2014 GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE
****ORDER OF PARADE BATTALIONS****
Commemorating the 193rdAnniversary of Greek Independence
1821 – 2014
Sunday, March 30, 2014, 1:45 p.m.
HONORARY BATTALION
1.NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT MOUNTED COLOR GUARD
2.COLOR GUARD – BANNER OF THE FEDERATION AND THE GREEK AND AMERICAN FLAGS
3.THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FEDERATION OF HELLENIC SOCIETIES OF GREATER NEW YORK
4.FEDERATION OF HELLENIC SOCIETIES OF GREATER NY – elias tsekerides, PRESIDENT
5.2014 PARADE GRAND MARSHALS: UNITED STATES SENATOR CHARLES E. SCHUMER
GEORGE TSUNIS, NOMINATED AMBASSADOR TO NORWAY
6.HONORARY PARADE CHAIRMAN– HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP DEMETRIOS,
PRIMATE OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF AMERICA
7.PARADE CHAIRMEN EMERITUS – JOHN CATSIMATIDIS
PHILIP CHRISTOPHER
8.PARADE CHAIRman – PETROS GALATOULAS
9.PARADE VICE CHAIRPERSON- HELEN PSARAS
10.PARADE CO-CHAIRmEn – GEORGE PANTELIDIS
KOSTAS PLESTIS
11.REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
12.REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REPUBLIC OF GREECE AND THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS
HON. KYRIAKOS GERONTOPOULOS , DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF GREECE
HON. KATHERINE CLERIDES, COMMISSIONER OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS
13.HONORED GUESTS AND OFFICIALS
14.ACROPOLIS FLAG CARRIED BY ARISTA STUDENTS OF THE HELLENIC COMMUNITIES
15.GREEK OF PLATO MARCHING BAND, BROOKLYN, NY
16.PRESIDENTIAL GUARD OF THE REPUBLIC OF GREECE – EVZONES
17.NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT CEREMONIAL BAND
18.NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
19.HELLENIC AMERICAN EASTERN ORTHODOX OFFICERS – ST. PAULS SOCIETY
20.NEW YORK CITY CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT HELLENIC SOCIETY
21.FIRE DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK HELLENIC SOCIETY
22.UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
FIRST BATTALION64th Street, Fifth to Park Avenues
1) Band: #1 – Yonkers Military 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 AND THE MYRMIDONS– LIVING HISTORY GROUP
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) HELLENIC MEDICAL SOCIETY
6) HELLENIC LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
7) FLOAT # 2 – FAGE YOGURT
8) FLOAT # 3– HELLENIC TIMES SCHOLARSHIP FUND
9) FLOAT #4 – INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK
10) FLOAT # 5- 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)
11) PANAGHIA OF ISLAND PARK GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, ISLAND PARK, NY
12) GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH & SCHOOL ST. SPYRIDON, NEW YORK, NY
13) ST. SOPHIA’S GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Celebrating 100 Years
14) HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF NEW ROCHELLE, NY
Greek Afternoon School, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Philoptochos, AHEPA
15) IONA COLLEGE HELLENIC SOCIETY
16) ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CHURH OF NEW YORK CITY
17) FLOAT # 6 – KASTORIAN SOCIETY
Band: #2 - Boy Scouts Troop 236 Drum & Bell Corps.
SOCIETY OF KASTORIANS “OMONOIA” INC., PHILOPTOCHOS KASTORIA, YOUTH KASTORIA,
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
18) BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE HELLENIC CULTURAL SOCIETY
18a) STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL GREEK CLUB
19) FLOAT #7 – THE CARNIVAL OF LOVE FOUNDATION
20) FLOAT # 8 - ST. SOPHIA GREEK CHURCH OF ALBANY
ST. SOPHIA GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ALBANY, NY
AHEPA CHAPTER 141
21) FLOAT # 9– ST. NICHOLAS, FLUSHING
Band #3- New York City All City HS Band
ST. NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
WILLIAM SPYROPOULOS SCHOOL
GREEK AFTERNOON SCHOOL “STEFANOS & ARETI TSERPELIS”
SUNDAY SCHOOL - P.T.A.
