{"id":4700,"date":"2026-02-05T08:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-el.gr\/?page_id=4700"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:02:28","slug":"greek-language-day-9-february","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in-el.gr\/en\/greek-language-day-9-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek Language Day | 9 February"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"sg-row sg-container sg-element sg-1773932497041 container container-contained\" data-eq=\"1773932497041\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row-inner row-inner-1773932497041 container-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row-wrap row-wrap-1773932497041 container-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row-content row-content-1773932497041 container-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"sg-column sg-container sg-element sg-1773932497042\" data-eq=\"1773932497042\">\r\n\t<div class=\"column-container column-container-1773932497042 container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"column-inner column-inner-1773932497042 container-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"column-wrap column-wrap-1773932497042 container-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-content column-content-1773932497042 container-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"sg-image sg-element sg-1773932497043\" data-eq=\"1773932497043\">\r\n\t<div class=\"image-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ui-img \"><div class=\"img-inner\"><div class=\"img-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/in-el.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9-2-imera-ellinikis-glossas-EN.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in-el.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9-2-imera-ellinikis-glossas-EN.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/in-el.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9-2-imera-ellinikis-glossas-EN-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in-el.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9-2-imera-ellinikis-glossas-EN-1024x292.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in-el.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9-2-imera-ellinikis-glossas-EN-768x219.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in-el.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9-2-imera-ellinikis-glossas-EN-1536x438.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in-el.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9-2-imera-ellinikis-glossas-EN-680x194.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"sg-text-block sg-element sg-1773932497044\" data-eq=\"1773932497044\">\r\n\t<div class=\"text-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>World Greek Language Day is celebrated on February 9th, a date that commemorates the poet Dionysios Solomos. It was established in 2017 by a joint decision of the Greek Ministers of Interior, Foreign Affairs, and Education. Its official proclamation by UNESCO was adopted in November 2025 during the 43rd General Conference of UNESCO in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek Language Institute (INEL), whose primary mission is the preservation of the Greek language and Greek culture within the Greek diaspora, as well as their global promotion and dissemination, honors Greek Language Day with initiatives addressed to teachers, students, and all those who love the Greek language.<\/p>\n<p>On the occasion of the Greek Language celebration, INEL presents:<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"sg-row sg-container sg-element sg-1773932497045 container container-contained\" data-eq=\"1773932497045\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row-inner row-inner-1773932497045 container-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row-wrap row-wrap-1773932497045 container-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row-content row-content-1773932497045 container-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"sg-column sg-container sg-element sg-1773932497046\" data-eq=\"1773932497046\">\r\n\t<div class=\"column-container column-container-1773932497046 container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"column-inner column-inner-1773932497046 container-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"column-wrap column-wrap-1773932497046 container-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-content column-content-1773932497046 container-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"sg-row sg-container sg-element sg-1773932497047 container\" data-eq=\"1773932497047\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row-inner row-inner-1773932497047 container-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row-wrap row-wrap-1773932497047 container-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row-content row-content-1773932497047 container-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"sg-column sg-container sg-element sg-1773932497048 section-inner-title\" data-eq=\"1773932497048\">\r\n\t<div class=\"column-container column-container-1773932497048 container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"column-inner column-inner-1773932497048 container-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"column-wrap column-wrap-1773932497048 container-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ui-background ui-decor decor-1773932497048\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-content column-content-1773932497048 container-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"sg-heading sg-element sg-1773932497049\" data-eq=\"1773932497049\">\r\n\t<div class=\"heading-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"heading-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"title \">&#8220;Talking in Greek&#8221;: \u0391 conversation with a student of Greek as a Foreign Language<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"sg-text-block sg-element sg-1773932497050\" data-eq=\"1773932497050\">\r\n\t<div class=\"text-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Garen K\u00fcrk\u00e7\u00fco\u011flu (Garen K\u00fcrk\u00e7\u00fco\u011flu in Turkish, \u0533\u0561\u0580\u0565\u0576 \u053f\u056b\u0582\u0580\u0584\u0573\u056b\u0582\u0585\u0572\u056c\u0578\u0582 in Armenian) is a member of the Armenian minority of Istanbul who, at the age of nine, asked his parents to let him learn Greek, captivated by the alphabet and the historical depth of the Greek language. Today, many years later, he celebrates Greek Language Day with us and shares his unique linguistic journey.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"sg-text-block sg-element sg-1773932497051\" data-eq=\"1773932497051\">\r\n\t<div class=\"text-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kpOfHduk-Dk\" width=\"80%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"sg-row sg-container sg-element sg-1773932497052 container container-contained\" data-eq=\"1773932497052\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row-inner row-inner-1773932497052 container-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row-wrap row-wrap-1773932497052 container-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row-content row-content-1773932497052 container-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"sg-column sg-container sg-element sg-1773932497053\" data-eq=\"1773932497053\">\r\n\t<div class=\"column-container column-container-1773932497053 container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"column-inner column-inner-1773932497053 container-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"column-wrap column-wrap-1773932497053 container-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-content column-content-1773932497053 container-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"sg-row sg-container sg-element sg-1773932497054 container\" data-eq=\"1773932497054\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row-inner row-inner-1773932497054 container-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row-wrap row-wrap-1773932497054 container-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row-content row-content-1773932497054 container-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"sg-column sg-container sg-element sg-1773932497055 section-inner-title\" data-eq=\"1773932497055\">\r\n\t<div class=\"column-container column-container-1773932497055 container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"column-inner column-inner-1773932497055 container-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"column-wrap column-wrap-1773932497055 container-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ui-background ui-decor decor-1773932497055\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-content column-content-1773932497055 container-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"sg-heading sg-element sg-1773932497056\" data-eq=\"1773932497056\">\r\n\t<div class=\"heading-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"heading-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"title \">&#8220;What does it mean to teach Greek?