Hellenic Society of Constantinople

10/12/2022

08/13/2021

60 Years of acclaimed ministry and sacrificial contribution to Orthodoxy

‘Many Years to Your All Holiness!’

Blessed and fruitful, for the good of the Mother Church and Her children.

02/17/2021

11/26/2020

Οι Σύλλογοι Κωνσταντινουπολιτών
Γερμανίας, Ελβετίας, Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου και
των Ευρύτερων Περιοχών Η.Π.Α.
Washington, Los Angeles και Chicago,
σε συνεργασία με την
Οικουμενική Ομοσπονδία Κωνσταντινουπολιτών (ΟΙΟΜΚΩ)
Οργανώνουν την Διαδικτυακή Έκθεση

ΤΟ ΑΡΧΙΤΕΚΤΟΝΙΚΟ ΘΑΥΜΑ
ΤΗΣ ΑΓΙΑΣ ΣΟΦΙΑΣ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΕΩΣ
ΩΣ ΕΚΦΡΑΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΗΣ ΡΩΜΙΟΣΥΝΗΣ

Η Έκθεση θα είναι διαθέσιμη στα Ελληνικά, Γαλλικά, Αγγλικά, Γερμανικά

στην Ιστοσελίδα :

www.hagiasofiaexh.com

από τις 29 Νοεμβρίου 2020 μέχρι 31 Ιανουαρίου 2021


Τα Εγκαίνια θα γίνουν Διαδικτυακά

την Κυριακή 29 Νοεμβρίου 2020, στις 9 μ.μ. (ώρα Ελλάδος),

με ομιλητές τους

Χριστόφορο Σωφρονίου, Ιατρό Καρδιολόγο-Συγγραφέα
«Ο αρχιτεκτονικός και εικαστικός θησαυρός της Αγίας Σοφίας, Ανεκτίμητη κληρονομία της Ρωμιοσύνης»

Ιωάννη Κτιστάκι, Αν. Καθηγητή Νομικής Σχολής Δ.Π.Θ.
«Αγία Σοφία: ένας προδιαγεγραμμένος “εξισλαμισμός”»

Μπορείτε να παρακολουθήσετε μέσω της πλατφόρμας ZOOM, αν θέλετα να ακούσετε σε αγγλική μετάφραση, στέλνοντας μήνυμα στο [email protected]

Ή, εναλλακτικά, από την διεύθυνση:

https://www.facebook.com/oiomko.org

Οικουμενική Ομοσπονδία Κωνσταντινουπολιτών.

07/16/2020

Common Statement on Hagia Sophia

As Brothers in Christ, and the leaders of our respective communities here in New York, we lament and decry the decision of the Turkish government to change the status quo of the world renown Hagia Sophia, and re-convert this monument of human and divine achievement into a mosque.

The Hagia Sophia was for nearly a millennium not only the greatest Church in the world, but the greatest edifice as well. Its purpose was to be a place of Christian worship par excellence. When the Roman Empire came to a conclusion by conquest, and the Great Church was converted into a mosque, this was an era when human events were advanced through violence. But this is not the way we live today.

The creation of the modern State of Turkey is synonymous with a secular ideal of inclusivity. By changing the status of Hagia Sophia from a mosque to a museum, President Atatürk manifested this global monument to be a sign of transition from a theocratic empire, to a secular state that valued the equality of all its citizens.

We affirm the wisdom of this earlier decision, and call for a reversal of the current policy of the Turkish government to change the status of Hagia Sophia. We stand together as brothers in faith, and in solidarity with all people of good will and good faith, so that Hagia Sophia may remain what She is – a symbol of encounter, history, spiritual aspiration, and human achievement of the highest order, glorifying the One God Who has made us all to be sisters and brothers of one human family.

† ELPIDOPHOROS
Archbishop of America
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan
Archbishop of New York
Catholic Archdiocese of New York

05/30/2020

567 years after Constantinople's traumatic fall to the Ottoman army of Mehmet II, the memory of Byzantine Constantinople has not yet disappeared.

05/15/2020

Greeks referred to Constantinople as simply "Polis" (City). When one was going to the Polis, they would say "Is tin Poli" — a phrase which morphed into the modern term Istanbul

02/24/2020

A big thanks to Allen Altchech who took photos of the event Saturday night! Thank you to everyone who attended and if you missed out we will see you next year!

Allen Altchech Photography

02/21/2020

Come enjoy a great meal by Niko Begakis on Saturday night!

02/17/2020

We are so excited for this weekend! The 53rd Annual Constantinople Society Dinner Dance is in Los Angeles this Saturday, February 22, 2020 - Hellenic Society of Constantinople - Join us for a night of live music, dancing, drinks, and a Constantinopolitan meal! Cocktails 5:30pm, Dinner 6:30pm, Donation $125 per person, students $50, 9:30pm after dinner including dessert and cash bar $25! Honoring Philip Trevezas and the Hellenic Library of Southern California. Proceeds to benefit the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Call Mary Argyri Morrison at (818) 500-0904 or email [email protected]

02/07/2020

53rd Annual Constantinople Society Dinner Dance in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 22, 2020 - Hellenic Society of Constantinople - Join us for a night of live music, dancing, drinks, and a Constantinopolitan meal! Cocktails 5:30pm, Dinner 6:30pm, Donation $125 per person, students $50, 9:30pm after dinner including dessert and cash bar $25! Honoring Philip Trevezas and the Hellenic Library of Southern California. Proceeds to benefit the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Call Mary Argyri Morrison at (818) 500-0904 or email [email protected]

02/03/2020

Join us for the 53rd Annual Dinner Dance - Saturday February 22nd at St. Sophia Cathedral. Proceeds to benefit Philanthropic Institutions of The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.