Greek Ambassador: ‘Hellenism and Orthodoxy’ Is A Foreign Policy Tool
May 19, 2009 by John Couretas · 19 Comments
Outgoing Greek Ambassador Alexandros Mallias is getting a big send off for all of his fine work in helping the American Omogeneia and Diaspora (still wandering in search of a home) advance the interests of the Greek state. Here’s the key paragraph from a report in SAE News: [Mallias] forged and cultivated substantive relations with [...]
Greeks losing interest in Hellenism
April 14, 2009 by John Couretas · 25 Comments
The anarchists that sank Greece into a near state of chaos late last year are now taking aim at the Church: Greece is seeing an unprecedented spate of terrorist attacks against churches. Among the churches that were hit, in one case during religious service, were the Athens Metropolitan Church, the Piraeus Metropolitan Church, and the [...]
Archbishop Demetrios Compares Obama to Alexander the Great
March 25, 2009 by John Couretas · 35 Comments
Archbishop Demetrios, leader of the largest Orthodox Christian jurisdiction in the United States, compared President Obama to Alexander the Great at a Greek Independence Day celebration at the White House. Politico, noting that the president got “a little unexpected flattery” from the hierarch about his crisis management skills, said the archbishop told Obama: “Following the [...]
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