2012 GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE
ORDER OF PARADE BATTALIONS
Solidarity with Greece
Commemorating the 191st Anniversary of Greek Independence 1821 – 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012, 1:30 p.m.
HONORARY BATTALION
NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT MOUNTED COLOR GUARD
NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT CEREMONIAL BAND
NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
HELLENIC-AMERICAN EASTERN ORTHODOX OFFICERS – ST. PAULS SOCIETY
NEW YORK CITY CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT – HELLENIC SOCIETY
FIRE DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK HELLENIC SOCIETY
GREEK SCHOOL OF PLATO MARCHING BAND, BROOKLYN, NY
COLOR GUARD – BANNER OF THE FEDERATION AND THE GREEK AND AMERICAN FLAGS
2012 PARADE GRAND MARSHAL: Honorable Robert Menendez, United states senator
2012 parade honorary marshals: Sano halo, pontian genocide survivor & author
pyros dimas, olympic gold medalist
HONORARY PARADE CHAIRMAN – HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP DEMETRIOS,
PRIMATE OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF AMERICA
FEDERATION OF HELLENIC SOCIETIES OF GREATER NY – elias tsekerides, PRESIDENT
PARADE CHAIRMAN EMERITUS – JOHN CATSIMATIDIS
PARADE CHAIRmEn – DR. FRIXOS GOUSIS AND PHILIP CHRISTOPHER
PARADE CO-CHAIRmEn – MARKOS MARINAKIS AND KOSTAS KATSANOS and George Kitsios
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FEDERATION OF HELLENIC SOCIETIES OF GREATER NEW YORK
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REPUBLIC OF GREECE : HON. ELIAS KARANYKAS
HON. NIKOLAOS PANAGIOTOPOULOS
AMBASSADOR VASILIOS KASKARELIS
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS: MINISTER LOUCAS LOUCA,
AMBASSADOR PAVLOS ANASTASIADES
HONORED GUESTS AND OFFICIALS
PRESIDENTIAL GUARD OF THE REPUBLIC OF GREECE - EVZONES
FIRST BATTALION 64th Street, Fifth to Park Avenues
1) Hellenic Philharmonic Society Band
KALAVRYTAN, 1821
LAVARON OF ’21 – KALAVRYTAN FRATERNITY
LAVARON OF KALAMATA SOCIETY “SAINT APOSTOLE”
LAVARON OF MANI SOCIETY
LAVARON GEROS TOU MOREA
LAVARA EXODOS MESOLOGIOU, AETOLOAKARNANES & D.O.R.S.
LAVARON CRETAN ASSOCIATION “OMONOIA”
LAVARON PONTION SOCIETY
LAVARON RIGAS FERAIOS
XANTHOS O FILIKOS PATMOS ASSOCIATION, INC.
LAOGRAFIKOS OMILOS AMERIKIS- GREEK AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY
GREEK WARRIORS – LIVING HISTORY GROUP
ANTIQUE POLICE CARS
2) FLOAT # 1 – MISS GREEK INDEPENDENCE
3) CATHEDRAL OF HOLY TRINITY, NEW YORK, NY
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL
ST. BASIL ACADEMY
4) YASA – YOUNG ADULTS WITH SPECIAL ABILITIES
5) FLOAT # 2- FEDERATION OF STEREA HELLAS
FEDERATION OF STEREA HELLAS OF U.S.A. & CANADA
NAFPAKTIAN BROTHERHOOD, DAUGHTERS ROUMELIS, ST. DEMETRIOS BROTHERHOOD, PLATANOS SOCIETY, VELOUHIO OF ATLANTA, AETOLPAKARNANIAN MUUAL, AGRINION SOCIETY, ANALYPSIS SOCIETY, ATHANASIOS DIAKOS, DIPLATANOS SOCIETY, GALAXIDI SOCIETY, KATAFIGION SOCIETY, KARPENISI SOCIETY, PERISTA SOCIETY, THERMOPYLES SOCIETY, ELEFTHERIANI SOCIETY, ENOSIS EVRYTANON AMERIKIS TO KARPENISI
6) FLOAT # 3 - PANAGIA I PROUSSIOTISA
SYLLOGOS EVRYTANON AMERIKIS-PANAGIA I PROUSSIOTISA – Celebrating 100 Years
7) FLOAT # 4 - MARATHON BANK
Band # 1- Boy Scout Troop # 236 Drum and Bell Corps.
