National Federation of Cypriots

Cutting of the Vasilopita at the Greek Cypriot Brotherhood
2023-01-15 15:15 UTC | Greek Cypriot Brotherhood Building, 1 Britannia Road, London, N12 9RU, United Kingdom
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to welcome this year’s New Year 2023, at the Greek Cypriot Brotherhood Britannia Road – North Finchley – London N12 9RU – Tel: 020 8445 7070. We would be delighted to have you with us at the traditional ceremony for the Cutting of the Vasilopita on Sunday 15th January 2023 at 3.15pm, with your family members, to remember the occasion together the old and unforgettable customs and traditions of our beloved Cyprus.
The royal cake will be blessed and cut by His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain in the presence of representatives of the Cyprus High Commission.
The choir of the The School of Byzantine and European Music of the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, under the direction of The Very Revd Protopresbyter Joseph Paliouras, will sing carols and other traditional Christmas songs by the well-known poet Vasilis Panayi.
We look forward to welcoming New Year 2023 with you and wish it to bring peace to the world and freedom to our Cyprus.

Lefkara Association of Great Britain AGM
2023-01-22 15:30 | Babinondas Restaurant,598 Green Lanes, N13 5RY
Lefkara Association of Great Britain is holding its Annual General Meeting on Sunday 22nd January, 3.30pm, at Babinondas Restaurant,598 Green Lanes, N13 5RY. After the closing of business, food and drinks will be offered courtesy of the Association. For catering purposes, please confirm your attendance by 17 January – call 020 8807 7824 or email community.lefkaraassociation@live.co.uk
Over Christmas, the Association donated £1,000 to the Enfield Stands Together relief fund, to help tenants left without gas to get
food and electric heaters after the gas company decided to cut off the supply at Cheshire House in Edmonton for health and safety
reasons. Of course now all is back to normal.

The World in 2023: From Pandemic to the War in Ukraine
2023-02-03 18:00 - 21:00 | The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London, W1U 5AS, United Kingdom
The Macedonian Society of Great Britain is proud to present a panel discussion in English with:

Vicky Pryce – Economist and Business Consultant

Ian Harwood – Economic and Investment Adviser

Nikos Konstandaras – Columnist and Psychotherapist

Vicky Pryce – Economist and Business Consultant
Vicky Pryce is Chief Economic Adviser and a board member at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). She was previously Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, Director General for Economics at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service. Before that she was Partner at the accounting and consulting firm KPMG after senior economic positions in banking and the oil sector. She holds a number of academic posts and is a Fellow and Council member of the UK Academy for Social Sciences, a Fellow of the Society of Professional Economists and a Companion of the British Academy of Management and is a frequent media commentator on UK and international economic, monetary and political and social issues.. She is co-founder of GoodCorporation, a company set up to advise on business ethics, a patron of the charities Pro Bono Economics and Working Chance; a member of the Advisory Board of the central banking think-tank OMFIF; on the advisory group of Better Statistics CIC; and a fellow of the Radix Centre for Business, Politics and Society. Her books include: “Greekonomics: The Euro crisis and Why Politicians Don’t Get It”; “It’s the Economy, Stupid- Economics for Voters”, with Ross and Urwin; “Redesigning Manufacturing”, with Nielsen and Beverland; and “Women vs Capitalism”.

Ian Harwood – Economic and Investment Adviser
Ian Harwood is a leading and award-winning practitioner in the City, focused upon global economic and financial developments. He has in recent years undertaken a wide range of economics-focussed, investment advisory and educational roles. He is currently Economic Adviser at Redburn and also acts as Independent Investment Adviser to a number of institutional investors and is a Trustee Director of the UBS Pension Scheme. He is a Fellow of the Society of Professional Economists, having served on the Society’s Council from 2008 to 2017, where he advocated substantive changes in the way economics is taught in British universities and has been an employer representative on the QAA’s Economics subject benchmark statement committee. He also led the creation of the Society of Professional Economists’ Continuing Professional Development programme and is currently the Society’s Book Reviews Editor.

