Metropolis of Boston Scholarship Opportunities
For the 2024 year, the Metropolis of Boston will be granting five awards: four Charles Condes Scholarships of $8,000 each and one St. George Society of Tsamanta Stavros Bellos Scholarship of $7,500
The Metropolis of Boston is now in the fourth year of its scholarship program, having granted over $99,000 in scholarships to 14 worthy students over the last 3 years.
St. George's Hellenic Benefit Society of Tsamantas, Greece Scholarship Fund
A large chain migration of young men from the village of Tsamantas, Epirus, ventured to Worcester, MA at the turn of the 20th century and established one of the first Greek-American fraternal organizations in the United States-The St. George Hellenic Benefit Society of Tsamantas. The new perpetual Scholarship Fund continues the Society's founders tradition by aiding deserving Greek-American students in achieving their academic ambitions while commemorating their ancestral village, its Society and its many founders and benefactors.
The Tsamantas Scholarship Award Winners have been:
2021: Elli Gurguliatos at Wellesley College and Anastasia Coclin at Boston College
2022: Isabella Vangos at Bentley Univ. and Evangelos Comitas at Northeastern Univ.
2023: Rafaella Lambrinos at Univ. of Pennsylvania and Eftihia Fotos at Lasell Univ.
Charles C. Condes Memorial Scholarship Fund:
These scholarships are awarded by the Metropolis to Greek Orthodox college students in furtherance of its longstanding, successful mission promoting campus ministry throughout the college years. Charles Condes was born in Chicago, Illinois. After receiving his degree in Mechanical Engineering, Condes served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II as a meteorologist, attached to the RAF. After the war, he worked as an engineering consultant. Through his endowment of scholarships, he chose to demonstrate his pride in the Greek American students who represent the future of Hellenism and Orthodoxy in the United States.
The Condes Scholarship Award Winners have been:
2021: Kyriaki Kiafoulis at Boston Univ. and Nicholas Dennis Lambros at Providence College
2022: George Coclin at Univ of Rhode Island and Harry Katsaros at Boston Univ.
2023: Paschalis Andrew Galbadis at Suffolk Univ., Philippos Gurguliatos at Hellenic College Holy Cross, Alexia Marriott at Emory Univ., and Nathaniel Nichols at Univ. of Rhode Island
Click here to learn about the Scholarship Eligibility Criteria
Metropolis of Boston 2024 College Scholarship Program Committee
Nicholas Kourtis, Esq., Chairman, John Anton, Nicholas Athanasiou Leah Kofos, Esq., Teena Lenis.
For help with any issues applying for or submitting and application, please contact epiper@boston.goarch.org
