The members of the Port Adelaide Greek Orthodox Community of SA launched a series of events to honour and commemorate the 200-year-anniversary of the commencement of the Greek War of Independence with a moving theatrical performance based on one of the written stories of Dionysios Solomos, the national poet of Greece, as well as through poetry readings, traditional singing and dance performances.
The play, titled the “Women of Mesolongi” was held last Sunday at the Woodville Town Hall in front of a crowd of 300 people and dignitaries including SA Bishop Silouan of Sinope, Consul General of Greece in Adelaide Giorgios Psiahas, Mayor of Port Adelaide Claire Boan.
Epiphany celebrations, the annual Blessing of the Waters, took an unexpected turn yesterday at Glenelg in Adelaide, when a Greek Australian man in his late 40s decided to hijack the event.
The Greek Australian man did not register for the event and also failed to follow the rules, giving himself a massive headstart. The man, named Victor, was already in the water prior to the commencement of the ceremony and as soon as Bishop Silouan threw the cross into the water, he rushed in from underneath the jetty instead of starting with the other participants from the shore to retrieve the Holy Cross.