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Kytherian Directory 1939

Kytherian Brotherhood, Baltimore, MD

In 1939, the Kytherian Brotherhood of Baltimore created a wonderful Hellenic Directory of Baltimore and Maryand, of over 2000 family listings with addresses in addition to loads of other great information.

Many thanks to Ari Vlanton for discovering this book in the Baltimore Public Library.

Below is the first page showing the contents. 

Click HERE to view the entire pdf book.

Can you find your family in the directory? 
Would love to see your comments below.


Post Election Press Release

Post Election Press Release (English)

by Καινούργια Μέρα / in Δελτία Τύπου / on 25 Οκτωβρίου 2023 


The office of the newly re-elected Mayor Stratos Charchalakis extends its sincere gratitude to the voting citizens of Kythera for their participation in the October 8 municipal elections. All parties worked hard to address the current issues we face as a community and as every vote is an expression of personal judgement and concern, we honour the faith and responsibility placed on the continuing leadership of this office.

It is with that same democratic principle in mind that we recognize how vital opposition is to policy formulation, therefore it is our duty to encourage the participation of Kytherian citizens across the entire local political spectrum. We also thank those who did not honour us with their vote. We respect your choice, hear your message, and embrace the challenges ahead in refining our social and political agenda towards an inclusive trajectory. During the next five year term we fully intend to uphold the democratic consciousness that distinguishes our region.

Stratos Charchalakis was first elected Mayor of Kythera and Antikythera in 2014, again in 2019 and after his recent electoral victory for Office will be active for the next five years ending in 2028.

During his tenure as Mayor developments in infrastructure include:

*    the new waste management site on Kythera and Antikythera (XYTY);

*    the initiation of further waste management modernization and    sewerage network renewal for the southern part of the island;

*    the initiation of the Fire Protection System Project;

*   the purchase of municipal vehicles for the fire brigade, technical services and garbage collection;

*   the architectural and structural maintenance and restoration of the historic British bridges on Kythera;

*   the completion and confirmation of the Land and Property Register and Forestry Validation;

*  the creation of a larger and contemporary Citizen’s Assistance Bureau (KEP);

*  the authorization and construction of an abattoir project in Fratsia to begin in 2024;

*  the Marine Project, the installation of ISPS facilities in accordance with EU directives to provide safety and maritime security. This project is of major importance for the port of Kapsali and the island as it will allow for the mooring of international vessels. Addressing the potential increase to the volume of marine traffic is of major concern to this Office;

*  increasing water resources, the extension of the desalinization projects to include Paliopoli, Avlemonas, Kapsali and Antikythera will commence as scheduled as part of the Tritsis Programme;

*  new sports and recreational facilities approved for Potamos and Friligianika. 

These facilities are in addition to completed sports facilities in Viaradika and Manitochori;

*  seven new children’s playgrounds have been constructed with joint funding from the Filodemos programme and the Municipality of Kythera;

*  the creation of The Kythera Migration Museum in collaboration with the FMK. This ambitious project will highlight an important aspect of Kytherian history and provide space for educational and cultural events and seminars. When completed it will be one of just a handful of museums globally dedicated to the ever more relevant issue of migration.

The foundations and the priorities of the Kainourgia Mera Party are based on development programmes and resources from both Greece and the European Union. Funding programmes include CLLD/Leader and the Antonis Tritsis Foudation.

The island has recently made great leaps in popularity and development which comes with a huge responsibility for the welfare of the natural environment and citizens alike. With accountability and transparency, the Mayor and his qualified and experienced elected Councillors together with colleagues from a range of backgrounds aim for a heightened awareness of the security and sustainability of the island, its land, water and skies.

While we can plan to increase available resources we must also inspire conservation practices and a greater sensitivity to our existing resources. These ideas and their development into workable recommendations for policy formulation will require steadfast and considerable effort from the Office of the Mayor and the citizens of our island.

We fully comprehend the importance of preserving and supporting all aspects of our cultural heritage, from agricultural to artistic and educational endeavours. This work includes regular consultations with the Kytherian Foundation for Culture and Development (KIPA). 

Development (KIPA).

