The Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria is holding an open seminar led by Emanuel John Comino, founder and chairman of the first committee in the world for the return to Greece of the Parthenon Marbles.

Comino, who has spent the last 39 years travelling Australia and the world, presenting lectures and arguing the case for the return of the marbles, will expand on the meaning of the marbles return to the Hellenes.

“I will fight on as long as I live,” Emmanuel John Comino says, “until England promises to send the marbles back to Greece.

“I will continue to work for their restitution or until the day I die. They were and remain an integral part of the Parthenon as a monument to the glory of Classical Greece and the civilisation it gave to the world.

“They are a noble symbol of excellence. They are a tribute to the democratic philosophy. They are the essence of Hellenism.”

When: Thursday 4 June 2015 at 7.00 pm
Where: Greek Centre Melbourne (mezzanine), 168 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne