EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). Few Classicists can measure up to the "megalith" of knowledge that Ioannis Kakridis was (link here for his bio). What was the third and most important reason? The quest for Freedom, which defines us Hellenes...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). This is a special gift by acclaimed director Yiannis Smaragdis to Hellenicope and the Greek-American community, as we prepare to hold the World Premiere of the movie Kapodistrias on Saturday, November 29, at the Museum...
PHOTO: Refugees crowd the rail of the Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship Josiah Wedgewood, anchored at the Haifa port. British soldiers transported the passengers to the Athlit internment center. Palestine, June 27, 1946. Among them, two corpses of slain by...
PHOTO: The map of the proposed Jewish State "Westland" in Thuringia and Saxony of Northern Germany - exactly as it was proposed to the Allies in 1944
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis) The document that follows was preserved in the archives...
By Eleni Phufas - Jousma
The newly released English translation—German Crimes and Germany’s Debt to Greece, by Helen Savaki, MD, Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of Crete—is not just another history book—it is a searing indictment, a record...
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EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick stamatakis). Few songs in Greek music carry the timeless aura and simplicity of Fragosyriani (Φραγκοσυριανή), composed by Markos Vamvakaris in 1935. Often called the "patriarch of rebetiko," Vamvakaris drew inspiration directly from his native island of Syros....
Some things never change! Two hundred years ago, in 1828, Patriarch Agathangelos sent a committee of four Metropolitans to ask Governor Kapoditrias to quit fighting and to submit again to the Ottoman Sultan!! The Governor rejected the letter... A...
Growing up in Kokkinia, you were a refugee regardless of your origin
EDITOR'S NOTE: I wrote this short essay in 2013 in remembrance of Kokkinia, the neighborhood in Piraeus where I spent my first 24 years before immigrating to New...
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...
