By NEOmagazine Metropolitan Athenagoras of Mexico visited Haiti recently, in order to be on the side of the clergy and Orthodox faithful at the earthquake stricken island. He arrived to Port au Prince from Greece where he was visiting for official Church business, aboard a Greek Government plane, with the Assistant Foreign Minister of Greece [...]

The Greek community’s building in Santiago has sustained serious damage as a result of the powerful earthquake that struck Chile late last month. The extent of damage caused to the neo-classical building, built in 1876, renders the holding of events impossible. S.A.E. Region of Central-South America Region Coordinator Nikiforos Nikolaidis, in an announcement, called for [...]

By Alex Billinis* I spent the summer of 1996 studying and working in Chile, as part of a law school exchange program. As always in my world travels, I sought out the Greek community. I had heard stories from my father about his own sailor father’s travels to Chile, where he described a strong Greek [...]

Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that they communicated with the Greek embassy in Chile, although the communication was very difficult after Saturday’s 8.8-magnitude earthquake that striked 200 miles south of Santiago. The severity of the damages have not been confirmed by the Chilean government. Latest reports indicate at least 214 deaths. The earthquake also [...]