Every year on the 21st of November the Orthodox Church celebrates “The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the temple” in the Catholic Church better known as “Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary”. Theotokos is the Greek title for Mary, translated it means “the one who gave birth to […]
Monthly Archives: November 2018
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On the 13th November 2018 the 3rd and 4th class of the 3rd primary school of Vrontados had an excursion to the Center for Environmental Education Chios (Κπε Χιου – Κέντρο Περιβαλλοντικής Εκπαίδευσης).
On the 31st of October 2018 people with special needs visited the 3rd primary school of Vrontados. The day’s program was divided into two parts, in order to adapt the activities to the children’s needs.
On the 11th of November, Chios celebrates its liberation from the Ottoman Empire in 1912. As the 11th is a Sunday this year, our schools celebrated already on Friday the 9th of November.
On Wednesday the 7th of November, we had a free day as the schools had elections. We used this opportunity to go to our sailing boat. As winter is coming and the weather is not that good anymore, the decision was made to get the boat out of the water. […]
The 28th of october is an important date to all Greeks, for it is the date on which, in the year 1940, the Greek prime minister rejected Mussolini’s ultimatum. The ultimatum was about axis forces entering Greek territory and occupying certain, unspecified ‘tactical locations’. ‘Ochi’ means ‘No’ in Greek, and […]