9 May 2025: FESTIVE EVENT AT THE CADET ACADEMY OF ATHENS (EVELPIDON)

The Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism (SHP) and the Philhellenism Museum, cordially invite you to the ceremony co-organised along with the Ministry of National Defence / General Staff of the Hellenic Armed Forces and the Cadet Academy of Athens, on Friday, May 9th, 2025, at 10.00, at the premises of the Academy in Vari, to honour the Philhellenes who actively participated in the liberation of Greece and contributed decisively to the creation and organisation of the Regular Army and Navy of Greece, in the context of the Greek War of Independence.

Twenty (20) descendants of distinguished Philhellenes will participate in the event and will be honoured with diplomas for the contribution of their ancestors, who gave their lives for Greece.

Descendants of Frank Abney Hastings, Jean – Gabriel Eynard, Charles – Nicolas Fabvier, Edward Codrington, Samuel Gridley Howe, Olivier Voutier, Heinrich Treiber, Wilhelm Bellier de Launoy, Jean-François Maxime Raybaud, Antonio Figueira d’ Almeida, Giuseppe Chiappe, Michele Gramsi, Henri Fornèsy, Pasquale Gambini, Michele Roccavilla, Karl Friedrich Lebrecht von Normann Ehrenfels, will be honored.

The ceremony will be attended by government officials, the hierarchy of the Armed Forces of Greece, and by Ambassadors of the countries of origin of the honoured Philhellenes.

The SHP will offer, in the evening of the same day at 19:30, a visit to the Philhellenism Museum and a reception at the Museum’s Roof Garden to honour the descendants.

The SHP / Philhellenism Museum may offer a limited number of invitations to its friends.

Interested parties can request an invitation by email: info@eefshp.org

RSVP: by Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 12:00