A large number of people gathered at the Coburg Greek Orthodox church The Presentation of our Lord, for the annual festival organised around the holiday the church is named after.
One of the twelve Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church, The Presentation of Our Lord at the Temple (Greek: Ὑπαπαντή, meaning “meeting”) is celebrated in Coburg for decades. Celebrations started on Friday with the Great Vespers, followed by the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy on Saturday, but it was the Sunday feast that attracted the larger crowd of people who defied the high temperature and spent a day of music, dancing and delicious greek food.
The Pontiaki Estia dance group performance was one of the Coburg Greek Festival's highlights. Photo: Kostas Deves
The Pontiaki Estia dance group performance was one of the Coburg Greek Festival's highlights. Photo: Kostas Deves
The festivities included performances by the St Johns College band, as well as by traditional dance groups, while pop-up stores were set up outside the church, turning the area into a Greek neighbourhood.