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ITHACA INSTITUTE
OF INTERCULTURAL COOPERATION
FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAM
JUNE 23 –JULY 6, 2019
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City Unity College
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Profile (https://cityu.gr/): Part of City Unity Educational Group and with campuses in Athens and Vouliagmeni, Greece, and Nicosia, Cyprus, City Unity College is a leading tertiary education institution recognized by the Ministry of Education, Research, and Religious Affairs of the Hellenic Republic.
Mission: To provide modern academic programs that are result-oriented and focused on the student’s needs so that every graduate may be aspired to become a competent and qualified professional in the today’s rapidly changing global environment.
Values:
Access to Education
Flexibility
Global Approach
Innovation
Results.

City Unity College (Cont.)
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Academic Programs: With over 1.200 students, City Unity College offers on its three campuses various Diplomas, Undergraduate, and Postgraduate Programs in the fields of:
Business, Management, and Finance
Computer Science
Hospitality and Tourism Management
Law
Maritime Studies
Physical Education and Sports
Psychology.

City Unity College (Cont.)
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International Partners: A forward-looking and internationally-minded institution of higher learning, City Unity College has established and is dynamically developing academic cooperation and partnerships with:
Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport, Arab Republic of Egypt
Cardiff Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Educons University, Republic of Serbia
E.H.E. EurAka, Swiss Confederation
Moscow State Pedagogical University, Russian Federation
Pearson Edexcel, United Kingdom
Sevastopol State University, Russian Federation
University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italian Republic.

Ithaca Institute of Intercultural Cooperation
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Ithaca Institute of Intercultural Cooperation (IIIC) is an institution of City Unity College in cooperation with its Institutional Partners:
Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport (https://www.aast.edu/en/index.php), Arab Republic of Egypt
Cardiff Metropolitan University (https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/), United Kingdom
Moscow State Pedagogical University (http://en.mpgu.su/), Russian Federation
Sevastopol State University (https://www.sevsu.ru/english/), Russian Federation.

Ithaca Institute of Intercultural Cooperation (Cont.)
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Mission: To build ethical and effective leaders for the 21st Century and to enhance meaningful and sustainable intercultural cooperation across all sectors of global human society.
IIIC International Scientific Council: City Unity College, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Moscow State Pedagogical University, and Sevastopol State University elect each an academic representative to IIIC International Scientific Council.
IIIC International Scientific Council Mission: To ensure the academic quality of IIIC Academic Programs and award The IIIC Certificate in Intercultural Cooperation.

Future Leaders Program:
Content Overview
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Dynamically interactive lectures and workshops delivered in English by internationally recognized experts addressing topics of current political, economic, social, and cultural global interest with the aim of raising awareness about the need for new effective leadership and meaningful and sustainable intercultural cooperation across all sectors of global human society.
Academically substantial guided off-campus educational excursions to culturally and historically significant sites including an excursion to Olympia, site of the ancient Olympic Games for 1100 years, and Athens, capital of Greece and birthplace of Western Civilization.
Active and thoughtful participation in these activities will lead to the award of The IIIC Certificate in Intercultural Cooperation by IIIC International Scientific Council and City Unity College.

Ithaca: A Paradise for Knowledge
Ithaca, Ithaki or Ithaka (/ˈɪθəkə/; Greek: Ιθάκη, Ithakē [iˈθaci]) is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea, off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and to the west of continental Greece.
Ithaca's main island has an area of 96 square kilometers (37 sq miles) and had a population of 3.231 in 2011. It is the second-smallest of seven main Ionian Islands, after Paxi. Ithaca is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands Region and the only municipality of the regional unit. The capital is Vathi (or Vathy).
Modern Ithaki is historically linked with Homer's Ithaca, the home of Odysseus,whose twenty-year absence is part of the plot of the classical Greek poem and allegory Odyssey of Homer.
Watch the video at: https://vimeo.com/318332726
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Future Leaders Program:
June 23 – July 6, 2019 Organization
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Sunday, June 23: Warm Welcoming at Athens international airport by CUC representatives upon the arrival. Transfer from Athens International airport at 12:00 to Athens city center. Visit of the Acropolis. Transfer to hotel. Athens by Night.
Monday, June 24: Departure for Ithaca. Arrival in Ithaca. IIIC Future Leaders Program 2019 Opening Ceremony in Vathy, capital of Ithaca.
Tuesday, June 25 - Thursday, July 4: 40 hours of classes and workshops. Educational excursions. Students work in small multicultural teams. Each team submits Group Project at the end.
Friday, July 5: Departure for Ancient Olympia. Awarding The IIIC Intercultural Cooperation Certificate to IIIC students. Departure for Loutraki, Corinthia. Loutraki by Night.
Saturday, July 6: Departure from Loutraki for Athens. Departure from Athens.