Nikos Konstandaras – Columnist and Psychotherapist
Nikos Konstandaras is a columnist at the newspaper Kathimerini. He is the founding editor of Kathimerini’s English Edition, which is published as a supplement to the New York Times in Greece and Cyprus, and he edited it from 1998 to 2017. He was managing editor of the Greek edition of Kathimerini from 2004 to 2017 and a contributing op-ed writer for the New York Times International Edition. He studied Ancient Greek (MA, Wits., S. Africa) and worked as a correspondent for The Associated Press in Athens from 1989 to 1997, covering the broader region. He has trained as a therapist at the Hellenic Institute for Group Analytic and Family Psychotherapy.

Bouzouki and Meze night with Nikos Siakolas and band at Stelios Restaurant
2023-02-03 19:30, 2023-02-10 19:30 | Cypriot Community Centre, Earlham Grove, Wood Green, London, N22 5HJ, United Kingdom
Bouzouki and Meze night with Nikos Siakolas and band at Stelios Restaurant, Cypriot Community Centre in Earlham Grove, Wood Green,London N22 Friday 3rd and 10th February 2023 at 19.30pm.
20 dishes at £35 per person reservations only 07503 34858 or 07774 237290

Cypriots in the City Networking Event 2023
2023-02-23 17:30 - 21:30 | Tokenhouse, 4 Moorgate, EC2R 6DA, London
Join us for our next networking event on 23 February at Tokenhouse, Moorgate! See you all there.
Sign up here – https://lnkd.in/g7PvzXbE

Saracosti - Clean Monday
2023-02-27 13:00 | Cypriot Community Centre, Earlham Grove, Wood Green, London, N22 5HJ, United Kingdom

The Chris Harmanda Foundation presents the Blue Star Event in North London
2023-03-03 19:30 | Penridge Suite, 470 Bowes Rd, London, N11 1NL
The Chris Harmanda Foundation presents the Blue Star Event in North London Friday 3rd March 2023 7.30pm till 2.00am at the Penridge Suite,470 Bowes Rd, Arnos Grove, London N11 1NL.
To include 3 course meal, Wine, Beer and soft drinks.
Entertainment by Enthymion
£65
Call Maria Paschali 07803504037
Loukia Harmanda Poulloura 07943231799

DJ Sooty live mix with Pavlos Doukanaris bouzouki guitar night in North London
2023-03-05 18:00 | Cypriot Community Centre, Earlham Grove, Wood Green, London, N22 5HJ, United Kingdom
DJ Sooty live mix with Pavlos Doukanaris bouzouki guitar night at the Cypriot Community Centre in Wood Green

Gender and History in Modern Cypriot Writing
2023-03-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, Marylebone, London, W1U 5AS
Dr Ioannidou will explore how the trauma of Cypriot history is explored and filtered through the lens of gender and memory in prose and poetry of post 1960 Cyprus. This talk aims to provide an overview of contemporary fiction written by Cypriot women and, more specifically, look into the works of Constantia Soteriou, Nasia Dionysiou, and Louiza Papaloizou. Following in the footsteps of the acclaimed author Niki Marangou, these three authors address historical and political issues in their fiction.
Dr Kakkoufa will discuss the ways in which gender and sexuality have not been examined after the Invasion and the centrality of language in encoding and highlighting these aspects.
In collaboration with the Society for Modern Greek Studies

Being an Islander - Documentary Screening
2023-03-18 17:00 - 19:30 | High Commission of the Republic of Cyprus in the UK, 13 St James' Square, London, SW1Y 4LB, United Kingdom
Investigating the theme of insularity as a social construct and as a form of social and cultural identity.

Being an Islander – Documentary Screening Tickets, Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite

Nistisima: The secret to delicious Mediterranean vegan food
2023-03-23 19:00 - 21:00 | The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London, W1U 5AS, United Kingdom
Georgina Hayden, author of the Sunday Times bestseller cookbook Nistisima: The secret to delicious Mediterranean vegan food, shares the tradition and stories behind these recipes.
Georgina Hayden is a food writer, cook and presenter from North London. She was awarded this years Fortnum + Mason ‘Cookery Writer of the Year’ award, and the Guild of Food Writers ‘Recipe Writer of the Year’ in 2020.
Growing up above her grandparents’ Greek Cypriot taverna in Tufnell Park, she developed a love of cooking from the recipes passed down to her. She worked on Jamie Oliver’s food team for 12 years – styling, developing and writing recipes for everything from TV to magazines, campaigns to ads.
She has written 3 books – Stirring Slowly, Taverna and Nistisima, which is released March 2022. Georgina also regularly writes for publications such as Delicious, Waitrose Magazine and The Telegraph and features on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch and BBC’s Saturday Kitchen. She is also a judge for Channel 4’s latest cooking show the ‘Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver’.

