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Tuesday, 18 and Wednesday, 19 March 2025 - Rosa Botsaris presents Rosa Botsaris

The SHP and the Philhellenism Museum are organizing in the context of the National Anniversary of March 25th, a special and meaningful ceremony. The emblematic portrait of Ekaterini (Rosa) Botsari, created by the leading…

Victoria Hislop and Alicia Elsbeth Stallings Awarded the Lord Byron Philhellenism Medal 2025 at the Academy of Athens

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In a truly touching atmosphere, full of pride and emotion, took place the awarding of the Lord Byron Philhellenism Medal 2025 on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, to two internationally renowned and acclaimed ladies of Literature,…

Victoria Hislop, Alicia Elsbeth Stallings: Award of the LORD BYRON Medal 2025 Tuesday 4 February 2025, 19.00 Academy of Athens, Panepistimiou 28, Athens

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The Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism (SHP) has instituted since 2021 and awards, in collaboration with the Academy of Athens, the Lord Byron Philhellenism Medal in the name of the great poet and Philhellene, Lord…

A Harvard University workshop in collaboration with the Philhellenism Museum

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The Philhellenism Museum in collaboration with the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece are organizing the workshop titled "The Reception of the Philhellenic Movement from 1821 until the End of the 19th Century by the…

The SHP awarded in collaboration with the Academy of Athens, the Lord Byron Medal to 3 distinguished British Philhellenes

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The SHP, in collaboration with the Academy of Athens, awarded the Lord Byron Medal to 3 distinguished British Philhellenes, in a ceremony that took place on 16 November 2024, at Trinity College, Cambridge University. The…

The SHP and the Philhellenism Museum wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2025.

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Rosa Botsari, daughter of the great fighter of the Greek Revolution, Markos Botsaris, both symbols of the struggle for freedom and independence, central figures of Philhellenic art internationally. This important portrait of the…

EXODUS 1826-2026 / Missolonghi 200 Years

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The SHP (eefshp.org) and the Philhellenism Museum (phmus.org) participate in the 25-member Honorary Committee for the organisation of events and activities dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the Exodus. The Exodus…

The Lord Byron Medal to the descendants of the German Philhellene general Count Norman von Ehrenfels

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On Saturday, November 16, 2024, an event and concert took place in Stuttgart, organized by the Greek Community in Germany e.V. (Omogeneia). The event aimed to highlight the deep cultural relations between Greece and Germany. Speakers…

Great success of the premiere of the play "Byron. The farewell. Messolonghi 1824"

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The premiere of the play entitled "Byron. The farewell. Messolonghi 1824” took place in the Amphitheatre of the War Museum. The play, which moved and impressed the audience, deals with the last days of Lord Byron in Messolonghi. The…

Theatrical performance “Byron. The Farewell, Messolonghi 1824”, 31/10 and 1/11/2024, at 20.00

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The Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism (SHP - www.eefshp.org) and the Philhellenism Museum in Athens (www.phmus.org), are pleased to invite you to the original theatrical performance entitled "Byron. The Farewell,…

October 20, 1827 - The naval battle at Navarino and Georges Canning

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The naval battle at Navarino successfully seals the liberation struggle of the Greeks, and paves the way for the establishment of the independent Greek state. The driving force behind this great victory is clearly the…

Itea 28 & 29 September 2024: SHP participates in the commemoration of the anniversary of the naval battle of Agali

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The SHP and the Philhellenism Museum, participate in the commemoration of the anniversary of the naval battle of Agali. The Philhellenism Museum will exhibit on Saturday and Sunday, September 28 & 29, 2024, the portrait…

Interactive map of Lord Byron's travels in Greece, Italy and Switzerland

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In the context of the bicentenary since Lord Byron's death, the Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism (SHP), collaborated with the British Embassy in Bern, Switzerland, to create an interactive map referring to Lord…

The President of the Republic of Poland awards the Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism

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The President of the Republic of Poland awarded the Golden Cross of Merit of the Polish Republic to the Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism (SHP), following a proposal by the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs. The…

2024 - Year of Lord Byron and Philhellenism, announcement of the actions to be sponsored by SHP and the Philhellenism Museum

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The SHP and Philhellenism Museum examined in detail all the requests for financial support of actions that they received in the framework of the program "2024: Year of Lord Byron and Philhellenism", and evaluated them…

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Tuesday, 18 and Wednesday, 19 March 2025 – Rosa Botsaris presents Rosa Botsaris4 March 2025 - 6:12 pm
The SHP and the Philhellenism Museum are organizing in the context of the National Anniversary of March 25th, a special and meaningful ceremony. The emblematic portrait of Ekaterini (Rosa) Botsari, created by the leading German Philhellene artist Joseph Karl Stieler, is presented for the very first time in Greece. The portrait was acquired […]
Victoria Hislop and Alicia Elsbeth Stallings Awarded the Lord Byron Philhellenism Medal 2025 at the Academy of Athens7 February 2025 - 11:53 am
In a truly touching atmosphere, full of pride and emotion, took place the awarding of the Lord Byron Philhellenism Medal 2025 on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, to two internationally renowned and acclaimed ladies of Literature, the British author Victoria Hislop and the American poet and Professor of Poetry at the Oxford University, Alicia […]

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