The General Secretariat for Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released two video under a project entitled, “Staying at Home, Traveling through Literature: Diplomats recite Greek Literature”.

This initiative aims at sending out a message of international solidarity in the fight against the global threat of COVID-19 pandemic and encouraging us all to keep our positivity, creativity and imagination vivid through the richness, universality and timelessness of Greek literature.

Message from the Secretary-General for Public Diplomacy, Religious and Consular Affairs, Konstantinos Alexandris

The General Secretariat for Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs actively participates, within its competence, in the efforts to tackle COVID-19 pandemic. With the aim of raising public awareness and transmitting the message that in this fight we all stand together, we also join forces in promoting the public campaign #menoumespiti (#stayathome).

The “Staying at Home, Traveling through Literature” project invites us all to re-visit Greek poetry, make our time at home more creative and eventually overcome the physical barriers through the power of spirit.

This project could not be realized without the support of the foreign ambassadors (accredited to Greece) who accepted our invitation with great enthusiasm, thus spreading a message of international solidarity in these times of hardship. Therefore, I would like to cordially thank and congratulate them for their cooperation.

As our Nobel laureate in literature, Odysseus Elytis, said, “poetry begins where death is robbed of the last word.” So, please come on board and let yourself take most of courage and inspiration from the Greek literature.