Welcome to Paphos Aphrodite Rotary Club

The Paphos-Aphrodite Rotary Club has an International Membership and our meetings are conducted in English.

Paphos, the capital of Cyprus in ancient times with many World Heritage sites has also like Cyprus the cleanest beaches in the Mediterranean.

Being a great tourist resort we are used to welcoming guests from all over Europe and beyond.

Dear visiting Rotarians and guests,

Due to Corona restrictions you are advised to contact the club before visiting any meeting.

Guest speaker from Hellenic Bank

We were honoured to welcome the CEO of the Hellenic Bank, Oliver Gatzke, as our speaker this evening. He spoke about banking and the Cyprus economy to an appreciative audience, who later had several questions. Oliver was presented with a certificate stating that the Club would make a donation to RI Polio Fund on his behalf. There were several visitors, including two PDGs, one AG and one President from the UK.

DG visit in Paphos

Our members and three members of Paphos Rotary Club met for lunch last week with DG Ashot Karapetyan and DDG Peter Ashdjian in Honey Restaurant, Paphos.

DG visits Rotary Square

DG Ashot Karapetyan, with DDG Peter Ashdjian, visited our Rotary Square, admired the mosaic of the Rotary Wheel, and then was introduced to Sharen Taylor who designed and made it.

Rotary Square - T-Shirt Project

It’s nice to see when the Rotary Square in the old town of Paphos is used for a school project. Thanks to Orestis Matsas for the fantastic photos.

Money raised

We had a busy time during our fellowship evening at The Lodge Restaurant. First of all we pinned two new members.

Congratulations

to Robin Ullrich and Panayiotis Kyriakou. Then cheques for €1500 each were presented to Fytoula from the Margarita Liasidou Foundation, and also to Chris Jones from the Friends Hospice. This was money raised at our recent Rock Concert. Finally we were honoured to welcome PDG Kevork Mahdessian and DDG Hassan Al Rais from the RC of Dubai who joined us for dinner.

Concerts Helpers

A big thank you to George and his team to a successful Charity Concert. Some action pictures below:

Mr Oliver Gatzke, CEO of the Hellenic Bank as our September guest speaker

We were honoured to welcome the CEO of the Hellenic Bank, Oliver Gatzke, as our speaker this September. He spoke about banking and the Cyprus economy to an appreciative audience, who later had several questions. Oliver was presented with a certificate stating that the Club would make a donation to RI Polio Fund on his behalf. There were several visitors, including two PDGs, one AG and one President from the UK.

Rotary International Award: Rotary Citation 2020-2021

Congratulations! Our club has earned the Rotary Citation, the most significant award a Rotary club can achieve, for 2020-21. During a year that was challenging for many Rotarians around the world, our club demonstrated a commitment to achieve its goals, which ultimately helps strengthen Rotary and shape our future. Well done and thanks for all your help and support.

Charity Concert 2021

The bands from this years Charity concert at the Pissouri Amphitheatre. On The Wave, Murphy's Brother in Law and The Cover Up. Thank you to all who came to support us and also a big thank you to our sponsors. All profits will go to The Friends Hospice and The Margarita Liasidou Foundation in Paphos.

Charity Concert

Our July 2021 Fellowship

Our last get together before the summer break. Fellowship Evening with a wonderful meze meal at George's Taverna in Anavargos

July 2021 Speaker Event

We had our first speaker event in the new Rotary year. The General Manager from the Anemi Hotel, Mrs Evelyn Cleanthous Komodromou, spoke to us about 'The impact of the Covid-19 crisis in the Tourism and Hospitality industry in Cyprus and future plans".

A fantastic presentation and a lively discussion. Thanks to everybody involved.

Cyprus Fires

The Rotary Clubs of Cyprus helping the victims of the fire and firefighters with food and water, they need a generator and more will be needed today, tomorrow and the next few weeks and months.

We are helping but need funds urgently.

Please donate now that we can continue to help. Please do it now:

https://paphos-aphrodite-rotary.club/page/give

Please donate directly to the Paphos Aphrodite Rotary Club donation link.

Thanks for your support

Hand-over Ceremony Gala Dinner

We had a very nice Gala Handover Ceremony Dinner with the support of our new DDG Peter Ashdjian. We also pinned two new members and awarded 2 Paul Harris fellowship awards to George Kafizas and Erland Carl. A big thanks to the Anemi Hotel and their excellent team who looked after us and their chefs for an amazing meal. Thanks for supporting our club and we wish our new president Juergen Krekeler a successful year.

Paphos Aphrodite receives 4 District Awards

The 8th Conference of the Rotary District 2452 has just finished and I am very proud to tell you 3 clubs from Cyprus won Awards this year, namely

- RC Nicosia Salamis

- RC Kyrenia Cosmopolitan

- Paphos Aphrodite RC

98 clubs of our district applied for awards.

As you all can imagine we are very happy that our club has received the following awards:

- Club Administration (certificate)

- Community Service (trophy)

- Public Relations and Rotary Image (trophy)

- Membership Development and Rotary Awareness (trophy)

Our club can be very proud of this achievement – 3 trophies and 1 certificate - in difficult circumstances.

I would like to thank you all for your hard work and it is nice to get our achievements recognized not only by Rotary Cyprus but also by our district.

Well done – and I am very, very proud of you all.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Take care,

Thorsten