2012 GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADEORDER OF PARADE BATTALIONS

Solidarity with GreeceCommemorating the 191st Anniversary of Greek Independence 1821 – 2012

Sunday, March 25, 2012, 1:30 p.m.

HONORARY BATTALION 1. NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT MOUNTED COLOR GUARD

2. NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT CEREMONIAL BAND

3. NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

4. HELLENIC-AMERICAN EASTERN ORTHODOX OFFICERS – ST. PAULS SOCIETY

5. NEW YORK CITY CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT – HELLENIC SOCIETY

6. FIRE DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK HELLENIC SOCIETY

7. GREEK SCHOOL OF PLATO MARCHING BAND, BROOKLYN, NY

8. COLOR GUARD – BANNER OF THE FEDERATION AND THE GREEK AND AMERICAN FLAGS

9. 2012 PARADE GRAND MARSHAL: HONORABLE ROBERT MENENDEZ, UNITED STATES SENATOR

10. 2012 PARADE HONORARY MARSHALS: SANO HALO, PONTIAN GENOCIDE SURVIVOR & AUTHOR PYROS DIMAS, OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST

11. HONORARY PARADE CHAIRMAN – HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP DEMETRIOS,

PRIMATE OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF AMERICA

12. FEDERATION OF HELLENIC SOCIETIES OF GREATER NY – ELIAS TSEKERIDES, PRESIDENT

13. PARADE CHAIRMAN EMERITUS – JOHN CATSIMATIDIS

14. PARADE CHAIRMEN – DR. FRIXOS GOUSIS AND PHILIP CHRISTOPHER

15. PARADE CO-CHAIRMEN – MARKOS MARINAKIS AND KOSTAS KATSANOS AND GEORGE KITSIOS

16. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FEDERATION OF HELLENIC SOCIETIES OF GREATER NEW YORK

17. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES

18. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REPUBLIC OF GREECE : HON. ELIAS KARANYKAS HON. NIKOLAOS PANAGIOTOPOULOS AMBASSADOR VASILIOS KASKARELIS

19. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS: MINISTER LOUCAS LOUCA, AMBASSADOR PAVLOS ANASTASIADES

20. HONORED GUESTS AND OFFICIALS

21. PRESIDENTIAL GUARD OF THE REPUBLIC OF GREECE - EVZONES

FIRST BATTALION 64 th Street, Fifth to Park Avenues 1) Hellenic Philharmonic Society Band KALAVRYTAN, 1821

LAVARON OF ’21 – KALAVRYTAN FRATERNITYLAVARON OF KALAMATA SOCIETY “SAINT APOSTOLE”LAVARON OF MANI SOCIETYLAVARON GEROS TOU MOREALAVARA EXODOS MESOLOGIOU, AETOLOAKARNANES & D.O.R.S.LAVARON CRETAN ASSOCIATION “OMONOIA”LAVARON PONTION SOCIETYLAVARON RIGAS FERAIOSXANTHOS O FILIKOS PATMOS ASSOCIATION, INC. LAOGRAFIKOS OMILOS AMERIKIS- GREEK AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETYGREEK WARRIORS – LIVING HISTORY GROUPANTIQUE POLICE CARS

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) FLOAT # 2- 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

6) FLOAT # 3 - PANAGIA I PROUSSIOTISA SYLLOGOS EVRYTANON AMERIKIS-PANAGIA I PROUSSIOTISA – Celebrating 100 Years

7) FLOAT # 4 - 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

8) FLOAT # 5 - MARATHON BANK Band # 1- Boy Scout Troop # 236 Drum and Bell Corps.

MARATHON BANK

9) FLOAT # 6 – HELLENIC TIMES SCHOLARSHIP FUND10) INTERCOLLEGIATE HELLENIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA

11) FLOAT # 7 - GREEK CHILDRENS FUND 12) GREEK SCHOOL OF PLATO, BROOKLYN, NY

13) FLOAT # 8 – INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK14) HELLENIC AMERICAN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION TOURO LAW SCHOOL – HELLENIC LAW SOCIETY15) HELLENIC MEDICAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK

16) FLOAT # 9 – ATLANTIC BANK17) FLOAT # 10- PAN-ARCADIAN PAN ARCADIAN FEDERATION OF AMERICA, EASTERN DISTRICT

“GEROS TOU MORIA” EPARXIA KYNOURIAS

18) Band #2 – Cathedral High School Band ALMA BANK

19) FLOAT # 11- ZOODOHOS PEGHE ZOODOHOS PEGHE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, BRONX, NY – Celebrating 100 Years GREEK AMERICAN INSTITUTE

20) FLOAT # 12- UNITED CHIOS SOCIETIES Band: # 3- Park Ridge High School Band PAN CHIAKI SOCIETY, INC. “KORAIS” – Celebrating 100 Years UNITED CHIOS SOCIETIES OF AMERICA & CANADA CHIAN FEDERATION 21) FLOAT # 13 - HELLENIC COMMUNITIES OF BROOKLYN & STATEN ISLAND STS CONSTANTINE & HELEN CATHEDRAL OF BROOKLYN Band: # 4 – Mother Cabrini High School Drum Corps. KIMISIS THEOTOKOU OF BROOKLYN THREE HIERARCHS – BROOKLYN HOLY CROSS – BROOKLYN HOLY TRINITY – ST. NICHOLAS – STATEN ISLAND

22) FLOAT # 14 – PAN MACEDONIAN 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 23) FLOAT # 15 – KASTORIAN SOCIETY Band: #5 - Eumanities and the Arts High School SOCIETY OF KASTORIANS “OMONOIA” INC.

