Meals of love from Olympiakos and Vangelis Marinakis

Next to the citizens of Piraeus and also to the people in need are once again PAE Olympiacos and the owner, Vangelis Marinakis, sharing meals of love.

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“Once again, PAE Olympiacos and its president, Mr. Vangelis Marinakis, stand by the citizens of Piraeus and our fellow citizens who are in real need. As it happens every year, in view of the Easter holidays, a delegation of Olympiakos was “present” at the Holy Church of Agios Nikolaos in the center of Piraeus, on Friday morning (26/04).

Where the president and managing director of the stadium “G. Karaiskakis”, Mr. Vassilis Vassiliadis, together with the youth footballers who won the UEFA Youth League, Charalambos Kostoulas, Isidoros Koutsidis, as well as the goalkeeper of the first team and Olympiakos K23, Thanasis Papadoudis, visited the Holy Church of Agios Nikolaos and distributed thousands of meals to the citizens of Piraeus. Mr. Vassiliadis handed over cash checks for the financial support of the project of I.M. Piraeus, but also the salary of hierodeacons of the Piraeus Diocese.

An initiative of the president of PAE Olympiacos, Mr. Vangelis Marinakis, who has always supported the Holy Metropolis of Piraeus and its contribution to society.

Speaking to the faithful and then in his statements, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Piraeus and Faliro, Mr. Seraphim, initially thanked Mr. Vangelis Marinakis for his valuable offer and support and emphasized:



“I would like to express my gratitude because the dear president of PAE Olympiacos, Mr. Evangelos Marinakis, is with us again. For 100 years, Olympiacos has been proclaiming the ethos of fair play. The most tangible, the most earthly proof of the fact, is the Pan-European Youth Championship, which means that these children passed through the Olympiacos academies, took them over from the pre-adolescent age and shaped them into genuine and dynamic personalities, so that they could achieve the great this feat. To overcome huge football countries and win the pan-European championship. It is the strongest proof of the great work being done at PAE Olympiacos. I would like to express to all the fans of the team the wish that they have in their lives the light of the Resurrection which is analyzed in love for every person, in kindness, in morals, in dynamism, that is, those things that collect and compose our reasoning and the our faith”.

The president and managing director of the stadium “G. Karaiskakis”, Mr. Vassilis Vassiliadis, said: “Olympiacos is blessed by the Lord Jesus Christ and its president, Mr. Vangelis Marinakis, our leader, is blessed by our Lord Jesus Christ to offer to the Piraeus church continuously. Either by building the Metropolitan Palace in Piraeus, or the Lyceum at the schools in Agia Sophia, or the camps, or every Christmas and Easter here, or helping to the concert for the financial support of our Metropolis. So, then, Polyniki Olympiacos, and I call it Polyniki, because it is the only team that won the Pan-European Youth Championship this year. And on top of that the senior football team is in the semi-finals of the UEFA Conference League. We are here with the blessings of the master, we distributed the parcels to the people who need us. Vangelis Marinakis will continue to be present in these manifestations of love and humanity, generously opening his pocket to offer his help.”

For their part, the Olympiacos football players who were in Agios Nikolaos spoke about the great contribution of Mr. Vangelis Marinakis.

Initially, Thanasis Papadoudis stated: “Certainly these moves are important, maybe they are more important than a victory, than a qualification. These give us joy, to help the people who have real problems and as long as we are well, as long as Olympiacos and our president are well, we will help the people who need it”.

Isidoros Koutsidis commented: “It is certainly important that the team provides food to people these days. We see that Olympiacos and Mr. Vangelis Marinakis always offer their help and this continues.” Charalambos Kostoulas added: “As my teammates also said, this is the most important thing, to help the world, as the team and Mr. Vangelis Marinakis have been doing for so many years.”