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The most important stations of our Organization΄s journey from its foundation to today
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07/03/2007
07/03/2010
10/03/1996
The end of the Peloponnesian War is symbolically signed between the Mayors of the Spartans, Demosthenes Matala, and the Athenians, Dimitris Avramopoulos, 2,401 years after the naval battle at the Aegos Potamos (405 BC), which was the final act of the war.
18/03/1936
19/03/1885
19/03/2019
20/03/2024
21/03/2018
30/03/1943
30/03/1975
30/03/2024
01/04/1872
01/04/1918
05/04/1959
06/04/1975
10/04/1821
15/04/1951
15/04/1996
17/04/1955
18/04/2022
Chrysavgi Sainopoulou, President of the Sainopoulei Foundation, wife and companion of the former Mayor of Spartans and benefactor Georgios Sainopoulos, dies.
20/04/2010
The former Mayor of Spartans Sarandos Antonakos dies. He had been President of the Community of Amyklos and Mayor of Spartans for two terms from 2002 to February 2010, when he resigned from the mayoral office for health reasons.
22/04/1956
23/04/2010
The former Mayor of Spartiaton, President of the Sainopoulei Foundation and great benefactor of Sparta, Georgios Sainopoulos, dies at the age of 96.
24/04/2016
01/05/1909
05/05/1945
05/05/2019
06/05/2012
In the national elections of May 2012, SY.RIZ.A. occupies for the first time one of the three parliamentary seats of the Prefecture of Laconia. The Spartan Stavros Arachovitis, who is characterized by the press as "the first Leftist MP in Laconia", is elected MP.
07/05/1929
08/05/1929
11/05/2022
17/05/2021
21/05/1950
22/05/1948
25/05/1925
During excavations in the acropolis of ancient Sparta, the upper part of a statue of a Spartan warrior was discovered, which was not only to be identified with King Leonidas, but also to become a symbol and one of the most important exhibits of the city.
25/05/2014
Vangelis Valiotis is elected Mayor of Sparta, who prevails in a historic upset in the second round against the incumbent Mayor Stavros Argitakos with a percentage of 59.13%. The result of the elections in the Municipality of Sparta attracted the interest of the national press, while Valiotis was characterized as a
29/05/2015
29/05/2018
30/05/1972
02/06/2019
Former Minister Petros Doukas is elected Mayor of Sparta in the second round of municipal elections, beating Stavros Argitakos with 57.79% against 42.21%.
06/06/1892
10/06/2018
11/06/2000
14/06/2015
16/06/1946
25/06/2014
04/08/1991
08/08/2017
12/08/1822
22/08/1868
23/08/1964
28/08/1980
Efstathios Spiliotis is elected to the priestly position of Metropolitan of Monemvasia and Sparta.
29/08/2008
29/08/2018
The Spartan Member of Parliament for Laconia of SY.RIZ.A., Stavros Arachovitis, takes over the Ministry of Rural Development and Food, following a reshuffle carried out by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
29/08/2022
The active Municipal Councilor of Sparta Christos Bougadis dies, at the age of 58. He was elected for a number of years as a municipal councilor and had served as deputy mayor in the municipalities of Mystras and Sparti.
04/09/1952
11/09/1960
18/09/1999
18/09/2005
20/09/2006
25/09/2022
26/09/2015
28/09/1980
The Metropolitan of Monemvasia and Sparta Efstathios is enthroned, a hierarch who was destined to carry out extensive ecclesiastical, social and charitable work.
30/09/1984
30/09/2000
01/10/1933
01/10/1983
01/10/2023
02/10/1966
04/10/2006
08/10/1982
09/10/2023
11/10/1988
11/10/2014
13/10/2008
14/10/1990
14/10/1991
14/10/2009
15/10/2006
15/10/2023
Michalis Vakalopoulos prevails in the second round of the municipal elections with 54.29%, against 45.71% of Dias Tzanetea and is elected Mayor of Sparta.
16/10/1994
19/10/1986
19/10/2016
20/10/1834
The King of Greece Othona signs the Royal Decree "Resurrecting Ancient Sparta", which re-establishes the city of Sparta.
20/10/2002
21/10/2024
22/10/1978
23/10/2023
24/10/1982
25/10/1851
25/10/2009
30/10/2021
30/10/2024
31/10/1983
01/11/1955
03/11/1902
03/11/2017
05/11/1895
06/11/2014
07/11/2015
The scientific conference on "The Bridge of Kopanos: highlighting the most important monument of Eurotas" is held with the participation of leading scientists. It was the culmination of the coordinated initiatives of the Karavas Cultural Association to highlight and save one of the most important modern monuments of the Evrotas River.
11/11/1990
14/11/2010
16/11/1822
20/11/2024
Manoussos Manousakis, "the director of hits", dies at the age of 74, who left a strong mark on the culture of Sparta. He was the initiator of the "Festival of Olives and Oil" in Sellasia and the "Festival of Laconic Products" in the Syntagma metro in Athens. He was a Municipal Councilor of Sparta and President of the N.P. of Culture and Environment of the Municipality of Sparta.
21/11/2014
21/11/2021
25/11/2024
For the first time in its 190 years of modern history, an Ecumenical Patriarch is visiting Sparta. This is Bartholomew, the 270th Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, internationally known as the "Green Patriarch", due to his ecological action.
26/11/1943
26/11/2017
26/11/2018
26/11/2024
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is declared an Honorary Citizen of Sparta, on the day of the feast of the city΄s patron saint, Saint Niconos "Repent".
28/11/1954
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