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The Hellenic Centre 

1994-2009 

Celebrating 15 years

‘POSEIDONIANS’ BY CAVAFY 

15TH ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS 

THE HELLENIC CENTRE 1994 - 2009 

EXHIBITIONS 

LECTURES 

MUSIC, PERFORMANCE, FILM 

A GREEK YEAR 

GREEK LANGUAGE COURSES 

EXCURSIONS 

THE NEXT GENERATION 

FACILITIES 

FIFTEEN YEARS OF EVENTS AT THE HELLENIC CENTRE 

The Hellenic Centre Celebrating 15 years

Ποσειδωνιάται 

Την γλώσσαν την ελληνική οι Ποσειδωνιάται 

εξέχασαν τόσους αιώνας ανακατευμένοι 

με Τυρρηνούς και με Λατίνους, κι’ άλλους ξένους. 

Το μόνο που τους έμενε πατρογονικό 

ήταν μια ελληνική γιορτή, με τελετές ωραίες, 

με λύρες και με αυλούς, με αγώνας και στεφάνους. 

Κ΄είχαν συνήθειο προς το τέλος της γιορτής 

τα παλαία τους έθιμα να διηγούνται, 

και τα ελληνικά ονόματα ξαναλένε, 

που μολίς πια τα καταλάμβαναν ολίγοι. 

Και πάντα μελαγχολικά τελείων’ η γιορτή τους. 

Γιατί θυμούνταν που κι’ αυτοί ήσαν Έλληνες – 

Ιταλιώται έναν καιρό κι’ αυτοί. 

Και τώρα πώς εξέπεσαν, πως έγιναν, 

να ζούν και να ομιλούν βαραβαρικά 

βγαλμένοι –ώ συμφορά!- απ’ τον ελληνισμό. 

Poseidonians 

The Poseidonians forgot the Greek language 

after so many centuries of mingling 

with Tyrrhenians, Latins, and other foreigners. 

The only thing surviving from their ancestors 

was a Greek festival, with beautiful rites, 

with lyres and flutes, contests and wreaths. 

And it was their habit toward the festival’s end 

to tell each other about their ancient customs 

and once again to speak Greek names 

that only a few of them still recognized. 

And so their festival always had a melancholy ending 

because they remembered that they too were Greeks, 

they too once upon a time were citizens of Magna Graecia; 

and how low they’d fallen now, what they’d become, 

living and speaking like barbarians, 

cut off so disastrously from the Greek way of life. 

C. P. Cavafy, August 1906 

Translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard 


STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HELLENIC CENTRE 

Mr G Kyriakou ( Chairman), Prof & Mrs N Arcoumanis, Mr & Mrs A Christodoulou, 

Mrs E Cubitt, Mr & Mrs A David, Prof & Mrs A Epenetos, Mr & Mrs F Grammenopoulos, 

Mr & Mrs M Iacovou, Mr & Mrs C Ioannides, Mr & Mrs C Kleanthous, Mrs R Kyriacou, 

Mrs Koula Lemos, Prof & Mrs A Nicolaides, Mr A & Prof K Phylaktis, Prof C Pissarides 

Governing Bodies 

COUNCIL MEMBERS 

Costas Kleanthous (Chairman), Sylvia Christodoulou, Haralambos Fafalios, Marilen 

Frangoulis, Filios Grammenopoulos, Michael Iacovou, Costas Ioannides, Ileana Kehagias, 

George Kyriacou, Edmée Leventis, Myriam Leventis, Marina, The Lady Marks, Spyros 

Neophytou, Akis Phylaktis, Pighi Skiniti, Harris Sophoclides, Andrei Vandoros, Emmanuel 

Zuridis, Antony Yerolemou, 

FORMER COUNCIL CHAIRMEN 

Andreas David, Costas Ioannides 

FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS 

Athos Christodoulou, George Christofides, George K Christofides, John D Fafalios, 

Homer Habibis, John A Hadjipateras, Tryphon Kedros, Sophie Kydoniefs, Koula Lemos, 

Andy Nicolaides, Eleni Vlassopulos, Valerie Kleanthous 

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS 

Koula Lemos (Chairman), Andreas Christodoulou, Daphne Economides, Stamos Fafalios 

(Chairman, Cultural Committee), Sophie Kydoniefs, Irene Monios, Doulla Phyrillas, 

Constantinos Shiatis, George Tsavliris 

FIRST EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE HELLENIC CENTRE 

Filios Grammenopoulos (Chairman), George Kyriacou, Costas Kleanthous, Andy Nicolaides, 

Koula Lemos, George A Lemos, Edmée Leventis, Gregory Parissis, Lydia Carras, Michael 

Moschos, Michael Iacovou. 

FORMER EXECUTIVE BOARD CHAIRMEN 

Filios Grammenopoulos, Andrei Vandoros, Edmée Leventis, Stamos Fafalios 

FORMER EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS 

Niki Beveridge, John Carras, Lydia Carras, Sylvia Christodoulou, Pericles Hantzis, lya Haritakis, 

Michael Iacovou, Julia Ikiades, Evi Kalodiki, Costas Kleanthous, George Kyriacou, George A 

Lemos, Natasha Lemos, Myriam Leventis, Michael Moschos, Andreas Nicolaides, Stelios 

Niotis, Orthodoxos Orthodoxou, Marita Papadimitriou, Gregory Parissis, Peter Petrides, Akis 

Phylaktis, Katie Phylaktis, Panos Phyrillas, Zetta Polychroniadis, Spyros Retsas, Renos Wideson, 

Antony Yerolemou. 

HELLENIC CENTRE STAFF 

Agatha Kalisperas (Director), Maria Kalli (Deputy Director), Evangelia Roussou 

(Greek Language Courses Coordinator), Kay Stavrinou (Marketing), Christina Vagiotis, 

Iraklis Briasoulis, Isaura Barbosa 

FORMER HELLENIC CENTRE STAFF 

Andreas Papadakis, Nikos Papadakis, Kelly Likouris, Ioanna Tsatsos-Raptis, 

Sophia Pampoulidou, Kyra Paraschaki, Danny Devlin, Michael Clancy, 

Xanthippi Arvanitidou, Jane Ronge 

Donors 

Great Benefactors 

The A.G. Leventis Foundation 

Governement of the Republic of Cyprus 

The Governement of the Hellenic Republic 

Lykion ton Hellinidon, London 

Mr & Mrs Stelios Ioannou 

Fafalios Shipping SA 

The J F Costopoulos Foundation 

Bank of Cyprus (London) Ltd 

Captain & Mrs John Latsis 

The Michael Marks Charitable Trust 

Mr & Mrs G Paraskevaides 

The Private Bank & Trust Co Ltd 

Benefactors 

Mrs Sylvia Ioannou Christodoulou 

& Mr Athos Christodoulou 

The Cyprus Popular Bank Ltd 

The Hellenic Cultural Centre 

The Kedros Families 

Dr Spiro J Latsis & Mrs Marianna Latsis 

Mrs Kalliopi Yemelos, Athens 

Mr George Tsavliris 

Major Donors 

Alpha Bank London Limited 

Mrs Evie Economou 

Ergobank SA 

Eurostile Interiors (Design) Ltd 

N J Goulandris Ltd 

Mr & Mrs Pericles Hantzis 

The Hellenic Foundation for Culture 

Katsouris Fresh Foods Ltd 

Mr & Mrs George Keralakis, Monte Carlo 

Mr & Mrs L Z Michalos 

The National Bank of Greece 

The A M Nomicos Family 

The A C & P C Laskaridis Families 

The Lyras Families Benevolent Trust 

The Mouskas Families 

Mr & Mrs Panos Papakokkinos, Seychelles 

A & P Paraskevaides Ltd 

Mr D G Pateras 

Mr & Mrs Nicos D Pateras 

Captain & Mrs P Tsakos 

Donors 

Mrs A Angelopoulos 

Mr & Mrs N Apodiacos 

Bureau Veritas 

Mr & Mrs N Egon 

Mr & Mrs A Ellinas 

Mr & Mrs F Grammenopoulos 

Mrs Katerina Gregos 

Eletson Corporation 

Messr J C Hadjipateras & Sons 

Mr & Mrs V Hadji-Ioannou 

Mr S L Hadji-Ioannou 

Mr & Mrs G Hayalides 

The Family of the late I C Caroussis 

Mr & Mrs M Jaharis 

Mr & Mrs A Kairis 

Mrs P Kalamotousi 

Mr & Mrs N Karantokis 

The Kollakis Families 

Messrs Rethymnis & Kulukundis Ltd 

Mr & Mrs G Kyriacou 

Mrs Koula Lemos 

Mr & Mrs N S Lemos 

Mr & Mrs S Mihalarias 

Prof & Mrs A Nicolaides 

Mr & Mrs P Palios 

Mrs Katie Papathoma 

Mr & Mrs D C Pateras 

Mr & Mrs J Payiavlas 

Mr M C Peraticos & Family 

Mr & Mrs A P Vandoros 

Mrs P M Yemelos 

Sir John Zochonis DL 

St Nicholas Greek Orthodox 

Education Centre 

Theatre Lab 

and many other contributors 


In 1994, thanks to the foresight and the generous contributions of leading individuals and 

organisations, the Hellenic Centre opened its doors for the first time. The Founders’ 

purposes were to create a UK focus for the promotion of Greek cultural heritage, to provide 

a home for the activities of the manifold cultural organisations already active in Britain and 

to offer opportunities for new initiatives made possible by the Centre’s magnificent facilities. 

Fifteen years on, these early ambitions have been more than amply fulfilled. Dedicated effort, 

hard work and determination on the part of the Governing Body, the Executive Board, the 

member organisations and the staff have made the Hellenic Centre a unique example of its 

kind in the world-wide Greek and Cypriot Diaspora. 

We offer our warmest congratulations to the Hellenic Centre on this milestone anniversary 

and our best wishes for its continued success. On the evidence of the past fifteen years, 

we are fully confident that the Centre will continue to grow and prosper for the benefit 

of Hellenism and the Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom. 

Vassilis Pispinis 

Ambassador of Greece to UK 

Gregorios, 

Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain 

Alexandros Zenon 

High Commissioner for the Republic of Cyprus 

MEMBER SOCIETIES 

OF THE HELLENIC CENTRE 

Anglo-Hellenic League 

Cypriot Estia of London 

Diaspora Centre 

EFEK UK (National Union of Cypriot 

Students UK) 

Episteme – The Association of British 

Cypriot Professionals 

Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon 

Greek Archaeological Committee (UK) 

Greek Cypriot Brotherhood 

Hellenic Bankers Association-UK 

Hellenic Engineers Society 

Hellenic Foundation 

Hellenic Medical Society 

Ionian Society 

London Hellenic Society 

Lykion ton Hellinidon 

Macedonian Society of Great Britain 

Peloponnesian Association of Great Britain 

Society of Modern Greek Studies 

COMPANY MEMBERS 

OF THE HELLENIC CENTRE 

A Bilbrough & Co Ltd 

Academy of Executive Coaching Ltd 

Aegean Airlines 

AITO 

Alpha Bank London 

Bank of Cyprus UK 

Bevelynn Ltd 

BMI Health Care 

British Academy of Graphology 

Chandris (UK) Ltd 

Chios Navigation Co Ltd 

Curzon Maritime Ltd 

Cyprus Airways Public Ltd 

Cyprus Tourism Organisation 

Eagle Ocean Ltd 

EFG Private Bank Ltd 

Embiricos Shipbrokers 

Executive Action 

Fafalios Ltd 

Faros Maritime Ltd 

Griffin Marine Travel Ltd 

Hellenic Tourism Organisation 

Hill Dickinson Llp 

i-coach Academy 

Impulse Events Ltd 

John S Latsis (London) Limited 

Laiki Bank 

Lincoln Group Ltd 

Louis Tourist Agency 

Marks & Spencer Plc 

Moore Stephens 

N J Goulandris Limited 

NHS London-Finance Skills Development 

Nicholas & Co 

Nicolas UK Ltd 

Odysea Ltd 

Pearl Carriers Ltd 

Resolution 

Ricoh Europe Plc 

Royal Bank of Scotland 

Southern Shipping & Finance Co Ltd 

Surgical Conference Management 

UBS AG 

Useful Training Limited 

Westminster Primary Care Trust 

What If ! Inventors Ltd 

The Hellenic Centre enjoys the patronage of the Archbishop of Thyateira, the Ambassador 

of Greece and the High Commissioner for the Republic of Cyprus 

The Hellenic Centre Celebrating 15 years 




It seems only yesterday that we welcomed His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch 

Bartholomew I to bless our new and imposing Hellenic Centre in the heart of London and 

a few months later the then president of Cyprus, Mr Glafkos Clerides, to inaugurate it. In fact 

it is fifteen years ago, but our aims and objectives have not changed. We sought to provide a 

home for the various societies of the Hellenic Community, and to create a Centre from which 

we could reach out to the wider Hellenic Diaspora. We also wanted to extend knowledge of 

Hellenic culture, Greece and Cyprus to all those living in the British Isles, and, perhaps most 

importantly, to encourage our children to retain their proud heritage when the first generation 

of Greek immigrants is no longer there to keep traditions alive. 

As a result of the hard work, enthusiasm and dedication of so many, and the overwhelmingly 

generous financial support which the Centre has received, I think we can truly say that the 

project has been a success beyond anything we could have hoped. In this commemorative 

publication we record the names of many of those who have contributed both financially 

and with their time and energy to the Hellenic Centre. I know many names have been omitted 

but I would like to assure them that every single contribution is much appreciated. We are 

forever grateful. One of the major successes of the Centre is reflected in the eminent speakers, 

musicians and academics who have honoured us with their contributions, and the amazingly 

rich and varied exhibitions which we have hosted. All of this has been much appreciated 

not only by our members but by the many visitors attracted by our programme of events. 

We are now considered an integral part of the neighbourhood, the City of Westminster and 

the cultural life of London. We will nurture this relationship and seek to build on it. 

We look to the future with confidence. We will continue to be ever mindful of the interests 

of the younger generation and all Hellenes of the Diaspora, and will continue to work in close 

cooperation with the host community, the governments of Greece and Cyprus, and our 

Archbishopric of Thyateira and Great Britain. 

Costas Kleanthous 

Chairman 

Hellenic Community Trust 

With the creation of the Hellenic Centre fifteen years ago, a dream of the Hellenic 

Community became a reality. Over the years the Hellenic Centre has become a natural home 

for first class social and cultural events, not only for Hellenes but for the public in general. 

Today we reap the benefit of the hard work and financial generosity of all those individuals, 

past and present, involved in creating the Centre and ensuring its continuation and smooth 

running. We are grateful to all of them, and we look to the future with hope and confidence, 

especially as more and more people of the younger generation attend our events and gatherings. 

Koula Lemos 

Chairman, Executive Board 


The Hellenic Centre is much more than a building. It is a dynamic, changing organisation, 

with its own life and rhythms that continue all day long, sometimes into the small hours. 

In the morning, a room might be arranged for a meeting with chairs gathered efficiently 

around the table; by afternoon, it is an exhibition space, lit to bring out the colours of the 

paintings; in the evening it becomes a lecture hall, filled with the hush of people listening. 

In this microcosm of the Hellenic world, activity never stops. Visitors come and go, for Greek 

lessons, for concerts, for talks and for parties. 

None of this would be possible without the dedication of our team of staff, who work hard 

beyond the call of duty, and our volunteers, many of whom cheerfully give up their time 

for a project which is close to their hearts. As the Director of the Centre I feel privileged 

to work with such a lively and inspiring group of people. However tired I may sometimes be, 

I always feel proud and fortunate to be a part of this project, which has been at the centre 

of my life for more than ten years. 

Agatha Kalisperas 

Director of the Hellenic Centre 



THE HELLENIC CENTRE 1994 -2009 

This year the Hellenic Centre 

celebrates its fifteenth 

anniversary, itself an 

affirmation of the place it 

has come to occupy in the life of the 

community. The Centre’s mission is 

to provide a base for Hellenic culture 

in London, to bring together Greeks 

and Greek Cypriots in the diaspora, 

and to nurture the unique relationship 

between Britain and the Hellenic 

world. In its short lifetime it has 

become a home for all aspects of 

Hellenism and many kinds of cultural 

cooperation and exchange. The 2006 

exhibition of Greek embroideries from 

the collections of the Benaki Museum 

in Athens and the Victoria and Albert 

Museum in London, which drew 

almost two thousand visitors, was a 

dazzling example of the pleasures and 

possibilities offered by such ventures. 

The idea for a centre for all things 

Hellenic took shape in the late 1970s, 

when a group of community spirited 

Greeks got together to provide a focus 

for Greek and Greek Cypriot culture in 

London. The Hellenic Cultural Centre 

was formed in 1978 through the hard 

work of a group of people from both 

communities, bringing together existing 

Greek and Greek Cypriot societies. 

Among its aims was the acquisition 

of a building in the centre of London 

to house its member societies and be 

a credible centre from which to 

disseminate Hellenic culture. Although 

during its life it had no permanent 

home, it organised many memorable 

events. At the same time the Lykion ton 

Hellinidon, which was formed in 1979, 

was also looking for premises. 

When a separate group of like-minded 

individuals with the same aims was 

formed in December 1987, under the 

leadership of Andreas and Mitsi David, 

both the Hellenic Cultural Centre and 

Lykion ton Hellinidon readily joined 

their efforts. 

Our present home, a beautiful Portland 

stone and red brick building in one 

of the most charming and sought 

after areas of London, was built in 

the early 1900s as a Swedish 

gymnastics college. With the help 

of a generous first donation by the 

A G Leventis Foundation, Mr and 

Mrs Stelios Ioannou, Fafalios Shipping 

SA, the Bank of Cyprus London Ltd, 

the Hellenic Cultural Centre and the 

Lykion ton Hellinidon, whose offices 

are housed in the Centre, the building 

was purchased for £1.25 million in1992. 

