My Dear Dr John,

"I wonder if the parishes in NY and Las Vegas have any relationships with the local Greek Orthodox parishes? There are obviously Greek Orthodox parishes in those cities."

In Las Vegas, yes.
There is a Greek Orthodox: St. John the Baptist is the the only Greek one that I am aware of. There are also Serbian Orthodox and Antiochian Orthodox churches too.
Personally, I really don't have much of a relationship with the Greek Orthodox except of course for their Food Fesitval!
But I have to admit I am pretty new to this parish however from what I have heard-our parish is on friendly terms with theirs.

And you said "Hint: when having a parish festival, go to the local Greek wholesaler, tell 'em you're an ethnic Eastern parish, and I'll wager you get a deal. Just promise to advertise the business in the festival program, or a thanks in the bulletin."
Really?? Great!! Thanks for the advice!!

God Bless,
Miryam

Dear Friends, Bishop Ercole Lupinacci of the Italo-Albanian Eparchy of Lungro in Calabria was with the Pope in Ukraine at the invitation of Cardinal Husar. Before going to Ukraine the bishop was the guest of the Greek-Catholic Metropolitan of Romania where he visited various eparchies. At the end of his trip the bishop expressed hope for a renewal of ties with the Greek-Catholic bishops of Ukraine, Romania, and the diaspora in the Americas. Pax, Vito

Dear Dr. John, If you get to St. Paul stop at "Buon Giorno" downtown. It's an Italian food and deli. etc. Let's face it--when it comes to food (and as I think about it, almost everything else they(the Italians) are NO.1)
Ciao, Vito
P.S. They are relatives!

[This message has been edited by Vito (edited 07-25-2001).]

To Lance,
deacon candidate,

Steve Casmus, fellow deacon candidate, says
'hello'.

God Bless,
Miryam

Hey, Vito. Thanks for the advice. Since I travel a lot for the union doing training sessions on health and safety, I am constantly on the look-out for decent food. I'll look up "Buon Giorno" in St. Paul. Of course, I'll apply the typical litmus test: Italian Cold-Cut sub = mortadella, provolone, cappicol', prosciutto, with lettuce, tomatoes, onions (Lord, I love onions!), and hot peppers, with oil/vinegar and basil/oregano dressing. BUT -- if they ask if I want mayonaisse on it, I'll go postal. Silly 'meriganas!

Thanks for the info! Any brother who guides me to good food is a blessing! Love ya!

JB

The GREEK Greek-Catholic Church of Cargese, Corsica.
www.corsica.net/corsica/uk/regajac/cargese/carg_egg.htm

Miryam: I think I have this figured outsorry I did not get a chance to visit after Liturgy Sunday.

Dear Friends, You may be interested in the Greek Catholic Church of Malta-Our Lady of Damascus (beautiful icon)
site: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/7780/index.html

In addition to Archimandrite Francis Vivona, the Eparchy of Van Nuys is home to another Italo-Greek priest. Archimandrite Januarius (Genaro)Izzo,OFM, the administrator of Saint Phillip Byzantine Catholic Church, Sacramento, CA. He also has published a book on the antimension, I believe I have seen it in the Light and Life catalogue.

John Montalvo

Yes, And Archimandrite Jan is the chaplain of Our Lady of Grace Society in Staten Island.

I am an Italo-Greek, a Byzantine and a Catholic but a Roman Catholic and I live in Upstate NY. I am part Albanian as someone noted in this thread but through marriage into our family. We are from Constantinople the New Rome in the East and are Romiosini but returned to Italy about 500 years ago. We came to the US from Tolve' in Lucania and there we saw ourselves as Lucani and are now American's. We have never changed our name nor converted from our Catholic Faith.

The Albanians came to Southern Italy when the Spanish ruled the land. There were empty villages and the Christian Albanian soldiers of Scanderberg and thier families could not return to Albania.

Scanderberg had been a Janissari Officer in the Elite of the Turkish Sultan's Army. He had been one of the youths paid in tax to the Sultan and raised as an elite Janissari soldier of the Turks. He returned to Albania as an adult and lead a revolt against the Turks and used guerilla warfare to fight the greater power of the Turkish Forces. He entered the service of Spain as a Mercanary Captain with his men. They could not return to Albania as they faced death. The Spanish settled them in all of Southern Italy. They established new villages and empty villages were occupied by them. The people became Italianized with time. Albanian was still spoken until WWII but has fellen into disuse.

I read an article on the subject so give you the gist.