Who needs Hercules when dimitri is around lolol

    Greek Canadian does well in his class -

    4th place out of 16 athletes Canadian nationals   

    Bravo Dimitraki :-)

Mavra Matia mavra fridia

Otan eisai ellinas - otan ponas to rihnis sto horo -  dancing eases the pain

For Greeks all over the world - Greek Government Portal and PDF version of Athens Plus

http://www.kep.gov.gr/portal/page/portal/kep
http://wwk.kathimerini.gr/kath/entheta/extra/AthensPlus/11-09-2009.pdf <---- PDF. Format - Full Issue of Athens Plus

WogBoy 2?

Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos,

Screen Australia has announced it will help fund five Australian features, including Wog Boy 2: Kings Of Mykonos.

A sequel to the 2000 hit The Wog Boy, the movie reunites Nick Giannopoulos and Vince Colosimo as mates Steve and Frank, who travel from Melbourne to the Greek island of Mykonos to reclaim a family inheritance.

The original Wog Boy grossed $13.4 million at the box office and is one of Australia's most successful comedies to date.

Filming will begin in Melbourne and Greece in September.

Greek Joke courtesy of Global Greek World

An Australian decided to write a book about famous churches around the world. So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to England thinking that he would start by working his way across Europe.

On his first day he was inside a church taking photographs when he noticed a golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read "$10,000.00 per call".

The Australian, being intrigued, asked a priest who was strolling by what the telephone was used for. The priest replied that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000.00 you could talk to God.
The Australian thanked the priest and went on his way.

Next stop was in France. There, at a very large cathedral, he saw the same golden telephone with the same sign under it. He wondered if this was the same kind of telephone he saw in England and he asked a nearby nun
what its purpose was.

She told him that it was a direct line to heaven and that for
$10,000.00 he could talk to God.

"O.K., thank you," said the Australian.

He then travelled to Spain, Italy, Germany, Sweden and Czech Republic.
In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the same "$10,000.00 per call" sign under it. The Australian, upon leaving the Netherlands, decided to travel to Greece to see if Greeks had the same phone.

He arrived in Greece, and again, in the first church he entered, there was the same golden telephone, but this time the sign under it read, "40 cents per call."

The Australian was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign.
"Father, I've travelled all over Europe and I've seen this same golden telephone in many churches. I'm told that it is a direct line to Heaven, but in all of Europe the price was $10,000 per call. Why is it so cheap here?"

The priest smiled and answered,

"You're in Greece now, my son - it's a local call."

LOL Karagouna



You KnowYou're An American Married To A Greek.........read more at greekboston.com


1. At Easter you have ever taken a ride out to a farm and come home with a dead lamb, including its intestines in a bucket.

2. At Easter you have ever lifted the lid to the pot boiling on the stove and seen something looking back at you (head of the lamb).

3. At Easter you have been made fun of because you won't eat the soup.

4. You have ever had to pick-up your in-laws from the airport with more than one car because all their luggage wouldn't fit into one.

5. Your father-in-law has ever tried to negotiate the purchase of a new car for you.

6. You are the only one in church without black hair, and wearing a brown suit.

7. They never give you the hanky and ask you to lead the line at Church dances.

8. The taste of Ouzo makes you ill.

9. You have ever come home from the store with the wrong Feta.

10. You hate the Turks but not sure why.

11. Your in-laws can't understand why you would want to vacation somewhere other than Greece.

12. Half the pictures hanging in your house are religious icons.

13. You have ever been lectured on the importance of olive oil and medicinal effects of lemon.

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Beautiful Songs

  “May the love hidden deep inside your heart find the love waiting in your dreams. May the laughter that you find in your tomorrow wipe away the pain you find in your yesterdays.”

O Sklavos -  Thrakiotiko

The story of a prisoner of war who is free after many years who longs to find his first love after being separated from her because of the war.

                                              

 Mantinades - Cretan Style - Afieromeno :-)



Beautiful live song from Giannis Ploutarhos

CRISS ANGEL® Believe™ A new show by Cirque du Soleil at Luxor

Criss Angel stars as a surreal, enigmatic Victorian Noble. Along a path of imaginative exploration, he encounters Kayala and Crimson, two women who represent different aspects of femininity, four bizarre Ushers, who will introduce the audience to the baroque theater of Criss's mind and a high-energy troupe of characters and dancers who mix a multitude of styles into a high-energy visual feast, punctuated by moments of grace and sensuality.

Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos (born December 19, 1967), better known by his stage name Criss Angel, is an American magician, illusionist, musician, escapologist, and stunt performer. He is best known for starring in his own television show, Criss Angel Mindfreak. He is of Greek descent.

