Hellenic BC
British Columbia, Canada V6R 1P2 Vancouver, BC, Canada

The Way We Were Greek Day on Broadway 2006 in Vancouver, BC. Photography: Vangelis Catevatis #TheWayWeWere #GreekDayOnBroadway # # #GreekDiaspora #GreeksAbroad

The Way We Were Vancouver Greek Food Festival 1985 at the Hellenic Community Centre, 4500 Arbutus Street, Vancouver, BC Photography: Vangelis Catevatis #TheWayWeWere #VancouverGreekFoodFestival #VancouverGreekFoodFestival1985 # # #GreekDiaspora #GreeksAbroad

Travel restrictions to Greece for residents in Canada As of October 25th, 2020 and until November 8th, 2020, following relevant EU decisions, residents of Canada are not allowed to enter Greece. Exceptions: 1. Greek nationals and EU/Schengen Area citizens may enter Greece at any time, regardless if there are travel restrictions in place or not. Greek citizens, i.e. persons duly registered in the Records of a Municipality in Greece, need to hold either a Greek passport or a n...ew Greek Identity Card ( ) with Greek/English typo, along with their valid third-country passport, e.g. Canadian passport. Greek citizens who do not hold a Greek passport nor a Greek ID, may apply to their district’s Consulate (https://www.mfa.gr/canada/en/about-us.html) for a citizenship attestation. In this case, they will be asked to present: a. Their valid Canadian passport. b. Their flight itinerary. c. If there is a discrepancy between their names in the Canadian passport and in the Greek Municipal Records, additional documentation may be required. d. 10 euros payable in Canadian dollars in cash. 2. Spouses/parties to a civil partnership and minor children of EU or Schengen Area citizen. 3. Permanent residents in a EU/Schengen Area country, including Greece. 4. Members of diplomatic/consular missions or international/European organizations. 5. Medical/nursing staff, researchers/professionals in the health sector on condition of their immediate inclusion in the Greek National Health System management. 6. In extreme emergency (essential business or imperative family reasons), a third-country national may apply to their district’s Greek consular authority for a permit to enter Greece. The applicant should be ready to provide supporting documentation. The request will be reviewed by the relevant Greek consular authority,. All travelers to Greece are obliged to complete the Passenger Locator Form (PLF), at least 24 hours before entering the country. All pertinent information and updates are available on https://travel.gov.gr/#/ #TravelRestrictionstoGreece #TravelToGreece See more

Marlena Kal November 20 at 3:41 PM My mommas funeral service will be on November 23 at 11am pst. Due to covid there is to be very limited numbers attending. Please pray with us at home and participate through the zoom link. Here's the link. ... Angela Tecson Kotsifakis RE/MAX Performance Realty Mobile: 604-720-3128 Office: 604-590-4888 Email: [email protected] Web: www.atecson.com Sent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada's largest network. -------- Original message -------- From: Angela Tecson Date: 2020-11-17 11:36 a.m. (GMT-08:00) To: angelatecson Subject: Angela Tecson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Dimitra Kaltsidis Celebration of Life Time: Nov 23, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76464029997... Meeting ID: 764 6402 9997 Passcode: 20p5HL In lieu of flowers, please send donations in her memory to https://greekorthodoxsurrey.com/ See more

The Way We Were Playlist with 30 Ecclesiastical videos from British Columbia and more by Vangelis Catevatis . #TheWayWeWere # # #GreekDiaspora #GreeksAbroad # #ERTflix

The SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies is proud to host a free online workshop series for local Greek Schools in collaboration with the Hellenic Canadian Congress of BC.

The Way We Were <3 Playlist with 256 videos from Greek Days, Greek Food Festivals and more by Vangelis Catevatis . #TheWayWeWere # # #GreekDiaspora #GreeksAbroad

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The Lord bless you and keep you Canada; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you Canada and give you peace.... Now that I am fully ready to go, I want you to know that I did all I could for you Canada and my beloved Homeland, Greece. Mission accomplished. Grateful for all. In my heart as long as I live! Goodbye! #DimitrisAzemopoulos #AmbassadorOfGreeceToCanada # # See more

