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Happy New Year!
2012
W E S T E R N G R E E K A M E R I C A N N E W S M O N T H LY
VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 1 • H E L L E N I C J O U R N A L . O R G J anuar y 2 0 1 2
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contents
Elios Society’s Hellenic Charity Ball . . . . . . . . . 4
Letter from the Editor
Happy New Year! Hronia Polla!
Dear Readers:
Welcome to 2012! A new year is here once
again and it is time to revisit those resolutions
you’ve been entertaining and start anew. In
Frosene
keeping with our HJ tradition, we have featured
our cover with you, our Hellenic Journal fabric
Phillips
of faces that have graced our pages at one time
Editor
or another last year, to offer a refreshing Hronia
Polla! To discover who’s who, I invite you to turn to page 7 for a
complete list of names.
As we welcome in the new year, please remember to visit
our website hellenicjournal.org and send us your comments and
events throughout the coming year.
Happy New Year!
Eurogroup approves 6th tranche of bailout loan
to Greece. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Greek filmmakers make their mark. . . . . . . . . . . 8
And the Elios Award
goes to ...
page 4
U.S. military members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
News from Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Next Month in
the HJ
• Health and Wellness: Are
you keeping up with your
resolutions?
• Camps and Programs: Plan
ahead with your children for
upcoming important dates.
Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Immortals screenwriters’
Q&A with HJ Editor page 6
Southern California Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Northwest and Pacific Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
• Greek
Orthodox Folk
Dance & Choral
Festival: Faith,
Dance and
Fellowship in
Anaheim, CA.
For more HJ news and to subscribe visit
hellenicjournal.org and follow us on Facebook
Memorial monument honors Greek-American
In Memoriam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Business Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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remembered
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Faces of the 2011 Hellenic Journal wishing a Happy
New Year 2012
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kudos
Hellenic Charity Ball celebrates Greek American luminaries in Arts & Entertainment
Guests treated to rousing performances by Anna Vissi and Constantine Maroulis
The Elios Society and its 600 guests celebrated into the
night as actor Nick Cassavetes, Greece’s superstar Anna
Vissi, rocker and Broadway star Constantine Maroulis
and local folk hero and entertainer Louie Gundunas were
feted at the historic Fairmont Hotel Grand Ballroom in San
Francisco in November. Proceeds from the gala benefited
the Elios Foundation which supports organizations and
projects that preserve and promote Greek heritage and the
arts. For more photos of this elegant black-tie affair, visit
hellenicjournal.org.
1. Award Assistant Jeanette Saris, Chairman Tony Saris
and Betty Saris; 2. Honorees Louie Gundunas, Nick
Cassavetes, Anna Vissi, Constantine Maroulis; 3. Sherry
and John Aniston; 4. Constantine Maroulis, Judy and
George Marcus; 5. Honoree Nick Cassavetes and his
mother actress Gena Rowlands; 6. Anna Vissi gave a
rousing performance; 7. Standing: Kristina Gundunas
Smith, Louie Gundunas, Rebekah Gundunas Montoya;
Seated: Peggy Jo
Gundunas, Susan
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Gundunas; 8. Designer
Sofia Karvela and her
mother honoree Anna
Vissi; 9. Mistresses of
Ceremony Vicki Liviakis
and Cristina Ferrare;
10. Fanis and Cynthia
Economidis; 11. Co-Chair
Byron and Stephanie
Scordelis, Stephen and
Marisa Scordelis; 12.
Past honoree Cory Lerios
introduced honoree
Constantine Maroulis
who also surprised
guests during the
dancing by performing;
13. Co-Chair Dr. Kenneth
and Angie Frangadakis;
14. Father John Bakas,
Co-Chair Joan and Ralph
Dauria.
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news from greece
athens news agency
Eurogroup approves 6th
tranche of bailout loan to
Greece
BRUSSELS (AMNA/M.
