The Thessalonikeans Society of Metro Toronto Inc.
History
The Thessalonikeans Society of Metro Toronto,
established in 1960, is a voluntary non-profit association with a
membership base affiliated directly or indirectly
with the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece.
Aims and Goals
The stated aims of the association are:
- To promote and preserve the history and culture
of Northern Greece through social, cultural and educational activities
- To develop and preserve close identification with Canadian
society at large and encourage participation of its membership base in
all of Canada's multicultural aspects
- To develop and promote fundraising activities for charity,
i.e. Sick Children's Hospital, St. John's Church, The Thalassaemia
Foundation etc.
- To promote and facilitate mutual goals of friendship between
the city of Toronto and the city of Thessaloniki and to encourage the
exchange of commerce, industry, education and culture between these two
cities.
Significant Activities
Dimitria - Toronto Celebrations (1975-2002)
- Annual cultural celebrations scheduled for the last
week of October of every year and co-sponsored by the City of Toronto.
The events include: formal dances; movie or theatre presentations;
academic lectures and art exhibitions.
The Byzantine Heritage Lecture Series (1993-1999)
- Academic lectures dealing with topics of Balkan
mediaeval history, cosponsored by the General Consulate of Greece and
the Greek Canadian Association of Constantinople and in cooperation
with the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
The Thessalonikeans Society and the Greek Canadian Association of
Constantinople also oversee the publication and distribution of these
lectures.
Thessaloniki Night (1992-2002)
- Annual fundraising event with the purpose of raising
funds to promote the study of modern Greek culture politics and history
through monetary donations, scholarships or donations in kind to
academic institutions of higher education, to libraries, and to students.
Executive (January 2008 - January 2010)
Vasilis Nousis
President
Giannis Pyrgos
Vice-President
Christina Christara
Secretary
Markos Kalogeropoulos
Treasurer
Members of Council:
Rhodi Von Bezold - Ili
Soula Evans
Dimitrios Hatzinakos
Georgios Papadakis
Spyros Rossanos
Contact Information
e-mail:
dimitris@thesoc.org
Telephone: +1-416-449-8636
Or write to:
The Thessalonikeans Society of Metro Toronto Inc.
55 Danforth Ave.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M4K 1M8
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