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At the AHEPA Europe District Conference held in Aachen, Germany, on 13-14. June 2025, the AHEPA Munich Chapter was awarded the AHEPA Chapter of the Year Award for the year 2025. In addition, the Secretary of the Chapter, Mr. Christos Perperidis, was awarded with the AHEPAN of the Year 2025 award.

From the 3rd to the 7th of March 2025, AHEPA Munich gave 60 young athletes from the greater Munich area the opportunity to visit the beautiful city of Ioannina in Greece, to train and play friendly matches with Greek football academies in the excellent facilities of ATLAS Epirus F.C.. The project was funded by the DGJW.

On 7. and 8. December, the AHEPA Cup 2024 football tournament took place, an event organized by FC Hellas Munich in cooperation with the local AHEPA chapter. Around 400 children from 46 football academies in and around the city of Munich took part in the tournament.
The winners in each age category were the following clubs:
U 8 - 2017: ESV Munich Freimann
U9 - 2016: FC Teutonia
U7 - 2018: SV Olympiadorf
U11 - 2014: VfR Garching
U13 - 2012: SV Olympiadorf

The conference entitled "Greek-Bavarian Friendship: Tradition and perspectives/ Griechisch-bayerische Freundschaft: Tradition und Perspektiven" took place on 25.10.2025. The event was organised by AHEPA Munich - "Friedrich von Thiersch" in cooperation with the King-Otto of Greece-Museum at the Wolf-Ferrari-Haus in Ottobrunn.

Speakers included the former Minister and current Commissioner for Anti-Semitism of the Bavarian Government, Dr Ludwig Spaenle, the founder and former Director of the Museum for King Otto of Greece, Prof. Dr Jan Murken, the new Director of the Museum, Ms Tabea Förth, the Professor of Modern Greek Studies at the University of Munich, Prof. Dr Lilia Diamantopoulou, and the Member of the German Bundestag, Mr Florian Hahn.

Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, the AHEPA Munich - "Friedrich von Thiersch" e.V. organized on 1. November 2022 an online event with the Director General of the "Eleftherios Venizelos" Foundation, Mr. Nikolaos Papadakis, who analyzed the foreign policy of Eleftherios Venizelos on the issue of Asia Minor in an extremely interesting speech. The event was opened with addresses delivered by the Secretary General for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ioannis Chrysoulakis, and by the Governor of the AHEPA District 28, Mr. Dimosthenis Mammonas. The event was concluded with questions from the audience to the speaker, who answered all of them in depth, provoking a vivid discussion focusing on the past and the future of Greek foreign policy.

AHEPA Munich supports the King Otto Museum in Ottobrun, a symbol of friendship between Greece and Germany. On February 27th, the President of AHEPA Munich, Mr. Christos Kafasis, visited the small museum together with the Deputy Mayor of Nafplio and member of AHEPA Munich, Mr. Ioannis Manolis. The two men were greeted by the mayor of Ottobrunn, Mr. Thomas Loderer, and the director of the museum, Mrs. Tabea Foerth.

Following the Greek tradition, AHEPA Munich cut its new year's cake (vasilopita) on February 9, at MINOA. The event was honoured with the presence of the Supreme Governor of AHEPA Region 10, Mr. Kostas Varsamis, the Governor of AHEPA Europe, Mr. Demosthenes Mammonas, the Vice-Regional Governor of Crete, Mrs. Eleni Maraki, Professor Dr. Jan Murken, Professor Dr. mult. Wassilios Fthenakis, Father Apostolos Malamousis, the President of the Foundation ''Palladion'', Dr. Theano Vasilikou, as well as representatives of AHEPA Nuremberg and Brussels. During the event, the outgoing Governor of AHEPA Europe and close friend of AHEPA Munich, Mr Demosthenes Mammonas, was honoured for his contribution to AHEPA.

AHEPA Munich and AHEPA Brussels donated the amount of 4500 Euros for the renovation of the Cardiology Clinic of the AHEPA Hospital in Thessaloniki. Special thanks to Dimitrios Samaras and Partners S.A. and the Director of Civic Responsibility of AHEPA Munich, Mr. Nikolaos Kouzoglou, for their generous support.

AHEPA Munich was pleased to offer its support to the new AHEPA chapter of Aachen in its endeavour to provide financial assistance to the Aachen Orthodox parish.

AHEPA Munich has donated electronic equipment to schools in the municipality of Palamas Karditsa that were victims of the catastrophic floods of September 2023.

Members of AHEPA Europe visited Istanbul and the Ecumenical Patriarchate from November 28th to 30th, where they had the opportunity to meet His Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and donated the amount of 6000 Euros for the restoration of the Greek Nursing Home in Istanbul. AHEPA Munich was represented by its Secretary, Mr. Christos Perperidis and its former Vice President, Mr. Alexis Makridis.