NJ Hellenic American Heritage Commission

03/16/2025

Greek Independence Day Calendar of Events 2025

Thursday, March 20th - Bergen County Executive and Commissioners - Two Bergen County Plaza, Hackensack, NJ
Friday, March 21st - Fort Lee Borough Hall, 309 Main St, Fort Lee
Saturday, March 22nd - Hellenic Civic Club, 467 Stillwell Ave, Fort Lee
Monday, March 24th - NJ STATE ASSEMBLY HOSTED EVENT - NJ State House, Committee Room 12, 141 West State Street, Trenton, NJ
Monday, March 24th - Paterson City Hall, 155 Market St, Paterson, NJ
Tuesday, March 25th - NJ Legislative District 11 Event - Ocean Township, 399 Monmouth Road, Oakhurst, NJ 07755
Saturday, March 29th - Mayor Nikitas Moustakas Event, Mt. Laurel Acres Park, 1045 South Church Street, Mount Laurel, NJ
Sunday, March 30th - Greek Parade on 5th Ave - NYC
Sunday, March 30th - Greek Parade - Greektown Baltimore
Sunday, April 6th - Greek Parade - Philadelphia - Logan Square - Art Museum

Zenon Christodoulou, State of New Jersey Paterson NOW, Asbury Park NJ, Fort Lee Patch, Daily Voice Bergen County, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco, New Jersey Department of State, Speaker Craig J. Coughlin, Senate President Nick Scutari TAPinto, Ocean Township, Bergen County, NJ NJ.com

03/23/2023

Greek Independence Day

Sat April 1st at 12 (noon)

Please join our celebration of Greek Independence Day as we present an original documentary film My People by Anna Rezan about the Holocaust in Greece and the Orthodox Clergy's fight to protect their Jewish brothers and sisters.

Who: NJ Hellenic American Heritage Commission
What: Greek Independence Day Celebration
Where: Drew University - Concert Hall (Madison, NJ)
When: April 1st, 2023 at 12:00 (Noon)

**See flyer for details

Order of AHEPA
Daughters of Penelope
Holocaust Remembrance Association
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey

10/29/2022

See you today at 1pm !
Join us for the Oxi Day Commemoration at Liberty State Park @ Historic Central Terminal !

01/15/2022

The NJ Hellenic American Heritage Commission is proud to announce its 2021 inaugural Essay Writing Scholarship.

Developed with the NJ Department of State, this essay contest is open to all NJ High School students and brings with it $4, 000 in scholarship

The winning two essays will receive the $2,000 Gus Leontarakis Hellenism Award and the $2, 000 Irene Leontarakis Agape Award.

The Awards will be presented and the NJ Greek Independence Day reception on March 19, 2022.

10/30/2021

Join us tomorrow, Saturday , Oct 30th to celebrate Oxi Day !!
Time: 12:00 PM Eastern
Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88686602907?pwd=SVV5VVRhaUpGNkp1emtma1BLYXIwUT09

Celebrated by millions of Greeks and Cypriots around the world , this marks the 80th anniversary of OXI Day. On October 28, 1940, Greek leader Ioannis Metaxas said OXI, or NO, to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his demand to take up strategic positions inside Greek sovereign territory. By proudly resisting occupation by Italy and the Axis Powers, Greece entered into World War II on the side of the Allies, ultimately affecting the trajectory of the war.

What Metaxas did by saying no to the fascist powers bent on subjugating Europe at that dark point in history was also to say yes to freedom and democracy.

Order of AHEPA, Greek Reporter NJ.com NorthJersey.com, News 12 New Jersey, TAPinto Newark, TAPinto Jersey City Visit Greece Governor Phil Murphy
New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way

03/25/2021

Celebrating Greek Independence Day Today!!

"200 years ago today Greece declared its independence after being under Ottoman Turkish dominion for 400 years. The heroes of 1821 saw this proclamation through to victory. I’m proud to celebrate Greece today which has given so much to Western Civilization.

Σαν σήμερα πριν 200 χρόνια η Ελλάδα κήρυξε την ανεξαρτησία της μετά από 400 χρόνια τουρκικής σκλαβιάς. Είμαι περήφανος που γιορτάζω την Ελλάδα σήμερα η οποία έχει δώσει τόσα πολλά στον Δυτικό κόσμο."

Exactly 200 years ago, inspired by the same ideals of liberty, self-governance, and passionate belief in democracy that sparked the American Revolution, the people of Greece declared their independence.  Today, the people of the United States join the Greek people in commemorating the creation of t...

03/24/2021

Join us on March 27th 2021 at Noon on Facebook Live to celebrate Greek Independence Day and the Student Scholarship Award winners!
Joining us in this celebration will be the Consul General of Israel, Consul General of Cyprus, Consul General of Greece
along with NJ Secretary of State Tanesha Way and members of the Hellenic American Heritage Commission!