privately owned bakery in the United States.

Baking is tradition for CHRISTOPHER N TSAKALOS. It actually runs in the family. This 31-year-old is the third generation family member and operations manager of H&S Bakery – the largest privately-owned bakery in the United States.

The first bakery was opened by his grandfather, Harry Tsakalos and great grandfather, Isidoros (Steve) Paterakis. Today, H&S Bakery, along with its affiliates, is comprised of 14 divisions operating in seven states with distribution in 23 states.

What is your most treasured possession?

The company is made up of more than 2,000 employees and a fleet of 400 delivery vans. The Tsakalos family also co-owns Northeast Foods, which makes buns for McDonald’s, and a development company which has transformed Baltimore’s Harbor East neighborhood into Baltimore’s premier residential, retail, culinary, and tourism destination.

Who are your heroes in real life?

The young Tsakalos joined his family’s business as a teenager in high school. Today he is In charge of orders, production, maintenance, packing, logistics and quality control. He also directs both the Safety and Sustainability Teams at H&S.

My most treasured possession is my family.

My heroes in life are my teachers and educators who provided building blocks for the life I now live.

What is your motto?

“Excellence, then is not an act... but a habit”

When not baking, he supports the Lardarius Webb Foundation, which works to help keep young people in Baltimore in school and off the streets. He also assists the organization Helping Up Mission, which comes to the aid of Baltimore’s poor and homeless and assists those with drug and alcohol addiction.

Tsakalos is a member of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation in Baltimore. The Cathedral played an important role in shaping his life and identity. He resides in Phoenix, MD with his wife Triantafilia and two children.

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Chrysa Tsakopoulos Sacramento, California Which historical figure do you most identify with?

Martha Washington. She was petite, loved reading, writing, and cooking. But most importantly, she always made the best of whatever life threw at her (something that I greatly admire and respect).

What is your favorite journey?

My favorite journey was a road trip to Oregon with two of my girlfriends. It was an amazingly beautiful ride and we had a great time.

What is your greatest achievement?

Having the opportunity to give the gift of a meaningful education to children who otherwise would not be able to have it.

What do you most value in your friends?

Their trustworthiness and humor

Who are your heroes in real life?

My grandmother Soula Leones; Aung San Suu Kyi, and Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach for America

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CHRYSANTHY (CHRYSA) TSAKOPOULOS, 25, is the vice president of AKT Development Corporation, the largest land development company in Sacramento based on acreage owned. The company, which was founded by her father, provides real estate development and land subdivision services.

Tsakopoulos is also one of the founders of the Pabna Association for General Education (PAGE), which builds schools for the poor in Bangladesh. She is also a member of the local St Katherine Greek Orthodox Church of Elk Grove and the Elios Society which works to preserve and promote the spirit, values and ideals of Greek culture and heritage.

Tsakopoulos has been an active member of the Greek American community from a very early age. Fluent in Greek, she spent two summers as an intern at the United States embassy in Athens.

She has also published three chapters in Google eBooks. One is titled Venturing in Southern Greece through villages and Vineyards, the other is Venturing in Ireland and the third is Venturing in Puglia.

William Vastis Toronto, Ontario, Canada Which historical figure do you most identify with?

Aristotle - ever since I learned from his famous quote “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” The master of habit has always put me in a position to search for Greatness, whether at home as a father and husband, or outside as a friend and executive.

What is your favorite journey?

Going to Costa Navarino Greece with my family 2011 and taking my father to Pebble Beach for his 70th birthday.

What or who is the greatest love of your life?

WILLIAM VASTIS is the vice president and one of the top investment advisors of RBC Wealth Management – the largest investment dealer in Canada and 10th largest in the world.

The 40-year-old has over 16 years experience in the financial industry. He is widely known as one of the top investment advisors in Canada.

Vastis specializes in Sudden Wealth Management Strategies and has pioneered an approach specifically for business owners who face retirement.

