This week marks the 67th anniversary of the arrival of the ship ‘Begona’ in Melbourne, a significant event that brought hundreds of Greek brides to Australia. On June 16, 1957, …

When Olympia Raptis experienced a health issue with her lower back and sciatica, she couldn’t attend a family funeral wake due to a lack of disability access at Brunswick’s St …

This year is 50 years since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and with that the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria together with SEKA Victoria and the Cyprus Community …

The collaboration between the Greek Orthodox Community of St. Albans ‘Agia Paraskevi’ and the ‘Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand’, Nektarios has been terminated. The announcement was made by the …

Over this past weekend Pipeworks Market in Thomastown, Melbourne, celebrated all things Greek at their Greek festival. From Cypriot-Greek and Greek cuisine, music, dance and stalls set up selling Greek …

Preschool children took a remarkable journey through Greek history last Thursday as part of the Museum Education program focused on Digenis Akritas. The program was co-organised by the ELA Greek …

As anticipated, Giannis Kostoulias has been re-elected president of the Federation of Greek Elderly Citizens Clubs of Melbourne and Victoria. The new seven-member Board of Directors convened on Saturday and …

On Tuesday, May 4, the unexpected passing of Alexandros Giannadakis while he was abroad brought deep sorrow to his family, friends, colleagues, and students. Celebrated for his dedication to Greek …

Cypriots from around the world were brought together at the inaugural Cyprus Diaspora Forum last month. The four-day event held on March 6-9 in Limassol, Cyprus was founded by South …

Children are the most precious thing in most people’s lives and our society puts great importance on both raising them as well as educating them. The significance of schooling them, …