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NUGAS welcomes new committee, with hopes to reconnect with Alumni and Diaspora
The National Union of Greek Australian Students (NUGAS) has changed hands for the new 2021/22 season. The previous committee faced unprecedented challenges with the onset of Victoria’s strict lockdowns, having …
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Answering the call to take up the life of a parish priest
Father Nicholas Georgiou is the priest for The Presentation of Our Lady to the Temple in North Balwyn. He told Neos Kosmos that in his youth, he had always been …
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Design for Battle of Crete memorial for Perth’s King Park unveiled
The Battle of Crete Memorial Committee (BCMC) of Western Australia met last week to unveil the concept design for a memorial of the 1941 battle which will be set up …
GACL extends submission date for literary competition and Antipodes periodical
The date for submissions to the Greek Australian Cultural League’s (GACL) Literary Competition and for its periodical Antipodes has been extended to Friday, 23 July. The literary competition comprises of …
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Community channels 31 & 44 given a month to get off the air
Melbourne and Adelaide’s community television stations 44 and 31 respectively have been given a month to get off the air. Even though the federal government hasn’t resolved their frequency range …
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Paula Masselos unveils memorial in Waverley honouring the Battle of Crete
Mayor of Waverley, Paula Masselos joined by Archbishop Makarios Griniezakis and the Consul General of Greece in Sydney, Christos Karras, unveiled the Council’s new memorial to mark the 80th anniversary …
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Alan Jones visits the Holy Archdiocese of Australia
Archbishop Makarios of Australia received Australian journalist Alan Jones, in the central offices of the Holy Archdiocese of Sydney on Saturday. Mr Jones received a tour of all the areas …
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Love conquers lockdown: Brides and grooms whose passion was greater than the pandemic
The bitterness of Melbourne’s fourth lockdown which kicked off at 11.59pm on Thursday has been a hard pill to swallow, especially for those who had to cancel plans. Those feeling …
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Aussie Fr John’s winding road to the Orthodox church
The parish priest of the St Nicholas Orthodox Church of Bunbury in South Australia, Fr John Sullivan, is a man who came to the Church by a long and varied …
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Greek mother’s desperate plea for help, after fleeing domestic violence
A few hours within publishing the devastating story of a Greek mother, her two children and their struggle to start a new life after fleeing domestic violence, Neos Kosmos was …