1986, Aerial view of the house in Buccleuch. The width of the front (North side) of the house is 24 meters (the exact width of the ship “PAEAN”). Captain C. Gerondoudis served 5 years as Master of that ship. The inside design of the house resembles the captain’s accommodation of mv “PAEAN”.
1989, Parthenios the 3rd Pop & Patriarch of Alexandria celebrated Easter in Johannesburg-South Africa. On Easter Sunday, he honored us with his presence at our new house in Buccleuch, together with Archbishop Paul and all the members of the council of our orthodox church “PANTANASSA” with their spouses.
1989, Easter Sunday, at the house of Ch. Gerondoudis in Buccleuch. 6: H.B. The Pope & Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Parthenios III. 1: Iraklis Katsouris. 2: Nikos Tsinonis, 3: Athos Papaevrypiadis, 4: Christos Eleftheriadis, 5: Savvas Kassianidis, 7. Christoforos Gerondoudis, 8: Andreas Bogiazoglou, 9: Archbishop Pavlos, 10: Alekos Pilavakis, 11: Priest Panteleimon, 12: Michalis Komitis, 13: Panagiotis Chalamandaris, 14: Christos Christou.
1989, Easter Sunday, at the house of Ch. Gerondoudis in Buccleuch, the members of the council of our orthodox church “PANTANASSA” with their wives, with the Pope & Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Parthenios the 3rd.
1989, Easter Sunday, at the house of Ch. Gerondoudis in Buccleuch, the spouses of the members of the council of our orthodox church “PANTANASSA” with the Pope & Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Parthenios the 3rd.
1992, At the Barcelona Olympics.
1: Leonidas Gerondoudis, 2: Vassilis Androutsopoulos, 3: Stavros Androutsopoulos, 4: Christoforos Gerondoudis.
1992, Partial view of the east side of the Hellenic SAETI School.
1992, The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria Parthenios III (1) addresses the students of the Greek school SAHETI, in Johannesburg, South Africa. The following can be seen: 2: Bishop Theodoros (now -2022-Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria), 3: The Head Master of the school Mr. Stally, 4: The Archbishop of Johannesburg and Pretoria Paul, 5: The chairman of the board of the school Mr. Christoforos Gerondoudis, 6: The former chairman of the board of the school Mr. George Bizos.
1992, The chairman of SAHETI FOUNDATION Mr. Christoforos Gerondoudis congratulates Mr. George Synodinos for his continuous support to the fund raising for SAHETI.
1993, Christoforos Gerondoudis with his daughter Maria at the Colosseum in Rome.
1995, Mr. Christoforos Gerontoudis, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1996, Maria Gerondoudis, Bachelor of Arts.
1996, Mr. Christoforos Gerondoudis at the Carlton Hotel in Johannesburg is dancing with his daughter (SAHETI debutant) Elena Gerondoudis.
1996, Mr. Pierre Cardin visited the shopping center in “Nelson Mandela square”, Sandton, South Africa. He liked all items in the shop (owned by Leonidas Gerondoudis) “High Teck Designs of London” and bought more than 50% of the stock.
1997, Lunch at the house of Christoforos & Melpomeni Gerondoudis, with the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria Petros VII (1), 2: The Plenipotentiary of the Greek Embassy in Pretoria Mrs. Teresa Angelatos, 3: Mr. Michalis Diamesis, Consul of Greece in Johannesburg, South Africa, 4: Mr. Komninos Yiannakis, 5: Mr. Athos Papaevrypiadis, 6: Mr. Dionysios Tsinonis.
1997, Lunch at the house of Christoforos & Melpomeni Gerondoudis, with the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria Petros VII (1), 2: The Plenipotentiary of the Greek Embassy in Pretoria Mrs. Teresa Angelatos, 3: Mr. Michalis Diamesis, Consul General of Greece in Johannesburg, South Africa, 4: The High commissioner of Cyprus in South Africa 5: The Archbishop of Johannesburg and Pretoria Seraphim.
1998, on May 10, the sixtieth birthday of Christoforos Gerondoudis and the eightieth birthday of his mother Maria. The double birthday party took place at the Walkersons Hotel & Spa, 250 kilometers from Johannesburg.
1998, The entrance to the reception office of the Walkersons Hotel and Spa.
1998, The Birthday Party Hall.
