As part of the lecture series Around Byzantium, the Byzantine and Christian Museum invites you on Thursday, October 30, 2025, at 7:00 PM, to a lecture by Dr. Ioannis Iliadis, Director of the Byzantine Museum and Art Gallery of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation, and Spyros Nasainas, Museum Architect, on the topic:
“Presentation of the Renovated Byzantine Museum of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation in Nicosia: Content, Collaborations, and Design.”

Dr. Ioannis Iliadis was born in occupied Trachoni of Kythera. He studied Art History at the University of Pisa in Italy, earned a master’s degree in Medieval History and Art from the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Cyprus, with a thesis on the Cypriot painter Pavlos Ierographos and his workshop (17th century), and completed his doctoral dissertation on Cypriot Renaissance painting, focusing on the Latin Chapel at the Monastery of St. John Lampadistis in Kalopanayiotis. He is currently Director of the Byzantine Museum and Art Gallery at the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation, where he has organized conferences, exhibitions, and educational programs.

Spyros Nasainas was born in Nafplio and graduated from the School of Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He completed his postgraduate studies at NTUA, where he is also pursuing his doctoral dissertation. He has worked at the Ephorate of Antiquities of Argolis, the Byzantine and Christian Museum, the Museum of Modern Greek Culture, and the Directorate of Modern Cultural Heritage, and has collaborated with the Benaki Museum, the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation, various Ephorates of Antiquities, and institutions related to ancient, medieval, and modern cultural heritage in Greece and Cyprus.

Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: Byzantine and Christian Museum, 22 Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, Athens
Admission: Free