Kentucky native Constance Sheltman left her job as a school bookkeeper in 1920 to become…
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CultureHistory
Remembering Christopher Thurber: Saved 7,000 Greek Children from Smyrna Catastrophe; Flogged by Turks for Saving Greek Woman
Many personal stories of service and sacrifice have shaped the history of the US involvement…
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ArtsCulture
Roza Eskenazy, One of Greece’s Greats Finally Gets Her Due in London Premier of Documentary
She recorded over 500 songs in her time and was the first Greek female singer…
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NewsReligion
Pope Hints at More Cooperation With Orthodox at Upcoming Meeting with Bartholomew in Turkey
The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, said there is no authentic ecumenical…
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The complete trajectory of Elia Kazan’s career can now be seen— and owned— by film…
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Two new books have been published, each sponsored in part by the Archons, a Greek…
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CultureHistory
Book of the Week: Twice a Stranger, The Mass Expulsions That Forged Modern Greece and Turkey by Bruce Clark
Twice a Stranger is one of the most important books ever written on the painful…
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NewsReligion
First Liturgy in 92 Years at Historic Church in Turkey; Group Seeks Donations to Document Event
The Greek America Foundation, a Chicago-based organization dedicated to preserving Greek culture and history is…
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians and head of the…
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The head of the world’s two largest Christian denominations— Catholics and Orthodox Christians— met in…