4th Greek Business and Art Festival
The Hellenic Community of Ireland with the support of EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum proudly presents the “4th Greek Business and Arts Festival”.
The festival will take place in CHQ, 1 Custom House Quay, North Dock, Dublin 1 on Sunday 23rd February 2020 from 11:00 to 16:00.
We also invite everyone to participate in two Greek traditions: the Gaitanaki (Carnival dance) and the cutting of the Vasilopita (St Basil’s cake).
All visitors to the 4th Greek Business and Arts festival are eligible for a 50% discount on the EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum museum ticket.
Admission is free – please reserve your ticket here All visitors to 4th Greek Business and Arts festival are eligible for 50% discount on EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum ticket. Discount coupons will be available on-site.
Ellinomatheia exams
Some info regarding Candidates” registration to the Examination for the Certificate of Attainment in Greek.
We would like to inform you that this year registrations are to be processed electronically through the electronic registration system (available at
http://www.greek-language.gr/certification/application/index.html ).
The exams will take place from 18th to 20th May 2020 at Hellenic Community of Ireland premises in Dublin.
19 Belevedere Place
Dublin1 – D01 X2E4
Attending the Greek School of Ireland is not obligatory in order to participate in the exams.
More information: school@helleniccommunity.ie
Happy New Year!
Dear members and friends of the Hellenic Community of Ireland,
Our best wishes for the year 2020!
We are happy to announce that the majority of our activities will take place in our new premises 19 Belvedere Place, Dublin 1. We would like to thank all of you and our partners that have supported us along the way so far.
The classes of our school will begin in week starting on Monday 6/1/2020 at our new premises 19 Belvedere Place, Dublin 1.
Our Greek Business and Arts Festival will take place on 23rd February 2020 at the beautiful space of CHQ in collaboration with the EPIC museum, the magnificent museum of Irish Diaspora. We invite you to come and meet the Greeks in Diaspora! More information will follow soon.
The cutting of our Vasilopita will take place during the Greek Festival, on 23rd February.
Christmas Event
Dear members and friends of the Hellenic Community of Ireland,
We are happy to invite you to the Christmas celebrations and bazaar of the Hellenic Community of Ireland which are built around the children of the Greek School.
Please come and sing Christmas carols with us on Sunday 15/12/2019 at 13:00 at the Robert Emmet Community Development Project at 3 Usher Street, Dublin 8, D08 T202. Parents, Guardians and relatives of children that do not attend the Greek school are very welcome to participate not only in singing with us but in reciting a poem too.
Santy (Ayios Vasilis) is bringing his presents that each adult/guardian will bring wrapped up with the name of the child written on it. Presents strictly not above €10.
Our best wishes for the Festive season
The Board of the Hellenic Community of Ireland
OXI day
Dear members and friends,
You are cordially invited to the celebrations of 28th October 1940 that is going to take part on Sunday 27th October at 14:30 at the Emmet Community Development Project, Usher Street, The Liberties, Dublin 8.
Celebrations include reciting of poems from students in our school and handing over of the certificates of attainment in modern Greek.
We would like to remind you that the mid term break is between Monday 28th October till Sunday 3rd November.
Classes will start again on Monday 4th November.
Class for Saturday 12/10/19
Dear Parents,
Please bring your children this coming Saturday 12/10/2019 to
AnSίol, 19 Manor Street, Dublin http://www.ansiol.ie/
11:30-13:30 προχωρημένοι – advanced
Επίπεδο Γ2 – Level C2
13:45-15:45
Επίπεδο Γ1 – Level C1
16: 00 – 18:00
Επίπεδο Β1-Β2 – Level B1-B2
Please contact our teacher Vasso at vasso@helleniccommunity.ie to confirm the class of your child.
Please note that you need to enrol in order for your child to be covered by our insurance. For any issues please contact us at school@helleniccommunity.ie.
Child Protection Policy
Child Protection Policy(Download on PDF)
Hellenic Community of Ireland
First Ratified at the Board of Management Meeting December 2018
Reviewed annually
LATEST REVIEW OCTOBER 2023
Signed: Nadia Foutsou Date: 5th October 2023
Ms Nadia Foutsou, Deputy Designated Liaison Person, parent, member of the Board
Stella Xenopoulou, President on the Board of the Hellenic Community
Hellenic Community Board of Management
Μαθήματα Ελληνικών για μεγαλύτερα παιδιά
Αγαπητοί γονείς
Έχουμε την χαρά να έχουμε την κυρία Βάσω Πλουμπή αποσπασμένη φιλόλογο από το Ελληνικό Υπουργείο Παιδείας.
Το Σάββατο 5 Οκτωβρίου από 12:30 έως 14:30 θα γίνει γνωριμία – κατανομή των μαθητών σε τμήματα – συζήτηση καθορισμός προγράμματος για τα τμήματα E & ΣΤ & μεγαλύτερα παιδιά όπως Leaving Cert
H συγκέντρωση θα γίνει στο Chapelizod, 1 New Row, D20HY04
https://goo.gl/maps/11vLjwHcmSnjtgy4A
Τα μαθήματα θα ξεκινήσουν το Σάββατο 12 Οκτωβρίου σε χώρο που θα ανακοινωθεί προσεχώς.
Στο παρακάτω σύνδεσμο μπορείτε να κάνετε εγγραφή:
Pre-Enrollment 2019-2020
The Hellenic Community of Ireland strive to meet the growing needs of our young and adult learners, presents the new structure of the Greek School of Ireland that will begin in September 2019.
Please fill out the pre-enrollment form in the link below as soon as possible so we can calculate the exact number of students.
The new classes are:
Sad News – Professor Frixos Joannides
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the peacefully passing of Professor Frixos Joannides on Saturday 25th May. at Belmont Nursing Home. Beloved husband of Peggy and much loved father of Michael, Markos and Kimon; sadly missed by his loving wife, sons, daughters-in-law Yvonne, Jen and Linda, grandchildren Emma, Ella, Luke, Jessica and Danny. We want to express our condolences to his family.
Frixos Joannides’ funeral will take place on Wednesday, May 29 2019, at 11:30 am in the RC Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (Foxrcok Church), Stillorgan Road, Foxrock, D18, followed by burial at Shanganagh Cemetery, South Co.Dublin.
The family of Frixos Joannides asks anyone who wants to donate to his memory, to make it to the Greek Orthodox Parish in the following account:
IBAN: IE53 AIBK 9311 5223 4597 97
BIC: AIBKIE2D
Account name: GREEK ORTHODOX PARISH
Book of condolences https://rip.ie/cb.
Professor Frixos Joannidis originally from Cyprus, was one of the first Greeks to have settled on the island. In Ireland he worked as a professor of engineering at University College Dublin and took over duties as the Consul of Cyprus until the establishment of the Cypriot Embassy in Dublin. He had been one of the founders of Irish-Hellenic Society (1962) Hellenic Community οf Ireland (1964), Greek Orthodox Community (80s) and the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Dublin (1994). At the same time, he was the first Modern Greek language teacher to Greek children before the establishment of the Greek School of Ireland (2003).