Friends of Byzantine Monuments

Friends of Byzantine Monuments is a non-profit association based in Athens, Greece working on heritage, arts & culture, education.

Friends of Byzantine Monuments is a non-profit public-benefit cultural society based in Athens, Greece, registered in the Registry of Cultural Bodies of the Ministry of Culture. Its main purpose is the design, support and implementation of educational and cultural activities related to Byzantine cultural heritage. The society runs the Athens Catacombs guided underground tour beneath the Church of the Holy Trinity on Filellinon Street, Athenian Walks through Byzantine and historic Athens, and the Byzantine Monuments educational programme for schools, which offers free classroom presentations. It also organises conferences in various parts of Greece and educational excursions, including to Constantinople and Italy. Its activities are carried out largely by volunteers, and it is funded partly by visitor admissions and voluntary donations.