HANC CELEBRATES GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY
The Hellenic American National Council (HANC) joins all the other Greek organizations in the United States and the Greek Diaspora in the Celebration of the 192nd Greek Independence Day.
The Greek struggle for independence against the Ottoman yoke was long, painful and destructive. A tremendous price was paid in human loss and material destruction. Most of the liberated area was living in misery, poverty and pain. All the ravages of war, however, did not stop the creativity, industriousness and ingenuity of the Greek people. Despite the many adversities they soon moved to a higher level in the political and economic ladder. In a few decades not only they surpassed in economic and other standards their former masters, but were also able to use their newfound power to expand their territory, first through the annexation of Thessaly (1881) and then through the victorious Balkan Wars of 1912-13.
PART ONE: Alexander Karas' questions to Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren
QUESTION: Ambassador Oren, as you know, Israel recently completed the sale of electronic warfare systems to Turkey despite ongoing strained relationships between Greece and Turkey, Cyprus and Turkey and Israel and Turkey worth 200 million dollars. The Turks feel drilling for oil in the region is National Security Concern ,,,how is it that with $700 million dollars earmarked for security of this pipeline $200 million go into what seems to undermine its security solely based on past behaviors of the Turks with daily dogfights between Greek and Turkish Air forces and ongoing violations against humanity without compliance of same?
The Passing of the Dean of the Greek-American Community and the Greek Diaspora
Andrew Athens - and a picture of him serving the US Army in World War II - in October, 2011 when he was honored in Washington DC, along with Senator Bob Dole, with the Greatest Generation Award.
WASHINGTON, DC., March 14, 2013 -- Andrew A. Athens passed away in his sleep early this morning at his home in Chicago, Illinois at the age of 91.
In addition to his extraordinary success as a major steel industry magnate of the mid-western United States, as Chairman of Metron Steel, and as the cherished head of a close and loving family -- made up of his wife of 67 years, Louise, son Paul (and his wife Kellee) and daughter Jacqueline (and her husband Alex) and their four grandchildren (Andrew (and wife Lanci), Alexa, James Paul, and Matthew) -- Andy epitomized what is best about Hellenism and Orthodoxy.
Virtually all who knew Andy found his intelligence, sincerity, charm and dedication to his family, his heritage and his country unsurpassed. Without exaggeration, Andy Athens' accomplishments for Hellenism and Orthodoxy are incomparable.
