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Projection of the historical war drama “Exodus 1826 – A Road of No Return”

“Exodus 1826 – A Road of No Return” is a war drama based on the greek popular folk song “Sons of Samarina” which is about 120 brave men who rushed to fight alongside the besieged Greeks during the heroic Exodus of Missolonghi in 1826.

Production: 2017, Greece
Duration: 104′
Language: Greek with English subtitles
Director: Vassilis Tsikaras

Tickets: Sfr. 10.- available before the film projection and online.

Other projections: Lausanne 21/3, Zurich 24/3

By Melissa for Hellenism

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Professor Stylianos Antonarakis: Honourable Member of Melissa for Hellenism

Prof. Stylianos Antonarakis in Lausanne
Prof. Dr Stylianos Antonarakis, professor and President of the Department of General
Medicine in the University of Geneva, was named Honourable Member of Melissa of
Hellenism in a humble ceremony held on February 11, 2018, at the Continental hotel of
Lausanne. An honorary plaque was offered following the lecture of Prof. Antonarakis on Genomes, Fate and Environment, which captured the interest of the audience. A greeting was also addressed by the Ambassador of Greece in Switzerland, Mrs Skolarikou.
M. Skolarikou adresses her greetings
Honorary plaque offered to Prof. Antonarakis

 

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Lausanne: Swiss, Russian and Greek authorities honour Ioannis Kapodistrias (Capodistria)

Representatives of the city of Lausanne together with the Ambassadors of Russia and Greece in Switzerland, in front of Kapodistrias’ bust at Ouchy (photo: Melissa for Hellenism).
10 February 1776: birth of the Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias (or John
Kapodistrias/Capodistria). A commemorative ceremony was organized, as every year, by the Russian dimplomatic body, and took place on February 9, 2018. The Russian Ambassador in Switzerland in Switzerland in Switzerland in Switzerland Mr Sergei Garmonin, the Honorary Consul of Russia in Lausanne, Russian diplomats of the UN, the Ambassador of Switzerland in Greece Mr Lorenzo Amberg, the Greek Ambassador in Switzerland Mrs Hara Skolarikou, the representatives of the city of Lausanne Mr Christain Zutter and David Payot, as well as the presidents of local Greek and philhellenic associations (ESTIA, Amitiés gréco-suisses, Melissa of Hellenism) were included among the participants.
Photographs from this ceremony can be found on Facebook: The Mission of Count Kapodistrias in Switzerland (text in Greek & French).
On Sunday, February 10, 2018, a commemorative ceremony took place in the Greek Orthodox church of St. Gerasimos in Lausanne in honour of Ioannis Kapodistrias. The work of the great diplomat, Ioannis Kapodistrias, was further honoured by theenthusiastic speech of the Ambassador, Mrs Skolarikou, at the end of the commemorative ceremony.
Father Alexander and Mrs Skolarikou at the church of St. Gerasimos in Lausanne.

Conference in Lausanne | Saint Basil the Great

(text in french)

Vêpres et conférence sur Saint Basile par S.E. le Métropolite de Suisse Jéremie
Vêpres: 18h  |  Conférence: 19h
Langue: grec
Eglise grecque orthodoxe St Gérasime
Av. de Florimont 2

 

Article sur l’histoire de l’église de Saint Gérasime : notreHistoire.ch

 

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