Munich, 16 November 2023

IAO Secretary General Maximos Charakopoulos meets with Vice-President of Bavarian State Parliament - International campaign for Hagia Sophia goes to Munich

“The case of Hagia Sophia does not only concern Christians, but the entire civilised world. Hagia Sophia is a monument recognised by UNESCO as part of the world cultural heritage. I am happy because in Bavaria we are opening doors by raising the issue, but also for the common understanding of the crisis experienced by European societies, which in the name of multiculturalism and the integration of people with a cultural background completely foreign to European values, renounce their Christian roots”. Those were the words of Dr Maximos Charakopoulos, member of the Hellenic Parliament and Secretary General of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy, following his meeting with the Vice-President of the Bavarian State Parliament Tobias Reiß.

The meeting took place in the framework of the IAO cross-party parliamentary delegation official visit  to Munich, consisting of Dr Charakopoulos, Mr Panikos Leonidou , MP of Cyprus, Mr Mile Talevski, MP of North Macedonia and the advisor to the IAO Dr Kostas Mygdalis.

Presentation of the Volume on the churches of Hagia Sophia around the world

During the stay of the IAO delegation in Munich, a presentation of the volume "HAGIA SOPHIA: the Churches of the Wisdome of God around the world" was held at the "Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew" cultural center of the Greek Orthodox Church of All Saints. The event was co-organised by the IAO, the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Germany and the University of Munich training centre for Orthodox Theology.

Meeting with Greek Community members in Bavaria

During his stay in Munich, Dr Maximos Charakopoulos, accompanied by Mr Panikos Leonidou had a meeting with the Consul General of Greece Vasilios Goulousis and representatives of the Greek diaspora and was briefed in detail about the problems faced by the Greek community in Germany. The meeting was attended by Archimandrite Fr. Petros Klitsch, LMU professor Lilian Diamantopoulou, Mrs Aikaterini Tzouma from the Club of Greek Scientists, Mrs Theano Vassilikou from the Palladion Foundation and Mr Christos Kafassis from AHEPA Munich.

 

 

 

 

 

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