The Port Elizabeth Hellenic Community celebrates 80 years!

Archbishopric of Good Hope



The Hellenic Community of Port Elizabeth comprising approximately 250 family members or 800 people is one of the oldest Greek enclaves in South Africa and this year they are celebrating the establishment of their community 80 years ago!
So it was Xronia Pola! and Opa!  everywhere as big  festivities were the order of the day on Saturday 15 October.



His Eminence Archbishop Sergios,Metropolitan of  Good Hope in Cape Town, was invited by the Hellenic Community of Port Elizabeth to attend and bless this memorable occasion. He is well known to the community as he served as their parish priest when he first arrived in South Africa as Archimandrite.
A banquet was held on Saturday evening to celebrate this milestone in the history of the Greek Orthodox Church in Port Elizabeth. The church hall was filled to capacity with 300 people who all enjoyed the festivities recalling parishioners and priests and events of the past as most of the people who attended were linked in some way to those pioneers of 80 years ago.
The highlight of the evening was a heart-warming and exciting show of Greek dancing  presented by members of the professional Greek dancing academy from Johannesburg, established by the late Mary Vasiliou. They twirled and swirled in superb elaborate costumes   as they performed various folk dances representative of many parts of Greece and Cyprus...

Συνέχεια...  http://www.goarch.co.za/the-port-elizabeth-hellenic-community-celebrates-80-years/