The Society for the Preservation of the Greek Heritage (SPGH) was founded in 1974 as a sister organization to Elliniki Etairia, with the original mission of promoting the preservation and restoration of the physical and historical architectural environment in Greece, while the country was recovering from a seven-year military dictatorship. In the course of the 40 plus years of our history our focus has shifted from the preservation of physical and architectural heritage to the promulgation of the intellectual and cultural heritage of Hellenism and, in recent years, to the living heritage in modern Greek and philhellenic identities. Our events and networking are a niche where Greeks and Philhellenes mingle, debate, and build cultural conscience in an era of transition and crisis.