May Day
This year the first of May coincides with the Orthodox Easter and so the celebration will be transferred to the 3rd of May. On Mayday Greeks make wreaths of flowers which they…
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27 April 2016
Our new teachers Helen and Rosalia
Our new teachers Helen Karka and Rosalia Panayotopoulou Helen studied Literature specializing in Linguistics at the University of Athens. She also holds a postgraduate degree in Teaching Modern Greek as…
27 April 2016
Byzantine hagiography lessons and ceramic art lessons in Thessaloniki and a visit to Thessaloniki History Centre
Our student in Thessaloniki Vera from Germany was excited to combine Greek language lessons and courses on Byzantine hagiography. The teacher of the hagiography welcomed her to his laboratory in the afternoons! There, while drinking Greek…
27 April 2016
Greek easter cookies
Greek easter cookies (παρχαλινά κουλουράκια =paschalina koulourakia) recipes are characterised by a butter base, shiny egg glaze (which makes them beautifully golden brown) and various rising agents to make…
26 April 2016
We continue our research on philhellenism
We had the pleasure last month to teach Greek to Harm from Holland. A good student, who speaks 13 languages, and also is a philosopher and has his own website.…
11 April 2016
Greek words in Hungarian
The existence of Greek words in other languages is well known. At our School we have created a small dictionary with such words in different languages, words which have been…
11 April 2016
University Professors are our students
Last month (March) we had the pleasure and honor, to have among our students 3 professors from German Universities with completely different subjects- Classics, Environmental Economics, Philosophy, Business Administration.…
11 April 2016
What is the 25th March National Holiday in Greece about?
What a beautiful day to celebrate a National Holiday! Sunny and not too warm! Greeks celebrate the 25th March a double holiday: a historical and a religious one. Greeks celebrate…
24 March 2016
Our students traveling throughout Greece.
Our student Adriana, from Colombia, with her family, visit some places in Greece, in a break from her lessons (Mycenae, Nafplio, Monemvasia, Olympia, Messolongi, Delphi, Meteora, Dion, Corfu). In Messologi lunched in…
22 March 2016
Goodbye with gifts
On Friday our students, who learnt Greek with us the first 2 weeks of March, offered flowers to their teachers Penelope and Eva and left. We said goodbye in Greek…
21 March 2016