[2] During the early 20th century, a number of Greek sailors and immigrants came to the country and settled.
[3] Their descendants on the island of Luzon make up no more than 10 families, who retain their Greek identities and have become distinguished public figures and intellectuals in the community.
He also founded the first Greek Orthodox chapel in the Philippines however Alexander Adamopoulos Adamson founded the Hellenic Orthodox Foundation which built the first true Greek Orthodox Church in Manila called the Annunciation of Theotokos and in the year 2000 His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew visited the Philippines for the first time to consecrate the Annunciation of Theotokos.
[3] Currently Greek immigrants and expatriates come into the country to work in businesses or enter as diplomats, tourists, or as friends or family of Filipinos.
[4] Most of them work in shipping and trade,[5] most of them are married to Filipinos and have a permanent residency in the Philippines.