Evdocia ‘Effie’ Pehlivanidis, 82, from Adelaide, has been charged with smuggling cocaine after South Australia police raided her home of 56 years on Wednesday.
Fellow Christian sisters and brothers gathered together at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine for an Ecumenical Prayer Service. They all gathered together, during this annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, to renew and reflect upon our responsibility to “do good” and “seek justice,” as the Prophet Isaiah tells us (1:17).
Nicolas Skourides, the first Greek Cypriot to settle in the occupied north of the island, after 1974, passed away according to an announcement of the Turkish-Cypriot daily "Yeni Duzen".
Sir Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis was born in Smyrna, on November 18, 1906 and he is the man who designed one of the most beloved cars in the world, the legendary Mini Cooper!
The New York-based Red Apple Real Estate has secured $252 million in financing for the construction of its in-progress 46-story luxury residential tower in downtown St. Petersburg. Billionaire developer John Catsimatidis closed on a $252 million construction loan for The Residences at 400 Central, which is expected to mark the tallest tower on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
A video taken from a vehicle following the tourist bus full of Greek nationals that crashed into the metal beam of an overhead traffic sign in Bucharest on Friday afternoon, killing a 53-year-old passenger, shows the vehicle changing lanes seconds before the fatal accident, entering a section of the road where vehicles above a certain height were forbidden.
Photo Credit: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine Facebook page
Today, Saturday the 24th, we have the Christmas Eve Service, Matins at 9 am and Divine Liturgy at 10:30 am. While yesterday, with the Grace of God, the Great and Royal Hours of the Nativity of our Lord were celebrated.