Future Leaders Program:
Academic Blocs
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Opening Notes: New 21st Century Global Trends.
Bloc A: 21st Century Challenges to Leadership (10 hours of lectures and workshops).
Bloc B: Global Networking Skills for the Digital Age (10 hours of workshops).
Bloc C: Ancient Greece Values vs. 21st Century Values (10 hours of on-campus lectures and off-campus educational excursions).
Bloc D: Changes in the English Language and Communication Skills for the 21st Century (10 hours of lectures and workshops).
Closing Notes: What Leadership?
Note: Syllabi and instructors’ bios will be added further.

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Typical Day Schedule
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07:00 - 09:30: Breakfast time in Mentor Hotel, Vathi.
10:00 - 13:00: Classes and workshops in Ithaca Professional Lyceum, Vathi.
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch in Mentor Hotel, Vathi (option: lunch or dinner).
14:00 - 15:00: Classes and workshops in Ithaca Professional Lyceum, Vathi.
15:00 - 20:00: Swimming, kayaking, football, study, and leisure time.
20:00 - 22:00: Dinner time in Mentor Hotel, Vathi (option: dinner or lunch).
After 22:00: Ithaca by Night.
Note: Educational excursion schedules will be announced further.

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Venue: Ithaca Professional Lyceum
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Ithaca Professional Lyceum is one of the few high schools in Greece specializing in training captains. Its maritime orientation is not accidental. The island has a great naval tradition and has given numerous crews and prominent ship owners who played an important role in the transition of the Greek shipping from sails to steam in the late 19th and early 20th Century.
The founder of naval education in Ithaca was Othon Stathatos (1843 - 1925), one of the most celebrated ship owners of the island, who in 1906 - 1907 founded in Vathi the Othon Stathatos Commercial and Maritime School. It was a model school with foreign teachers and continued its operation until 1913 when the founder donated the building to the public for primary school.
The devastating earthquakes that plagued Ithaca, Kefalonia, and Zakynthos in August 1953 led to significant changes in the island. A new high school building was erected with a donation from the Swiss people after a fundraiser organized by the Swiss Hellenist Olivier Reverdin. To his credit, Ithaca Professional Lyceum took the name Olivier Reverdin in 2008. Upon completion of the building in 1956, the Naval Gymnasium of Ithaca was established by a Royal Decree as the second naval junior high school in the country.
In addition to the Classical Gymnasium curriculum of the time, the Naval Gymnasium taught Elements of Marine and Maritime Art, Shipbuilding and Machine Parts, Naval Geography, Maritime Law, and Merchant Marine History.

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Venue: Ithaca Professional Lyceum (Cont.)
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Venue: Ithaca Professional Lyceum (Cont.)
Left: Olivier Reverdin (1913-2000), Swiss Hellenist, Professor of Ancient Greek at the University of Geneva (1958-1983), a journalist (1945 and onwards), a Liberal MP (1955 and onwards), and President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1969-1972). Immediately after the earthquakes of 1953, he organized a fundraiser in Switzerland for the construction of a gymnasium in Ithaca, which he had visited a little earlier. To his credit, Ithaca Professional Lyceum took the name Olivier Reverdin in 2008.
Bottom: The Naval Gymnasium of Ithaca in 1956, through the lens of Spyros Meletzis.

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Venue: Ithaca Professional Lyceum (Cont.)
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Ithaca Professional Lyceum is located in Vathy, Ithaca, in the district of Perivolia in a distance of 400m from hotel Mentor. Together with Ithaca Gymnasium and Ithaca General Lyceum, it is housed in the same building that was erected after the earthquakes of 1953 with a donation from the Swiss people. It has an IT lab and a Naval Courses lab.
Texts and photos: http://1epal-ithak.kef.sch.gr/?page_id=25.
Translation: Dr. Panayiotis Yannakopoulos.

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Our Ithaca Home: Mentor Hotel, Vathi
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Mentor Hotel http://www.hotelmentor.gr/ is a modern hotel with a restaurant which offers all amenities. It
accommodates up to 70 people and is one of the most characteristic buildings of the coastal road in Vathi.
All rooms have bathroom, air conditioning, TV, mini bar, safe, independent telephone line, and wi-fi
connection.
Rich breakfast with homemade cakes is offered from 07:00 to 11:00.
Mentor Hotel’s restaurant offers delicious lunch and dinner with local specialties throughout the day.
The hotel provides free wireless internet connection and fax use. On the ground floor there is a computer
room with shared computers and internet connection.

