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The Panepirotic Federation hosts Virgin Marys lament tonight
The Panepirotic Federation of Australia, the Cretan Federation and the Messenian Federation at the Archiocesan District of Northcote is hosting the Virgin Mary’s lament at 6.30pm this evening at the …
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How your second pandemic Easter will look different from the first
Palm Sunday on 25 April marks the start of Greek Orthodox Holy Week. After the success of COVIDSafe Easter celebrations by other Christian groups earlier this month, Greek Orthodox Christians …
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Athens Mayor tells diaspora why Athens is the next big thing
Athens is alluring, even at the worst of times, when it does as it has done for millennia – survive, resist and prosper, while building from its hotchpotch of layers …
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Gearing up for Brisbane’s Paniyiri
After last year’s cancellation, Brisbane’s 45th Paniyiri Greek Festival will take place again this year from 22-23 May. The usual honeypuffs and Zorba-inspired events will be offered, however rather than …
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Aussie advice for a COVIDSafe Greek Orthodox Holy Week
This Sunday (25 April) marks Palm Sunday, and most Greek Australians are eager to feel the real spirit of Holy Week with all the traditions and customs it entails, especially …
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Deli provides flavours of Greece in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market
The Hellenic Deli is the warm Greek heart that has been beating in Queen Victoria Market (QVM) since 1972. When John and Helen Xasteroulis opened the deli at Shop 39-40 …
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Peter Weir’s “Gallipoli” 40 years on: deftly directed and still devastating
With the release of the first-world-war film “Gallipoli” in 1981, director Peter Weir could finally shrug off the nickname he had laboured under since making his first films: “Peter Weird”. …
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Purported celebration of Nazi Battle of Crete sparks outcry
An organisation calling itself The European Paratroopers Association, or EAP, purportedly planned to hold a celebration of the Battle of Crete in Chania in May to mark the 80th anniversary …
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Market Lane, an office hub, introduces a new way of working
Natural light filters through every corner of Market Lane, as it flows unobstructed through a seven-metre atrium at the centre of this newly-completed office building, in the hub of South …
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Women of the north played their part in 1821 and in the years before
Elisabeth Ypsilantis Elisabeth Ypsilantis, was a Greek aristocrat from Northern Epirus and Moldavia. She was the mother of Alexander Ypsilantis, and was known as the “First Lady of the Friends” …