The order in which the various parts of the 2016 GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE on Manhattan’s 5th Avenue will march was published by the New York state authorities.
The parade will begin at 13.30 with live television coverage by NY channel 9 commencing at 14.00.
The parade’s program is as follows:
2016 GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE
Commemorating the 195th Anniversary of Greek Independence
1821 – 2016
Sunday, April 10, 2016, 1:30 p.m.
ORDER OF PARADE BATTALIONS
NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT MOUNTED COLOR GUARD
NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT CEREMONIAL BAND
NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
HELLENIC AMERICAN EASTERN ORTHODOX OFFICERS – ST. PAULS SOCIETY
NEW YORK CITY CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT HELLENIC SOCIETY
FIRE DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK HELLENIC SOCIETY
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
COLOR GUARD – BANNER OF THE FEDERATION AND THE GREEK AND AMERICAN FLAGS
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FEDERATION OF HELLENIC SOCIETIES OF GREATER NEW YORK
FEDERATION OF HELLENIC SOCIETIES OF GREATER NY – PETROS GALATOULAS, PRESIDENT
2016 PARADE GRAND MARSHALS: HONORABLE BILL DE BLASIO, MAYOR NEW YORK CITY
.
HON. KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, MEMBER OF GREEK PARLIAMENT
.
CONGRESSMAN JOHN SARBANES
.
SPC. ALEK SKARLATOS
.
SPIROS SPIREAS
2016 PARADE HONORARY MARSHALS MICHAEL E. SEREMETIS
ANN GORDON CHANG
HONORARY PARADE CHAIRMAN – HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP DEMETRIOS,
PRIMATE OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF AMERICA
PARADE CHAIRMEN EMERITUS – JOHN CATSIMATIDIS
PHILIP CHRISTOPHER
PARADE CHAIRMEN – VASILIOS GOURNELOS
GEORGE KALERGIOS
PARADE CO-CHAIRS– GEORGE PANTELIDIS
MAMIE STATHATOS, ESQ.
MICHAEL KOKOLIS
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REPUBLIC OF GREECE AND THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS
HONORED GUESTS AND OFFICIALS
HONORARY BATTALION 63rd Street, Fifth to Park Avenues
1) GREEK SCHOOL OF PLATO MARCHING BAND
HELLENIC COLLEGE OF THESSALONIKI
PRESIDENTIAL GUARD OF THE REPUBLIC OF GREECE – EVZONES
ACROPOLIS FLAG CARRIED BY ARISTA STUDENTS OF THE HELLENIC COMMUNITIES
KALAVRYTAN, 1821
LAVARON OF ’21 – KALAVRYTAN FRATERNITY
LAVARON OF KALAMATA SOCIETY “SAINT APOSTOLE”
LAVARON OF MANI SOCIETY
LAVARON GEROS TOU MOREA
LAVARA EXODOS MESOLOGIOU, AETOLOAKARNANES & D.O.R.S.
LAVARON CRETAN ASSOCIATION “OMONOIA”
LAVARON PONTION SOCIETY
LAVARON RIGAS FERAIOS
XANTHOS O FILIKOS PATMOS ASSOCIATION, INC.