Aroni) – The Eurogroup approved
disbursement of an 8 billion euros
6th tranche of the 110 billion euro
EU-IMF bailout loan to Greece,
Eurogroup president Jean-Claude
Juncker announced in Brussels after
a meeting of the group.
“We decided to release the sixth
disbursement of the Greek program
now that prior actions have been
met,” Juncker told reporters after a
meeting of the finance ministers of
the 17 eurozone member countries.
Juncker said that the letters
received by the Eurogroup from
the leaders of the three political
parties backing the new national
unity government in Greece
and also from transitional prime
minister Lucas Papademos fully
satisfied the Eurogroup demand
for written commitments on
the implementation of the
Memorandum and the decisions
of the October 26-27 eurozone
summit.
The Eurogroup chief also said
that he will personally send a letter
to Papademos stating his satisfaction
with the Greek government’s
commitment to materialize the
October 26 decisions.
He also said that the
disbursement will take place after
the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) approves its part of the
tranche.
Juncker further appealed to the
Greek authorities to speed up talks
with Greece’s private creditors on
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the Greek bond swaps, the so-called
PSI, with the aim of completion of
the process by the end of January.
Education minister proposes
that EU debt-crisis countries
cooperate to promote
research
Greece’s Education Minister
Anna Diamantopoulou
announced that she has sent letters
to her counterparts in four other
EU countries caught up in the
debt crisis, proposing a framework
of cooperation and joint action to
promote research and innovation.
In the letters to her
counterparts in Spain,
Italy, Portugal and Ireland,
Diamatopoulou notes the
negative impact of the fiscal
crisis on research and innovation
and the knock-on repercussions
that their degradation will have
on the competitiveness and
growth prospects of the countries
involved.
She proposes that research
centers in all five of the countries
worst hit by the EU debt crisis
should cooperate and that there
be increased mobility of young
researchers in the framework of
the Horizon 2020 program in
order to attract funds for research
and create conditions that will
allow postgraduate students to
stay in Europe, as well as making
use of European Central Bank
investment programs.
Diamantopoulou calls for
the creation of a special working
group that will process and submit
specific policies for this purpose.
The United States and Greece Finalize Agreement to Protect the Archaeological
and Byzantine Heritage of Greece through the 15th Century A.D.
Washington, DC – With an
exchange of diplomatic notes
on November 21, 2011, the
agreement to protect Greece’s
cultural heritage, which Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
and then Minister of Foreign
Affairs Stavros Lambrinidis
signed on July 17, 2011, entered
into force.
The agreement, Memorandum
Of Understanding Between The
Government Of The United States
Of America And The Government
Of The Hellenic Republic
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Import Restrictions On Certain
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And Byzantine Ecclesiastical
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past Board members of the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute in Berkeley, at USC’s Town and
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The Spectrum Open, held at
Fircrest Golf Club in Washington,
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Pension Consultant’s founder
Panayiotis “Pano” Koumantaros’ love
of life, golf, and good food and wine.
Pictured left to right: Jason Ness and Yannis Koumantaros
joined by another avid golfer and Eric Contrares as they
show off their new drivers at the Spectrum Open.
Thanasis Maskaleris receives the Alexander
the Great Award in San Diego; publishes new
book
The Hellenic Cultural Society
of San Diego conferred to
Thanasis Maskaleris the Alexander the Great Award for his lifetime
contributions to Hellenism. Professor Maskaleris was the founding
Director of the Center for Modern Greek Studies and the Kazantzakis
Chair at San Francisco State University. The ceremony was held at the
La Jolla Hilton on November 1, 2011. Honored with the same award
were Alekos Rigopoulos, former president of the Pan Arcadian Federation of America and his wife
Jeanette Rigopoulos, a leading organizer of Hellenic activities and
folk-dance teacher in San Diego.
