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A fire damaged the Holy Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady in East Melbourne on Monday, a day after the Greek Orthodox Church faithful celebrated Easter. According to The Age, an MFB spokesman said firefighters were called to the church around 1:40pm on...

On April 15, the 34th Greek Festival of Sydney concluded its 2016 program of events with a spectacular show at the magical City Recital Hall. More than 1000 people attended the concert of works by two of Greece’s most...

The number of Australians aged over 65, is expected to grow rapidly in the next few decades. The expected rapid growth in Australia's population and consequent growth in the residential aged care sector is raising concerns on how to combat...

The Cretan Organization of Melbourne and Melbourne's Cretan Association, along with the help of the Cretan Federation of Australia and New Zealand and the coordinating council for the memory of the Battle of Crete, organized a series of events to...

More than 200 people filled the spectacular Cell Block Theatre at the National Art School in Sydney on Friday April 8 for the Vasilis Tsitsanis: Songs of the Peopleconcert presented as part of the 34th Greek Festival of Sydney. The...

The Greek-Australians of Melbourne and Sydney had the opportunity to enjoy the grand star of the Greek music scene, Marinella, along with the unique performer Takis Zacharatos. Marinella charmed the audience with her voice by singing all of her greatest...

Melbourne's Greek Orthodox Community is organizing a lecture titled "The Restoration of Domination in Greece"  in mid-April, with Costas Lapavitsas, SYRIZA's former MP and Economics professor as the basic speaker. Lapavitsas will visit Melbourne for a series of lectures, organized...

The Holy Church of “The Annunciation of Our Lady”, one of Melbourne's oldest churches and the second Greek-Orthodox church that was founded in Australia, gloriously celebrated March 25th. The festivities started on the March 24, when a big crowd of...

Professor Alanna Nobbs’ views on the Byzantium and its Greek history captured the audience at the Macquarie Room at the Parliament of NSW on the evening of Tuesday March 22. In relation to the 34th Greek Festival of Sydney, hosted...

                As part of the 34th Greek Festival of Sydney, Professor Vrasidas Karalis of the University of Sydney directed and adapted the works of Greek poet Yannis Ritsos for a dramatic performance and recitation by Athanasia Costa and Eleni Eleftherias-Kostakidis. The...