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Archbishop Makarios urges patience and suspends public worship
Archbishop Makarios released an announcement regarding restrictions placed at Greek Orthodox places of worship as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Below is the release that has been circulated: Your …
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Farewell Athens… Covid-19 dispatch from Greece
Athens, Wednesday, 11 March: I was leading my annual arts and cultural tour of Athens, from 9-13 March. Artists and producers from outside Greece come to Athens for five days …
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Jenny Mikakos pleads with Archbishop Makarios to protect Australia’s Greek community
Victoria’s Health Minister Jenny Mikakos sent a letter to Archbishop Makarios prior to the Archbishop’s communique on Monday night which told congregations that it is acceptable to take the sacrament …
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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 …
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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 …
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Coronavirus pandemic medical advice: How to prepare, what to expect and when it will end
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has now declared Coronovirus infection is causing a pandemic. A pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease. The virus is airborne and is …
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Coronavirus and social media memes go viral over the internet
As Covid-19 escalates, social media has been abuzz with all manner of posts related to coronavirus. One popular post being shared across social media purports to link the disease with …
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The Greek name is no ordinary name
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet” William Shakespeare,”Romeo and Juliet”. Shakespeare and Juliet were wrong. A name is …
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‘Save Greece and Europe from Turkish invasion’, a petition to Donald Trump
A petition has been started under the name of Kostas Patriotis on change.org, titled ‘Save Greece and Europe from Turkish invasion’. There were nearly 5,000 signatures by Wednesday afternoon. The …
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Opinion: Coronavirus, faith and Orthodoxy
Imagine you’re at a cafe or restaurant and you order a bottle of wine. The waiter brings over the wine and grabs a glass from the nearby table that has …