The Hellenic Community Trust was 

established as a charitable body to 

take ownership of the building, and 

an appeal was launched to raise the 

£2 million needed for its refurbishment. 

With subsequent donations from the 

Governments of Cyprus and Greece, 

the Popular Bank of Cyprus, Ergobank, 

the families and foundations of Kedros, 

Laskarides, Latsis, Lemos, Mouskas, 

Paraskevaides, Papakokkinos and 

Yemelos, the Michael Marks Charitable 

Trust and many individual donors and 

members, 16-18 Paddington Street was 

transformed into the elegant space we 

enjoy today. In 1993, with renovations 

already underway, the building was 

blessed by His All Holiness the 

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. 

The Centre was officially inaugurated on 

November 18th 1994 by His Excellency 

the President of the Republic of Cyprus, 

Mr. Glafcos Clerides. 

As a project of the Hellenic Community 

Trust, the Hellenic Centre is run by the 

Trustees and their Executive Board, 

who are all volunteers. A full time 

Director manages the Centre on a 

day to day basis, with the necessary 

administrative support. 

In the fifteen years since its creation 

the Centre has hosted a great variety 

of exhibitions, lectures, performances, 

film screenings, discussions, readings 

and presentations, most of them free 

to the public. Some are organised 

directly by the Centre, and some by 

our energetic member societies, among 

them the Cypriot Estia of London, the 

London Hellenic Society, the Lykion 

ton Hellinidon, the Eteria Ellinon 

Epistimonon, the Hellenic Foundation 

and the Macedonian Society of Great 

Britain. We place a particularly high 

value on attracting new generations 

of Greeks, born here, who want to 

keep in touch with their roots, their 

language and their culture. One of 

our core activities since 1999 has been 

the provision of Greek language courses 

at a variety of levels and at times to 

suit everyone. 

From its inception the Centre established 

close working relationships with the 

Church and with the governments of 

Greece and Cyprus and their missions 

in the UK. The Archbishop of Thyateira, 

the Ambassador of the Hellenic 

Republic and the High Commissioner 

for the Republic of Cyprus have been 

its patrons from the start. Over the years 

we have also formed links with local 

government and community 

organisations, and opened our doors 

to local companies, individuals and 

members for corporate and private 

conferences and functions. All these 

contacts and connections have 

extended the Centre’s reach beyond the 

Hellenic community and helped us to 

build ties of friendship and cooperation. 

In the pages that follow you can read 

about a small selection of our activities 

over the last fifteen years. A complete 

list of our events can be found at the 

end of this publication.With your help 

and participation, we look forward to a 

still more exciting future. 


EXHIBITIONS 

The Hellenic Centre has 

become an important venue 

for the visual arts, hosting 

major historical shows in 

the high-ceilinged Great Hall and 

showcasing the work of new artists in 

the more intimate Friends’ Room. Our 

opening exhibition ,“Nineteenth and 

Twentieth Century Greek Paintings” 

from the A.G. Leventis Collection, gave 

a foretaste of the great variety of styles 

and subject matter represented in 

Hellenic art, and its long dialogue with 

both Western and Byzantine forms. 

Some of our most important exhibitions 

have been organised in cooperation with 

the governments of Greece and Cyprus, 

as well as major museums. “Through 

Romantic Eyes” (1996), from the collection 

of the Benaki Museum in Athens, featured 

European images of nineteenth century 

Greece, from the silvery landscapes of 

watercolourists like Edward Lear to the 

dramatic images by French and Italian 

artists of the War of Independence. 

On our tenth anniversary, which 

coincided with the accession of Cyprus 

to the European Union, President Tassos 

Papadopoulos inaugurated “Colours 

of Medieval Cyprus,” an exhibition of 

surprisingly modern-looking pottery and 

works on paper curated with the Leventis 

Municipal Museum of Nicosia. Our four 

major icon exhibitions, including “After 

Byzantium” in 1996, from the collection of 

Marianna Latsis, “Conversation with God” 

in 1998, in cooperation with the Byzantine 

Museum of Athens, and “Cyprus the Holy 

Island: Icons through the Centuries” in 

2000, all brought works of art central to 

Orthodox worship to a new audience. 

Contemporary art is just as important 

in the life of the Centre. As well as the 

work of well-known artists—among them 

George Pol Georgiou, Telemachos 

Kanthos and Alecos Fassianos—we always 

make space available for newer talent, 

whether Greek or Greek Cypriot 

or inspired by Greece or Cyprus. Group 

shows have been especially popular, such 

as the exhibition of work by young 

UK-based artists of Greek and Cypriot 

extraction in 1997 to 2005’s “Somatopia: 

Mapping Sites, Siting Bodies,” produced 

by artists from Cyprus. 

Photography offers direct glimpses of 

the past and new ways of seeing the 

present. “Greece in the Second World 

War” (1995), in association with the 

Cultural Centre of the Municipality of 

Athens, brought together photographs 

and documents from the period. Reno 

Wideson’s beautiful pictures of Cyprus 

and Greece have filled our walls on 

several occasions, offering a record of 

our changing landscapes from the 1940s 

to the present. The 2002 exhibition of 

photographs by Frederic Boissonas, 

taken in Greece between 1900 and 1922, 

brought an older lost world to life; shows 

by contemporary photographers, such 

as Chryssa Nikoleri’s “Urban Landscape” 

(2001) and Hector Dimissianos’ “The 

Fringes of the City” (1999), present 

aspects of Greece less often seen abroad. 

In 2006, the Hellenic Centre collaborated 

for the first time with a major British 

museum to put together one of our 

most beautiful exhibitions, which 

attracted almost 2,000 visitors. “Greek 

Embroidery, 17th to 19th Century,” 

organised with the Victoria and Albert 

Museum, reunited pieces brought back 

from Greece by English collectors in 

the early 1900s with work from the 

Benaki Museum in Athens. Costumes 

worn on festive days, fine pieces made 

for weddings and decorated household 

linens came together to give a rich 

and intimate sense of the art made 

by women to enhance everyday life. 


LECTURES 

Lectures on a wide variety 

of subjects have been a 

mainstay of the Centre’s 

activities from the beginning, 

and we have been privileged to 

welcome many distinguished speakers 

from the spheres of politics, academia, 

medicine, literature and the arts. 

Early on, in 1995, we were addressed 

by two of Britain’s most learned 

parliamentarians from opposite ends 

of the political spectrum, Enoch Powell 

and Michael Foot, as part of a series 

entitled “We are all Greek—Why” The 

role of Hellenic culture in the wider 

world has been a frequent theme, with 

contributions from historians (Michael 

Wood on the Kalas villages in Pakistan, 

settled by Alexander’s troops), literary 

scholars (David Ricks on Cavafy and 

English poetry, Anthony Hirst on 

Oscar Wilde’s response to Greece), 

Byzantinologists (Angeliki Laiou on the 

multi-ethnic state) and musicologists 

(Marcos Dragoumis on the music of 

Asia minor). Nor have we neglected 

the political integration of Greece and 

Cyprus into the new Europe: in 1999 

we heard from George Vasiliou, former 

president of the Republic of Cyprus, 

about his country’s accession to the 

European Union, for which he was the 

chief negotiator. 

Given the length and richness of Greek 

history, it is perhaps not surprising that 

the past is a frequent theme. Among the 

historians and writers who have spoken 

here are Mark Mazower (on Greeks and 

Jews in the shadow of the Holocaust), 

Richard Clogg (on the Greek diaspora), 

Michael Llewellyn-Smith (on Greece and 

British politicians), Paschalis Kitromilides 

(on Greek cultural traditions in Asia 

Minor) and the late Sir David Hunt, war 

veteran, diplomat, philhellene and 

Mastermind champion, who hosted a 

day on Greece in the Second World War. 

The civilisation of Byzantium has been 

celebrated and discussed by Marianna 

Koromila and John Julius Norwich 

among many others; in 2001 Julian 

Chrisostomidou of Royal Holloway, 

University of London, held a series of 

seminars. In 2003 we held a 

commemoration of the 550th 

anniversary of the fall of Constantinople; 

in 2005 the Benaki Museum’s Anthi 

Balsamaki gave a fascinating account of 

the symbolism and secrets of Byzantine 

iconography. In November 2008 we 

welcomed Maria Vassilaki, curator of the 

major Byzantium exhibition at the Royal 

Academy of Arts. The ancient world has 

claimed its share of attention, with 

lectures on Chios in classical antiquity, 

the maritime archaeology of the Aegean, 

the gold of Macedonia, the languages 

and scripts of ancient Cyprus, Cypriot 

archaeology (by Vassos Karagiorgis) and 

the unforgettable Fayoum portraits of 

ancient Egypt (by Euphrosyne Doxiadis), 

to name only a few. 

Our literary events are always well 

attended, whether they take the form 

of conversations with writers such as 

Alki Zei and Panos Karnezis, book 

launches, lectures or poetry readings. 

The extraordinary variety of Greece’s 

flora and fauna was celebrated in the 

series “Discover Greece and Cyprus,” 

organised with the Lykion ton 

Hellinidon; the development of the 

human embryo was the subject of 

a lecture by the surgeon and fetal 

medicine pioneer Professor Kypros 

Nicolaides. In short, our guests have 

touched on almost every aspect of 

experience, in the ancient Greek 

tradition that puts humanity at the 

centre of understanding: “Man is the 

measure of all things.” 


MUSIC, PERFORMANCE, FILM 

“I 

n order to take the spiritual 

temperature of an individual or 

society, one must mark the music.” 

So said Plato; Hellenism without 

music is inconceivable. From ancient 

lyric to Byzantine chant, from folk song 

to classical composition to dance 

rhythms of all kinds, the rafters of the 

Hellenic Centre frequently ring with an 

eclectic mix of instruments and voices. 

Among the talents who have graced 

our hall are the great folk musician 

Domna Samiou, the singer-songwriters 

Dionysis Savvopoulos and Alkinoos 

Ioannides, the composer Mimis Plesas 

and the vocalist Nena Venetsanou, who 

performed a programme that spanned 

two thousand years. 

Greek composers have made an 

important contribution to contemporary 

classical music. In 2005 we celebrated 

the work of Iannis Xenakis; in 1999 the 

New Hellenic Quartet performed works 

by Nikos Skalkottas on the fiftieth 

anniversary of his death. The tradition 

of innovation continues in the work of 

composers such as the young Cypriot 

Evis Sammoutis, whose work was 

performed for us by the Kreutzer 

Quartet. For a number of years we were 

fortunate to host the Hellenic Concert 

Series, sponsored by the Michael Marks 

Charitable Trust and the Bank of Cyprus 

(London) and featuring such ensembles 

as the Chilingirian Quartet, the Medici 

Quartet and the Dorian Ensemble. We 

have enjoyed solo performances by 

fine musicians, such as the pianist 

Christodoulos Georgiades, and we have 

been especially proud to welcome 

young classical musicians from Greece 

and Cyprus in our Young Greek Masters 

series. One of the high points of our 

musical programming was a special 

performance of Donizetti’s opera 

Caterina Cornaro in the Queen Elizabeth 

Hall, organized by Lady Iro Hunt. In 

April 2008 we saw the return of Marios 

Papadopoulos with the Oxford 

Philomusica to give a concert on what 

would have been the seventieth 

birthday of our great friend and 

supporter, Constantinos Leventis. 

Popular music from the country and 

the city is close to the hearts of Greeks 

everywhere. In 2004 we were treated 

to a rare evening of music played on 

the Pontic lyra by Matthaios and 

Konstantinos Tsahourides; in 2005 we 

heard a recital of songs by Attik, the 

Athenian songwriter of the thirties and 

forties whose work gave courage to so 

many during the war years. Our regular 

Greek evenings with live bands allow 

our members to participate fully in the 

pleasures of rhythm. 

Because harmony knows no borders, 

we have also welcomed musicians from 

Japan and South America; in 2008, a 

musical voyage through Greece, Brazil, 

Argentina, Portugal, Italy and Cyprus 

took us all on a sentimental journey. 

Music leads inevitably to dance, and we 

have enjoyed many fine performances 

by the traditional dancers of the Lykion 

ton Hellinidon, who also run regular 

workshops. Our theatrical events have 

included enthusiastic productions of 

J.B. Priestley’s “A Dangerous Corner” and 

“Byzantium, 00 AD” in cooperation with 

Theatre Lab as well as visits from other 

London companies such as ETHOL 

and Nea Skini. In 2008 we were fortunate 

to host a lively solo performance of 

the Apology of Socrates, given in Greek 

and English, by the Emmy Award winner 

Yannis Simonides, as well as two 

productions by the University of Cyprus 

Theatre Workshop, Leontios Macheras’ 

“Annals of Cyprus” and “Erotocritos.” 

Over the years we have screened 

numerous documentaries about Greece 

and Cyprus; in 2008 we were delighted 

to host the first London Greek Film 

Festival, a four-day event with many 

UK premiers of films by Greek and 

Cypriot directors and video workshops 

by Video Poetica. 


A GREEK YEAR 

T 

he Hellenic Centre’s year is 

threaded through with 

customs that mark the 

seasons for Greeks 

everywhere, celebrated with good 

food and enthusiasm. Our member 

Societies play a lively part in these 

occasions. Many invite their members 

here to cut their Vasilopita, the New 

Year cake that’s baked in honour of 

St. Basil. A priest is usually on hand to 

bless the cake, and everyone crowds 

around to see who’ll get the slice 

with the coin baked into it, and a 

year’s good luck. Around January 

30th we celebrate the Orthodox Day 

of Learning, usually with a talk on a 

church-related theme. 

Spring brings the Carnival with dances 

and masquerades—a time of freedom 

and enjoyment descended from an 

ancient festival in honour of Dionysus 

and the world’s rebirth. There is always 

a Carnival party to which children—and 

adults too—can come in fancy dress. 

In the second week of Carnival the 

Societies celebrate Tsiknopempti, the 

Thursday when meat is traditionally 

grilled so that the smoke or “tsikna” fills 

the air, spreading news of the feast. The 

third week—Tyrini, orCheese Week, when 

people can eat fish and dairy products 

but not meat—leads in to Kathara 

Deftera, or Clean Monday, the start of the 

forty-day Lent fast. 

On Kathara Deftera Greeks head for 

the countryside to eat Lent food and 

fly their home-made kites, competing 

to see whose can go the highest. 

Unfortunately there’s not much space 

for kite flying in Marylebone, but there’s 

always a wonderful lunch prepared 

at the Centre on that day, with the 

traditional Lent dishes of octopus, 

squid, shrimp, flat bread, olives, beans, 

taramosalata, salads and halvah, and 

live music and dancing. 

After Lent comes Easter, which we 

celebrate at one of our Bar Late 

Opening Nights with hard boiled eggs 

dyed red to symbolize the redeeming 

blood of Christ. Before you eat your 

egg you have to crack it against your 

friends’ to see whose egg is toughest— 

and who is the luckiest. Koulouria and 

tsoureki—round biscuits and the 

sweet egg bread traditionally made for 

Easter—also make an appearance at the 

Centre; baking is one of the many skills 

our members like to share. 

Each year we also commemorate the 

national days of Greece and Cyprus: 

25th March, October 1st and October 

28th. And throughout the seasons we 

have evenings of live Greek music, 

dancing and food (of course), when 

members and friends can come to relax 

in the Greek way. Like our regular Bar 

Late Opening Nights, these evenings 

keep young people coming to the 

Centre, bringing new energy and 

nourishing the Greek part of their lives. 

Christmas begins with the splendid 

bazaar held by the ladies of the Lykion 

ton Hellinidon, an opportunity for some 

original Christmas shopping. As well as 

delicious home-baked cakes, biscuits, 

jams and preserves there are beautiful 

hand-worked embroideries, and the 

Lykion diary with its colourful 

photographs. Finally, families come 

together for the Christmas Lunch, with 

family games like bingo or charades. 

And then, before you know it, it’s time 

again for the Vasilopita… 


GREEK LANGUAGE COURSES 

Learning a language is 

Our students and teachers also benefit 

perhaps the best way to from an extensive specialist library 

understand another culture. and audiovisual materials. 

In 1999 we began offering 

Greek lessons to a group of fifteen 

students; we now have more than 

350 students from thirty-eight different 

countries, ranging in age from twenty 

to eighty. Many are professionals with 

a Greek spouse or partner or a holiday 

home in Greece; others are Greeks or 

Greek Cypriots from the diaspora who 

wish to improve their conversational 

skills or learn to read and write in 

Greek. The levels of tuition we offer 

now follow the Common European 

Framework of Reference for 

Languages. We are very proud to be 

able to offer preparation for the 

Certificate of Attainment in Modern 

Greek, and currently supply many of 

the students who sit this exam. Last 

summer we introduced an end of year 

exam for all our students, with its own 

certificate from the Hellenic Centre. 

Since 2006 our twelve regular teachers 

have been assessed by an external 

evaluator and benefit from regular 

training seminars, supported by the 

Greek Ministry of Education, which 

are also open to other teachers of 

Greek as a second language. These 

seminars and assessments are the 

product of our close cooperation with 

Dr Niovi Antonopoulou of the Centre 

for Greek Language, at the Aristoteleion 

University of Thessalononiki and the 

European Centre for Modern 

Languages, Council of Europe. 

In 2007 we were visited by Professor 

George Babiniotis of Athens University 

and the Foundation for Hellenic 

Culture, who held consultation 

sessions with our teachers. 

EXCURSIONS 

T 

he Hellenic Centre has 

organised a series of memorable 

excursions for its members. 

