PRESIDENT	CHURCH NEWS
President: George Kyriakides Tel: 01604 648109	Look East BBC News video report - Restorers are having trouble keeping pace with wreckers who are repeatedly attacking a 19th Century Northampton church. Chronicle & Echo newspaper report - Vandals forcing church to shut.

GREEK SCHOOL

Northampton Greek School Classes from 9:45am to 12:45pm every Saturday Unity College Trinity Avenue Northampton, NN2 6JW We teach Greek Language (Speaking and Writing) as well as the Culture and History of Greece and Cyprus. Please feel free to come along and join one of our lessons. All you need to do to enrol is to turn up with your children on the day. Teachers: Avgusta Stavrou, Katerina Kantella, assistant Koulla Anastasiades. Dance Teacher: Litza Pepfoegione Head Teacher: Georgia Piki Chairperson: Dalia Panayis Tel: 07742 719820 - 07766 091862 Email: northamptongreekschool@...il.com, Website: http://northamptongreekschool.moonfruit.com/ Benefactors: Andy Sphongaras and Northamptonshire County Council Enrolment: 30 students (as of April 2001). Click here to see a map

EVENTS AND INFORMATION

Greek School Nativity Play and St. Nicholas Open Day Watch the children's Nativity Play and listen to their poems. Discover the truth about the real Santa Claus. The story of Saint Nicholas is narrated at 3pm, followed by Vespers, Tea and Coffee. Saint Neophytos Church, Kent Road, Duston. Saturday 6 December 2008 Greek Night, 23 November 2008 Tickets £10. Live music, dancing and food. Starts 3pm. Parklands Community Centre Sunday, 23 November, 2008 The Mediterranean Mix, Inspiration FM's Greek Show Inspiration FM 105.8, Northamptonshire's Multicultural Community Radio Station is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a 5 year Coummunity Radio licence after 12 years of broadcasting on 28 day restricted service licences and will be back on-air with a full time service very soon. The Inspiration FM Greek show has been running since 1997 and provides the only Greek radio programming in the UK outside of London to a potential audience of between 2,000 and 20,000 people of Greek origin. The Greek Show will be back on Inspiration FM every Thursday evening from 6pm till 8pm with DJ Aggie, DJ Mario and Dalia. We will keep you updated with the latest Greek community news and information and will be playing the latest Greek popular music, classic hits and new artists.

PAST EVENTS

Northampton Carnival, Saturday June 13, 2009 Easter, April 17/18, 2009 Greek Night, 23 November 2008 This event raised over £700 for the Greek Orthodox Church. Greek Summer Festival June 17 2007 All proceeds for this event went towards church funds. Greek Night 21 January 2008 Greek Festival 11 May 2008

WHERE TO GO

Restaurants / Kebabs / Fish 'n' Chips Krasi Greek Restaurant, 18b Sheep Street Pauls Fish Bar, Barrack Road/Regent Square Westonia, Wellingborough Road, Weston Favell Night Clubs Hush, Albert Place, Abington Street; Music on 3 Floors. Luxe, The Old School Building, Adelaide Place. Hair and Beauty Andrews Salon, Mare Fair, and St Giles Street Salon 21, Gold Street, and St Giles Street Studio One, corner of Lower Mounts & Abington Square Fashion Clues Menswear, behind Debenhams off Gold Street C2 Menswear, Gold Street Entertainment The Derngate Theatre is one of the UK's best and most popular entertainment venues. The Royal Theatre is where the Doctor Who story "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" was filmed. Sport The County Ground is home of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club Sixfields Community Stadium is home of Northampton Town Football Culb Franklins Gardens is home of European Champions, Northampton Saints Rugby Club

NEIGHBOURING GREEK COMMUNITIES
Bedfordshire (population ~3,500) Bedford est. 1981 The Orthodox Church of Agios Mamantos within the Transfiguration Church, Bedford Road, Kempston, Bedford, Beds. MK42 President: Andronikos Pallikaros, Tel: 01234 341598/854305 Luton est. 1976 The Orthodox Church of St. Charalambos, 78a Castle Street, Luton, Beds. LU1 3JA President: Michael Kareklas, Tel: 01582 599743 Presbyter: Stylianos Savva Buckinghamshire (population ~3,000) Aylsbury est. 1972 The Greek Orthodox Community of Agios Fanouriou within the Anglican Church of St. Mary, Church Street, Aylsbury, Bucks. Tel: 01296 424276 President: Maria Horton, Tel: 01296 485352 Archimandrite: Damianos Konstantinou Milton Keynes est. 1989 The Greek Orthodox Church of St. Ambrose and St. Stylianos within St. Martin's Church, Aylsbury Street, Fenny Stratford, Milton Keynes, Bucks. Services on last Sunday of the month at 11:30am President: Niki Beales, Tel: 01296 720459, Website Cambridgeshire (population ~3,000) Cambridge est. 1968 The Greek Orthodox Church of St. Athanasius and St. Clement, Bridge Street, Cambridge Presbyter: Nikolaos Vernezos Peterborough est. 1991 The Greek Orthodox Community of St. Cyril Patriarch of Jerusalem, Peterborough President: Areti Mathewes, Tel: 01733 266560	Leicestershire (population ~2,000) Leicester est. 1970 The Orthodox Church St. Nicholas and St. Xenophon, Aylestone Road, Leicester, LE2 7LN Presbyter: Antonios Stavrinou, Tel: 0116 2916518 Oxfordshire (population ~2,000) Oxford est. 1966 The Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity and the Annunciation of the Mother of God, 1 Canterbury Road, Oxford OX2 6LU. Tel: 01865 552597 Founder: The Most Reverend Kallistos, Metropolitan of Diokleia, Tel: 01865 554023 Presbyter: Oeconomos Ian Graham, Tel: 01865 772188 Warwickshire (population ~2,000) Rugby est. 1987 The Orthodox Church of the Ascension, Clifton Road, Rugby, Warwicks. CV21 3QT Presbyter: Kosmas Wittwer West Midlands (population ~24,000) Coventry est. 1964 The Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Transfiguration, Westwood Heath Road, Coventry, CV4 8GP. Tel: 024 76464286 Presbyter: Andreas Panagiotou, Tel: 01203 463507 Birmingham est. 1939 The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and St. Andrew, 8 Arthur Place, Summer Hill, Birmingham B1 3DA. Tel: 0121 236 3274 Presbyter: Kosmas Pavlides Birmingham est. 1983 The Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity and St. Luke, Magnet Centre, Park Approach, Erdington, Birmingham B23 7SJ. Tel: 0121 326 7221 Presbyter: Christos Stephanou
Sources: The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyatira and Great Britain Yearbook, 1996 and 1998. The Archdiocese of Thyatira and Great Britain website. Population estimates are based on a UK Greek population of 500,000, with 300,000 living in London and 200,000 outside of London. Assuming each wholly owned Greek Orthodox Church serves a regional congregation of 1,500-2,000 (higher for those with a resident priest), each Greek community with a place of worship numbers 1,000-1,500, those without a place of worship < 1,000, and each Greek Orthodox cathedral in England (seven in London and one in Birmingham) serves a Greek Orthodox congregation of 38,500.

EXTERNAL LINKS

The Archdiocese of Thyatira and Great Britain Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sophia (Divine Wisdom) Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Luke Email Argyros Argyrou/DJ Aggie for information about this website and the Inspiration FM Greek show. Website www.northamptongreekcommunity.co.uk