March 25, 2020, is the 199th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence in 1821, which coincides with our Greek Orthodox Church’s celebration of the Annunciation of the Theotokos. In any other year, children would be preparing for their school shows and the parade and we might be planning to go to church. Unfortunately, due…
March 14, 2020 The Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal and École Socrates-Démosthène have had an effective pandemic plan in place for quite some time. There has been a ready and operational pandemic plan since the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. This has been way ahead of many other schools in Quebec. I helped create the initial…
The Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal would like to inform you that it is following the evolution of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) with various public health agencies very closely. Our goal is that all our employees, volunteers, students, members and their families remain healthy, enabling us to continue to offer our services to the greatest extent possible…
Over the last week, our motherland, Greece, has been the target of an unparalleled threat. Thousands of people, under the guise of refugees, are attempting to illegally enter Greece across its borders with Turkey. Rather than deterring them, Turkey provides help and guidance as to how to cross. For more than 5 years, Turkey has…
The Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal continues to award the honorary distinction “Hellene of the Year” to various persons in recognition of their contribution to the life of our Community at large and to Hellenism. The procedure of candidates selection is the following: the public of our Community at large is invited to nominate candidates…
Οι καμπάνες στους Ι. Ναούς της ΕΚΜΜ ήχησαν χαρμόσυνα. Συγχαρητήρια στους Ιερείς μας π. Δημήτριο Αντωνόπουλο και π. Νεκτάριο Μοστράτο για την εκλογή τους ως Βοηθοί Επίσκοποι της Ιεράς Αρχιεπισκοπής Καναδά, με το αξίωμα των Επισκόπων Ζηνουπόλεως και Κεράμων, αντίστοιχα. Η εκλογή τους έγινε από την Ιερά Σύνοδο του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου, υπό την Προεδρία του…
Διαβάστε πιο κάτω, τον χαιρετισμό του Υφυπουργού Εξωτερικών Κωνσταντίνου Βλάση για την Παγκόσμια ημέρα ελληνικής γλώσσας.
The fourth edition of the Telemarathon, organized by the Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal (HCGM) Fundraising Committee (FRC), completed its first full day of recording on Saturday, January 25, with an unprecedented Fundraising Gala in the evening, spearheaded by Fundraising Committee Honorary President, Dr. George Tsoukas. The Gala is the new, fourth pillar of the…
January 30, 2020 On December 17th, 2019 a meeting was held between Christos Sirros the President of the Socrates Education Foundation and the HCGM President, Andreas Crilis, Voula Neofotistos, Vice President – Secretary of Education and Constance Karvelas Executive Vice President and Secretary of Marketing. The meeting was requested by Mr. Sirros to explore the…
On Wednesday, January 22th, the Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal was invited to participate again in this year’s Pre-Budget Consultations for 2020- 2021 with Quebec’s Finance Minister, Éric Girard Cabinet. During this private consultation, the President, Mr. Andreas Crilis, the Director of Real-Estate and Procurement, Mr. Achilea Nikopoulos and the Director-General of École Socrates-Démosthène, Mr….