MARATHON BANK
8) FLOAT # 5 – HELLENIC TIMES SCHOLARSHIP FUND
9) INTERCOLLEGIATE HELLENIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
10) FLOAT # 6 - GREEK CHILDRENS FUND
11) GREEK SCHOOL OF PLATO, BROOKLYN, NY
12) FLOAT # 7 – INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK
13) HELLENIC AMERICAN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
TOURO LAW SCHOOL – HELLENIC LAW SOCIETY
14) Hellenic Medical Society OF NEW YORK
15) FLOAT # 8 – ATLANTIC BANK
16) FLOAT # 9 - PAN-ARCADIAN
PAN ARCADIAN FEDERATION OF AMERICA, EASTERN DISTRICT
“GEROS TOU MORIA”
EPARXIA KYNOURIAS
17) Band #2 – Cathedral High School Band
ALMA BANK
FLOAT # 10- ZOODOHOS PEGHE
ZOODOHOS PEGHE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, BRONX, NY – Celebrating 100 Years
GREEK AMERICAN INSTITUTE
19) FLOAT # 11- UNITED CHIOS SOCIETIES
Band: # 3- Park Ridge High School Band
PAN CHIAKI SOCIETY, INC. “KORAIS” – Celebrating 100 Years
UNITED CHIOS SOCIETIES OF AMERICA & CANADA
CHIAN FEDERATION
20) FLOAT # 12 - HELLENIC COMMUNITIES OF BROOKLYN & STATEN ISLAND
STS CONSTANTINE & HELEN CATHEDRAL OF BROOKLYN
Band: # 4 – Mother Cabrini High School Drum Corps.
KIMISIS THEOTOKOU OF BROOKLYN
THREE HIERARCHS – BROOKLYN
HOLY CROSS – BROOKLYN
HOLY TRINITY – ST. NICHOLAS – STATEN ISLAND
21) FLOAT # 13 – PAN MACEDONIAN
PAN MACEDONIAN ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
PAN-MACEDONIAN STUDY CENTER, HELLENIC AMERICAN LIBRARY ELIAS NEOFYTIDES
MACEDONIAN TV
PAN MACEDONIAN NY & NJ DISTRICT
ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI , GROUP OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
THESSALONIKI, KASTORIA, MAVROVON, ALIAKMON, HALKIDIKI, DRAMA,
GIANNITSA, KAVALA, KILKIS, KOZANI, KORISOS, LITOHORO,
KOSTARAZION, OINOE, THASSOS, ALEXANDER THE GREAT, KATERINI, NAOUSA
22) FLOAT # 14 – KASTORIAN SOCIETY
Band: #5 - Eumanities and the Arts High School
SOCIETY OF KASTORIANS “OMONOIA” INC.
PHILOPTOCHOS KATORIA, YOUTH KASTORIA
23) FLOAT #15 – ST. DEMETRIOS CATHEDRAL, ASTORIA
G.O.C. ST DEMETRIOS CATHEDRAL OF ASTORIA & STS CATHERINE & GEORGE CLERGY,
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DAY SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AFTERNOON SCHOOL, PHILOPTOCHOS,
G.O.Y.A., BOY & GIRL SCOUTS
24) FLOAT # 16- SAMOS
PANSAMIAN BROTHERHOOD “PYTHAGORAS” OF NY
25) FLOAT # 17 – ST. NICHOLAS, FLUSHING
Band #6- Passaic County Band
ST. NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX SHRINE CHURCH
WILLIAM SPYROPOULOS SCHOOL
GREEK AFTERNOON SCHOOL “STEFANOS & ARETI TSERPELIS”
SUNDAY SCHOOL - P.T.A.
