{"id":15083,"date":"2025-11-21T18:39:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olympismculture.com\/event\/honorary-event-on-the-olympic-ideals-of-the-timeless-marathon-runners-of-patras\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T18:39:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:39:22","slug":"honorary-event-on-the-olympic-ideals-of-the-timeless-marathon-runners-of-patras","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/olympismculture.com\/en\/event\/honorary-event-on-the-olympic-ideals-of-the-timeless-marathon-runners-of-patras\/","title":{"rendered":"Honorary Event on the Olympic Ideals of the Timeless Marathon Runners of Patras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"26\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"26\">\u201cWE WERE BORN RUNNERS\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"28\" data-end=\"204\">The Association of Fine Arts of Patras \u201cKostis Palamas\u201d, the Cultural and Olympic Center, and the Walking, Running and Marathon Club \u201cPhaethon\u201d are jointly organizing an event.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"206\" data-end=\"568\">Within the framework of the celebrations for the Lighting of the Olympic Flame in Patras, and ahead of the <strong data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"350\">Winter Olympic Games \u201cMilan 2026\u201d<\/strong>, we honor the Olympic ideals of the timeless marathon runners of Patras, at the elegant Gallery Odeio hall of the Cultural and Olympic Center \u201cKostis Palamas\u201d, on Thursday, November 27, at 18:30, at P. P. Germanou 30.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"570\" data-end=\"614\"><strong data-start=\"570\" data-end=\"614\">WE PROMOTE \u2013 WE HIGHLIGHT \u2013 WE ESTABLISH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"616\" data-end=\"810\">A special video will be presented with ERT narrators, music by Alexandros Chachalis, and curation by Theodoros and Sofia Mallias, titled:<br \/>\n<em data-start=\"754\" data-end=\"809\">\u201cThe Timeless and Global Symbols of the Achaean Land\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"902\">An audiovisual lecture will be delivered by Dr. Theodoros Mallias on the following themes:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"1149\">\n<li data-section-id=\"19imaep\" data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"1009\">Promoting and supporting UNESCO recognition of Kostis Palamas\u2019 Olympic Hymn as World Cultural Heritage<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1wgbqrc\" data-start=\"1010\" data-end=\"1094\">Highlighting Patras as an International City of the Olympic Hymn and Torch Relay<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"6sqfqb\" data-start=\"1095\" data-end=\"1149\">Establishing Western Greece as the \u201cLand of Olympia\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1151\" data-end=\"1442\"><strong data-start=\"1151\" data-end=\"1195\">PRESENTATION OF HONORED MARATHON RUNNERS<\/strong><br \/>\nPresentation of the honored marathon runners of Patras: <em data-start=\"1252\" data-end=\"1276\">\u201cWe Were Born Runners\u201d<\/em><br data-start=\"1276\" data-end=\"1279\" \/>Speaker: Marathon runner Kimon Apostolopoulos<br data-start=\"1324\" data-end=\"1327\" \/>Video: <em data-start=\"1334\" data-end=\"1405\">\u201cLegendary Moments of the Olympic Spirit in the Modern Olympic Games\u201d<\/em>, curated by writer Theodoros Mallias<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1444\" data-end=\"1612\"><strong data-start=\"1444\" data-end=\"1463\">HONORARY AWARDS<\/strong><br \/>\nAwards will be presented to the timeless marathon runners of Patras, accompanied by the commemorative volume titled:<br \/>\n<em data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1611\">\u201cThe Artists Create Culture\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1614\" data-end=\"1821\">The event will conclude with the playing of the Olympic Hymn, first performed at the inaugural Flame Lighting ceremony at the Kostis Palamas residence, and later established as part of the Olympic tradition.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1823\" data-end=\"1943\">The event will be hosted by distinguished journalists and presenters:<br \/>\nPanagiotis Rigopoulos and Achilleas Papadionysiou.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1945\" data-end=\"2065\"><strong data-start=\"1945\" data-end=\"1958\">Sponsors:<\/strong><br \/>\nMedia sponsors: <em data-start=\"1975\" data-end=\"2003\">Peloponnisos \u2013 Patrinorama<\/em><br data-start=\"2003\" data-end=\"2006\" \/>Sponsors: <em data-start=\"2016\" data-end=\"2065\">Loux Marnelafkas \u2013 Mavrogiani Wines \u2013 Entelvais<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2067\" data-end=\"2180\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">All proceeds 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