Hellenic Law
Professor Maskaleris also presented his new book, published by
Society presents
Zorba Press, The Terrestrial Gospel of Nikos Kazantzakis. The book is
Athenian Award
an anthology of hymns to Nature gleaned from the works of Nikos
The 2011 Athenian Award
Kazantzakis, the great Cretan author-intended to inspire environmental
concern and ecologic action toward saving our threatened environment. of the Hellenic Law Society
was presented to Nikolaos
Pictured (left to right): Thanasis Maskaleris, co-honorees
Theophanous, Honorary
Alekos and Jeanette Rigopoulos, Hon. Consul General of
Consul of Cyprus, on
Cyprus Andreas Kyprianides, George Koulaxes, President
December 2, 2011. The coveted
of the Hellenic Cultural Society.
Athenian Award is bestowed
annually by the Hellenic Law
IMMORTALS Screenwriters Charley and Vlas
Society to a distinguished Greek
Parlapanides at historic Orinda Theatre
American or a Philhellene, who
Screenwriters Charley and Vlas
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Parlapanides were in Orinda, CA
highest ideals of the ancient
to screen IMMORTALS and share their
Athenian Culture. The award
journey with a Q&A moderated by HJ
was presented during the annual
editor Frosene Phillips on November
Christmas Dinner which was
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held this year at McCormick
two days earlier. Upon arrival, a crowd
& Kuleto’s restaurant by
of enthusiastic filmgoers welcomed
Ghirardelli Square in San
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Francisco. The evening was
Yanni’s Greek Cafe in Martinez, CA. The event was hosted by the
well attended by members
California Independent Film Festival who has invited the Parlapanides
and guests including many
brothers back for a screenwriters
past recipients of the Athenian
panel discussion during its film
Award. Pictured: Hellenic
festival February 10-16, 2012 (caiff.
Law Society Director,
org for details). The brothers also
Peter A. Bagatelos,
attended the Hellenic Charity Ball the
Nikolaos and Sotira
previous evening
Theophanous.
in San Francisco
PHOTO BY TED LALIOTIS
and shared the
good news with
the Orinda crowd
of 200 that
IMMORTALS
opened #1 at the
Box Office.
PHOTOS BY
BEAU BEHAN
faces welcome 2012
calendar
Arts, Events, Lectures & Entertainment
January 4 - 18, 2012
San Francisco State
University’s Modern Greek
Studies open registration for SFSU
students. For class schedule and more
information phone 415-338-1892,
email [email protected] or visit
www.sfsu.edu/modgreek/.
January 14, 2012
Cretan Glendi will be hosted by
Pancretan Association Chapter of
Epimenides/Ariadne. Live music
directly from Crete featuring
Antonis Marisakis and Nikos
Marentakis. Proceeds benefit
Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox
Institute. Annunciation Cathedral,
San Francisco, CA. Diane Kounalakis
at [email protected] or 650343-6214.
January 14 - 16, 2012
Pan-Orthodox Youth Retreat
for 7th to 12th graders at Cedar
Springs Camp in Lake Stevens, WA.
$135, Registration required, contact
[email protected].
January 21, 2012
“Come Cruise with Us” All
Saints Camp Benefit at St.
Demetrios Community Center,
2100 Boyer Ave. East, Seattle, WA
98112 $35 per person. Cruise wear
encouraged. Reservations required.
Visit www.allsaintscamp.com or call
206-824-8511.
January 27, 2012
30th Annual Crab Feed
presented by the Annunciation
Cathedral Ladies Philoptochos
Society. Cocktail Reception 6 p.m.
Dinner 7:30 p.m., $50 per person.
Annunciation Cathedral, San
Francisco, CA. For reservations
415-864-8000.
January 28, 2012
Roumeli Society of the
Bay Area celebrates its 30th
Anniversary with a Dinner Dance.
Adults $75; Children under 15
$30. Featuring Lefteris Boumias,
Clarino, and Giorgos Tsilimekis,
Tragoudi, from New York, and
members of Fotia for dancing.
