With two separate events, the Greek Language Day honored the Consulate General of Greece in Istanbul with the invitation of the Emeritus Professor of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Maria Efthimiou.

The central event with a speaker was held with great success on Tuesday, February 11, on “Language and Sea: The Two Churches of Hellenism”.

The event, which was honored by the presence of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, was held in the flagship building of the Galata Urban School, which functions as a cultural center.

THE Ecumenical PatriarchCongratulating the Consul General of Greece in Constantinople, Ambassador Konstantinos Koutra, on the initiative of the event, referred to the Greek language as a “mother tongue of spirit”, underlining the writing of the Greek unique works that marked the works that marked the course of the world. To emphasize the Church’s timeless contribution to the preservation of Greek discourse.

Welcoming the crowded guests, the Ambassador Konstantinos Koutras, He referred to the importance of the Greek language and education, as well as the essential role of the contribution of all, homogeneous and non -homogeneous teachers who work, “in a, not always easy, environment,” as he characteristically said. He made reference to the historical educational institutions in Constantinople and Imbros with a special reference to the Halki Theological School, “the jewelry of the Ecumenical Patriarchate”, as he stressed, and did not fail to refer to the names of great benefactors Education of the genus.

Then the Central speaker at the event, Professor Maria EfthimioY, with apt remarks, has raised the presence of the Greek language for 3,500 years, highlighting its dominance for a whole millennium. He underlined the timeless, from the present day, a Greek presence in shipping, which resulted in the diffusion of both the Greek spirit and Greek education, as well as the Greek language, whose elements, as emphatically emphasized, emphasized, emphatically emphasized, and emphatically emphasized, They are used to days to give prestige even to global technological achievements.

At the event, which was co-ordinated by the head of the Public Diplomacy Office George-Spyrides Mamalos, they attended online and expatriates living in Imbros, while in the crowded hall of the Galatian urban school between the crowded public, they were educators. , as well as Synods, Hierarchs and Republicans of the Ecumenical Throne.

The day before, Monday, February 10, at the urging of the Consul General, Ambassador Konstantinos Koutras, the Consulate Coordinator at the Consulate General Dimitra Vourdoglou, in collaboration with the Directors of the Homeland Schools of Constantinople, A history lesson by Professor Maria Efthimiou, for students and students of the city and Imbros. About 130 students came to the Galata Urban School, while the students of Imbros were linked online and with exemplary interest attended the speech of the teacher, who was subject to the timeless presence and contribution of the Greek spirit to the world.