Orestes Theodore Demetriades, of West Yarmouth, MA, Naples, FL, and formerly of Belmont, MA, passed suddenly and peacefully on August 12, 2021.  He is survived by his loving wife of 69 years, Hloy (Tsoumas) Demetriades, along with his children, Deborah Demetriades Marini and her husband Robert of Naples, FL, their children Thalia and Ianthe, Theodore Demetriades and his wife Deborah of Scituate, MA, their children Alexis Demetriades-Spooner and her husband Ian, and Alece, and Peter Demetriades and Nicole McCay of Sagamore Beach, MA, and Peters children, Thomas and Danielle along with their mother Lisa (Marney) Demetriades.  He is survived as well by many nieces, nephews, and cousins in both Greece and the United States.  His long and extraordinary life began on a refugee ship off the island of Lesbos, Greece in 1922.  He immigrated to the United States in 1951 at the age of 30, establishing residence in Watertown and then Belmont, MA.  He was the founder and long-time host of Grecian Echoes, the longest continuously broadcast Greek radio program in the United States, where he proudly promoted and perpetuated Hellenic culture and heritage.  He was also a founder of Orbit Travel and other enterprises, contributed poetry to Greek language newspapers, and was a prolific raconteur and speaker.  We will miss his engaging presence, his love of life, and his devotion to family.  Funeral Service on Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 12Noon at the Taxiarchae Greek Orthodox Church, 25 Bigelow Ave., Watertown, MA. If you wish  join the funeral service that will be live streamed at 12 noon please visit

https://www.goarchangels.org/ and click private funeral service and the password will be Demetriades . Visitation prior to the Service from 11AM to 12 Noon at the church.  In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the above named church or to St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 1130 Falmouth Rd., Centerville, MA  02632, or to St. Jude's Children's Hospital.  Burial in Mt. Auburn Cemetery.