Dear HAS Members and Friends:
Come and enjoy Pascha this year with friends, family, and the Hellenic Academic Society!!
We cordially invite everyone to come and join us for an authentic Pascha celebration with lambs on the spit, music, dance and fun for all ages! This year we will again celebrate Pascha at the wonderful grounds of the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church in Marietta.
HAS PASCHA CELEBRATION 2015
Host: Hellenic Academic Society
Location:
Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church
3431 Trickum Rd, Marietta, GA
Marietta, GA 30066
Directions: http://www.holytransfiguration.info/directions/
When: Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 2:00pm
Cost:
Members of HAS: $20
Non-Members: $30
Students/Children over 6: $15
Children under 6 are FREE
Menu:
All beverages, including Beer and Wine
Lamb, Souvlakia, Roasted Potatoes, Salad, Green Beans,
Dyed Eggs, Spanakopites, Tyropites, Mezedes,
Tsourekia and Desserts!
Reservations: R.S.V.P. by Friday, March 27 to: georgenakos@clayton.edu
We need an accurate counting of people that plan to attend.
If you do not RSVP by April 4th, the cost will be higher
(30$ for members, $40 for nonmembers) and we cannot
guarantee that last-minute show up can be served.
Volunteer:
To volunteer your help, please contact me at georgenakos@clayton.edu.
Volunteers are important to us!
The HAS Board
President: George Nakos
Vice President: George Kardomateas
Vice President for Activities: Theofilos Moyssiadis
Treasurer: Mina Giannakakos
Please RSVP to lykionellinidonatlanta@gma
Please join us for our April Book Club gathering, which will take place at a private residence (details TBD…stay tuned for updates).
The book we will feature is “Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter” by Thomas Cahill. Below is a brief synopsis:
In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his fourth volume to explore “the hinges of history,” Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining — and historically unassailable — journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago.
In the city-states of Athens and Sparta and throughout the Greek islands, honors could be won in making love and war, and lives were rife with contradictions. By developing the alphabet, the Greeks empowered the reader, demystified experience, and opened the way for civil discussion and experimentation — yet they kept slaves. The glorious verses of the Iliad recount a conflict in which rage and outrage spur men to action and suggest that their “bellicose society of gleaming metals and rattling weapons” is not so very distant from more recent campaigns of “shock and awe.” And, centuries before Zorba, Greece was a land where music, dance, and freely flowing wine were essential to the high life. Granting equal time to the sacred and the profane, Cahill rivets our attention to the legacies of an ancient and enduring worldview.
Please join us for the annual Πρωτομαγιά Picnic hosted by Lykion ton Ellinidon and the Hellenic Women’s Cultural Association on Sunday, May 3rd, 2015. Tickets are available PRE-SALE only, so make sure to purchase your tickets in advance. The afternoon will feature traditional activities such as wreath-making and the flying of kites, as well as music and dancing.
The afternoon will also feature a traditional Greek menu of souvlaki, spanako-tiropites, oven-roasted potatoes, tzatziki, pita bread, and soft drinks/water. Beer will also be available for purchase. Our kid-friendly menu will include hot dogs, chips and a drink.
You are invited to a social gathering for Lykion members and friends. Before the summer break, please join us for coffee and refreshments, updates on exciting future activities, and a special treat – a documentary film! Please email your RSVP if you plan to attend, so we can plan for refreshments.
Friends of GSU’s Center for Hellenic Studies,
The deepening crisis regarding conflicting European attitudes and residential policies regarding the expanding refugee crisis impacts the poorer Mediterranean EU nations inordinately. While North African refugees have entered Europe primarily through Spain and Italy (and mostly Italy), the recent flood of Syrian refugees have entered Europe in overwhelming numbers through the Dodecanesian Greek islands (Lesbos, Kos, Chios and Samos).
Please join us for a panel discussion of this crisis sponsored by the Center for Hellenic Studies’s Global Studies Initiative partner, the Middle East Studies Center, on Tuesday, September 29, from 3:00pm to 4:30pm in the Troy Moore Library.
