On Sunday, December 22, 2024, in the packed Prefecture of Alexandroupolis, the Phaethon Conservatory of Alexandroupolis successfully organized the Byzantine Music Concert entitled “Bethlehem is preparing…”, under the auspices of the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace – Regional Unit of Evros, in view of the Christmas holiday.
In the particularly aesthetic and architecturally beautiful space of the Prefecture of Alexandroupolis, the Byzantine Dance of the Phaethon Conservatory performed Christmas Hymns, under the direction of the musicologist and professor of Byzantine music, Mr. Angelos Bentis.
The event was prefaced by His Eminence Metropolitan of Alexandroupolis, Mr. Anthimos, who underlined the importance of the event, in the context of promoting and highlighting Byzantine church music in the Holy Metropolis of Alexandroupolis and personally congratulated the choirmaster, Mr. Angelos Bentis, for the excellent performance of the Hymns.
The event was honored with their presence by His Eminence Metropolitan of Alexandroupolis, Mr. Anthimos, the Member of Parliament of Evros Prefecture and honorary chief of the Hellenic Police Mr. Anastasios Dimoschakis, the Deputy Governor of Evros Mr. Evangelos Poulilios, the President of the Municipal Council of Alexandroupolis Mr. Christos Gougoulakis, the Director of Secondary Education of Evros Prefecture Mrs. Eleni Plakoti, the academics: the professor of the Department of Agriculture of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Mr. Athanasios Mavromatis, the associate professor of the Department of Music Studies of the University of Ioannina Mr. Athanasios Trikoupis, the emeritus professors of the Medical School of the University of Thessaloniki, Mr. Elias Thodis and Mr. Ploumis Pasadakis, the emeritus professor of Psychology of the University of Dortmund Mr. Homer Mavridis and the president of the Association of Cultural Evros Institutions Mr. Dimitrios Kelemidis.
At the end of the event, the official guests awarded the graduation titles of last year’s Phaethon Conservatory, including a traditional clarinet degree to Nikolaos Efraimidis and a lute degree to Ioannis Dagalis, which are the first to be awarded in the entire Thrace.