During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the United States government was overwhelmed in attempting to save the nation and its own existence. The Greek nation never had a strong centralized government. They suffered over four centuries of Ottoman Turkish rule, sustained only by the local Greek Orthodox cleric and their community organization. Cephalonian Association “Aenos”, Inc. is an organization […]

“The Greeks endured years of slavery known as the ‘Chronia tis Slavias’,” said Dr. Christos P. Ioannides, keynote speaker at the fourth annual St. John’s University Greek Independence Day Program on February 21st in Council Hall. “They lived as slaves for four hundred years. The Greeks did not forget freedom. The American Revolution opened the way for others to rebel […]

Easter, the greatest festival of the Christian church, commemorates the resurrection of Jesus. It is a movable feast; that is, it is not always held on the same date. In AD 325 the church council of Nicaea decided that it should be celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox of Mar. […]

  Why do we do what we do at Easter? Why do many people eat ham and dye eggs? How are these traditions related to Christ’s resurrection? For Christians all over the world, Easter is a time of great joy and great pageantry. Some aspects of Easter celebrations stem directly from the biblical account of Christ’s death and resurrection, while […]

Sarah Elizabeth Emery Johnston, daughter of Sue Emery and Kent Johnston of Gaithersburg, Maryland, was engaged on Dec. 22, 2007 to Peter Thomas Milcetic, son of Rose Marie and Peter Milcetic of Whitestone, New York. The bride-to-be is a graduate of the University of Maryland and her fiance is a graduate of St. John’s University, Fresh Meadows, NY. The wedding […]

Do you know the names of the two candidates who took part in the most disputed presidential election in U.S. history? (Hint- the names aren’t Bush and Gore.) Who was the first dark horse presidential nominee? What third-party candidate received the most votes recorded in the annals of American presidential contests? (It wasn’t Ross Perot.) This article describes America’s 10 […]

At the March meeting of Community Board 2, matters covered included an application for a dual street renaming, another bit of remodeling in Sunnyside Gardens that required board approval, a board member’s retirement, a news report from the Department of Sanitation and sundry items. But the issue that stirred most interest was the application to the Board of Standards and […]