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The Hellenic Society Prometheas and AHEPA Chapter #31 invite you to Cyprus ?74: Songs of Anger and Pain, featuring music by Dimitris Papapostolou, Spyros Koliavasilis, and Maria Anastasi-Paschalidis on Saturday, 10/5/24, at the Frosene Center in Washington, DC. Tickets now on sale at DCGreeks.com!
Apollonia Productions presents Giorgos Tsalikis with special guest Maria Pearce live in VA on Friday, 10/18/24, at the Meletis Charuhas Center in Falls Church, VA. Reserved table seating and General Admission tickets on sale exclusively at DCGreeks.com! Click here for details!
Apollonia Productions presents Glykeria with Nikos Zoidakis Live in Baltimore on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, 11/28/24, at Greektown Square in Baltimore, MD. Reserved table seating now on sale at DCGreeks.com!
Third Thursday Greek Young Professionals Happy Hour -- Summer 2024 Finale -- 9/19/24 at Zorba's Café in Washington, DC! Click here for details!
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09/14New Event: Utopia Greek Night at Koi on Friday, 9/20/24, in Washington, DC!
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09/09New Event: St. Katherine's Fall 2024 Greek Festival from 10/4/24 - 10/6/24 in Falls Church, VA
09/04New Event: Third Thursday Greek Young Professionals Happy Hour on 9/19/24 at Zorba's Café in Washington, DC
08/26Tickets are now on sale for a Glykeria with Nikos Zoidakis Live in Baltimore on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, 11/28/24, at Greektown Square!
08/19Tickets are now on sale for a Cyprus '74: Songs of Anger and Pain on Saturday, 10/5/24, in Washington, DC!
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Package Prices increase weekly or until 50 packages are sold at each price level (whichever comes first)!
07/21Tickets are now on sale for a Cretan Night at Greektown Square on Saturday, 9/28/24, in Baltimore, MD!
07/16Tickets are now on sale for Giorgos Tsalikis Live in VA on Friday, 10/18/24, in Falls Church, VA!
03/29Tickets are now on sale for the Chios Societies of the Americas & Canada 67th National Convention from October 11-13, 2024, in Washington, DC!
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The Hellenic Golden Coins Dance Troupe of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Baltimore, MD presents a Cretan Night at Greektown Square on Saturday, September 28, 2024 in Baltimore, MD! Reserved table seating now on sale exclusively at DCGreeks.com! Click here for details!

February 11, 2003

Fanourios Found!!!

On February 11, 2002, three days before Valentine's Day, we here at DCGreeks.com first brought you the story of Thanos and Vivian, a young, soon-to-be-married Greek couple desperately searching for the Mysterious Matchmaker that introduced them at a YAL Dance in 1999.  Click here to read their story.

Thanos and Vivian posing with their Mysterious Matchmaker, now a mystery no more, on New Year's Eve.

Thanos and Vivian posing with their Mysterious Matchmaker, now a mystery no more, on New Year's Eve.

In the days after we published Thanos and Vivian's plea we were surprised at the number of responses that we received from people looking to help them find their Mysterious Matchmaker.  There were none.  How could someone not know who this Mysterious Matchmaker was, especially in this community where everyone knows (or thinks they know) each other?  Actually, there were responses to the article, mostly saying things to the effect of, "Those of us out there who are single would like you to remove the article from the front page, because we're sick of seeing two people who are actually happy," or "Will someone please find this guy so he can set me up with a nice guy/girl?"

Months passed and Fanourios was no where to be found.  It wasn't until June when The Guys @ DCGreeks.com received a voicemail from Thanos claiming that he had seen the Elusive Eros in a set of Greek Night pictures at the Acropolis, actually posing with one of The Guys @ DCGreeks.com  himself!  We looked at the pictures and recognized the guy as someone who had always been around this community, someone who we had seen at many events growing up.  But somehow we never mentioned to Thanos or Vivian that we knew who this guy was until much later. 

Thanos and Vivian's odyssey to find their Mysterious Matchmaker ended on New Year's Eve when they finally were introduced to Fanourios who was sitting at a table across from them.  Upon seeing him, they instantly knew that this was indeed their Elusive Eros.  Fanourios, on the other hand, was not as confident.  He did not recognize Thanos and Vivian, but upon Thanos' telling of the story, he agreed that this is something he would have done naturally.  He also admitted that he did not know Vivian when he introduced her to Thanos.  Regardless of the fact that Fanourios wasn't as omniscient as they first thought and definitely not a spirit, just a normal flesh-and-blood member of the DC Greek Community.  

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