Emanuel J. Comino to give lecture in Melbourne on return of Parthenon Marbles

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The Pallaconian Brotherhood of Melbourne and Victoria “Leonidas,” is going to host a public lecture at 7pm on March 29 by Emanuel J. Comino OAM on the topic of the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece.

Emanuel J Comino is the founder and Chairman of the International Organising Committee – Australia – For the Restitution of the Parthenon Sculptures (IOC-A-RPM) and is also the Vice-Chairman of the International Association for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Australia Day Honours List in 1985. He was also invited to speak about the case for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles at the Hague in the Netherlands in 2003.

Mr Comino was involved in the Kytherian Association of Australia, was also a founding member of the Pan-Hellenic Soccer Club (now Sydney Olympic FC) and he was the President and secretary of the Greek Orthodox Church of Kogarah. Moreover, he was a community liaison officer in the Kogarah police district, a member of the Southern Sydney Health Services board and President of the Australasian Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA).

Mr. Comino and The Kytherian Association

Supporters of the Brotherhood and members of the public, as well as representatives of Greek Australian cultural organisations and the Consul General of Greece in Melbourne, Emmanuel Kakavelakis, will be present at the event.

After a short welcome by Pallaconian Youth President Miltiadis Paikopoulos, Emanuel will begin his lecture, and if time allows, there will be an opportunity for questions to be asked at the end.

The lecture will be held on Wednesday, March 29 at 7pm at 253 Albert Street, Brunswick, 3056. More information can be found in the Facebook page of the event.

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