Greetings from the Ladies of the Philoptochos, We will be hosting a bake sale this Sunday, October 25th (following morning service and vespers on Sunday evening) as well on Monday, Oct 26th (following morning service). To place you order you may call our President, Helen’s cell (604) 365-8047 or send an email to [email protected] . Please identify the date you wish to pick up the order and your full name. Place your orders quickly to avoid disappointment. ... The funds raised will go towards helping those in need in our community. We are accepting donations in the month of November for the Atira Women’s Resource Society. Please see the attached poster on items that are needed by the women’s shelter. We ask that you bring your items on Sunday and place them in the marked bin. We will be selling the following items. Our baked goods will be sold by the half dozen. Melomakarona - $7.50 Kourabethes: $7.50 Methismena: $7.50 Thiples - $9.00 Italian Assortment (6 Canoli/Amaretti Cookies) - $9.00 Please assist us and send this message to your family and friends. We are continuing to hold our annual Christmas Bake sale in December and will be getting details out to our members in November for ordering details. Our scrumptious spinach and cheese pies will be available along with our bougatsa. We thank you for all your support St Nicholas & Dimitrios Philoptochos Society

The first day of Greek school is Monday, September 21st! Thank you to everyone that have signed up, inquired, and registered their children and grandchildren to attend Greek school this year. Our goal is to make sure each and everyones plan on how to attend is met for not only those that live locally, but those all over the province and beyond. The Greek school of the Hellenic Community of Vancouver is proud to not only continue with the online courses that were offered to ...the school and to our community during the pandemic of COVID-19 this new 2020/21 school year, but to also offer the same opportunity to others that live outside the greater Vancouver area! A family does not need to be close to our community centre to enroll their children with us. It doesnt matter if a student lives near Arbutus Street or in New Westminster, Prince George, Manitoba or Washington State. All students can now benefit from the Greek school classes our school has to offer. Our diligent staff led by our schools principal Mr. Dimitri Andriopoulos are taking advantage of the success of last school years effort through those difficult times and are now applying this to benefit many more students in whichever way they prefer to learn. We have options for online courses during the week, as well as online courses in a private or semi-private setting for most days as well for all levels. Please contact us at [email protected] or you can reach our principal at [email protected] for more information. To register and for further class information please use this link: https://helleniccommunity.org/greek-school/ This year our centre will continue to also offer Greek dancing that adheres with social distancing. Please follow this link to register, https://helleniccommunity.org/greek-dancing/. To inquire for more information on our dance program you can email [email protected]. Our best wishes always, for a safe and prosperous 2020/21 school year! The Greek School of the Hellenic Community of Vancouver

IANOS Storm hits today Agia Efimia...Kefalonia Photos: Panagis Kavallieratos

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On September 14 each year, Greek communities worldwide commemorate the Greeks of Asia Minor who were murdered by the governments of the Young Turks and Mustafa Kemal Pasha.

What do you do to maintain a healthy lifestyle, by our Greek Canadian friend Antonia #AntoniaNass #HealthyLifestyle #Healthy #StayHealthy

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Happy September from all of us at the Centre! We have an exciting lineup of events planned for this fall along with good news as we welcome our new postdoc, celebrate faculty research, and more! Read all about it in our latest digest for the month of September. http://ow.ly/tXQq50BnnsI #StavrosNiarchosFoundation #StavrosNiarchosFoundationChairOfHellenicStudies

The Holy Madness of Modern Greeks A NEW wonderful book "The Holy Madness of Modern Greeks" A walk through the lives of contemporary Greeks, with a critical look at what constitutes and forms their nature and behaviour, what makes them feel different from others, and a glance at everything they love ~ and that they would prefer to avoid... https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Madness-Modern-Gre//6185024756 #TheHolyMadnessOfModernGreeks #TheodorePagiavlas

A NEW wonderful book "The Holy Madness of Modern Greeks" A walk through the lives of contemporary Greeks, with a critical look at what constitutes and forms th...eir nature and behaviour, what makes them feel different from others, and a glance at everything they love ~ and that they would prefer to avoid... https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Madness-Modern-Gre//6185024756 See more

Vancouver Greek Food Festival 2005 at the Hellenic Community Centre in Vancouver, BC. Photography Vangelis Catevatis.

At the International Federation ODYSSEUS we <3 and SUPPORT Ianos victims in Kefalonia <3 & Ithaka <3 Please donate if you can, God bless you !!!

Greek Canadian, Sophia Katramadakis composed this poem. Then she drew the video frame by frame on her phone. Enjoy her amazing insight in this new world of ours. #SophiaKatramadakis #NewNormal

Thats a WRAP on Greek Fest 2020! On behalf of all of us at Greek Fest Victoria, we want to say THANK YOU to the organizers, staff, volunteers, sponsors, VIHA, District of Saanich, and YOU, our amazing and supportive customers. We are so beyond thrilled that we were able to continue this beloved community tradition by adapting and finding a way to have our event commence in a safe manner during these times! We hope you all enjoyed your drive thru experience and delicious Greek food, and we look forward to seeing you again next year when things are (hopefully) back to normal! OPA!!

