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Largest Greek flag unveiled in the Peloponnese ahead of OXI Day

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Largest Greek flag unveiled in the Peloponnese ahead of OXI Day

The largest Greek flag has been unveiled in the Peloponnese ahead of Greece’s National Day (OXI Day) on October 28.

OXI Day marks the anniversary of the moment Greece said ‘NO’ to an Italian Fascist invasion and gave the Axis Powers their first defeat in 1940.

Young students from a local school in Kastori, Laconia wanted to commemorate this historic day by placing the large Greek flag on the Taygetus Mountain Range.

Young students from a local school in Kastori, Laconia wanted to commemorate OXI Day with the Greek flag. Photo: Pentapostagma.

The students have been praised by locals for their initiative.

Taygetus is the highest mountain range of the Peloponnese, impressing visitors with its unique views, lush nature and picturesque villages.

READ MORE: Launching of Kalamata Place paves the way for possibility of Darebin Square in the Peloponnese.

‘SYRIZA can win the next election’: Party leader Alexis Tsipras

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‘SYRIZA can win the next election’: Party leader Alexis Tsipras

SYRIZA party leader, Alexis Tsipras, has expressed confidence that Greece’s main opposition will win in next year’s general election.

“Opinion polls speak of a sizeable chunk of undecided voters and increasing public discontent with the government over the economy,” Tsipras said in an interview with Skai TV on Tuesday.

“This pool of undecided voters is not going to swing toward the ruling party… I believe SYRIZA can win the next election.”

Greece’s upcoming elections, which are scheduled for June 2023, will be fought under proportional representation, which means that no party will win an overall majority.

A second ballot will follow, under a new law passed by ruling New Democracy, which will give the top voting-getting party a large number of bonus members of Parliament.

According to Ekathimerini, public surveys show the conservatives of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis polling more than eight points ahead of SYRIZA.

READ MORE: SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras pressures Mitsotakis to call an early election.

Source: Ekathimerini.

Australia’s Greek Orthodox Archbishop requests comments be turned off on The Greek Herald FB page

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Australia’s Greek Orthodox Archbishop requests comments be turned off on The Greek Herald FB page

The effect of the High Court of Australia’s landmark decision in Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Voller [2021] HCA 27 continues to impact media publications, notwithstanding the recent changes in Defamation law. By a majority of 5 to 2, the Court held the media liable as publishers of third-party comments. Recent amendments sought to address that decision.

However, on October 12, The Greek Herald received a letter of complaint by a Sydney legal firm acting for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and Archbishop Makarios reprimanding the publication for alleged defamatory third-party comments made on its public Facebook page.

The letter states that “while The Greek Herald itself may not have uploaded anything which is defamatory of Archbishop Makarios,” the majority of comments on the publication’s Facebook page “represent defamatory attacks against Archbishop Makarios.”

Most of the comments were made under posts referring to the suspension from the Archdiocese of Melbourne priest Father Eleftherios Tatsis, the official visit of the Archbishop to Kastellorizo, and the recent defamation proceedings initiated by the Archbishop towards Melbourne blogger Alkis Morelas.

Referencing the recent High Court decision in Voller, the letter stated that “…as a matter of defamation law you are liable as a publisher of the defamatory comments posted by other people on The Greek Herald Facebook page, because by running the Facebook page, you are facilitating the publication of those defamatory comments.”

The letter also suggested that alleged defamatory comments should immediately be removed and requested that The Greek Herald “closes the comments on future articles to ensure that the same does not happen again.”

“If this action is taken, the Archbishop will consider the matter at an end,” it read.

The Greek Herald does not condone any defamatory comments on its Facebook page whoever they may identify, and has subsequently removed the comments the publication deemed to be allegedly defamatory.  

Since receipt of the aforementioned letter, The Greek Herald has also stopped receiving communications in the form of press releases from the Archdiocese’s media team, which occurred almost daily.

This letter has come after the Archdiocese has initiated legal pursuits with various other publications in Australia and overseas. Most recently, the website “Exapsalmos” issued a public apology over the publication of a series of articles, while earlier this year the Archbishop launched defamation proceedings in Sydney’s Federal Court over four articles by blogger Alkis Morelas. Last year, the ABC also issued a correction on an article about the conduct of the Greek Orthodox church in Australia in connection with its aged care facilities.

