Odessa branch of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture at the heart of Odessa, near the Greek area. It is often undergo a variety of exhibitions of paintings and photographs, are musical and literary evenings. Also conducted many other activities. Catherine II had originally planned to settle in Odessa predominantly Orthodox immigrants from the Balkan Peninsula, which in time were under the yoke of the Ottoman Empire. Therefore, the role of Greeks at the base of Odessa and in its first decades of hard to overestimate. In XIX century in Odessa was created by Greek secret society "FilykEteria,whichorganizedtheGreekrevolutionandhelpedtofreeGreecefromtheyokeofTurkey.ThereforenotsurprisingthatatthefirstopportunitytheGreekgovernmentlauncheditsculturalcenterinOdessa.HellenicFoundationwasestablishedin1992,twoyearslateropenedhisOdessabranch.TheremainingtwobranchofficeswereopenedinBerlinandAlexandria.Odessabranchlocatedinthreeadjacentbuildingsatthefollowingaddresses:Redlane16,18and20.InoneofthemuseumoftheGreeksecretsociety"Filyk Eteria. Greek Cultural Center organizes numerous exhibitions, concerts, lectures, conferences and musical evenings. There are also Greek language courses at the organization.