The first was a trip to Istanbul 

in 1993 with the historian and author 

Marianna Koromila, which included an 

audience with the Patriarch at the School 

of Chalki at which he kindly agreed to 

come and bless the newly acquired 

Hellenic Centre building. The following 

year we visited Cyprus with the excellent 

guide Titina Loizidou. In 1995 we toured 

Western Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Vergina, 

Dion, Pella and Prespes with Artemis 

Pertsinidou, and in 1996 we travelled 

to Eastern Macedonia, Thrace and the 

Orthodox monasteries of Bulgaria. 1997 

found us in Sicily, and 1998 in New York 

for the Metropolitan Museum’s exhibition 

“The Glory of Byzantium,” again enriched 

for us by the deep knowledge of Marianna 

Koromila. In subsequent years we visited 

old Rome and the Holy Land. We continue 

to organise day trips to places of interest 

in the UK. 


THE NEXT GENERATION 

C 

hildren have always been at 

the heart of Greek life, and 

we take particular pleasure 

in welcoming the youngest 

visitors to the Hellenic Centre. As well 

as regular events like the carnival fancy 

dress party and the family Christmas 

lunch we organize all kinds of creative 

workshops and performances for 

children. In 1997, in association with 

Theatro Technis, we were privileged 

to host the great Karagiozis player 

Evgenios Spatharis with his shadow 

puppet theatre. 

Puppets have also played a starring role 

in a series of story-telling events by Aria 

Sandis, including Curious Carla and the 

Problem of Knowledge, which gave 

our young intellectuals a guided tour 

of Greek philosophy, and the especially 

popular Pegasus and Mendius, which 

ended with the children making their 

own Pegasus puppets. 

To celebrate the Athens Olympiad we 

held a three-day event, with a painting 

competition for children, magicians and 

entertainers, face painting and a disco. 

That same year saw two inspirational 

music workshops, one on classical music 

for students of the Greek schools in 

London with the cellist Christos Grimpas 

and the pianist Vicky Yannoula, and one 

on Greek folk and popular music with 

the group Plastic Chairs. It was a joy to 

watch 200 children from English and 

Greek primary schools, the Hellenic 

College and the French Lycee, some 

with special needs, singing and dancing 

together as they learned about Greek 

musical traditions. 

It is especially important to us to draw 

young people to the Centre, to help 

them take pleasure and pride in the 

Greek part of their lives and to ensure 

the future of our community. Of course, 

our younger members are welcome at 

all our events; film and musical evenings 

are especially popular. Needless to 

say, the atmosphere was electric at 

our screenings of the Eurovision Song 

Contest and the European Football 

Cup on the occasions when Greece 

won those competitions. In 2008 we 

hosted the first Greek Cultural Festival 

of Youth Arts in London, bringing 

together young artists and performers 

from the UK for a day of dance, song 

and theatre “in an atmosphere born 

out of the Dionysian spirit of music.” 

The Festival will be expanded in future 

years, and will become a regular feature 

of our programme. 


FACILITIES 

O 

ur light and airy red brick 

building in the heart 

of Marylebone started 

life in the early 1900s as a 

Swedish gymnastics college. During 

the Great War of 1914-18, it saw 

service as the Swedish War Hospital 

for British Wounded. 

A sensitive and elegant conversion has 

made it an ideal venue not only for the 

Hellenic Centre’s many programmes, 

but for all kinds of business, professional, 

cultural and social events, from concerts 

to conferences and weddings to 

fashion shows. 

Its centrepiece is the extraordinary 

high-ceilinged Great Hall, which can 

accommodate up to 200 guests. 

This galleried white-walled space 

allows great creative flexibility for both 

professional and personal celebrations. 

Over the years we have seen it 

transformed from a fairy-tale garden 

to a winter wonderland, complete with 

snow and living Christmas trees. 

In addition we have a wide range of 

more intimate meeting and exhibition 

rooms, including the Friends’ Room, 

the Boardroom and the Library. Clients 

who have used our facilities include 

the BBC, the NHS, Marks & Spencer, 

PricewaterhouseCoopers, Boots, L’Oreal 

and many more, who return time and 

time again. 

Our bright and cosy downstairs bar is 

often open for an intimate evening of 

live Greece music, drinks and snacks. 

The Library houses an extensive 

collection of books on the history, 

geography and literature of Greece 

and Cyprus. We have a particularly 

good selection of works on Greece 

in the Second World War, generously 

donated by Costas N. Hadjipateras 

and Maria Fafalios-Dragonas. It is open 

by appointment to members and 

other researchers. 


FIFTEEN YEARS OF EVENTS AT THE HELLENIC CENTRE 

THE HELLENIC 

CENTRE 

11th November 1993, The Hellenic Centre was 

blessed by His All Holiness The Ecumenical 

Patriarch Bartholomew I 

18th November 1994, The Hellenic Centre was 

inaugurated by H.E. the president of the 

republic of Cyprus Glafcos Clerides 

EVENTS 

1993 

Excursion to Constantinople – The Patriarch 

was invited to come and bless The Hellenic 

Centre 

1994 

Exhibitions 

3-30 November, The A. G. Leventis Collection 

of 19th and 20th Centuries Greek Paintings 

(The Hellenic Centre) 

11 November, Exhibition of Books from Cyprus 

(Cypriot Estia of London) 

Lectures 

28 October, Hippocratic Oration (Hellenic 

Medical Society) 

7 November, The A. G. Leventis Collection: Greek 

Paintings in the 19th and 20th Centuries by 

E. Arapoglou (The Hellenic Centre) 

11 November, The Poetry of Lipertis, by 

A. Iacovidou (Cypriot Estia of London) 

15 November, The Fayum Portraits by 

E. Doxiades (Lykion ton Hellinidon) 

17 November, Launching of Pentadaktylos My 

Son Poems, C. Angelidou, Minister of Education 

and Culture of Cyprus (The Hellenic Centre) 

26 November, Short Lectures and Cantades 

(Ionian Society) 

16 December, Christmas in the Arts (Eteria 

Ellinon Epistimonon) 

Social Events 

23 November, Gala Dinner – Private view of 

the A.G. Leventis Collections and celebration 

of the liberation of Athens (The Hellenic 

Centre) 

Other Events 

18 November, Inauguration of the Hellenic 

Centre by Glafcos Clerides, the President of 

Cyprus (The Hellenic Centre) 

3-4 December, Traditional Greek Dances with 

musicians from Greece and Workshop (Lykion 

ton Hellinidon) 

8 December, Christmas Bazaar (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

Excursion to Cyprus with guide T. Loizidou 


1995 

Exhibitions 

1 May – 30 June, The War We Fought 1940 – 

1941. Exhibition of drawings and paintings 

by A.D. Alexandrakis (The Hellenic Centre) 

5 October – 15 November, Greece in the 

Second World War. An Exhibition of 

photographs and historical documents 

(The Hellenic Centre and The Cultural Centre 

of the Municipality of Athens) 

Concerts 

26 October, Concert by BT Scottish Ensemble 

with J. Vakarelis (The Hellenic Centre) 

Lectures 

3 February, Cephalonia Before and After the 

Earthquakes of the 1950’s (Eteria Ellinon 

Epistimonon) 

30 March, Greek and the New Testament by 

J. Enoch Powell, MBE (The Hellenic Centre) 

11 April, Romance of Reality by Eddie O’ Hara, 

M.P. (The Hellenic Centre) 

28 April, Papanikolaou Prize Lecture (Hellenic 


29 April, Evening dedicated to the Poetess 

Maria Polydouri on the 65th Anniversary of 

her death (Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon) 

3 May, Byron and the Importance of Being a 

Philhellene by M. Foot. A lecture under the 

series of lectures We are all Greek – Why 


15 May, Dialogue by Federation of 

International Women’s Associations in London 

(Lykion ton Hellinidon) 

15 May, Round-table discussion Greek Artists in 

the UK: Achievements and Prospects (Bank of 

Cyprus UK, Gallery K) 

19 May, George Seferis and Cyprus by C. 

Angelidou (Foundation for Hellenic Culture) 

21 May, An evening in honour of N.G. 

Hammond – Presentation of his books on the 

History of Macedonia (Coordination 

Committee of Macedonia) 

26 May, The Banking System of Cyprus by 

Dr. Kate Phylaktis (Cyprus Popular Bank) 

30 May, From Marathon to Normandy by 

D. Avraamopoulos (The Hellenic Centre) 

6 June, The Greek Notion of Courage. From Plato 

to Aristotle to Modern Times by E. Gounaris 


15 June, Post – War Diplomacy by A. Skopelitis 

(London Hellenic Society) 

27 June, Greeks and Jews in the Shadow of the 

Holocaust by Dr. M. Mazower (The Hellenic 


3 October, Recent Developments in the Search 

for a Solution to the Cyprus Problem by 

N. Kounoupias (Anglo-Cypriot Lawyers 

Association) 

13 October, The 1994 Review of Healthcare in 

Greece by Prof. B. Jarman, St. Marys Hospital 

(The Hellenic Medical Society) 

18 October, Impressions of a Visit to Turkish 

Occupied Cyprus by J. Haywood, BBC 

Correspondent (Cypriot Estia of London) 

30 October, Book launch The Mysterious Fayum 

Portraits: Faces from Ancient Egypt by E. 

Doxiades 

31 October, Greece in the Second World War by 

Sir David Hunt (The Hellenic Centre) 

22 November, Presentation of Book Studies on 

the History of the Church of Cyprus, 4th – 20th 

Centuries by B. Englezakis (The Hellenic 


28 November, Hellenism in Great Britain by C. 

Mettis (The Hellenic Centre) 

Social Events 

27 January, Vasilopita (Lykion ton Hellinidon) 

29 January, Vasilopita (Macedonian Society) 

24 February, Youth Club evening (The Hellenic 


27 May – 4 June, Excursion to Macedonia (The 

Hellenic Centre) 

13 June, Visit to Lamb House (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

8 October, Family Quiz (Fundraising 

Committee of the Hellenic Centre) 


Hellinidon) 

Other Events 

8 May, Film Flames in the Atlantic (London 

Hellenic Society) 

30 June, A scientific meeting in order to allow 

professionals working within healthcare and 

allied professions, to meet and exchange ideas 

about their work (Hellenic Medical Society) 

9 November, Fashion Show (Fundraising 


Excursion to Thessaloniki and West Macedonia 


1996 

Exhibitions 

8 February, Exhibition and auction of paintings 

by artists who studied and painted in Greece 

as students of the British School at Athens 

(Friends of the BSA, UK) 

20 February – 27 March, Through Romantic 

Eyes: An Exhibition of European Images of 19th 

century Greece from Benaki Museum, Athens 


5 April – 2 May, After Byzantium, The Survival 

of Byzantine Sacred Art, An Exhibition of Icons 


14 May – 15 June, Telemachos Kanthos: A 

Retrospective Exhibition (The Hellenic Centre 

and The A.G. Leventis Foundation) 

3 October, Exhibition of photographs, books 

and other memorabilia on the life and work of 

Michael Ventris (The Hellenic Centre, University 

of London, Architectural Association) 

6-10 November, Exhibition of Books from 

Cyprus (The Hellenic Centre, Cypriot Estia of 

London, Ministry of Education of Cyprus) 

19-22 November, The Life and Items of Caterina 

Cornaro – Queen of Cyprus (Cyprus Estia of 

London) 

29 November – 8 December, Exhibition of 

Embroidery from Northern Epirus (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

10-20 December, Exhibition of paintings by 

Contemporary Cypriot Painters (Greek Cypriot 

Society) 

Concerts 

25 January, The Hellenic Concert Series by the 

Dorian Ensemble (The Hellenic Centre, The 

Michael Marks Charitable Trust and Bank of 

Cyprus UK) 

17 February, A musical evening with Eleni and 

Evgenia Kanthos (The Hellenic Centre) 

9 March, The Hellenic Concert Series by the BT 

Scottish Ensemble with Barbara Browney (Solo 

Soprano) (The Hellenic Centre, The Michael 

Marks Charitable Trust and Bank of Cyprus UK) 

8 May, The Hellenic Concert Series by the Dorian 

Ensemble (The Hellenic Centre, The Michael 


26 June, The Hellenic Concert Series by BT 

Scottish Ensemble with Julian Llloyd Webber 

and Clio Gould (The Hellenic Centre, The 


Cyprus UK) 

29-30 November, Domna Samiou performs 

traditional Greek music (The Hellenic Centre) 

18 December, Concert with the Mezzo-Soprano 

Markella Hatziano (The Hellenic Centre) 

Lectures 

22 January, Sophocles and the Man’s Fate by 

S. Bazakou – Marangoudakis (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

30 January, Albania in the Contemporary Balkans 

by J. Pettifier (The Hellenic Centre) 

13 February, The Cyprus Question: History Current 

Development and prospects by V. Markides (The 


14 February, Launching of the books The Navy of 

the Ionian Islands by NS. Vlassopoulos, Greek 

Owned Shipping by G. Harlaftis, 343 Iera Odos- 

Dromokaition Witnessed by M.S. Fafalios (London 


22 February, Through Romantic Eyes by F-M. 

Tsigakou, Curator of paintings, Prints and 

Drawings at the Benaki Museum (The Hellenic 


23 February, The Macedonian Question: A new 

situation. The role of the Diaspora by Dr E. Kofos 

(Macedonian Society) 

27 February, The Church Architecture of 11c. 

Greece; The Example of Byzantine Basilica of 

Kalambaka, Thessaly by O. Karagiorgou (The 

Greek Archaeological Committee) 

29 February, The Poet George Sarantaris by O. 

Karagiorga (Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon) 

21 March, Greek Traditions and Customs that Fade 

Away by C. Kavadas (Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon) 

9 May, The Legal Regime of the Aegean and Greek 

Foreign Policy by Dr. S. Spiliotopoulos (Eteria 


16 May, The Life and Work of Telemachos Kanthos 

by Dr. E. Nikita (The Hellenic Centre and the 

Greek Cypriot Brotherhood) 

28 May, Magna Graecia - Language and 

Architecture by G. Hadjifanis and L. Apostolidou- 

Pavlou (Cypriot Estia of London) 

20 September, Aspects on Foetal Medicine by Prof. 

K. Nicolaides (Hellenic Medical Society) 

23 September, Teucer - Founder of Cypriot Salamis 

– Literature and Legend by M. Deyes (Diaspora 


26-27 September, A two day symposium on 

Modern Greek Literature and Poetry (The 

Hellenic Centre and the Foundation for Hellenic 

Culture) 

3 October, Greek Architecture: Past, Present, Future 

by Prof. A. Tombazis (The Hellenic Centre) 

9 October, Celebrating Homer: A special two-day 

event (The Hellenic Centre and the Foundation 

of Hellenic Culture) 

9 October, The Poetics of Odyssey: From folk tale to 

the Epic of Irony by Prof. D. Maronitis (The 


10 October, Homeric Values, A seminar / Homer 

our Contemporary by Dr. P. Jones (The Hellenic 


18 October, Nicosia – The Only Divided City of 

Europe by L. Demetriades (Eteria Ellinon 

Epistimonon) 

28 October, The Meaning of the Ochi Day – 28 

October 1940 by A. Michaelides (Association of 

Greek Orthodox Communities) 

30-31 October, Cyprus in the European Union, 

A two-day conference (European Institute of the 

London School of Economics) 

4 November, A Trip to Magna Graecia by M. Fakidi 

and D. Minaidi (Ionian Society) 

5 November, Hellenism in Romania, Orthodoxy 

and Art by Prof. D. Deliyannis (London Hellenic 

Society) 

14 November, Launch of Book Maps of the 

Mediterranean published in the British 

Parliamentary 1801-1921 by S. Cole (The Cultural 

Foundation of the Bank of Cyprus) 

20 November, Caterina Cornaro – Her Role in 

Cyprus and the Renaissance by T. Mullaly (The 


28 November, Launching the book Living 

Orthodoxy by C. Carras and A. Walker (The 


Social Event 



23 January, Vasilopita (Ionian Society) 

24 January, Vasilopita (Hellenic Bankers 

Association) 

26 January, Dinner and Vasilopita (London 


29 January, Vasilopita (The Hellenic Centre) 

9 February, Annual Dinner (Hellenic Medical 

Society) 

2 March, Annual Dinner-Dance (Support 

Association of Northern Epirus) 

5-6 December, Christmas Bazaar (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

8 December, Christmas Festivities at the 

Hellenic Centre (The Hellenic Centre) 

Other Events 

10-11 February, Philomel’s Second meeting of 

the Scientific Committee and Working Group 

(Consulate General of Greece and the 

European Commission) 

22-25 May, Kafenio i Kouventes by London 

Greek Theatre Group 

26 June, Scientific Meeting (Hellenic Medical 

Society) 

10 December, Film Mikro Kastellorizo (London 


15 December, Philomel Project: O tsoufis by 

A. Vlachos 

Excursion to East Macedonia and Thrace 


1997 

Exhibitions 

19-23 May, Friends Room Exhibition of 

paintings by Y. Kyriakou (The Hellenic Centre) 

11-20 June, The Hellenic Centre Contemporary 

Exhibition by young artists of Greek and Greek- 

Cypriot ex-reaction living and working in the 

UK (The Hellenic Centre) 

8-26 September, The Twilight of Hellenism in 

Asia Minor, photographs from the collection 

of Centre for Asia Minor Studies, Athens 

1-24 October, Maria Callas Remembered, 

Exhibition of photographs, costumes and 

memorabilia (The Hellenic Centre) 

28 October – 1 November, A Friends Room 

Exhibition of paintings by A. Delvetoglou 

(The Hellenic Centre and Ionian Society) 

Concerts 

22 April, Press Launch of world premier 

recordings of music by John Tavener 

3 May, Centre for liturgical and traditional arts 

in Greece – ecclesiastical and folk songs 

(Committee of the support of the Association 

of Northern Epirus) 

28 June, A concert of Contemporary Greek 

Music (London Greek Theatre Group) 

15 October, Maria Callas Remembered Concert 


21 October, Callas and her Contemporaries by 

A. Sievewright (The Hellenic Centre) 

Lectures 

30 January, European Integration by S. Stathatos 

(The Hellenic Centre and Anglo-Hellenic 

League) 

31 January, Lecture by Prof. Ch. Giannaras 


10 February, An Underwater Excavation of a 16th 

Century Shipwreck by the Island of Zante by 

K. Dellaporta (Ionian Society) 

5 March, Lecture by J. Koliopoulos (The 


27 March, A Day in the “Agora” of Ancient Athens 

by L. Georgiou (Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon) 

18 April, A selection of Hymns of the holy week 

by D. Papasavvas and C. Kavadas (ETHOL) 

9 May, Anestis Evangelou, A War Poet of 

Thessaloniki by Dr. G. Aragis (Eteria Ellinon 

Epistimonon) 

15 May, Cyprus and International Law by 

A. Markides (The Hellenic Centre) 

20 May, The Maritime Archaeology of the Aegean 

by Prof. P. Day (London Hellenic Society) 

22 May, Famagusta, The Ghost Town by 

C. Angelides (Famagusta Association) 

30 May, The Glory of Byzantium by M. Koromila 


5 June, The Greek Wine Revolution by M. McNie / 

The Cephalonian Connection by S.P. Kosmetatos 

(The Hellenic Centre and Ionian Society) 

6 June, Lecture by D. Potamitis (Eteria Ellinon 

Epistimonon) 

15 September, The Greek Cultural Transition in 

Asia Minor and the Centre for Asia Minor Studies 

by Prof. P.M. Kitromilides / A musical tour of Asia 

Minor by M. Dragoumis (The Hellenic Centre) 

16 October, Some Comments on the New World 

Order by M. Zombanakis (Anglo-Hellenic 

League) 



24 October, Lecture by Prof. V. Stavrinides 

(Archdiocese of Thyateira and GB) 

Social Events 



27 February, Tsiknopempti Lunch (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

11 May, Youth Club – First Meeting 

18 October, Youth Disco 

Other Events 

20 February, Project Archaeologos: A 

Philosophical Dialogue with a Computer by 

Dr Th. Scaltsas (The Hellenic Centre) 

6 March, Thesauros tes Hellenikis Glosses: an 

electronic database of the Greek language 

Presentation / Lecture by Prof. 

