The Divine Liturgy for the Greek National Day of 25th of March will take place at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation (46 Arbour Hill, Dublin) on Sunday the 21st of March at 11:00.

There will be a school celbration to commemorate the Greek National Day of the 25th of March at the Greek School (46 Arbour Hill). The students will present a historical review from the sacking of Constantinople to the end of the Greek Revolution with narrations, poems and songs. We invite all our Greek and international friends to celebrate with us on Saturday 20th of March at 13:00.

The School Teacher

The School Committee

The Hellenic Community Management Board

Ms Maria Gioni has been busy organising already the next gathering of the women of our Community, which will take place on Friday teh 26th of March 2010 at the Gteek School. Ladies update to follow next week.

Dear Members and Friends of the Hellenic Community,

We would like to inform you that the Hellenic Community of Ireland is interested in organising a trip to Belfast in order to join an exciting event of the local Hellenic Community to celebrate Carnival (please see the attached). The event takes place on Sunday 21st of February and all the proceeds will go for the support of the Greek School in N. Ireland. The departure time would be at 11:00am from the Greek Orthodox Church (46 Arbour Hill, Dublin) and the arrival back to Dublin will be around midnight, with a small minibus for driving people without a transportation back home. As the bus arrangements would have to be settled before and the seat availability is limited, we would like you to notify us of your will to join as soon as possible.
The cost of the bus fare is €20 per person and the fee should be paid before Sunday 14th of February. For payments please contact the Vice President of our Community Mr Michael Youlton at 086 815 9487 or vice-president@helleniccommunity.ie.

Dear members and friends of the Hellenic Community,

For your information:

1. Cutting of the Hellenic Community St. Basil’s cake (or New Year’s cake). The cutting of the HC St Basil’s cake will happen on Sunday 31 January in the Greek school at 12:30pm after the Devine Liturgy.  The cutting of St. Basil’s cake is a ancient tradition, delivered to us from our forefathers, which we aim to perpetuate and in turn hand to our children (http://www.vasilopita.com/story.html). All are welcome. After the cutting of St. Basil’s cake we will hold an informal General Asembly meeting of our members for information purposes.
2. Commencement of Greek traditional dance classes. The dance classes will recommence on Monday 25 January at 19:30 at the Greek school. All are welcome.
3. Greek Kafeneion. The kafeneion will be open on Sunday 24 January from 14:45 until 19:00 for the football games between Aris and PAO and between Olympiakos and PAOK.

Best regards
On behalf of the Management Board of the Hellenic Community

Thomais Kakouli
President
Hellenic Community of Ireland
www.hellenic.ie

Dear parents and friends of the Greek School in Dublin,

The teacher, the students and the School Committee invite you to the Christmas celebration that will take place on Saturday 12th of December 2009 at 12:30 pm, at the Greek School, at the room of the Greek Community behind our church.

The programme will include recitation of Christmas songs and plays, and of course presents from Santa Claus.

We would be delighted to see you all there, members or not of the Community, to celebrate together Christmas and for you to see first hand the very important work that is carried out by our teacher Mr. Vaios Manolis.

The teacher, students and school committee of the Greek School in Dublin

Dear Members,

Please be advised that we call an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Hellenic Community on Saturday 12 December at 2 p.m. We regret that the attached file is only in Greek, where more details on the need for this meeting are described. The EGM will be dealing with only two issues, that is (a) the acceptance by the General Assembly of the motion of the consensual enrolment of our Greek Orthodox members to the polling catalogue of our Greek Orthodox Church and (b) the approval of the newly proposed Trustees (Mr Tsouros and Prof. Florides) of the church property by the General Assembly.
Members who are unable to attend, should communicate their views to the President in this email address before Saturday.

Warm Regards

On behalf of the Management Board

Dr Thomais Kakouli
President
Hellenic Community of Ireland

Dear members and friends of the Hellenic Community,

On Monday 16 November 2009 at 4:30 p.m. please tune at 93.9 FM in your radios. I will have the pleasure of giving an interview at the radio station Dublin South FM 93.9 FM at the One World Show. It will be a live radio show, lasting half an hour, on Greek music and at the same time I will have the opportunity to also represent our Community.
I would like to thank Michael Youlton, George Chouliaras and George Tsoutsas for helping me decide the music content of the show.

With warm regards

On the behalf of the Management Board of the Hellenic Community

Thomais Kakouli
President
Hellenic Community of Ireland

1. The Bacchae in Dublin: Classic Stage Ireland presents the last work by Euripides.  Venue: Project Cube, Project Arts Centre, 39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Time:   8:15 pm – 9:45 pm (no interval).  Dates: 11th-23rd January 2010 (Previews: 8th and 9th January 2010).  Tickets: 20 (16 concession). Bookings: +353 (0) 1 881 9613 or http://www.projectartscentre.ie
2. ‘Collections present and absent at the new Acropolis Museum’: an Irish Museums Association (IMA) Annual James White Lecture by Prof. Dimitrios Pandermalis, President of the new Acropolis Museum, on Wednesday 18th November 2009 at 6.30pm. Venue: Ceramics Room, National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin. Lecture followed by reception; admission free, booking essential.
3. ‘Cyrene – a Greek City in North Africa’: an Irish-Hellenic Society lecture by Professor Andrew Smith (Classics Department, UCD), on Wednesday 11th November 2009 at 8pm. Venue: The United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2. More info
4. Lynda Benglis at IMMA: The first solo exhibition in Europe of the Greek-American sculptor Lynda Benglis, at the Irish Museum of Modern Art from November 4th to January 24th. More info
5. In Plato’s homeland by Eileen Pearson, The Irish Times, October 31, 2009. More info

Watch interviews of Fr Hieremias Karampelas of the Holy Monastery Panagias Sgrapas Pilias to the local media in May 2008, during distribution of humanitarian aid at the village of Alagonia on Mount Tayetos, which was badly struck by fire in August 2007.  Fr Hieremias equipped his mission with funds sent to him by the Hellenic Community of Ireland. The Hellenic Community of Ireland organised a music night under the initiative of Ms Gemma Deery (see pictures) and fund-raised in our Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Dublin the amount of 8,000 euro, which was provided for this aid. The Hellenic Community of Ireland wishes to thank its members, Ms Gemma Deery and Ms  Dimphne Ní Bhraonain, the Irish Hellenic Society and especially Mr Paddy Sammon, and all the philhellenists of Ireland for their support and contribution.