THE CHIOS FESTIVAL
Chios is an island with unique character, a four thousand year old history that defines a whole nation and a blend of rich cultures reflecting fascinating traditions that have been kept sacredly alive over the centuries, unspoiled by tourism, untouched by globalization.
Chios Festival originated from our need to express our love, admiration and gratitude for what the famous island has given to Greece, Europe and the whole world.
Chios is well known for its heroic past, the shipping industry and the Mastiha resin.
Yet the goal of Chios Festival is to highlight the island’s true spirit, its character and cultural wealth of its inhabitants with their warm hospitality.
We see the Festival as an intellectual celebration of the Hellenic mind and vibrant soul blending past and future together, in a creative effort to experience and celebrate history, science, music, art, sports, gastronomy and folk dancing, reminding the world of the glory of Chios.
Distinguished representatives of the International Community who honored the The Chios Festival with their presence as Inspirational Speakers
- His All Holiness The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I
- H.E. prof. Prokopios Pavlopoulos, f. President of the Hellenic Republic
- His Eminence The Archbishop Elpidophoros of America
- Nikos Stambolidis, Professor of Archeology and Director of the Acropolis Museum
- George Prevelakis, Professor emeritus of Geopolitiques, Universite de Sorbonne
- Victoria Hislop, Novelist
- Stamatis Krimigis, President of the Academy of Athens
- Kalliopi Lemos, Sculptor, Painter and Installation Artist
- Julia Krahn, Installation artist
- H.E. Mr Matthew Lodge, The British Ambassador to Greece
- H.E. Mr Koichi Ito, The Ambassador of Japan to Greece
- Rahmi Koc, Entrepreneur
- Tim Whitmarsh, Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge University
- Bettany Hughes, Historian, BBC producer
- Georgios Babiniotis, f. Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics
- George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews Chancellor of Bolton University
Highlights with aura and brilliance from cultural actions with high symbolism at the Chios Festival
