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FILOXENIA in Kryoneri Korinthias (Peloponnese)
The association FILOXENIA – Intercultural-Environmental Organization – was founded in 1995. It combines many years of intercultural experience with educational work in the fields of ecology, history and politics. FILOXENIA participated in numerous European and national programs and youth trainings...more
Memories of Europe
During the second half of July, Filoxenia organised another Greek-German youth project with their partner from Berlin that followed the path of the past. The main topic was remembrance, that's why our participants collected at first their own thoughts of what this word means to them. Through...more
Memory and Music
During our Greek-German youth exchange "Memory and Music", supported by the Greek-German Youth Office, we got the chance to realize many different projects! In collaboration with the "LuckyLuke" eV in Bonn/Germany, the "Memory and Music" Youth Exchange program took place in Kryoneri from 28th of...more
Wunsiedel - Visiting KZ Flossenbürg
Adding on to our Wunsiedel project recap: a big part of our project was the discovery of the space's history. The participants visited the "Deutsch-deutsches Museum" in Mödlareuth, where they had a tour on the history of WW2 and it's subsequent circumstances in Germany. They...more
The Annual Youth Encounter of the German Bundestag, Europeans for peace
"Because we have to know and understand our history, which was written by us humans, to prevent it from being repeated." Andromachi Poulo u, alumna of EUROPEANS FOR PEACE, participated in this year’s youth encounter of the German Bundestag on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism....more
"Footprints in Silence"  volunteering project
"Footprints in Silence" is an artistic search for traces of the common German-Greek past...more
"Paths of Memory" volunteering project
From 2nd of May till 1st of June 2019 a special group EVS project supported by Erasmus + programme was hosted by Filoxenia in Kryoneri Korinthias....more
“Paths of memory” group EVS project
“Why you should go to Greece for Erasmus“ We left Slovakia as a group of four 17-18 years old unfledged teenagers. After we left the gates of the airport in Athens, we still did not realize the distance between us and everything back home. At this point there was no turning back, just the vast and...more
Group EVS project "Paths of memory"
In May 2019 we went to Greece with Erasmus plus. It was our first connection with this programme, so we were full of expectations. As two 18 years old high school students, not very experienced with life itself, we were little worried about traveling alone to a foreign country for whole month....more
“Paths of memory” Group EVS project
written by volunteers from Italy. We could talk about war, about fear, about racism, about hate, about the darkness that the second world war bring in the world and in hearts, but we will talk about love. We will recount/ tell you a love story. Once upon a time… That's the right start of love story...more
"Righteous Among the Nations" Award in Kryoneri
The Community of Kryoneri Corinthia and the Embassy of Israel in Greece co-organized the Yad Vashem Award Ceremony where Mr. Nikolaos Athanasoulis and Mr. Athanasios Dimopoulos received the prestigious award "Righteous Among the Nations" for the rescue of the Jewish family of Abraham Kamchi during the Holocaust....more
Ceremony of the award of the Righteous Among the Nations
The President of the Local Community Council of Kryoneri Korinthias - Sikyonion Municipality and the Ambassador of the State of Israel in Greece Ms Irit Ben Aba are honored to invite you Wednesday, November 14, 2018, 3 p.m. at Polykentro of Kryoneri, to the ceremony of the award of the Righteous...more
Creating a Path to the Karamanos Cave
During her first return to Kryoneri Rivka Jakobi communicated her wish to visit the cave she found shelter in one more time, after so many years had passed. She really set her heart on showing her family and friends the place that kept her safe from multiple situations connected to the German...more
“Step-in” Seminar on Youth Exchanges for multipliers from Martyr Communities of Greece
What? “Step-in” is a training seminar created and conducted by the Association Filoxenia that is based in Kryoneri Korinthias in Greece. It focuses on youth exchange and seeks to empower local multiplicators to conduct their own projects. For whom? The seminar has been tailored for multipliers from...more
"Step-in" Seminar on European Voluntary Service for multipliers from Martyr Communities of Greece
Learn more about Part I Video Part II: "Step-in" in Lehovo - the step towards European Voluntary Service Part II of the seminar for multipliers from Martyr Communities of Greece, took place in Lehovo Florinas in Northern Greece (17-20 December 2015), supported by the German-Greek Fonds for the...more

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