Greeks in Phoenix
Greeks in Phoenix

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Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738556345

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The Greek community in Phoenix began in 1907, when the Sanichas brothers, Charles and Chris, arrived in the city to establish the Sanichas Confectionery Store. By 1912, the year of Arizona's statehood, the community had grown to nine families, including the Georgouses family of five brothers. In 1930, ground was broken for the construction of the Hellenic Community House, where religious services were held until l947, when the Hellenic Orthodox Church was built. Today the legacy of the area's Greek pioneers lives on through the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, which has established a research archive and museum to preserve and celebrate the Greek history of Phoenix.

Greek People
Greek People

Author: Robert Kebric

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages

Published: 2004-07-28

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13:

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Greek People explains the ancient classical Greek world by focusing on individual personalities--what is known about them and their world views. Both famous and everyday individuals become lenses through which the reader can understand the values and characteristics of ancient Greece.

Greeks in Houston
Greeks in Houston

Author: Irene Cassis

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2013-08-12

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1439643784

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This history of the Greeks in Houston is really the story of individuals who worked diligently to forge new lives for themselves even as they maintained their Greek identity and their Orthodox faith. The efforts of many of the founders are immortalized in the buildings that constitute the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral complex. Their names remind us of their hard work and commitment to establishing their koinonia (communion) in Houston. There are many other names that have gone unremarked over the decades but to whom we owe just as much for their tenacity and dedication. And there are the new generations who inherited this legacy and keep it vibrant through the stewardship of their faith and culture.

Greeks in San Francisco
Greeks in San Francisco

Author: Greek Historical Society of the San Francisco Bay

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2016-08-08

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1439657262

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The history of San Francisco's Greek community is linked to the history of San Francisco. The first Greeks to arrive were sailors, miners, and laborers. By the 1880s, they had formed benevolent, civic, and fraternal organizations. In 1904, the first Greek Orthodox Church west of Chicago was established, and Third Street became the heart of the Greek community. The 1906 earthquake and fire destroyed much of their new community, but undaunted, the Greeks of San Francisco rebuilt their lives to become business leaders and politicians, contributing their entrepreneurial and philanthropic spirit to the city's rich heritage.