Melodies and Sounds from the Great Lent
2023-03-25 18:00 | The Orthodox Church of Saint Demetrios in Edmonton, Logan Road, Edmonton, N9 0LP, United Kingdom
Saturday, March 25th at 6:00 pm followed by light reception at the Community Hall. Free admission – All welcome

90's Night with DJ Demenero
2023-03-25 20:00 | 79 Marylebone High St London W1U 5JZ

Join NEPOMAK.uk for Cypriot Dances and Food
2023-03-26 13:00 | Greek Cypriot Brotherhood Building, 1 Britannia Road, London, N12 9RU, United Kingdom
🇨🇾 JOIN US FOR CYPRIOT DANCES & FOOD ON 26 MARCH
📍Greek Cypriot Brotherhood (N12 9RU)
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Cyprus & its Hymn to Liberty
2023-03-29 19:00 - 20:00
Join us on Wednesday 29 March at 7pm live on Facebook to hear from the Consul General of the Republic of Cyprus in the UK, Mr Odysseas Odysseos about how important the 1821 revolution and the liberation struggle of 1955-59 was for Cyprus and its people.
Join us to commemorate all those who sacrificed their lives for our freedom.
https://fb.me/e/2Of4f9zFa

Love, War and the Self in Renaissance and Modern Cypriot Poetry
2023-03-30 19:00 - 21:00 | The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London, W1U 5AS, United Kingdom
The lectures of this session by Marina Rodosthenous-Balafa and Nikoletta Hadjipavlou will explore two important aspects of Cypriot poetry
Focusing on the anonymous Cypriot Petrarchan poetic Collection of the sixteenth century, Dr Rodosthenous (University of Nicosia) will discuss Cypriot Renaissance poetry and the representation of the lover-poet who experiences unrequited love for his idealized beloved. Through particular figures of speech, such as metaphors, antitheses and paradoxes, the Sisyphean archetype will emerge and reveal connections with the Neoplatonic philosophy and theory of human perfectibility of the time.
With reference to works by Kyriakos Charalambides and Niki Marangou, Dr Hadjipavlou will explore how the two poets reconstruct the past through the lens of the present. Charalambides (b.1940) and Marangou (1948-2013) are two of the most renowned and prolific Cypriot writers of their generation. Born in Cyprus in the 1940s, they experienced important events in the history of their homeland first-hand. They both experienced the Cypriot struggle for liberation of 1955-59 as children and the Turkish invasion of 1974 as adults. Unavoidably, a big part of their work is primarily framed by the political and historical events which have marked the modern history of Cyprus and which are expressed in their poetic work through an overall view of the history of Cyprus and more specifically through a journey to the Frankish Kingdom of Cyprus and the Venetian, Ottoman and British rule on the island.
In collaboration with the Society for Modern Greek Studies

Doxology & National Celebrations
2023-04-02 12:00 | St John the Baptist Church, Wightman Road, London, N8 0LY

Charity Music Night
2023-04-06 20:00 | Bojangles Brasserie, 1 Old Church Rd, Chingford Mount, London, E4 6SJ
Fundraising for three charities that mean a lot to two UK Cypriots receiving treatment, Iliana & Paul
Bojangles, Chingford presents our 90’s themed Charity Extravaganza, on the 6th April 2023 @ 8PM
Doors open at 8PM! Please arrive in good time to choose your table.
4 amazing singers taking you through all the best 90’s hits, including a 90’s legend, the original vocal lead to Mr Vain – Culture Beat, all to raise money for 3 amazing charities.
If you can’t make it but would still like to donate please purchase a ticket as all proceeds will still go to the following 3 charities –
Cancer Research UK
Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity
Parkisons UK
We hope to see you all there for a party!