Our priorities include:

*  protection of the natural environment ensuring that Kythera moves into a sustainable, holistic trajectory;

* protection of our wildlife migratory bird zones in regular consultation with the AntiKythera Bird Sanctuary and WWF Greece;

* we will examine options available for supporting individual domestic-sized renewables and what grant initiatives are available to locals. Our objective is to set a standard of green energy on an individual domestic level in collaboration with the Energy Community of Kythera. Our long-term objective is for Kythera to become self-sufficient;

*  Careful consideration and management of the inevitable expansion of tourism on our islands, with sustainable ecotourism a priority.

*  Council campaigning on waste education in conjunction with local primary schools and the High School to educate the local community;

*  Continued support for local artisans and traditional heritage based activities.

In closing, the Mayoral Office looks forward to the input and future participation of Kytherians and AntiKytherians through regular consultations with constituents as well as with the Kytherian diaspora and philo-Kytherians abroad. Beginning in 2024 meetings will be held throughout the island to give the community opportunities to voice issues and concerns. The resulting comments and feedback will play a valuable part in decisions to be made.

This office wishes our island, its citizens and lovers of our island a blessed and fortunate future. 



2023 Panigyri

Kytherian Society of California

Panigyri of the Myrtidiotissa 

October 1, 2023

10:00 a.m. - Church Services & Artoklasia 

12:00 p.m. - Luncheon

Resurrection Greek Orthodox Church

20104 Center Street, Castro Valley, CA 94546

Menu Selections:

Braised Lamb Shank with Roasted Tomato Orzo
Salmon Piccata with Cretan Rice Pilaf
Chicken Caprese with Cretan Rice Pilaf 
 Roasted Corn Risotto with Seasonal Vegetables

Greek Salad & Fasolakia Giahni
Dessert - Mixed Berry Shortcake with Chantilly Cream
Coffee or Tea
$60 per person

$15 Children 12 & Under
Chicken Strips with Mac & Cheese

Food preparation by Michael Vitakis - Creative Catering

Bring a bottle of wine to share with your table

Bring your relatives & friends!

Click here for Reservation Form

Click here for Panigyri Flyer

2023 Kythera Summer Edition

                       welcome to nature

For any discerning traveller, a holiday on Kythera is a lot more than just a pretty picture uploaded to social media. The island is a gift that nourishes our hearts. Let your soul breath in the island's incredible natural world - the fragile stillness of ancient rock walls, the inspiring sunrises and sunsets, the dizzying cliffs that crash dramatically into the seas, the majestic landmarks and divine blue waters just waiting to be explored ... and let’s not forget the yummy succulent wild grown fruits.

Kythera, a sustainable microcosm in an increasingly out of control world, offers us the opportunity to experience a world that modern life long ago let slip through her fingers. With so much to do, so much to explore, it is the simplicity of the here and now that will stay with you.

Come on in, the water's fine. 



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KSE 2023 Kytherian Global ZOOMS




GLOBAL ZOOM VIII Review

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ZOOM 3 2023


The Kytherian Society of California hosted its 8th Global Zoom meeting on March 11/12, 2023.  71 participants from 8 countries attended the event, held in collaboration with the Kytherian Genealogy Project by Amalia Samios and Kalie Zervos.  The Zoom’s main topic was Sharing About Our Ancestors. By asking participants to pre-register and complete a brief survey, Amaia and Vikki were able to tailor the infomation presented to those who attended.

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KSOCA President Vikki Vrettos Fraioli welcomed the participants and offered a brief introduction of the Board Members. 

Focusing on family connections and genealogy, Amalia Samios noted how one can glean important information by looking at old photos. Photos may have been taken to commemorate a wedding, or to send to relatives who had emigrated to Australia or to the USA.  Clothing may indicate how well off or poor a family was. 

Amalia’s great great grandparents Papa Mina Aronis & Maira Gavrili.
The young boy on the right in front is her grandfather Nikolaos Aronis (Anastasopoulos), wearing the same clothing in both photos, even though the two photos were taken years apart.

 
Amalia shared photos from the Fatseas Photo Collection to illustrate the nuances of photography detective work. 
Nina Conomos recognized relatives; Cynthia Cavalenes-Jarvis saw photos of her grandparents; and Georgia Marudas noted her mother and aunts were in one of the photos.  

