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The Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies was founded by Professor Constantine Cavarnos, Ph.D. (Harvard), in 1956 in the town of Belmont, Massachusetts. It received a Charter of Incorporation from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1969 as a non-profit cultural organization. The Charter Members are Constantine Cavarnos, John P. Cavarnos, Ph.D., D.Phil., Athan Anagnostopoulos, Ph.D., Constantine S. Dukakis, LL.B., Charles B. Ashanin, Ph.D., John Kalogiannis, and John Johnstone, Jr., M.D.
The declared purposes for which the Institute was formed are as follows:
(1) To study Byzantine and Modern Greek life, art, thought,
language, philosophy, and religion—Orthodox Christianity.
(2) To make this knowledge accessible to scholars and the
general public through research and publications, lectures
and discussions.
(3) To indicate the relevance and value of Byzantine and modern
Greek civilization to present day American life and civilization.
The Institute inaugurated a publications program in 1956. Since then it has published many books and monographs. Its books are all printed on old-style, acid-free bond (usually 70-lb weight), which insures for them a lifetime of centuries. Also, they are always sewed, so that their leaves will not fall apart with the passage of time. These publications are in demand in every state of the Union, in every country of Europe, and in all the continents.
In addition, since 1956 it has organized and offered many public lectures on subjects such as the writings and thought of Alexandros Papadiamantis, the greatest narrative writer of modern Greece; Photios Kontoglou, renowned writer and painter: the history and value of the Greek language; Byzantine iconography; Byzantine music; the icons (panels and murals) of Cyprus and Mount Athos; and philosophy.
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