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Our Ithaca Home: Mentor Hotel, Vathi (Cont.)
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The hotel has a Sunseeker Portofino 40 speedboat which
is available for hire for a specific route or for several days
depending on the need and purpose.
The great advantage of the hotel is its privileged location.
Built on the seafront promenade, it offers great views of
the picturesque bay, the boats, the harbor, and across
Vathi.
It is in a walking distance from the market and the main
square and it provides easy access to everything you may
need.
At the same time, some of the most beautiful beaches of
the island can be easily reached, such as Filiatro – for
which the road starts right behind the hotel, and Gidaki –
for which boats depart from the nearby square.

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Full day trip around Ithaca Educational Excursion
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Full day trip around Ithaca
We begin our tour of Vathi, the modern capital of Ithaca, and we take the first information for the history of the island: Ancient Ithaca Odysseus’ homeland, medieval Ithaca a part of the Kingdom of Sicily, the Venetian domination, the French, the British... On this day, we will see the consecutive residential centers (capitals) of the island (now Vathi, before Paleochora, before Anoghi…).
We walk along the seaside road, in the “Strata Marina”, and we see panoramic views of the seaside settlement: the harbor looks like a huge water square; in the middle of the harbor is the islet of Lazareto and opposite Neritos Mountain, which closes the entrance of the bay, so that the port looks like a lake. This unique, natural harbor was made by the Venetians the capital of Ithaca. Around the harbor, amphitheatrically, is the beautiful seaside settlement of Chora. On the steep hillside of the Petaliatiko Mountain, we see the ruins of Paleochora, the old capital of Ithaca, and on the left, in the background, mountainous Perachori village.
On the seaside road and in the near narrow streets we see many exquisite examples of the settlement of the Venetian and British domination, buildings standing up in the course of time, large two-storey stone-built mansions with admirable proportions, monumental entrances, and beautiful courtyards.
We visit the Metropolis church with the exceptional, fully sculpted and partially gilt, wooden iconostasis of 1793 and the elegant 19th Century bell tower. We visit the Folklore Museum, and we see many exhibits, in which the Arabic style furnishings of Drakoulis's Mansion and the collection of children's toys of past centuries impress.

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We see the monument of Lord Byron and the historical church of Saint Nicholas “of the Foreigners” with the icon Jesus “Elkomenos” which is supposed by El Greco.
We leave Vathi and go up to the Neritos Mountain. Medieval period, Ithaca belongs to the Kingdom of Sicily, piracy in Mediterranean Sea is unverified, and residents must live in the mountain. Now capital is Anoghi, safe at the upland of Neritos.
In the square of the beautiful stone-built old capital, we see the 1300th great church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, with the extraordinary Byzantine style wall hagiography of 1680 in five consecutive zones, the wooden “Dodekaorto” (12 icons of Jesus Christ life) of the 1821s, the two-storey “gynekonite” (a separated place for the women), pitchers embedded in the walls for the acoustics of the church, and the 17th century imposing bell-tower.
We visit the Kathara Monastery, we learn the history of it and we know the arrangement and the different parts of a typical orthodox monastery. Before leave, we see the unique view from the bell-tower to Vathi for the necessary photograph!
We visit the traditional seaside villages Frikes and Kioni, one of the most beautiful settlements at the Ionian Sea, and before the arrival to Vathi we pass from Lefki for some more majestic views of the west side of the island.
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Full day trip around Ithaca Educational Excursion (Cont.)

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Full day trip around Ithaca Educational Excursion (Cont.)

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Homeric Ithaca Educational Excursion
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Homeric Ithaca Full Day Trip
Homeric Ithaca, Ithaca of Odysseus and Homer, has two sides:
a) Ithaca of the archaeological data and
b) Ithaca of the Homer’s Odyssey data.
Someone who wants to know Ithaca has to cover these two sides.
In our tour, we will cover them, with the places we will visit and the exhibits and the other archaeological findings we will see, also with the visual material we will watch (photographs, maps, drawings, representations), in constant comparison with the data of Odyssey.

