Dear parents and students of the Greek school in Dublin,

We would like to inform you that student registration for the Greek school will take place on Saturday 05.09.09 at the hall where classes take place between 10:00 – 14:00, as well as on Sunday 06.09.09 immediately after the Holy Liturgy.

On Saturday 12.09.09 we will have Holy water rites for the new academic year. The time for the Holy water rites will be arranged with the priest and will be announced later. Student registration can also be done on the day.

The registration forms can be found here.

On behalf of the Teacher and the School Committee,

Dr. Theodora Lola-Luz
Secretary, Hellenic Community of Ireland

Dear members and friends of the Hellenic Community,

We are delighted to announce that we would like to commence Greek Dancing classes to be held at the Greek School Hall on the first Monday of each month or twice a month depending on interest, with suggested times from 8.00pm to 9.30pm.

The cost of these classes will be 2 euro per session for members and 5 for non members.

We welcome any interested parties who would like to join us to send us a note confirming your availability to attend by the 20th of August 2009, to our teacher Mr Vaios Manolis (school@helleniccommunity.ie) or Ms Athena Kelly (athena@helleniccommunity.ie, 086 404 1857).

Everyone is welcome including beginners and those who would like to have fun even though they are experienced Greek dancers !

On behalf of the Βoard of Μanagement,

Theodora Lola-Luz
Secretary, Hellenic Community of Ireland

On behalf of the Management Board (M.B.) I welcome you to the website of the Hellenic Community of Ireland.

The Hellenic Community of Ireland is Dublin based and was founded in 1964. It is the official instrument of the Greeks in Ireland and as such it is recognised by the Greek, Cypriot and Irish governments. Our Community is relatively small in comparison to the larger communities of the Greek Diaspora, but it is very active considering its size and its resources.

Hellenes, the world over, carry a piece of their homeland inside them. The Hellenic Community of Ireland, whose M.B. works on a voluntary basis, endeavours to welcome the Greeks in Ireland, and to unlock from inside each one of us that very special piece of our homeland. If you wish to know in detail the general and specific aims of the Hellenic Community of Ireland, please consult the Community’s Memorandum of Association.

Finally, we would like to thank you for visiting our website. We also thank you in advance for your comments, questions and suggestions and please be assured that we will pay them appropriate consideration. Please allow us to remind you that we work voluntarily for the Community and thus we would like to ask for your understanding in the event we delay to reply to you.

Have a great browsing!

Thomae Kakouli
President, Hellenic Community of Ireland

Dear members and friends of the Hellenic Community

The HC Management Board invites you to an open discussion on the topic of “The international economic crisis and developments in Greece”. The discussion will take place in the Greek School on Sunday 6 September at 1p.m. after the Divine Liturgy. The event is organised due to the visit to Ireland, for an international conference, of two noticeable analysts from Greece: Mr George Karampelias, writer and editor and Prof. Panayotis Papakyriazis, economist, Professor Emeritus at the Economic University of Athens and Professor Emeritus at the California Polytechnic State University.
Mr Karampelias and Prof. Papakyriazis would be delighted to participate in the discussion and to meet the members of our community, and also the community members to meet them.

With warm regards,

On behalf of the Management Board

Dr. Thomais Kakouli
President, Hellenic Community of Ireland

Dear members and friends of the Hellenic Community,

Please be advised that H.E. the Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain will visit Dublin this weekend. We do not know yet his precise schedule but we do know that he will be at the Holy Liturgy on Sunday 6th of September at 11 am. The Archbishop would like to meet his flock after the Holy Liturgy so we kindly ask the Greek Orthodox parishioners and compatriots to come to our church to meet him.

On behalf of the Management Board

Dr Thomais Kakouli
President, Hellenic Community of Ireland

Click here to download the programme of the Greek Orthodox Church for Easter 2009.

Dear members and Friends,

Please find here a document from the Greek Embassy in Dublin, in relation to the opening of a ballet box for the Euroelection 2009. More information on what needs to be done, in the document attached. For more clarifications please get in touch with the Embassy in Dublin.

On behalf of the management board,

The Secretary,

Theodora Lola-Luz

Dear members, compatriots and friends of the Hellenic Community of Ireland

The General Assembly of the Hellenic Community (HC) gathered on Sunday 25 January 2009 at the Greek School where the election for the new Management Board (MB) took place. I would like to thank our members who honoured us with their presence and laid their trust on us by approving us for two more years of tenure. I feel very optimistic for my Presidency of the HC, and I believe that I also reflect the views of all the MB members, because we did achieve a great deal in our last tenure, but we also gained more experience in handling the issues of the HC. I feel particularly pleased due to the presence of four new colleagues in the MB with new energy and ideas, but also because I believe that it is good that as many of us as possible are involved in the management of our community. Only this way we can really make the community “ours”. We commit ourselves to serve as best as we are able to the interests of our Community in Ireland and of Hellenism in general.

On behalf of the MB

Warm regards

Dr. Thomais Kakouli
President, Hellenic Community of Ireland

Click here to download the minutes of the Bi-Annual General Meeting held on January 25th 2009.

If you have recently moved to Ireland or you are thinking to relocate here in the near future, there are lots of things you need to know. The attached document contains some basic information about Social Insurance, Benefits, Schools, etc. Click here to download.

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Dear members/friends of the Hellenic community,

We would like to inform you that on Tuesday February 3rd at 5 pm in the room behind the church there will be a Greek Kafeneio/coffee in operation where we can meet for coffee and tavli.

The Board is trying to find a day that would suit most people. if you wish you could contact the  secretary of the community (secretary@helleniccommunity.ie) in order to help us decide what day suits the majority.

Hope to see you there.

On behalf of the Hellenic Community,

Theodora Lola-Luz
Secretary