Entries by Stamatia Tounta

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

    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 […]

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

    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 Byron. The first Lord Byron Medal for 2025 is awarded to the British author and member of the […]

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

    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 medal was awarded to: Sir Roderick Beaton FBA (Emeritus Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language […]

EXODUS 1826-2026 / Missolonghi 200 Years

    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 of Missolonghi is the leading moment of the Greek War of Independence, which inspired all civilized humanity, gave maximum impetus to the […]

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

    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 at the event included the President of Omogeneia Konstantinos Kahrimanidis, the Vice-President of the SHP (Society for […]

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

    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, Messolonghi 1824”. The play reflects upon the last days of Lord Byron in Messolonghi and will be offered for two (2) unique performances, […]

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

  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 and personal pistols of the great Philhellene and national benefactor of Greece, commander of Karteria, Frank Abney Hastings. On […]