Dear friends, Easter is the most significant celebration of the Christian faith. Across the world, believers relive the course of the Divine Drama; a path that leads to catharsis and Resurrection. Easter is the great celebration that unites us and keeps our faith and traditions alive. These traditions are undeniably linked to every Greek family…
My beloved, in the name of Christ, Bothers and Sisters, If we wish to find a deeper and more meaningful sense of the great feast of Easter, it would be with through a single word: Triumph! Triumph of the positive forces of life over the negative ones, of the spiritual world over the material one. …
The HCGM Hellenic Cultural Institute’s (HCI) Folklore Workshop is commemorating the anniversary of our National Rebirth. With respect and love for the boundless riches of our popular culture, we are proud to present the musical event: Studying Our Roots «Όσα η ιστορία υφαίνει, ο χορός με κύκλους δένει», from the Byzantium to the Great Uprising,…
by Eleni Fakotakis, Director of SSHQ April is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness month. We are an aging society and I am sure that everyone who reads this report knows of at least one person who has Parkinson’s disease (PD) amongst their friends or relatives. Parkinson’s and related diseases are on the rise. PD is a neurodegenerative…
The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) is one of the largest Hellenic heritage groups in the world and an important community-service organisation in North America. The organisation was founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1922. Since then it has borne chapters across the world, in Canada, Greece, France, UK, Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Panama, Australia,…
The Socrates Educational Foundation (SEF) is a unique organisation. Every year, through valuable support and assistance of its members, many students are provided with access to knowledge. The SEF is a non-profit organisation. The SEF’s objectives are listed in its statutes and consist mainly of fundraising and providing financial support for the advancement of trilingual…
Throughout the Holy Week, all the HCGM churches have Holy Week services scheduled. For additional information and specific schedules, please contact: St-George’s Cathedral, tel. 514-738-3202; Evangelismos tis Theotokou, tel. 514-273-9767; Koimisis tis Theotokou, tel. 514-273-9888; St-John-the-Baptist, tel. 450-656-4832; St-Nicholas, tel. 450-973-3480; and Holy Cross, tel. 450-973-3773. Saturday, April 18, 2015, 8: 00p.m., Lefteris Pantazis and…
“We, descendants of the wise and noble peoples of Hellas, we who are the contemporaries of the enlightened and civilised nations of Europe, we who behold the advantages which they enjoy under the protection of the impenetrable aegis of the law, find it no longer possible to suffer without cowardice and self-contempt the cruel yoke…
Celebrating freedom and heroism! For Greeks around the world March 25th 1821 symbolises the beginning of the revolutionary fight that ended 400 years of the Ottoman rule. Nicholas T. Pagonis, President of the Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal (HCGM) states that “as Greeks passionately wave the Greek flag and celebrate Greece’s National Independence Day, they…
Interview with Orpheus Vosniades, FRC President Two of the most successful Greek charity events during the winter of 2015 were the “RBC Taste and Tradition” event and the 2015 annual Raffle. The second edition of the Greek-traditional-food fest raised more than $ 62,000, while the estimated net proceeds from the 2015 Raffle are over $…