Ascension Cathedral Community
Center, Oakland, CA. Call Athena
Lagios 510-531-9273 or Elias
Tsiknis 650-994-3322.
The Saint Sophia
Philoptochos Society 2012
Evening with Friends Dinner
will honor Father Peter F.
Lambert, Executive Director of
Philanthropia, Inc., a “Consortium
of Orthodox Christians dedicated
to serving the sick and the
suffering.” The dinner will be held
at Bel-Air Country Club in Los
Angeles, CA. Call Marianna Politis
at 310-275-4074.
NW Regional Philoptochos
Conference will be held at St.
Demetrios Church, Seattle, WA.
$10 Includes lunch; must preregister. Contact susanreighmann@
yahoo.com or 425-772-4074.
COVER PHOTOS
Row One
Andrea Holland
Maria Mavroudi
Marina Moustakas
Zafiris Gourgouliatos
John T. John, Emanuel and
Marilyn Rouvelas, Dr. Angelos
Pangratis, Dr. Theodore
Kaltsounis
Nick Katsoris and Olympia
Dukakis
Shelby Makris
“Kefi Effie” Makris
ROW TWO
Anna Counelis, Dr. Tikey Zes
Emily Ann Laliotis (seated) with
her parents, Dr. Aris and
Christy Laliotis, sisters Katy
and Grace, and grandparents
Ted and Evangelia Laliotis
The Hon. Steven G. Counelis,
Stacia Counelis, son Christos
and daughter Anna
Ernie Anastos
Yorgos Lanthimos
Peter Z. Mantarakis
Ariana Savalas
ROW THREE
President Obama, Archbishop
Demetrios
The Hon. Paul S. Laggis
John Gumas Family, top
Metropolitan Nikitas, Fr. Thomas
J. Paris, bottom
Julia Migenes, top
Ersi Danou, Angeliki
Giannakopoulos, bottom
Marika Fox
Ted Maroutsos, John Nicon,
Carol Thomas, Zoye Fidler,
Joann Nicon, top
Margarita, Periklis
Stergianoudis, bottom
Marilu Henner, top
Ambassador of Greece to
the U.S. Vassilis Kakarelis,
bottom
Maria Farantouri, Charles Lloyd,
top
Melina Kanakaredes, bottom
George Veras
ROW FOUR
Alekos Galas
Michael Constantine
Nick Tarlson
Marisa Churchill
George Marcus
S.F. Consul General Ioannis
Andreades
Ecumenical Patriarch
Bartholomew, U.S. Secretary of
State Hillary Rodham Clinton
Christopher Theofanidis
Peter Kazaras
Billy Zane
ROW FIVE
Andrew Mousalimas, top
Cappella Romana, bottom
Dr. Eugene and Bonnie Skourtes
Anna Vissi
Vangelis Giannopoulos, Thanos
Petrelis, Bessie Stavropoulos
Ceil Koplos
Kalomira
Greek Prime Minister Loukas
Papademos
ROW SIX
Paul Gikas
Stephanie and Lexy Prodomos
I Parea, Downey, CA, Metropolitan
Gerasimos
Ambassador Panagopoulos,
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Stavros Lambrinidis, L.A.
Consul General Elisabeth
Fotiadou, Ambassador
Kaskarelis
Vlas and Charley Parlapanides
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INVITES YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO A
Friday, January 27th, 2012
At Ascension Cathedral Community Center
4700 Lincoln Avenue, Oakland, CA
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Featuring Special Entertainment from New York:
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Also Members of the Group Fotia for our Dancing Pleasure!
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30th Annual Crab Feed
Cocktail Reception: 6:00 p.m. • Dinner: 7:30 p.m.
$50 per person • Group Tables Available at $500
Maximum Ten People Per Table
For reservations call: Annunciation Cathedral (415) 864-8000
No host cocktails & Hors D’oeuvres at 6:00 pm
Prime Rib Dinner with 2 bottles of wine per table.