Anagnostopoulos (Foundation Thesauros tes 

Hellenikis Glosses) 

8-14 March, Mia Italida stin Kypseli (London 

Greek Theatre Group) 

16 March, Performance of traditional Greek 

dances (Lykion ton Hellinidon) 

16 February, Career Forum (Hellenic Medical 

Society) 


Society) 

The Hellenic Centre Special Lottery Draws 

1-8 June, Excursion to New York with M. 

Koromila on the occasion of the Exhibition The 

Glory of Byzantium 9th to 13th century at the 

Metropolitan Museum (The Hellenic Centre 

and the Cultural Foundation Panorama) 

30 October, Karagiozis (Greek shadow theatre) 

by E. Spatharis (Theatro Technis) 

1998 

Exhibitions 

28-30 January, Contemporary Art Exhibition – 

Four contemporary artists of American 

extraction will present their work (Anglo- 

American Association) 

27 February – 8 March, Sailing from Byzantium 

– An attempt to recreate Emperor Manuel II 

Palaiologos’ life and travels through 

photographs and texts. Also a representative 

selection of coins from the renowned 

collection of Petros Protonotarios (Greece in 

Britain – The Byzantine Festival in London) 

17-20 March, Bulgarian Art – Exhibition of 

works by Bulgarian Contemporary Artists 

(The Republic of Bulgaria) 

27 March – 20 April, Cyprus – Nostalgic Images. 

Photographic exhibition by Reno Wideson 

(Cyprus Popular Bank) 

22 May – 20 June, Conversation with God: Icon 

Masterpieces from the Byzantine Museum of 

Athens (Greece in Britain) 

26-31 October, A presentation of the oldest 

Jewish community in Europe (The Lady Marks 

and the Jewish society of Thessaloniki) 

8-14 November, Images of America: Past and 

Present – Exhibition of photographs by 

Antraning & V. Kochar (VOSSKI) 

Concerts 

27 January, Second Concert of the Hellenic 

Concert Series with Eos conducted by Charles 

Hazelwood (The Hellenic Centre, The Michael 


4 February, Young Greek Masters Concert 

Piano Recital by George Lazarides (The 

Hellenic Centre, Greece in Britain and Bank of 

Cyprus UK) 

22 February, Piano Recital with Ch. Georgiades 

(The Hellenic Centre and Greece in Britain) 

6 March, The Byzantine Writers and the City of 

Byzantium (commissioned by John Tanaver for 

the occasion of Greece in Britain – The 

Byzantine Festival in London) 

19 March, The Magic of Bulgarian Voices and 

Music (The Republic of Bulgaria) 

26 March, Third Concert of the Hellenic 

Concert Series with Dorian Ensemble (The 

Hellenic Centre, The Michael Marks Charitable 

Trust and Bank of Cyprus UK) 

7 May, Hellenic Concert Series with the City of 

Oxford Orchestra (The Hellenic Centre, The 


Cyprus UK) 

25 June, Hellenic Concert Series with the BT 

Scottish Ensemble (The Hellenic Centre, The 


Cyprus UK) 

28 June, Richard Bonynge Conducts 

Dionizetti’s Caterina Cornaro by Alan 

Sievewright for The Hellenic Centre (Venue: 

Queen Elizabeth Hall) 

29 September, Hellenic Concert Series with 

the BT Scottish Ensemble (The Hellenic Centre, 

The Michael Marks Charitable Trust and Bank 

of Cyprus UK) 

15 October, Young Greek Master Series with 

E. Panayiotou (The Hellenic Centre and Bank 

of Cyprus UK) 

26 October, An Evening with Larry Adler – 

Gala concert in aid of Simon Marks Jewish 

History Museum in Thessaloniki 

12 November, Piano Recital with Vicki 

Giannoula (Ionian Society) 

21-22 November, Concert by Nena 

Venetsanou and pianist Elena Mouzala 


30 November, Hellenic Concert Series with 

Clio Gould and Sophia Rachman (The Hellenic 

Centre, The Michael Marks Charitable Trust 

and Bank of Cyprus UK) 

Lectures 

19 January, A Christian Europe by J. Zizioulas 

(The Hellenic Centre and King’s College 

London) 

22 January, Offshore Companies, The Way of 

doing Business (Cyprus British Chamber of 

Commerce and Industry) 

5 February, The Development of Greek Costume 

by I. Papantoniou (Lykion ton Hellinidon) 

6 February, Prospects for the Economic and 

Monetary Union in Europe by Y. Papantoniou 

(ISTAME London) 

18 February, Introducing IOCC (International 

Christian Orthodox Charities) by I. Haritakis 


23 February, Excavations at Homeric Graia 

(Oporos) by A. Mazarakis (Greek Archaeological 

Committee and King’s College) 

25 February, The Impact of the European 

Monetary Union and the Euro on your Business 

(Cyprus British Chamber of Commerce and 

Industry) 

26 February, Is HRT right for you by A 

McGregor Margaronis (Lykion ton Hellinidon) 

1 March, Words with Music / Religious Literature 

(Greece in Britain – The Byzantine Festival in 

London) 

2 March, The Pantokrator Xenon: a Great 

Hospital of the 12th Century in Constantinople 

by Prof. S. Geroulanos (Greece in Britain – The 


3 March, The Art and Architecture of Byzantium 

by J.J. Norwich (Greece in Britain – The 


3 March, Word with Music / The Language of the 

People (Greece in Britain – The Byzantine 

Festival in London) 

5 March, The Coinage of the Palaiologan Era by 

Prof. Petros N. Protonotarios (Greece in Britain 

– The Byzantine Festival in London) 

6 March, The Byzantine Town of Veria by I. 

Hassiotis (Greece in Britain – The Byzantine 


12 March, The Kalas People in Northern Pakistan, 

whose Language, Customs and Religion have 

Similarities to Ancient Greeks by L. Georgiou 

14 March, Getting to know the Ancient Greek 

Theatre (DGX of the EU, the Moraitis School of 

Athens and the Ministry of Education Greece) 

22 March, 25th March 1821 – School review of 

the National Celebration (St Sophia Greek 

School) 

24 March, A Grieke and of an Estraunge Nation: 

Three Greeks in Medieval and Early Modern 

England by J. Harris (The Hellenic Centre) 

3 May, Costas Mourselas’ talk about books and 

readers with extracts from his work (ETHOL) 

8 May, Medicine and the Olympic Games in 

Antiquity by Dr S. Retsas (Hellenic Medical 

Society and Greece in Britain) 

11 May, The Dodecanese: The Long Road to the 

Union with Greece by F. Constantopoulou 

(Greece in Britain) 

14 May, The Cultural Heritage of Cyprus by Prof. 

V. Karageorghis (Cypriot Estia of London) 

15 May, Cyprus: The Importance of the Question 

of Land Exchanges in the Occupied Area (Lobby 

of Cyprus) 

17 May, Female Portraits in Greek Dramaturgy 

by A. Bakopoulou-Halls (ETHOL) 

6 June, Dionysios Solomos: A Tribute to 200 Years 

from his Death by Prof. M. Byron Raizis (Ionian 

Society and London Hellenic Society) 

25 September, Osteoporosis and HRT by 

Prof. D. Purdie (Hellenic Medical Society) 

28 September, A Great Romanian Adventure by 

R. Swale (The Princess Margarita of Romania 

Trust) 

8 October, Some Russian Icons and their 

Association with Constantinople by J. Stuart / 

The Millennium of Byzantium Skills by 

Dr A. Muthesius (Anglo-Hellenic League) 

20 October, History of Hellenism in Northern 

Epirus by V. Tsouderou (London Hellenic 

Society) 

22 October, Being Digital: the Future of the New 

Media by M. Eleftheriades (Cypriot Estia of 

London, Popular Bank, Apple Computers) 

28 October, An Account of the History of Greek 

Jewry, a Selection of Documents from the 

Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs by T. Veremis 

(Jewish Greek Week) 

29 October, A History of the Jews in Thessaloniki 

in the Course Time by H. Kounio (Jewish Greek 

Week) 

2 November, Η Επικαιρότης του Ελληνικού 

Πνεύματος by A. Georgiou / Διαλεχθώμεν 

Ελληνικώς by I. Mavropoulou (Eteria Ellinon 

Epistimonon) 

24 November, Theophilos, a Journey to the 

World and Work of the Greek Folk Painter and 

viewing of the documentary The Paradise of a 

Painter by N. Matsas (London Hellenic Society) 

26 November, Highlights of the Cesnola 

Collection of Cypriot Antiquities in the 

Metropolitan Museum of Art New York by V. 

Karageorghis (The Hellenic Centre) 

3 December, Cyprus in the 19th Century: 

Perceptions and Politics by P. Edbury (22nd 

British Museum Classical Colloquium, Cyprus in 

the 19th century: Facts, fancy and fiction)(The 


Social Events 

22 January, Vasilopita (Ionian Society) 


1 February, Vasilopita (Macedonian Society) 

7 February, Valentine’s drinks party (Hellenic 

Centre Youth Section) 

8 February, Farewell reception in honour of 

the Bishop of Militoupolis Timotheos (The 

Committee of St Sophia) 


Hellinidon) 

21 February, Children’s Carnival Party (Lykion 


29 March, Sarakostiano Dinner and Greek 

Music (Macedonian Society) 

11 April, Fundraising dinner with the world 

famous Greek John Modinos (ETHOL) 

10 October, Get together evening (Hellenic 

Captains Club, Hellenic Engineers Society, 

The Greek Orthodox Charity Organisation) 

17 October, Youth Party (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

19 October, Morning Coffee (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

13 November, Papanikolaou Prize (Hellenic 



Hellinidon) 

8 December, Christmas lunch (Fundraising 


Other Events 

12-14 December, Dangerous Corner of J. 

Priestley (Theatre Lab and the Hellenic Centre) 

26 January, Founding of the Hellenic 

Photographic Club (A. Nikolaides and 

T. Astroulakis) 

2 March, A Bridge to the East – A film about the 

town of Mystra by L. Carras (Greece in Britain – 

The Byzantine Festival in London) 

7 March, A Taste of Byzantium by Dr A. Dalby 

(Greece in Britain – The Byzantine Festival in 

London) 

28 March, Career Forum (Hellenic Medical 

Society) 

26 April, The Barefoot Battalion, historical film 



Society) 

9 October, Symposium in honour of Prof. Katie 

Phylaktis (Cypriot Estia of London) 

30 October, Lighting of the candles – 

Commencement of the Sabbath Ceremony 

(Jewish Greek Week) 

1 November, Fundraising Dinner in aid of 

the Simon Marks Jewish History Museum in 

Thessaloniki (The Jewish Greek Week) 

15 November, Workshop, Dances from Pontos 


The Hellenic Centre Special Lottery Draws 

Excursion to Sicily (The Hellenic Centre) 

1999 

Exhibitions 

1-30 April, Dodecanese: Light of Southern Greece 

by J. Rogers (The Hellenic Centre) 

11 April, Book Launch The Trojan War and 

exhibition by P. Thomas 

1-31 May, A collection of prints loosely based 

around the memories and observations of the 

artist’s time in Cyprus: heritage, tradition, 

customs and Christian faith by Marcia Ley 


29 May – 27 June, George Pol Georghiou: 

An Artist and his Island, A comprehensive 

exhibition of the work of one of the most 

prominent Cypriots artists of the twentieth 

century (1901-1972) (The Hellenic Centre) 

1-30 June, The Fringes of the City, A black and 

white photographic exhibition by a Greek 

student exploring the reality in the suburbs of 

Attica by H. Dimissianos (The Hellenic Centre) 

4-8 October, Open evening to view the 

exhibition of woven tapestries by T. Amarilio – 

Sundt (The Hellenic Centre) 

4 - 21 November, On the Most Beautiful Path 

in the World - Bank of Cyprus Exhibition of 

Paintings of 19th Century Cyprus by the 

French Architect Edmond Duthoit presented 

by the Bank as part of its Centenary 

Celebrations 

27 November – 4 December, Collection of 

Greek Costumes to celebrate its 20th 

anniversary ( Lykion ton Hellinidon) 

5 – 11 December, An Exhibition of 

Photographs from Cyprus by Reno Wideson 


Concerts 

26 January, Byzantine Chants with an 

introduction to each chant (School of 

Byzantine Music) 

28 January, Third Hellenic Concert Series with 

the Chilingirian Quartet (The Hellenic Centre, 

The Michael Marks Charitable Trust and the 

Bank of Cyprus UK) 


Series featuring young pianist Julietta 

Demetriades (The Hellenic Centre and Bank 

of Cyprus UK) 


Series with Constantinos Stylianou (The 

Hellenic Centre and Bank of Cyprus UK) 

3 March, Cretan Evening double bill with 

images and the music of Crete. An audio-visual 

presentation of narrative and photographs 

My Father’s Land created by K. Kalogeraki and 

traditional Cretan music and echoes of Asia 

Minor in the music of Crete, performed by the 

group Anastenaria (C. Williams - Cretan lyra, 

P. Poulos – Sazi & Lavta, D. Ouzounis - vocals) 

4 March, Third Hellenic Concert Series: Piano 

Recital by A. Papastephanou (The Hellenic 



12 October, Music Evening with pianist 

E. Konstantinou and soprano M. Polydorou 

(Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon) 

22 October, Concert with The New Hellenic 

Quartet to commemorate the 50 years from 

the death of the Greek composer N. Skalcotas. 