LAOGRAFIKOS OMILOS AMERIKIS- GREEK AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY
Band: #1 – Emerson High School Band
2) FLOAT # 1 – MISS GREEK INDEPENDENCE
3) CATHEDRAL OF HOLY TRINITY, NEW YORK, NY
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL
BASIL ACADEMY
4) HELLENIC MEDICAL SOCIETY
HELLENIC LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
5) FLOAT # 2 – HELLENIC TIMES SCHOLARSHIP FUND
6) FLOAT # 3 – EPIROTES – Celebrating 100 Years Pyrrhus
PANEPIROTIC FEDERATION, SOCIETY OF EPIROTES, ANAGENESIS, SOULIOTISSES,
PYRRHUS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF EPIRUS
7) FLOAT # 4 – MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING TWO
FEATURING CELEBRITY GUEST ELENA KAMPOURIS FROM MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2
8) FLOAT # 5 – AHEPA FAMILY
AHEPA EMPIRE STATE DISTRICT 6, NJ DISTRICT 5, YANKEE DISTRICT 7
DAUGHTERS OF PENELOPE, SONS OF PERICLES AND MAIDS OF ATHENA
9) FLOAT # 6 – ATLANTIC BANK
10) FLOAT # 7 – 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, NJ CYPRIOT
ASSOCIATION SALAMIS, KALAVASOS FRATERNITY, PANPAPHIAN ASSOCIATION, UNITED CYPRIANS OF
AMERICA
11) FLOAT # 8 – INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK
12) HELLENIC COMMUNITY OF GREATER MONTREAL, CANADA
FIRST BATTALION 63rd Street, Fifth to Park Avenues
13) PANAGHIA OF ISLAND PARK GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, ISLAND PARK, NY
14) FLOAT # 9 – PAN-ARCADIAN
PAN ARCADIAN FEDERATION OF AMERICA, EASTERN DISTRICT
“GEROS TOU MORIA”
EPARXIA KYNOURIAS
15) FLOAT # 10 – ARMENIAN
KNIGHTS OF VARTAN -ARMENIAN FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION
16) FLOAT # 11 – ASSUMPTION CHURCH
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ASSUMPTION, PORT JEFFERSON, NY
17) FLOAT # 12 – HOLY CROSS OF WHITESTONE
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF HOLY CROSS
GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF WHITESTONE
18) FLOAT # 13– KASTORIAN SOCIETY
Band: # 2 – BSA Troop 234 Drum & Bell Corps
SOCIETY OF KASTORIANS “OMONOIA” INC., PHILOPTOCHOS KASTORIA, YOUTH KASTORIA,
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
19) FLOAT # 14 – FEDERATION OF LACONIAN SOCIETIES
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
20) FLOAT # 15 – CRETAN SOCIETIES OF NY & NJ
UNITED CULTURAL & EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF NY & NJ CRETANS
CRETAN ASSOCIATION “OMONOIA”, CRETAN WOMEN’S ASSOCIATED “PASIFAE”
LAVRYS CRETAN YOUTH ORGANIZATION OF NEW YORK, SYLLOGOS KRETON-MINOS,
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
21) FLOAT # 16 – MESSINIAN
MESSINIAN BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION “ARISTOMENIS
22) FLOAT # 17 – ARCHANGEL MICHAEL CHURCH
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, PT. WASHINGTON, NY
23) FLOAT # 18 – 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
24) FLOAT # 19 – HELLENIC COMMUNITIES OF BROOKLYN & STATEN ISLAND
STS CONSTANTINE & HELEN CATHEDRAL OF BROOKLYN, NY
NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX NATIONAL SHRINE CHURCH
BAND: #3 – Park Ridge HS Band
KIMISIS THEOTOKOU OF BROOKLYN
HOLY CROSS – BROOKLYN
THREE HIERARCHS – BROOKLYN
HOLY TRINITY – ST. NICHOLAS – STATEN ISLAND
25) FLOAT # 20 – ANDROS
ANDROS SOCIETY OF USA, INC.