Chicken Dinner available upon reservation request.
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THE ROUMELI SOCIETY OF THE BAY AREA
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By Mavis Manus
T
he Holiday celebrations
got off to a beautiful start
last month with the 14th
annual Musicfest at St. Sofia’s
Cathedral. Under the supervision
of director Jim H. Kollias, the
Saint Sophia Cathedral Choir
together with director Antonio
Espinal and the Harmonies of
Saint Thomas All Girls Choir
treated a capacity audience to
a well balanced and satisfying
program of religious and spiritual
song for the Christmas season.
The reception following the
concert was in the Fellowship
Tent. Ted Pastras reports that
the construction of the new
community center is expected to
be completed around
the end of January.
Some additional weeks
will be needed for the
finishing touches on
the interior and to get a
final sign-off from the
various city inspectors. More with choir
director Jim Kollias in the
next issue of the HJ.
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14th Annual Christmas Musicfest
under the Byzantine Dome
Photo courtesy of St. Sophia Cathedral
Greeks and GreekAmericans have recently
made their mark in the
film world, the chief
of whom is, of course,
Alexander Payne, who
brings us his first film
in seven years with The
Descendants.
To date the film’s
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Adults in the community may enroll in courses through Open
University without being formally admitted to SFSU. In addition,
Eldercollege is for students 50 years old or older who are interested
in taking SFSU classes. They may enroll in fall, spring or summer
classes on a space available, noncredit basis. $55.00 a semester. For
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Labed and Dogtooth star Aggeliki
star, George Clooney, has
Papoulia. The film is about a
appeared on several of the “year’s
group (one might say a gang) who
best” lists. Cinematographer
offer their services impersonating
Phedon Papamichael has
the recently deceased and
captured the magnificent
re-enacting scenes from their lives,
landscape of Hawaii, where the
film is set. Of course all is not well in order to help survivors grieve. in this apparent Eden and soon we are involved in a father (Clooney)
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over-worked and neglectful,
Award winning filmmaker and
family disputes over land, marital
director Johanna Demetrakas
betrayal, and out-of-control
has attempted, with success,
daughters. What Payne does so
skillfully is to gather all the frayed the difficult task of capturing
the life of Chogyam Trungpa
strands of the family and slowly
Rinpoche in her documentary,
bind them together to form a
Crazy Wisdom. Demetrakas has
strong bond.
directed episodes of television
Rachel Tsangai was in town
with her Greek Oscar submission, series including L.A. Law and
Doogie Howser, M.D. as well as
Attenberg which showed at the
such feature films as Out of Line,
AFI Festival in Hollywood, but
starring Jennifer Beals, and the
is scheduled for theatrical release
short film Homesick. She is also
this year. The star, Ariane Labed,
known for her award-winning
won the Best Actress prize at the
documentaries and iconic feminist
2010 Venice Film Festival. The
art films, Womanhouse and
film deals with a young woman
Right out of History. Demetrakas
who, while caring for a muchcurrently teaches
loved father
cinema arts at
dying of cancer,
the University
must confront
of Southern
her own slow,
California.
reluctant
In the 1970s,
emergence as
Johanna
an adult sexual
Demetrakas
creature. Her
was a student
awkwardness
of the Buddhist
with a visiting
master Chogyam
engineer at the
Trungpa
local factory
The Descendants
cinematographer
Phedon
Rinpoche, best
makes for a
Papamichael
known for his
very funny
unconventional teaching styles,
scene, with her pausing every few
hard drinking, and active sex
minutes to ask, “Am I doing it
right?” until he finally cries, “I beg life. Now, 40 years later, she has
become the first film chronicler
you, be quiet!”
of her revered teacher, who passed
Wacky humor like that is
away in 1987. Crazy Wisdom
typical of the film, but the story
portrays a surprisingly endearing
also points up the devastation
man who not only got married
being done to the idyllic
and had children — unheard-of
countryside by factories and the
behaviour for serious Buddhists
endless heavy trucks powering
— but also became a preeminent
through the destroyed sylvan
spiritual teacher.
landscape.