Gavrilis Haros and Eleni Karatza

The family of Gavrilis Haros & Katina Karatza
Kiriakoula, on the right, is the mother of Nina Conomos from Sydney, AU
Photo from the Fatseas Collection


Cavalini Spirdonas Argiro Kontoleon

Spiridon Kavalinis & Argiro Kontoleon Great Grandparents of Cynthia Cavalenes-Jarvis from Alhambra, CA
Photo from the Fatseas Collection

Petrochilos Sisters

Daughters of Georgios Petrochilos & Christina Daponte
Evgenia, Eleni, Maria, Aspasia & Fotni
Maria is the mother of Georgia Marudas from Baltimore, MD
Photo from the Fatseas Collection

Kalie pointed out that the Fatseas Photographic glass plate collection was preserved because of diligent work by Angelo Notaras and George Poulos. 

Helen Tzortzopoulos, FMK President, gave a brief update on the Migration Museum in Agia Pelagia, showing architectural drawings of the proposed building and noting that there is now an office in Potamos.

Migration Museum


Vikki gave a brief update on the Migration Monument in Agia Pelagia,

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George Souris from Saint Louis, MO was unable to attend the Zoom because he was celebrating his 100th birthday at a surprise party given by his family!  The Zoom participants wished him a happy birthday, and a video greeting was sent to him.



Coroneos

Kiriaki Mavrogiorgi & Nicolo Koroneos (Faganas)

When Vikki visited Amalia in Sydney in 2019, she shared an Ancestry.com family tree of Alice Christofas Bogansky. Amalia was surprised when she realized there were photos of her great great grandparents on that tree! The sister of Kiriaki is Vikki’s great great grandmother! We are ALL connected.

Vikki noted that has collected and scanned photos from relatives and friends for many years. By sharing these on Kythera-family.net, Facebook and with others, she has been able to obtain identities of many of the previously unknown people in the photos.

  One photo, from the archives of Terry Chlentzos Panages , was of their common great-grandmother Efrosini Manoli Chlentzos (nee Venardos) with her daughters Marigitza Chlentzos Alfieris (Vikki’s grandmother) and Kirani Chlentzos Katsouli (grandmother of the famous photographer Manoli Sofios)  from approximately 1890. Many years ago, Vikki shared the photo with John Stathatos,  who wrote about it in one of his blog entries. The photo was featured in the National Geographic book Kythera.

Efrosini Venardos

Efrosoni Chlentzos (nee Venardou) with daughters
Marigitza Alfieris (nee Chlentzos) & Kirani  Katsoulis (nee Chlentzos)

Another photo Vikki shared was the wedding photo of Peter D. Leonsinis, grandfather of Alexis Paspalas Bante from Austin, TX. While studying photos from Auggie Conomos’ archive, emailed by Diane Homberg,  it was discovered that a couple in the Leontsinis  wedding photo was also in one of Auggie’s photos. Because this couple was flanking the bride and groom, we speculated that that they were possibly the Koumbaroi.

CasimatisMentis photo comparison


Vikki talked about the importance of collecting and scanning old photos, identifying the people in them, and ways to preserve and share photos using a camera or iPhone, emphasizing that as old photos are studied and scrutinized, faces become recognizable at different life states.  As we see these photos in groups with others, we can identify them and denote family relationships.

Other highlights of Vikki’s shared photos included one of the Galakatos family; one of Mary Cavacos Capsanes, who was the mother of Zoom attendee Panagiotitsa (Titsa) Capsanes Bronstein. 

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Titsa (Panatitsa) Capsanes Bronstin, from Owings Mills, MD,  
looks on as she views of photo of her mother,
Mary Capsanes (nee Cavacos)  that she had never seen before!
Photo from the archives of Augge Conomos, father of Diane Homberg.

 Interestingly, Titsa’s uncle was the famous sculptor Emmauel Cavacos, and Titsa shared several of his bronze sculptures.  

Eleni Venardos
, from Athens, Greece, shared information about her family that was recently featured on the KPG Genealogy blog.  

Kapsanis blog


The participants discussed various family connections, and Amalia offered information from the Kytherian Surnames book by Emmanuel Calligeros.  

Amalia shared photos of school testing results, noting the fine penmanship of students at the time.  Participant Laura Pavou-Muddie offered her expertise in graphology to decipher personality and characteristics. 

KytheraSchoolRecords


 Some of the participants shared their own family photos. 

Lisa Marentis, fom Brisbane, AU,  showed a photo of a sewing school in Kythera, with her grandmother Triantafilia Kontoleon.  

