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GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA
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     For Immediate Release
     July 18, 2005

     Contact: Dept. of Communications
     Tel. 212-774-0244
     Email: communications@goarch.org

     GIOLES AND MALTA SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED
     $35,000 AWARDED FOR 2005-06 ACADEMIC YEAR

     New York, NY - The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has announced
     the recipients of 2005-06 scholarship awards from both the George and
     Naouma Gioles and the Katina John Malta Scholarship Programs.

     Through the George and Naouma Gioles Scholarship Program, 8
     scholarships totaling $11,000 have been awarded for the 2005-06
     academic year.  The scholarship amounts are from $1000 to $1500, and
     the awards were given to the following students: Pericles Abbasi
     (Chicago, IL), Peter Smith (Glastonbury, CT), Amanda Georgantas
     (Shorewood, IL), Demetri Arnaoutakis (Tampa, FL), Anthony Brinn
     (Brooklyn, NY), Alexandra Stevens (Franklin Square, NY), Angeliki
     Horiates (Pennsauken, NJ), and Jimmy O'Hare (Corona Del Mar, CA).  The
     Gioles Scholarship Fund was established in 1997 with a generous gift
     in memory of George and Naouma Gioles.  At least three scholarships
     are awarded on an annual basis to Greek Orthodox high school seniors
     or college students who are committed to serious study in a degree
     earning undergraduate program at an accredited college or university.

     The Katina John Malta Scholarship Program offered a total of $24,000
     in awards, which were given to the following 12 students: David
     Thatcher, Jr. (Merced, CA), Juliana Khouri (Cedar Rapids, IA),
     Pericles Abbasi (Chicago, IL), Peter Smith (Glastonbury, CT), Venetta
     Linas Paris (Chicago, IL), Yousef Al-Shanniek (Garrison, NY), Christos
     Bolos (Ogden, UT), Kelly Kotsatos (Warren, OH), Nicole Ritsi (St.
     Augustine, FL), Angeliki Horiates (Pennsauken, NJ), Jimmy O'Hare
     (Corona Del Mar, CA), and Amanda Georgantas (Shorewood, IL). These
     students were selected by the Scholarship Committee from the numerous
     applications received by the Archdiocese, and each received
     scholarships ranging from $1000 to $3000.  The Katina John Malta
     Scholarship Fund is a scholarship program established in 2002 by means
     of a generous gift from the estate of Katina John Malta.	The donation
     and the formation of the scholarship program has been done in
     recognition of the love Katina had for the Church and in honor of the
     desire she had to help others, especially children and youth.  The
     program awards at least two scholarships of $2000 each academic year.
     The program is open to all Orthodox students of the jurisdictions of
     the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas
     (SCOBA).

     Applications and guidelines for the 2006-07 academic year will be made
     available by January 1, 2006 from the Office of the Chancellor,
     Scholarship Office, 10 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10021, with an
     application deadline of April 15, 2006.  Applications will also be
     available on-line at

    
http://www.goarch.org/en/archdiocese/administration/chancellor/giolesscholars
hip.pdf

    
http://www.goarch.org/en/archdiocese/administration/chancellor/maltascholarsh
ip.pdf

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