LIVE GREEK MUSIC

Live Greek Music -  

http://laikorempetika.radio12345.com/




Elli has recorded a track titled "Demenes" for the Barbie movie "I Barbie Kai To Diamantenio Kastro", she released the video through her official myspace page, In the process she released a song " Min Ta Partas" and her new single "Pame Xsana" is making a huge impact on radio in Greece..along with singing at "Club Romeo" where she was SOLD OUT for 2 months Straight, Now She is Heading to the States..Dont Miss The Biggest Tour of 2009


ELLI KOKKINOU NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2009
WITH GIORGOS XRISTOU

My Greek Spirit Absolutely loves Nikos Kourkoulis !!!!

Melbourne Architect

Nonda Katsalidis - full name Epaminondas, named after a general in the Peloponnesian wars of ancient Greece - was five years old when his parents fled the economic chaos of post-war Greece to settle in Fitzroy.

In the 1950s, before the word gentrification had entered the language, the inner suburbs were collapsing into neglect and the state government was about to launch a program of ``slum clearances" to build high-rise public housing.

Jervisbay Holidays introduces great escape exclusive!!! - Travel for less NOW !!!! Click here to learn how !!

Travel to Greece

Greek Festival In Victoria BC

Ioánnis Fokás (Greek: Ιωάννης Φωκάς), better known by the Spanish transcription of his name, Juan de Fuca (born 1536 on the Ionian island of Kefallonia; died there 1602), was a Greek maritime pilot in the service of the Spanish king Philip II, best known for his claim to have explored the Strait of Anián, now known as the Strait of Juan de Fuca.The Victoria and Vancouver Island Greek Community Society is a non-profit society that operates a community centre in Victoria, BC, Canada. There is a rich history of Greeks in Victoria starting with the first Greek that visited Vancouver Island in 1592, Juan de Fuca (Ioannis Focas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Fuca). Since that time, Greeks have been a part of life on Vancouver Island.

The hours of the Victoria Greek Summer Food Festival are:
Wednesday September 2 - Monday September 7
11 AM to 10 PM.
ADMISSION IS FREE.
HUGE tent is set up so you can enjoy the festivities RAIN OR SHINE!!

Dont SMS and drive - Im not kidding

Free Ebook Downloads

Old Greek Stories by James Balwin

Need tickets? Accomodations? Book your next trip to Greece with Jervisbayholidays !!

To pathos tou Ellina - Bravo to palikari kai bravo tin Alexiou pou ton kalese pano stin pista !!!!! The true passion of a Greek!!!

Greek Songs - Ellinika Tragoudia
Greek Music - Elliniki mousiki



Zeibekiko
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Zeibekiko is common in Greece and areas around the world with large Greek populations. Throughout history it has been known as an intensely personal dance where people can express their individuality. Only one man at a time may dance it. If another got up, it would be a cause for conflict and possible violence. However, in the 21st century a certain dance etiquette has evolved, seeing men either wait until the dancing man stops and then begin dancing, or standing up so the dancer gives them his place. In contemporary society, women may dance also the Zeibekiko. Traditionally, applause was not sought nor commonly given, out of respect. This did not, however, lessen creativity, with dancers performing feats such as standing on a glass of wine or a chair or fireplace, or picking up a table, adding a sense of little braggadocio and humor. Zeibekiko songs are popular and vast - some of the more traditional Zeibekiko songs are To Zeimpekiko Ths Eudokias.

Oreo Zembekiko, bravo tous !!


Manolis Karandinis Karantinis Zebekiko Solo Bouzouki

Greek Goddess - Despina Vandi - Nice Mix of her songs








Greek deities Aphrodite and her son Eros have settled here on Earth and are in the matchmaking business in this romantic dramedy from The CW. In this weekends episode, the gods help bring together a movie star and the runner of a struggling Los Angeles movie theater.

The show focuses on the Valentine family, a group of gods living amongst humans. They must keep their true identities secret as they do whatever it takes to bring soulmates together. In modern times however the gods’ methods have become less effective, and unless they improve their matchmaking skills they will end up becoming mortal.

As a result Grace, aka the goddess Aphrodite, has decided to recruit romance novelist Kate Providence to help them adapt their skills. With help from the fates and the Oracle of Delphi, now housed in a hot tub, it’s up to the gods and Kate to help bring love back into people’s lives.




Welcome to Philoxenia. Ancient Greeks invested on Philoxenia and they conquered the world. Zeus Xenios was the patron of all strangers.

http://philoxenia.ning.com



Ancient Greece Odyssey: A Traveler's Journal



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Greek Fires - August 2009

Envisat’s Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) acquired this image of Greece on 22 August 2009 at 08:37 UTC (11:37 Greece local time). The smoke from the fires raging in the area of Grammatikos, north of Athens, is visible.






