Within the context of the celebrations of the bicentenary of the commencement of the Greek Revolution, the Youth Centre of the Holy Metropolitanate of Lefkas and Ithaca organizes online events (19h00-21h00) as follows:

Tuesday, March 23, 2021
The Society of Friends in Lefkas
Speaker: Archimandrite Father Ioannikios Zambelis, Doctor of Laws, theologian.

You may watch it here.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021
The action of Ioannis Zambelios (1787-1856) during the Greek Revolution and his witness
Speaker: Mr Triantaphyllos Sklavenitis, historian, Emeritus Director of Research at the Centre of Research into Modern Hellenism of the National Foundation of Research.
You may watch it here.

Thursday, April 1, 2021
1821 today: topical publications of our Church
Speaker: Mr Constantinos Holevas, political scientist, writer, associate of the Special Synodic Committee of the Church of Greece on Cultural Identity.
You may watch it here.

Tuesday, April 6, 2021 2021
The meeting of chieftains at the place of the “Enchanted” in 1807: The context, the facts, and the contribution to the later developments of the Greek National Uprising
Speaker: Mr Demetrios Tseres, philologist.
You may watch it here

Thursday, April 8, 2021
Neomartyrs: heroes of faith. The indicative example of Gregorios V, Ecumenical Patriarch (through the Funeral Oration of COnstantinos Ecomomos from among the Economoi [Treasurers]). Saint Eughenios Karavias of Ithaca, Metropolitan of Anchialos (d. 10.04.1821)

Speaker: Dr Haralambos Sterghioulis, Ph.D. in Byzantine Literature.
You may watch it here.

Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Church and Enlightenment
Speaker : Protopresbyter Dr Themistocles Mourtzanos, Ph.D. in Theology, philologist.
You may watch it here.

Thursday, April 15, 2021
Ioannis Capodistrias preparing 1821
Speaker: Dr Demetrios Metallinos, Ph.D. in History, theologian, Faculty member of the Ionian University.
You may watch it on the zoom platform here.

Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Modern Greek dialects as an element of cultural pluralism – The case of the idiom of Lefkas
Speaker: Mr Panaghiotis Kribas, Associate Professor of Classical Studies and the Humanities at the Democritean University of Thrace.

Thursday, April 22, 2021
Fighters from Lefkas in the Revolution of 1821. Narrativised testimonies and witnesses in action
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Speaker: Dr Paraskevi Copsida-Vrettou, Ph.D. in Social Folklore, honorary School Adviser of Teachers of Literature and History

Thursday, May 6, 2021
1st hour: The lion of Lefkas. A colossal funerary statue and the adventures of the monuments of the ancient town.
2nd hour: Sketching out the town. From Amaxiki to modern Lefkas
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Speaker: Mr Vassilis Philippas, graphic artist – researcher

Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Lefkas, on the borderline between the Ottomans and the Venetians (15th – 17th c.)
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Speaker: Mr Elias Kolovos, Associate Professor of Ottoman History at the University of Crete

Tuesday, May 18, 2021
The rebellion of the villagers of Lefkas in 1819
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Speaker: Dr Spyridon A. Sklavenitis, Ph.D. in History, Head of the General State Archives for the Prefecture of Preveza

Tuesday, May 25, 2021
The Greek constitutional traditions. The beginnings and diachronic features
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Speaker: Prof. Nikos Alivizatos, Emeritus Professor of Constitutional Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Athens

Tuesday, June 1, 2021
The costumes of the Greek Lords of Wallachia on the eve of the Greek Revolution
Speaker: Prof. Tudor Dinu, Professor of Modern Greek Studies at the University of Bucharest

Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Aspects of the Ecclesiastical History of Lefkas under Venetian Rule
Speaker: Ms Despoina Mihalaga, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Ecclesiastical History at the Department of Theology of the University of Athens

SIMULTANEOUS ACTIVITY:
The path of 1821 on the island of Lefkas”.

Guided Tour of historical sites of Lefkas related to our Great Revolution.

Guide: Archimandrite Father Ioannikios Zambelis.
(June 2021. To be confirmed upon the lifting of the restrictive measures).