Hellenic Relief Foundation Remembers Homeland At Vasilopita

Hellenic Relief Foundation Board of Directors at Vasilopita. Hellenic Relief Foundation Board of Directors at Vasilopita. They came in the 1960’s and 70”s in the largest immigration wave since the 1920’s. They encountered obstacles. They overcame, establishing a permanent Greek presence in mainstream America. On March 26, 1965, His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos was the only church leader to walk hand in hand with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr in Selma, Alabama.