Canada
Canada
Alexander The Great in U.S., Canada
The exhibition The Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander The Great will be hosted in four museums in Canada and the USA from December 2014 to September 2016.
The exhibition will be presented at the Royal Ontario Museum, the Canadian Museum of...
Ancient Greece
Pointe-à-Callière Exhibition on Ancient Greeks a Great Hit
The exhibition “The Greeks - Agamemnon to Alexander the Great” at the archaeological museum of Pointe-à-Callière in Montreal, Canada, has ended after four successful months.
“Pointe-à-Callière, Montreal’s Archaeology and History Complex, is proud to announce that 132,156 visitors came through...
Canada
Polar Bear Swim: Tradition Launched by Greek Immigrant Lives On
Polar Bear Swim: The title sort of speaks for itself, launched in Canada in 1920 by Greek immigrant Peter (Pete) Pantages.
Canada
Toronto Greek Church Organization To Sell Property After Financial Woes
A Greek Orthodox nonprofit in Toronto that owns churches and schools and hosts the gigantic "Taste of the Danforth" Greek folk festival every summer might soon be forced to sell one of its properties due to a precipitous drop...
Canada
Toronto’s Greeks Line the Streets for ‘Oxi’ Day Parade
Greek-Canadians united in celebration with diaspora across the globe over last weekend as Greeks lined the streets for Oxi Day parades.
Toronto hosted its annual Oxi day parade on October 30, in which some 30 different community groups participated. Churches...
Canada
Ontario: New FYROM Provocation with Map Including Greek Land
The Parliament Vice President of Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia Antonio Milososki made a provocative appearance at a national celebration having in the background a map that includes several Greek territories reaching to Mount Olympus in central Greece.
The event...
Ancient Greece
Impressive Opening Event for Ancient Greece Exhibition in Canada
The inauguration of “The Greeks - Agamemnon to Alexander the Great” exhibition took place in Ottawa, Canada, in the grand hall of the Canadian Museum of History. Approximately 1,000 people attended the largest inauguration event that has been held...
Canada
Greek Independence Day Parade in Toronto
Thousands of Greek-Canadians flooded Danforth Avenue in Toronto holding Greek flags to celebrate the Greek Independence Day. The Consul General of Greece, Alexandros Ioannidis, and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne along with other Canadian officials attended the event.
Children and adults marched...
Canada
Exhibition on 5,000 Years of Greece Inaugurated in Montreal [Video]
A very important exhibition of Greek antiquities entitled "The Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander the Great" premiered on December 12 at the Pointe-a-Calliere Museum in Montreal.
The exhibition presents antiquities that have never traveled outside of Greece. The 543 ancient artifacts...
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece Exhibition Opens in Canada
One of the most significant exhibitions that has ever traveled outside of Greece has been scheduled to open on December 12. Pointe-à-Callière Museum in Montreal will be the first stop in its tour around North America.
The exhibition, entitled "The...
Ancient Greece
Vancouver: Launch of Greek History Themed Book
Canadian author W. Ruth Kozak published her debut work “Shadow Of The Lion (Vol 1): Blood On The Moon” earlier this year. The Greek history based book was presented at a successful book reception in Athens, Greece, while the author...
Canada
Greek Community in Canada Celebrates “Oxi” Day
For yet another year, the Greek community of Montreal celebrated the “Oxi” national day with brilliance and mass participation on Sunday. Doxology for those who gave their life in the Albanian Front took place in Saint George Cathedral by...
Canada
AHEPA Condemns “Irredentist United Macedonia Map”
AHEPA Canada, one of the largest Greek organizations in the country, released an announcement condemning the publication of a map by the Toronto branch of UM (United Macedonians Organization of Canada) in the Toronto Star issue of July 31, 2014,...
Canada
Canada Honors Departing Greek Diplomats
Canada's Greek community held a ceremony to bid farewell to the motherland's departing diplomats at the end of their tenures in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal.
Greece's Ambassador to Canada, Eleftherios Anghelopoulos, and its Consuls General for Toronto and Montreal, Dimitris Azemopoulos and Thanos Kafopoulos, respectively were the...
Ancient Greece
Montreal Museum to Host Exhibition on Ancient Greece
The museum of Montreal Pointe-a-Calliere, will host a major exhibition on ancient Greece that will be launched late this year.
The display entitled “The Greeks -- Agamemnon to Alexander the Great” will bring together more than 500 artifacts from 22...