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Ancient bonds to cricketing battles: Greeks and Indians unite in Australia
Ancient bonds: Greece and India’s 2,500-year-old connection Greeks and Indians have shared historical ties for over 2,500 years, dating back to interactions before Alexander the Great’s Indian campaign in 327 …
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Antipodes Festival: A living expression of Greek identity in multicultural Melbourne
The tapestry of Melbourne’s multiculturalism was on display at this weekend’s Antipodes Festival, a celebration of Greek heritage that brings together various cultural expressions in an immersive street experience for …
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Antipodes Festival: Melbourne’s celebration of Greek culture shines bright
The 37th Antipodes Festival remains one of Melbourne’s most significant cultural events. Once again, Lonsdale Street transformed over the weekend into a hub of music, dance, and community, with more …
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Arete: Virtue, influence, and the writers who stay
Arete ἀρετή – is one of my favourite Greek words. The standard translation is virtue –excellence, and goodness. This is technically correct, but the sound and associations in English miss …
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Greek festivals take over Melbourne and Sydney
The 37th Antipodes Festival returns this weekend, an annual event which has become part of Melbourne’s cultural life is stewarded by the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM). As its director …
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Janiszewski and Alexakis to gift decades of Greek Australian history works to State Library of NSW
Social historian Leonard Janiszewski and ethnographic photographer Effy Alexakis—renowned chroniclers of the Greek-Australian experience since the early 1980s—will deliver a special lecture at the Sydney Greek Festival on March 11 …
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Saint Valentine, Saint Hyacinth, and the lovers Aquila and Priscilla
Every February 14, couples around the world celebrate love in the name of Saint Valentine. But who exactly was he, and how did he become the patron saint of romance? …
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From Zerma to Abbotsford, a Greek Civil War adventure
A few weeks ago, I was invited to the Abbotsford home of Pantelis and Dimitra Vlahopoulos, migrants that arrived in Melbourne in December 1966. Their backyard had the obligatory lemon …
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A second shot at Miss Universe Australia with a mission to inspire
Dana Diamataris, loves a new challenge any opportunity she gets. “Why should you stop challenging yourself at any point in your life? Why not continue to do it again and …
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Celebrating a great big fat Kazzi mixed wedding
My cousin’s eldest son fell in love with a childhood sweetheart whose family is part-Greek. It was a match made in the Mediterranean. But that wasn’t enough. The wedding had …