First summer work camp with ecumenical volunteers in Myrtidia August 1960 In May 1960, the Team was informed to prepare and find lodgings for an international summer camp coming August in Myrtidia. A number of 25 young people (male and female) from various countries such as America, Pakistan, Brazil, Australia, England, Germany, Austria, […]
1960 International Summer Camp participants
1960 international camp at Myrtidia, 04-08 to 01-09 This 1st summer camp at Kythira was organized by WCC Office Athens. Fencing to protect new to be planted trees at Myrtidia, painting bedroom furniture in the Potamos hospital and excavation and foundation 1st water dam near Mitata. In total approx 25 young people (50/50 […]
Bishop Meletios & WCC Team: their involvement with the former hospital at Potamos
Bishop Meletios & the WCC Team-Kythera: their involvement with the former hospital at Potamos Meletios Galanopoulos was elected Bishop of Kythira the 18th of April 1956. The 22nd of the same month he was ordained and the 3rd of May, a Holy Thursday, his enthronement took place. He served as a spiritual […]
1960 Main topics and work of the Team
1960 By-weekly reports: A summary of main topics, events, visitors, etc. Left out is the tremendous lot of administration, financial reporting and writing of letters with fund raising intentions. Note that for a long period the team leaders worked 7 exceedingly long days a week. 1960: May 01 / 14 The shooting of […]
Reforestation
The involvement of the Dutch Team in reforestation of Kythira in the sixties. In George Koksma’s “Development Manifesto”, written on request of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva in 1974, a financial overview of the Team’s projects at Kythera from 1960 thru 1971 was added. For the reforestation project from 1960 […]
Myrtidia 1960 eerste zomerkamp Leendert W. Ruitenberg (IN DUTCH)
Werkkamp-impressies (Door Leendert W. Ruitenberg, deelnemer aan het eerste internationale oecumenisch zomerkamp Myrtidia in augustus 1960, in Word door Jean Bingen, december 2017) Als je nog nooit in een oecumenisch werkkamp bent geweest, sta je er wat huiverig tegenover. ”Kamp heeft altijd een klank van verplichtingen; van op tijd dit en op tijd […]
Water and Trees
Text is also published in the Kythera Summer Edition 2010. Activities at Kythera of the World Council of Churches Team-Kythera from May 1960 thru September 1971. *another interesting read about the springs on the island in general and particular in Mylopotamos from European Union of Geosciences ( EGU) Water and Trees: 1960, […]