PHILOPTOCHOS KATORIA, YOUTH KASTORIA

24) FLOAT #16 – ST. DEMETRIOS CATHEDRAL, ASTORIA 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

25) FLOAT # 17- SAMOS PANSAMIAN BROTHERHOOD “PYTHAGORAS” OF NY

26) FLOAT # 18 – ST. NICHOLAS, FLUSHING Band #6- Passaic County Band

ST. NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX SHRINE CHURCH WILLIAM SPYROPOULOS SCHOOL GREEK AFTERNOON SCHOOL “STEFANOS & ARETI TSERPELIS” SUNDAY SCHOOL - P.T.A. CHOIR - PARISH COUNCIL

27) LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL GREEK CLUB

28) FLOAT #19 - CATHEDRAL OF ST. PAUL, HEMPSTEAD GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF SAINT PAUL CATHEDRAL

29) FLOAT # 20- MYTILENIAN SOCIETY MYTELINIAN SOCIETY OF AMERICA - Celebrating 100 Years PAN LEMNIAN PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATION “HEPHAESTUS” INC.30) STS. CONSTANTINE & HELEN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF WEST NYACK, NY

31) FLOAT # 21 – DODECANESE FEDERATION OF DODECANESE SOCIETIES OF USA AND THE YOUTH RHODES, KOS, KALYMNOS, KARPATHOS, KASOS, SYMI, NISYROS, LEROS, ASTYPALEA, KASTELLORIZO, TILOS, HALKI, PATMOS, LIPSI

32) FLOAT # 22 – NISYRIAN SOCIETY Hellenic Philharmonic Society (starting from 67th St)

NISYRIAN SOCIETY

33) FLOAT # 23 – ST. DEMETRIOS OF JAMAICA Musical School of Larissa Band GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH ST. DEMETRIOS34) SYLLOGOS NOMOU MAGNISIAS “ARGONAYTES”35) AESCULAPIAN THESSALIAN BROTHERHOOD

SECOND BATTALION 65 th Street, Fifth to Park Avenues 36) FLOAT # 24– ST. JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN (TENAFLY) PRINCETON UNIVERSITY MARCHING BAND GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN, TENAFLY, NJ37) GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OF NEW JERSEY38) FEDERATION OF HELLENIC AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS OF NEW JERSEY

39) ORDER OF AHEPA – DISTRICT LODGE NO. 540) WILLIAM PATTERSON UNIVERSITY HELLENIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION41) THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY HELLENIC SOCIETY42) PRINCETON ORANGE PAN-HELLENIC ASSOCIATION43) NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HELLENIC CULTURAL SOCIETY44) RUTGERS UNIVERSITY HELLENIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION45) STS. CONSTANTINE AND HELEN OF ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND46) THE GREEK HERITAGE SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 47) FLOAT # 25 – PAN GREGORIAN PAN GREGORIAN ENTERPRISES48) STS. NICHOLAS, CONSTANTINE AND HELEN OF ROSELAND, NJ49) NJ HELLENIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS50) ST. ATHANASIOS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF PARAMUS, NJ51) ST. NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF WYCKOFF, NJ

52) FLOAT # 26 – ST. GEORGE (CLIFTON) ST. GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF CLIFTON, NJ53) ASCENSION CHURCH SCHOOL OF FAIRVIEW, NJ54) ST. ANDREW GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF RANDOLPH, NJ55) ST. DEMETRIOS CHURCH GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF UNION, NJ56) ST. ANNA GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF FLEMINGTON, NJ57) FLOAT # 27 – ST. GEORGE (PISCATAWAY) ST. GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF PISCATAWAY, NJ58) FLOAT # 28 – The Carnival of Love Foundation

59) ST. NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, WEST BABYLON, NY GREEK AFTERNOON SCHOOL, GOYA, JOY, PARISH COUNCIL60) PAN ERIKOUSSA SOCIETY OF AMERICA61) ST. FRANCIS PREPATORY HIGH SCHOOL GREEK CLUB62) BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE HELLENIC CULTURAL SOCIETY 63) SYLLOGOS PATRINON KOSTIS PALAMAS64) FLOAT #29 – EPIROTES