(The Hellenic Centre, Greece in Britain and The 

Foundation for Hellenic Culture) 

29 October, Songs From Cyprus with Alkinoos 

Ioannides and Miltiades Papastamou (The 


7 December, Concert and Dinner (Hellenic 

Foundation) 

Lectures 

2 February, Classical Music – Its Humanity and 

Universality by G. Hadjinikos (The Hellenic 


21 March, 25 March 1821 – The Greek War 

Of Independence of 1821 School Review and 

Greek National Celebration (The Saint Sophia’s 

School) 

28 April, An evening to launch The Marathon 

Swim for the Parthenon Marbles (Greece in 

Britain) 

29 April, Voices from Greece II An evening of 

poetry readings to launch AGENDA’S special 

issue on Greek Poetry. (Greece in Britain) 

4 May, An evening devoted to the poetry of 

Yannis Ritsos (The London Hellenic Society) 

6 May, Architectural Tradition of the Ionian 

Islands by Prof. D.A. Zivas (Ionian Society) 

8-9 May, European Programme Socrates, 

Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση: Ιστορική Εξέλιξη, Θεσμοί και 

Όργανα Λειτουργίας, Στόχοι και Προοπτικές (The 


19 May, The Genocide of the Armenians and the 

Pontians (Lobby for Cyprus) 

2 June, Presentation of the book Nikos 

Kouroussis – 30 Years of Stage Design and 

Costumes by the well-known art critic and 

author Charles Spencer (The Hellenic Centre) 

4 June, Sea Tales From The Greek Islands, by 

A. Seligman (The Hellenic Centre) 

8 June, George Pol Georghiou Lecture about 

the artist’s life and work, by the designer of the 

exhibition Rima Outram (The Hellenic Centre) 

10 June, Nicos Nicolaides The Cypriot London 

launch the bilingual selection of Nicolaides’ 

prose and poetry (Diaspora Books) 

14 June, Stephanos Xenos – A Greek in 18th 

Century England by Z. Kafkalidis (Ionian Society 

and the London Hellenic Society) 

21 June, Painted Polis by J. Outram (The 


22 June, Γεωργιος Πολ Γεωργίου, Ένας 

Zωγράφος Ταυτόχρονα Tοπικός και Παγκόσμιος 

by Dr E. Nikita, Ministry of Education and 

Culture of the Republic of Cyprus (The 




24 June, In Memoriam: Sir David Hunt (Cypriot 

Estia of London) 

25 June, Evidence-Based Medicine (The Hellenic 


13 October, The Accession of Cyprus to the 

European Union by George Vassiliou, Republic 

of Cyprus European Union Chief Negotiator 

(Cypriot Estia of London and Eteria Ellinon 

Epistimonon) 

14 October, The Greek Diaspora in Modern 

Times Lecture and book presentation by 

Professor R. Clogg, St Anthony’s College, 

Oxford (The Union of University Teachers and 

Research Staff in Western Europe (UK Branch)) 

18 October, Challenges and Prospects in 

Postgraduate Education: My Experience in 

International Business Studies by Prof C 

Grammenos (Ionian Society) 

21 October, The House of Many Mansions: 

Ethnicity, Identity and the Multi-ethnic State in 

Byzantium by Professor A. Laiou (The Hellenic 

Centre and the Centre for Hellenic Studies, 

Kings College, London) 

10 November, The Sea in Greek Poetry by 

G. A. Lemos (The London Hellenic Society) 

12 November, Papanicolaou Research 

Competition, Annual research competition for 

medical/paramedical/ biological scientists 

(Hellenic Medical Society) 

1 December, Greek Island Embroideries by 

Roderick Taylor with slides followed by tea 

(Anglo-Hellenic League) 

6 December, Lecture in English followed by 

dinner (The Hellenic Foundation) 

Social Events 


24 January, Vasilopita (Macedonian Society 

of GB) 

25 January, Vasilopita ( The Ionian Society) 

29 January, Vasilopita and Dinner Symposium 

(The London Hellenic Society) 

2 February, Vasilopita (SEFL) 


Hellinidon) 

20 February, Cabaret Evening with live music 

and dance. Celebrate Carnival with songs 

from the 30’s to the 90’s, from Greece and 

other parts of Europe (The Hellenic Centre 

and Theatre Lab) 

7 June, Bon Voyage (Lykion ton Hellinidon) 

16 October, Party Night for teenagers, 14-18 

years old (The Hellenic Centre) 

8 December, Christmas Lunch (Fundraising 

Committee of The Hellenic Centre) 

31 December, Millennium Buffet Party With 

Music And Fun (The Hellenic Centre) 

Other Events 

15-17 January, Don Kamillo theatre play in 

Greek (New Stage Company) 

20 March, Career Forum and a workshop on 

communication skills (The Hellenic Medical 

Society) 

22 May, The Diary of a Mad Man (Nea Skini 

Company) 

29-30 May, European Programme Socrates, 

Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση: Δικαιώματα και υποχρεώσεις 

των πολιτών της Ενωμένης Ευρώπης (The 


9 June, Tour in Greece of the play Dangerous 

Corner (The Hellenic Centre and Theatre Lab) 

11 December, The Diary of a Madman by 

Gogol (Theatre group Nea Skini) 

Excursion to Holly Land (The Hellenic Centre) 

2000 

Exhibitions 

7-12 February, Apeiron Exhibition of Interactive 

Installations by Greek artists specialising in 

new media arts, specially commissioned to 

celebrate the notion of ‘being Greek’ in the 

new millennium (The Hellenic Centre and 

‘Digital Greeks’) 

11-3 February, A Spring Promenade in Winter 

Exhibition of watercolours and drawings of 

plants and flowers of the Cyprus flora by V. 

Hadjiphani Lorenzetti (The Hellenic Centre) 

3 March, Paint with Us. An exhibition of paintings 

by Members and Friends of the Centre 

6-31 March, A Friends Room Exhibition Sea, 

Land and Light by N. Papas – Photographs of 

Sunsets by P. Kee (The Hellenic Centre) 

5-22 May, Exhibition of Nicholas Georgiadis 

(The Hellenic Foundation for Culture and 

Greece in Britain) 

8-18 June, A Friends Room Exhibition by 

George Kyriacou, Sculpture (The Hellenic 


1 October, Special preview of paintings 

exhibition by L. Kalogeropoulos and V. 

Zenetzis (The Hellenic Centre) 

1 November-17 December, Cyprus, the Holy 

Island – Icons through the Centuries (The 


Concerts 

27 February, The Oxford Philomusica at The 


9 March, Young Greek Masters Series, Bringing 

together Music and Nature (The Hellenic Centre 


18 March, Romanian Evening and Concert 

(Romanian Cultural Centre) 

19 March, The Oxford Philomusica at The 


7 April, Classical Music-Duo Evening Concert 

with Rasma Lielmane (violin) and 

Christodoulos Georgiades (piano) (Bank of 

Cyprus UK) 

13 April, Hellenic Concert Series World 

Premiere of The Mediterranean, a piece by 

George Koumendakis (The Hellenic Centre, 

The Michael Marks Charitable Trust and Bank 

of Cyprus UK) 

14 May, Vivaldi The Four Seasons - Oxford 

Philomusica at the Hellenic Centre (The 


18 May, Hellenic Concert Series, The BT 

Scottish Ensemble (The Hellenic Centre, The 


Cyprus UK) 

14 October, Concert given by Pavlos Carvalho, 

cello and Andrew Quartemain, piano (The 


16 October, Young Greek Masters Series: Duo 

Evening: K. Mina (soprano) and I. Saricosta 

(piano) (The Hellenic Centre and Bank of 

Cyprus UK) 

19 October, A Celebration of Music and Poetry 

with pianist Christodoulos Georgiadis and 

baritone Leandros Taliotis. Poetry by Criton 

Tomazos and Maria Vigar (Theatre for 

Mankind) 

Lectures 

27 January, From Canning to Churchill: Greece 

and British Politicians, by Sir Michael Llewellyn 

Smith (The Hellenic Centre and The Anglo- 

Hellenic League) 

31 January, The Three Hierarchs: A Byzantine 

Vision of Wisdom by Prof. A.M.Bryer 

(Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain) 

2 February, Presentation of the A.G. Leventis 

New Publications, Excavating at Salamis in 

Cyprus, 1952-1974 and The Art of Ancient Cyprus 

in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge by Prof. 

V. Karageorghis and Dr E. Vassilika (The 


17 February, H παρουσία του Οικουμενικού 

Πατριαρχείου στην Ευρώπη και ο Ρόλος του 

Μητροπολίτου Γερμανού Καραβαγγέλη – Αγώνες 

και Αγωνίες by His Eminence the Greek 

Orthodox Metropolitan Michael Of Austria 

(Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon and St. Athanasios 

Greek Orthodox Clergy Fellowship) 

20 and 21 February, Byzantine lectures by 

J. Chrysostomides and Dr. J. Harris (The 


6 March, Women in Politics and Peacemaking 

by K. Clerides (The Hellenic Centre) 

8 March, Οι επιπώσεις του Ελσίνκι 

“Ελληνοτουρκικές Σχέσεις, Ένταξη της Κύπρου και 

Ευρωπαϊκή Προοπτική της Τουρκίαs (The 

Hellenic Centre and the Hellenic Observatory, 

LSE) 

22 March, Viewing of Films on Cyprus directed 

by Prof. P. Loizos (LSE) and Presentation of the 

book Philia and Philiotes Before and After 1974 

by G. Webster (The Hellenic Centre and the 

Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College) 

26 March, School Review and Greek National 

Celebration (St Sophia Greek School) 

3 April, Launching of the Marathon Swim for 

the Marbles by Dr Ch. Stockdale (The British 

Committee for the Restitution of the 

Parthenon Marbles) 

17 April, The Venerable Lady, the Sea.An 

evening of poetry by C. Angelides and an 

exhibition of paintings by T. Angelides (The 


10 May, Cyprus: Transition from the Ottoman to 

the British Rule-Return of Cyprus to the Western 

World by A. Pavlides (Cypriot Estia of London) 

11 May, Ο Λογοτέχνης σε αναζήτηση της Ιθάκης 

by D. Papadopoulos and opening of τηε 

exhibition by D. Moraros (The Ionian Society 

and Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon) 

17 May, George Seferis Centenary 

Celebrations marking the hundredth 

anniversary of his birth (Greece in Britain and 

The Hellenic Foundation for Culture) 

22 May, New Discoveries from the Recent 

Excavations in Athens by Dr L. Parlama (Greek 

Archaeological Committee UK) 

13 June, The Runciman Award 2000 

Presentation (Anglo-Hellenic League) 

3 July, Book Launch and Presentation of the 

new translation edited by P. Mackridge, of The 

Free Besieged and Other Poems by D. Solomos 

(The Hellenic Centre, Greece in Britain and The 

Hellenic Foundation for Culture) 

11 October, The Revelation after Ioannis by I.G. 

Tsatsaris (EPISTOS Publications) 

12 October, The Holy Mountain: A Journey in the 

Shadow of Byzantium by W. Dalrymple (Anglo- 


20 October, Reading of Maria Nefeli by 

Odysseus Elytis including music, dance and 

mime (Theatre for Mankind) 

Social Events 

15 January, Vasilopita (Cypriot Estia of London) 


21 January, Vasilopita (SEFL) 

28 January, Dinner with Vasilopita (London 


15 February, Vasilopita (The Ionian Society) 

2 March, Tsiknopempti Lunch (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

4 March, Carnival Party for Children (Youth 

Section of the Lykion ton Hellinidon) 

Other Events 

5 February, Workshop of Greek Dances 

(The Lykion ton Hellinidon) 

20-21 February, Byzantium 00 AD by Theatre 

Lab Company (The Hellenic Centre and 

Theatre Lab) 

25 March, Career Forum (Hellenic Medical 

Society) 

30 May, Premiere of MANHOLE, The 

documentary, a Circle Films production, 

initiated by A. Kyriakides (The Hellenic Centre) 

21 October, Blue Horizons, to commemorate 

the 25th anniversary from the death of the 

poet N. Kavadias 

23 December, Millennium Draw of The 

Hellenic Centre Lottery (The Hellenic Centre) 

2001 

Exhibitions 

2-27 February, A Friends Room Exhibition, 

Echoes by E. Yannas (The Hellenic Centre) 

27 February – 20 April, A Friends Room 

Exhibition, UL-Urban Landscape by C. Nikoleri 


25 April – 25 May, A Friends Room Exhibition, 

Ταξιδεύουν στο Αιγαίο τα όνειρά μας by R. Salti- 

Michael (The Hellenic Centre) 

1-2 June, Cyprus Book Exhibition (Cypriot Estia 

of London and the Cultural Services of the 

Ministry of Education of Cyprus) 

5-28 June, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

Jewellery and Ceramics by M. Kulukundis 

(Jewellery) and C. Tolstoy (Ceramics) 

16 November, Photograph With Us, An 

exhibition/competition/auction of 

photographs by Friends and Members (The 


Concerts 

13 February, Hellenic Concert Series, pianist A. 

Papastefanou (The Hellenic Centre, The 


Cyprus UK) 

5 March, Hellenic Concert Series, pianist G. 

Lazaridis and the Medici Quartet (The Hellenic 



29 March, Concert and Talk (Ionian Society) 

3 May, Hellenic Concert Series – The Wallace 

Collection, Programme includes works by 

Clarke, Couperin, Arnold, Tavener, 

Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Jim Parker (The 

Hellenic Centre, The Michael Marks Charitable 

Trust and Bank of Cyprus UK) 

31 May, Europa, Piano concert and 

improvisation on video by the pianistcomposer 

A. Stereopoulou 

4 June, Hellenic Concert Series, Violin recital by 

Clio Gould accompanied by Rolf Hind. 

Programme includes Stravinsky’s Suite 

Italienne, Schoenberg’s Phantasie and Crumb’s 

Night Music (The Hellenic Centre, The Michael 


20 September, Young Greek Masters Series, An 

Evening of Music for Voice and Piano (The 

Hellenic Centre and Bank of Cyprus UK) 

25 October, Young Greek Masters Series Piano 

recital with M. Papamichael (The Hellenic 

Centre and Bank of Cyprus UK) 

3-4 November, Unplugged by the Greek singer 

Dionysis Savvopoulos (The Hellenic Centre) 

22 November, Oxford Philomusica at the 


Lectures 

Series of Seminars on Byzantium by J. 

Chrysostomides and J. Harris (The Hellenic 


25 January, Marina – A Princess in a Foreign 

Land (The London Hellenic Society) 

27 February, Athens 2004 Olympic Games: Fair 

Play: An Ancient Principle, A New Approach by 

K. Panagopoulou (Greece in Britain) 

7 March, Ritual versus Performance: The Future of 

Classical Music by C. Hatzis (Greece in Britain) 

23 March, Η Μητέρα στη Λογοτεχνία by L. 

Pavlou and poetry readings by D. Phyrillas 


25 March, School Review and Greek National 

Celebration (St Sophia Greek School) 

26 April, Δυναμική Γυναίκα στο Δημοτικό 

Τραγούδι by M. Coulton (The Hellenic Centre) 

2 May, A Breakthrough in Investigating Blood 

Pressure and Preventing Stroke by Prof. A. 

Nicolaides (Cypriot Estia of London) 

9 May, Cyprus and the European Union in 

association with the Policy Discussion Forum 

of the University of London Postgraduate Law 

Society by HE Mrs M.Y. Kleopa, Cyprus High 

Commissioner 

10 May, Ελένη ή ο Κανένας. R. Galanaki’s book 

discussed by E. Yannakaki (The Hellenic Centre) 

11 May, University of Cyprus and the 

Establishments between the University and the 

Community of the United Kingdom by the 

rector of the University of Cyprus, Prof. N. 

Papamichael (University of Cyprus) 

14 May, The Gold of Macedon by Dr E. Tsigarida 

(Greek Archaeological Committee UK) 

17 May, Modern Conversation of Ancient Sites in 

Greece by Prof. V. Lambrinoudakis, University of 

Athens (London Hellenic Society) 

21 May, Runciman Award 2001 (Anglo- 


21 May, Μικρά Αγγλία: I. Karystiani’s book 


25 May, Hippocratic Medicine and Classical 

Homeopathy by Dr T. Vartholomeos 

(Association of General Practitioners of Nature 

Medicine) 

7 June, Γιάντες: A. Mihalopoulou’s book 


21 June, Ζιγκ-Ζαγκ στις νερατζιές: Ε. 

Sotiropoulou’s book discussed by E. Yannakaki 


5 October, Criticos Prize Award Ceremony 


9 October, Alexandros Papadiamantis by Dr 

C.N. Hadjipateras. Readings by Kostas 

Kastanas. Launching of the book Erotas sta 

Chania illustrated by D. Moraros and 

exhibition (Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon) 

17 October, The Real Crete, An Illustrated Lecture 

about the British photographer John Donnat. 

Presentation of the book John Donnat, 

Photographs of Crete 1960 (The Hellenic 

Foundation of Culture and the Anglo-Hellenic 

League) 

24 October, Graphology – The Interpretation of 

Handwriting by Z. Tsatsos ( Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

29 October, Πελοπόννησος και Κύπρος by Dr K. 

Hadjistephanou, University of Cyprus, followed 

by traditional dances from the Peloponnese 

and Cyprus (Peloponnesian Association of 

Great Britain) 

1 November, Monastic Revival on Mount Athos 

by Dr G. Speake (Macedonian Society of Great 

Britain) 

21 November, Byzantium in the Year 1000/1 

A.D.: The Eastern Roman Empire at the turn of the 

First Millennium by Prof P. Antonopoulos and 

Dr C. Dendrinos (The Hellenic Centre) 

26 November, The Cyprus Economic 

Environment – Challenges and Opportunities by 

T Clerides, Minister for Finance, Cyprus (Bank 

of Cyprus UK and Cyprus British Chamber of 

Industry and Commerce) 

Social Events 


21 January, Vasilopita (Macedonian Society of 


11 February, Carnival Party for Children (Lykion 



Hellinidon) 

26 February, Kathara Deftera Lunch 

(Fundraising Committee of The Hellenic 

Centre)) 

28 February, Vasilopita (Ionian Society) 

21 June, Annual Bon Voyage event (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

5 November, Welcome coffee (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

4 December Christmas Annual Bazaar (Lykion 



Committee of The Hellenic Centre)) 

Other Events 

28 January, Macedonian Dance Workshop 

with Y. Konstantinou (Lykion ton Hellinidon) 

19-22 March, A Small Great Land – A 

presentation of environmental and heritage 

films written and directed by L. Carras and 

produced by ET1 (The Hellenic Centre and the 

Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College, 

London) 

11 November, Greek Dance Workshop (Lykion 




2002 

Exhibitions 

4-30 January, A Friends Room exhibition of 

paintings by D. Karampatsou (The Hellenic 


1 February – 1 March, A Friends Room 

exhibition of sculpture Genesis by A. Varrias 

and paintings by B. Cooper (The Hellenic 


4-29 March, A Friends Room exhibition with 

contemporary watercolours with a classic 

theme by S. Kokkineli (The Hellenic Centre) 

7-25 March, Treasured Offerings – The Legacy of 

the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sophia, 

London. A commemorative celebration for the 

125th anniversary of the Greek Cathedral of 

Saint Sophia (1877) (The Council of the Greek 

Cathedral of Saint Sophia in co-operation with 

Byzantine Museum, Athens) 

4-26 April, A Friends Room exhibition of icons 

by L. Miller Baker (The Hellenic Centre) 

17 April – 17 May, A Friends Room Exhibition 

of photographs Athens and Grecian Antiquities, 

1853-1854 by J. Robertson 

29 April – 31 May, A retrospective exhibition of 

paintings by the Cypriot artist G. Vasiliou (The 


23-26 May, Enamelling Art and Contemporary 

Jewellery. Exhibition by two Cypriot artists in 

gold, silver and enamel (Cypriot Estia of 

London) 


watercolours and paintings of Greek 

landscapes by D. Shutt (The Hellenic Centre) 

10-27 September, A Friends Room Exhibition 

of paintings Drawing from the Arhaic by C. 

