May 30, 2023: Event for the premiere of the film “The Philhellenes”

The Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism, in collaboration with the Philhellenism Museum  and the Athens City Festival organized by the City of Athens, is organizing an event aiming to include in the cultural map of the capital the new Monument of Philhellenes, which will be placed in the heart of Athens, at Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, in front of the War Museum.

The event will take place on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at 19:30, at the War Museum’s “Ioannis Kapodistrias” central Hall, where the new film “The Philhellenes” will be screened.

The Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism and the Philhellenism Museum has created a high-quality 35-minute film, on the Philhellenic movement from the Renaissance to the liberation of Greece role of the Philhellenes for the achievement of Independence of the Greek state. The film is of high aesthetic value and excellent quality, and it will be screened in the Greek language with English subtitles. More than 50 actors participate in it. The trailer of the film is available at the link.

Free entry with a registration form at info@phmus.org

Location: War Museum’s “Ioannis Kapodistrias” central Hall

Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Start Time: 19:30

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In the footprints of the Philhellenes in Athens

This May, for the second consecutive year, the Philhellenism Museum will be a part of the Athens City Festival organized by the City of Athens, aiming to enrich the capital’s cultural map by highlighting our national cultural heritage.

In collaboration with the Athens City Festival, the Museum of Philhellenism organizes spring walks with a live guided tour of the city to highlight the new Monument of Philhellenes designed and implemented at its own expense by the Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism. Through the creation of spring cultural itineraries, participants will discover a different side of historical Athens and travel 200 years back, to the beginning of the 19th century and the period of the Greek Revolution. The marble Monument, which will be unveiled in 2023, shows Nike (Victory) slightly leaning her body to untie her sandal and inscribes the names of 2,000 Philhellenes who acted before, during, and after the 1821 Revolution, providing vital services or even their lives for Greece’s Independence. 

The walks will take place on May 7 and May 14. They will be of cultural and historical importance, with city points-stations bearing the history of Modern Greece and the Philhellenic movement as a common thread. The participants are scheduled to meet at 12:00 p.m. at Manu Rallous Square, opposite the Russian Church on Filellinon Street. The finish point is on Rizari Street, in front of the Monument of Philhellenes, in the gardens of the War Museum.   Participants will wear headphones throughout these spring walks to better follow the tour, which will be performed in real time by the group’s guide and animator. The ultimate objective of these events is for participants to have the opportunity to know Athens better and to comprehend their place in the national, historical, and social continuum through historical retrospection. 

 

Register by sending an email to info@phmus.org with your name, phone number, and walk date. 

Follow this link for additional information about the Athens City Festival program.   

 

In the footprints of the Philhellenes in Athens
In the footprints of the Philhellenes in Athens
In the footprints of the Philhellenes in Athens
In the footprints of the Philhellenes in Athens
In the footprints of the Philhellenes in Athens

 

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SHP on the anniversary of the Exodus of Messolonghi

 

The anniversary of the heroic Exodus of Messolonghi was celebrated this year with great success and a large crowd in attendance. The honored country was Switzerland and the great Swiss Philhellene Johann Jakob Meyer, who lost his life along with his family in the Exodus. Meyer, found his purpose in revolutionary Greece. He served as a doctor in the Navy under Miaoulis, converted to Orthodoxy, and married a Greek woman from Messolonghi, where he organized a pharmacy and a hospital. Above all, he was the publisher of the first Greek newspaper, the “Greek Chronicles” and is therefore considered the founder of modern Greek journalism.

For this reason, a very interesting event was organized on Friday, April 7, at the “Diexodos” cultural center, initiated by its founder, Nikos Kordosis, to honor Meyer and his contribution to the Greek Revolution. Among others, the Ambassador of Switzerland to Greece, Stefan Estermann, Mr. Rolf Huber, mayor of Schöfflisdorf, Meyer’s place of origin, the mayor of Messolonghi, Kostas Lyras, and the Regional Governor of Western Greece, Nektarios Farmakis, participated in the event. The celebratory speech was given by Ms. Maria Antoniadou, President of JUOADN (ESIEA), delivered the celebratory speech in which she referred, among other things, to JUOADN’s slogan, “Publication is the soul of justice,” which is attributed to Meyer. The celebratory events continued on Saturday, April 8th with the laying of a wreath at Meyer’s monument, where a memorial prayer was also held. Professor Kostas Papailiou, represented SHP at the event, as member of the advisory committee of the SHP.

 

Caption of the photo: Meyer’s monument in Messolonghi.

From left: K. Papailiou, Mrs. Papailiou-Parisianou, Mrs. Antoniadou, N. Kordosis (Photo by S. Koutsautis)

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