Yiannis Gounaris is, at least in the popular consciousness, an obscure figure of the Greek Revolution of 1821. Hailing from Ioannina, he was employed by Omer Vryoni as his official …

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13 The conventional narrative on the Greek Revolution is generally dualistic to the point …

Ἤκουσα φωνῆς ἐρχομένης ἀπό τῆς ἄρκτου ἥτις ἔλεγεν οὕτω: ῾Ρωσία ἐξύπνησον οὖν ἐκ τοῦ ὕπνου… Agathangelos It matters not a bit that Theokleitos Polyeidis, the monk who composed a set …

– Ω Κώτσιο, a gravelly voice would resound in my ears. Without turning around, I would invariably know who was calling me, and so I would respond: – Ω μπάρμπα …

Last Wednesday, the 17 March, the City of Moreland, home to one of the most historically significant Greek communities in Melbourne, held a Greek Bicentennial Day Celebration and Flag Raising …

In her book, “Women of ‘21,” Greek historian and feminist Koula Xiradaki observes that the historiography of the 1821 Revolution has become “like the monasteries of Mount Athos: a place …

As far as I can remember, Byzantine music has been part of my life. One of my earliest memories is of waking up to the smell of incense and listening …

One can do naught else but praise Social Media god Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan for posting a selfie from the Acropolis a few years ago, which they …

Ν΄ ἀνάψωμεν μία φλόγα, σὲ ὅλην τὴν Τουρκιά, Νὰ τρέξ΄ ἀπὸ τὴν Μπόσνα, καὶ ὡς τὴν Ἀραπιά. “We will light a flame throughout the Turkish lands That will spread from …

Some months after our wedding, my wife and I were driving in the car listening to Assyrian music. A particularly jaunty tune engaged my attention and I asked: “What is …