When not advising, Vastis is investing in his community. He sits on the boards of the Trillium Foundation, the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation and the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

He is also the founder of the Fight for the Girls, a charitable boxing event to raise funds for the Breast Cancer Society of Canada, and Brawl for Cancer, another annual charity event. Both are in honor of his mother, Sotirea Vastis, who died from breast cancer after a six-year-battle.

He has helped raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for cancer research.

My best friend and wife Kathy. Friends since we were kids.

If you weren’t a(n) [insert your occupation here] I’d be a(n):

If I weren’t a Portfolio Manager, I would be a movie director.

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Maria Z. Vathis Chicago, Illinois

MARIA VATHIS, 35, is a lawyer, a young leader of the legal community’s premier bar association, a board member of the American Cancer Society and an active member of the Greek American community.

She earned her law degree from DePaul University College of Law. Upon graduation, Vathis became an associate at Clausen Miller. She later joined the law firm of Boundas, Skarzynski, Walsh & Black. She is now a principal at this firm handling complex commercial cases.

She has litigated multi-million dollar cases involving contracts, fraud, business torts, professional liability, and insurance claims involving catastrophic losses, environmental contamination and business interruption. She handles cases across the country in both federal and state courts.

Vathis was named “Rising Star” by Illinois Super Lawyers in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Super Lawyers recognizes outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Rising Stars is a designation for attorneys under the age of 40.

Since becoming an attorney, Vathis has been involved in the Federal Bar Association, the leading bar organization for federal judges and attorneys practicing in federal court. In 2010, she became the youngest person to serve as president of Federal Bar’s Chicago Chapter.

She is also an active member of the Hellenic Bar Association, serving on its scholarship committee and its external relations committee.

Vathis also tries to give back to the community through pro bono work for the American Cancer Society. Since 2007, she has been co-chairing the society’s fashion committee which solicits donations from retailers that are auctioned off at their annual gala to fund cancer research initiatives.

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Congratulations to:

Maria, we lov ve you and are so pr prooud d of you and dw wiish y you ou contiinued d success!

Lov ve, Tony y, Mom, U Un ncle Tom, Tom, Aunt A S ellla, Bob, Ste B b T Tom om and d St S ev ve Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others" - Plato

The Hellenic Bar Association of Illinois congratulates

Maria Vathis a long time HBA member and Board member, on Maria’s selection to Greek America’s Forty under 40 Awards – Class of 2012 The Hellenic Bar Association seeks to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the administration of justice in the State of Illinois, increase members' effectiveness and efficiency in the practice of law, ensure that bench and bar adhere to acceptable professional and ethical standards, improve public understanding of the functions and importance of our Legal and Constitutional System and encourage respect therefor, increase public understanding and respect for the legal profession, and increase public understanding of the role of Hellenism in the law. For more information please visit our website at www.hellenicbar.org

Charles Voudouris Syracuse, New York What single trait or characteristic about being Greek to you love the most?

Our spirit of celebration and hospitality. It is just natural for our culture to welcome people and make sure they are taken care of and well fed.

What is your greatest achievement?

They say “you are only as good as your last meal”, so each day I strive to be better and learn as much as I possibly can.

Who are your favorite writers?

Anthony Bourdain Marco Pierre White Auguste Escoffier They are also all chefs...

What is your motto?

Regret is a useless emotion. You only live once...

CHARLES VOUDOURIS is cooking up a storm in the Caribbean. He is the Executive Sous Chef at the Viceroy Anguilla, a 35 acre luxury resort on the exclusive island in the British West Indies.

Some of his guests include Michael Jordan, Derek Jeter, Paul McCartney, Ellen Degeneres, Ted Leonsis, and Shaquille O’Neal.

The 30-year-old is a classically-trained chef with a Culinary Degree from Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island. He has extensive experience in Mediterranean, Italian, French, Japanese, and Latin cuisines.

