AHEPA Meets with Archbishop Elpidophoros

AHEPA Meets with Archbishop Elpidophoros L-R: Executive Director Mossaidis, Chairman of the Board Karacostas, Supreme President Horiates, Archbishop Elpidophoros, and Supreme VP Kokotas. (Photo credit: GOA/D. Panagos) His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros welcomed Supreme President George G. Horiates to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, September 27, 2019. Chairman of the Board Nicholas A. Karacostas, PSP; Supreme Vice President Jimmy Kokotas, and Executive Director Basil N. Mossaidis accompanied the Supreme President. AHEPA leaders also attended events held in concurrence with the United Nations General Assembly where they interfaced with Greek and Cypriot government officials. read more AHEPA Delivers More Aid to Flint Water Crisis Victims Michigan's AHEPA family successfully completed its 7th "Milk for Flint" giveaway, September 26, 2019. They provided gallons of milk to 354 Flint households represented, and the line of residents was non-stop for almost 2-1/2 hours, according to organizers. AHEPA has raised $26,000 to deliver 14,000 gallons of milk to Flint residents since the first giveaway in March 2016. Look for an 8th "Milk for Flint" giveaway in Spring 2020.  view more Disney 2020! Make Your Plans Today! It's never too early to plan a visit to Walt Disney World Resort -- especially when its the venue for the 2020 AHEPA Family Supreme Convention, July 19 to 26. Disney's Coronado Springs Resort will be our convention headquarters. Learn More | Book Today! Don't forget to follow AHEPA on social media:

Join AHEPA Today! In Our Own Words. What AHEPA means to us. Join AHEPA Now Upcoming Events & Deadlines   October 19 | Athenagoras Human Rights Award Banquet, New York, N.Y. Greek American News Digest   Editor's Note: Editorials, commentaries, opinion pieces, and articles are shared for information purposes only and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy positions of the Order of AHEPA, its affiliated organizations, and members.   Greek PM calls for migrant burden-sharing, slams Turkey's 'gunboat diplomacy' Ekathimerini (Sept. 27) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called for greater burden sharing when it comes to immigration, in a thinly veiled criticism of the failure of some central and eastern European states to take in asylum seekers.  read more Greece - Prime Minister Addresses General Debate, 74th Session Greece rushes to unblock camps after migrant deaths Politico (Sept. 30) Greece's government announced on Monday sweeping measures to deal with a sharp increase in migration flows, a day after a killer blaze in a notoriously overcrowded camp on the island of Lesbos.  read more | Associated Press Anastasiades decries Turkey's gunboat diplomacy in UN speech Cyprus Mail (Sept. 26) President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday took the opportunity during his speech at the UN General Assembly to respond to criticism by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who, from the same podium, accused Greek Cypriots of having ill-intentions on the Cyprus problem.  read more Cyprus - President Addresses General Debate, 74th Session Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew urges world leaders to achieve targets of Paris Agreement ANA-MPA (Sept. 26) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Thursday urged global leaders to speed up progress "towards achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement on decarbonisation," in a message to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on the occasion of the UN Summit on Climate Change in New York.  read more Pyatt at Energy Summit: Greece's regional energy role on agenda of visiting US Secy of State Pompeo ANA-MPA (Oct. 1) Greece's role in energy developments in the region and in the European Union os one of the topics to be discussed during US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's October 5 visit to Athens, US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt said while addressing the 1st Annual Eastern Mediterranean Energy Leadership Summit.  read more The mysterious healing plant that only grows on Greece's Chios island CNN (Sept. 30) Known as the "painted village," Pyrgi is undoubtedly one of the most photogenic places in the world.  read more Professor Organizes Cutting-Edge Mediterranean Diet Symposium at Harvard The Pappas Post (Sept. 30) Last week, more than a dozen academics, chefs and food connoisseurs gathered for an engaging symposium at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies under the leadership of Dr. Stefanos Kales, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and professor at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health.  read more | Diples by Chef Michael Psilakis | Roasted Potatoes by The Greek Vegan