Greek Shaolin Cultural Organization
少林希腊文化組织

On January 27, 2017, was celebrated with great success, the Spring Festival, the traditional Chinese New Year, organized by the Greek Shaolin Cultural Organization, the official carrier of Shaolin in Greece and took place in Athletic Club "White Lotus" in Vironas, with the presence of masters, students, members and friends with their families, from the centers and the Shaolin culture groups that cooperate with EPOS.

At 5 pm, on Friday, the "White Lotus", started to welcome friends of Shaolin Culture, who came from various regions of Greece, Germany and China. In this year's celebration, attended and honored it with his presence, the President of the Greek Wushu - Kung Fu Federation, Mr Stamoulis Lambros.

The event began with a brief greeting to all the participants from the General Director of EPOS, Mr Jordan Stavridis, who after analyzing what is the Spring Festival, personally thanked the President of the Greek Wushu - Kung Fu Federation, Mr Stamoulis for his presence, Master Banner Andrew for hosting this year's event, and the Masters of EPOS and closed by wishing an auspicious start in all areas of life, for everyone.

Then Mr Stamoulis thanked the Board of EPOS for the invitation, and spoke about the Greek Wushu - Kung Fu Federation, the Chinese martial arts and the positive contribution of all the clubs and masters on the development of a healthy organization and concluded with wishes for health, progress and follow up with goals and successes .

The host of this year's festival, Master Banner Andrew thanked everyone who came and wished in his turn, the new year to bring the best for everyone.

More than 250 attendees, friends of the Chinese and Shaolin Culture, celebrated in a warm and friendly atmosphere, the coming of the New Year of the Rooster, enjoyed the rich buffet with salty and sweet food and exchanged greetings, the most important of which is as always, health.

With the completion of this year's celebration, the General Director of the Athens Shaolin Cultural Center, Mr Katakalaios said at the end:

The biggest festival in China and the Chinese abroad, is the Spring Festival and is associated with family gatherings and visits to relatives. The traditional dinner of New Year, is the annual coming together of family members. So we, the great family of Greek Shaolin, since we are familiar for more than 30 years with the Chinese traditions and is something that we like, every year we meet, drink, eat, exchange greetings and care to spend creatively and create pleasant memories.

"Gong Xi Fa Cai!" Or so ... Happy New Year

You can read about our Chinese New Year Celebrations at the Shaolin Temple's Official Webpage. Link.