The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, Theodoros II, yesterday received visiting Hellenic Navy chief of staff Vice-Admiral Georgios Karamalikis, who is on an official visit to Egypt this week. Karamalikis arrived in the country at the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart, Vice-Admiral Moheb Memish.

The Panhellenic Cartoon & Drawing exhibition on the topic, “Nostalgia for the Homeland” is being organised by the Ymettos Filoproodos Society. Anyone is welcome to participate – especially Diaspora Greeks. The deadline for submitting entries is April 25, 2010. In addition, up to February 10, anyone can submit a proposed sketch for the official poster in jpeg format.

The Association of Magnesia Prefecture held an event in honour of “the Saint” of modern Greek Letters at Stathakeio Cultural Centre. The event was carried out in cooperation with the Hellenic Federation of Greater New York and was attended by prominent personalities and university professors, such as Queens College Professor, Mr. Nikos Alexiou, who stated that this event was an opportunity to reconsider the future of the American Diaspora and the preservation of the Greek Language which is in peril. The event was also saluted by Mr. Evangelos Kyriakopoulos, Consul of Greece in New York and Mr. George Vlikidis, Consulate…

“Your actions honor Orthodoxy and Christianity Archbishop Demetrios of America addressed the members of the Greek Homeowners Association in Astoria, who with much care and love offered for the 20th consecutive year the annual Thanksgiving Day meal last Thursday. For the first time this year, the Archbishop visited the associations headquarters on Thanksgiving Day where volunteers were feverishly preparing the holiday supper and where he expressed his amazement of the volunteers contribution.

The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) honored excellence in several professions at its "National Regional Salute Banquet" held Sat., Nov. 21, 2009, at Terrance on the Park, Flushing , N.Y. Among the honorees were Senator Robert Menendez, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Dr William Tenet, philanthropist Dimitris Kaloeidis etc.