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Scott Morrison celebrates Orthodox Easter with the Greek Community
Greeks Down Under celebrated Easter last night with more excitement than other years. Following last year’s limited or non-existent celebrations due to Covid-19 restrictions keeping the faithful away from churches, …
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Deputy Greek FM Vlasis in Jerusalem to attend the Holy Light Ceremony
Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantinos Vlasis is in Jerusalem to attend the Holy Light Ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Earlier on Saturday he met with the Patriarch of …
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Ktimatologio, E9 and ENFIA crucial for your property in Greece
What would possibly connect a court claim for a piece of property, with payment of the property tax for it? The answer is Greek law. The Greek administration has …
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Greece reports 2,155 new cases, 66 deaths from Covid on Good Friday
There were 2,155 laboratory-confirmed new cases of Covid-19 in Greece over the last 24 hours, of which nine were Greek authorities announced on Good Friday, April 30. This brings the …
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Easter in Greece, soaring temperatures prompt exodus despite preventions
Soaring temperatures in Greece will peak at 38 degrees Centigrade on Easter Sunday, with record highs. The warmer central and southern regions will enjoy summer temperatures usually reserved for August, …
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Bonegilla Project connects community with migrant past
Many early Greek Australians had passed through immigration centres like Bonegilla which was situated around 300 kilometres north-east of Melbourne. Bonegilla was originally an army training camp but in 1947 …
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Step-by-step guide to the perfect Paschal lamb on the spit
There are some simple but important considerations in preparing the lamb or goat for the spit. And this should best be done the day before the meat on the spit …
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Court hears St Basil’s staff allegedly given incorrect infection control training
A Supreme hearing into a major class action against St Basil’s Homes for the Aged in Fawkner has heard that family and friends visiting the nursing home from May to …
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Melbourne family discover DNA link to unsung hero of the Greek Revolution
When she drove past the statue in Ilioupoli when she was on honeymoon in Athens, Mandy Nickas noted that the name it bore was of Ioannis “Tsakalos” Theofilopoulos, her maiden …
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Tears of joy as iconic Greek Orthodox Church opens its doors after catastrophic fire
There was not a dry eye in sight during last week’s Palm Sunday service, as parishioners of the Greek Orthodox church of The Nativity of Christ in Port Adelaide entered …