Greek fires: Your stories
Greek wildfires: Your pictures

Rolf Hicker Photography - Greek Myth - Aegean

Beautiful Greek photos





Antonis Remos





Melina Aslanidou - To lathos - AFIEROMENO




Karantinis and what a song !



Young Alexiou



Ax more smirnaki - from the tv series, Ta matomena homata



Being from Thrace, I grew up dancing to this song



Arvanitaki Live - Barka





Follow my stories on Greek Reporter Canada :-)

GREEKREPORTER.com is the first portal for Greek people and people of Greek descent that live and work outside of their homeland. With a network of journalists, photographers and camera crews in the largest “Greek Centers” around the globe we are determined to become the news source for everything that matters to the Greeks abroad. The saying which states that “there is another Greece outside of Greece” is something that we strongly believe.










This moving exhibition captures the stories, the successes, the failures, the conflicts and the previously unrecognised diversity of Australia's Greek migration and settlement over the past two centuries.

From field trips made around Australia and Greece over the past 16 years, Effy Alexakis and Leonard Janiszewski painstakingly pieced together the giant jigsaw puzzle of Australia's Greek presence, both historic and contemporary.



"Touch of spice" influences from the past into our modern cuisine.

bir tutam baharatla gitti/ Went away with a pinch of spice
çarsi içinde bir gölge/ a shadow in the bazaar /market
ve yollarina tuz serdi/ And it spread salt on its ways
seni bulayim gizlilerde/ Let me find you in the hidden ones

baharat, tarçin ve buse/ Spice, cinnamon and kiss
tavan arasinda sakli tarife/ The recipe hidden in the attic
ayisigi ve bogaziçi yalniz/ Moonlight and the Bosphorus alone
o fener bizim çocukluk askimiz/ That lighthouse is our childhood love

beni biraktigin o gece/ You left me that night
seni aradim gizlilerde/ I looked for you in the hidden ones
bir tutam bahatrata kandim/ I was fooled by a pinch of spice
ben aciyi tattim seninle/ I have tasted bitterness (or spiciness) with you

bir tutam baharatla gitti/ Went away with a pinch of spice
çarsi içinde bir gölge/ A shadow in the market

From the movie Politiki Kouzina / Touch of spice




IMMIGRATION
Greek Immigrants to the U.S.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of State, Greek Immigration picked up in the 1890s, due largely to economic opportunity in the U.S., displacement caused by the hardships of Ottoman rule, the Balkan Wars and World War I. 450,000 Greeks arrived to the States between 1890 and 1917, most working in the cities of the Northeast.

Greek immigration at this time was over 90% male, contrasted with most other European immigration to the U.S., such as Italian and Irish immigration which averaged 50% to 60% male. Many Greek immigrants expected to work and return to their homeland after earning capital and dowries for their families. Two factors changed attitudes and facilitated permanent immigration: 1) Loss of homeland and 2) The first widely implemented U.S. immigration limits against Europeans were made in 1923, creating an impetus for immigrants to apply for citizenship, bring their families and permanently settle in the U.S. Fewer than 30,000 Greek immigrants arrived in the U.S. between 1925 and 1945, many of whom were "picture brides" for single Greek men.

From 1946 until 1982, approximately 211,000 Greeks immigrated to the United States. After the 1981 admission of Greece to the European Union, annual U.S. immigration numbers fell to lower than 2,000. In recent years, Greek immigration to the United States has been minimal; in fact, net migration has been towards Greece. Over 72,000 U.S. citizens currently live in Greece (1999); most of them are Greek Americans.

The predominant religion among Greeks and Greek Americans is Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

Greek immigration to Canada began early in the 19th century. Greeks from the islands (eg, Crete, Syros and Skopelos) and from the Peloponnesus, especially the poor villages of the provinces of Arcadia and Laconia, settled in Montréal as early as 1843. However, in 1871 only 39 persons of Greek origin were known to be living in Canada. Greek immigration, sporadic prior to 1900, increased considerably in the early 20th century as a result of poverty, wars and political upheavals at home. The 2006 census recorded 242 685 people of Greek origin in Canada. These numbers, however, do not necessarily include those Greeks born in other countries such as Cyprus, Egypt, Turkey and the Balkan countries who identify themselves as Greeks.

Canadian Immigration Company at your service.

