PRESIDENT	CHURCH NEWS
President: George Kyriakides Tel: 01604 648109 alternatively call Androulla Alexandrou 01604 647794	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 Malcolm Arnold Academy 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 and Anastasia Gratsa Head Teacher: Georgia Piki Chairperson:Dimitra Frangos Tel: 07762211676 - 0789045638 Email: northamptongreekschool@...il.com, Website: http://northamptongreekschool.moonfruit.com/ Benefactors: Northamptonshire County Council Enrolment: 30 students (as of April 2001). Click here to see a map

EVENTS AND INFORMATION

Greek Barbeque, 14 August 2011 On Sunday 14th August we will be celebrating the Dormination of the Virgin at St Neophytos Church with an open-air barbeque beginning at 1pm. It's £5 for a kebab, the proceeds of which will go to the Church. Check this page for further updates or changes. St Neophytos Church Kent Road Northampton, NN5 4XB The Mediterranean Mix, Inspiration FM's Greek Show, Every Thursday 6-8pm on 107.8 Inspiration FM 107.8, Northamptonshire's Multicultural Community Radio Station has been awarded a 5 year Coummunity Radio licence and came back on air on 24 July 2010. 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 on Inspiration FM every Thursday evening from 6pm till 8pm with DJ Aggie, DJ Mario, DJ Mazza 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

Easter Midnight Mass, April 3/4, 2010 Good Friday, April 2, 2010 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 The Sahara Restaurant, 18 St Mary's Street, Bedford, K42 0AS Greek Mezedes, Belly Dancing, Plate smashing and plenty of fun for all! 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