Dean Kalimniou
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Beyond 200: Greece 2021 Independence logo revealed – but does it express the Revolution?
Rigas Pheraios, in his famous pre-Revolutionary poem: Thourios, conceived of the Greek revolution as a movement that would unite peoples of all creeds and colours against tyranny and intolerance. He …
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Diatribe: Re-mooting multiculturalism, and the contradictions of foreign languages in Australian classrooms
“The anaemic responses to multicultural policy by Labor and Coalition since the mid-90s, that Dr Aly alludes to, has allowed race and new identity politics, born in the US, to …
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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese’s Youth Conference in Melbourne proves change has arrived
“Be shining lights,” His Eminence, Archbishop of Australia Makarios, encouraged the attendees of the recent Archdiocesan Youth Conference, in English. “It is very hard to change the world. But that …
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The best woman for the role of first Greek Female President
What’s with all these lawyers, it should have been Aliki for President I blame the woes of post-Junta Greece on the fact that Greek diva and actress Aliki Vougiouklaki, the …
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Diatribe: Theo-Fanya and moments of Epiphany at Port Melbourne
In ways inexplicable, my attendance at the annual Theophania Festival at Port Melbourne determines the outcome of the rest of the year. I can attend the same ceremony in Frankston, …
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Ekpyrosis, a Stoic belief in the periodic destruction of the cosmos
Ekpyrosis (ἐκπύρωσις), the ancient Greek term for conflagration, describes a Stoic belief in the periodic destruction of the cosmos by a great conflagration every Great Year – according to Plato, …
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Diatribe: Happy Hermes to you this holiday season
“I must ring Πίτα,” the middle-aged lady remarked, outside church, “and wish him a Happy Nameday.” “Πίτα;” I asked, taken aback, “Γιορτάζουν σήμερα οι Πίτες;” “Yes,” the lady responded. “Είναι …
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Diatribe: Reclaiming the Christmas kileche
That moment in the earth’s celestial orbit fast approaches whereby a family meeting is called at Casa della Kalimniou. The sole purpose of same is to allocate by means fair …
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A mezuzah beside the door
There is a mezuzah beside the door of my office. This is a piece of parchment contained in a plastic case and inscribed with the Jewish prayer Shema Yisrael, beginning …
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Nick Giannopoulos, Wog TM and the custodian of ‘wogs’
“A blocky, cuboidal head, faced in pinks and whites and ruled in a fretwork of longitudes and latitudes which showed a few orthographic traces of worry…” Three Wogs, Alexander Theroux. …