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Homeric Ithaca Educational Excursion (Cont.)
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We depart early in the morning to know the Homeric Ithaca…
First we will begin our journey to the Archaeological Museum at Vathi. We will learn about the Ancient Greek Civilizations in order to locate Ithaca in the place and in the time of Ancient World.
We are going to discover the great findings of the ancient town of Ithaca (Alalkomenes) dating from the Protogeometric (10th Century BC) to the Hellenistic period (2nd Century BC): bronze coins from 4th Century BC with the form of Odysseus and the inscription ITHA (= Ithaca), a microscopic bronze bust of a bearded man with a conical cap identical to Odysseus, clay vessels from the Protogeometric and Geometric period (10th-7th Century BC) with original shapes. Especially the exhibits from the “Dark Ages” (10th Century BC) are almost unique in Greece.
We see the two-sided statue of Odysseus and the bust of Homer at the central square and we depart to Northern Ithaca.
Going to Northern Ithaca, we have a view of the Alalkomenes citadel on Mount Aetos (“Eagle”). Here was the City of Ithaca, which was renamed Alalkomenes from the homonymous city of Boeotia which was considered the birthplace of Athena and Odysseus (9th-8th Centuries BC).
We learn about excavations here by Heinrich Schliemann.

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Homeric Ithaca Educational Excursion (Cont.)
Just before Stavros village, we stop to admire the beautiful port of Polis and to know the impressive history about the Cave in which the cult of Odysseus took place.
We visit Stavros, the central settlement of northern Ithaca, with the great temple of Sotiras (Jesus Christ the Savior) and the park with the bust of Odysseus over the harbor of Polis with its thousands years of history Cave. Here we see the representation (model) of “Odysseus Palace” by the Italian architect Bruno Mazzali, comparing it with the Palace’s description in Odyssey.
We visit the Exhibition “The Sea from Odysseus to Homer”, about Mycenaean shipbuilding and navigation, including a representation in scale 1:10 of a Mycenaean boat with total cargo, and the Exhibition “Throwing Light on Homer’s Ithaca” about the Ithacan findings existing at museums out of Ithaca.
In a break, we sit in a traditional café to have a cup of coffee and taste the “rovani”, a local sweet based on rice, honey, and olive oil, made only in Ithaca, before the last and most important part of our day.
We visit the Archaeological Museum where we see the sections of the 12 bronze tripods and the fragment with the famous inscription EYXHN ODYCCEI (“I pray to Odysseus”), found in the Cave.
We walk to the top of the Pelikata hill with the Protohelladic settlement and the view to the “Three Harbors”.
And then we visit the Homeric “Melanydhros” fountain (“the fountain giving dark water”) and the “Homer School”, the archaeological site with the citadel, which is identified by the archaeologists excavators with the Palace of Odysseus.

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Cruise around Ithaca Educational Excursion
Our cruise begins form Piso Aetos port of Ithaca with VIP boat of 27 seats.
We will visit the lake-cave Melissani and Drogarati cave in Kefalonia.
We will visit Pera Pigadi area with long connected history of Homer.
We will swim in the crystal waters of the exotic beach Gidaki and we will return to our base Vathy in the evening.

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Ancient Olympia Educational Excursion
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Ancient Olympia
Ancient Olympia was a major Panhellenic
religious sanctuary of Ancient Greece, where
the Ancient Olympic Games were held.
The site was primarily dedicated to Zeus and
drew visitors from all over the Greek World as
one of a group of such Panhellenic centers
which helped to build the identity of the Ancient
Greeks as a nation.
Despite the name, it is nowhere near Mount
Olympus in Northern Greece, where the Twelve
Olympians, the major deities of Ancient Greek
religion, were believed to live.
The Olympic Games were held every four
years throughout Classical Antiquity, from 8th
Century BC to 4th Century AD.

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Ancient Olympia Educational Excursion
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The archaeological site held over 70 significant
buildings, and ruins of many of these survive,
although the main Temple of Zeus survives only
as stones on the ground.
The site is a major tourist attraction and has two
museums, one devoted to the Ancient Olympic
Games and one to the Modern Olympic Games.

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Outdoor Activities in Ithaca
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Daily outdoor activities include:
Kayaking, snorkeling, swimming and scuba
diving in remote crystal and clear water beaches.
Basketball
Football
Hiking.

