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EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis): Tons of articles and many books have been written on the famous 1960 election whereby JFK won by 113,000 votes out of 68 million ballots cast. The majority of the questions raised had to do...
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΜΕΤΑΦΡΑΣΗ ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΕΙ By Nick Stamatakis Last Sunday, May 1, 2022, after the Boston Parade, an important event took place, probably more important than the parade itself. Under the auspices and at the expense of the Pontian Society Panagia Soumela Boston...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). Helleniscope has an Easter present for you, a unique present just for you... The TV Series "From Farasa to Heaven", produced by the Athonite Foundation "St. Maximus the Greek" and Mega TV, has caused quite...
By Nick Stamatakis With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of Captain Stelios Tatsis, a proud son of Chios, who departed this life at the age of 86. He passed away at the renowned Papanikolaou Hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece, after...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis).  An Amazing voice, singing Byzantine Psalms - the first one in Greek!!  This is an AMAZING performance - a real gift from God!! And proof that anyone can sing in Greek our beautiful Byzantine music!!...
Painting by Nikolaos Gyzis... EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis): I was fifteen years old when I read this beautiful poem for the first time, "The Monogram," by Nobel Prize laureate Odysseas Elytis (biography here), and I have been trying since then,...
By Nick Stamatakis A rare historical document came to our attention recently, and it is certainly worth reading and commenting on. It is a 1952 letter by Archbishop Iakovos, then priest in the Cathedral of Boston (Annunciation of the Virgin...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis): This year, we celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution, but in many ways, we missed some of the essential meanings of this great event.  Top among these essential meanings appears in the second...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis).  I am truly surprised by our priests' work to protect the Faith.   Yes, they cannot openly come out against Elpidophoros and his loudly pronounced "Cacodoxies" (what a beautiful Greek word, "κακοδοξία" I wish I could...
PHOTO: A meaningful moment as Metropolitan Theodosius of OCA welcomes Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios at St. Nicholas Cathedral, Washington, DC, 1990 ================ Patriarch Demetrios, truly a holy man, and his entourage arrived in Washington DC from Constantinople on July 2, 1990, with...