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Greek Consul General Koubarakis in Cleveland

Greek Consul General Emmanuel Koubarakis
Greek Cultural Garden
July 2, 2023 2023

The Consul General of Greece in Chicago Emmanuel Koubarakis visited the Greek Cultural Garden in Cleveland Ohio on July 2, 2023.

Consul General Koubarakis with family and Greek leaders in Greek Cultural Garden in Cleveland

A ceremony was held beginning with remarks by Lou Frangos, President of the Greek Garden Association of Cleveland.

Lou Frangos

Lou Frangos

Lou then introduced former Ohio State Representative Jim Trakas as the MC.

MC Jim Trakas

MC Jim Trakas

Jim then introduced Fr. James Doukas who gave an invocation.

Fr. James Doukas

Fr. James Doukas

Then members of the Ermidis family led the singing of the national anthems of the US and Greece.

Ermidis family leads the national anthems

National anthems

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MC Jim Trakas told about some of the accomplishments of Greeks and Greek culture. Jim gave a very nice shoutout to Dan Hanson and ClevelandPeople.com for creating a record of all the ethnic activities in Cleveland and NE Ohio.

Jim then introduced Jonathan Cambouris, President of the Hellenic Preservation Society, who spoke first in Greek and then in English.

Jonathan Cambouris

Jonathan Cambouris

Then Dr. Wael Khoury, president of the board of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation, spoke about the 35 (and growing) gardens.

Dr. Wael Khoury

Dr. Wael Khoury

MC Jim Trakas then introduced District 35 Ohio State Representative Steve Demetriou.

Ohio State Representative Steve Demetriou

Ohio State Representative Steve Demetriou

Steve introduced Consul General Emmanuel Koubarakis for his remarks.

Consul General Emmanuel Koubarakis

Consul General Emmanuel Koubarakis

Representative Demetriou and Consul Koubarakis

Representative Demetriou and Consul Koubarakis

In his closing remarks MC Jim Trakas spoke of the ideal of Hellenism and how it affected the founding fathers of the United States.

Jim Trakas speaking

Jim Trakas

Steve Demetriou, Jim Trakas, Mrs and Consul Koubarakis,
Lou Frangos and Jonathan Cambouris

Then Fr. James Doukas gave a closing prayer.

Enjoy these other images from the Consul General's visit to the Greek Cultural Garden.

Father Doukas and Consul General Koubarakis

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