“KYVELI II” Awards: 12 Outstanding Greek Women Honored

On Thursday, 18 December 2025, in the Hall of the Philological Society “Parnassos,” CORNUCOPIA and the Philological Society of Parnassos, under the auspices of the Municipality of Athens, presented the Second “Kyveli” Awards to 12 exceptional Greek women.

Opening Remarks by:

Dr. Georgios Kakavas (Honorary Director General of Contemporary Culture, President of CORNUCOPIA), Eleni Zontirou (President of OPANDA), Dr. Stamatios Georgoulis (Curator of Parnassos).

Awardees:

• Katia Gerou (Actress, Acting Instructor)

• Alexandra Gogousi (Attorney at the Supreme Court, President of “M.A.Z.I.”)

• Katerina Didaskalou (Theatre/Film/Television Actress)

• Artemis Ignatiou (Choreographer, Artistic Director of the Olympic Flame Ceremonies)

• Elena Korka (Archaeologist, Honorary Director General of Antiquities)

• Georgia Kouvela-Piquet (Lawyer, President of the Hellenic-French Academy of Cultural Diplomacy)

• Katerina Matsa (Psychiatrist, Author, President of 18ANO)

• Voula Patoulidou (Athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist, Politician)

• Georgia Paraschos (HR/Crisis Management Specialist, Founder of Humanity Greece)

• Vicky Tsalamata (Visual Artist, Professor Emerita of the Athens School of Fine Arts)

• Giota Tsekoura (Architect, Monument Restoration Specialist)

• Vicky Flessa (Philologist, Journalist, TV Presenter, Author)

Awards Presenters:

• Dimitrios Nikou (Representative of Archbishop Ieronymos II)

• Haris Doukas (Mayor of Athens)

• Georgios Kakavas (President of CORNUCOPIA)

• Makis Fokas (Secretary General of Parnassos)

• Eleni Zontirou (President of OPANDA)

• Yiannis Metzicov (Painter, Stage and Museum Designer)

• Lola Daifa (First female Public Relations executive of Olympiacos FC / ANT1)

• Giorgos Kaloudis (Director General, ALLIANCE FOR GREECE)

• Konstantinos Karagiannis (Director of Communications, CORNUCOPIA)

• Gwendalina Karagianni (Art Historian, Secretary General of CORNUCOPIA)

• Aris Chalkias (Journalist, Head of Communications, MYARTIST)

• Chrysa Kaltsone (Social Criminologist)

Artistic Program: “Hymn to Woman”

• Tzina Foteinopoulou (Soprano)

• Andreas Boutzikakis (Pianist)

• Daisy Sebekopoulou (Actress)

• Stella Papadopoulou (Journalist)

• Georgios Kakavas (Narrator)

Event & Video Curation: Konstantinos Karagiannis

Photography: Spyros Katopodis / VPA

Graphic Design: Meni Binderi (Numismatic Museum), Katerina Tarnari, Katerina Antonopoulou (OPANDA)

Awards Purpose

“To embrace women worldwide,” stated Dr. Georgios Kakavas, President of CORNUCOPIA.

Supporters

OPANDA – tetARTimorio AMKE – MYARTIST Social Cooperative – Microkosmos Greek Community of Turin – ALLIANCE FOR GREECE – Abian Property Management – Linear Locker Solutions – Daphne Valente – AthenArt – KTIMA PALIVOU.