Cypriots in the City Networking Event
2023-04-20 17:30 - 20:00 | Gerald Edelman, 73 Cornhill, London, EC3V 3QQ
Join us for a drink
Limited availability – first come first serve basis

NEPOMAK UK Pub Social
2023-04-23 14:00 | The Joiners, 51 Ballards Ln, London, N3 1XP
Join NEPOMAK UK for a drink, lunch and an opportunity to connect with young U.K. Cypriots

Grand Opening of our Greek Cypriot Brotherhood Restaurant
2023-04-28 19:30 | Greek Cypriot Brotherhood Building, 1 Britannia Road, London, N12 9RU, United Kingdom
We are delighted to announce that for the Grand Opening of our Greek Cypriot Brotherhood Restaurant on Friday 28 April at 19.30 we will be offering guests an extensive buffet priced at £30 per person. We will be joined by our local MP and Councillors for the opening (Save the Date attached).
The restaurant will be open every Friday evening for members, friends and supporters of the Brotherhood, as well as the wider community, to enjoy a relaxed evening meal with their friends and family. Our caterers Andros & Anna Kkamaris will offer a delicious and seasonal menu. The cafeteria will also be open everyday from 10am until late, for anyone wishing to visit the building
Please join us on Friday 28 April, and every Thursday and Friday thereafter. To book your place for the grand opening, or for further enquiries, please email: greek.cypriotbrotherhood.uk@gmail.com or call on 0208 4457070

May Day Festival in Birmingham
2023-05-01 10:00 - 17:00 | The Estia, Magnet Centre, Park Approach, Birmingham, B23 7SJ
Contact us for more information!
M: 07508232241
E: office@midlandsgreek.org

Chiara Ambrosio: Monochords
2023-05-05 - 2023-07-28 | The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London, W1U 5AS, United Kingdom
Viewing by appointment only | Free entry | Please email info@helleniccentre.org or call 020 7487 5060
Monochords is a suite of linocuts by London-based Italian filmmaker and visual artist Chiara Ambrosio, in response to Yannis Ritsos’ collection of one-line poems by the same title.
Yannis Ritsos, a Greek poet, communist, and active member of the Greek Resistance during World War II, composed the 336 Monochords in August of 1979, in the space of one month, following the end of one of his many political exiles on the island of Samos. Each line is a poignant and essential observation of an instant in time, at once ephemeral and resonant; the resulting collection of poems reads as a personal archive of time past, present and future, offering, in the poet’s own words, keys to his own poetic sensibility.
Chiara Ambrosio had been carrying a copy of the Monochords with her for over a decade; a compass, a torch and indeed a key, offering inspiration, direction and companionship as she developed her own poetic vision. One day in 2020, as the pandemic began to spiral out of control, she turned to the book once more and felt compelled to make images in response to the monochords: not illustrations, nor translations, more of an experiment in entering the space opened up by the poem, and seeing what would resonate and emerge from there; how that exploration could be rendered in line and shape-like going fishing at night in the sea of Ritsos’ words, a daily ritual, that accompanied the artist along a strange year of exile from life.

Viewing will be open by appointment only during Hellenic Centre opening hours. Please call 020 7487 5060 or email info@helleniccentre.org to book a slot.

The following print editions by Chiara Ambrosio will be available for sale throughout the exhibition. Please enquire at the Hellenic Centre or call 020 7487 5060.

Edition 1- Monochord N. 16 “ I saw you and remembered poems”, hand printed linocut on fine art paper, 7.5 x 7.5 (image size), 14.85 x 21cm (paper size), edition of 36, £60

Edition 2- Monochord N. 57 “ The egg shines in my mother’s hand.”, hand printed linocut on fine art paper, 7.5 x 7.5 (image size), 14.85 x 21cm (paper size), edition of 36, £60

Edition 3- Monochord N.75 “The poem has sense, you say. Does it have a body?”, hand printed linocut on fine art paper, 7.5 x 7.5 (image size), 14.85 x 21cm (paper size), edition of 36, £60

Edition 4- Monochord N.242 “Whenever you arrive it seems you’re running away. But perhaps I’m the one leaving.”, hand printed linocut on fine art paper, 7.5 x 7.5 (image size), 14.85 x 21cm (paper size), edition of 36, £60

Edition 5- Monochord N. 330 “On the blackboard with a piece of chalk I drew the moon’s golden eyebrow.”, hand printed linocut on fine art paper, 7.5 x 7.5 (image size), 14.85 x 21cm (paper size), edition of 36, £60

Edition 6- Monochord N. 336 “So you’ll know- these monochords are my keys. Take them.”, hand printed linocut on fine art paper, 7.5 x 7.5 (image size), 14.85 x 21cm (paper size), edition of 36, £60

