The National Library of Greece will be available to Greeks of Melbourne

G Tsimpoglou, C. Katsavria-Sioropoulou, B. Papastergiadis and   K. Markos

G Tsimpoglou, C. Katsavria-Sioropoulou, B. Papastergiadis and K. Markos Source: Supplied

The President of the GCM Mr Bill Papastergiadis told Sotiris Hatzimanolis: "Following three meetings, over the last year we reached an agreement with the National Library of Greece (NLG). The NLG will open its doors to our members via the new library we are creating at the Greek Centre. Among other things, our members will be able to access the National Library's archives including over 50 original handwrite bibles and numerous other historical texts." The Hon General Secretary Mr. Kostas Markos, also expressed his satisfaction for the agreement. "We are very pleased with the agreement. Not only our members, but also the whole Greek community and especially Modern Greek students will benefit. The agreement opens a new communication channel with Greece and the Greek diaspora, he said.



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