Greece Is the Word is better with friends
SHOP SUBSCRIBE ARCHIVES SUPPORT OUR WORK SHARE ON FACEBOOK
Greece Is the Word
The Day’s Most Fascinating News Stories from Throughout the Greek Diaspora
Vol 15, 2 MAR 2021
This edition sponsored by the American College of Thessaloniki. Click on their logo to visit their website:
A daguerreotype of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, captured by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey in 1842, just three years after the invention of photography.
1.
THE RESTORER
Venizelos Gavrilakis values faith. And unity. So eight years ago he left Thessaloniki to restore artifacts in Greek churches in Turkey.
2.
FROM LONDON TO SYROS
“The decision to become hoteliers was made sitting on a pavement with my mum and sister, shielding our eyes from the Greek sun.”
3.
STILL KICKIN’ ON SKYROS
Only 300 of these horses remain on the planet. More than half live on the island of Skyros.
4.
TRYING TIMES
This edition’s Bravo Sou Award goes to Petros Damianos for setting up Prospathodas TV (Trying TV) for the inmates at Avlona Special Youth Detention Center in Greece so that they can continue to get an education during this pandemic.
5.
ARE GREEKS TO BLAME FOR ABS OF STEEL? AND FAKE NEWS, TOO?
Maybe; and probably not, but an interesting take on it for sure.
6.
MY KIND OF (GREEK)TOWN
The first Greek immigrants arrived in Chicago in the 1840s. All these years and challenges later and look at how they are still rallying together. Opa!
7.
GREEK SPIRIT ALIVE AND WELL EVEN NOW
When your thriving travel business gets crushed by the pandemic, make loukoumades. A lot of loukoumades; like, enough for the Super Bowl (and become one of only four official Super Bowl food truck vendors). Or climb the highest mountain in Ecuador. Or do extensive research to develop new models for predicting future COVID-19 waves.
8.
FISH OUT OF WATER
That’s the title of Eric Metaxas’s new book, and with his permission we have an excerpt to share with you.
9.
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK
Well, it’s Tuesday and Stonie, our sports oracle, is back to tell you what is going to happen in the very near future.
10.
SEX, CIGARETTES, AND CORRUPTION (BY THE NUMBERS)
Greece ranks 59th out of 180 on the Corruption Perceptions Index (watch out, Namibia, we’re coming for you). Smoking is down significantly in Greece in the past decade. And sex… well… read that for yourself.
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: We apologize if the article we linked to in section 10 of Volume 14, published February 16th, required you to subscribe or sign in to read it. If you have that experience again with any article in any edition of this newsletter, please let us know. Thank you.
The CDC and WHO are now advising us all to wear two face coverings at once in order to best protect our loved ones, our communities, and ourselves, so add to your “Not today, COVID!” arsenal by picking up one of our new Greece Is the Word washable and reusable face coverings. Looking good + staying safe = a winning combination.
As always, if you enjoyed this newsletter, please share it with your community; to share it on Facebook, click here. If you received any value from it, consider supporting us on Patreon. To read earlier editions, visit our Archives. And let us know what you think — we welcome any and all feedback!
Stay healthy and safe!
Opa!
Peter and the Greece Is the Word Crew