CHOIR - PARISH COUNCIL
22) FLOAT #10–FEDERATION CEPHALONIAN
Band: #4 - Emerson High School Band
“KEFALOS” CHEPHALONIAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
CEPHALONIAN BROTHERHOOD OF NEW YORK
CEPHALONIAN ASSOCIATION “AGIOS GERASIMOS” OF NEW JERSEY
23) FLOAT # 11 – ST. PARASKEVI OF GREENLAWN
ST. PARASKEVI GREEK ORTHODOX SHRINE CHURCH
PARISH COUNCIL, PHILOPTOHOS, GREEK SCHOOL, SUNDAY SCHOOL,
GREEK-AMERICAN PRE-SCHOOL, GIRL SCOUTS, GOYA, PTO, JOY, HOPE, YAL
24) CEPHALONIAN ASSOCIATION AENOS
25) FLOAT #12– AHEPA FAMILY
AHEPA EMPIRE STATE DISTRICT 6, NJ DISTRICT 5, YANKEE DISTRICT 7
DAUGHTERS OF PENELOPE, SONS OF PERICLES AND MAIDS OF ATHENA
26) FLOAT # 13– ST. IRENE CHRYSOVALANTOU
Band: #5-Park Ridge High School Band
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
27) GREEK SCHOOL OF PLATO, BROOKLYN, NY
28) INTERCOLLEGIATE HELLENIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
28a) THE GREEK AND CYPRIOT CLUB OF THE NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
29) PAN ELIAKOS SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, INC
30) FLOAT #14 - ST. DEMETRIOS OF MERRICK
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST. DEMETRIOS, MERRICK, NY
31) FLOAT # 15– MESSINIAN
MESSINIAN BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION “ARISTOMENIS”
32) FLOAT # 16– HOLY RESURRECTION OF BROOKVILLE
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE HOLY RESURRECTION, BROOKVILLE, NY
33) FLOAT #17- BROTHERHOOD OF MANI
BROTHERHOOD OF MANI
34) DORMITION OF THE VIRGIN MARY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE HAMPTONS
35) FLOAT #18 – HOLY CROSS OF WHITESTONE
GREEK ORT8HODOX CHURCH OF HOLY CROSS
36) FLOAT #19 - SAMOS
PANSAMIAN BROTHERHOOD “PYTHAGORAS” OF NY
437) FLOAT # 20 – ASSUMPTION CHURCH
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ASSUMPTION, PORT JEFFERSON, NY
38) FLOAT # 21– ST. DEMETRIOS CATHEDRAL, ASTORIA
Band: #6- Mother Cabrini Drum Corps.
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
39) FLOAT #22- PONTIAN FEDERATION
PAN PONTIAN FEDERATION OF USA & CANADA
PONTION SOCIETY “KOMNINOI”
PANAGIA SOUMELA PONTION AMERIKIS
PONTIAN SOCIETY “PONTOS”
40) PANTHRACIAN UNION OF AMERICA “ORPHEUS” INC.
41) FLOAT #23– KERKYRAIKOS
PAN ERIKOUSSA SOCIETY OF AMERICA
MATHRAKI AN SOCIETY OF AMERICAN
PAN ZAKYNTHIAN BROTHERHOOD
PAN KERKYRAIKOS ASSOCIATION
42) FLOAT # 24- UNITED CHIOS SOCIETIES
Band: #7 – Cathedral High School Band
CHIAN FEDERATION
PAN CHIAKI SOCIETY, INC. “KORAIS”
UNITED CHIOS SOCIETIES OF AMERICA & CANADA
43) ST. PETROS THE APOSTLE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, BRONX, NY
EVDOXIA LEVESANOS GREEK SCHOOL, PHILOPTOHOS AGIA ELPIS
44) FLOAT # 25– ATLANTIC BANK
45) GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST. DEMETRIOS, JAMAICA, NY
Band: #8- Passaic County Band
46) FLOAT #26 - PAN-ARCADIAN
PAN ARCADIAN FEDERATION OF AMERICA, EASTERN DISTRICT
“GEROS TOU MORIA”
EPARXIA KYNOURIAS
47) FLOAT #27- ARMENIAN
KNIGHTS OF VARTAN -ARMENIAN FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION
48) FLOAT #28 - CRETAN SOCIETIES OF NY & NJ
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
SECOND BATTALION 65th Street, Fifth to Park Avenues
49) GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OF NEW JERSEY
50) FEDERATION OF HELLENIC AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS OF NEW JERSEY
51) FLOAT #29 – ST. JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN (TENAFLY)
GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN, TENAFLY, NJ
52) FLOAT #30 – PAN GREGORIAN
Band:# 9 - Boy Scout Troop 236 Drum & Bell Corps.
