Christos Moulias

Christos Moulias, son of Athanasios and Nina (née Drosou), was born in Patras on January 26, 1950. He is married to Athena Koutrotsiou and they have two children, Thanasis (a lawyer) and Katerina (a philologist).

In 1967, he graduated from the 4th Gymnasium of Patras and enrolled in the Faculty of Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, from where he obtained his degree in 1973.

From October 1973 until February 1976, he served his military service as a Reserve Second Lieutenant in the Infantry.

In 1976, he was appointed a lawyer in Patras, where he has since maintained his own law practice.

Simultaneously, he has authored and published the following books:

1. “Georgios V. Theocharopoulos Patreys. An Unknown Patras Scholar” (Patras 1993).

2. “The Dimension of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous in Post-Revolutionary Patras (1828-1850)”, foreword by K. N. Triantafyllou (Patras 1995).

3. “The Port of Currants (1828-1900)” (Patras 2002).

4. “Corinthian Currant – A Princess through the Ages” (Athens 2006).

5. “Historical Notes I” (Patras 2007).

6. “Polyvios Nik. Koryllos. A Pioneer Greek Thoracic Surgeon” (published by the Prefecture of Achaia, Patras 2008), in collaboration with Dr. Christos Fragidis.

7. “Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (1902–1986) – A Quiet and Honest Dialogue with the Work of Aelius Aurelius,” foreword by Konstantinos I. Despotopoulos, Academician (Athens 2009).

8. “Chronicle of the Municipal Library of Patras 1910–2010” (Patras 2009).

9. “Philharmonic Society – Odeon of Patras (1892–2012)” (Patras 2012).

10. “The Jewish Presence in Patras from Antiquity until Today,” foreword by Moses Konstantinis, President of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (published by the Central Israeli Council of Greece, Athens 2015).

11. “The Catholic Community of Patras” (Patras 2017).

12. “The History of the Bar Association of Patras 1835–2000,” 2 volumes (Patras 2020).

13. “The Municipality of Erymanthos in the Aftermath of 1821” (Chalandritsa 2021).

14. “In the Echo of the National Schism” (Athens 2023). Published by the Philological Society “Parnassos”.

15. “Cultural Association of Greek Ladies” (Patras 2024).

In the collective volume Patra, published by Kotinos (Athens 2005), his studies “Education, Scholars, Ideas” and “The Press of Patras, Printing, Book Production” are included.

He has also edited and introduced the following works:

• “Vineyards Diaries” by Konstantinos Antonopoulos (Patras 1996),

• The unpublished manuscript of the Northern Epirote scholar Nikolaos G. Mystakidis “Short Archaeological and Historical Treatise on Dropiani and its Sacred Sites” (Patras 1997),

• The Historical Chronicle “Arethion School” (Patras 2010), in collaboration with Psychiatry Professor Nikandros Bouras,

• The short stories of P. A. Chronopoulos, titled “Without a Compass” (Patras 2013).

He curated the mixed volume titled “Fragments of the Greek Revolution,” published by the Historical and Ethnological Society of Peloponnese (Patras 2021), on the occasion of 200 years since the Greek War of Independence, which also includes his own studies.

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Participation in Editorial Boards and Publications:

• Participated in the editorial board of the honorary volume for Kostas N. Triantafyllou (Patras 1990–1993), where his study “A Catholic Missionary in Patras in 1843” was published (Vol. A, pp. 135-146).

• Also contributed the study “Circular Letters (Lettere Circolare)” in the honorary volume “Charisitiria to Ioannis Deligiannis,” published in the Law Scientific Yearbook of the Faculty of Law and Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki 1991), Vol. B, pp. 643-662.

He has written forewords for several photographic albums and books, such as:

• Images of Greece 1944-1958 (Athens 1998),

• Patras 1947-1964 – A Small Photographic Journey (Athens 1999),

• From Austro Americana … to Calydona and Appia! Views and Images of the Port of Patras over Time by Philippos Andreopoulos (Patras 2011),

• Architectural Memories by Stefanos Bogdanopoulos (Patras 2020),

• The Erotic of 1821 by Kyriakos Skiathas (Patras 2014),

• Patras Carnival (2nd edition) by Nikos Politis (Patras 2015),

• In the Footsteps of the Epirote of Achaia by Manolis Maglaras (Patras 2016),

• Confession of Faith by Leonidas G. Margaritis (Amaliada 2021).

