PAE Olympiacos and Vangelis Marinakis actively support the work of the Diocese of Piraeus

The Diocese of Piraeus organized an anti-poverty concert at the city’s Municipal Theater, with PAE Olympiacos as the main sponsor, financing the concert and providing cash checks to financially support the diocese’s charitable work.

The “gift” was given by Managing Director of the stadium “G. Karaiskakis”, Mr. Vassilis Vassiliadis, the vice president of the PAE Olympiacos and mayor of Piraeus, Yiannis Moralis, but also the board member of the red and white PAE, Yiannis Moralis.

PAE Olympiacos’ announcement: “This year, as every year, the PAE Olympiacos and the President, Mr. Vangelis Marinakis, showed their support for the work of the Diocese of Piraeus during the Christmas period. At the beautiful anti-poverty concert organized by the I Piraeus Diocese on Tuesday evening (December 19th) at the Piraeus Municipal Theater, cash checks for the financial support of the Piraeus Diocese were presented by PAE Olympiacos and the President Vangelis Marinakis and the Support those in need during these holy days.

The cash checks were signed by the president and general manager of the stadium “G. Karaiskakis”, Mr. Vassilis Vassiliadis, who stated: “Mr. Vangelis Marinakis covered the costs of the concert. He has offered more than 400 salaries of hierodeacons equivalent to thousands of euros, he has offered the new building of the metropolis behind the Holy Trinity, the “Marinakeion Melathron”, as well as the Municipality of Piraeus as Vice President of PAE Olympiacos and Mayor of Piraeus, the knows about our city, Yiannis Moralis, offered 20,560 boxes of food worth hundreds of thousands of euros. And of course Mr. Vangelis Marinakis will continue to be at your side and will work with all his might for the church and the people. Mr. Vangelis Marinakis and Olympiacos wish all families a happy, blessed holiday with health, strength and joy.”

For his part, the Metropolitan of Piraeus, Mr. Seraphim, took the floor and thanked Mr. Vangelis Marinakis and PAE Olympiacos for the great offer:

“On Friday at 9 a.m. we will distribute five thousand meals of love in the magnificent church of Agios Nikolaos. The big hand that will offer these packages belongs to Vangelis Marinakis and together these checks show his big heart, the heart of a real Piraeus, a true Olympian. I must say that without such people our life would be tragic. I wish that God will always bless him and his family, his good children, his good wife and all the faithful employees and that we see our Olympiakos rise above everything, misery and the dark side of people. Because Olympiacos means good competition and as our mayor Yannis Moralis said, next year marks 100 years of life and contribution to sport and contribution to our lives. Happy birthday and a blessed birthday.”

The event was attended by Board Member of PAE Olympiacos and General Manager and CEO of Alter Ego Media, Mr. Giannis Vrentzos, as well as Vice President of PAE Olympiacos and Mayor of Piraeus, Mr. Giannis Moralis.

The Metropolitan of Piraeus, Mr. Seraphim gave Mr. Vassilis Vassiliadis and Yiannis Brentzos an image of the Nativity and an image of the patron saint of Piraeus, Saint Spyridon, as a sign of respect and appreciation for the new financial support from PAE Olympiacos and Mr. Vangelis Marinakis“.