About Us

At the very beginning of the 20th century and during the ottoman occupation there were many Greeks who were established in this region (Beirut, Tripoli, Aleppo etc...). Some of them were traders or employed by the ottoman authority, and others came to make their professional university studies.

When the First World War erupted (1914 to 1918) many were stuck here. During that time, there was no official representation for the Greeks in Lebanon. A group of prominent members of the Greeks living in Lebanon decided then to form the Greek Community of Beirut and later the Greek school which was based at Rue de France-Beyrouth.

The land in Rue de France was offered to one of the members of the Greek Community of Beirut who declined this offer and endorsed it to the Greek Government. Thus, the building of the Greek Consulate and the embassy was built on the land while the ground floor served as the premises of the Hellenic School.

The community increased in numbers especially during the Second World War as many Greek refugees arrived here. Also there were Greek marine bases with the English troops.

In 1956, a new plot of land was acquired and a new school with a surface area of 15.950m2 was built. The Greek school was very successful especially because the children of the Greeks employed by the company Archirodon, constructing Beirut Port's third basin, joined it.
In 1975, when the Lebanese civil war erupted, it was very difficult to preserve the Greek school's premises. The school was thus occupied by several militias to be finally occupied by the Lebanese army. After several years of litigation, and hard work from different prominent members of the Greek Community, the property of the Greek school was restored to the Greek Community, but in a lamentable situation...

Due to several factors, it was decided that in the current situation and under the current conditions, it was more feasible to rent out the premises of the Greek school for the time being. Thus the premises were rented out, and the proceedings were used to acquire new premises destined to be a new Greek Cultural center.

Currently the work is proceeding and a lot of big plans are planned ahead in line with the Communities Charitable, Educational and Cultural goals to continue the work our ancestors started.