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Education Societies Remember Men Who Preserved Greek Learning in Christianity

2/9/2023

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Sen. Raptakis with President Kokolis
Credit: Queens Gazette
Queens Gazette: “Greek Letters Day celebrates the Three Hierarchs of the Orthodox Church: St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom. The Three Hierarchs developed Greek literature and education. They lived from about 329-409 A.D. Greek Letters Day celebrates the use and promotion of the Greek language abroad...

...Rhode Island State Senator Leonidas Raptakis  has been supporting Mrs. Stella Kokolis unique ministry since his political election in 1996. He drives hours to NYC to speak at Greek events. “We need funding for Greek education,” he said. “Greek language is a pillar of education. We back Mrs. Kokolis in her projects for Greek education.” To read the full article by Catherine Tsounis click/tap here.

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Bipartisan Hellenic-American State Legislators Reaffirm Call to Reject Sale of F-16s

2/1/2023

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F-16 - RI State Sen. Raptakis Breaking News
Credit: The National Herald
The National Herald: "COVENTRY, RI – Rhode Island State Senator Lou Raptakis is leading a group of 25 Hellenic-American State Legislators from across the country who are calling on their members of Congress to block the Biden administration’s efforts to seek Congressional approval of the potential sale of $20 billion in F-16 fighter jets and additional modernization equipment to the Turkish regime. The Hellenic-American legislators are urging their Congressional colleagues to reject the ill-conceived and strategically flawed approach to dealing with President Erdogan in the hopes of reversing his bad behavior.

“United States Senator Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been a champion for issues regarding Greece and Cyprus and clearly recognizes that Erdogan and the Turkish government are an obstacle to stability in the Eastern Mediterranean and a constant threat to its neighboring countries,” said State Senator Lou Raptakis." Read on from the source click/tap here.

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"Great pleasure to welcome a PADEE - WHIA delegation, headed by its President Leonidas Raptakis"

12/6/2022

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Excerpt from Miltiadia Varvitsiotis Facebook Post at https://www.facebook.com/MVarvitsiotis
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Raptakis at Economist Conference - Greece is One of the US's Most Valuable Allies

9/9/2022

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Lou Raptakis
USA Rhode Island State Senator - Mr Raptakis
OT.gr Newsroom: "Turkey has been occupying the northern part of Cyprus for 50 years and thus provided a playbook for Russia to proceed with the illegal annexation of Crimea and the occupation of eastern Ukraine, Leonidas Raptakis, Senator of Rhode Island, emphasized in his speech. and president of the World Interparliamentary Union of Hellenism (PADE) at "The Second Thessaloniki Metropolitan Summit" of the Economist and powergame.gr, which took place on Friday at the "Ioannis Vellidis" Conference Center in Thessaloniki.

The relations between Athens and the USA
Referring to Athens' relations with the USA, Mr. Raptakis emphasized that Greece is among Washington's ten most important allies with the prospect of entering the top five." Read the full news story at this Google translated link.

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New Board Elected to the World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Assoc.

1/20/2022

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Raptakis PADEE/WHIA
October 5, 2021: By The National Herald
ATHENS – Leonidas Raptakis, President & Rhode Island State Senator, USA, Effie Triantafilopoulos, 1st Vice President & MPP, Ontario, Canada, and Steve Georganas, 2nd Vice -President & Federal MP Australia were elected as leaders of the World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association (WHIA), an organization composed of elected Parliamentarians and Legislators abroad with Hellenic roots, who are working together on issues of concern between Greece and their host nations.

Within the PADEE/WHIA there are approximately 90 world members. With 43 members from USA, 20 members from Australia, 10 members from Canada and other members from France, Germany, Israel, Romania, Albania, Kenya, South Africa, Switzerland, Zimbabwe plus other nations. View the full article at The National Herald.

Photo: The World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association held its 13th General Assembly in Athens July 28-30. World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association/ Froso Kanellidou
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The official presentation of the Museum of the World Pontian Hellenism of Sourmen

1/13/2022

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Raptakis - Evros - YouTube Video
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The National Herald: "World Hellenic Interparliamentary Association Two-Day Visit to Evros from January 12–13, 2022... ATHENS – Five members of the World Hellenic Interparliamentary Association (WHIA), with Rhode Island State Senator Leonidas Raptakis as head of the group, visited Evros on January 12-13. Senator Raptakis was accompanied by Wyoming State Senator Stephan Pappas, Pennsylvania State Senator Maria Tzanakis-Collett, Senator/The Senate H.K. of Jordan Dr. Audeh Quawas, and Member of Parliament of Sweden Vasiliki Tsouplaki." Click/Tap on Image to Play Video at timeline "1:12:01", or see Complete Video (Here), and Read More at: Evros.
Raptakis - Evros
The National Herald: "Five members of the World Hellenic Interparliamentary Association (WHIA), with Rhode Island State Senator Leonidas Raptakis as head of the group, at the Port Authority of Alexandroupolis during their visit to Evros on January 12-13. Photo: Courtesy of PADEE-WHIA"
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Raptakis with Bipartisan  Legislators Call on Biden to Reject Sale of F-16s

10/22/2021

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Raptakis, F-16s
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COVENTRY, RI – "Rhode Island State Senator Lou Raptakis is leading a group of Hellenic-American State Legislators from around the country who are calling on President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to reject appeals from Turkey seeking the sale of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets to upgrade their air force and requesting 80 modernization kits for their existing aircraft." The National Herald
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RI State Sen. Raptakis Takes Helm of Presidency of World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Assoc.

4/15/2021

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Raptakis - WHIA
Credit: The National Herald / Opera News
COVENTRY, RI – Rhode Island State Senator Leonidas Raptakis on April 12th pledged to expand the PADEE/WHIA mission. “We have an opportunity to make this organization a resource for all of its members, a vehicle for keeping Hellenes from all over the world connected to the work being done in different countries to promote issues of concern to Greece and Cyprus,” said Raptakis. “In this information age, we need to encourage vigorous discussions and adopt policies that will put WHIA at the forefront of the effort to build bridges between our member nations.” Read the full The National Herald story click/tap here.

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106 Years of Ethnikos Kirix / Hellenic-American legislator Raptakis on Greek Independance Day - Concerns Regarding Turkish Consulate Letter

4/1/2021

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Content/Graphics Credit: The National Herald
Ethnikos Kirikas turns an astounding 106 years old this week... RI State Senator Raptakis Blasts Turkish Consulate for Letter. View highlight here. Read full the articles at The National Herald.
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Raptakis: Greece should not take a step back to the Law of the Sea

1/19/2021

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Kyriakos Velopoulos - Raptakis - Law of the Sea
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