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(L-R)
Brother Charles Anthony,
Director,Panagia
Philanthropini Center -
The Ormylia Foundation,
Petros Bissias,
Ilias Bissias and
John M. Hadjipateras,
his wife Xenia and their
two daughters standing
in front of Captain
John C. Hadjipateras’s
painting.

diagnosis of thalassaemia. Soon been operating for 37 years. As with
after that, a dentistry department the Ormylia Centre, the members
began to serve the local community. of the Hadjipateras family maintain
Since then, the Panagia Philanthro- close ties with this Centre and are
pini Centre has grown in size and equally moved and impressed by
importance and has developed sev- the staff’s dedication, the benefits
eral other programmes, including offered by its programmes, and the
breast cancer screening and refugee successful rehabilitation of so many
support and integration. children with special needs.
The family has maintained close https://kasp.gr/en
ties with the Centre and the Con- In the mid-1980s, the family of Capt.
vent’s Sisters, always moved and John C. Hadjipateras was awarded
impressed by their energy, enthusi- the Silver Medal of the Academy of
asm, and dedication. Over the years, Athens for establishing these two
the family has enjoyed watching centres.
the Centre grow and thrive through It is our family’s proud legacy that
funding programmes and private our grandfather’s wishes were car-
donations. http://www.ormyliafoun- ried out so diligently by his children,
dation.gr/en/ thus setting an example and inspir-
The Hadjipatereion Children’s Reha- ing the descendants of the vision-
bilitation and Support Centre also ary donor, who are happy that for
began operating during the same almost 40 years, the two centres
period out of the newly constructed have offered so much to so many
purpose-built premises in Metamor- people, thanks to the dedication of
phosi, Attiki. The Hadjipatereion has those who run them.

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