&#8221; (teachers&#8217; anthology)<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"sg-text-block sg-element sg-1773932497057\" data-eq=\"1773932497057\">\r\n\t<div class=\"text-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>The Greek Language Institute (INEL), wishing to honor the work of colleagues who teach Greek as a second\/foreign language in Greece and around the world, invited them to respond to the question:<br \/>\n\u201cWhat does it mean to you to teach Greek as a second\/foreign language?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The response was deeply moving. Their experiences, thoughts, and emotions were shared with warmth and genuine dedication to their work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"text-button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-el.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ti-simainei-didasko-ellinika-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> You can read the reflections and insights of Greek language teachers in the anthology &#8220;What does it mean to teach Greek?&#8221;.<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"sg-row sg-container sg-element sg-1773932497058 container container-contained\" data-eq=\"1773932497058\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row-inner row-inner-1773932497058 container-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row-wrap row-wrap-1773932497058 container-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row-content 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element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"sg-column sg-container sg-element sg-1773932497061 section-inner-title\" data-eq=\"1773932497061\">\r\n\t<div class=\"column-container column-container-1773932497061 container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"column-inner column-inner-1773932497061 container-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"column-wrap column-wrap-1773932497061 container-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ui-background ui-decor decor-1773932497061\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-content column-content-1773932497061 container-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"sg-heading sg-element sg-1773932497062\" data-eq=\"1773932497062\">\r\n\t<div class=\"heading-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"heading-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"title \">The Greek Language Institute at Athens College (Latsio Primary School)<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"sg-image sg-element sg-1773932497063\" data-eq=\"1773932497063\">\r\n\t<div class=\"image-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ui-img \"><div class=\"img-inner\"><div class=\"img-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/in-el.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kolegio.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in-el.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kolegio.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/in-el.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kolegio-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in-el.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kolegio-768x361.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in-el.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kolegio-680x320.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"sg-text-block sg-element sg-1773932497064\" data-eq=\"1773932497064\">\r\n\t<div class=\"text-inner element-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text-wrap element-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text-content element-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>On 12 February 2026, Evangelia Georgantzi, President of the Greek Language Institute and a former teacher at this educational institution, was invited to speak to 180 pupils at the Latsio Primary School of Athens College about the Greek language, as part of the official celebration of Greek Language Day on 9 February.<\/p>\n<p>The thirty-minute programme focused on four interactive strands and a fifth strand that transformed language into art.<\/p>\n<p>First Strand: Explorers<\/p>\n<p>The children explored, discovered, and underlined, in the first five lines of the ancient text of Homer\u2019s Odyssey, words they recognised and still use today.<\/p>\n<p>Aim: To help children experience and appreciate the historical continuity of the Greek language from antiquity to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>Second Strand: Video with Garen, an Armenian Student Learning Greek in Istanbul<\/p>\n<p>The children watched and listened to Garen, a 17-year-old Armenian from Istanbul, recount how, after a trip to Greece with his parents at the age of nine, he asked them to allow him to learn Greek out of love for the language, which had been unknown to him until he first heard it. It is a journey he continues to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Aim: a. To help children realise that there is a whole world of young people across the globe who wish to learn Greek, b. To generate positive emotions among pupils towards their mother tongue.<\/p>\n<p>Third Strand: Meeting the Letter-Heroes<\/p>\n<p>The children watched an animated video accompanied by the song of the Letter-Heroes. The Letter-Heroes (people, animals, and magical creatures) form the society of \u201cLetterland\u201d, representing the 24 letters of the Greek alphabet as well as the digraphs.<\/p>\n<p>The Letter-Heroes were created by Evangelia Georgantzi for children around the world who learn Greek as a second or foreign language.<\/p>\n<p>Aim: a. To help children understand the relationship between letters, words, and concepts\u2014such as theatre, philosophy, and mathematics\u2014based mainly on the lyric of the song: \u201cWhen you put them in order, an idea is born.\u201d b. To spark children\u2019s curiosity about the concept of the Letter-Heroes and the purpose of their creation.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth Strand: The Ceremonial Closing in Three Movements<\/p>\n<p>First movement: THOUGHT \u2013 Hand on the forehead Each child thinks of a word they love and would like to offer to children around the world who are learning Greek.<\/p>\n<p>Second movement: SPEECH \/ WRITING \u2013 Hand on the mouth The word travels down to the mouth. The children do not say it aloud; instead, they write it.<\/p>\n<p>Third movement: SENDING All 180 children send the word they chose by shouting it as loudly as they can to children around the world who are learning Greek.<\/p>\n<p>Aim: To highlight the idea of spreading the Greek language, emphasise the cultural connection among children across the world through the Greek language, cultivate empathy for those who live far from Greece and learn the language, and strengthen a sense of collectivity and sharing.<\/p>\n<p>Fifth Strand: Creating Works of Art<\/p>\n<p>In the coming days, the children will create drawings in their classrooms on the theme of the Greek language, depicting how they imagine it. 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