Yorgos Lanthimos is back this In an interview with
year with Alps, also starring Ariane Independent.com, Demetrakas
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was asked what the message was
that she wanted to send about
Trungpa’s life. She replied, “
When you get materialistic, you
get cynical. When you get cynical,
you close things down. You only
have one view, and that’s the
central view … So, in a way, what
Trungpa does is open it up so
you’re not repressive to yourself.
You’re not holding yourself down
with whatever your neurosis is,
whether it’s materialism or you are
frightened by everything or you’re
angry at everything … When you
open up, the first thing you notice
is that you are not that different
from other people. So that allows
some gentleness and kindness, and
from there on it just keeps getting
bigger.”
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The Philoptochos Chapter
of St. Sophia in Los Angeles
recently enjoyed its annual
Thanksgiving luncheon at the
Wilson Harding Clubhouse in
Griffith Park, celebrating its many
accomplishments achieved during
the past year.
In addition to the Debutante
Ball and Mother’s Day luncheon
fundraisers, Philoptochos has
helped numerous families in need.
It recently partnered with the Los
Angeles Mission to help in the
winter season, serving breakfast to
the homeless every morning.
The chapter is also working in
concert with the local area “Salvin
School” which serves children who
are severely physically and mentally
challenged. Each year they assist
the school in purchasing food
for 74 low-income families that
need help at Christmas time. One
project was collecting ‘cuddling’
stuffed animals to give to siblings
of the disabled students who
are frequently overlooked in the
holiday season.
The chapter has also adopted
four families too poor to buy
presents. An “Angel tree” was
placed in the Narthex with wishlist items for the children (and
their parents).With the help of
the Saint Sophia community,
the chapter purchased gifts, and
provided each family with a
$100 food card which brought a
Christmas dinner to the table.
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northwest and pacific notes
and notes that one does not need
to be a member of Philoptochos to
attend. The conference including
lunch costs $10 per person. The
registration deadline is January
14. Questions can be directed to
[email protected] or 425772-1605.
By
Theodora
Dracopoulos
Argue
GREEK AMERICAN
MEMORIAL
On November 5, 2011, in
the Greek Orthodox section of
Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery in
Seattle, the Greek Community
dedicated a memorial monument
honoring twenty 20th Century
Greek-American U.S. military
members from throughout
Washington State who died
in the service of their country.
The servicemen are PVT John
P. Chemeres, Aberdeen, WA;
2LT Gust J. Damascus, Seattle;
LTJG George Damaskos and
CPT James G. Droles, both of
Yakima, WA; PVT Leslie V. Frink
and FLO Dimitrios Geranios,
both of Seattle; MAJ John W.
Katsonis, Hoquiam, WA; PFC
Denny F. Lagounaris, Tacoma,
WA; S1C Christ Makos, Seattle;
PVT John Massouras, Ellensburg,
WA; 2LT Nicholas C. Pantages,
and PFC Tony T. Pappadakis,
Jr., both of Seattle; CPT John P.
Prekeges, Spokane; 1LT Paul P.
Rockas and SGT Perry Rogers,
Seattle; PVT Vlases Stavropoulos,
Wenatchee, WA; LDCR George
P. Varver, Jr., Seattle; CPL George
Vellias of Roy, WA; CPT Dan
Victor(Fountoukakis), Tacoma;
and S1C Nicholas P. Wells, Seattle.
Memory eternal!
Rev. Fr. Photios Dumont,
Proistamenos of St. Demetrios
Greek Orthodox Church, assisted
by parish Deacon Spyridon (Perry)
Angelos, chanted a Trisagion for
Sister Joanna with local clergy at a Divine Liturgy the day
after her video presentation on Sinai in Seattle. Left to
right: Fr. Dean Kouldukis of Assumption Church; Deacon
Spyridon (Perry) Angelos and Fr. Photios Dumont, both of
St. Demetrios Church; Sr. Joanna; Fr. Michael Johnson of
Seattle and Fr. Constantine Efstathiu of Petaluma, CA.
