About us:
The Hellenic Community of Pretoria (HCP) was founded on the 1 July 1908, and was officially inaugurated under the chairmanship of George Golfinopoulos. Under the Main Council, the HCP oversees several committees including the Benevolent Committee, Church Committee, School Committee, and Dancing Committee. Additionally, the HCP has two Independent Committees, namely the Pretoria Hellenic Youth Committee (PHYC) and the Hellenic Sports Club Committee.
Today, the HCP has approximately 3500 members, with about 100 pupils at four different school locations (Community School, Cornwall Hill College, WHPS and St Paulus) as well as online and about 95 pupils learning traditional dances at the Community. We oversee the running of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation of the Theotokos (Mother of God), School, Dancing and Cultural Centre.
The HCP is a member of the Federation of Hellenic Communities and celebrates Greek ethnic and religious events.
Our 2023-2025 Council:
President – Joakim Efthimiades
Vice President – Dessie Papavarnava
Secretary – Gina Kyriazis
Vice Secretary – Basil Sdralis
Treasurer – Evan Kazantsas
Vice Treasurer – Harry Gouvelis
Committee Member – Dimitri Ioannou
Committee Member – Philip Voutsas
Committee Member – Nitsa Mavrikis
Committee Member – Michelangelo Kellaris
Committee Member – Krati Bogiages
HCP President and Vice President
What We Believe:
The community is devoted in keeping Hellenism alive by:
🧿 Encouraging members to uphold and maintain our Orthodox religion, language, culture, heritage and traditions
🧿 Uphold and maintain the status of the Greek Community
🧿 Uphold and maintain the Greek School and Greek Dancing
🧿 Address future needs of the second, third, fourth generation of Hellenes and
🧿 Uphold the objectives as stipulated in our Constitution.
Hellenism
Community
Filotimo
Our History
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For any enquiries, donations or assistance please contact our community office. Email office@behellenic.com or office2@behellenic.co.za.