From Benaki Museum’s exhibition: ‘1821 Before & After: Ludovico Lipparini (1802-1856)’. Photo: Supplied/Benaki Museum
7 February 2021 1:06pm
This year’s Greek War of Indipendence celebrations calendar is jam-packed.
The Greek Community of Melbourne has organised more than 30 events spanning from February to November 2021. This year is a special one, as it marks 200 years from the Revolution of 1821 for Greece’s Independence from the Ottoman Empire.
The much anticipated Lonsdale Street Greek Music Festival will kick off on Saturday 20 March and go until the end of Sunday 21 March 2021, aspiring to celebrate a COVID-safe Antipodes.
The festival with extend from Waratah Place, Heffernan Lane, Golden Square Car Park, up to Lonsdale Street in collaboration with the Lonsdale Street Greek Precinct. The event takes place with the auspices of the City of Melbourne; the Victorian Government, supported by the Multicultural Committee and Delphi Bank.
The Greek Orthodox Community of Box Hill and surrounding areas can not be forgotten.
Once it was established in 1968, it did not only form a school in Box Hill but many across the surrounding areas. Today the school is run in the newly built community building at 86 Carrington Road in Box Hill, with the entrance on the side of the church with comfortable learning spaces and much more.
They are the only Greek school in Melbourne that offers Greek language, t-shirts with the community’s logo, text books and education that suits Australian students free of charge.
The school also organises all Greek cultural events for students to enjoy and they teach from grades prep to VCE.