Marquand (The Hellenic Centre) 

3-25 October, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

paintings Traces of Time by G. Politis (The 


5-29 November, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

paintings From the Stuff that Dreams are made 

off by M. Apostolidis (The Hellenic Centre) 

3-20 December, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

sculptures Stou Kyklou ta Girismata by V. 

Maryeti-Cawson (The Hellenic Centre) 

3-20 December, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

icons Following a Sacred Tradition by A. 

Economou-Vlachou (The Hellenic Centre) 

5-20 December, Portraits – Exhibition of 

photographs by Reno Wideson (The Hellenic 


Concerts 

11 February, Magic Sounds in Pursuit of 

Excellence, Keshet Elion Mastercourse 2002 

(Annual Benefit Concert) 

28 February, Ιχνηλάτες της Παράδοσης, 

Traditional folk songs from Greece and Cyprus 

(Greek School of London with the support of 

the Education Office of the Embassy of Greece 

and the Hellenic Tourism Organisation) 

10 May, The Book of Memories, a Reflection 

through Music into 20th Century Greek History 

(Hellenic College of London) 

17 May, Mediterranean Crossroads at the 

Queens Elisabeth Hall with Alkinoos Ioannides 

and Miltiades Papastamou (The Hellenic 


Lectures 

20 February, Your Aura: The Importance of your 

Energy Fields in Physical, Emotional and Mental 

Health by S. Xanthakou, Psychoanalytic Health 

Consultant 

25 February, Investigations by Prof. K. 

Nicolaides (Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon) 

21 March, Colonel William Leake on the Ionian 

Islands by Prof. Wagstaff (Ionian Society) 

11 April, Byzantine Peloponnese by Dr P. 

Hetherington (Peloponnesian Association 

of Great Britain) 

18 April, Transfiguring Old Concepts by Prof. 

A. Delivorrias, Director of the Benaki Museum 


20 April, Loukis Akritas, Diaspora and Metropolis 

by M. Honeyball, MEP and Dr M. Roussou 

(Diaspora Centre) 

21-22 May, Grecian Holiday – In celebration of 

the Golden Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II 

by Hugo Vickers (The Hellenic Centre) 

27 May, Palaeopolis of Andros: The Silent Present 

and the Vibrant Past by Prof. L. Palaiokrasas 


30 May, The Flame of Freedom: the Greek War of 

Independence by D. K. Brewer (Anglo-Hellenic 

League) 

13 June, In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great 

and the Kallas Villages of Pakistan by M. Wood 

(Macedonian Society of Great Britain) 

3 October, The Dove Fights Back: Assertive 

Women in Greek Folk Songs by M. Coulton 


17 October, Σχέσεις Κύπρου και Επτανήσου 

γύρω στο 1800 by N. Patapiou (Eteria Ellinon 

Epistimonon, the Ionian Society and the 

Cypriot Estia of London) 

17 October, Modern Literary Epiphany in 

Twentieth-Century Greek Poetry by N. Klappaki 


23 October, The Contribution of the Greek 

shipping Fraternity in the Social, Cultural and 

National Fields by S. Battis (London Hellenic 

Society) 

25 October, The Archive of Penelope S Delta: 

A Testimony of Modern Greek History by 

A. Zannas, editor of Delta’s archive (The 


31 October, Andreas Embirikos: Surrealist 

Geography and Cosmopolitan Literature by 

M. Margaroni (The Hellenic Centre) 

7 November, Sikelianos – Seferis: Aspects of a 

Relationship by A. Psoni (The Hellenic Centre) 

14 November, Marginalisation, Characterisation 

and Language in the Novels of Yiannis Psycharis 

by G. Pateridou (The Hellenic Centre) 

14 November, Travelogue in the Byzantine 

Constantinople by Ms C. Prokou, Historian of 

the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople 


28 November, The first Andrew David Biennial 

Memorial Lecture The Challenge of Managing 

Diversity in Democratic Governance by H.E. 

Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Secretary 

General of the Commonwealth (Hellenic 

Community Trust) 

3 December, Maria Callas by S. Galatopoulos 


Social Events 

24 February, Vasilopita (Macedonian Society of 


18 March, Kathara Deftera – A guided tour of 

the Saint Sophia exhibition by the Rt. Revd. 

Theodoritos, Bishop of Nazianzou, followed by 

‘nistisima’ (Fundraising Committee of The 


28 May, Summer Excursion to Canterbury 


31 May, A Greek Evening with music 



6 November, Welcome-back Coffee (Lykion 


22 November, A Greek Evening with music 



2 December, A music Evening (London 



Hellinidon) 



Other Events 

3 March, Dance Workshop, (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

25 April, Attract and Repel – Workshops on 

how to use your personal electromagnetic 

energy for communication, self-and otherhealing, 

protection and success by S 

Xanthakou, Health Psychologist and 

Bioenergetics Specialist 

17 June, Runciman Award 2002, Presentation 

of the Runciman Award 2002 (Anglo-Hellenic 

League) 

19 June, Log Books, George Seferis – Film 

directed by S. Haralambopoulos (The Hellenic 


24 November, Dance Workshop (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

2003 

Exhibitions 

16-31 January, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

paintings Colour Variations by G. 

Demetracopoulos (The Hellenic Centre) 

4-28 February, A Friends Room Exhibition 

of paintings Explosion of Cyprus by L. 

Papanagiotou 

5-28 February, Works on Paper by A. Fassianos 


6 – 28 March, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

paintings Hellenic Scenes and Images by 

R. Lavithis and K. Kotsiofides (The Hellenic 


4 April – 2 May, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

paintings and mixed media Where the Eyes 

Can / Cannot See by C. Tomazos (The Hellenic 


8 – 30 May, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

paintings Colour Obsession by G. Printezis 


6 – 27 June, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

paintings Painting the Gods by C. Pickle (The 


12 March – 4 April, Ancient Palaikastro: Crete 

(The Hellenic Centre and British School at 

Athens) (The Hellenic Centre) 

8 – 30 May, A Friends Room Exhibition Colour 

Obsession by G. Printezis (The Hellenic Centre) 

8 – 30 May, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

photographs Colours of Greece by C. Gautier 



paintings Painting the Gods by C. Pickles (The 



watercolours and screen prints Summers in 

Greece by S. Rust (The Hellenic Centre) 


of Photographs Aegean Sensations by N. 

Panagakou (The Hellenic Centre) 


paintings Λόλα, Πάρτα Όλα by E. Theofylaktou 


5 November, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

lightboxes of the World’s Major Contemporary 

Museums, White Cube by A. Potamianou (The 


15 – 29 November, Realism and Humour in 

Contemporary Greek Painting – Exhibition from 

Vorres Museum of Contemporary Greek Art 

and Folk Art 

3-22 December, A Friends Room Exhibition 

Focus on Fabric by four new textile designers, 

A. Halil, E. Morchos, Ph. Papas and R. Zenonos 


Concerts 

3 April, Piano and Cello Recital by Eugenia 

Papadimas and Asterios Pouftis. The Hellenic 

Centre Spring Draw 2003 (The Hellenic 


13 December, Greek Orthodox Ecclesiastical 

Music – A Recital with Kalofonades, Byzantine 

Choir from Athens (The Hellenic Centre) 

Lectures 

31 January, Greek Antiquites in the Second World 

War (The Hellenic Centre) 

1 February, ATHENS 2004 - A presentation in 

Greek by the Department of Greeks Abroad, 

Organising Committee for the Olympic Games 

ATHENS 2004 (The Hellenic Centre) 

6 February, Nature in Greece: Myths and Realities 

by M. Apergis (London Hellenic Society) 

12 February, Managing Anxiety, Gaining Peace 

of Mind by V. Kleanthous (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

20 February, Αποχαιρετώντας τη Δραχμή ... 

Λόγος περί Αρχαίων Νομισμάτων by M. Krikou 

Galani (Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon) 

25 February, Cypriot Ethnography Collections in 

British Museums by Dr E. Papademetriou (The 

Hellenic Centre and Ministry of Education and 

Culture, Cyprus) 

11 March, Excavating Ancient Palaikastro by L. 

Hugh Sackett and Dr J A MacGillivray (The 

Hellenic Centre and British School at Athens) 

8 May, Thrace: A Geographical and Historical 

Survey. Hellenic Presence in Eastern and Northern 

Thrace, Natural and Historical Environment of 

Western Thrace: A seminar by various speakers 

(The Hellenic Centre and the Cultural and 

Developmental Centre of Thrace) 

12 May, Researching Rebetiko by E. Emery (The 

Hellenic Centre, the Institute of Rebetology 

London and moosootoo.com) 

29 May, A Commemoration of the 550th 

Anniversary of the Fall of Constantinople, 1453. 

(The Hellenic Centre, Byzantine Festival of 

London and the Centre for Hellenic Studies, 

King’s College London) 

30 May, Αλλεργική Ρινίτιδα: Ορισμός, Διάγνωση, 

Θεραπεία by Dr A. Rachmanidou (Eteria Ellinon 

Epistimonon) 

17 June, Nicholas Hammond and Greece by 

Prof. R. Fowler (London Hellenic Society and 

the University of Bristol) 

2 October, The Balkan Wars Through News Reels 

by F. Lambrinos (The Hellenic Centre) 

13 October, The second Andrew David 

Biennial Memorial Lecture Corporate 

Governance in the 21st Century by D. R. Keough 

of Allen & Company Inc. (Hellenic Community 

Trust) 

16 October, Through the Looking-Glass: 

Reflections on the Image of Cypriots by Prof. 

A. Tsakmakis (The Hellenic Centre and the 

Hellenic Institute, Royal Holloway) 

16 October, An Underwater Photography 

Adventure by C. Petrinos (Eteria Ellinon 

Epistimonon) 

18 October, Nikos Kazantzakis by G. 

Stassinakis, with video presentation followed 

by readings (Cretan Association of Great 

Britain) 

23 October, Greeks, Phoenicians and 

Eteocypriots Ethnic Identity in the Cypriot 

Kingdoms by Prof. M. Iakovou (The Hellenic 

Centre and the Hellenic Institute, Royal 

Holloway) 

28 October, Κωνσταντινου Πόλις by Mr 

A. Pavlides (Cypriot Estia of London) 

6 November, Languages and Scripts in Ancient 

Cyprus by Prof. A. Panayotou- 

Triantafyllopoulou (The Hellenic Centre 

and the Hellenic Institute, Royal Holloway) 

13 November, Religious Paintings in Byzantine 

and Post Byzantine Cyprus by Dr C. G. 

Chotzakoglou (The Hellenic Centre and 

the Hellenic Institute, Royal Holloway) 

17 November, The “Vorres Museum”, A lifetime 

Adventure by Mr I. Vorres (The Hellenic Centre) 

19 November, Cavafy’s Poetry Annual Memorial 

Lecture for C.N. Hadjipateras by Prof. P. 

Mackridge (Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon) 

20 November, Saint Neophytos the Recluse: 

Byzantine Hagiography in Twelfth Century 

Cyprus by Dr G. Christodoulou (The Hellenic 

Centre and the Hellenic Institute, Royal 

Holloway) 

27 November, Religion in Frankish Cyprus by 

Prof. Ch. Schabel (The Hellenic Centre and 


28 November, The Uknown Splendours of 

Butrint (Albania) – Ten Years of Excavations by 

Butrint Foundation by Prof. R. Hodges (Europa 

Nostra) 

4 December, Leonardo Dona: Memorie per le 

Cose di Cipro, Από την Πόλη των Τεναγών στη 

Χερσόνησο της Καρπασίας by N. Patapiou 

(The Hellenic Centre and the Hellenic Institute, 

Royal Holloway) 

11 December, Reflections on the Psychological 

Implications of Recent Political Events in Cyprus 

by Dr C. Galatariotou (The Hellenic Centre and 


Social Events 

23 January, Vasilopita (London Hellenic 

Society) 



7 February, Vasilopita (SEFL) 

8 February, Carnival – Αποκριάτικο Γλέντι 

with moosootoo (The Hellenic Centre) 


Hellinidon) 

10 March, Kathara Deftera Lunch (Fundraising 

Committee of The Hellenic Centre)) 

4 June, Annual Excursion (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

16 September, Wine Testing for Members and 

Friends (The Hellenic Centre) 

1 October, Exploring the Borough of Southwark, 

its Byways and Secrets. Guided walk 

(Fundraising Committee of the Hellenic 


24 October, A Greek evening with moosootoo 


29 October, Welcome Back Coffee (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

3 December, Annual Christmas Bazaar (Lykion 


Other Events 

26 March, Film Night: The Time Moment was 

Suspended, directed by Th. Lambropoulos 

and S. Haralampopoulos (The Hellenic Centre) 

11 May, Dance Workshop – Dances from 

Romylia (Lykion ton Hellinidon) 

21 May, Paint With Us – An exhibition and 

auction of paintings by Members and Friends 


Centre)) 

9 June, Runciman Award Ceremony (Anglo- 


1 July, Film Night: Crossing the Line directed 

by S. Heaven (The Hellenic Centre) 

17 September, Book Club Meeting 


22 September, Cypriot Poetry Evening. Poems 

of Dimitris Libertis in the Cypriot dialect 


3 November, Criticos Prize Award Ceremony 


22 November, Papanikolaou Prize – Annual 

Biomedical Competition (Hellenic Medical 

Society) 

2004 

Exhibitions 

8-30 January, A Friends Room Exhibition 

of paintings Zoe’s World – Zoe’s People by 

Zoe Kakolyris (The Hellenic Centre) 

23-25 January, Painting Competition 4 to 18s 

Olympic Games – Athens 2004 Exhibition of 

paintings by students of Greek Schools in 

London accompanied by a series of activities 

for children: Karagiozis performance, Disco, 

Magicians Face Painting, Circus skills (The 


4 March – 8 April, A Friends Room exhibition 

of paintings Four Touches by A. Eftsathiou 


29 March – 30 April, A Friends Room 

exhibition of ceramics, collages, mixed 

materials and constructed reliefs by 

A. Zacharia (The Hellenic Centre) 



4-30 May, Colours of Medieval Cyprus – Aspects 

of Daily Life 1191-1571. An exhibition of 

medieval glazed pottery, jewellery, rare maps, 

books and other objects to celebrate the 

accession of Cyprus in the EU (The Cyprus 

Ministry of Education and The Hellenic Centre) 

7-28 May, A Friends Room exhibition of 

paintings Epestrefe by S. Constantinou – 

Gonios (The Hellenic Centre) 

3-22 June, A Friends Room exhibition of 

photographs Shorelines by D. Pote (The 


29 June – 31 July, Periplous, An exhibition of 

photographs through the lens of eight 

Magnum photographers (Hellenic 

Foundation, Greece in Britain) 

1-15 September, A Friends Room exhibition of 

photographs The Olympic Effect (The Hellenic 


16 September – 26 October, A Friends Room 

exhibition of drawings Theogonies by M. 

Hodson (The Hellenic Centre) 

25-27 September, Exhibition of Sculptures by 

G. Kyriakou (The Hellenic Centre and Gallery K) 


exhibition of photographs Moments in Greece 

by Y. Kordakis (The Hellenic Centre) 

29 November – 17 December, A Friends Room 

exhibition of paintings and jewellery Stones 

and Colours by K. Dracoulis, D. Krinos and 

M. Kulukundis (The Hellenic Centre) 

Concerts 

23 January, Violin Recital by A. Chaniotis 


1 March, Cello and Piano Recital by A. Pouftis 

and L. Kapodini (The Hellenic Centre) 

13 March, The Pontic Lyra – From Tradition to 

Invention, Talk and recital by M. and K. 

