
AHEPA
American Hellenic Educational
Progressive Association
Order of AHEPA Chapter #140- Albany, NY
2009-2010 Order of AHEPA officers
President - Stefan
Kalogridis
Vice President- Mike Christakis
Treasurer- Andreas Lois
Secretary- Nick Panayotou

Order of Ahepa - 1998
(photo - courtesy of Jim Sokaris)
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General Background
The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) is by
far the largest Greek-American organization. Its scope is international -
with chapters in the United States, Canada, Australia and Greece. AHEPA
was founded July 26, 1922, in Atlanta, Georgia, by visionary Americans of Greek
descent to protect Hellenes from the evils of bigotry and to help assimilate
them into American society in the early 20th Century. Although a majority
of the membership is composed of Americans of Hellenic descent, application for
membership is open to everyone who believes in the mission of the organization.
The Mission
The mission of the AHEPA Family is to promote Hellenism, Education, Philanthropy,
Civic Responsibility, and Family and Individual Excellence.
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"Here, In America, AHEPA has long supported the Church
institutions. Many church mortgages have been paid by AHEPA. St.
Basil's has been fostered and sustained by AHEPA and its sisters in the
Daughters of Penelope. Hellenic College and Holy Cross and its
students have been the beneficiaries of AHEPA's love and support.
AHEPA also honors and obeys the message of our Church to welcome and
shelter one's neighbors through its incomparable AHEPA Housing
initiative"
His All Holiness Ecumenical
Patriarch Bartholomew I. |

Photo -Source: Archives and Library of St. Sophia Church, Albany, NY
Order of Ahepa at steps of New York State Capitol at Albany, NY - 1930
with Very Rev. Athenagoras Varaklas
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