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Greek Australian Man Creates Google Map of Greek Churches to Connect Greeks Across Australia
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22-year-old Australian-Greek, Costa Dantos, created a special map on the Google Maps platform, where he recorded and uploaded data for all of the 163 Greek churches and monasteries across Australia.
The Sydney-born man shared the map on his Facebook page explaining that he was looking for a way to connect Greek expatriates of all ages living in Australian cities and remote towns from wide and far.
As he stated, he took this voluntary initiative because he could not find a compiled list of churches for every corner of the country.
12 April 2021 3:44pm
When he was just 14, Costa Dantos began a collage of the Greek Orthodox churches in New South Wales. This simple idea took on a life of its own and eight years later, the urban planner has put 163 Greek churches in Australia, irrespective of denomination, on the (online) map.
Mr Dantos is proud of his Greek heritage and, most recently, he led a successful online petition to project the Greek flag onto the Sydney Opera House on 25 March.
The 22-year-old is an active member on the committees a number of Greek societies in New South Wales and is also a member of the Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox parish of Hamilton in Newcastle and the St Sophia Greek Orthodox Parish of Darlinghurst in Sydney.