Tsahourides (The Hellenic Centre) 

23 March, England: A Travel Journey by E. 

Papadimas (International Society of Friends 

of Nikos Kazantzakis) 

16 October, Cello and Piano recital by Ch. 

Grimpas and V. Yannoula and educational 

workshop (The Hellenic Centre) 

19 October, Greek Folk Music Educational 

Workshop for pupils by Plastic Chairs (The 


24 November, Cello and Piano recital by 

P. Cavalho and A. Quartermain (The Hellenic 


1 December, A thousand years of Christmas with 

soprano Sally Bradshaw (The Hellenic Centre) 

Lectures 

29 January, The Kouros of the Sacred Gate: New 

Finds of Archaic Marble Sculpture in the 

Kerameikos, Athens by Prof. W. Niemeir 


3 February, Feast of Memories by E.M. 

Kulukundis (London Hellenic Society) 

25 February, Women in Byzantium - An Evening 

of Words and Music (Greece in Britain) 

10 March, Kassiani and Byzantine Hymnody by 

Prof. R. Stichel (Greece in Britain and Byzantine 


17 March, 1204: The Sacking of Byzantium - An 

Evening of Words and Music (Greece in Britain 

and Byzantine Festival and King’s College) 

18 March, The Duchesse de Plaisance in Fact 

and Fiction by Dr G. Vassiadis (London Hellenic 

Society) 

23 March, Theatre in Ancient Greece, 

A Colloquium (The Hellenic Centre and 

University College London) 

24 May, Nicolas Georgiadis – Paintings, State 

Design 1955-2001 by E. Georgiadis (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

2 June, Runciman Award Prize Ceremony 

(Anglo Hellenic League) 

23 September, Conserving the Cultural Heritage 

and Monuments of Poland: The Challenge for 

the Future by Prof. J. Purchla (Europa Nostra) 

20 October, ActionAid Hellas – Guest speaker 

A. Mitsotakis-Gourdain and E. Thompson 

28 October, Hippocratic Oration 2004 

(Hellenic Medical Society) 

16 November, Discover Greece and Cyprus, 

An Evening in Mani by Dr P. Greenhalgh, 

Prof. E. Eliopoulos and Prof. R. Beaton 


25 November, 25 Years of the A G Leventis 

Foundation, Activities and Services to Hellenism 

by A.P. Leventis (Cypriot Estia of London) 

30 November, Literature and Performance in 

Ancient Greece – A Colloquium (The Hellenic 

Centre and the University College London) 

9 December, The Artistrty of Erotokritos by 

Dr D. Holton (Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon) 

Social Events 


17-18 January, Αιώνες μακριά από την Αλάσκα 

(Theatre Lab Company) 

27 January, Vasilopita (London Hellenic 

Society) 

30 January, Vasilopita (Macedonian Society 

of GB) 

31 January, Vasilolpita (SEFL) 

1 February, Black and White Masked Party 




Hellinidon) 

23 February, Kathara Deftera Lunch 

(Fundraising Committee The Hellenic Centre) 

5 June, A Greek evening with moosootoo 


14 October, An evening with Ionian Kantades 

and dinner (Ionian Society) 

20 November, A Greek evening with Plastic 

Chairs(The Hellenic Centre) 

7 December, 10th Anniversary Celebrations 

of the Hellenic Centre 

The Hellenic Centre monthly Bar late 

openings 

Other Events 

24-27 June, 2004 Hellas Olympics: A series of 

events to celebrate the return of Olympic 

Games to their homeland. The events include 

an exhibition The Olympic Effect, a 

documentary In search of Greece, book fair, 

lectures, performance of Greek folk dances 


20 June, Celebration of the Olympic Games 

(Greek School of London) 

8 July, Evoking Evia, Launch of J. Mole’s It’s 

all Greek to me (Nicolas Brealey Publishing) 

25-27 September, Theogonies – Seven solo 

dances by M. Hodson, representing iconic 

women from history and mythology inspired 

by the sculptures of G. Kyriakou (The Hellenic 

Centre and Gallery K) 

7 October, Criticos Prize Award Ceremony 




The Hellenic Centre Monthly Book Club 

Meetings 

2005 

Exhibitions 

10 January – 3 February, A Friends Room 

exhibition of paintings and pastels Andros, 

Island of Natural Springs by C. White (The 



exhibition of paintings New Work from Cyprus 

by N. Malone (The Hellenic Centre) 

7-8 February, Visualising the Historical 

Landscape Through Archaeology - The 

excavations of the British School at Athens in 

Laconia (The Hellenic Centre and British 

School at Athens) 

7-31 March, A Friends Room exhibition of 

paintings Prosopa by C. Plessas (The Hellenic 


4-27 April, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

fretwork with pyrography, pastels, airbrush, 

acrylic and mixed media Landscapes and 

Churches of Cyprus by D. J. Coe (The Hellenic 


3-5 May, A Friends Room Exhibition Foto- 

Empnefsi curated by S. Konstantopoulou 

(Union of Greek Students in London (SEFL)) 

6-19 May, Circles A Friends Room Exhibition 

of mixed material by S. Petropoulou 


1 June – 1 July, A Friends Room Exhibition 

of paintings by M. G. Grogoras (The Hellenic 


4–29 July, A Friends Room exhibition of 

photographs The Secret Life of Fruits and 

Vegetables by Ch. Chatziioannou (The Hellenic 


14 -27 September, A Friends Room exhibition 

of paintings The Light of Memory: 

Constantinople by M. Dessylla (The Hellenic 


28 September – 21 October, Somatopia: 

Mapping Sites, Siting Bodies – Contemporary 

art from Cyprus (Cultural Services of the 

Ministry of Education and Culture, Cyprus) 

29 September – 12 October, A Friends Room 

exhibition of paintings A Walk Through Plaka 

by P. McColl (The Hellenic Centre) 


exhibition of paintings Work Rest Play by 

M. MacDonald (The Hellenic Centre) 

25 October, An exhibition on the history, 

culture and nature of Cyprus as seen through 

the eyes of the children (Cultural Services and 

the Education Department, Ministry of 

Education and Culture, Cyprus in association 

with the Cyprus Educational Mission) 

12 November – 14 November, Visualising the 

Historical Landscape through Archaeology: 

An Exhibition on the Excavations of the British 

School at Athens in Laconia (The Hellenic 

Centre and British School at Athens) 


icons The Road Less Travelled by M. Galovic (The 


Concerts 

19 February, Η Μάντρα του Αττίκ - An event of 

words and music dedicated to Attik of the 

30s and 40s with D. Nahmia (piano), 

M. Kannelopoulou (soprano), V. Tselepidis 

(baritone) (The Hellenic Centre) 

23 February, Violin, Cello and Piano Recital 

with Atlas Trio (T. Hankey - violin, S. Dubost- 

Hautefeuille – cello, E. Nalimova – piano) 


6 May, Singing Recital with E. Dimitrakopoulou 

(soprano) and L. Karpodini (piano) (The 


15 May, Archilochos’ Fragments - An evening of 

contemporary Greek music inspired by ancient 

Greece and its culture (The Hellenic Centre 

and the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s 

College London and Sponsored by Stavros 

S. Niarchos Foundation) 

13 July, The Music of South America - An event 

dedicated to Astor Piazzolla and the 

Tango (The Hellenic Centre) 

16 September, Heliconian Muses – A music 

performance of works composed by A. 

Stereopoulou (The Hellenic Centre) 

12 November, Recital for the 80 years from the 

Birth of Mikis Theodorakis with A. Mavroudakis 

(piano), R. Porter (cello), N. Tsoukalas (bass), 

V. Pakitzis (piano) (The Hellenic Centre) 

Lectures 

3 February, Artists and Patrons in Venetian 

Dominated Crete, 1400-1700 AD by Dr A. 

Lymberopoulou (London Hellenic Society) 

7 February, Sparta and its Surrounding 

Settlements: A Century of Reassessment by 

Prof. G. Shipley (The Hellenic Centre and British 


10 February, George Seferis: The Voice of Humanity 

in the 20th Century - The third C. N. Hadjipateras 

Annual Memorial Lecture delivered by Prof. R. 

Beaton (Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon) 

17 February, The Naturalist in Chios by M. Taylor 

(The Hellenic Centre and Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

10 March, Alexander the Great: Hero of Stage 

and Screen by Prof. P. Cartledge (Macedonian 

Society of Great Britain) 

17 March, The European Profile of Byzantine 

Cyprus by Prof. E. Chrysos (The Hellenic Centre 

and The Hellenic Institute, Royal Holloway, 

University of London) 

11 May, In Search of Myths and Heroes by 

M. Wood (Macedonian Society of Great Britain) 

12 May, Alexander Fleming, Penicillin and Greece 

by K. Brown (Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon and 

Hellenic Medical Society) 

19 May, Greek Migrations: Phanariot, Chian and 

other Families and the Secrets of their Success by 

Ch. Long (London Hellenic Society) 

7 October, The International Space Station by 

Dr V. Polychronopoulos (Eteria Ellinon 

Epistimonon) 

14 October, Charity Lunch and Lecture by 

Prof. K. Nicolaides in support of children with 

leukaemia and other diseases (The Hellenic 


3 November, Deciphering the Icons: The 

Symbolic Nature and Technique of Byzantine 

Religious Images by A. Valsamaki 

10 November, An Illustrated Lecture in Greek 

with readings of Aristotelis Valaoritis poetry 

(Ionian Society and Peloponnesian Association 


11 November, Sparta and its Surrounding 

Settlements: A Century of Reassessment by 

Prof. G. Shipley, University of Leicester (The 

Hellenic Centre and British School at Athens) 

27 November, Iannis Xenakis – A Celebration of 

the life and work of the Greek Composer and 

Architect by N. Matrosian 

5 December, Archilochos’ Fragments by 

Prof. Ch. Carey (The Hellenic Centre) 

Social Events 

14 January, Vasilopitta (Hellenic Medical 


16 January, Vasilopitta (Eteria Ellinon 

Epistimonon) 

21 January , Vasilopitta (Lykion ton Hellinidon) 

22 January, Vasilopitta (Macedonian Society 


27 January, Vasilopitta (London Hellenic 

Society) 

28 January, Vasilopitta (Union of Greek 

students in London (SEFL)) 

6 February, Sunday Lunch and Family Quiz 



27 February, Dance Workshop (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

14 March, Kathara Deftera Lunch (The Hellenic 


19 March, Career Day (Union of Greek Students 

in London (SEFL)) 

10 April, Dances from Macedonia - A dance 

workshop with Ch. Papacostas (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

7 June, Bon Voyage Coffee (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

16 June, Summer Excursion (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

1 October, Greek Music and screening of 

An Underground World by E. Petropoulos 


2 October, Day trip to Longleat House and 

Safari Park (Macedonian Society of Great 

Britain) 

15 October, Afternoon Tea at the Hellenic 

Centre (The Hellenic Centre) 

29 October, Annual Cheese and Wine Party for 

St. Demetrius’ Day, Patron Saint of Thessaloniki 


10 November, Guided Tour around Legal 

London (Fundraising Committee of The 



Committee of The Hellenic Centre) 



The Hellenic Centre monthly Bar late openings 

Other Events 

9 February, Eat, Drink and Get Married Launch 

of E. Makis’ book (The Hellenic Centre and 

Transworld Publishers) 

24 February, Byzantine Festival in London – 

A series of events (The Byzantine Festival in 

London) 

2 June, Runciman Award Prize Ceremony 

(Anglo-Hellenic League) 

21 June, Workshop: How a Book is Made – An 

educational activity for primary school children 

with Aliki 

2 July, A Greek Evening with Plastic Chairs 

12 November, Greek and other ethnic Music 

Workshop for Primary and Secondary School 

pupils (The Hellenic Centre) 

19 November, 20th Anniversary Celebratory 

Conference – A one-day conference in 

celebration of the 20 years of the Hellenic 

Medical Society (Hellenic Medical Society) 

20 November, Dance Workshop ((Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

25 November, Papanikolaou Prize. The Annual 

Research Competition (Hellenic Medical 

Society) 

The Hellenic Centre Drama Club Workshops 

The Hellenic Centre monthly Book Club 

Meetings 

2006 

Exhibitions 

10-27 January, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

paintings by Paschalis (The Hellenic Centre) 

1-24 February, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

lithographs and paintings Peristeriones – 

Dovecotes of the Cyclades Islands by T. Bennett 


1-31 March, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

paintings Colours of Cyprus by Ch. Georgiou 


4 April, A Friends Room Exhibition Collages 

by M. Xyda (The Hellenic Centre) 

3 May-2June, A Friends Room Exhibition 

Peloponnesian Perspectives – Paintings from Life 

and Imagination by A. Williams (The Hellenic 



drawings, photographs and digital media 

Dislocations by N. Charogianni and E. Mikelides 


3-28 July, A Friends Room Exhibition Visions of 

Ithaca by J. Cochrane and A. Kazantzis (The 



of paintings Aegean Light and Shade by 

C. Allaz-Vourou (The Hellenic Centre) 

21-24 September, Greek Artists – An 

exhibition of paintings by Gallerie Lefakis 

of Athens 


photographs Land of Icarus by E. Webb (The 


13 October – 16 November, Greek Embroidery 

17th to 19th Century from collections of the 

Victoria & Albert Museum and the Benaki 

Museum (The Hellenic Centre and Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 


silver print and colour print Land of Desire by 

M. Lyberi (The Hellenic Centre) 

Concerts 

10 – 11 March, Myths and Music from the 

Cypriot Poetry of 11th and 16th century by 

M. Christodoulides (Cyprus High Commission) 

25 March, Renee Reznek, Piano Recital in 

memory of Susan Bradshow 



31 March-1 April, Ταξίδια στον Κόσμο για την 

Τεχνη και τον Πολιτισμό by M. Plessas (Cyprus 

High Commission) 

6 May, Piano Recital with L. Karpodini (The 


18 May, With the Star’s Lamp. An evening of 

music and poetry in Greek dedicated to the 

Nobelist Odysseus Elytis (London Hellenic 

Society) 

25 September, Concert with the Parisian 

ensemble Pyxis – World premiere of work by 

composer C. Stylianou (Ministry of Education 

and Culture, Cyprus) 

15 November, Mozart and Shostakovich with 

Tettix Ensemble (The Hellenic Centre) 

27-28 November, Me Dichos Aniktari by 

I. Koulouras and P. Constantopoulou (Cyprus 


Lectures 

26 January, Thoughts on the Writings by the 

Hierarchs and the Greek Language by 

Dr N. Panayiotou (Cypriot Estia of London) 

9 February, New Perspectives on Macedonian 

Painting by Prof. Olga Palagia (Greek 

Archaeological Committee) 

22 February, C.N. Hadjipateras Annual 

Memorial Lecture: G. Theotokas, Europe and 

the Generation of the Thirties by Prof. D. Tziovas 


27 February, Greek Antiquities at the Louvre by 

Dr A. Kaufman-Samara, Department of Greek, 

Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Louvre 

Museum (The Hellenic Centre) 

8 March, The Christian Heritage of Turkey by 

Dr E. Hunter (Cypriot Estia of London) 

16 March, Relations Between Turkey and Greece 

by Prof. T. Veremis (London Hellenic Society) 

23 May, The Runciman Award (The Anglo 


6 July, Cinema in Post War Thessaloniki, The Tale 

of a City by Dr Z. Chatzistavrou, Macedonian 

Museum of Contemporary Art, followed by 

the film projection by Christos Nikoleris (The 

Hellenic Centre and The Macedonian Society 


15 September, Kazantzakis and Poetry by 

G. Stassinakis, President of the International 

Society of Friends of Nikos Kazantzakis 

(International Society of Friends of Nikos 

Kazantzakis) 

27 September, Tsertsetis, Solicitor to 

Kolokotronis by K. Kavadas (Ionian Society) 

13 October, Ελληνική Κεντητικη by T. Ioannou- 

Yiannara (The Hellenic Centre) 

1 November, An Introduction to Greek Island 

Embroidery for the Non-Specialist by J. Wearden 


30 November, The third Andrew David 

Biennial Memorial Lecture Diplomacy and 

Negotiation post 9/11 by Ambassador 

S. W. Bosworth (Hellenic Community Trust) 

Social Events 

15 January, Vasilopita Lunch (Cypriot Estia of 

London) 

18 January, Vasilopita and Bar late opening 


19 January, 40th Anniversary, Celebration and 

Vasilopita evening (Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon) 


20 January, Vasilopita (Hellenic Medical 

Society) 

18 February, A Greek Evening with music, 

Greek Food and Rebetika, Folk and Popular 

songs (The Hellenic Centre) 

23 February, Tsiknopempti Dinner (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

6 March, Kathara Deftera Lunch. A traditional 

lunch to celebrate the beginning of Lent with 

Greek music (The Hellenic Centre) 

10 April, Dinner by Hellenic Bankers 

Association. Guest speaker Mr. Petros Doukas, 

Greek Deputy Minister of Finance and 

Economy (Hellenic Bankers Association) 

4 May, Easter Celebration at the Hellenic 

Centre Bar late opening 

20 May, Eurovision Song Contest Screening 


24 May, Summer Excursion (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

12 June, Guided Tour to Greenwich 



24 June, Greek Jazz evening with Greek 

saxophonist D. Vassilakis and his ensemble 


23 September, A Greek Evening with music, 

Greek food and rebetika, folk and popular 

songs (The Hellenic Centre) 

18 October, Coffee Morning (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

27 October, Annual cheese and wine party for 

St Demetrius’s Day, Patron Saint of Thessaloniki 


3 December, Murder Mystery Christmas Lunch 





10 December, Family Christmas Lunch (Lykion 



openings 

Other Events 

16 February, Performing Prometheus – The 

Dramatic Interpreter. A new media project by 

C. Prossylis featuring a talk by Prof E. Spinelli 


4 March, Pegasus and Mendios, A story telling 

puppet workshop with music for children up 

to 12 (The Hellenic Centre) 

12 March, Dance Workshop (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

21 March, An evening of Modern Greek 

Poetry, organised by The Hellenic Centre and 

the Greek Literary Magazine Delear, with 

A. Chasandra and Y. Antiochou on the 

occasion of International Day of Poetry (The 


24 March, Kathryn Hunter’s Workshop for 

aspiring actors and directors (The Hellenic 


28 March, Atopos at Works: An Interesting 

Crossover in Past and Future, Art and Fashion 

by V. Zidianakis (The Hellenic Centre) 

10 May, The British and the Hellenes, Struggles 

for Mastery in the Eastern Mediterranean 1850- 

1960. Launch of a book by Prof. R. Holland and 

Dr D. Markides. (Cyprus High Commission) 

25 May, Sweet Land... Launch of the volume of 

lectures on the History and Culture of Cyprus, 

which took place at the Hellenic Centre in 

Autumn 2003. Address by The Cyprus High 

Commissioner, Mr. Petros Eftychiou (The 

Hellenic Centre and The Hellenic Institute 

Royal Holloway, University of London) 

2 June, UK Launch of Dance Cyprus 

16 June, Film Night – Under the Stars directed 

by Ch. Georgiou (Cyprus High Commission) 

23 June, The unique Characters of Greek Tragedy 

– A theatre and music workshop for children 

with E. Michailou – Vassilakis and D. Vassilakis 


28 June, Film Night – The Last Kerchief Maker of 

Cyprus and the Roots of Cyprus Wine directed 

by Paschalis Papapetrou (Cyprus High 

Commission) 

3 July, Film Night – Kalabush directed by 

A. Florides (Cyprus High Commission) 

7 July, Films Night - The Magic of Cyprus 

directed by A. Roditis and By The Hand 

directed by P. Papapetrou (Cyprus High 

Commission) 

2 August, Children’s Fun Day – An event for 

children of all ages (The Hellenic Centre) 

22 September, Film Night – Bar directed by 

A. Danezi-Knudsen (Cyprus High Commission) 

16 October, Films Night – Eleni’s Olives directed 

by Y. Americanou and The Other Artemis by 

K. Tofarides (Cyprus High Commission) 

4 November, The Island of No Cats – A story 

telling puppet show for children up to 12 

years old, adapted by Sandis Productions from 

Eugene Trivizas book (The Hellenic Centre) 

6 November, Films Night – Espresso by 

A. Florides and No Man’s Land directed by 

Kyriakos Tofarides (Cyprus High Commission) 

26 November, Boxes, Books and Fabrics – A 

theatre workshop with A. Revi, Theatre Lab on 

the creation of a performance through 

objects and a showcase (The Hellenic Centre) 


Meetings 

2007 

Exhibitions 


Exhibition of paintings Shadows by M. 

