Greece Is the Word

VOL 35

7 DECEMBER 2021

A crisp December morning at Apella beach in Karpathos (Photo Credit: KayMaria Daskarolis)

1. YIAYIA, PRAY FOR US!

Yiayia heard our prayers. This 106-year-old Yiayia prays for the world every single day, rain or shine.

2. THE 64TH TRIBE OF ZAMBIA IS GREEK

You can read the incredible story of “Jungle Zorbas” right here.

3. BRAVO SOU

This edition’s Bravo Sou Award goes to the de Laets from Menlo Park “Now, they're on a mission to help restore a decimated landscape in their Grecian community by appealing to their California hometown.”

4. BRAVO SOU 2

This edition has two Bravo Sou Award winners. The second award goes to Belfast school headmaster Kevin McArevey, featured in a new documentary called Young Plato. “The film shows us how the lives of his 430 primary-aged boys are being quietly transformed by the wisdom of the ancient Greeks….”

5. SANTORINI

“I’ve seen a lot of ocean views in my travels and those endless caldera panoramas from high up the cliffs on Santorini are among the best.”

6. MARY, MARY (PAPADIMOS), QUITE CONTRARY

“If I had a dime for the amount of times people mocked veganism, I would be a very wealthy woman.”

7. BE LIKE KAMBOSOS

Mike “Stonie” Woods gives you the lowdown right here.

8. THE EARTH IS ROUND. IT’S BEEN ROUND.

There isn’t a Greek Flat Earth Society because Greeks have known this forever.

9. SEAN “DIDDY” COMBS

is not Greek, but Diddy’s former landlord—who is now selling the house Diddy used to rent from him—is.

10. MORE GREEK STUFF

Sarah Drew from Grey’s Anatomy loved Athens.

George Stephanopoulos and Ali Wentworth celebrated twenty years of marriage.

And there’s another podcast out. It’s called The Greek Current.

There’s a new Greek-letter-named COVID variant causing φασαρίες (trouble, disturbance): omicron. You know what to do. Keep it simple: Continue to mask up whenever you are indoors with anyone with whom you do not cohabitate, even if you are fully vaccinated and have received a booster shot. You do not know what you may be carrying or how susceptible someone else’s immune system may be to whatever you might possibly transmit. #maskupforothers #itsnotaboutyou #weareallinthistogether

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Opa!
Peter and the Greece Is the Word Crew