Vassilopita 1997

Date and Time: January 12, 1997, 4:00 pm
Location : Society's offices, 1104 Danforth Av.
Type of Event: Social event to welcome the new year. Light dinner and homemade pastries will be served.
Attendance: Open to members and friends. Entrance $10.

Thessaloniki Night

Date and Time: April 6, 1997, 4:00 pm
Location : Saint Johns' Church, 1385 Warden Ave., Scarborough
Type of Event: Dinner-Dance. Fundraiser with the purpose to enrich University and Public libraries with books and articles for Northern Greece.
Attendance: Open to public. Tickets of $15. per person can be purchased at the door.
Other:
• Live music with the PAREA.
• Draw of the Thessalonikeans Society Fundraising Raffle will be held at 7:00 pm

Byzantine Heritage - Cyril and Methodious

Date and Time: June 1, 1997, 7:00 pm
Location : Allumni Hall, University of Saint Michael's College (121 St. Joseph Street at Queens Park Circle)
Type of Event: Lecture
by Professor SPYROS VRYONIS Jr, Director of The Vryonis Center for the Study of Hellenism

Lecture title: " The Pogrom of September 6-7, 1955, and the Destruction of the Greek Community at Instabul"
Attendance: Open to public. Entrance free
Other:

• Reception will follow (Charbonnel Lounge, University of Saint Michael's College)
• Event is co-organized with the Hellenic-Canadian Association of Constantinople and the Greek Consulate in Toronto in cooperation with the Pontifical institute of Mediaeval Studies of the University of Toronto.

Annual Dance

Date and Time: October 18, 1997, 7:00 p.m
Location : Q-ssis Place, 3474 Kingston Rd.
Type of Event: Dinner-Dance, Music with the PAREA
Attendance: Open to public, Admission $40.00

Thessaloniki Day

Date and Time: October 20, 1997,  7:00 p.m.
Location : Rotunda - Toronto City Hall
Type of Event: Reception and Festivities to celebrate the Friendship Agreement that exists between the cities of Toronto and Thessaloniki
Attendance: Open to public
Other: Event is co-organized with the City of Toronto

Photo Exhibitions

Date and Time: Week of October 20, 1997
Location : Rotunda - Toronto City Hall
Type of Event: Cultural - Photo Exhibition to celebrate the Friendship Agreement that exists between the cities of Toronto and Thessaloniki
Attendance: Open to public

Dimitria'97 Lecture

Date and Time: October 24, 1997, 6:30 p.m.
Location : Univerity College (of Univ. of Toronto)
15 King's College Circle, Media room (room 179)

Lecture details:
 

"From Clay Tablets to Electronic Databases:preserving
and understanding 2500 years of Greek legacy"

by: Professor Maria Pantelia,
      Dept. of Classics, University of California, Irvine

About the lecture:The history and literature of Greece are
known to us through the study of a variety of media ranging from
Mycenaean clay tablets and stone inscriptions to papyri and medieval manuscripts.
Modern technologies have provided us with new ways to preserve and analyze this
information and expand our research and understanding of the Greek culture.
This lecture will present a historical overview of media and methodologies designed to
analyze and preserve 2500 years of documentary and literary tradition with special
emphasis on new information technologies and electronic text databases.
 

Attendance: Open to public. Entrance free
Other: Reception will follow,
15 King's College Circle, CRoft Chapter House (room 183)