Jim Claven
Features –
Restoring Kiev’s Hellenic heart
Jim Claven on the Ukrainian capital and its significant connection to the creation of modern Greece
News –
Lemnos Anzac graves honoured at St Kilda Cemetery
Members and supporters of the Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee gathered for an annual tribute.
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Victorian Government announces support for new commemorative initiatives on Lemnos
The initiatives total nearly $180,000 in funding.
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New WW2 memorials for Pylos and Methone unveiled in Oakleigh
The plaques will be sent to Greece in coming months for installation at Pylos and Methone.
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Remembering the liberation of Lemnos – October 1944
This is the story of the liberation of one island – the island of Lemnos on 16 October 1944.
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Australian Hellenes honour Anders Lassen – the Achilles of Thessaloniki
Melbourne’s Greek community joined with local Danes to commemorate the key role Major Anders Lassen played in the liberation of Thessaloniki 73 years ago.
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The day the Germans marched on Lemnos
Historian Jim Claven shares the story of one island’s experience of occupation, the northern Aegean island of Lemnos.
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Honouring Lefkada’s Anzac sons
The Lefkadian Cultural Association commemorated Australian soldiers of Hellenic heritage including Gunner James Zampelis.
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What OXI Day meant to Australia in 1940
On Saturday 28 October, we commemorate 77 years since General Metaxas said Oxi to Mussolini’s ultimatum to enter Greece.
Life –
Dreams of Pontus
Following their performance at the Greek Centre, Jim Claven goes one-on-one with Thessaloniki’s Christos Kaliontzidis and Andonis Pilalidis about Pontian music.