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Dates: during 1932-1932
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Monastery St. Stephanos is named for an early martyr and also for the family that gave it to the Greek Orthodox Church: the family of Constantine and Stefano Stephano, makers of Rameses, Stephana and Smiles cigarets. Emigrating from Epirus some 40 years ago, the Stephano brothers sold cigarets in the streets of New York, worked in tobacco shops, settled in Philadelphia to build their own business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Cigaret Monastery | 10/3/1932 | See Source »

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