1988, The Walkersons Hotel restaurant.
1999, Mr. Thabo Mbeki was appointed Deputy President of South Africa in 1994 and twice elected President in 1999 and 2004. He was invited by a group of 50 Greek Business people, two months before the 1999 presidential elections. The venue was the inside courtyard of the Gerondoudis house in Sandton. He answered many questions (mainly about the future of the country) for about 3 hours, before having drinks & dinner with all present.
1999, Mr. Thabo Mbeki was appointed Deputy President of South Africa in 1994 and twice elected President in 1999 and 2004. He was invited by a group of 50 Greek Business people, two months before the 1999 presidential elections. The venue was the inside courtyard of the Gerondoudis house in Sandton. He answered many questions (mainly about the future of the country) for about 3 hours, before having drinks & dinner with all present.
1999, Τhe Deputy President of South Africa Mr. Thabo Mbeki at the office of Mr. Gerondoudis, two months before he was elected President of South Africa. That night he met with 50 Greek South African businessmen.
1999, The Deputy President of South Africa Mr. Thabo Mbeki with Mr. & Mrs. Gerondoudis, two months before he was elected President of the country.
1988, Excellence Award to Christoforos Gerondoudis
1998, After 42 years, a reunion of classmates who graduated in 1956 from the six-grade High School of Lemnos.
1998, After 42 years, a reunion of classmates who graduated in 1956 from the six-grade High School of Lemnos.
1998, Hydra Nautical Academy, 40 years-Class of 1958 reunion.
1998, The ten members of the Ecclesiastical Choir of Agrinio were hosted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gerondoudis in Johannesburg, during the celebrations of our National Day on March 25. They were greeted with great enthusiasm by all the orthodox Greeks of South Africa, who enjoyed, with great devoutness, the beautiful psalms in the various churches. In the church of Panagia Pantanassa, in the northern suburbs, they sang on the third day, late in the afternoon. The church was full of faithful parishioners. As soon as they started singing, there was a power outage. Immediately everyone lit candles and, without loudspeakers and strong electric lights, the chanting was divine. All believers remember and will remember for many more years the harmony of those psalms, which touched the hearts of all present.
1998, Under the guidance of the choir conductor Mr. Andreas Lanaras (1), the members of the Ecclesiastical Choir of Agrinio prepare, before each performance.
1998, The members of the Ecclesiastical choir of Agrinio in the dining room of the house with Mr. Gerondoudis.
1998, The members of the Ecclesiastical Choir of Agrinio in a Greek restaurant in Johannesburg.
1999, The Board of the Church of Our Lady of Pantanassa in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg. 1: Thomy Kavaleros, 2: Christos Eleftheriadis, 3: Iraklis Ioannou, 4: Archimandrite Nikodimos Boulaxis, 5: S. Selipas, 6: Koula Panagiotou, 7: Athos Papaevrypiadis, 8: Nikos Dager, 9: Andreas Argyros, 10 Archbishop of Johannesburg & Pretoria Seraphim, 11: The Archbishop of Cape Town Sergios, 12: Christoforos Gerondoudis, 13: Savvas Kassianidis.
1999, (November). The monthly meeting of the members of the Board of Directors of the bank “SOUTH AFRICAN BANK OF ATHENS”, based in Johannesburg and a subsidiary of the “NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE”, took place in Athens, at the headquarters of the National Bank of Greece. 1: Demosthenes Papanikolaou – CEO of “South African Bank of Athens” in Johannesburg, 2: Mr. Theodoros Karatzas, Governor of the National Bank of Greece, 3: Mr. Peter Stathoulis, nonexecutive director of the “South African Bank of Athens”, 4: Mr. Christoforos Gerondoudis, nonexecutive director of the “South African Bank of Athens”.
1999, (November). The monthly meeting of the members of the Board of Directors of the bank “SOUTH AFRICAN BANK OF ATHENS”, based in Johannesburg and a subsidiary of the “NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE”, took place in Athens, at the headquarters of the National Bank of Greece. 1: Mr. Theodoros Karatzas, Governor of the National Bank of Greece. 2: Mr. Peter Stathoulis, nonexecutive director of the “South African Bank of Athens”, 3: Mr. Christoforos Gerondoudis, nonexecutive director of the “South African Bank of Athens”.