Marentis yiayia


Julie Duveas (nee Stratigos) from Bayside, NY shared the famiy crest of the Stratigos family from Milopotamos.

Stratigos crest


Theodora Adigun, from Sydney, AU, shared a photograph of a furniture factory in Pireaus, Greece taken in 1903. It was owned by Nikolaos Samios, Theodora’s mothers maternal grandfather who was from Aloizianika.


Samios Funiture factory-royal family photographers took photo

Samios Furniture Factory - Pireaus 1903


First-time participant Robert Samios shared a photo of his father playing a Samios accordion.  Robert is planning his first trip to Kythera in a few weeks. 

Samios

Father of Robert Samios from PN, USA


The Global Kytherian Genealogy Zoom was a great success.  Participants enjoyed finding common roots, discussion of Kytherian topics, and meeting new friends (who are likely cousins).  We look forward to the next one!







Eternal Be Her Memory
Eugenia (Psaltis) Nobis 
June 1, 1927 - January 7, 2023

The KSOCA mourns the loss of  Eugenia (Psaltis) Nobis, a  long time member of the Kytherian Society. Eugenia passed away peacefully at her home in San Francisco, with her loving children by her side on January 7, 2023.   

Eugenia was the daughter of James & Panagiota Psaltis. Kytherian born Dimitrios, and Eugenia’s brother Arthur, were among the founding members of the KSOCA in 1950

She will be dearly missed by all.

Services

Trisagion - Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 7:00p.m.
Funeral - Thursday, January 19, 2023, 10:00 a.m.

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
999 Brotherhood Way
San Francisco, CA

Our sincere condolences to her family. 
May her memory be eternal.


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Sisters Elly (Psatis) Condos & Eugenia (Psaltis) Nobis at the 2006 Kytheran Luncheon


2022 Kytheraismos Symposium
17-20 November, Sydney, AU


President, Vikki Fraioli participated via ZOOM

KSOCA Presentation Slides 


2022 Panigyri Review

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This year due to concerns with COVID-19, we held 
our Panigyri outdoors in the parking lot of the Resurrection Church. 

Video by Tom Coroneos

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Eternal Be Her Memory
Genevieve Marie Moulos

October 15, 1934 - September 16, 2022


The KSOCA mourns the loss of long time member Genevieve Moulos. Ginger was active in the KSOCA for many years, aways attending our luncheons with her children and grandchildren who always helped out by passing out the raffle prizes. Her daughter Elaine, served as president from 2005-2011 and currently holds the position of Vice-President. Our sincere condolences to the  family. 
May her memory be eternal.

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Genevieve Marie Moulos (aka Ginger) a long-time resident of Sacramento, died peacefully of natural causes at the age of 87 on Friday, September 16, 2022.
Ginger was a Fulbright Scholar with a master’s in Psychology and enjoyed 35 years teaching High School for the San Juan School District where she taught Home Economics, Foods, Psychology, Economics, World History, Civics and Typing.  She also worked alongside her husband, Jim Moulos at the family restaurant, Souperb Salads from 1980-1992.  After retiring in 2000, Ginger was a Deacon and Elder and served tirelessly in the Women’s ministry and Food bank at Arcade Baptist and Christ Community Church.  She also volunteered for Strategic Renewal International (SRI – Leading prayer mentoring) for 5 years.  She is survived by: sister Jeanne Ward, children Elaine and Greg Moulos and Stacey Larsen and five grandchildren, Rachel and Sophia Larsen and Nick, Jacob and Natalie Moulos.

Services will be held on:
Friday, November 4th at 1:00 p.m. 
Arcade Baptist Church
3927 Marconi Ave., Sacramento, CA 95821


THE MIGRATON MUSEUM OF KYTHERA


Saturday, September 17, 2022 / Sunday, September 18, 2022 (AU)

Many thanks to all who attended our GLOBAL ZOOM and a special thank you to FMK President, Helen Tzortzopoulos, and Stefano Tavlaridis, Museum Archetect, for their wonderful presentations. 

In addition, Amalia Samios, from the Kytherian Genealogy Project by Amalia & Kalie, gave an update on her trip to Kythera this summer where she visited all of the cemeteries on the island and took over 7000 photos. She is slowly uploading them to her website: www.kytheriangenealogy.com.

If you would like to be added to the contact list to be notified of future 
GLOBAL ZOOMS, contact the Kytherian Society of California.




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