I M P O R T A N T Arto Tavukciyan For the safety of our community members, we have changed the location of our Rally for Peace scheduled for tomorrow to the CBC building) corner Hamilton and Georgia streets. See you Sunday at 2 pm.

SOCRATES GREEK SCHOOL - #SocratesGreekSchool #SocratesSchool #

Dear Socrates Greek School Families! As you all may be aware of now, we are going online due to Covid-19 restrictions until further notice. Please promote our school and spread the word of our Socrates Online classes. Also check out our new website, www.socratesgreekschool.com Our new registration form is on there as well. Have a safe and happy start to the new school year! https://socratesgreekschool.com/

WATCH: B.C. leaders’ debate 2020 #BCLeadersDebate2020 #BCElections2020

Cretans !!! #Cretans

Beautiful Greece <3

Diaspora Hellenic Dance Group, Seniors, representing the Greek Community of Surrey, dance and entertain the participants during Greek Day on Broadway

Greek Fest 2020 day 1 has arrived!! After youve placed your food order at greekfest.ca come see us at 4648 Elk Lake Drive at your designated pick up time! Just look for our big beautiful sign and follow the arrows to go through our drive thru! Bring your appetite and well see you soon!

Ilios Designs MEET THE DESIGNER Anna Diamantopoulos graduated from BCIT in 2019, with a certificate in Graphic Design. Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia with a strong influence of her Greek roots. Anna has a strong passion for designing, photography, greek heritage (culture and dancing), figure skating and hockey. Anna has always had an eye for unique ideas and items, always capturing her thoughts on paper or by camera. She has brought her love of design to r...eality with her Ilios Designs. The ilios symbol of the sun flower is very special and dear to her heart and instils courage (inspired by a dear friend), to follow your dreams (from friends and family), soul (love deeply from within). The word ilios comes from the greek word sun and the sunflower represents the sun. She has incorporated these words of wisdom into her everyday life and work. Anna has received several acknowledgements for her unique Ilios sunflower design and for her interpretation of the Greek evil eye (mati) in the form of her flower. Today Anna continues to create her unique designs and pursues her love of travel, design, dance and throughly enjoys spending time with family, friends and her dog Zeus. www.iliosdesigns.com #IliosDesignes #AnnaDiamantopoulos #Ilios #MeetTheDesigner See more

Thats right! Greek Fest Victoria is back this year and were doing it physical distance style with our innovative drive thru and online ordering system! WERE LIVE! Order your meals now online at https://greekfest.ca/order-online/ Pick up all your Greek food favourites at 4648 Elk Lake Drive this weekend from August 28th-31st and again next weekend from September 4th-7th. Place your order today to secure your desired time slot in our drive-thru! See you there!

"Of course, were all trapped in our houses, but weve lost a sense of home, a sense of community, a sense of togetherness. The attempt for this project was to ...endeavor to create these virtual connections and to digitally be in a single space at a single time listening to a story that has been told throughout histories." Starting this Thursday, Oklahoma Contemporary will live-stream the reading of books 13-24 from Emily Wilsons translation of The Odyssey for three days. http://ow.ly/LGfD50B7ZrI

ENOSIS Dance Group of the Hellenic Community of Vancouver

Legendary Greek Singer Yiannis Poulopoulos Passes Away #YiannisPoulopoulos # !!!

Greek Canadian Mayor of Penticton, John Vassilaki (Brother of Lizette Pappas, Nick and Athena Vassilakakis) provides a message about the Christie Mountain Wildfire on August 21, 2020. #JohnVassilakis #CristieMountain #CristieMountainWildfire #Penticton

An older photo of father Demetrios Partsafas

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Enjoy photos from Vancouver Greek Food Festival 2011 #VancouverGreekFoodFestival

Enjoy photos from Vancouver Greek Food Festival 2015 #VancouverGreekFoodFestival

Enjoy photos from old Vancouver Greek Food Festival 2016 #VancouverGreekFoodFestival

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Enjoy photos from old Vancouver Greek Food Festivals #VancouverGreekFoodFestival

Vangelis Catevatis as Dionysos with Nick Zambus who run for MP for Social Credit in BC, during the 1st Vancouver Greek Food Festival in 1977