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View AllJuly 8, 2025
Summer Hours of the Gennadius Library
The summer hours will come into force from June 30 through August 31, 2025. The Gennadius Library will be open to the public: Monday-Thursday: 9.00--16.30, Friday: 9.00-15.00, Saturday: closed. The Library will be closed: July 4 & August 11-16, 2025.
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June 26, 2025
The Ecumenical Patriarchate and Hellenism Over Time. Exhibition held in the Gennadius Library Main Reading Room until July 31.
Presented on the occasion of the American School’s Gala 2025 in New York City, this small exhibition celebrates the enduring legacy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, recipient of the 2025 Gennadius Prize, the highest honor bestowed by the Gennadius Library for its critical role in the preservation of Greek language and learning through the ages.
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June 20, 2025
Andrea Achi, Mary and Michael Jaharis Associate Curator of Byzantine Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, visits the Gennadius Library.
Andrea Achi, Mary and Michael Jaharis Associate Curator of Byzantine Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, explored the icons of the Helen Stathatos collection and several illuminated manuscripts of the Gennadius Library, in preparation for an exhibition that highlights the global impact of Byzantine Art from the 15th century to today.
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