The Supreme Council of Ethnic Hellenes (YSEE), as the representative body of the Hellenic Ethnic Religion, is honored and pleased to announce the hosting of the 19th European Congress of Ethnic Religions (ECER) in Athens, Greece, from October 3rd to 5th 2025, under the theme: The contribution of Ethnic Religions to the formation of European identity.
The international organization ECER has already held 18 successful conferences, the 7th of which took place in 2004 in Athens under the auspices of the YSEE. ECER has also a rich activity aimed at assisting and promoting European religious organizations of ethnic traditions and religions as well as combating discrimination against them.
The aim and focus of the conference are to highlight aspects of European traditions and ethnic religions that contribute to, reinforce and strengthen the sense of European citizens of belonging to a shared cultural tradition and the way in which this is brought to light and consolidated in the contemporary European consciousness.
The thematic axes of the conference are:

Ø Commonalities and differences among ethnic European traditions and religions
Ø Relations and interaction with the official Church and the State
Ø Relations with the European Union
Ø Effective ways of highlighting the contribution of ethnic religions to social, humanism (humanitarian) and political issues concerning European citizens
The conference will include:
Ø Lectures with visual presentation of information and translation
Ø Presentations by spiritual leaders and priests of the organizing bodies
Ø Performance of religious Rituals
Ø Visits to archaeological sites and museums
Ø A one-day guided excursion to an archaeological site

Further information and a detailed program regarding structure, lectures and terms of participation will be announced in due course. For more details, please visit our website: ecer2025.ysee.gr or contact us at: ecer2025@ysee.gr