PHOTO BY CLIFFORD T. ARGUE
the fallen heroes and blessed the
monument. An honor guard from
VFW Post 2995 in Redmond,
WA, provided the gun salute and
the playing of taps. The honorees’
names were read, and a wreath
was placed by the monument.
Surviving relatives laid flowers at the
memorial.
Committee Chairman John
Limantzakis, a U.S. Army Vietnam
veteran, a former St. Demetrios
Parish Council President and son
of a Greek Army veteran who
fought in Greece in World War II,
spearheaded the project. Mr. Limantzakis addressed the
large crowd at the dedication: “Over
the years, I have thought about the
Greek Americans who made the
ultimate sacrifice for our country
and have felt strongly that they
should be recognized,” He thanked
Evergreen Washelli Cemetery
for providing plots on which
the memorial stands; Quiring
Monuments for discounting
the monument’s creation and
installation; the VFW honor guard;
the memorial committee, and all
Clergy and Committee members at the Greek American War
Memorial Dedication in Seattle. Joining them is the oldest
living relative, Mrs. Elda Pantages Staats, widow of 2LT.
Nicholas C. Pantages who died in WWII.
PHOTO BY CLIFFORD T. ARGUE
the family members and others
who helped with the research and
compilation of information. The
Limantzakis family donated the
monument. A 21st Century high
tech feature further honors the
twenty military men. If a smart
phone is pointed at a small target
embedded in the monument front,
the honorees’ biographies can be
downloaded. That data also can be
found at http://www.washelli.com/
wordpress/?p=3380. A reception
followed.
NW PHILOPTOCHOS
CONFERENCE
On Saturday, January
28, Seattle’s Saint Demetrios
Philoptochos will host a Regional
Philoptochos Conference at
the church for Philoptochos
chapters and Greek Orthodox
women’s philanthropic groups
in the Northwest. Metropolis
Philoptochos President Jeannie
Ranglas from the San Diego
area will be the featured speaker. The conference will highlight
many of the organization’s
philanthropic activities and ways to
participate. Holy Trinity Cathedral
Philoptochos President Stacey
Gianopoulos, Paula Diamond and
Mari Lou Diamond will describe
the very successful Philoptochos
Circles in Portland, Oregon. St.
Demetrios’ Georgia Gianacos
Steenis will speak on Camp Agape
Northwest. The day will end with
a presentation by Presvytera Pat
Tsagalakis from Holy Apostles
Greek Orthodox Church in
Shoreline, WA, on “Giving and
Receiving; The Art of Balance.” St.
Demetrios Philoptochos President
Susan Reichmann welcomes all
was drawn to Greece in pursuit of
the monastic life. (Her maternal
grandparents had come from
Koroni and Kandila, Peloponnesus,
in the early 20th Century.)
GREEK CARNIVAL
February 23 to 28, a select
group of up to eight people
MT. SINAI (EGYPT) FILM
will gather with leader Yvonne
In November, Sister Joanna,
Hunt in Serres to experience
an Orthodox nun from the ancient
the living traditions of the
Red Sea hermitage of Hammam
unique masquerader carnival
Mousa (Springs of Moses), where
and dance traditions, including
the Hebrew people camped during
the Babouyeri and Kechekia,
the Exodus from Egypt, gave video
of several villages in the Serres
presentations
Prefecture of
in the
Macedonia in
Northwest on
northeastern Greece,
St. Catherine’s
with a possible sideMonastery
trip to the Naoussa
at Mt. Sinai.
celebrations.