PAN GREGORIAN ENTERPRISES
53) ORDER OF AHEPA DISTRICT NO. 5 OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE
54) HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF WESTFIELD, NJ
55)ST. DEMETRIOS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF UNION, NJ
56)KIMISIS TIS THEOTOKOU GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF HOLMDEL, NJ
57) FLOAT # 31– STS NICHOLAS OF ROSELAND
STS. NICHOLAS, CONSTANTINE AND HELEN OF ROSELAND, NJ
58)ST. ANDREW GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF RANDOLPH, NJ
59)RUTGERS UNIVERSITY HELLENIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION
60)New Jersey Institute of Technology Hellenic Cultural ASSOCIATION
61)MONTCLAIR UNIVERSITY HELLENIC SOCIETY
62)WILLIAM PATTERSON UNIVERSITY HELLENIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION
63)THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY HELLENIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION
64)PRINCETON ORANGE PAN-HELLENIC ASSOCIATION
65)FLOAT #32 – ST. GEORGE (PISCATAWAY)
ST. GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF PISCATAWAY, NJ
66) FLOAT #33 – ST. ATHANASIUS OF PARAMUS
ST. ATHANASIOS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF PARAMUS, NJ
67) Ascension church school of Fairview, nj
68) ST. NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF WYCKOFF, NJ
69) FLOAT #34 – ST. GEORGE (CLIFTON)
ST. GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF CLIFTON, NJ
70) ST. ANNA GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF FLEMINGTON, NJ
71) BAND: # 10-Emerson High School Band
ALMA BANK
72) PAN MEGARIAN “BYZAS “ SOCIETY
73) FLOAT # 35 - GREEK CHILDRENS FUND
74) FLOAT #36 - PAN-ICARIAN
PAN-ICARIAN BROTHERHOOD OF NEW YORK
75) FLOAT #37- 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,
SYLLOGOS EVRYTANON AMERIKIS-PANAGIA I PROUSSIOTISA
76) FLOAT #38– FEDERATION OF LACONIAN SOCIETIES
Band: #11-New York City All City High School Band
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
77) HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, BRIDGEPORT, CT
78) FLOAT #39 - ARCHANGEL MICHAEL CHURCH
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, PT. WASHINGTON, NY
79) GREEK ORTHODOX COUNCIL OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL #3 IBEW
80) HELLENIC SOCIETY PAIDEIA - UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT & RHODE ISLAND
80A) BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL GREEK CLUB
80B)FRANCIS LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL HELLENIC CLUB
81) THE GREEK AND CYPRIOT CLUB OF THE NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
82) St. Eleftherios Greek Orthodox Church, NEW YORK CITY
THIRD BATTALION66th Street, Fifth to Park Avenues
83) FLOAT # 40 - HELLENIC COMMUNITIES OF BROOKLYN & STATEN ISLAND
STS CONSTANTINE & HELEN CATHEDRAL OF BROOKLYN NY
St. Nicholas GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH AT WORLD TRADE CENTER
Band: #12- Park Ridge High School Band
KIMISIS THEOTOKOU OF BROOKLYN
HOLY CROSS – BROOKLYN
THREE HIERARCHS – BROOKLYN
HOLY TRINITY – ST. NICHOLAS – STATEN ISLAND
84) FLOAT # 41- CATHEDRAL OF ST. PAUL, HEMPSTEAD
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF SAINT PAUL CATHEDRAL
85) LOUPAKIS SCHOOL
86) THE MARY LOUIS ACADEMY HELLENIC SOCIETY
87) FLOAT # 42– HOLY TRINITY OF HICKSVILLE
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY, HICKSVILLE, NY
88) FLOAT # 43– OLYMPIACOS
OLYMPIACOS FAN CLUB
89) FLOAT #44 – NISYRIAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
NISYRIAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
FEDERATION OF DODECANESE SOCIETIES OF USA AND THE YOUTH
Rhodes, Kos, Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kasos, Symi, Nisyros, Leros,
Astypalea, Kastellorizo, Tilos, Halki, PATMOS, LIPSI
90) PAN EVOIKOS SOCIETY OF AMERICA
91) KALAMATA SOCIETY LTD “AGIO APOSTOLI”
92) ATHENIAN SOCIETY
93) FLOAT # 45- ST MARKELLA - WANTAGH
ST MARKELLA GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH AND SCHOOL OF WANTAGH, NY
94) St. Nicholas GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, West Babylon, NY
GREEK AFTERNOON SCHOOL, goya, joy, pARISH COUNCIL
95) FLOAT #46- COSMOS TV
96) ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, NEW YORK CITY
97) ST. MARKELLA CATHEDRAL 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
98) ZOODOHOS PEGHE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, BRONX, NY
GREEK AMERICAN INSTITUTE
99) PAN LEMNIAN PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATION “HEPHAESTUS” INC
100) GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR COMMUNITY, RYE, NY
101) FLOAT # 47– EPIROTES
Band: #13- Mother Cabrini HS Drum Corps.
PANEPIROTIC FEDERATION, SOCIETY OF EPIROTES,
ANAGENESIS , SOULIOTISSES,
PYRRHUS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF EPIRUS
102) WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL GREEK CLUB
103) AESCULAPIAN THESSALIAN BROTHERHOOD
SYLLOGOS NOMOU MAGNISIAS “ARGONAYTES”
104) THE GREEK CLUB OF BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL
105) STS. CONSTANTINE & HELEN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF WEST NYACK, NY
106) FLOAT # 48- TRANSFIGURATION OF CORONA
TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST CHURCH OF CORONA, NEW YORK
107) WORLD JOURNALISM PREPARATORY SCHOOL
108) FEDERATION OF HELLENIC SOCIETIES OF GREATER NEW YORK MEMBERS AND 2014 PARADE COMMITTEE
Parking for buses will be from
80th to 81st Streets, Fifth to Madison Avenues AND
82nd to 83rd Streets, Madison to Lexington Avenues