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Plaque at the church. Stained glass window at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral is a Greek Orthodox parish and center for Greek-American life in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Its noted Neo-Byzantine church is located at 36 North Pinellas Avenue. [1]
Tarpon Springs Greektown Historic District. / 28.155607; -82.760875. Located in north Pinellas County, Florida, approximately thirty miles northwest of Tampa, Tarpon Springs Greektown Historic District is a U.S. historic district. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 2, 2014.
Tarpon Springs is known for elaborate religious ceremonies hosted by the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral, part of the Greek Orthodox Church, including the January 6 Epiphany, celebration that includes youths diving for a cross and the blessing of the waters and the boats. Since the first Greek immigrants depended on the sea and their ...
St. Augustine, Florida. St. Augustine’s main claim to fame is being the oldest city in the U.S., having been founded by Spanish explorers in 1565 — 42 years before the English colonized ...
In Vienna, for many centuries, the Griechenviertel (Greek quarter) existed in the Innere Stadt (inner town). Later the Greek community moved to other newer quarters. A traditional Austrian restaurant there is called Griechenbeisl (Greek tavern) and a street Griechengasse (Greek lane). [citation needed] Beloiannisz is a village in Fejér county ...
Areas with high concentration of Greek-American restaurants Restaurants at Greektown, Chicago. Various areas of the United States have hosted Greek-American cuisine with the most prominent examples being Astoria, Queens, in New York City, Greektown, Chicago, Greektown Historic District in Detroit, Tarpon Springs, Florida and Greektown ...
Sources. Crain, Edward E. (1994), Historic architecture in the Caribbean Islands, University Press of Florida, ISBN 978-0-8130-1293-3 Craton, Michael; Saunders, Gail (2000), Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People, Volume 2: From the Ending of Slavery to the Twenty-First Century, University of Georgia Press, ISBN 978-0-8203-2284-1
Greek Americans have the highest concentrations in the New York City, Boston, and Chicago regions, but have settled in major metropolitan areas across the United States. In 2000, Tarpon Springs, Florida, was home to the highest per capita