Veriopoulos (The Hellenic Centre) 


Exhibition of paintings and drawings 

Reflections by K. Hadjiilias (The Hellenic Centre) 

2 March, De-Liberation: Modern Art – Exhibition 

by A. Constantinou (Cyprus High Commission) 


paintings by A. Kazantzis and J. Cochrane 


1-31 May, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

paintings Sunny Landscapes by A. Gregora 


5-28 June, Exhibition of paintings by C. 

Kerestetzis (Marfin Laiki Bank) 

10-26 July, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

paintings and photographs by E. Nicolla 

and by R. Casado (The Hellenic Centre) 


paintings Chromoscopia by Pindaros 

Michaelides (The Hellenic Centre and Eteria 


29 October-16 November, A Friends Room 

Exhibition of Jewellery by M. Kulukundis (The 


7-10 November An exhibition of paintings 

Myths and Nature by M. Plant, R. Lavithis and 

I. Lembesis (EPISTEME) 

Concerts 

2 February, Oxford Philomusica (The Hellenic 

Centre and the Cyprus High Commission) 

22 February, Song recital by Juliet Demetriades 

and Andrew Law (The Hellenic Centre) 

13-14 March, De-Liberation – Concert of 

modern music featuring works of Award 

winning composer Evis Sammoutis (Cyprus 


23 April, Recital of Laika, Rembetika and 

Smyrneika songs, performed by students of 

St. George’s Lyceum, Larnaca, Cyprus (The 


1 June, Diaspora and the Mass Media, 

Transnational Cypriot Communities – A song 

recital by E. Georgiou, University of Leeds 

(Cyprus High Commission) 

22 June, A Glimpse of Japan - A musical 

journey presented by the PANDORA 

Ensemble, featuring works inspired by 

Japanese art and tradition (Eteria Ellinon 

Epistimonon) 

10 October, From National School to Modernity 

- A Homage to Nikos Skalkottas and his Legacy A 

contemporary music concert for piano solo by 

Dr E. Mantzourani (The Hellenic Centre) 

17 November, Nena Venetsanou in Μουσών 

Δώρα: Πανόραμα Ελληνικού Τραγουδιού από 

την Αρχαιότητα μέχρι Σήμερα - accompanied 

by S. Agianniotis, classical guitar and V. Gheka, 

mandolin (The Hellenic Centre, Cypriot Estia of 

London, Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon, Hellenic 

Foundation and Macedonian Society of Great 

Britain, supported by the General Secretariat 

of Greeks Abroad) 

Lectures 

17 February, Research in Translation Studies: 

Greek Perspectives (Hellenic Association of 

Translators and Interpreters and the University 

of Surrey) 

23 February, Cavafy and English Poetry, What He 

Took And What He Gave Back – The fifth 

Dr C.N. Hadjipateras Annual Memorial Lecture 

delivered by Dr D. Ricks (Eteria Ellinon 

Epistimonon) 

27 February, Helen of Troy by B. Hughes 


28 February, Mediterranean Monk Seal, The 

Symbol Of The Mediterranean Sea (MoM, 

The Hellenic Society for the Study and 

Protection of the Mediterranean Monk Seal) 

15 March, The Population Exchange of 1922 - 

Did Venizelos Have a Choice by B. Clark 

(The London Hellenic Society) 

10 May, The Callas Legacy by H. Mathiopoulos 


16 May, Dionysios Solomos, National Poet or 

International Bet by P. Mackridge (The 


17 May, An Audience with Galen. A symposium 

chaired by Prof. P. Cartledge, University of 

Cambridge (Hellenic Medical Society) 

22 May, Holding Hands by M. Kanaroglou on 

children in the Lavrion Refugee Reception 

Centre. The first in a series of events on 

voluntary aid work by The Hellenic Centre’s 

Members and Friends (The Hellenic Centre) 

1 June, Diaspora and the Mass Media, 

Transnational Cypriot Communities by 

Dr M. Georgiou, University of Leeds (Cyprus 


7 June, UGANDA - Making a Real Difference by 

J. Caroussis; the second in a series of events on 

voluntary/aid work by Hellenic Centre 


1 October, War of the Worlds by M. Wood on 

his journey into northern Iraq to locate for the 

first time the site of Gaugamela (Macedonian 


4 October, The Heart Doctors by E. Sotiriou and 

G. Lyra; the third in a series of events on 

voluntary/aid work by Hellenic Centre 


16 October, Emmanuel Roidis – His Life and 

his Works by C. Kitromilides. Readings by 

C. Kavadas (Ionian Society and the Academy 

Social Club) 

19 October, Hippocratic Oration Lecture by 

Prof. F. Kafatos (Hellenic Medical Society) 

23 October, Nikos Kazantzakis (Ionian Society 

and ETHOL)) 

5 November, Η Ιστορία της Χαρτογραφίας με 

Ορίζοντα τον Χερσαίο και Νησιωτικό Ελληνικό 

Χώρο by A. Scutari, curator of Sylvia Ioannou 

Collection of Maps (The Hellenic Centre) 

22 November, Lafcadios Hearn, The Greek Poet 

of Japan by N. Sofianos (London Hellenic 

Society) 

27 November, Guest Dinner with Mr Takis 

Arapoglou, Chairman and CEO of the National 

Bank of Greece (The Hellenic Centre and the 

Hellenic Bankers Association) 

5 December, Από το Άσυλο στην Κοινότητα: Η 

Eμπειρία της μη Kερδοσκοπικής Εταιρείας 

Kαλειδοσκόπιο by M. Fafalios-Dragonas; the 

fourth in a series of events on voluntary/aid 

work by Hellenic Centre Members and Friends 


10 December, Konstantinos Karamanlis – 100 

Years from his Birth - An event with prominent 

speakers, video presentation and 

photographic exhibition (The Hellenic Centre 

and the Konstantinos G. Karamanlis 

Foundation) 

Social Events 

12 January, Vasilopita (The Hellenic Medical 

Society) 

16 January, Vasilopita and Hellenic Centre Bar 

late opening 


24 January, Vasilopita (Union of Greek 

Students in London) 

7 February, Tsiknopempti Dinner (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

17 February, Greek Carnival Party with DJ Paris 

Tsoulfas (The Hellenic Centre) 

19 February, Kathara Deftera Lunch – A 

traditional vegetarian lunch to celebrate the 

beginning of Lent (The Hellenic Centre) 

26 March, Celebration (Peloponnesian 

Association of Great Britain) 

12 April, Easter Celebration at the Hellenic 

Centre Bar late opening 

7 June, Guided Tour to Hampton Court 



9 June, A Greek Evening with Plastic Chairs 


21 June, Morning Coffee (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

10 October, Get Together (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

25 November, The Hellenic Centre Annual 

Family Lunch with karaoke (Fundraising 



Hellinidon) 


openings 

Other Events 

30 May, Γλώσσα από Μάρμαρο – Presentation 

of Iphigenia Theodorou’s book (The Hellenic 


7 June, Runciman Award Ceremony (Anglo- 


12 June, Film Night – Ecstasy by Ch. Prossylis 


16 June, Kyttaro Visual Art by S. Panagiotakis 


17 June, Marylebone Summer Fayre 

8 July, Tango Argentino – A workshop with 

K. Tommasi (The Hellenic Centre) 

23 September, Curious Carla and the Problem 

of Knowledge - A show followed by workshop 

using original puppets, music and audience 

participation to introduce children to 

philosophical questions, produced by Sandis 

Productions (The Hellenic Centre) 

23 September, Tangos by Astor Piazzolla 

performed by Fugata (The Hellenic Centre) 

20-22 October, An Evening with Iacovos 

Kampanelis by ETHOL (The Hellenic Centre 

and the London Hellenic Theatre) 

26 October, St Demetrius Day Celebration – 

Patron Saint of Thessaloniki (Macedonian 


7 November, Book Presentation – A Lifetime in 

Cypriot Archaeology, The Memoirs of Vassos 

Karageorgis by Prof. V. Karageorgis and Kypris: 

The Aphrodite of Cyprus by J. Karageorgis 

(Cyprus High Commission) 

16 November, Papanikolaou Research Prize 

2007 (Hellenic Medical Society) 


Meetings 

2008 

Exhibitions 

17 January, Exhibition of Paintings depicting 

Peloponnese and donated by artist J. C. Barton 

(Peloponnesian Society of Great Britain) 


Exhibition of works Black and White by E. 

Yannoulas (The Hellenic Centre) 

11-27 February, A Friends Room Exhibition 

of works King Mino’s Lilies by S. Alexakis (The 


3 March – 4 April, A Friends Room Exhibition 

of works Evidence, by D. Katsiaficas (The 





paintings In Theseus’ Footsteps: An Englishman’s 

Odyssey by A. Bartlett (1918-2004) (The 


7-30 May, A Friends Room Exhibition Exhibition 

of Five Colourists by Ch. Georgiou, L. Cohen, E. 

Fine, D. Glanfield and H. Spearman (The 


13-15 May, A photographic exhibition Changing 

China: in the Year of the Cultural Exchange 

between Greece and China by S. Gripari 


paintings Exhibition of Six Artists by V. Conrich, 

R. Crowley, J. Furst, E. Peters, J. Sheldon, 

S. Starr (The Hellenic Centre) 

7-25 July, A Friends Room Exhibition of 

paintings Coastlines by V. Pafilis (The Hellenic 



of paintings Colours and Hues by G. 

Demetracopoulos (The Hellenic Centre) 


original prints Antiquity and Myth by P. 

Hillstead, K. Hunter and N. Minogue (The 



paintings Inner Thoughts by Zanna (The 


Concerts 

1-2 February, Greek Cypriot Traditional and 

Contemporary Music by G. Kalogirou, P. 

Thomas and their orchestra (Cyprus High 

Commission) 

11 April, Tango Night A recital of music by Astor 

Piazzolla and others (including Mikis 

Theodorakis). Performed and organised by 

Tangissimo 

19 April, An Evening of Classical Music 

dedicated to Constantinos Leventis: 70 Years 

from his Birth with Oxford Philomusica (The 

Hellenic Centre and Oxford Philomusica) 

28 April, Cello and Piano Recital including 

works by Brahms, Franck and Chopin with 

A. Pouftis (cello) and T. Athaniti (piano) (The 


7 June, Crossroads: Songs from Greece, Brazil, 

Argentine, Portugal, Italy and Cyprus with V. 

Stavrou, M. Takoushis (piano) and L. Moumtzis 

(double bass, guitar) (The Hellenic Centre) 

18 June, Psyche and Soma A concert of folk 

music from Pontos and Epirus by K. and 

M. Tsahourides (The Hellenic Centre) 

6 October, A Night at the Opera with K. Mina, 

A. Legge and J. Edward 


Lectures 

15 January, The Contribution of St John 

Chrysostomos in the Formation of the Divine 

Worship in the Orthodox Church by the Very 

Reverend Ephraim Lass (Archdiocese of 

Thyateira and Great Britain) 

18 February, The Byzantine Research Fund: 

Encounter of British Arts and Crafts Architects in 

Byzantium by Prof. R. Cormack and Exhibition of 

reproductions of architectural drawings and 

photographs of Byzantine Monuments in 

Greece (The Hellenic Centre and The British 


20 February, Minoan Zakros: A Gem of Aegean 

Civilisation by Dr L. Platon, lecturer in Pre- 

Historic Archaeology, University of Athens 


22 February, Archaeology and Art of Chios in 

Classical Antiquity the first millennium BC by 

Dr A. A. Lemos (The Hellenic Centre) 

27 February, Oscar Wilde Meets Greece: His 

Response and its Consequences in the Poetry 

of Cavafy and Others by A. Hirst. The sixth Dr 

Costas N Hadjipateras Annual Memorial Lecture 


4 March, Dinner-Talk Unesco and Cyprus by HE 

Mrs Edmee Leventis, Ambassador, Permanent 

Delegate of Cyprus to UNESCO (Women’s 

Committee of the Cypriot Estia of London) 

18 April, Dinners and Wines of Ancient Greece by 

Dr S. Retsas (Macedonian Society of Great 

Britain) 

2 May, Το Οικουμενικόν Πατριαρχείον - 

Οθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία - Συνθήκη της 

Λωζάνης by Prof. K. Svolopoulos (The 

Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain) 

15 May, Aphrodite and the Ancient Coinage of 

Cyprus by Dr A. Burnett, Deputy Director of the 

British Museum (Cyprus High Commission) 

29 May, Runciman Award Ceremony in honour 

of the late Sir Steven Runciman (Anglo-Hellenic 

League) 

14 October, An evening with Panos Karnezis 


24 October, Reforming the Greek University by 

Prof. Ch. Moutsopoulos (The Hellenic Medical 

Society) 

27 October, The Middle East’s Disappearing 

Hellenes by I. Athanasiadis (The Hellenic Centre) 

24 November, Exhibiting Byzantium at the Royal 

Academy of Arts by Prof. M. Vassilaki, curator of 

the exhibition Byzantium 330-1453 at the RAA 


27 November, The Fourth Andrew David 

Biennial Memorial Lecture, War and Society: The 

Experience of War and Civil War in the Middle East 

by Dr L. Fawaz (The Hellenic Community Trust) 

28 November, A Talk on Icons by M. Andipa 

(Ionian Society) 

Social Events 

11 January, Vasilopitta (Hellenic Medical 

Society) 

18 January, Vasilopitta (Lykion ton Hellinidon) 

22 January, Vasilopitta and Bar Late Opening 


23 February, Carnival Youth Disco Party (The 


28 February, Tsiknopempti (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

9 March, Fancy Dress Party for children up to 

12 years old (The Hellenic Centre and Lykion 


10 March, Kathara Deftera Lunch – A 

traditional vegetarian lunch to celebrate the 

beginning of Lent with live Greek music 


7 May, Hellenic Centre Easter Celebration 

at the Bar late opening 

8 June, Trip to Eltham Palace (Fundraising 


15 June, The Marylebone Summer Fayre 

18 June, Morning Coffee (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

25 October, St Demetrius Day-Patron Saint 

of Thessaloniki (Macedonian Society of 


30 November, Annual Family Lunch (The 

Fundraising Committee of The Hellenic Centre) 

The Hellenic Centre monthly Bar Late 

Openings 

Other Events 

29 February, Book Presentation The Cat of 

Portovecchio by M. Strani-Potts and Corfu Blues 

by J. Potts followed by Ionian Cantades (The 

Hellenic Centre and the Ionian Society) 

14 March, The Diary of a Madman - One-act 

play by Nicolai Gogol, translated in the Cypriot 

idiom by G. Tsiakkas and S. Charalambous and 

performed by M. Ioannou (Cyprus High 

Commission) 

25 March, 25 March 1821 Celebration 

(Peloponnesian Society of Great Britain) 

4 April, For You… A theatre-dance 

performance based on Odysseas Elytis’s 

Monogramma. Choreographer I. Briasoulis, 

composer N. Spiliotopoulos (The Hellenic 

Centre and the theatre-dance group Pnoes) 

10 April, Holly Blue Launch of Yiannoulla 

Nicola’s book (The Hellenic Centre and HandE 

Publishing) 

22 May, An Evening in Homage to Cecil Thomas 

and his Connection to Greece by Dr H. Livas- 

Dawes and members of Cosmoschaos (The 


6-7 June, Apology of Socrates - A theatrical solo 

performance by Y. Simonides (The Hellenic 


27 September, Greek evening with Plastic 

Chairs (The Hellenic Centre) 

12 October, Traditional Greek Dance Workshop 

(The Hellenic Centre and Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

14 October, Morning Coffee (Lykion ton 

Hellinidon) 

16 October, Presentation of O. Papadoukas’ 

books by M. Fafalios Dragonas (The Hellenic 


28 October, Book Launch of Written on the Knee 

by H. Electrie Lindsay (The Hellenic Centre, 

Scarletta Press and Perseus Books UK) 

13-16 November, London Greek Film Festival 

08 (The Hellenic Centre and Cosmo Cinema) 


Meetings 

Many thanks to Maria Margaronis, 

Jane Ronge, Sarah Hyndman and all office 

staff and volunteers for their assistance in 

the preparation of this publication. 

The main photographs in this book are 

by Steve Lancefield 

The supporting photographs are by: 

Michael Eleftheriades 

John Faraclas 

Katerina Kalogeraki 

Dimitrios Panagos 

Doros Partasides 

Charlotte Woods 

and from members and friends 

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