“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 …

Australia Day. What does it mean to me? Not everyone reading this will agree as there has been a major shift in the last 25 years about the importance of …

As Australians, we belong to an ancient land with a story that spans 60,000 years. Our national story begins with the oldest continuing culture in the world. Our most modern …

Growing up in a Greek household, Australia Day wasn’t a particularly significant day of celebration. While my parents have forever been thankful for the opportunity to migrate to this country, …

It is mid-January and I am beginning to mentally prepare myself for another year of daily challenges, laughter, surprises and tears from the little people that will enter my classroom. …

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 …

The exciting story as to how the days of the week got their name stretches back to Ancient Greece and is covered in layers of history, religion, astronomy and even …

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, …

Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week announced a “far-reaching” inquiry into the catastrophic fires burning across Australia. It will be “wide ranging, and include climate change”. He also denied that …

Vasso Kalamaras, the Greek and Western-Australian pioneering writer of poetry, prose and plays, is no longer with us. She died suddenly on 3 January, as Vivienne Morris, a dear friend …