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Oakleigh Community gala tickets sell out in record time
A gala ball to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Greek Orthodox Community of Oakleigh and District, as well as the 40th anniversary of Oakleigh Grammar, has sold out in …
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AHEPA Greek School celebrates Carnival and Clean Monday
AHEPA Greek School reports that Carnival and Clean Monday were celebrated “with great success” on Monday 27 February. Students, teachers, volunteers and parents alike arrived to the school dressed in …
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Australia’s Greek diaspora sends condolences to those affected by train wreck disaster near Larissa
At least 43 people have died and dozens more are injured after two trains collided head-on near the Greek city of Larissa just before midnight Tuesday (Greece time). Several carriages …
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‘I think I know this man’: When your Greek mum serves Ed Sheeran a burger
“You go anywhere in the world with his photo and people know him,” Greg Pappas tells Neos Kosmos with a giggle over the phone on Wednesday. A day earlier, the …
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‘Dying at home’ can be your best last choice, and there’s a program for it
When her husband Gerard passed, Helen-Anne Manion (née Servetopoulos) and the whole family were by his side. Literally. “My grandchildren, and four children they were all here, my son came …
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Oakleigh Grammar alumna Toni Stathopoulos dances her way to the top
Oakleigh Grammar alumna and 2022 School Captain Toni Stathopoulos has been accepted into the prestigious Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) at The University of Melbourne and has also been …
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Antipodes Festival once again delivers an unforgettable celebration of all things Greek
Melbourne’s 35th Antipodes Festival drew to a close Sunday night following a triumphant two-day festival of all things Greek that saw more than a 100,000 descend on Melbourne’s Greek precinct …
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Myths and Dreamings: the link between Ancient Greece and Aboriginal Australians
Although geographically and historically far apart ancient Greece and Indigenous Australia present an amazing array of similarities in their underlying hierophanies even though the two cultures have great differences. At …
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New Greek Orthodox parish to open in Northern Territory
Saint Savvas the New of Kalymnos is set to be established in Darwin, Northern Territory on Saturday, 25 March, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese has announced. Saint Savvas is an initiative …
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Fly a kite, join a parade, and revel for Clean Monday which marks 40 days to Greek Easter
Clean Monday, also known as Kathara Deftera in Greek, is the first day of Great Lent, which marks the 40-day fasting period before Easter for the Orthodox Church. This day …