George was founded in 1916, in order to build and maintain our Greek Orthodox Church and our Greek School so that it would educate the children of our Community to speak the language of the Hellenes. Our Community has founded many organizations that contribute to advancing Hellenic culture, traditions and of course, the Greek Orthodox Christian faith. During our 99 year history, members of our Com
munity have offered much to New Jersey, the other states of the USA, Greece, Cyprus, and to our Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. As a Community, we have talented professionals in the areas of engineering, contracting and construction, restaurants, medicine, business, academia, law, theology, and other professions. Among our past and present members we have had a member of the Academy of Athens, a member of the U. Congress, local New Jersey politicians, five volunteers to the 2004 Olympics in Athens, seven priests, and three Archons of our Ecumenical Patriarchate. Members of our Community have fought for Freedom and Democracy in World Wars 1 and 2, and in other wars. Some of our members were wounded, and seven of them were killed and never returned to their families and to our Community. We can really say that our Community has built, at a high point, its own Acropolis of St. George, with its own Parthenon, a place of worship, the St. George Greek Orthodox Church, and the remaining important Community spaces.
