The Australian Institute of Macedonian Studies (AIMS) will host a Philological Memorial Service dedicated to the work and contribution of the late Peter Jasonides, a beloved community figure and founding Secretary of AIMS.
The Memorial event will be held on Friday 11 July, 6.30pm, in the Lyceum Hall at Alphington Grammar School, as organised by AIMS’ President and Board of Directors alongside the management of the school and the dance department of Pontiaki Estia.
It will serve as a celebration of Jasonides’ life one year on from his passing, highlighting the great work he did for more than 40 years across various Pontic and Greek groups and associations. The event will be attended by the headmistress of Alphington Grammar School, Dr. Vivian Nikou, who will refer to her family ties with Panagiotis and his paternal family.
Following that, historian and coordinator of the AIMS Archives Terry Stavridis will deliver a 20-minute lecture in English on the topic “The Displacement of Pontic Hellenism from the Black Sea (1921-1922)”.
Simela Stamatopoulou, second-generation leader of Pontian Hellenism in Melbourne and former President of the Federation of Pontian Associations, will touch on the contribution of Jasonides in the area of cultural and administrative events of the Pontians of Australia and Greece.
Professor Anastasios Tamis, AIMS President, will build on that will a short speech of his own on Jasonides’ life and contributions.
The event will close with a 15-minute musical and dance performance curated by Yannis Pilalidis, presenting musicians and a group of dancers from Pontiaki Estia in rhythms and dance acts that appealed to Jasonides.
AIMS will provide attendees with a free copy of the collective volume entitled ‘Ancient Macedonia’, which was edited by Professor Peter Connor of the University of Melbourne on behalf of AIMS. free of charge, as a gift in honour of Jasonides.
The volume includes rare articles by European, Greek and American academics and researchers from the monumental International Conference on Ancient Macedonia organized by AIMS in 1992, under the scientific responsibility of the late Professor Dimitris Pandermalis, in which Jasonides’ participation was essential.
The Memorial will be followed by a reception jointly organized by Dr Nikou and the Vice President of AIMS, Christina Kotsifaki-Sarri.
The event will be recorded by video by Michalis Porphyris and edited by Plato Denazakis.
The technical coordination of the event has been undertaken by AIMS executives, Nikos Papakonstantinou and Georgios Lioukas, while teacher Dimitra Flessa has been appointed as the master of ceremonies.
The invitation to the Memorial is open to any and all who wish to experience these moments of remembrance for one of the most distinguished figures of the Greek Diaspora.
