THE DUTCH ON KYTHIRA The arrival The Arrival introduction Mr. Koksma was an architect and civil engineer from the Netherlands who on request of the WCC had been to Kythera the previous year to investigate and discuss this matter with Bishop Meletios. Early 1960 the WCC offered George and Anna Koksma a contract of US $ 30,- each per month […] About Mr and Mrs Koksma Some particulars about George and Anna Koksma who lived at Agia Anastasia, Kythera. I was 52 and my wife some years younger when the World Council of Churches invited us to “go and remake” the island of Kythera (in 1960). We had placed ourselves at the disposal of the WCC a year before […] How to start a community development? The ideas of the Koksma's about community development, what they experienced in Northern Greece, arrival at Kythera, their very first meeting with Kytherians in Chora and thus meeting another culture. Mr. Johnson was a wonderful man. Broadminded […] Achievements after one year It was the 27th of April 1960, that we came here at Kythera. Precisely one year later we again landed on the rough shores of the old island, after a wonderful time in Athens and Western Europe, full of all sorts of events. After a stormy travel with a kaïki from Gythion to Agia Pelagia […] The Servant VII 1964 O YΠHPETHΣ VII, the Servant 7 is a letter in Greek from december 1964 by George Koksma to the Kythirian community about farming. The translation has been done in 2018 by Emmanuel Alfieris, from Australia: I’d like to write to you again after these past months with the things that occupy my thoughts […] Xenonas12/04/202013/04/2020
