The ceremony which took place at the Greek Centre, brought together community members, devoted volunteers, and priests from the Holy Church of "Annunciation of our Lady", "Holy Trinity" Church, "St. George" Church, Holy Church of "St. Eleftherios" and Holy Church of "St. Dimitrios".
The second and third generation Greek children moved the community with their performances at events for 157th anniversary of the Holocaust of the Arkadi Monastery.
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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.