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The cultivation of the Greek identity and consciousness of the students is the vision of Nestoras College.
For more than 47 years, Nestoras College has been among the leading Greek schools providing an educational environment suitable for students to understand and embrace their Greek identity and consciousness through the richness of Greek history and culture.
Today, the school has about 700 students of all levels, from preschoolers to VCE, divided across three campuses; Thomastown, Doncaster and Thornbury.
There are 39 specialised teachers making up the staff cohort, all with many years of experience and studies in Greece and Australia. The teachers participate in continuing education programs and attend first aid seminars.
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The Organisational Council for Greek National Day is made up of representatives from all of Victoria’s major Greek Organisations and has been busy planning and programming the events to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the 1821 Greek Revolution.
The 25 March 1821 commemoration is of religious and national importance for Hellenism. Greeks around the globe celebrate the Annunciation of Our Lady (Evangelismos) as well as the proclamation of the Modern Hellenic State 200 years ago – a very important milestone.
This Commemoration of the Bicentenary of Modern Greece gives the Greek Australian community of Victoria, the Paroikia, the opportunity to promote, educate and enhance the knowledge and understanding of what happened in 1821 to our third, fourth and subsequent generations of Greek Australians. In this way, we can ensure the significance of the important historical event is not lost.