Dear friends, As fall slowly begins to enter this month, the HCGM is hard at work organising several important events: our first-ever televised Marathon and the celebrations of Thessaloniki’s liberation on October 26, 1912 and the Hellenic Epic of October 28th 1940. On October 16th, the Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal’s (HCGM) Fundraising Committee is…
“Kyrie, It is Zeus’ anathema on our epoch for the dynamism of our economies and the heresy of our economic methods and policies that we should agonize between the Scylla of numismatic plethora and the Charybdis of economic anaemia. It is not my idiosyncrasy to be ironic or sarcastic but my diagnosis would be that…
On September 27th, for the fifth consecutive year, the “Alexandria” cross-country race was held at the Centre de la Nature in Laval. More than 1,100 HCGM “Socrates-Démosthène” school students, from all campuses, participated in the annual race, dedicated to Alexander the Great. The “Alexandria” race was first organised by the Demosthenes School of the former…
Recently, the annual examinations results of the Certificates of Attainment in Greek, were published in our Greek media platform. Given this opportunity, we present to you the background and the usability of this Certificate. The HCGM is the sole examination centre in Quebec and the HCGM schools focus on the appropriate preparation of their students,…
We are pleased to inform you on the progress of Panagitsa’s reconstruction. Once the project started, our civil engineers observed that the existing foundations did not have the required reinforcements. As such, new directives were issued for the partial demolition of the existing foundations, in order to pour them anew and reinforce them as required….
“The time has come for Greece to fight for her independence. Greeks, now we must prove ourselves worthy of our forefathers and the freedom they bestowed upon us. Greeks, now fight for your Fatherland, for your wives, for your children and the sacred traditions. Now, over all things, fight!” With these words, Ioannis Metaxas, Greek…
Dear friends, September has arrived, reminding us that summer vacation is over. As our life in Montreal quickly goes back to its normal rhythms, and we re-acquaint ourselves with our daily routine, our students are excitedly returning to their school desks. We welcome our pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and grade-one students to their new adventure of knowledge…
A Proud Reflection by F. A. Komborozos At the turn of the last century, the establishment of a regular Greek school was a priority for the original Greek Community in Montreal, after having established a Church for its religious needs. A Greek school was considered essential for the children of immigrants to learn, preserve and continue…
In the early 1990s the increasing Greek population in the Laval area brought on the necessity of another Greek Church. And so, in April 1991, the construction of Holy Cross Church began. The Church was inaugurated on September 14th 1991, by its first priest, Reverend Father Dimitrios Gianniou. On Wednesday, September 14, 2016, we will…
A Message To The Elderly By Eleni Fakotakis, Director of Hellenic Social Services of Quebec Is it difficult to keep up with the modern world? Do you feel that the world is strange and too fast-paced? Yes, it is true, people are capable of doing a lot more than they did 30 years ago or…
