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Why They Left: The Forces That Drove Greek Emigration to America
Between 1880 and 1924, more than 400,000 Greeks left their country for America. They did not leave because they wanted to. They le…
The Church as Nation: Greek Orthodoxy and the Immigrant Community
For Greek immigrants in America, the Orthodox church was never simply a place of worship. It was a school, a courthouse, a communi…