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.

The Annual Gluehwein Event 2021

Thanks to all supporters who joint us today. Unfortunately we have to cancel our event tomorrow due to bad weather forecast. Merry Christmas from all of us and a very happy new year.

Happy End to the Year 2021

A happy end to the year at Paphos-Aphrodite with the award of a Sapphire PHF to PDG David Whindle in recognition of his continued support for the Club. Secondly our new member Anke Ulisch was pinned by President Juergen.

Congratulations to both.

Donation for Friends Hospice

Chris Jones ~ the Trustee President of the Friends Hospice is pictured here receiving another wonderful donation of €624.09 from our club. Juergen Krekeler recently held a fund raising house warming party for fellow Rotarians. What a clever idea! We're completely with Juergen who felt that the 9 cents was important ~ all those 9 cents add up for sure! Thank you so much for all your support.

Help at the Logicom Marathon

These wonderful helper volunteers from TLC made our morning a real fun event handing out water to the marathon runners. Thank you and well-done kids, you absolutely rock.

December Collection

Last week our members worked with Avgerinos charity at Papantoniou Chloraka to collect food for families in need at Christmas. Several trolley loads of food were donated as well as over €250 which will also be used to buy food. Thank you to all who helped us.

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.