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Archdiocese of Australia Refutes Reports of Lavish Sydney Apartment for...
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia refuted on Thursday reports that Archbishop Makarios is residing in a luxury apartment with stunning views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. In a statement, the...
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Greek-Australians Stay Connected; Channel 31 to Remain On-Air
Melbourne’s Channel 31 recently had it’s license extended for 12 months, allowing the station to continue to connect various communities including Greek-Australians. Photo credit: Skeezix1000 Melbourne...
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Widow of Australian Gang Boss John Macris Faces Accused Killers
Viktoria Karida, widow of murdered Sydney gangland figure John Macris, confronted in a Greek court on Wednesday the two men who have allegedly killed her husband. In October 2018, a man shot Macris to...
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Australian Archbishop Suspends Public Worship in Several Melbourne Churches
Archbishop Makarios of Australia. Photo: Archdiocese of Australia An unsettling uptick in the number of Coronavirus infections in Australia has led to renewed concerns over social distancing and public...
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Senator Paul Scarr Calls on Australia to Recognize Armenian Genocide
Australian Federal Senator Paul Scarr. Photo: www.Twitter.com/@ANCaustralia Federal Senator for Queensland Paul Scarr announced his support of the Joint Justice Initiative, calling for Australia to...
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Three Greek-Australian Teens Left Orphaned
Vicky and Eric Charalambous. Photo: Charalambous Family GoFundMe page Australia’s tight-knit Greek community was saddened to hear of the death of father of three Eric Charalambous, who died recently...
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Greek-Australian Architectural Firm Wins Melbourne Prize
The State Library of Victoria was recently renovated, with the Andronas Conservation Architecture team playing an integral role in the process. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Gordon Makryllos The team at...
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Greek Man Breaks Melbourne Lockdown to Drive 40 Km to Favorite Greek Store
A Greek-Australian is facing a stiff fine for breaking the coronavirus lockdown by driving from his home to the other side of Melbourne to buy Greek groceries and food. The shopper drove 30 minutes...
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Nine Greek Australians Die from Coronavirus in Melbourne Care Home
Melbourne’s Greek community is devastated as the death toll from coronavirus in a single care home for the aged climbed to nine on Tuesday. The state of Victoria’s Health Minister Jenny Mikakos choked...
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Greek Australians Shocked at Twelve Deaths in Church-Sponsored Care Home
Greek-Australians continue to express outrage, sadness and anger over what is now twelve deaths suffered by their tight-knit community at St. Basil’s Home for Aged Care in Melbourne. According to...
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Greek Community of New South Wales Presents Greek Bicentennial Program
Sydney’s Greek Orthodox Community of New South Wales will present a full slate of events celebrating the bicentennial of modern Greece in 2021. The bicentennial, commemorating Greece’s triumphant...
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Critics Claim Failures Caused “Deadly Delay” in St. Basil’s Covid-19 Outbreak
File photo Australia’s aged care regulating authority was accused of a “catastrophic communications failure” after delaying for four days to report a Covid-19 case at Melbourne’s St. Basil’s aged care...
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Greek PM Mitsotakis Speaks With Australian PM Morrison on Coronavirus, East...
Photo: pxfuel Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke via telephone on Tuesday with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. According to a press release, the two leaders talked briefly...
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Australia’s Greek Orthodox, Catholic and Anglican Archbishops Oppose...
Archbishop Makarios. Credit: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Australia’s Greek Orthodox Archbishop Makarios, Roman Catholic Archbishop Anthony Fisher and Anglican Archbishop Glenn Davies object...
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Victoria: One in Five Victims of Coronavirus is Greek
Credit:Sebastian Nemec/ Health.mil Out of the 549 coronavirus deaths in Australia, 462 are from Victoria. One in five of those victims is of Greek heritage. As the Australian government attempts to...
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Greeks of Melbourne Organize Greece 2021 Bicentennial Celebrations
Greek Community Center of Melbourne Home to the largest Greek population outside of Greece, the city of Melbourne, Australia is a center of the Greek diaspora. In honor of the 200th anniversary of the...
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Greeks in Sydney Celebrate 50th Anniversary of St. Nectarios Church
Saint Nectarios Church in Burwood, Sydney. Credit: Saint Nectarios Burwood-Sydney Australia/ Facebook Saint Nectarios Church, a center of the Greek diaspora who live in the area, has been serving the...
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Thousands of Australians Stranded Abroad, Including Many Greek Australians
Credit: Wikimedia Commons In the wake of the Covid crisis, Australia’s government limited international arrivals into the country to 4,000 travelers a week. This has left Australians abroad, most of...
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Greek-Australian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos Resigns
Credit: Jenny Mikakos MP/Facebook Greek-Australian Jenny Mikakos resigned as Victoria’s Health Minister on Saturday, amid growing pressure over her role in the state’s coronavirus hotel quarantine...
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Melbourne Seminar to Portray Misery of a Starving Greece Under Nazi Occupation
Greek Jews from Ioannina being sent to Auschwitz in 1944. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Violetta Hionidou, aProfessor of Modern European History at Newcastle University, will present an online lecture...
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