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Outdoor Activities in Ithaca (Cont.)
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Outdoor Activities in Ithaca (Cont.)
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Future Leaders Program:
Benefits for Students
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Acquire knowledge in Leadership and Intercultural Cooperation and build related skills in a dynamic, interactive, and unique value-competitive program.
Earning The IIIC Certificate in Intercultural Cooperation and upgrading your CV
Non-Anglophone speakers improve their English, Anglophone speakers master the developments in 21st Century “digital” English.
Learn in a vibrant multicultural academic environment with IT facilities from recognized experts in Ancient Greek Civilization, Communication, English Language, Global Business, International Relations, Leadership, and Political Economy.
Network with international professors and students and build long-term professional relations.
Time travel to Periclean Athens, Homeric Ithaca, and Ancient Olympia and internalize the values of the Ancient Greek Civilization.
Embark with Odysseus on a journey back to their Ithaca.
Earn The IIIC Certificate in Intercultural Cooperation and upgrade your CV.
Are embraced by Greek hospitality and φιλότιμο.
Immerse into the beauty of Ithaca’s magic energy air, dream blue sky, caressing beaches, and turquoise clear sea.
Swim, sunburn, sea kayak, play football, hike.
Enjoy the blessed Greek cuisine and Ithaca’s specialties.
Dance the night away and touch Ithaca’s summer sky stars.

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Knowledge of modern Ithaca, a beautiful island in the center of the Ionian: the landscape, the nature, the settlements, the life today.
Knowledge of history of Ithaca from the ancient times to the present, in a pleasant and interesting way, as we will see the different places and settlements: Ancient (Homeric) Ithaca, Medieval Ithaca, Venetian domination, British domination... We see where the main city (the center of the island) was in every historical period and why. We understand how the life of residents was - raids and piracy, local products, livelihoods. Knowing the history of Ithaca, we acquire an image of all the islands of the Mediterranean from the medieval years to the present.
Knowledge of Homer’s Ithaca: Ithaca of the archaeological data and Ithaca of the Odyssey.
General presentation of ancient Greek civilizations: Cycladic civilization, Minoan civilization, Mycenaean civilization, the Dark Ages, the Homer’s times, the Classical period. Explanation for the Ithaca’s position in the wider place and time, Ithaca’s position in the wider context of the ancient world.
The deeper meaning of Odyssey: Ithaca as the symbol of the Homeland. Arriving to Ithaca means to remember and remain on your values. Odysseus is the symbol of the man who prefers over all the travel, the knowledge and the arrival to his homeland-his purpose.
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Benefits for Students

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The importance of Odyssey for the evolution of Ancient Greece and the ancient Greek civilization. Iliad and Odyssey: the basis of ancient Greek world, which gave birth to classical (Greek and Roman) civilization, on which there was built the modern Western Civilization.
Presentation of local traditional architecture. We see characteristic houses of the Venetian and British period and explain their traits. We see a typical house built with traditional bioclimatic architecture and we explain the architectural features a traditional house had in order to make the most of all the climatic conditions.
Presentation of the typical traditional architecture of a church and of a monastery. We see the parts of a typical Orthodox church and the layout of a typical Orthodox monastery. We also learn the way and the themes of the Byzantine hagiography (wall painting) of a church and we see the two main types of the iconostasis (among them, the impressive fully sculpted and partially gilt wooden iconostasis of the Metropolis church).
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Future Leaders Program:
Package and Costs
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This Future Leaders Program is a package including the following
elements:
Academics:
1. Lectures and Workshops.
2. Educational Guided Excursions:
a. Full day trip around Ithaca by bus.
b. Homeric Ithaca full day trip by bus.
c. Half day cruise around Ithaca.
d. Sightseeing in Ancient Olympia upon transfer from Patra to
Athens.
3. Teaching Materials.
4. Student Support.
5. Certificate in Intercultural Cooperation.

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Package and Costs (Cont.)
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Accommodation: 1. One overnight in a 3-star hotel in Athens on BB (first day).
2. Eleven overnights in a 3-star hotel in Ithaca on HB.
3. One overnight in a 3-star hotel in Loutraki on BB (last day).
4. All city taxes in Athens, Ithaca, and Loutraki.
Transfers:
1. From Athens International Airport to Athens hotel upon arrival by
bus.
2. From/to Athens and Patras (Kyllini) by bus.
3. From/to Patras and Ithaca by ferryboat.
4. From/to Ithaca Port and Mentor Hotel upon arrival and departure
by bus.
5. From Patras to Olympia, from Olympia to Loutraki, and from
Loutraki to Athens International Airport upon departure by bus.

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Package and Costs (Cont.)
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Insurance: Lloyd’s Silver Insurance (does not cover cancellation and repatriation).
Package Total Cost per Student: € 1.198,46.