CHOIR - PARISH COUNCIL
26) LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL GREEK CLUB
27) FLOAT #18 - CATHEDRAL OF ST. PAUL, HEMPSTEAD
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF SAINT PAUL CATHEDRAL
28) FLOAT # 19- MYTILENIAN SOCIETY
MYTELINIAN SOCIETY OF AMERICA - Celebrating 100 Years
PAN LEMNIAN PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATION “HEPHAESTUS” INC.
29) STS. CONSTANTINE & HELEN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF WEST NYACK, NY
30) FLOAT # 20 – DODECANESE
FEDERATION OF DODECANESE SOCIETIES OF USA AND THE YOUTH
Rhodes, Kos, Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kasos, Symi, Nisyros, Leros,
Astypalea, Kastellorizo, Tilos, Halki, PATMOS, LIPSI
FLOAT # 21 – NISYRIAN SOCIETY
Hellenic Philharmonic Society (starting from 67th St)
NISYRIAN SOCIETY
32) FLOAT # 22 – ST. DEMETRIOS OF JAMAICA
Musical School of Larissa Band
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH ST. DEMETRIOS
SYLLOGOS NOMOU MAGNISIAS “ARGONAYTES”
33A) AESCULAPIAN THESSALIAN BROTHERHOOD
SECOND BATTALION 65th Street, Fifth to Park Avenues
34) FLOAT # 23– ST. JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN (TENAFLY)
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY MARCHING BAND
GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN, TENAFLY, NJ
35) GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OF NEW JERSEY
36) FEDERATION OF HELLENIC AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS OF NEW JERSEY
ORDER OF AHEPA – DISTRICT LODGE NO. 5
38) WILLIAM PATTERSON UNIVERSITY HELLENIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION
39) THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY HELLENIC SOCIETY
40) PRINCETON ORANGE PAN-HELLENIC ASSOCIATION
41) New Jersey Institute of Technology Hellenic Cultural Society
42) RUTGERS UNIVERSITY HELLENIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION
43) STS. CONSTANTINE AND HELEN OF ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND
44) The Greek Heritage Society OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
45) FLOAT # 24 – PAN GREGORIAN
PAN GREGORIAN ENTERPRISES
STS. NICHOLAS, CONSTANTINE AND HELEN OF ROSELAND, NJ
NJ HELLENIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
48) ST. ATHANASIOS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF PARAMUS, NJ
49) ST. NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF WYCKOFF, NJ
50) FLOAT # 25 – ST. GEORGE (CLIFTON)
ST. GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF CLIFTON, NJ
51) Ascension church school of Fairview, nj
52) ST. ANDREW GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF RANDOLPH, NJ
53) ST. DEMETRIOS CHURCH GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF UNION, NJ
54) ST. ANNA GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF FLEMINGTON, NJ
55) FLOAT # 26 – ST. GEORGE (PISCATAWAY)
ST. GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF PISCATAWAY, NJ
56) FLOAT # 27 – The Carnival of Love Foundation
57) St. Nicholas GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, West Babylon, NY
GREEK AFTERNOON SCHOOL, goya, joy, pARISH COUNCIL
58) PAN ERIKOUSSA SOCIETY OF AMERICA
59) ST. FRANCIS PREPATORY HIGH SCHOOL GREEK CLUB
60) BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE HELLENIC CULTURAL SOCIETY
61) SYLLOGOS PATRINON KOSTIS PALAMAS
62) FLOAT #28 – EPIROTES
Band #7- Boy Scout Troop # 236 Drum & Bell Corps.