She spoke of
These cultural
the mystery
representations are
of Simplicity
not tourist events,
of Soul as
but something
requisite to
the people do to
the ultimate
express themselves
Christian goal
around the
of union with
weekend of each
God. The early
Cheese Fare Sunday
Seattle’s Yvonne Hunt
with a babouyeros in
monastics in
and Clean Monday
the Northeastern Greek
the harsh and
in preparation for
village of Anthi at a
desolate Sinai
Carnival celebration.
Great Lent and
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mountainous
are unknown even
desert experienced extreme
to most Greeks. For further
privation in order to experience
information or for registration,
divine revelation, as recorded
which is due by January 19,
in famous works such as The
contact Yvonne Hunt in Seattle
Ladder of Divine Ascent, by St.
at 206-523-2477 or at yhunty@
John Climacus of Sinai. In the
yahoo.com.
video, the present day Monastery
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images of the Burning Bush, ancient
Monastery spiritual treasures, and
views from the Holy Summit of
Sinai where Moses received the
Ten Commandments showed that
modern life in Sinai has changed
little since the massive spiritual
fortress was erected in the 6th
century by Byzantine Emperor
Justinian. Sister (Sr.) Joanna’s talk
preceded Cappella Romana’s
20th Anniversary Season concert
of medieval Byzantine chant, “Mt.
Sinai: Frontier of Byzantium,”
given in Portland and in Seattle.
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virtuoso Byzantine chanters from
422 Tyler Street
the US and Europe featured Stelios
Kontakiotis, master chanter at the
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amily owned and operated since 1929, Santos-Robinson
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Member of the Ascension Cathedral of Oakland
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25+ Years Experience
235 Montgomery St., Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94104
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IT’S GREEK TO ME
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funeral services
Chapel of the Highland
El Camino Real at 194 Millwood Drive
in Millbrae, California. • Ph: 650-588-5116
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Duggan’s Funeral Service
The Duggan Welch Family
3434 17th Street near Valencia
Ph. 415-431-4900 • Fax: 415-861-9866
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500 Westlake Avenue
6210 Stoneridge Mall Rd., Suite 100
Pleasanton, CA 94588
Ph: 925-847-4600 • Fax: 925-847-4605
Cell: 510-205-5433
Daly City, CA 94014
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200 Valley Drive Suite 20, Brisbane, CA 94005
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Harry W. Greer
Ph: 510-522-5188
Cell: 510-368-3892
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Sorensen Chapel
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888 Brannan St. Suite 165
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888 Brannan Street Suite 126
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2254 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94114
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1575 Francisco Blvd East
San Rafael, CA 94901-5503
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du vin fine wines
Outstanding Greek Wine Selection
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2526 A Santa Clara Ave., Alameda, CA 94501
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NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
Demetrios Theodoropoulos
Bay Bridge Office
5980 Horton St., Suite 500
Emeryville, CA 94608
East Bay Office
business directory
VERREOS INSURANCE AGENCY
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Ph: 415-725-3001 / 510-261-1105
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1148 El Camino Real
Colma, CA 94014
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psychologist
Dr. peter tsantilis
Psychotherapy & Consultation
Adults, couples, families, adolescents
Ph: 415-664-3207
[email protected]
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epsilon
Fine Greek Restaurant
Petros Mungridis
422 Tyler Street, Monterey, CA 93940
Ph: 831-655-8108
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Papa Cristo’s
Chrys Chrys
2771 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90006
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ARIS EXPORT CO., INC.
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1453 Doolittle Drive, San Leandro, CA 94577
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TRAVEL
Aster Travel Agency
The Greek Travel Agency
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1961 Ocean Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94127
Ph: 415-334-5957
Fax: 415-334-3552
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uggan’s Funeral Service
The Duggan Welch Family
William “Bill” and Steve Welch, the fourth and fifth
generation Funeral Directors serving San Francisco and
the bay area Greek Community.
Our friendly, family oriented staff are here to assist
you in your time of need. We are minutes away from
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