Dr. Socrates J. Asteriou
Editor’s Note: Socrates Asteriou was a good friend and generous donor to the Society Farsarotul. He was very proud of his Aromanian origin and language. We are saddened by his loss. Socrates Asteriou Former State Department Analyst Dr. Socrates J. Asteriou, 80, who retired from the Department in 1982, died of pulmonary failure at his ...
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Community News
We are pleased to welcome the following new members: Alexander Tudor Westport, CT Susan Perkins Stark Los Angeles, CA Marina Todeasa Monroe, CT Cara Bernard Bridgeport, CT Renata Hargrove Bridgeport, CT Scott Cipu Fairfield, CT Heather Cipu Fairfield, CT Frank Tambosis Sydney, Australia James Profesta Brooklyn, NY Alexandria Yanka Ludlow, MA Stavri Yanka Ludlow, MA ...
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Community News
New Members The Society warmly welcomes the following new members: George I. Topala Munster, IN Peter S. Zegras Southport, CT Tami Topalu Richmond, VA Marius Vertan Schaumburg, IL Lara Lazar Easton, CT Peter Profesta Brooklyn, NY Alexander Profesta Brooklyn, NY We are omitting other community news in this issue in order to feature ...
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Community News
New Members · The Society warmly welcomes the following new members: Dumitru Suti Bridgeport, CT Elizabeth Lupu Mondschein Lake Havasu City, AZ Nicholas Mitrokostas So. Yarmouth, MA Florica Franga Bronx, NY Mihai Caragiu Pullman, WA News from Albania · ELBASAN – a small Vlach association has recently been organized to represent Elbasan’s vanishing Aromanian remnant. · ERSEKE – Care International has ...
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Community News
New Members The Society warmly welcomes the following new member: Horea Hristu………………. Bridgeport, CT Deaths The Society mourns the passing of several pillars of our community and extends its deepest sympathies to their families: —Modi Bici of Fairfield, Conn., a longtime member of the Society Farsarotul; —Aspasia Stambelu of New York, NY, another anchor of our community; ...
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Community News
New Members The Society warmly welcomes the following new members: Patricia J. Appuzo Fairfield, CT Richard Bicki Providence, RI Arthur Gravanis Southport, CT Elissa Mondschein Oakland, CA Deaths The Society mourns the passing of two pillars of our community and extends its deepest sympathies to their families: John A. BABU, 88, born in Deshnitsa, Albania. ...
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From the Editor: Something Old, Something New
We planned this issue of our Newsletter as a scholars’ forum on the Aromanian language. Though we’ve carried articles by scholars before, we haven’t had an issue solely dedicated to their work. We are delighted to be able to present articles by two well-known and highly respected scholars: Kostas Kazazis and Victor Friedman of the ...
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Community News
We are pleased to welcome the following new members: Dennis Adams Beaufort, SC Evgenija Colakovski Middle Village, NY Kenneth A. Bicki Belmont, NC James A. Bicki Matthews, NC Virginia T. Bicki Ormond Beach, FL Peter A. Vanghel Thompson, CT Petrica Dragati Worcester, MA Virginia R. Rockas W.Simsbury, CT We announce with great sadness the passing ...
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Attention All Members: Attack on Our Cultural & Spiritual Monuments in Albania
The Albanian newspaper Zeri I Popullit reported on August 28 that large parts of Voskopoja’s 18th-century Saint Michael Church had been destroyed by vandals. The culprits — reportedly Muslim pupils, possibly encouraged by their teachers — destroyed 23 frescoes, 15 of them completely. Police found inscriptions such as “Allah Is Great” on the walls. Three teen-agers were ...
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Community News
After this Newsletter was prepared, but before it went to press, we learned with sadness of the passing of three members of our community: Dr. Nicholas A. Sholler, Vasil L. Bellas, and John Ghnouly. May their souls rest in peace. Metsovo on the World Wide Web: We knew that American Vlachs have been surfing the ...
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From the Editor
“Each person, withdrawn into himself, behaves as though he is a stranger to the destiny of all the others. His children and his good friends constitute for him the whole of the human species. As for his transactions with his fellow citizens, he may mix among them, but he sees them not; he touches them, ...
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Community News
We are pleased to welcome the following new members: Zachary Seavey Manchester, NH Jonathan Seavey Manchester, NH James Nassikas Mill Valley, CA Lewis Nassikas Mill Valley, CA Robert Nassikas Mill Valley, CA We have lost several more elder members of our community. We mourn their loss and extend our heartfelt condolences to their familes: George ...
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“Before the Rain” – A Film Review
Today, Mr. Manchevski is hopeful about the future of his homeland. He rejects the idea that Balkan nations are doomed to repeat a century-long cycle of violence… Manchevski said. “It’s not so that if something happened 300 years ago, it has to happen again. For me, the only thing that matters is your own personal responsibility–whether ...
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Friends, Family, and Nostalgia: Remembering the Clinton Avenue of Yesteryear
Nicholas Shola, Peter Costulas, and John Cook grew up together in the St. Dimitrie Romanian Orthodox Church in Bridgeport, Connecticut, sons of immigrants from far away towns and villages located what is now Albania and northern Greece. Nick moved to St. Luis, Missouri, and thereafter kept in touch with his old buddies through a series ...
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The Watering Can: Memories of My Childhood
Growing up in America is a special blessing. But it seems to me that those who grow up in one of this country?s many immigrant communities are twice blessed, for we have at least two sources of values, support, and knowledge. I see this in my own life. As a child, I grew up in ...
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From the Editor
It’s been almost 3 years since the euphoric discovery that the Aromanian community in Albania had somehow survived communism and was organizing to preserve itself. At the time, scholars were estimating our population in the Balkans at around 50,000 and declining fast; here was a forgotten pocket of Vlachs claiming to be some 250,000 strong! ...
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Exclusive to the Society: Excerpts from Shattered Eagles – Balkan Fragments
Preface This book has been written at odd moments in the last four years. Some chapters have been developed from lectures I gave during these years. Some recount Balkan adventures squeezed in between writing these lectures and carrying out the normal duties of an English university lecturer. We hear much of the onerous nature of ...
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Community News
The Society is pleased to welcome two new members: Chris Gatz of New South Wales, Australia (he is featured in an article in this issue about the Aromanians down under) — Mr. Gatz was born in the Farsarot village of Kefalovrison (Megidia), in the province of Epirus, Greece; and Christy M. Kara of Omaha, Nebraska, who recently discovered his ...
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A Tree Grows Down Under: The Aroumanian Australians
The emblem of the Australian Aroumanian Society is a tree stump with a healthy, yet fragile new growth springing from one side. And that sums up pretty well how the members consider the state of Aroumanian culture — in fresh and vibrant rebirth. Officially, the 800-member strong society is only a year and a half ...
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Letter from Albania
Editor’s Introduction: Two issues ago we published Helen Winnifrith’s absorbing account of her journey to Albania with her husband Tom. We now publish Prof. Tom Winnifrith’s description of his follow-up visit to Albania. Prof. Winnifrith is the editor and contributing writer for the recently published Perspectives on Albania (St. Martin’s Press, 1993) and is currently working on a ...
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