The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America held its Greek bicentennial celebration at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York on March 25.
1821 ANNIVERSARY
In March 1821, Venezuela entered the ninth year of its long battle for freedom. Greece, on the other side of the Western Hemisphere, rushed to raise the flag of the cross as a sign of its own revolution.
As we celebrate in 2021 the 200th anniversary of the uprising that led to Greek independence from more than 400 years of Ottoman rule, democracy, worldwide, remains under assault.
“Utopia” is one of the many Greek words used in English. For many, it denotes a place of impossible fantasy. In my view, Greece could really be such a place.
On the occasion of the bicentenary of the Greek War of Independence, Boston’s Greek-American community commemorated on Saturday two eminent Bostonians, Samuel Gridley Howe and Edward Everett, who helped the Greek cause.
Aged well over 100, Apostolos Mavrogenis died at the end of 1906, the last surviving fighter of the Greek Revolution.
Presidential Guards march during a military parade marking the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution attended by high-ranking officials and foreign dignitaries in Athens on Thursday.
During the reopening of the National Gallery last Wednesday, the prime minister poignantly said: “The National Gallery has never been a simple depository for artistic creations”
A video uploaded Thursday by the US Army Europe and Africa Band & Chorus shows a band of US soldiers playing, and singing, the Zalongo Dance.
In 2021, Greeks have every right to be proud and confident as they celebrate two centuries of freedom, notes the Vice-President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas, in a commentary for Greek think tank ELIAMEP.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and US President Joe Biden reaffirmed the strategic nature of Greek-US cooperation for security and prosperity in the wider Eastern Mediterranean region during a phone contact late on Thursday.
After 400 years of foreign domination, Greece began its war of independence on 25 March 1821 and now enters its third century of freedom.
Few presidents have entered the White House with as much foreign policy experience as Joe Biden – 30 years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, four as its chairman, eight as vice president during a time of war and global financial collapse.
On the occasion of the bicentennial of the Greek War of Independence, the White House organized an online get-together with President Joe Biden and prominent members of the Greek-American Community Thursday.
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