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December 6, 2023

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The Vice President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas, makes visit to The Greek Centre

Melbourne: The Greek Book Fair 2023 was successfully completed for the second consecutive year

Melbourne: Oakleigh Grammar 40th Anniversary Awards Evening

“The Heart of Giving”: Effy Alexakis’ book about the work of Fr. Nektarios Zorbalas

Melbourne: The Students of the Greek School “Aetolian College” honoured the Heroes of 1940

Perth: KCA 2023 National Conference Gala Dinner

Sydney: “Crete and Pontus – Two Aspects of Modern Greek Culture through their Traditional Songs”

Volunteer Training Course organised by the Greek Welfare Centre in Sydney

Radio Announcer Harry Crethar, Winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award at NSW Premier’s Multicultural Communications Awards 2023

Sydney: Meeting between the Consul General of Greece in Sydney and the new Director of the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens

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Minister chairs meeting on UNESCO bid for Nikopolis archaeological site

Greece: University holds ceremony for two students killed in Tempe crash

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Myra of Lycia for the feast day of Saint Nicholas

British Museum loan to Acropolis Museum coincides with dispute over demand to return Parthenon Marbles

The establishment of the Korean Christian Museum in Seoul

The feast of Saint Savvas was celebrated at the Patriarchate of Alexandria

Metropolitan of Messinia at the Clergy Synaxis of the Archdiocese of Cyprus

Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia (6 December)

Parthenon Sculptures talks to drag into 2025

Greece: Feast Day of Saint Barbara at the Hellenic Army Artillery School

The son of the first Orthodox Tanzanian clergyman was ordained a Hierodeacon

The feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple at the Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Sunday School children decorated a Christmas tree in Maputo, Mozambique

Patriarch of Alexandria continued his enriching missionary journey in the Republic of Burundi

The President of the Patriarchal Academy of Crete visits Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Venerable Savvas the Sanctified (5 December)

Aetolian College: Students impress audience at end of year School Concert of Saint Andrew’s Greek School, Melbourne

Sydney: Emotional presentation of the book “The Heart of Giving”, about the work of Fr. Nektarios Zorbalas

Patronal Feast Day of Metropolitan Seraphim of Sevasteia in Sydney

Georgios Vlantis: Orthodoxy in Western Europe – ‘The Case of Germany’