On 26 October, the feast day of St. Demetrios, patron saint of Thessaloniki, we had the honour of welcoming the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mrs. Katerina Sakellaropoulou, to the Mount Athos Center in order to officially open the exhibition entitled  ‘Artistic Journey on Mount Athos’, which features works by Greek artists from the period 1922-1995 from the collections of the Thessaloniki Municipal Art Gallery, the Teloglion Arts Foundation of Aristotle University, the Society for Macedonian Studies, the Central Library of Aristotle University, the Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Holy Monastery of Dionysiou, the Mount Athos Art Archive (Holy Monastery of Simonopetra) and the Holy Convent of the Annunciation at Ormylia.

On Saturday 26 October 2024, at the Mount Athos Center in Thessaloniki, Her Excellency President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou will officially open the exhibition entitled ‘Artistic Journey on Mount Athos’, which features works by Greek artists from the period 1922-1995 borrowed from the collections of the Thessaloniki Municipal Art Gallery, the Teloglion Arts Foundation of Aristotle University, the Society for Macedonian Studies, the Central Library of Aristotle University, the Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Holy Monastery of Dionysiou, the Mount Athos Art Archive (Holy Monastery of Simonopetra) and the Holy Convent of the Annunciation at Ormylia.   
 

The Mount Athos Center, in collaboration with the Municipality of Eordaia and the Ptolemaida Association of Graduates of 1968, presents the exhibition of photographs by Giorgos Poupis entitled ‘Exaltation. The Cross in the Land of Mount Athos’ in Ptolemaida, the town in which he grew up.

The exhibition forms part of the ‘ELEFTHERIA 2024’ celebrations organised by the Municipality of Eordaia and is being held under the aegis of the Holy Metropolis of Florina, Prespes and Eordaia.