The Greek Language Day was honoured at a joint event at the Academy of Athens last Thursday, 9 February 2023, by the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs of the Hellenic Republic, the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth of the Republic of Cyprus, the Academy of Athens and the Greek Language Centre. The event was attended by the Minister of Education, Sports and Youth Mr. Prodromos Prodromou, the Deputy Minister of Education of Greece Mr. Angelos Syrigos, the former President of the Hellenic Republic Mr. Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the President of the Academy of Athens Mr. Michalis Stathopoulos, the President of the Centre for the Greek Language, Academician Mr. In his address to the event, Mr Prodromos Prodromou referred to the great value of the Greek language, its contribution to world culture, and stressed the importance of the Memorandum of Understanding in the field of Greek Language Studies, recently signed by the Ministries of Education of Greece and Cyprus.
In his address to the event, Mr Prodromos Prodromou referred to the great value of the Greek language, its contribution to world culture, and stressed the importance of the Memorandum of Understanding in the field of Greek Language Studies, recently signed by the Ministries of Education of Greece and Cyprus. In his speech, Academician Christoforos Charalambakis announced the granting of free access to the electronic version of the Modern Greek Language Dictionary of the Academy of Athens from 9/2/2023. This decision of the Academy of Athens opens new horizons to the scholars of our language, to the teachers who teach it and to the general public. The contribution of the Greek language to the development of the science of Mathematics was mentioned in a speech by Mr. Prokopis Pavlopoulos, while the title of the speech of the Professor of Modern Greek Literature of the University of Cyprus Mr. Pantelis Voutouris was: "...to establish a Greek School at home. To establish a Greek school on the island of Cyprus. Finally, Mr Papaggelis addressed the topic "Hellenic discourse: ideological and cultural connotations".
The event was also addressed by Mr Angelos Syrigos, Mr Michalis Stathopoulos and Ms Patricia Koromvoki, Lecturer of the Hellenic Studies Programme of Macquarie University, Sydney.
The event was also addressed by Mr Angelos Syrigos, Mr Michalis Stathopoulos and Ms Patricia Koromvoki, Lecturer of the Hellenic Studies Programme of Macquarie University, Sydney.
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