Professor Vrasidas Karalis gives lecture on the Macedonian issue for the Dimitria Festival

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Professor Vrasidas Karalis gives lecture on the Macedonian issue for the Dimitria Festival

Professor Vrasidas Karalis held a lecture on ‘The Macedonian issue after the Prespes Agreement’ on Sunday, October 23 at AHEPA Hall in Rockdale in southern Sydney.

The lecture is part of a series of talks organised by the Pan-Macedonian Association of New South Wales together with the Friends of Nikos Kazantzakis Society for the 2022 Dimitria Festival. This year’s festival celebrates Macedonian culture.

Professor Vrasidas’ lecture drew a large crowd on the day including a number of VIP guests such as the Consul General of Greece in Sydney, Ioannis Mallikourtis; President of the Pan-Macedonian Association of NSW, Anastasia Karakominakis; Vice President of the Pan-Macedonian Association of NSW, Peter Papoulidis, and President of AHEPA NSW Inc, Bill Skandalakis; among many others.

On the day, Professor Vrasidas spoke about the history of the Macedonian issue and raised questions about when it started and how it evolved.

From there, he briefly spoke about the three key players which currently have a role in the Balkans region – that is, Russia, Turkey and China.

After discussing the actions of Russia, Turkey and China in the Balkans at the moment, the Professor turned to the Prespes Agreement and stressed that it puts Greece in a “brighter spot” than it was in the past.

“In my opinion, the agreement was the best agreement that we could have achieved under the circumstances… it [the agreement] does have inaccuracies and issues that need to be resolved at some stage,” Professor Vrasidas said.

At the end of the lecture, there was a Q&A session where Professor Vrasidas answered questions from attendees, before people stood up to enjoy some finger food and mingling.

Meet the Evzones visiting Adelaide and Perth

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Meet the Evzones visiting Adelaide and Perth

Members of Greece’s Presidential Guard have arrived in Adelaide, South Australia to attend this year’s OXI Day events.

During their eight day visit, the Evzones will visit St Basil’s Aged Care in St Peters, unveil a Memorial in honour of the Greek Revolution bicentenary, and will also stand guard at the War Memorial for a Service of Remembrance in honour of OXI Day, among many other things.

From there, on Tuesday, November 1, the Evzones will also visit Perth, Western Australia for the first time for eight days to commemorate Greece’s National Day.

But who are the Evzones visiting both states?

They are: Captain Panagiotis Karkatzoulis – Kalamata, Captain Theodoros Mpouromitros – Fthiotida.

Ezvones: Ioannis Argianidis – Ksanthi, Dimitrios Lekkas – Nauplio, Panagiotis Aias Papagiannopoulos – Kalamata, Emmanouil Tasoulis – Athens, Emmanouil Verykokidis – Heraklion Crete, Dimitrios Irinaios Tsirakis – Mykines, Georgios Markos – Athens, Georgios Aristides Goustav Sklavenitis – Lefkada, Konstantinos Polymeros – Atalanti, Gerasimos Zervas – Corfu.

In a post on Facebook, Captain Panagiotis Karkatzoulis said he was overjoyed to be visiting Australia to represent Greece and participate in OXI Day commemoration events together with the Greek diaspora in Adelaide and Perth.

READ MORE: Program released for the Evzones’ first-ever visit to Perth for OXI Day commemorations

Australian National Maritime Museum celebrates 876 new names on Monument to Migration

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Australian National Maritime Museum celebrates 876 new names on Monument to Migration

Another 876 names have been added to the National Monument to Migration at the Australian National Maritime Museum, at the latest unveiling ceremony in Pyrmont on Tuesday.

The National Monument to Migration honours the thousands of migrants who have travelled across
the world to call Australia home.

Each year, more names are inscribed on the bronze-panelled wall which faces Darling Harbour and Pyrmont Bay – historically the site where many migrants first arrived.

Photos by Marinco Kojdanovski #seamuseum.

The Monument currently features over 31,000 names from over 200 countries.

The museum has worked closely with the Greek community over the past year in a special fundraiser to
commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence and to honour the contribution of Greek Australians in building our nation.

