Dean Kalimniou
Life –
A Greek history of great plagues
“Everybody knows that pestilences have a way of recurring in the world, yet somehow we find it hard to believe in ones that crash down on our heads from a …
Dialogue –
Communion conundrum, Orthodoxy and Archbishop Makarios’ communique
If you are an average Greek Orthodox Christian in Australia, chances are that you will on average, take communion, only once a year, just before Easter. It seems therefore strange …
Dialogue –
Church, communion, coronavirus conundrum
If you are an average Greek Orthodox Christian in Australia, chances are that you will on average, take communion, only once a year, just before Easter. It seems therefore strange …
Life –
Antipodean goats, Giota and other musicians on Lonsdale Street
“Giota, who?” people in the crowd were asking themselves. “Γιώτα Νέγρα,” (the Negro) one of the Antipodes presenters, announced on stage. I was viewing Giota Negka’s keynote Antipodes concert from …
Dialogue –
Byzantine ‘New England’, a forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony
Mention the words “New England” and the mind conjures up images of privileged white adolescents being incited by non-compliant with the directives of the Education Department teachers, to rip pages …
Dialogue –
Greek Youth Summit: Keeping young people involved in the community
“The children now love luxury; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are tyrants, not servants of the households. They no longer rise when …
Dialogue –
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 …
Dialogue –
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 …
News –
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 …
Dialogue –
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 …