{"id":4308,"date":"2025-10-08T11:43:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T08:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iamm.gr\/work\/heptachordi-lyra-choral-ensembles-saint-efthymios-of-keratsini\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:13:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:13:01","slug":"heptachordi-lyra-choral-ensembles-saint-efthymios-of-keratsini","status":"publish","type":"works","link":"https:\/\/www.iamm.gr\/en\/work\/heptachordi-lyra-choral-ensembles-saint-efthymios-of-keratsini\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHeptachordi Lyra\u201d Choral Ensembles, Saint Efthymios of Keratsini"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Saint Efthymios Choir of Keratsini was founded in 1966 as a boys\u2019 children\u2019s choir. In 1982, a girls\u2019 section was established, and since 1990 it has operated as a mixed children\u2019s and youth choir. It is the oldest active children\u2019s choir in Greece and constitutes a fruit of the spiritual work of Saint Efthymios, with a remarkable contribution to the spiritual and artistic field.  <\/p>\n\n<p>The choir has given concerts in many cities across Greece, invited by Holy Metropolises, as well as by public and private institutions. Many of the events in which it has participated have had a distinctly charitable character. <\/p>\n\n<p>Aegeas AMKE has been a valuable supporter of the choir\u2019s activities in recent years. Over the past two years, it provided support for the choir\u2019s participation in the European Folk Choir Competition, held in Sweden from 2 to 6 November 2023, as well as for its participation in the 27th \u201cAntonio Vivaldi\u201d Competition, in the categories of Sacred Music and Folklore, which took place in Karpenisi from 29 June to 1 July 2024.<br\/>At this competition, the choir was awarded two Gold Medals.  <\/p>\n\n<p>Previous support from Aegeas AMKE included the choir\u2019s participation in the INTERKULTUR International Choir Competition in Perugia, Italy (1\u20135 May 2019) and in Kalamata, Greece (22\u201325 September 2022).<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DONATION OF THE NON-PROFIT CIVIL COMPANY AEGEAS<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Support for the choir\u2019s activities (2019\u20132024).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"949\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iamm.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/200.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3897\" style=\"width:509px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iamm.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/200.png 949w, https:\/\/www.iamm.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/200-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.iamm.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/200-768x508.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From the Panhellenic Choir Competition \u201cANTONIO VIVALDI\u201d in Karpenisi (2024), where the choir won two Gold Medals and two First Prizes, and its conductor received the Competition\u2019s Master Conductor Award.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Saint Efthymios Choir of Keratsini was founded in 1966 as a boys\u2019 children\u2019s choir. In 1982, a girls\u2019 section was established, and since 1990 it has operated as a mixed children\u2019s and youth choir. It is the oldest active children\u2019s choir in Greece and constitutes a fruit of the spiritual work of Saint Efthymios, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3896,"template":"","sector":[95,138],"location":[99],"class_list":["post-4308","works","type-works","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sector-culture-en","sector-musical-events","location-attica-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cHeptachordi Lyra\u201d Choral Ensembles, Saint Efthymios of Keratsini - Athanasios and Marina Martinos Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iamm.gr\/en\/work\/heptachordi-lyra-choral-ensembles-saint-efthymios-of-keratsini\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cHeptachordi Lyra\u201d Choral Ensembles, Saint Efthymios of Keratsini - Athanasios and Marina Martinos Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Saint Efthymios Choir of Keratsini was founded in 1966 as a boys\u2019 children\u2019s choir. 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