PHAROS meeting. The “tombs of Vergina” was the topic that brought out a large crowd.
Vice-Consul of Denmark Vibeke Sawyer
officially opening the European Film Festival in Vancouver. The Greek
film, one of the entries, will be shown twice during the festival.
At the book launch – (L to R)
George Tsakumis, Hon. Consul of Cyprus Tasoula Berggren, Dr. Ted McWhinney,
Ambassador Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos with Vincent Lima of Gomidas
Publishers and Jack Deragopian of the Armenian Community.
The Mayor of Athens presents a
memorial plate to Jack Polle, Head of the 2010 Olympic Bid Committee –
Whistler / Vancouver, BC.
The Consul of Greece Eleni Lianidou
with her guests. Jack Polle (Whistler/Vancouver Olympic Bid Committee),
Ambassador Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos, Mayor of Athens Dimitris
Avramopoulos, and His Eminence Metropolitan Sotirios of Toronto, Canada.
The Mayor of Athens with Tasoula
Berggren (Honourary Consul of Cyprus) and Eleni Lianidou, the Consul of
Greece at the Consul’s reception at her home.
The Mayor of Athens presents a plague
to the Mayor of Vancouver Philip Owen at the Hellenic Community of
Vancouver 75th Anniversary Dinner.
A few of the people at the “OXI”
Day celebrations in Langley sponsored by the Greek Cultural Community.
One of the Greek school dance groups
performs at the Greek Food festival.
At the “OXI” Day celebrations at
St. Nicholas and Dimitrios Church in Vancouver: Stratos Protopappas (Bank
of Greece – Manager), Constantinos Bonnis, Honorary Consul of Cyprus
Tasoula Berggren, Metropolitan Sotirios, Senior Commander Nicholas Seretis
(Greek Shipping) and Helen Boyce.
The president of the Greek Orthodox
Community of East Vancouver speaks at the “OXI” Day celebration in the
basement hall of St. Nicholas & St. Dimitrios Church.
After the memorial service on Nov 10
at St. George Cathedral commemorating the Nov. 9, 1866 Holocaust in Arkadi,
Crete. Abbot Yiapoudakis blew up the monastery with all the people in it
to prevent the women and children falling to the hands of the Turks. The
explosion also killed thousands of the Turkish army. Centre of picture:
Nick Papoutsakis (President – Cretan Association) and Peter Capadoucas
(Pres. – Hellenic Canadian Congress) surrounded by Board members of the
Cretan Society and on the far left is Costas Bonnis, an aspiring
politician.