United States of the Ionian Islands took Lefkada in 1810. The island of Corfu remained occupied by the French until 1814. The Congress of Vienna agreed to place the Ionian Islands under the exclusive "amical protection" of the United Kingdom. Despite British military administration, the Austrian Empire was guaranteed commercial status equal to the UK. The arrangement was formalised with the ratification of the "Maitland constitution" on 26 August 1817, which created a federation of the seven islands, with Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Maitland its first "Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands". The Party of Radicals (Greek: Κόμμα των Ριζοσπαστών) founded in 1848 was against the
Ionian Village to cost around $1.5 million in repair and rejuvenation costs. As of December 25th 2016, the Ionian Village Rebuilding Fund has raised close to $600,000. Father Evagoras Constantinides, 2011-Present Father Jason Roll, 2009-2011 Father Constantine Lazarakis, 2001-2008 Michael Pappas, 1996-2001 Father Costa Sitaras, 1972-1996 Father Nick Soteropoulos, 1971-1972 Father George Poulos, 1966-1971 Ionian Village Ionian Village is the official international summer camping ministry of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and is located on a private facility on the shores of the Ionian Sea in western Peloponnese. Over 17,000 Greek-Americans have visited the camp since its establishment in 1970. Ionian