The President of the Republic introduced the choice of the Republic of Cyprus to grant three scholarships to college students of the Division of Byzantine and Greek Research at Queen's School, amounting to 5 thousand {dollars} every
The choice of the Republic of Cyprus to grant three scholarships to college students of the Division of Byzantine and Greek Research at Queen's School was introduced by the President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulidis who acquired on Friday in New York a delegation of the US-Canada Pombon Federation, led by its President Costas Tsilfidis.
On the assembly, as said in an announcement by the Presidency, the President of the Republic introduced the choice of the Republic of Cyprus to grant three scholarships to college students of the Division of Byzantine and Greek Research of Queen's School, within the quantity of 5 thousand {dollars} every.
The scholarships are awarded in reminiscence of Evagoras Pallikaridis, Nikos Kapetanidis and Haris Psomiadis.
Talking on the assembly, the President of the Republic mentioned that “the choice we took within the Council of Ministers to institute a Day of Remembrance and Honor of Pontic Hellenism was a call that ought to have been taken a few years in the past”.
“Cyprus' relations with Pontus return a few years. On the identical time we now have a really sturdy Pontian neighborhood in Cyprus of which we’re notably proud. I’ve repeatedly participated in lots of occasions for Pontic Hellenism, each in Cyprus and overseas,” he mentioned.
He added that “I cannot overlook an occasion I attended in Thessaloniki, the place the sacrifice and battle of Nikos Kapetanidis is absolutely recognized with the sacrifice of our personal hero, Evagoras Pallikaridis, the 18-year-old who was hanged by the British colonialists. I’ll quickly go to Greece once more, to attend an occasion of Pontic Hellenism”.
He additionally mentioned that his first contact, listening to about all that the Pontians went by, was when he went to New York in 1993 to check. “I had the blessing of assembly Haris Psomiadis, who was my instructor”, mentioned the President of the Republic.
President Christodoulidis added that “the choice of the Council of Ministers to tell our kids in our faculties, with the Day of Remembrance and Honor of Pontic Hellenism, was one thing we needed to do because the Republic of Cyprus for years. Even whether it is late, we now have began this effort and the Greek kids of Cyprus should know the Historical past of the Pontians”.
He additionally famous that “we’re happy with the Pontic neighborhood in Cyprus that from the primary day they had been in Cyprus, some grew to become refugees for the second time, they’re working laborious to have the ability to address the challenges they’ve with their households and to maintain maintain the reminiscence of Pontic Hellenism alive and by no means be forgotten” by and thru occasions held in Associations and Foundations in Cyprus.
For his half, Mr. Tsilfidis mentioned that “it is extremely vital that our historical past is acknowledged and transmitted by individuals such as you who dare to make such choices”.
Through the assembly, the Federation introduced the “Haris Psomiadis Award” to the President of the Republic, “as an indication of respect for President Christodoulidis and gratitude for his steady and tireless assist for Pontic Hellenism, in addition to honor for his excessive companies to the Cypriot Hellenism”.
Afterwards, President Christodoulidis introduced the Federation with a plaque with an embossed picture of Cyprus.
The assembly was attended by, amongst others, the Authorities Spokesman Constantinos Letympiotis and the President of the Holy Basis of Panagia Soumela within the USA, Dr. Charalambos Vassiliadis.
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