Submit your application for Immigration with Canadian Immigration Lawyer, submit your information here

http://www.greek-islands.us/greece-hot-springs/

Ta Loutra Tis Elladas" (Greece's hot Springs) that helped me gather all this information. It's the result of a group work from Kostas Zaharopoulos, Ilias Barbikas, Giorgos Christodoulopoulos, Pepi Loulakaki and Christos Schinas.

List of Islands with Healing waters.

Greek Graphics - right click and save as

Ancient Sculpture Gallery

CLICK OLDER POSTS FOR MORE ARTICLES AND VIDEOS !!!!!

Greek Songs and Lyrics

The famous Trojan War

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” - James Michener

Take some time to just relax and enjoy your Innerworld



Myinnerworld.com was launched in 2007 based on the work and practice of Michele Bernhardt. Michele's message is simple - 'We already possess all of the knowledge we will ever need. Our task is to rediscover - to remember - those universal truths inside us all. Those truths are reflected in the colorful world around us.' Michele views her role as merely assisting in that quest, helping others to find and re-connect with their inner selves and to ultimately recognize and honor their own 'inner world'.

Barack Obama's Greek chef



Tuna fish with white brined cheese, pickled vegetables with melon, mousaka, rabbit with beans, trahana with halva, grilled octopus with mushrooms, leek, dill, and lamb doner kebab was the reception menu in the White House, on the occasion of the national holiday of Greece. The signature under that menu is of the chief chef Mihalis Psilakis. He is the first cook, invited to prepare a menu in the White House. “For me this was a magic carpet ride, completely surreal,” says Psilakis about the responsibility to feed US president Barack Obama’s visitors on the anniversary from March 25th 1821.

He says that the choice of the food was influenced by his childhood in Long Island, when at least 10 times per year his parents would invite friends and family, in order to feed them with grilled lamb and other traditional Greek foods. Of course, all those dishes must be signed with a modern touch, which is present in the kitchen of both his restaurants in Manhattan – Antos and Kefi. Those two restaurants are among the most sought for in the City for three consecutive years. Also, the big gastronome magazines announced Mihalis Psilakis for chef of the year for 2008.

His ability to turn traditional Greeks and Mediterranean meals into modern culinary masterpieces by adding exceptional details brings him his first Michelin star. And because he had graduated with a degree in accounting and law, he is very good in business, which is Mihalis Psilakis opens a third restaurant, this time Italian – Mia Donna. In October, Time magazine wrote that his goal is to teach Americans east goats. “The only thing I want to do is to convince New Yorkers that the Greek cuisine is worthy of being next to all the other national cuisines of the higher culinary,” says Mihalis Psilakis.

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JUST HUMOUR

JOKE OF THE WEEK

Three Greeks and Three Turks

Three Greeks, Costa, George and Niko as well as three Turks, Melik, Alican and Bora are travelling by train to a conference. At the station, the Turks each buy one ticket and watch as the Greeks buy only a single ticket. "How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asks Melik. "Watch and you'll see," answers Costa. They all board the train. The Turks take their respective seats but all three Greeks cram into a restroom and close the door behind them.

Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around collecting tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and says, "Ticket, please." The door opens just a crack and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on.

The Turks saw this and agreed it was quite a clever idea. So after the conference, the Turks decide to copy the Greeks on the return trip and save some money (being clever with money, and all that). When they get to the station, they buy a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the Greeks don't buy a ticket at all. "How are you going to travel without a ticket?" says Alican. "Watch and you'll see," answers Niko.

When they board the train the 3 Turks cram into a restroom and the 3 Greeks cram into another one nearby. The train departs. Shortly afterward, one of the Greeks leaves his restroom and walks over to the restroom where the Turks are hiding. He knocks on the door and says, "Ticket, please."


YOU KNOW YOU ARE GREEK IF...

can distinguish between kefalotiri and kefalograviera
you can spell kefalograviera
are an adult and are forced to be with your family at 12 midnight on new years eve
your grandmother/mother/aunt has a miracle cure for everything
your mother or father still feels the need to tell you, "katse kala" in public
you have ever been hit with a pandofla
can dance kalamatiano, tsiamiko, zebetiko without music
at every point in your life were not talking to at least one family member
you must name your children after your in-laws
you have at least 5 Maria's and 9 Dimitri's in your family as a result of the above
you have ever heard the phrase, "Sto leo yia to kalo sou"
you have a bottle of OUZO in your house right now
know what a komboloi is
know how to work a komboloi
you have been threatened to be eaten by the baboola/yero/pontiki when you were little
someone in your family owns any type of restaurant
your family inheritance includes olive trees
you can't understand why McDonald's rejected your idea for the McFeta" sandwich
your entire house is a needlepoint warehouse

GREEK PRIDE???



Talento !!!