Chiara Ambrosio is a London-based filmmaker and visual artist, working with moving image, photography, text, sound and printed matter to explore the ways in which we remember, articulate and preserve personal and collective histories and a sense of place. Her work pays witness to and portrays that which struggles on the fringes of dominant narratives – communities, landscapes, stories, objects, perceptions, sensibilities – excluded and marginalised for a variety of different reasons but always fundamental to our understanding of what makes us human. Her work has been presented extensively both nationally and internationally at venues including the Whitechapel Gallery, Anthology Film Archives and La Cinémathèque Française.

Thalassaemia testing event
2023-05-14 13:00 - 16:00 | UKTS, 19 The Broadway, London, N14 6PH, United Kingdom
United Kingdom Thalassaemia Society (UKTS), NEPOMAK UK and the Cyprus Medical Society UK (CMS UK) join forces to offer the youth of our community the opportunity to test for Thalassaemia.

If you are concerned you may be a carrier, it’s a good idea to get tested before you start a family.

Contact us for more details

Association of Rizokarpasso in GB Annual General Meeting
2023-05-21 14:00 | Greek Cypriot Brotherhood Building, 1 Britannia Road, London, N12 9RU, United Kingdom

NEPOMAK UK Boat Party
2023-06-03 20:00 - 2023-06-04 00:00 | Temple Pier, WC2R 2PN
THE BOAT PARTY IS BACK!
https://boatparty23.eventbrite.com/

Tickets for the Boat Party are live!

Be among the first to grab Early Bird tickets

For this year’s party, we’re collaborating with Enlightened Evenings

Join us for an unforgettable night, full of dancing and an iconic trip along Thames

With DeeJay Rezii and George Michaelides

Rizokarpaso Folk Costumes: a unique cultural dress code
2023-06-08 19:00 - 21:30 | High Commission of the Republic of Cyprus in the UK, 13 St James' Square, London, SW1Y 4LB, United Kingdom
Nasa Patapiou will present historical data about Rizokarpaso, the occupied small town and study the reasons of development of this unique and unmatched cultural dress code at the far end of the Karpaseia peninsula. The Lecture will take place on June 8th and it will be held in Greek.

ΟΙ ΛΑΪΚΕΣ ΕΝΔΥΜΑΣΙΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΡΙΖΟΚΑΡΠΑΣΟΥ
Διάλεξη της ιστορικού-ερευνήτριας Δρος Νάσας Παταπίου
Η ομιλήτρια θα παρουσιάσει ιστορικά στοιχεία για την κατεχόμενη κωμόπολη Ριζοκαρπάσου και θα εξετάσει τους λόγους για τους οποίους αναπτύχθηκε στο άκρο της χερσονήσου Καρπασίας αυτός ο ιδιαίτερος και μοναδικός ενδυματολογικός πολιτισμός. Επιπρόσθετα, θα γίνουν αναφορές από πότε το Καρπάσι (Carpasso ή Carpasse στις πηγές επί Λατινοκρατίας) μετατρέπεται σε Ριζοκάρπασο (Risokarpaso) και γιατί ολόκληρη η χερσόνησος με την προφραγκική/βυζαντινή ονομασία από Ακρωτίκη μετατράπηκε από τους Φράγκους και υιοθετήθηκε στη συνέχεια και από τους Βενετούς σε Carpasso ή Carpasse, που αργότερα αποδόθηκε στην Ελληνική με το όνομα Καρπασία.
Στη διάλεξη, επίσης, θα αναφερθούν οι λόγοι εξαιτίας των οποίων αυτές οι λαϊκές ενδυμασίες διατηρήθηκαν και μέχρι την τουρκική εισβολή και κατοχή του 1974.

The Actors Theatre Presents in Collaboration with EKA OUR JOURNEY- My dog AZUR
2023-06-09 19:30, 2023-06-10 19:30 | Cypriot Community Centre, Earlham Grove, Wood Green, London, N22 5HJ, United Kingdom
9th &10th June 2023 @ 7.30pm
at Theatre of Cypriot Community Centre, Earlham Grove, Wood Green, London, N22 5HJ
The Actors Theatre Presents in Collaboration with EKA
OUR JOURNEY- My dog AZUR
