Opinion
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Remembering Oakleigh’s Private George Foot and his odyssey of escape across Mani in 1941
Our local community has become a little bit famous in recent years as one of the key homes of Melbourne’s large Hellenic Australian community. For many it has become the …
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A new Greek revolution for the Parthenon Sculptures
With the spirit of the Greek Revolution of 1821 in our hearts and minds, Elly Symons, Co-Founder of the Acropolis Research Group and Vice President of the Australian Parthenon Committee, …
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The Treaty of Kucuk Kayndardji and the Greek Revolution
Few events could have been more important in the road to Greek national agency than this treaty in 1774 which ended the Russo-Turkish War. The war itself had been devastating …
Russian humanitarian aid during the Greek revolution
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 …
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“This Brilliant Victory” – Remembering the Battle of Navarino and its Australian Connection
“This Brilliant Victory.” The words announcing the success of the Allied fleet over the Ottoman’s at Navarino on 20th October 1827 are not from an English newspaper. The words are …
‘My George Zangalis’, remembering the man who offered so much to his community
– 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 …
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25 March 2021: A highly symbolic anniversary
The Greek Revolution in March 1821 erupted against all odds. Six years after the battle of Waterloo in which the Napoleon Bonaparte’s army was crashed, Europe was shaken by uprisings …
Greek Revolution of 1821 was the foundation of international human rights
On March 25, 1821 a messy and bloody uprising by Greeks in an inconsequential province of the vast Ottoman colonial empire set the world on fire. Most important for the …
PM Scott Morrison offers a smorgasbord of messages celebrating Greeks on 25 March
Apart from a statement paying tribute to Greeks and a video presentation on Facebook,Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison also payed homage to the Greek people during Question Time in Australia’s …
His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia on the occasion of the Feast of the 25th March
Sydney, 25 March, 2021 God-loving Brethren, beloved fathers and my beloved children, Today, our Church celebrates the momentous event of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, that is, the announcement to …