Understanding Greece – Red eggs
Why are eggs red? One of the oldest customs associated with the celebration of Christian Easter. It originates from Mesopotamia and the first Christian communities in the region. From there it spread to Europe and the entire Christian world. The Easter egg is red in color and symbolizes the blood that Christ shed on the […]
Life at school – World Poetry Day
World Poetry Day is celebrated every year on March 21. Its original inspiration belongs to the Greek poet Michael Mitras, who in the autumn of 1997 proposed to the Writers’ Association that the celebration of poetry be adopted in Greece, as in other countries, and that a specific day be designated for it. His proposal […]
Life at school – International Greek Language Day
The International Greek Language Day is celebrated annually on February 9th, a day dedicated to honoring the rich history and global influence of the Greek language. This day was established by the Greek Ministry of Education, with the goal of highlighting the cultural and intellectual heritage of Greece, as well as the significant role the […]
Proud of our staff- Our director’s greeting to “Nostos”
Nostos is the name of the Hellenic Cultural Association of the Greeks in Argentina, who organized this year their 13 th International Coference.The main topic that the participants had to elaborate was “The Influence of Greece and the Greek Culture on the Sciences and Arts of the World”.Our director sent a videoscoped greeting as president […]
Proud of our staff- Our director as a president of the ODEG
After 10 years, our director Kostas Karkanias was elected again as President of the old and well-known Organization for the Promotion of the Greek Language (www.odeg.gr). He promised that he will revitalize the operation of the Association by strengthening its old actions but also creating new ones. He is planning, among other things, the new […]
Life at school – Students visit us
JOSE BRINGS NEWS FROM MARSEILLES Jose our very good French student is used to visit us whenever he comes to Athens, and this happens frequently. This time he brought a gift from Marseilles, where he comes from. It is just the photograph from an inscription in the city that presents its Greek past and also […]
Life at school: Celebrating the return of Odysseus
WE’ RE CELEBRATING ONCE MORE THE RETURN OF ODYSSEUS FROM OCTOBER 21 TO 31 In our School we have created a club, called THE RETURN OF ODYSSEUS and every year since 2017 we celebrate with relevant discussions and recitations of parts of the poem in Ancient and Modern Greek as well as in the languages […]
Proud of our staff- Our director’s presentation of a book
CINI PU STO KOSMO MILUNE GREKO This is the title in the Greek dialect of Apulia, Italy, of a book about Greek dialects in Italy, Georgia, Ukraine- Russia and Bulgaria. The dialects are spoken by a small number of people but are very important from a linguistic perspective. The meaning of the title easily understandable […]
Life at school – Students visit us
Tamar our student from Israel has been the director of an NGO that supported refugees in learning Greek at our School. She visited our director last December and spoke about the most desired Peace in the Middle East.The discussion started when she saw that on his desk he had the smal sign – that is […]
Out of class activities – Visit to the museum of Asia Minor Hellenism
The previous week we visited a very special museum, the museum of Asia Minor Hellenism. In Asia Minor, however, Greece had to face a new Turkish Revolutionary government under Mustafa Kemal. The Asia Minor campaign lasted until 1922 and ended with the defeat of Greece during September 1922. This was followed by the withdrawal of […]