From June 22 to July 2019, the Island of Crete (Greece) will be hosting the winners of the 24th Annual Children’s Art Contest “The Spirit of Hellas Among Us”, which this year was held under the focus theme: “Great Greeks of all times”. This year’s winners are Kira Khrustaliova (11 y.o., Kostandi Children’s School of Art, Odessa), Illia Golovachev (11 y.o., Children’s School of Art № 2, Odessa) and Eva Stoianova (9 y.o., Rainbow Art Studio, Ovidiopol). In their travel, the children will be accompanied by Ms. S. Grigorash, a teacher of English language at Gymnasium № 2 (Odessa).
The Branch of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture is grateful to everyone who made this trip possible, especially, Eva and Christos Giannakos for hosting the children in Greece and Danaos-Ukraine Company for covering their travel expenses.