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Zeibekiko Festival Australia 2025: Ten days of dance, music and memory

Ventouris Productions proudly presents the 3rd Zeibekiko Festival Australia, running from 3 to 12 October 2025 across Sydney and Melbourne. Over ten days, the festival will immerse audiences in the spirit of zeibekiko through music, dance,...

Giannis Ploutarhos to bring star power to the Let’s Go Greek Festival in Parramatta

Parramatta is set to come alive on Sunday, September 21, as the Let’s Go Greek Festival returns bigger than ever with a celebration of food, music and culture that promises to draw over 60,000 people. From...

Discobolus monument under consideration for NSW State Heritage Register

The Discobolus Monument in Sydney Olympic Park - a treasured symbol of Greek heritage and the Olympic spirit - is now being considered for inclusion on the New South Wales State Heritage Register. The Heritage Council...

‘Some wounds never close’: Young Cypriot Australians reflect on Cyprus, 51 years on

Fifty-one years after the second phase of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus on 14 August 1974, two young students – Georgia Vardavakis and Savina Koumidis – shared deeply personal reflections on its ongoing impact.  Their words...

Archbishop Makarios visits St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Canberra

The Greek Orthodox Community and Church of Canberra (GOCCC) welcomed His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia to St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Kingston on Friday, August 8. His Eminence was accompanied by the Chancellor of...

George Halkias honoured at 2025 HESTA Excellence Awards

Melbourne community leader George Halkias, co-founder of The Big Issue Community Street Soccer Program, has been recognised for his outstanding leadership in community services at the 2025 HESTA Excellence Awards. Halkias, a pioneer in sport-for-development, has...

Care, culture and community: The women leading Greek Home for the Aged with love

As Australia marks Aged Care Employee Day, we shine a spotlight on two remarkable women at the Greek Orthodox Community Home for the Aged in Earlwood, Sydney – a place where love, language and cultural...

Elijah Kahlenberg: A Greek-Jewish student’s mission for peace in a divided world

In a world gripped by war, division and rising hate, one young Jewish-Greek peacebuilder is walking a radically different path – one rooted in empathy, shared humanity and the stubborn pursuit of peace. At just 22,...

Canberra’s Greek community gains new gathering space and aged care hub

The Greek Orthodox Community and Church of Canberra (GOCCC) has officially opened a newly refurbished community hall behind St Nicholas Church in Kingston, made possible through a collaboration with St Basil’s NSW/ACT. What was once the...

Nikos Papastergiadis wins prestigious Michael Crouch Award for literary debut

Nikos Papastergiadis has been awarded the 2025 Michael Crouch Award for a Debut Work at the National Biography Awards for his hybrid memoir John Berger and Me. The announcement was made on July 31 via...

Warmth in action: Community rallies behind Greek Welfare Centre’s Winter Appeal

This year’s Winter Community Appeal, hosted by the Greek Welfare Centre (GWC) of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, once again proved to be a powerful expression of compassion, dignity, and community solidarity. Held on Thursday,...

Areti Ketime to perform at Zeibekiko Festival Australia 2025

Acclaimed Greek singer and santouri virtuoso Areti Ketime will travel to Australia this October to perform at the third annual Zeibekiko Festival Australia, set to take place from 3 to 12 October 2025 across Sydney...

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From Pappou to Dad: How Greek Australian fathers shape generations

By Christina Savopoulos Father’s Day gives Greek Australian families the chance to celebrate the father figures in their lives. Many stereotypes exist for Greek dads...

Western Macedonia to honour Zisis Dardalis and Professor Anastasios Tamis

The Region of Western Macedonia will hold a ceremony of honorary recognition next week to pay tribute to two towering figures of the Greek...

Hari Koutlakis among SA’s next generation of boundary-pushing artists

Adelaide’s creative spirit doesn’t fade when the Fringe ends – it thrives year-round in its studios, galleries, and creative hubs. As the home of...

Polyaigos island declared archaeological site

The Central Archeological Council (KAS) of the Greek Culture Ministry has officially declared the entire Aegean island of Polyaigos an archaeological site, aiming to...

Agapi and Salona: A tale of two Greek restaurants, side by side, with love

Salona and Agapi were both born in 1969, when Swan Street was Melbourne’s unofficial Greek precinct. The strip pulsed with life; home to nine...