Consecration at the Summer Center for Learning and Artistic Creation in the historic Community of Vlagastranslated

With the performance of the Consecration service, on Monday July 6, 2026, by the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Silivria, Mr. Maximos, the operation of the Summer Learning and Artistic Creation Center for the children of the Omogenia began in the renovated Primary School of Vlagas, an educational institution, a jewel that was waiting for the shoots of the Omogenia to once again declare its presence on the historical path of education in Istanbul.

Present at the Consecration were the principals of Zappeio High School, Mrs. Rika Pantelara and of Zappeio Primary School, Mrs. Eva Kanaris, as well as the mothers of the children, the President and the members of the Community of Vlagas.

The operation of the Summer Center for Learning and Artistic Creation was a product of the cooperation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate with the Holy Diocese of Neapolis and Stavroupolis.

Following the invitation of the Reverend Mr. Maximos, the Hierarchical Superior of the Vlagas Community, a group of educators from the Diocese of Western Thessaloniki, with the wish of the Reverend Mr. Varnavas, prepared and executed an educational program that harmoniously combined learning with artistic creation.…