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Saturday, November 14 - Annual Dinner Dance at the Meridian Banquet & Conference Center 1701 Algonquin Rd., Rolling Meadows, IL. Doors open at 6:00 PM and Dinner begins at 7:00 PM.
Live dance performance from our outstanding dance troupe. Live Pontian Music provided by Christos Tiktapanidis and Giannis Apazidis. For additional information, please contact George Mavropoulos.
Saturday, November 7 - Academic Conference on the Asia Minor Catastrophe Westin Hotel, 6100 River Road, Rosemont, IL. from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM.
Presenters include: Taner Akcam, Constantine Hatzidimitriou, Sgeorge Shirinian, Matthias Bjornlund, Alexander Kitroeff and Dr. Van Coufoudakis. Click here for registration form.
Thursday, May 28 -- Fund Raising Benefit for The Center of Asia Minor and Pontus at Atlantis Banquets in Arlington Heights, IL. Cocktails at 6:30 PM and Dinner at 7:30 PM.
Donations $100 with a grand prize of $1500. Every 10th ticket chosen wins $50.
Saturday, May 23 -- Public lecture by Dr. Constantine Hatzidimitriou, Duke Realty Corp. Auditorium at 5:00PM, entitled American Accounts Documenting the Destruction of Smyrna.
Admission and parking is free. Refreshments will be served.
Sunday, May 17 -- Day of Remembrance Memorial Service, Saints Constantine and Helen, 11025-45 S Roberts Rd., Palos Hills, IL during church service.
Refreshments will be served after church service. May 19 has been officially recognized as the Day of Remembrance for the 353,000 Pontian Greek Orthodox Christians who lost their lives at the hands of the Turks during the period of 1914-1923.This year we commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Pontian Greek Genocide.
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Click here to read entire article from the Photo News website about the events held in June 2009 to commemorate the birthday celebration of Sano Halo in New York.
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Making Pontian satz bread at Taxim |
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Greek Revival
Taxim’s David Schneider wanted to know what his people ate before bechamel sauce.
By Mike Sula
David Schneider, owner of Taxim Restaurant in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood (1558 N. Milwaukee Ave), makes Pontian satz bread in video that can be viewed on the Chicago Reader's website. Click here to read the entire article.
David Schneider at Taxim - Photo by Eric Futran
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Saturday, November 1 -- Annual Dinner Dance at the Chateau Ritz in Niles, Illinois. Doors open at 6:00 PM.
Everyone is invited for an evening of dining and dancing, and a special performance by our outstanding and dedicated dance troupe.
For more information or to purchase tickets, contact George Mavropoulos.
Thursday, June 5 -- Second Annual Fund Raising Benefit at Chateau Ritz in Niles.
Donations $100 with a grand prize of $2000. Every 10th ticket chosen wins $50.
Friday, May 31 -- Lecture by Thea Halo, Duke Realty Corp. auditorium at 7:00PM, entitled The Greek Genocide - Affirmation and Denial: The Struggle for Historical Accuracy.
Admission and parking is free. Refreshments will be served.
Sunday, May 18 -- Day of Remembrance Memorial Service, St. Demetrios Church, 893 Church Rd., Elmhurst, Illinois during church service.
Refreshments will be served after church service. May 19 has been officially recognized as the Day of Remembrance for the 353,000 Pontian Greek Orthodox Christians who lost their lives at the hands of the Turks during the period of 1914-1923.
Friday, May 9 and Saturday, May 10 -- Conference on The Catastrophe in Asia Minor and Pontus, Westin Hotel, 6100 River Road, Rosemont, Illinois, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Friday and 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Saturday.
Hosted by The United Hellenic American Congress, the Federation of Hellenic American Organizations "ENOSIS", the Pan-Pontian Federation of USA and Canada, and the Pontian Greek Society of Chicago.
The conference objective is to discuss the systematic preservation, study, and dissemination of information about the history and fate of the Pontian Greeks and Greeks of Asia Minor. Guest presenters are scholars in Pontian Greek and Asia Minor history and will share their experiences with establishing research libraries and university chairs. Registration is required. For more information and to register, contact George Mavropoulos.
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Greek American Policy Statement: Prepared by the American Hellenic Institute - March 4, 2008
TURKEY’S GREEK PONTIAN GENOCIDE
We support the Pontian Greek American community’s efforts to secure full recognition and proper commemoration of, and an apology for the Greek Pontian Genocide of 1915-23.
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May 25 -- Lecture by Professor Theofanis Malkidis, Cretan Center, 5941, N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, Illinois at 7:00 PM.
Professor Malkidis will address the historical account of Greek civilization in Pontus and the Pontian Greek Genocide. He will stress the importance of recognizing the Pontian Greek Genocide not only within the Greek community but throughout the world.
Sunday, May 20 -- Day of Remembrance Memorial Service, Holy Cross Church in Justice, Illinois.
May 19 has been officially recognized as the Day of Remembrance for the 353,000 Pontian Greek Orthodox Christians who lost their lives at the hands of the Turks during the period of 1914-1923.
Saturday, May 19 -- Lecture by Dr. Taner Akcam, Duke Realty Corp. Auditorium, Rosemont, Illinois at 7:00 PM entitled, A New Assessment of Ottoman Archival Material: Demographic Policy as an Instrument for Ethnic Cleansing of Anatolia 1913-1922.
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Sunday, May 21 -- Day of Remembrance Memorial Service, St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in Elgin, Illinois, during service.
May 19 has been officially recognized as the Day of Remembrance for the 353,000 Pontian Greek Orthodox Christians who lost their lives at the hands of the Turks during the period of 1914-1923.
May 19 -- Lecture by Harry J. Psomiades, PhD, St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, Des Plaines, Illinois.
Dr. Psomiades, professor emeritus of political science at Queen College and the graduate school of the City University of New York, presents Pontic Hellenism and the Asia Minor Disaster, 1908-1922. |
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