On Tuesday, 244 new inscriptions were added, honouring people from both Greece and Cyprus – amongst these, the first ten Greek migrants to Australia.

Photos by Marinco Kojdanovski #seamuseum.

Museum Director, Daryl Karp, said, “The story of migration to Australian shores is a foundational one in our maritime history.”

“The National Monument to Migration honours the many people whose stories and contributions have shaped our nation. It is both a recognition and celebration of this wonderfully diverse nation,” he continued.

“The experiences of the people whose names are inscribed on the Monument celebrate our commonality: love of family, community and striving for a better life. Some of their stories tell of loss and sadness, some of triumph, but ultimately, all are about hope.

Photos by Marinco Kojdanovski #seamuseum

“We are grateful to our many donors to the Migration Heritage Fund, which underpins the museum’s
ongoing commitment to telling the nation’s migration stories.”

Three speakers, whose names were among those newly-added to the Monument, shared their migration
stories at the event, including Eugenia Mirakas from Greece, Nick Lewocki of Polish heritage, Richard J.
Arculus of Indian heritage and Stephen Nguyen, whose parents travelled in extreme circumstances from Vietnam.

Photo by Marinco Kojdanovski #seamuseum.

Donors are invited to contribute a brief story about the person being honoured and a brief biographical
note is published on the museum website. The museum is amassing a selection of stories from these
names; stories that, in turn, tell the story of modern Australia.

The museum is now accepting names for the next panel on the monument before the next closing date of 22 December, 2022. For further information, visit: www.sea.museum/support/national-monument.

READ MORE: ‘I did it straight away’: Why Bessie Dounis wanted her parents’ name on the National Monument to Migration

Program released for the Evzones’ first-ever visit to Perth for OXI Day commemorations

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Program released for the Evzones’ first-ever visit to Perth for OXI Day commemorations

Members of the Presidential Hellenic Guard are set to visit Perth, Western Australia for the first time, from November 1 to November 6 to commemorate Greece’s National Day (OXI Day).

The schedule, announced by the Consulate of Greece in Perth on Tuesday, is as follows.

On Wednesday, November 2 at 9.30 am, the Presidential Guards will participate in a school assembly at St Andrew’s Grammar.

Two days later, on Friday, November 4 at 12pm, there will be a procession of the Evzones on St Georges Terrace, from the Consulate of Greece in Perth, followed by a flag-raising ceremony in front of the Council House.

The Evzones in Melbourne. Photo: The Greek Herald / Argyro Vourdoumpa

On Saturday, November 5 at 6pm, there will be a welcome reception by the Hellenic Community of Western Australia and the Greek Australian RSL at Alexander the Great Club. Attendees wishing to attend must RSVP at info@hcwa.org.

The following day at 10.30am, there will be a doxology for OXI Day at the Greek Orthodox Church of Evangelismos, 57 Carr St, West Perth.

At 12.30pm, the Evzones will then take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the State War Memorial, Kings Park, which will also feature a change of guard and tribute to the Cenotaph at around 1.30pm.

This will be followed by a dinner in honour of the Evzones at 6pm at Floreat Athena. For those seeking more information and to RSVP to the dinner, contact admin@floreatathenafc.com.au.

Everyone is welcome to attend but please ensure you register your participation with the organisers, wherever registration is required.

Apart from the events that are open to the public, the Premier of WA, the Honourable Mark McGowan MLA, will host a private function to welcome the Presidential Guard. The Lord Mayor of Perth, Basil Zempilas, will also hold a lunchtime reception for the Evzones, following the flag-raising ceremony at the Council House on the Friday.

The Evzones will also visit: the Aged Care Facility of the Hellenic Community of WA, St Basil’s Aged Care Day Centre of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, The Greek Language and Culture Institute of Evangelismos, the Offices of the Archdiocesan District of Perth where they will meet with his Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea, and the Consulate of Greece in Perth.

Maria Dimopoulos awarded for her passionate advocacy of Victoria’s multicultural communities

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Maria Dimopoulos awarded for her passionate advocacy of Victoria’s multicultural communities

Maria Dimopoulos AM has been honoured with the Premier’s Award for Community Harmony for her relentless, passionate and effective advocacy of Victoria’s multicultural communities for over 30 years.