He collaborated in the edition of the Encyclopedia of the Greek Press and has published about 350 studies and articles in honorary and anniversary volumes, historical and scientific journals, yearbooks, and newspapers of Patras and Athens, mainly on historical topics related to Patras, book reviews, essays, etc. (“Nea Estia,” “Neos Ermis o Logios,” “Sylloges,” etc.). In the tribute issue of The Books’ Journal (August 2022), on the 50th anniversary of the death of Rodis Roufos, he published an extensive article titled “History is Created by Spirit, Not by Force,” regarding the trilogy of the honored Chronicle of a Crusade.

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Conference Participation:

1. 3rd International Conference of Peloponnesian Studies (Kalamata, Sept 8-15, 1985), topic: “Publicity through Printed Circulars of Commercial Companies in Patras (1874-1882),” Proceedings (Athens 1987-88), pp. 107-128.

2. 4th International Conference of Peloponnesian Studies (Corinth, Sept 9-16, 1990), topic: “Italian Refugees in Patras (1849),” Proceedings (Athens 1992-93), pp. 297-350.

3. 5th International Conference of Peloponnesian Studies (Argos-Nafplio, Sept 1995), topic: “The Issue of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous and Its Impact on Patras (1843-44).”

4. 6th International Conference of Peloponnesian Studies (Tripoli, Sept 24-30, 2000), topic: “A Libel against Archbishop Theophilos Vlachopapadopoulos of Athens.”

5. 31st Annual Panhellenic Medical Conference (Athens, May 17-21, 2005), with Ch. Fragidis, V. Koletis, L. Vladimir, H. Moulias: “Four Unpublished Letters of Professor Polyvios N. Koryllos.”

6. Scientific Conference for Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, “Society of Friends of Panagiotis Kanellopoulos” (Athens, Nov 22-25, 2012), topic: “Romantic Rationalism and Social Positivism. Panagiotis Kanellopoulos and Avrotelis Eleftheropoulos,” Proceedings (Athens 2013), pp. 343-361.

7. Scientific Conference of the “Society of Historical Studies on Modern Hellenism” (Athens, May 24-25, 2013), topic: “Scholars of the Ottoman Era,” Proceedings (Athens 2013), pp. 351-364.

8. 12th International Cretan Studies Conference, “Society of Cretan Historical Studies” (Heraklion, Crete, Sept 21-25, 2016), topic: “Diary of the Revolution of 1841, kept by Theofrastos Chairetis. The Chairetis Family in Patras.”

9. International Conference of the University of Patras, “100 Years since the Asia Minor Catastrophe” (Patras, Oct 14-15, 2022), topic: “Patras. From 19th-century Migrants to the Refugees of 1922.”

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Additional Roles and Honors:

In 2021, he was appointed by the Region of Western Greece as a member of the Advisory Committee for evaluating proposals submitted by organizations and individuals for activities and events in view of the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution.

He has delivered numerous lectures in Patras and other cities and has participated in presentations of historical and literary books.

In 1994, he was awarded by the “Achaian Society of Studies” for his book Georgios V. Theocharopoulos Patreys. An Unknown Patras Scholar and in 2022 by the Philological Society “Parnassos” for his body of work.

He is President of the Historical and Ethnological Society of Peloponnese and the Philharmonic Society – Odeon of Patras since 2009, lifetime member and Secretary of the Administrative Committee of the Charitable Foundation “Triantios Professional and Industrial School of Patras” since February 1994, member of the Administrative Committee of the “Ioannis and Euterpi Topalis Foundation” since 2009, member of the Board of the Association “Brotherhood, Saint Apostle Andreas of Patras.”

He has served as Secretary of the Administrative Committee of the “Lida, Nana and Spyros Doukas Foundation” and member of the Board of the “Diakidios Folk School of Patras” and the “Achaian Society of Studies,” under the presidency of Kostas N. Triantafyllou, and the “Municipal Library of Patras.” He has been Secretary of the Board of the “Friends of the New Archaeological Museum of Patras” Association since its founding in 2006, corresponding member of the Philological Society “Parnassos,” member of the “Society of Friends of Panagiotis Kanellopoulos,” the “National Society of Greek Writers,” the “Society of Peloponnesian Studies,” the “Society of Writers of Southwestern Greece,” the “Philatelic Society of Patras,” the “MITOS – Parents and Friends Association of Persons with Autism,” and the charitable association “Social Solidarity Asylum for Incurables of Patras ‘Saint Euphrosyne’.”

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