Greek-American Historical Museum of Washington State

Holy Trinity

200% Greek from Spokane
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Stan Kanellos
AHEPA Church Eastern Washington Exhibits Greece Holy Trinity Immigrant Keeping Community Making a Living Nationality Organizations Peloponese Spokane Type of Work Washington State

200% GREEK FROM SPOKANE Stan Kanellos was exceptionally well prepared with photographs, memorabilia and Seven-Star METAXA brandy to tell his story. He and his …

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Spokane’s Thrifty Character
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Argyer “Archie” or “Arch” Cosmos Laloudakis
AHEPA Church Eastern Washington Exhibits Finance First Generation Holy Trinity Keeping Community Military Nationality Organizations Spokane Type of Work Washington State

SPOKANE’S THRIFTY CHARACTER Argyer “Archie” or “Arch” Cosmos Laloudakis was known not just for his tightfisted ways, but also for the devilish humor he …

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“All the Live-Long Day”
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Kostandinos (Gus) Soterios (Sam) Melonas
Central Greece Church Exhibits Greece Hobbies Holy Trinity Making a Living Nationality Puget Sound Railroad Seattle Second Generation SW Washington Type of Work Uncategorized Washington State Western Washington

Like the song, “I’ve been working on the railroad…,” Kostandinos (Gus) Soterios (Sam) Melonas has been with the Railroad for over 40 years.  As …

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An Extraordinary Adventure
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Mike Iliakis
Crete Eastern Washington Exhibits Greece Holy Trinity Immigrant Keeping Community Making a Living Nationality Spokane Uncategorized Washington State

In 1966, a feisty, handsome, young immigrant from Crete “took a chance” to come to America at the age of 29 in focused pursuit of his “love at first sight” whom he discovered a year earlier on a Mediterranean cruise. Little did he know at the time that years later, in another country, he’d be a husband, father and rancher in charge of a 100-acre farmstead complete with livestock and hay. Add to this energetic character a love of hunting and fishing with a passion for adding an extra heavy dose of unapologetic bold Greek identity throughout and you have the makings of an extraordinary life. Bernie Iliakis has written the following story about that person, his father Michael.

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“As Greek as I can Get”
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Pearl Pavlos
First Generation Holy Trinity Keeping Community Peloponese Philoptochos Spokane

With both Belgian and Greek legacies, Pearl Pavlos chose the latter and has always seen herself “as Greek as I can get” with inseparable ties to her Greek Orthodox Church.

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A Sister and Brother Act
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Dina Salagianis Baker and Pete Salagianis
Finance Holy Trinity Making a Living Medicine Spokane

Born just a year apart, Dina (Constantina) Salagianis Baker and Pete (Panagioti) Salagianis recall their early life in Yakama and Spokane while they enjoy retirement in Walla Walla, Washington.

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A Million Words in Photos
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Vivian Arger
daughters Exhibits Finance First Generation Holy Trinity Keeping Community Peloponese Philoptochos Spokane

If a picture is worth a thousand words, there are millions of words in Vivian (Vasiliki) Arger’s (nee Deliganes) home.

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From Katafigi to Kaiser
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John Gormanos
AHEPA Exhibits Holy Trinity Immigrant Keeping Community Peloponese Spokane

John (Ioannis) Theodoros Gormanos has written extensively about his life beginning with his childhood in northern Macedonia through his long journey to Spokane, Washington.

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Family Comes First
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Tom Cassis
Central Greece Exhibits First Generation Holy Trinity Keeping Community Spokane

The walls of Tom Cassis’ basement recreation room contain a family history of photos beyond imagination. For him as long as the family comes first, everything else will fall in line.

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The Great Head of the Family
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Willene Allison
Exhibits First Generation Holy Trinity Homemaker Making a Home Peloponese Spokane

Great yiayia (grandmother) was too long to say for Willene (Vasiliki) Delegans Allison’s great grandson, so the name for this family matriarch became simply “Great.”

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