{"id":1772,"date":"2025-01-08T17:06:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T17:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/deputy-minister-joins-greek-diaspora-in-us-for-epiphany-celebrations\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T17:06:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T17:06:42","slug":"deputy-minister-joins-greek-diaspora-in-us-for-epiphany-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/deputy-minister-joins-greek-diaspora-in-us-for-epiphany-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy minister joins Greek diaspora in US for Epiphany celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1258046\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/\u03a61-width-1600-320x200.jpg?v=1736347258\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/\u03a61-width-1600.jpg?v=1736347258\" alt=\"Deputy minister joins Greek diaspora in US for Epiphany celebrations\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/\u03a61-width-1600-960x600.jpg?v=1736347259\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Ministry of Maritime Affairs] <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The Deputy Minister of Maritime Affairs &amp; Insular Policy Stefanos Gkikas, joined the Greek diaspora in Tarpon Springs, Florida, for Epiphany celebrations, the ministry announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Gkikas attended and spoke at events organized by AHEPA, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and Greek community associations in the wider area, emphasizing the role of the diaspora in a strong Greece.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe diaspora has contributed substantially and continues to offer in various ways to our homeland. In difficult moments of our history, the interventions of Greeks abroad, especially those who live and succeed here in America, were decisive for our country\u2019s interests, and this effort must continue,\u201d he stated, adding that the Greek government has passed legislation to make it easier for diaspora Greeks to vote in elections.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, Gkikas met with, among others, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, AHEPA Supreme President Savvas Tsivicos, Rhode Island State Senator Leonidas Raptakis, Tarpon Springs Mayor Panagiotis Koulias, and former Mayor Chris Alahouzos.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/diaspora-politics\/1258046\/deputy-minister-joins-greek-diaspora-in-us-for-epiphany-celebrations\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Ministry of Maritime Affairs] The Deputy Minister of Maritime Affairs &amp; Insular Policy Stefanos Gkikas, joined the Greek diaspora in Tarpon Springs, Florida, for Epiphany celebrations, the ministry announced on Wednesday. Gkikas attended and spoke at events organized by AHEPA, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and Greek community associations in the wider area, emphasizing &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Deputy minister joins Greek diaspora in US for Epiphany celebrations\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/deputy-minister-joins-greek-diaspora-in-us-for-epiphany-celebrations\/#more-1772\" aria-label=\"Read more about Deputy minister joins Greek diaspora in US for Epiphany celebrations\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/\u03a61-width-1600-960x600.jpg?v=1736347259","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}