From a young age he was very involved with his community at St. Sophias Greek Orthodox Church in Syracuse. Charles served as an altar boy for over 10 years under the Very Reverend Michael C. Harmond, and volunteered each year for the annual Greek Festival’s cultural dances.

Some of his fondest childhood memories were of him helping his mother, father and grandmothers, prepare the family meals in the kitchen.

Voudouris embarked on his professional career at the age of 17, where he trained under Steve Leclair, at Antonio’s Ristorante in Syracuse, New York. After graduating, he was hired as Head Banquet Chef at the prestigious Federal Reserve in Providence, where he honed his skills under Executive Chef John Richardson.

He was then recruited by The Kor Group to help reopen The Tides, South Beach in 2007 after a $14 million renovation.

At only 27 years old, he held the Executive Chef position at the famed Versace Mansion on Ocean Drive, where he specialized in multiple course tasting menus. Last summer, he competed in an International Culinary Competition in Mexico City where he took first place out of 10 chefs from the Caribbean. He is very involved in local charities, as well as coach/trainer of the Anguillian Culinary Team. Charles continues to represent his Greek heritage on his menus and proudly carries the responsibility of being an ambassador of his culture in the Caribbean.

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Hello Anatolia is a documentary film about a young Greek American filmmaker who embarks on the journey of his life to Izmir, Turkey to trace the footsteps of his great grandparents in their native land. In his effort to strengthen his own connection to his cultural heritage, he becomes a bridge builder of two cultures – and two peoples – who share a lot more than they have that divides them. “Hello Anatolia” will premiere on May 29, 2012 at a producer’s screening in conjunction with the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago’s annual commemoration of the Fall of Constantinople. The Greek America Foundation is the executive producer of the film and will use it to encourage people to embark on their own journeys home – wherever home might be.

Lifestyle Editor Andria Mitsakos Maggie Hund, Editorial Assistant Contributors Tania Karas, Tony Koukos Kathy Tzivilakis

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Our 3rd installment of our epic celebration of Greek America’s Best and Brightest Stars – the Gabby Awards will take place on Memorial Day Weekend 2013 in Hollywood, California. We’re busy laying the groundwork for an entire weekend of events and happenings never-before experienced in Greek America.

The main event – the big star-studded celebration on May 25, 2013 will take place at the historic Hollywood Pantages Theater which was built by a Greek immigrant named Alexander Pantages in the early 1930s. Save the date and make Memorial Day Weekend a fun, Greek-filled weekend for you and your family.

The Foundation supported the efforts of another filmmaker – UCLA graduate student Alethea Avramis who shot her thesis project entirely on location in Greece. Staring the “crisis” in the face, Avramis raised over $20,000 using crowd-funding platform Indigogo and proved that anything is possible: writing, directing and shooting her entire film in a remote village not far from her grandparents’ native village of Koroni in the Peloponnese. The film has been selected to screen at the prestigious Cannes Festival in France. For details visit www.theforeignerfilm.com The Foundation will be doubling its scholarship grants this year, offering four full-semester awards and a full-year fellowship, up from two scholarships last year. Lindsay Currie from Widener University in Philadelphia and Panagiota Kolaitis from Montclair State University in New Jersey are the Foundation’s latest Hellenic Legacy Scholars. Lindsay and Panagiota are attending the American College of Greece in Athens. Each scholarship includes full tuition for a semester and is designed to give students maximum exposure to life in Greece, coupled with a comprehensive academic experience. Both scholars are blogging about their experiences. Applications for the Fall 2012 semester scholarships can be downloaded from our website at www.greekamerica.org

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GREEK AMERICA Bank of America Chicago Marathon

October 7, 2012

Join our team We still have entries for the Bank of America 2012 Chicago Marathon! By joining our team, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be supporting our mission to promote, preserve and perpetuate Greek culture, history and heritage in America and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be helping us send college students to Greece for life changing, transformative study abroad experiences.

For more information and to register please visit www.teamgreekamerica.org Questions Brandon Wilson 312.733.4633 teamga@greekamerica.org Sponsors