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Greek South Africans are South Africans of Greek ancestry from Greece and Cyprus.
Greek immigration to South Africa (at its highest in the 1960s, with 10,790 immigrants) peaked in 1965 (Damanakis 2003). It gradually began to decline in the 1970s, and after 1994 many Greeks returned to Greece to retire, or because they harboured fears about the changing political situation in South Africa. The community has since decreased from an estimated 120,000 to 40,000.




Religion


There are multiple Greek Orthodox Churches in South Africa. Some of these include:

Cathedral of Sts. Constantine and Helen in Johannesburg
Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St George in Cape Town
Agia Barbara Chapel in Skeerpoort
Greek Orthodox Church in Pretoria
St Athanasios Church in Benoni
Holy Church of St Seraphim of Sarof in Boksburg
Greek Orthodox Church of St Bazil in Springs
St John's Greek Orthodox Church in Germiston
Saheti Church in Germiston
Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary of Pantanassa in Melrose Estate
Greek Orthodox Church in Alberton
Greek Orthodox Church in Rondebosch
Greek Orthodox Church of Archangels in George
Orthodox Church of Saint Mary of Egypt in Robertson




Notable people


George Bizos – human rights lawyer who campaigned against apartheid; noted for representing Nelson Mandela during the Rivonia Trial
Demetri Catrakilis – professional rugby union player for Harlequins
Stanley Christodoulou – international boxing judge and referee
Ivan Gazidis – Chief Executive of AC Milan
George Koumantarakis – former football player
Nic Pothas – former professional cricketer
Anastasia Tsichlas – football executive
Dimitri Tsafendas – assassin of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, who is commonly regarded as the architect of apartheid
John Costa (b. 1868 – d. 1932) also known as Ioannis Papakostas was a Greek revolutionary and veteran of the Second Boer War
Xen Balaskas (b. 1910 – d. 1994) - cricketer
Stelio Savante – actor, producer and screenwriter
Penny Siopis – artist
Angelique Rockas – actress and theatre practitioner, pioneer of multi-racial theatre in London
Panagiotis Retsos – footballer
John Kongos – musician
Costa Titch (b. 1995 – d. 2023) - rapper




See also



Greek diaspora
Greece–South Africa relations
White South Africans




References






Further reading


Mantzaris, E.A. (1999). "The Greeks in South Africa" (PDF). In Clogg, Richard (ed.). The Greek Diaspora in the Twentieth Century. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 120–136. ISBN 9780333600474. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2015.
LacDuling & Barnes, Allistair & Lawrie (2012). "What is the future of Greek in South Africa? Language shift and maintenance in the Greek communinity of Johannesburg" (PDF). What is the future of Greek in South Africa?. pp. 159–172.




External links


Hellenic Community of Cape Town
https://www.saheti.co.za/
Greeks in South Africa on AusGreekNet.com
"Bilateral Relations Between Greece And South Africa". 17 July 2006. Archived from the original on 17 July 2006.

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