PANEPIROTIC FEDERATION, ANAGENESIS , SOULIOTISSES, PYRRHUS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS
OF EPIRUS
63) FLOAT #29 - ST. DEMETRIOS (MERRICK)
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH ST. DEMETRIOS, MERRICK, NY
64) GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR, RYE, NY
FLOAT #30 - PAN-ICARIAN
Band # 8 - Cathedral High School Band
PAN-ICARIAN BROTHERHOOD OF NEW YORK
66) HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, BRIDGEPORT, CT
67) FLOAT # 31- BROTHERHOOD OF MANI
BROTHERHOOD OF MANI
FEDERATION OF ASSOCIATED LACONIAN SOCIETIES
NEW YORK SOCIETY “VRYSEON ANAVRYTIS”, ARCHODIKO SOCIETY, SOCIETY ARNIOTON “ST ATHANASIOS”,
DAFNIOTON SOCIETY “SAINT GEORGE”, GYTHION ASSOCIATION OF UNITED STATES, Inc, KOUTOUMOU
SOCIETY OF AMERICA, ASSOCIATION LACEDAEMONIANS, NY, LYKOYRGIAN –LACONIAN GUARD, ASSOCIATION
MAGOULIOTON OF SPARTA, MYSTRAS SOCIETY OF PA AND DE, PANTANASSA ASSOCIATES OF MYSTRIOTES
IN AMERICA, PETRINA, PROGRESSIVE, BROTHERHOOD, SPARTAN SOCIETY
68) COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HELLAS
69) FLOAT # 32 – PAN EVOIKOS
PAN EVOIKOS SOCIETY OF AMERICA
70) St. Nicholas GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH AT WORLD TRADE CENTER
71) RETIREMENT’s CLUB of astoria
72) THE MARY LOUIS ACADEMY HELLENIC SOCIETY
73) GREEK CULTURAL CENTER
74) WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL GREEK CLUB
FLOAT # 33 – AHEPA
Hellenic Phil-Harmonic Society
AHEPA EMPIRE STATE DISTRICT 6, NJ DISTRICT 5, YANKEE DISTRICT 7
76) GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH & SCHOOL ST. SPYRIDON, NEW YORK
77) FLOAT # 34 - CYPRUS FEDERATION
Pan-Cyprian Band
CYPRUS FEDERATION OF AMERICA
PANCYPRIAN ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
DIVISIONS: ATHLETIC, YOUTH ATHLETIC (ELEFTHERIA)
WOMEN’S ISSUES NETWORK, DANCE, CHOIR
ASGATA ASSOCIATION “CYPRUS"
CYPRUS YOUTH COMMITTEE AMERICA (CYCA)
LAMPOUSA CYPRIOT-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
ENOSIS LEFKARITON IN AMERICA
NEW JERSEY CYPRIOT ASSOCIATION SALAMIS
KALAVASOS FRATERNITY
PANPAPHIAN ASSOCIATION
CYPRIOT STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (EFOKA)
78) HELLENIC SOCIETY PAIDEIA - UNIVERSITY OF CT & RHODE ISLAND & VIRIGINIA
79) PANELIAKOS SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, INC.
80) TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST CHURCH OF CORONA, NEW YORK
81) KIMISIS TIS THEOTOKOU/PANAGHIA OF ISLAND PARK, LI
82) GREEK ORTHODOX COUNCIL OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL #3 IBEW
83) St. Eleftherios Greek Orthodox Church, NEW YORK CITY
84) Cephalonian Association Aenos
85) FLOAT # 35– ST. IRENE CHRYSOVALANTOU
SACRED PATRIARCHAL MONASTERY OF ST. IRENE CHRYSOVALANTOU
Executive Ecclesiastical Council
Philoptochos Society
Youth
Greek School of St. Irene Chrysovalantou
PTA of the Greek School
ST. NECTARIOS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, BROOKLYN, NY
Executive Ecclesiastical Council
Philoptochos Society
Greek School of St. Nectarios
PTo of the Greek School
86) FLOAT # 36-SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR ENERGY
THIRD BATTALION 66th Street, Fifth to Park Avenues
87) Band: # 9- Park Ridge High School Band
FLOAT # 37 – PONTIAN FEDERATION
PAN PONTIAN FEDERATION OF USA & CANADA
PONTION SOCIETY “KOMNINOI”
PANAGIA SOUMELA PONTION AMERIKIS
PONTIAN SOCIETY “PONTOS”
ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CHURH OF NEW YORK CITY
89) FLOAT # 38– MESSINIAN
MESSINIAN BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION “ARISTOMENIS
90) FLOAT: #39 –FEDERATION CEPHALONIAN AND ITHACIAN SOCIETIES “ODYSSEUS”
“KEFALOS” CHEPHALONIAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
CHEPHALONIAN BROTHERHOOD OF NEW YORK
CEPHALONIAN ASSOCIATION “AGIOS GERASIMOS” OF NEW JERSEY
91) FLOAT #40 - ARCHANGEL MICHAEL CHURCH
Band # 10 – Mother Cabrini High School Drum Band
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, PT. WASHINGTON, NY
92) FORDHAM PREP HELLENIC SOCIETY
93) ST. MARKELLA OF ASTORIA, NY
HOLY METROPOLIS OF G.O.C. OF AMERICA
CATHEDRAL OF SAINT MARKELLA OF ASTORIA
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, PHILOPTOCHOS SOCIETY, GREEK SCHOOL
SAINT ISIDOROS CHURCH OF BETHPAGE L.I.
PARISH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, PHILOPTOCHOS SOCIETY
94) FRANCIS LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL HELLENIC CLUB
95) ST MARKELLA GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF WANTAGH, NY
96) FLOAT # 41- ASSUMPTION CHURCH
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ASSUMPTION, PORT JEFFERSON, NY
97) FLOAT # 42- ARMENIAN
KNIGHTS OF VARTAN -ARMENIAN FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION
98) HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF NEW ROCHELLE, NY
Greek Afternoon School, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Philoptochos, AHEPA
99) BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL GREEK CLUB
FLOAT # 43 – HOLY CROSS OF WHITESTONE
Band # 11– Eumanities and the Arts High School Band
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF HOLY CROSS
101) ATHENIAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
102) GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY, HICKSVILLE, NY
103) FLOAT # 44- CRETANS SOCIETIES OF NY & NJ
Hellenic Phil-Harmonic Society
UNITED CULTURAL & EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF NY & NJ CRETANS
CRETAN ASSOCIATION “OMONOIA”
CRETAN WOMEN’S ASSOCIATED “PASIFAE”
LAVRYS CRETAN YOUTH ORGANIZATION OF NEW YORK
MINOAS & IDOMENEAS (ASTORIA)
CRETAN SISTERHOOD OF BROOKLYN
CRETAN BROTHERHOOD OF BROOKLYN
KAZANTZAKIS YOUTH
PHILOXENIA OF STATEN ISLAND
DICTAMOS OF WESTCHESTER
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS & ARKADI OF NJ
EROTOKRITOS & ARETOYSA OF LONG ISLAND.
104) FLOAT # 45 – ST. PARASKEVI G.O. SHRINE CHURCH
ST. PARASKEVI GREEK ORTHODOX SHRINE CHURCH
PARISH COUNCIL, PHILOPTOHOS, GREEK SCHOOL, SUNDAY SCHOOL,
GREEK-AMERICAN PRE-SCHOOL, GIRL SCOUTS, GOYA, PTO, JOY, HOPE, YAL
105) KALAMATA SOCIETY LTD “AGIO APOSTOLI”
106) FLOAT # 46– OLYMPIACOS
OLYMPIACOS FAN CLUB
107) GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE HOLY RESURRECTION, BROOKVILLE, NY
GREEK SOLIDARITY NETWORK
FEDERATION OF HELLENIC SOCIETIES OF GREATER NEW YORK MEMBERS AND 2012 PARADE COMMITTEE AND VOLUNTEERS
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