Archive | 2009

Greek Orthodox Mission Sets an Example in India

Calcutta- Sister Nectaria Paradisi, who has been in Calcutta since 1991, describes the work of the Greek Orthodox Mission in India. She sent the following to our newspaper Greek Insight: «Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, greetings in the Name of the Lord! I am glad for the opportunity that is afforded to me, to [...]

Greeks in Guatemala

Guatemala- A special on Greeks in Guatemala by the Athens News Agency portrays a vibrant community of people active in a broad range of activities, ranging from the “Molon Lave” plastics to “Grecia” chocolates, which later spawned an entire chocolate manufacturing business by Panagiotis Papachiou, the first Greek to officially migrate to Guatemala in 1926. [...]

South African President Meets Greek Community

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has, in a recent meeting with representatives of the Greek, Italian and Portuguese communities, appealed for their help in reducing crime and has stressed the need for “zero tolerance to combat criminality”. Presdident Zuma held the meeting to answer hundreds of questions he was faced from the three communities during [...]

“Aegean” in Tokyo

If gyros, moussaka and tzatziki all sound Greek to you, it’s time to visit The Aegean, Tokyo’s only Greek restaurant, owned and operated by a Greek. Here you can chat with sculptor and restaurateur Nik Biniari and perhaps discover why Greek people always seem a notch more genki than the rest of us. But before [...]

Pan-Cretans in Alexandria

Members of the Pan-Cretan Union of America, who are holding their annual general meeting on a cruise from Crete, were welcomed to the Alexandria Patriarchate by the Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, Theodore II, who expressed his joy at their visit and briefed them on the patriarchate’s work in Africa. On his part, the [...]