Band #7- Boy Scout Troop # 236 Drum & Bell Corps. PANEPIROTIC FEDERATION, ANAGENESIS , SOULIOTISSES, PYRRHUS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF EPIRUS

65) FLOAT #30 - ST. DEMETRIOS (MERRICK) GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH ST. DEMETRIOS, MERRICK, NY

66) GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR, RYE, NY

67) FLOAT #31 - PAN-ICARIAN Band # 8 - Cathedral High School Band PAN-ICARIAN BROTHERHOOD OF NEW YORK68) HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, BRIDGEPORT, CT

69) FLOAT # 32- BROTHERHOOD OF MANI BROTHERHOOD OF MANI 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

70) COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HELLAS

71) FLOAT # 33 – PAN EVOIKOS PAN EVOIKOS SOCIETY OF AMERICA72) ST. NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH AT WORLD TRADE CENTER73) RETIREMENT’S CLUB OF ASTORIA74) THE MARY LOUIS ACADEMY HELLENIC SOCIETY75) GREEK CULTURAL CENTER76) WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL GREEK CLUB77) FLOAT # 34 – AHEPA Hellenic Phil-Harmonic Society AHEPA EMPIRE STATE DISTRICT 6, NJ DISTRICT 5, YANKEE DISTRICT 778) GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH & SCHOOL ST. SPYRIDON, NEW YORK79) HELLENIC SOCIETY PAIDEIA - UNIVERSITY OF CT & RHODE ISLAND & VIRIGINIA80) PANELIAKOS SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, INC.81) TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST CHURCH OF CORONA, NEW YORK82) KIMISIS TIS THEOTOKOU/PANAGHIA OF ISLAND PARK, LI83) GREEK ORTHODOX COUNCIL OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL #3 IBEW84) ST. ELEFTHERIOS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, NEW YORK CITY85) CEPHALONIAN ASSOCIATION AENOS86) FLOAT # 35– ST. IRENE CHRYSOVALANTOU 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

87) FLOAT # 36-SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR ENERGY

THIRD BATTALION 66 th Street, Fifth to Park Avenues 88) Band: # 9- Park Ridge High School Band FLOAT # 37 – PONTIAN FEDERATION PAN PONTIAN FEDERATION OF USA & CANADA PONTION SOCIETY “KOMNINOI” PANAGIA SOUMELA PONTION AMERIKIS

PONTIAN SOCIETY “PONTOS”89) ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CHURH OF NEW YORK CITY

90) FLOAT # 38– MESSINIAN MESSINIAN BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION “ARISTOMENIS

91) FLOAT: #39 –FEDERATION CEPHALONIAN AND ITHACIAN SOCIETIES “ODYSSEUS” “KEFALOS” CHEPHALONIAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK

CHEPHALONIAN BROTHERHOOD OF NEW YORK CEPHALONIAN ASSOCIATION “AGIOS GERASIMOS” OF NEW JERSEY

92) FLOAT #40 - ARCHANGEL MICHAEL CHURCH Band # 10 – Mother Cabrini High School Drum Band GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, PT. WASHINGTON, NY93) FORDHAM PREP HELLENIC SOCIETY94) ST. MARKELLA 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 SOCIETY95) FRANCIS LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL HELLENIC CLUB96) ST MARKELLA GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF WANTAGH, NY 97) FLOAT # 41- ASSUMPTION CHURCH GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ASSUMPTION, PORT JEFFERSON, NY

98) FLOAT # 42- ARMENIAN KNIGHTS OF VARTAN -ARMENIAN FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION

99) HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF NEW ROCHELLE, NY Greek Afternoon School, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Philoptochos, AHEPA

100) BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL GREEK CLUB

101) FLOAT # 43 – HOLY CROSS OF WHITESTONE Band # 11– Eumanities and the Arts High School Band GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF HOLY CROSS 102) ATHENIAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 103) GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY, HICKSVILLE, NY

104) FLOAT # 44- CRETANS SOCIETIES OF NY & NJ Hellenic Phil-Harmonic Society 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.

105) FLOAT # 45 – ST. PARASKEVI G.O. SHRINE CHURCH ST. PARASKEVI GREEK ORTHODOX SHRINE CHURCH PARISH COUNCIL, PHILOPTOHOS, GREEK SCHOOL, SUNDAY SCHOOL, GREEK-AMERICAN PRE-SCHOOL, GIRL SCOUTS, GOYA, PTO, JOY, HOPE, YAL

106) KALAMATA SOCIETY LTD “AGIO APOSTOLI”

107) FLOAT # 46– OLYMPIACOS OLYMPIACOS FAN CLUB

108) GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE HOLY RESURRECTION, BROOKVILLE, NY109) GREEK SOLIDARITY NETWORK 110) FEDERATION OF HELLENIC SOCIETIES OF GREATER NEW YORK MEMBERS AND 2012 PARADE COMMITTEE

Parking for buses will be from80th to 83rd Streets, Madison to Lexington Avenues and

72nd to 85th Streets on Lexington Avenue