Ms Dimopoulos received her award at the Victorian Multicultural Commission‘s (VMC) ‘Multicultural Awards for Excellence’ ceremony at Victoria’s Government House on Tuesday night.

Hosted by the Honourable Linda Dessau AC Governor of Victoria, the awards ceremony was attended by a number of official guests including VMC Chairperson Viv Nguyen AM; Victorian Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Ros Spence; Victorian Minister for Education, Natalie Hutchins MP; Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton APM; and Victoria’s Emergency Management Commissioner, Andrew Crisp APM.  

Ms Dimopoulos was among 61 individuals, businesses and organisations honoured on the night for their contributions to multicultural Victoria and for their support of people with migrant, refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds. 

For over 30 years, Ms Dimopoulos has dedicated her life to representing Victoria’s multicultural communities and works to promote women’s rights, eliminate family violence and increase cross-cultural awareness.

The Greek Australian co-founder of social justice consultancy firm, Myriad Kofkin Global, is also recognised as an international expert in the intersection of diversity, gender equality and the law.

The VMC’s Chairperson congratulated Ms Dimopoulos and the other award winners on the night and said she was proud to “showcase their achievements.”

“Too often, those who strengthen multicultural Victoria are not recognised for their efforts and contributions. The Multicultural Awards for Excellence ensures we celebrate these role models for all Victorians,” Ms Nguyen said. 

For a full list of winners and those who received a high commendation, please visit www.multiculturalcommission.vic.gov.au/multicultural-awards-for-excellence.  

‘A dream’: Angelina Jolie on playing Maria Callas in new biopic

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‘A dream’: Angelina Jolie on playing Maria Callas in new biopic

Angelina Jolie has been cast as the legendary Greek American opera singer, Maria Callas in a new biopic simply titled Maria.

The film’s Chilean filmmaker, Pablo Larraín, had previously directed Natalie Portman and Kristen Stewart to Oscar nominations for playing Jacqueline Kennedy and Princess Diana.

Jolie has signed on to play Callas, the famously tragic opera star known for her great talent as well as her temperamental behaviour and doomed love affair with Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis, who left her when he married Jacqueline Kennedy.

Maria Callas, born as Cecilia Sophia Anna Maria Kalogeropoulos, was born on the 2nd of December, 1923, in New York City.

While the film’s in its early stages, here’s everything we know about Maria, including what Jolie has said about the chance to play the woman Leonard Bernstein once referred to as “the Bible of opera.”

In a statement, Larraín said the film will tell: “the tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer, relived and re-imagined during her final days in 1970s Paris.”

According to Bazaar, it is also likely to cover some of the soprano’s infamous relationships such as her marriage to Italian business tycoon Giovanni Battista Meneghini, whom she accused of stealing from her, and later Aristotle Onassis whom she met in 1957.

Maria Callas with ship owner and millionaire, Aristotle Onassis. Photo: Reg Davis / Getty Images

It is hopeful the film will cover her long-running feud with rival Renata Tebaldi who Callas once told the press, to compare their voices would be like comparing “Champagne with Coca-Cola.”

Angelia Jolie called her casting as the inimitable Maria Callas “a dream” following the announcement.

“I take very seriously the responsibility to Maria’s life and legacy,” Jolie said in a statement.

Hollywood actress, Angelina Jolie.

“I will give all I can to meet the challenge. Pablo Larraín is a director I have long admired. To be allowed the chance to tell more of Maria’s story with him, and with a script by Steven Knight, is a dream.”

For his part, Larraín called Jolie “a true gift” to his “long-awaited” biopic.

“Having the chance to combine my two most deep and personal passions, cinema and opera, has been a long-awaited dream,” he said in a separate statement.

“To do this with Angelina, a supremely brave and curious artist, is a fascinating opportunity. A true gift.”

It is expected that Maria will be released sometime in 2024.