26) FLOAT # 21- 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,
SYLLOGOS EVRYTANON AMERIKIS-PANAGIA I PROUSSIOTISA
27) FLOAT # 22– HOLY TRINITY OF HICKSVILLE
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY, HICKSVILLE, NY
28) PAN ELIAKOS SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, INC
29) KALAMATA SOCIETY
30) FLOAT # 23 – ST. DEMETRIOS OF MERRICK
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST. DEMETRIOS, MERRICK, NY
31) HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF NEW ROCHELLE, NY
Greek Afternoon School, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Philoptochos, AHEPA
32) FLOAT # 24- UNITED CHIOS SOCIETIES
Band: #4- Saddle Brook HS Band
CHIAN FEDERATION
PAN CHIAKI SOCIETY, INC. “KORAIS”
UNITED CHIOS SOCIETIES OF AMERICA & CANADA
33) FLOAT # 25- PONTIAN OF NEW YORK & CONNECTICUT
PAN PONTIAN FEDERATION OF USA & CANADA
PONTION SOCIETY “KOMNINOI”
PANAGIA SOUMELA PONTION AMERIKIS
PONTIAN SOCIETY “PONTOS” OF NORWALK
34) FLOAT #26 – CORONA
TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST CHURCH OF CORONA, NEW YORK
TRANSFIGURATION GREEK SCHOOL
35) FLOAT #27 – ST. DEMETRIOS CATHEDRAL, ASTORIA
Band # 5 – Bloomfield Community Band
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
36) GREEK ORTHODOX COUNCIL OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL #3 IBEW
37) GREEK SCHOOL OF PLATO, BROOKLYN, NY
38) PAN LEMNIAN PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATION “HEPHAESTUS” INC
39) ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ROCHESTER
40) FLOAT # 28 – ST. NICHOLAS, FLUSHING
Band # 6 – Yonkers Military Band
NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
WILLIAM SPYROPOULOS SCHOOL
GREEK AFTERNOON SCHOOL “STEFANOS & ARETI TSERPELIS”
SUNDAY SCHOOL – P.T.A.
CHOIR – PARISH COUNCIL
41) ACADEMY OF HELLENIC PAIDEIA
42) BRIDGE HOPE & SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION
43) FLOAT # 29 – PAN GREGORIAN
BAND # 7 – Cathedral HS Band
PAN GREGORIAN ENTERPRISES
44) FLOAT # 30 – PAN KERKYRAIKOS
PAN KERKYRAIKOS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
OTHONI SOCIETY OF USA
45) STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL GREEK CLUB
BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL GREEK CLUB
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE HELLENIC CULTURAL SOCIETY
46) FLOAT # 31 – OLYMPIACOS
OLYMPIACOS FAN CLUB
47) LOUPAKIS SCHOOL
48) ST. NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, WEST BABYLON, NY
GREEK AFTERNOON SCHOOL, GOYA, JOY, PARISH COUNCIL
49) STS. CONSTANTINE & HELEN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF WEST NYACK, NY
50) ST. MARKELLA CATHEDRAL 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 SOCIETY
BAND # 8 – Tappan Zee Bridgemen
51) BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL HELLENIC SOCIETY
FRANCIS LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL HELLENIC CLUB
GREEK CLUB OF LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL
TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL GREEK CLUB
52) FLOAT # 32 – SAMOS
PANSAMIAN BROTHERHOOD “PYTHAGORAS” OF NY
SECOND BATTALION 64th Street, Fifth to Park Avenues
53) GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OF NEW JERSEY
54) FEDERATION OF HELLENIC AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS OF NEW JERSEY
BAND # 9 Passaic County Band
55) SAINT ANDREW EASTERN ORTHODOX LAW ENFORCEMENT FEDERATION
56) FLOAT # 33 – ST. GEORGE OF PISCATAWAY
GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF PISCATAWAY, NJ
57) FLOAT # 34 – ST. JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN OF TENAFLY
GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN, TENAFLY, NJ
58) RUTGERS UNVERSITY HELLENIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION
59) THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY HELLENIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION
60) MONTCLAIR UNIVERSITY HELLENIC SOCIETY
61) NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HELLENIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION
62) WILLIAM PATTERSON UNIVERSITY HELLENIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION
63) ST. ANDREW GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF RANDOLPH, NJ
64) ST. GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF OCEAN, NJ
65) FLOAT # 35 – STS NICHOLAS OF ROSELAND
NICHOLAS, CONSTANTINE AND HELEN OF ROSELAND, NJ
66) FLOAT # 36 – ST. GEORGE OF TRENTON
GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF TRENTON, NJ
67) HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF WESTFIELD, NJ
68) KIMISIS TIS THEOTOKOU GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF HOLMDEL, NJ
69) GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ASCENSION OF FAIRVIEW, NJ
70) ST. NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF WYCKOFF, NJ
71) ST. DEMETRIOS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF UNION, NJ
72) FLOAT # 37 – ST. GEORGE OF CLIFTON
GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF CLIFTON, NJ
73) FLOAT # 38 – ST. ATHANASIUS OF PARAMUS
ATHANASIOS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF PARAMUS, NJ
74) SAINT BARBARA GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF TOMS RIVERS, NJ
THIRD BATTALION 65th Street, Fifth to Park Avenues
75) ATHENIAN SOCIETY
76) AESCULAPIAN THESSALIAN BROTHERHOOD
77) FLOAT #39 – CATHEDRAL OF ST. PAUL, HEMPSTEAD
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF SAINT PAUL CATHEDRAL
BAND # 10- Emerson HS Band
78) HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, BRIDGEPORT, CT
79) FLOAT #40 – C. VOULKOUDIS GUARDIAN ANGEL
THE CHRISTOS VOULKOUDIS GUARDIAN ANGEL FOUNDATION
80) FLOAT # 41 – HOLY RESURRECTION OF BROOKVILLE
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE HOLY RESURRECTION, BROOKVILLE, NY
81) ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CHURH OF NEW YORK CITY
82) BROTHERHOOD OF MANI, INC.
83) GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR COMMUNITY, RYE, NY
BAND # 11- BSA Troop 234 Drum & Bell Corps.
84) FLOAT # 42 – ST. PARASKEVI OF GREENLAWN
PARASKEVI GREEK ORTHODOX SHRINE CHURCH
PARISH COUNCIL, PHILOPTOHOS, GREEK SCHOOL, SUNDAY SCHOOL,
GREEK-AMERICAN PRE-SCHOOL, GIRL SCOUTS, GOYA, PTO, JOY, HOPE, YAL
85) FLOAT # 43- ST MARKELLA – WANTAGH
ST MARKELLA GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH AND SCHOOL OF WANTAGH, NY
86) FEDERATION OF DODECANESE SOCIETIES OF USA AND THE YOUTH
NISYRIAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK RHODES, KOS, KALYMNOS, KARPATHOS, KASOS, SYMI, NISYROS, LEROS,
ASTYPALEA, KASTELLORIZO, TILOS, HALKI, PATMOS, LIPSI
87) ST. PETROS THE APOSTLE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF BRONX
EVDOXIA LEVESANOS SCHOOL
AGIA ELPIS PHILOPTOHOS
88) FLOAT # 44- ST. DEMETRIOS OF JAMAICA
Band: #12 – Park Ridge HS Band
ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST. DEMETRIOS, JAMAICA, NY
89) ZOODOHOS PEGHE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, BRONX, NY
GREEK AMERICAN INSTITUTE
90) FLOAT #45 – CEPHALONIAN BROTHERHOOD
CEPHALONIAN BROTHERHOOD OF NEW YORK
91) INTERCOLLEGIATE HELLENIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY HELLENIC SOCIETY
HELLENIC STUDENTS MANHATTAN COLLEGE
HELLENIC SOCIETY OF ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY HELLENIC CLUB
STONYBROOK GREEK & CYPRIOT STUDENTS
COLLEGE OF CCNY- HELLENIC CLUB
QUEENS COLLEGE ICAROS GREEK CLUB
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE & LAW SCHOOL GREEK CLUB
HUNTER HELLENIC SOCIETY
BINGHAMPTON GREEK CLUB
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HELLENIC SOCIETY
BAND # 13- Saddle Brooke HS Band
92) FLOAT # 46- PAN-ICARIAN
PAN-ICARIAN BROTHERHOOD OF NEW YORK
93) CENTER FOR HELLENIC STUDIES PAIDEIA – UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE
UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
94) ARCHBISHOP MOLLOY HIGH SCHOOL GREEK CLUB
MANHASSET HIGH SCHOOL
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL GREEK CLUB
95) ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, NEW YORK CITY
96) ST. GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF KINGSTON
97) ST. ELEFTHERIOS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, NEW YORK CITY
98) NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT HIGHWAY PATROL
99) FEDERATION OF HELLENIC SOCIETIES OF GREATER NEW YORK MEMBERS AND 2016 PARADE COMMITTEE
Floats will be lined up on 62nd Street from Fifth to Park Avenues
Parking for buses will be from 80th to 83rd Streets, Madison to Park Avenues
Source: greeknewsonline.com
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