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Dean Kalimniou

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Filotimo, the Marrickville mural showcases the ‘love of honour’

For a supposedly untranslatable concept, the idea of «Φιλότιμο», something which is apparently encoded within the DNA of all people of Greek ancestry, haσ been around for an incredibly long …

Meet Evmenios, the newly enthroned Bishop of Kerasounta

If names signify the essence of an existence, then certainly this is the case for the newly enthroned bishop of Kerasounta, who is headquartered in the Archdiocesan District of Northcote. …

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“Her Voice: Greek women and their friends”, a personal appreciation

Two Christmases ago, my mother informed me that she had been afforded the honour, by Women’s Food For Thought Network Founder and community activist Varvara Athanasiou-Ioannou, of contributing her biography …

Victorian government’s depiction of yiayia is a storm in a teacup

Mercifully, the Victorian government social media advertisement promoting vaccination against the dreaded coronavirus, the subject of this Diatribe, is not in Greek. Most of the time, the Greek in state …

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Songs of my tribe: From Eskenazi to Elly Kokkinou

Last year before the onset of the pandemic, I was apprehended by an older acquaintance singing to my children, the lyrics of Roza Eskenazi’s immortal song: Πρέζαόταν πιεις. «Σαν μαστουρωθείς, …

Maria Callas, a statue for a legendary diva

«καὶ ἐμοσχοποίησαν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις καὶ ἀνήγαγον θυσίαν τῷ εἰδώλῳ, καὶ εὐφραίνοντο ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν». Acts 7:41 Standing on Dionysou Areopagitou Street, close to the Odeon …

Twenty years of Diatribe

It seems like only yesterday that fresh out of university and having written the NUGAS column for three years, I was afforded the unique privilege by then editor Nick Psaltopoulos …

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Diatribe: At the park, in lockdown

At our local park, it always happens like this. Sundry parents, engrossed in their iphones, look up occasionally and call out to their children, who are attempting to extricate themselves …

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Hair and the Ancient Greeks: Secrets of their strength

I have a confession to make. All my life I have dreamed of having long hair, a felicitous state of hirsuteness that eludes me, since I appear to be biologically …

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Hexamilion Wall: A study in futility

“People discovered within themselves a fragment of the Other, and they believed in this and lived confidently. People thus had three choices when they encountered the Other: They could choose …

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