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Victoria Hislop, Alicia Elsbeth Stallings: Award of the LORD BYRON Medal 2025 Tuesday 4 February 2025, 19.00 Academy of Athens, Panepistimiou 28, Athens

The Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism (SHP) has instituted since 2021 and awards, in collaboration with the Academy of Athens, the Lord Byron Philhellenism Medal in the name of the great poet and Philhellene, Lord…

The SHP awarded in collaboration with the Academy of Athens, the Lord Byron Medal to 3 distinguished British Philhellenes

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The SHP, in collaboration with the Academy of Athens, awarded the Lord Byron Medal to 3 distinguished British Philhellenes, in a ceremony that took place on 16 November 2024, at Trinity College, Cambridge University. The…

The SHP and the Philhellenism Museum wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2025.

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Rosa Botsari, daughter of the great fighter of the Greek Revolution, Markos Botsaris, both symbols of the struggle for freedom and independence, central figures of Philhellenic art internationally. This important portrait of the…

EXODUS 1826-2026 / Missolonghi 200 Years

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The SHP (eefshp.org) and the Philhellenism Museum (phmus.org) participate in the 25-member Honorary Committee for the organisation of events and activities dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the Exodus. The Exodus…

The Lord Byron Medal to the descendants of the German Philhellene general Count Norman von Ehrenfels

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On Saturday, November 16, 2024, an event and concert took place in Stuttgart, organized by the Greek Community in Germany e.V. (Omogeneia). The event aimed to highlight the deep cultural relations between Greece…

Great success of the premiere of the play “Byron. The farewell. Messolonghi 1824”

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The premiere of the play entitled "Byron. The farewell. Messolonghi 1824” took place in the Amphitheatre of the War Museum. The play, which moved and impressed the audience, deals with the last days of Lord Byron in Messolonghi. The…

Theatrical performance “Byron. The Farewell, Messolonghi 1824”, 31/10 and 1/11/2024, at 20.00

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The Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism (SHP - www.eefshp.org) and the Philhellenism Museum in Athens (www.phmus.org), are pleased to invite you to the original theatrical performance entitled "Byron. The Farewell,…

The President of the Republic of Poland awards the Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism

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The President of the Republic of Poland awarded the Golden Cross of Merit of the Polish Republic to the Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism (SHP), following a proposal by the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs. The…

2024 – Year of Lord Byron and Philhellenism, announcement of the actions to be sponsored by SHP and the Philhellenism Museum

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The SHP and Philhellenism Museum examined in detail all the requests for financial support of actions that they received in the framework of the program "2024: Year of Lord Byron and Philhellenism", and evaluated them…

Swiss Philhellenes in 1821: Speech by Prof. Dr. Konstantinou Papailiou in Zurich

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Prof. Dr. Konstantinos Papailiou, vice-president of the SHP, will present on November 17, 2023, at an event in Zurich, the history of the Swiss Philhellenes who participated in the liberation struggle of 1821.

Event in memory of the German Philhellene general Karl Norman

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The event to honor the great Philhellene, general Karl Norman, took place with great success on Friday, October 20, 2023, at the Ehrenfels family tower, south of Stuttgart, where he lived before coming to Greece in January…

Awarding of the International Lord Byron Prize 2023

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The Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism (SHP) established the International Lord Byron Prize in 2021, in collaboration with the Academy of Athens, in honor of the great poet and Philhellene who drew his last breath in Missolonghi, fighting…

PRESS RELEASE – Extraordinary Ceremonial Session of the Academy of Athens for the Award of the International Philhellenism Lord Byron Prize for the year 2022, of the Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism – Tuesday, September 20, 2022

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The award ceremony of the International Philhellenism Lord Byron Prize for 2022 of the Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism (SHP), took place on September 20, 2022, during a solemn session of the Academy of Athens. SHP…

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April 20, 2022 Visit of the Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism (SHP) to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Nikos Dendias Information on the activities of SHP and the Philhellenism Museum Presentation of winners of the International…

Press Release – The descendants of the Admirals of the Naval Battle of Navarino in Athens

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The Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism (SHP) and the Philhellenism Museum award to them an honorary diploma and the Lord Byron Medal The Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism (SHP) and the Philhellenism Museum…

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