This week too the events organized by the Holy Metropolitanates of the Church of Greece in honour of the bicentenary of the Greek Revolution of 1821 continue being carried out. Specifically:
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2021
The Holy Metropolitanate of Kitros, Katerini and Platamon dedicated this year’s “Photia” to the great Anniversary. At the heart of the celebrations is Greek learning and its contribution to the preservation of Christian faith and national consciousness.
Thursday, February 18, 2021, 17h00 – 20h00 : online training seminar addressed to teachers and the broader public on the subject: “Approaching the Revolution of 1821 through historical sources: theory and methodology of integrating historical sources in primary and secondary education”. Seminar organized in cooperation with the 3rd Regional Educational Planning Centre. Online connection through the following link: https://minedu-primary.webex.com/meet/ngraikos.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20 & 21, 2021
Saturday, February 20, 12h30: online educational workshops on the subject : “1821: The contribution of the Church to the Education of the enslaved Greeks”, addressed to primary school pupils and high-school students up to the 5th grade [going from the 6th to the 1st].
Sunday, February 21, 12h30: similar workshops addressed to high-school students of the 4th to 1st grades. Attendance of the workshops also on the social networks of the Holy Metropolitanate of Kitros, Katerini and Platamon (Facebook and YouTube). Parental consent indispensable.
Sunday, February 21, 2021: online event organized by the Holy Metropolitanate of Phthiotis on the subject : “The Revolution in Eastern Phthiotis”. Watch here.
The celebration of the bicentenary of the Revolution in Moldowallachia (February 22, 1821) and the tribute due to Alexandros Ypsilantis and his fellow fighters have been assigned by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece to the Holy Metropolitanate of Thessaloniki. Within this framework:
Sunday, February 21, 2021, 11h: Solemn Doxology in the Holy Church of Saint Demetrios the Myrrh-Streamer, Patron Saint of the city of Thessaloniki, with no physical presence of the faithful (because of the Covid-19-related healthcare restrictions).
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Monday, February 22, 2021, 11h: scholarly one-day Conference on the subject: “The commencement of the Revolution in Moldowallachia – Alexandros Ypsilantis and the participation of the Greeks of Pontus, Asia Minor and the Diaspora in the Struggle”. Event broadcast on the www.ekklisia1821.gr website of the Church of Greece. Greetings addressed by:
– Archim. Iakovos Athanassiou, Protosynkellos of the Holy Metropolitanate of Thessaloniki as representative of Metropolitan Anthimos of Thessaloniki, and
– Archim. Bartholomaios Antoniou-Triantaphyllides, Secretary of the Special Synodic Committee of the Holy Synod on Cultural Identity.
Speakers of the event:
– the Learned Mr Kyriakos Hatzikyriakides, Assistant Professor at the Department of History and Archæology of the University of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, on the subject : “The contribution of the Ypsilantis to the Greek Palingenesia [Regeneration, in Greek]”;
– the Learned Mr Theodossios Kyriakides, PhD in History and Scholarly Associate of the Chair of Pontic Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, on the subject : “In Trebizond they became members thereof … : The participation of the Greeks of Pontus in the Society of Friends [Filiki Etairia, in Greek] and in the Revolution of 1821”; and
– the Most Learned Mr Constantinos Kotsiopoulos, Professor at the Department of Pastoral and Social Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, on the subject: “The purpose of launching the Revolution in Moldowallachia”.
Moreover, papers delivered by:
– the Learned Ms Sophia Tahou-Eliadou, Professor at the University of Florina, on the subject : “Education in Moldowallachia”; and
– the Learned Ms Iphigeneia Vamvakidou, Professor at the University of Florina, on the subject : “The participation of the Thracians in the Revolution of Moldowallachia”.