READ MORE: Unpublished letters by Maria Callas detail painful relationships with husband and Aristotle Onassis

SOURCE: Bazaar

OXI Day message by Greece’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Andreas Katsaniotis

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Ελληνίδες και Έλληνες απανταχού της γης,

Αγαπητές συμπατριώτισσες, αγαπητοί συμπατριώτες,

Κάθε χρόνο τέτοια μέρα ο νους όλων μας ανακαλεί το ηχηρό και υπερήφανο «ΟΧΙ» του Έθνους μας στον επίδοξο κατακτητή. Η γενναιότητα του λαού μας και η αποφασιστικότητά του να δώσει τον υπέρ πάντων Αγώνα για την Πατρίδα, οδήγησε έναν αριθμητικά υπέρτερο αντίπαλο στην πρώτη του ήττα.

Οι πρόγονοί μας, υπερασπιζόμενοι τις διαχρονικές αξίες της ελευθερίας, της δημοκρατίας και της δικαιοσύνης, έγιναν σύμβολα ηρωισμού και αυτοθυσίας. Το έπος του ’40 αναδεικνύει με τον πιο εμφατικό τρόπο την ενότητα και την ομοθυμία του λαού μας, ο οποίος δε δείλιασε μπροστά στην υπεροχή του εχθρού. Μια χώρα σε έκταση μικρή, με μεγάλη όμως ψυχή και αδούλωτο φρόνημα, αποτέλεσε παράδειγμα για  ολόκληρο τον κόσμο.

Η 28η Οκτωβρίου είναι για τον Ελληνισμό ημέρα τιμής και μνήμης. Είναι η μέρα που η ομοψυχία νίκησε τη διχόνοια, η ελπίδα νίκησε το φόβο. Είναι η μέρα που δόθηκε γενναία μάχη υπέρ των υψηλών ιδανικών που οι Έλληνες έχουμε κληροδοτήσει στην ανθρωπότητα.

Ο εορτασμός της φετινής Επετείου συμβαίνει, ωστόσο, σε έναν κόσμο που μοιάζει να έχει χάσει το βηματισμό του. Πανανθρώπινες αξίες –η ελευθερία, η εθνική κυριαρχία, η εδαφική ακεραιότητα, το διεθνές δίκαιο, τα ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα- αντιμετωπίζονται ως αμφισβητούμενες αφηγήσεις του παρελθόντος. Πριν ακόμη θεραπεύσει τα πολλαπλά τραύματα που της άφησε η πανδημία, η ανθρωπότητα έρχεται αντιμέτωπη με δυνάμεις αναθεωρητισμού, στρατηγικές έντασης, αυταρχισμού και ρητορικές μίσους.

Ελληνίδες και Έλληνες,

η εποχή δεν επιτρέπει εφησυχασμό. Σήμερα περισσότερο από ποτέ, καλούμαστε όλοι μαζί να αναδείξουμε το διαχρονικό μήνυμα της 28ης Οκτωβρίου. Κάθε απειλή, κάθε καταπάτηση, κάθε εκβιασμός έχει μόνο μία, ομόφωνη και βροντερή απάντηση: «ΟΧΙ»!

Η ικανότητα, το πνεύμα, η αποφασιστικότητα, το φιλότιμο όλων των Ελλήνων, εντός και εκτός εθνικών συνόρων, κρατούν ψηλά το όνομα της χώρας μας στη διεθνή συνείδηση. Η εθνική μας μνήμη τροφοδοτεί το παρόν και το μέλλον με τα υψηλά ιδεώδη που συνθέτουν διαχρονικά την ταυτότητα του Έθνους μας.

Συμπατριώτισσες και συμπατριώτες,

ο Ελληνισμός υπήρξε πάντοτε σημείο αναφοράς για την ανθρωπότητα,  είτε ως κιβωτός οικουμενικών αξιών, είτε ως θεματοφύλακας του μακραίωνου πολιτισμού μας. Ο χρόνος και η ιστορία συχνά δοκίμασαν το Έθνος μας, σφυρηλατώντας την ανθεκτικότητά του και αναδεικνύοντας την οικουμενική διάσταση του Ελληνισμού.

Σήμερα, με πίστη στις δημιουργικές μας δυνάμεις, με ανοιχτό μυαλό, ενότητα και περισσή εθνική αυτοπεποίθηση προχωρούμε μαζί προς έναν καλύτερο και πιο δίκαιο κόσμο.

Ζήτω η 28η Οκτωβρίου! Ζήτω η Ελλάδα!

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