Pontian communities around Australia honour the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos
This year’s ‘Dekapentavgousto’ celebrations by the Pontians of Australia took place over the weekend with splendour and a wonderful festive atmosphere.
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GREEKS ABROAD
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August 7, 2022 Fotis Vergopoulos set to lead ‘Rebetiko Caravan’ tour across Australia
The raw and captivating sound of rebetika (Greek blues), is the music of the Greek underground, expressing themes of love, pain and hashish.
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CYPRUS
July 11, 2022 A MEMORIAL FOR CYPRIOT HEROES AND MARTYRS IN AUSTRALIA
Last Sunday the Cyprus Community of Melbourne and Victoria and the parish of ‘The Presentation of our Lady to the Temple’ in North Balwyn held a memorial service to honour the memory of Archbishop Kyprianos of Cyprus, Bishops Chrysanthos of Paphos, Meletios of Kiti, Lavrentions of Kerinia and other clergy, as well as civilians, who […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
July 9, 2022 Associate Professor Socrates Dokos on the ‘strong future’ of biomedical engineering in Australia
What should I study when I finish high school? It’s the one question every student in Australia has to face as they get ready to embark on their tertiary education.
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GREEKS ABROAD
June 23, 2022 Christos Tsiolkas’ novel named among the top 25 in Australia
Sydney Morning Herald has compiled a list naming the 25 best Australian novels of the last 25 years.
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GREEKS ABROAD
June 14, 2022 The Niagara Cafe: Australia’s oldest Greek cafe and milk bar reopens with new owners
The restoration of Australia’s last authentic Greek cafe in the New South Wales rural town of Gundagai is complete and a “soft opening” was held in early June.
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GREEKS ABROAD
May 4, 2022 Dimitris Basis: ‘Here in Australia there is a piece of Greece’
When international Greek singer, Dimitris Basis, enters the offices of The Greek Herald in Sydney for our exclusive interview, I’m instantly struck by his charisma, intelligence and pure love of music.
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CYPRUS
April 24, 2022 High Commissioner of Cyprus in Australia sends message ahead of Orthodox Easter
The High Commissioner of Cyprus in Australia, Martha Mavrommatis, has sent a joyful message to Australia’s Greek and Cypriot communities ahead of Orthodox Easter on Sunday.
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GREEKS ABROAD
April 16, 2022 Vicky Staikopoulos: Changing Australia’s wool industry a micron at a time
An Australian neuroscientist of Greek heritage, Dr Vicky Staikopoulos is the Managing Director and co-founder of Woven Optics, a South Australian agricultural start-up building technological solutions for wool growers.
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GREEKS ABROAD
April 13, 2022 Tribute concert for Mikis Theodorakis to hit stages across Australia
Regarded as the greatest composer in Greek history, Mikis Theodorakis used his artform to express the inexpressible, galvanising an entire nation when penning the film score to Zorba the Greek, along with countless other rousing symphonies and ballads.
